The last three kingdoms

Chapter 1155 Opportunity
Wu Guo has a lot of secret work lurking in Luoyang. Naturally, Wu Guo's secret work was reported to Lu Kang who was in Yiyang immediately after the shocking changes happened in Luoyang.

Such a big event, no one can hide it, Wu Guo's detailed work can collect more relevant and detailed information with almost no effort, and then pack it and send it to Yiyang.

This time the Shu Han destroyed the Jin Dynasty, the Wu State took advantage of the current big advantage, and included the five states of the Kanto into the territory of the Wu State without bloodshed.Of course, this division is only in name only. The three kings of the Kanto who were granted the imperial title apparently surrendered to the State of Wu, but in fact they were self-reliant and did not respect the orders of the court of the State of Wu. From the land of the five states, the State of Wu Instead of receiving a penny of taxes, a certain amount of money and food must be posted as the salaries of the three kings of the Kanto.

This matter has caused dissatisfaction among many people in the court of Wu State. When the five states in the Kanto region just changed their banners, the whole State of Wu was full of joy. Civil and military officials celebrated each other, and the territory of State Wu expanded in an instant. Nearly doubled, including the entire hinterland of the Central Plains into the territory of Wu State.This was an unprecedented event. It must be known that the great emperor Sun Quan never crossed the Huaihe River in his entire life. The merger of the five Kanto states this time can be said to be a great success.

But after the enthusiasm subsided, Wu talents discovered that this was not the case at all. Although Wu State occupied the five Kanto states in name, in fact, apart from inserting Wu State's flag on the edge of the Yellow River, Wu State Basically nothing.

These five prefectures are like a country among three kingdoms. The Wu court cannot send a single soldier, an official, or an official. Now, the Wu people do not have the slightest control over the land of the five states.

Someone suggested to Sun Hao, Emperor Wu, to give some rewards to the three kings of Guandong, and ordered them to come to Jianye to meet them. When they arrived in Jianye, they would be taken as hostages. Wouldn't the land of Guandong be at your fingertips?

Sun Hao followed his words, and immediately ordered people to prepare generous rewards, which were sent in triplicate to Shouchun, Chen County, and Linzi respectively. At the same time, he ordered Shi Bao, Chen Qian, and Ma Long to go to Beijing.

Unexpectedly, after the three of them received the order, they accepted all the rewards as they were ordered, and all of them politely refused to go to Beijing without exception, and they all shirked on the grounds that the war was tense.

This time, Sun Hao beat the dog with a meat bun, and never came back. He lost a lot of gold and silver treasures, but in the end he got nothing. Shi Bao, Chen Qian, and Ma Long gritted their teeth with hatred.It's a pity that no matter how powerful Sun Hao's imperial power was, he couldn't do anything to these three people. Sun Hao was full of anger and had nowhere to vent his anger, so he naturally channeled his anger on Lu Kang.

This matter itself was handled by Lu Kang, and some people in the DPRK came forward to impeach Lu Kang, saying that Lu Kang deliberately flattered him, lost his power and humiliated the country, wasted money and food from the treasury, but got nothing.

Sun Hao immediately issued an order to Lu Kang, asking him to solve the problems in the five states as soon as possible. If Shi Bao, Chen Qian, and Ma Long still refused to obey the order, Sun Hao ordered Lu Kang to send troops immediately and use force to deal with the situation. solve.

After Lu Kang received the order, he was in a dilemma. Sun Hao, the Lord of Wu, posed a big problem for him.

To recruit Chen Qian, Shi Bao, and Ma Long, Lu Kang had already exhausted his mind and promised them countless favorable conditions. Only then did they get the change of flags of the five Kanto states.

The current situation in the world is clearer than anyone else, Lu Kang knows better than anyone else that the Shu Han is holding the prestige of destroying the Jin Dynasty, and the momentum is huge. The current state of Wu has no ability to compete with it. It became even more sinister.

Lu Kang took advantage of Chen Qian, Shi Bao, and Ma Long's unwillingness to surrender to Shu, and cleverly manipulated them so that they surrendered to Wu State in name, but actually enjoyed a very high degree of autonomy. In this way, Wu State at least One less opponent and one more ally were added, and in the future confrontation with Shu Han, they would not be at a disadvantage.

But the people at the imperial court didn't think so. They had the same thought as Sun Hao. Since they had surrendered to the state of Wu, people like Chen Qian had to accept the order of the imperial court of the state of Wu and let the Wu people dispatch them.

This kind of thinking made Lu Kang unable to complain. The people around Sun Hao had to be so brain-dead to come up with such tricks. If they don't give them some self-reliance, why would Chen Qian, Shi Bao, Malone and the others submit to Wu? The territory and population occupied by the three of them are comparable to the territory of Wu State.

Holding the imperial decree, Lu Kang had tens of thousands of beasts galloping past him. If he followed the imperial decree, Chen Qian, Shi Bao, and Malone would turn against each other immediately. If the two sides fought, the only one who would win in the end would be the Shu Han side. In the end, Wu Guo could only lose his wife and lose his army.

But if he doesn't send troops, Lu Kang will be charged again for resisting the order and not obeying the order. Sun Hao's brutality is getting worse day by day. Many ministers are slaughtered just because of a trivial matter or a word of advice. People in the court were panicked, and Lu Kang couldn't help feeling a little worried.

Mentioning Sun Hao, Lu Kang couldn't help sighing. When Pu Yangxing and Zhang Bu supported Sun Hao, they believed that Sun Hao was wise and decisive, and had the demeanor of King Huan of Changsha. Now it seems that Sun Hao is not as brave and courageous as Sun Ce. On the contrary, Sun Ce's arbitrariness and domineering power prevailed in the world. The three people who supported him at the beginning, Puyang Xing, Zhang Bu, and Wanyu, were all killed by him one after another.

Now in the state of Wu, the prime minister of the left, Lu Kai, the chief minister of the right, Martin Feng, and the chief minister of the left, Ma Shiji, have passed away one after another, and the talents have withered. In addition, Sun Hao is cruel and fatuous, and many virtuous people have abandoned their posts to avoid disaster Now, only Lu Kang and Liao Liao are the only ones in Soochow who can resist the uprising.

Moreover, Lu Kang's health is not good. Since last year, his condition has become worse day by day. All the generals advised Lu Kang to return to Beijing to recuperate.

Now the dominance of the Shu Han has brought endless pressure to Lu Kang. After the Shu Han destroyed the Jin Dynasty, the next step must be directed at the Wu State. If the Shu soldiers invaded, how would the Wu State respond? This is undoubtedly the most urgent problem for Lu Kang to solve. The problem.

At this time, the secret agent lurking in Luoyang submitted a piece of information. The information showed that after the Shu Han moved the capital to Luoyang, a shocking change happened. Jiang Wei and Zhonghui conspired to launch a rebellion. After failing, both died, and then they were frightened Liu Chan, the emperor of the Shu Kingdom, died that night, and his fifth son Liu Chen, the king of Beidi, succeeded him as emperor. Now the Shu Han court is busy with funeral and enthronement matters.

Lu Kang couldn't help showing joy when he got the news. It seemed that the long-awaited opportunity had finally arrived.

(End of this chapter)