The last three kingdoms

Chapter 674 A Rare Opportunity
It has been more than a year since Lu Kang returned to Soochow. The war in Central Shu has entered a stalemate. Wu Guo firmly occupies Jiangzhou and Yong'an. The situation seems to be stable and cannot be more stable.After several years of the Three Kingdoms War in Central Shu, the three parties seemed to be exhausted. After the control areas of the three parties were relatively stable, the large-scale siege battles quietly disappeared. Whether it was Jiang Wei or Zhong Hui, they were all strengthening their control. The defense of the control area, except for some sporadic frictions at the junction of the three parties, the situation in central Shu gradually eased.

After several years of melee, the originally prosperous and prosperous Sichuan Central Plain has almost become a piece of scorched earth. There are no chickens crowing for thousands of miles, bones are exposed in the wild, ruins and ruins are everywhere.

The war was fought with manpower and material resources. I don’t know how much money and food were spent in the battle between the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu in Shu. Taking Wu as an example, when Lu Kang entered Shu, the number of people brought into Shu successively reached 15. The army, when the Wu army was forced to withdraw from Jiangzhou, there were only 3 to [-] people left, and more than [-] Soochow children had already stained the land in central Shu with blood.

Soochow was able to survive the Three Kingdoms War in Yizhou, and finally defended the achievements of entering Shu-Jiangzhou and Yong'an, and controlled the entire Badong area. An acceptable result, especially getting Yong'an, is equivalent to guarding the west gate of Wu State. From then on, Wu State no longer has to worry about going west. This can be regarded as Lu Kang's greatest achievement.

But Lu Kang seemed dissatisfied. After all, in the layout stage of this game of chess in Sichuan, Wu Guo took the lead and once held the upper hand in the middle abdomen, but in the end he failed to maintain this victory. Lost in the middle abdomen, he could only retreat to the corner. Deep in his heart, Lu Kang felt that he was still the loser in this game.

The situation in Central Shu gradually became clear. Jiang Wei regained most of the territory west of Fushui in Jiange, Fucheng, Luocheng, and Mianzhu, including Chengdu. Zhonghui controlled the Brazilian area centered on Langzhong. With Jiangzhou and Yong'an in the Badong area, Yizhou has three points, which is no different from the world's three points.

But the Kingdom of Shu undoubtedly became the biggest winner, losing half of the land in Yizhou, but accidentally took the land of Yongliang from the Kingdom of Wei. Obviously, the Kingdom of Wei suffered a big loss in this exchange. If the whole world is regarded as a game of chess, Liu Yin's move can be called a masterful move.

Although Wu State has gained something, compared with the situation of Shu State, it is nothing more than a small gain. This makes Lu Kang, who was full of ambitions at the beginning, can't help sighing and feeling disappointed.

After the battle situation stabilized, the intensity of the three countries' mutual attacks also decreased significantly. The three parties seemed to have chosen a truce with a tacit understanding, and each healed its own wounds.In fact, in this situation, it is no longer a wise choice to launch a large-scale offensive, not to mention that the defense systems of all parties are already solid. Beware, when the overall situation is settled, launching an attack rashly will only benefit the third-party fisherman.

At this moment, Lu Kang received an order from Emperor Sun Hao of Soochow to hand over the defense of Jiangzhou and Yong'an to the new governor of Xijiang, Shi Ji, and returned to Jianye alone.

Although Lu Kang was very inexplicable about Sun Hao's transfer order, and all the generals under his account expressed puzzlement, but Lu Kang still chose to obey the king's order, and after completing the delivery with Shi Ji, he set off to return to Jianye Miansheng.

When the boat sailed to Xiling, Lu Kang and Liu Yin met unexpectedly, but Lu Kang didn't realize at all that among the inconspicuous merchant ships on the Yangtze River waterway, there would be Yong Liang, the great general of the Shu Kingdom. The governor, Liu Yin, just glanced at him hastily. Perhaps Lu Kang's eyes had glided past Liu Yin's body, but the two passed each other in the end.

After Lu Kang returned to Jianye, he immediately went to the hall to meet Wu Lord Sun Hao, and submitted his work report.

Not long after Sun Hao became emperor, because he did not ascend the throne from the position of prince, his foundation in the court is still shallow. At this time, Sun Hao did not show his rough and arrogant nature, but ordered the opening Disaster relief, relief of refugees, reduction of palace maids, extravagance and frugality, all of a sudden, the reputation is raging, and he is called the lord.Even Puyang Xing and Zhang Bu were secretly glad that they had chosen a generation of enlightened masters.

After Lu Kang returned to Beijing, Sun Hao was very polite to the meritorious governor, asking his health and giving him a lot of praise, which made Lu Kang feel flattered.

In fact, it was not Sun Hao's intention to transfer Lu Kang back to Beijing this time, but the idea of ​​Prime Minister Pu Yangxing.Sima Zhao died of illness in the State of Wei. Pu Yangxing believed that there must be great chaos in the State of Wei. Such an opportunity is a rare opportunity for the State of Wu, so Pu Yangxing planned to use troops against the State of Wei in Jingzhou, Huainan. Everyone thought it was Lu Kang.

Lu Kang is now the governor of the left and has been in charge of the war in central Shu. Although Wu has a veteran governor of the Jianghuai area, Ding Feng, the governor of the right, Puyang Xing, Zhang Bu and others think that Ding Feng is old and afraid that he will not be able to take the big job, so they ask Sun Hao requested that Lu Kang be transferred back to Jianye.

Anyway, the current battle in Sichuan has come to an end, and there will not be too much confrontation in a short time. It is enough for Shi Ji to be the governor of Xijiang to replace Lu Kang.

After the death of Sima Zhao, Sima Yan ascended the throne. Naturally, the bloody storm in Luoyang City could not be concealed from Wu Guo's secret work, and Sima Yan's intention to usurp the throne was clearly revealed, which made Wu people see hope. Any change of dynasty and regime change will inevitably be accompanied by The turmoil of the situation and the decline of the national power, Wu people have great expectations for this.

Opportunities are indeed rare, and Lu Kang also thinks so.

The pattern of the three kingdoms has been broken, and the weakest state of Shu was able to transform when it was about to perish, and seized the opportunity in the confrontation with Wei. This undoubtedly gave Lu Kang hope, and the general trend of the world evolved At this time, whoever can seize this opportunity will be able to dominate the world.

Lu Kang accepted the title of General Sun Hao, which was his father Lu Xun's former position, the supreme commander of the Eastern Wu armed forces, and from this moment on, Lu Kang seemed to have a heavy burden on his shoulders.

Since he was ordered, Lu Kang has actively mobilized his troops and horses, preparing for the Northern Expedition at any time, but Lu Kang also understands that in the face of no good opportunities, he must not act rashly. Some turmoil was caused in the territory of the Jin State, but Lu Kang believed that the time was not yet ripe, so he could only wait patiently.

Finally, the opportunity came inadvertently...

(End of this chapter)