Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 345 Before Returning to Xuchang
In April of the 14th year of Jian'an, the navy led by Zhou Yu was defeated by Li Sunshin's Pingjiang battleship on the Yangtze River, and the Jiangdong Navy withdrew from the stage of history.

Zhou Yu fled back to Chai Sang alone. Because of Zhou Yu's defeat in this battle and the defeat in the Battle of Chibi, Zhang Zhao joined forces with a group of vassalists to launch an immediate attack, forcing Sun Quan to dismiss Zhou Yu from all his posts and throw him into prison.

"See Prime Minister!" In Hefei City, Li Song sat on the throne, Zhang Liao, Xue Tong, Xu Huang, Governor of Pingjiang Fleet Li Shunchen, his deputy commander Zhang Yun, and Yu Jin, Tan Daoji, Xiao Mohe, etc. who arrived later. People, and the chief and deputy captains of the other two fleets, salute and see.

Li Song looked at the crowd, and looked past the two civil servants Sima Yi and Yang Xiu who were standing here to Gan Ning and other Jiangdong generals of the Navy. Sima Yi had already withdrawn from the military system and was appointed as a Chinese doctor.

"This time I decided to return to Xuchang, and I will leave the matter of conquering Jiangdong to you. The navy Jiangdong will cooperate with your army to fight." Li Song said softly.

The Southern Expedition can be said to have come to an end. Jingzhou has already been taken, and Jiaozhou, which is connected to it, can be recovered with only one edict.

In the battle of Chibi, the Jiangdong army suffered a lot of losses, and now the navy is completely wiped out. Soochow's strength can be reduced to [-]%, which is considered good. Now that it has lost the natural danger of the Yangtze River, it is only a matter of time before Soochow is defeated.

It is good to let the generals under his command do these things, not to mention that Jiangdong's main surrender faction will not have the idea of ​​fighting to the end, and it is almost effortless to capture Jiangdong.

As the prime minister of the imperial court, I still have many important national affairs to deal with, so how can I waste my time here, it is better to return to Xuchang earlier.

"Wenyuan! You will guard Hefei and take full responsibility for the crusade against Soochow, and Zhang Liao will obey the order!" Li Song said.

Zhang Liao immediately came out and knelt down on one knee and said, "The last general Zhang Liao listens to the order!"

"On behalf of the emperor, I confer on you the Great General of the Eastern Conquest! Command both the land and water armies and crusade against Sun Quan of the Eastern Wu. The truth is waiting in Xuchang for Wenyuan's victory!" Rewards and appointments are the rights of the emperor.

That's why he appointed Zhang Liao in the name of the Son of Heaven. In fact, he appointed Zhang Liao as the great general, and he had nothing to do with Liu Xie who was far away in Xuchang.

"The last general Zhang Liao obeys!" Zhang Liao stood up and bowed his fists, and returned to his original position.

"Xu Huang, Xue Tong, Xiao Mahe, and Yu Jin listen to the order!" Li Song looked at the other generals, and nodded to Xu Huang.

"The last general is here!" Xu Huang, Xue Tong, Xiao Mahe, and Yu Jin rushed out of the line, clasped their fists in a salute, and knelt down on one knee.

"On behalf of the emperor, Xu Huang was named General Zhengdong, Yu Jin was named General Pingdong, Xue Tong was named General Anton, and Xiao Mohe was named General Zhendong. They will lead the infantry and cavalry to fight together and follow Wenyuan's orders!" Li Song said.

"The end will be ordered by Jin (Xu Huang, Xue Tong, Xiao Mohe)!" The four of them got up and retreated to their positions.

"Gan Ning, Li Shunchen, Cai Mao, Zhang Yun, Deng Zilong, Liu Rengui listen to the order!" Li Song nodded. Now that the cavalry has been arranged, the next step is to arrange the navy.

"The last general is here!" Gan Ning, Li Shunchen, Cai Mao, Zhang Yun, Deng Zilong, and Liu Rengui rushed out of the line, clasped their fists in a salute, and knelt down on one knee.

"The truth represents that the emperor granted Gan Ning the title of Grand General of the Navy, under Zhang Liao, and commanded the navy to fight on foot and cavalry." Li Song said, after all, the navy and the army are not a system. Zhang Liao's strength in land warfare is good, but he doesn't understand Therefore, Gan Ning was asked to lead the navy to fight together.

"Promise! Gan Ning accepts the order!" Gan Ning cupped his fists and saluted, got up and retreated to his seat.

"Confer Li Sunchen General Pingjiang, Cai Mao General Zhenjiang, Zhang Yun General Dingjiang, Deng Zilong General Dujiang, Liu Rengui General Anjiang, command the fleet to obey the orders of Gan Ning, and cooperate with the army to fight." Li Songdao.

"Promise! The last general takes orders!" Li Shunchen, Cai Mao, Zhang Yun, Deng Zilong, and Liu Rengui stood up and retreated to their positions.

"Tomorrow, I will leave to return to Xuchang. You must work together to defeat Soochow! It is not difficult to defeat Soochow and capture Sun Quan, but it is rare because of people's hearts." Li Song said.

"I would like to follow the prime minister's instructions!" The generals clasped their fists in response.

"Report!" The spies came to report, "Zhou Yu was defeated by our navy from above the Yangtze River. After returning to Chaisang, Zhang Zhao and a group of civil officials jointly demanded that Sun Quan depose Zhou Yu and put Zhou Yu in prison."

The spies backed out after reporting, and Li Song smiled and said, "This is a good thing. The generals who can fight in Jiangdong either died in battle or were captured alive by our army. They have reached the point where they cannot be picked up. Now Zhou Yu is sent to prison again. , What’s so hard about capturing Jiangdong.”

"What the prime minister said is very true! Today's Jiangdong is nothing more than a couple of cats and puppies, and it can't be a climate at all. Our army's taking of the six counties of Jiangdong is like picking something out of a bag. God bless the prime minister!" Zhang Liao stood out and cupped his hands.

"God bless the Prime Minister!" Everyone hurriedly saluted and congratulated!Li Song's face was flushed.

"Prime Minister! Why does it take so much trouble to capture the six counties of Jiangdong! You only need to write a letter and send it to Jiangdong, and you can take Soochow without a single soldier." Yang Xiu came out and cupped his hands.

"Huh! The scholar is arrogant! Although Jiangdong has lost a lot of troops, the six counties of Jiangdong are still in the hands of Sun Quan. It only needs to be mobilized. The army capable of fighting is no less than [-]. It is not without the power to fight. You can get it with a letter Going down to Jiangdong is simply a dream." Zhang Yun retorted Yang Xiu dissatisfied.

If you really let you take Jiangdong down with a letter, how can we make contributions, not to mention, this is not what you say, Sun Quan is the lord of Jiangdong, will he agree?

"At one time and another, the Sun family has been run by two generations of Sun Jian, father and son, and three Marquis of Wu. It is not impossible for all the people to become soldiers," Yang Xiu said.

"You know it, and dare to speak nonsense again!" Zhang Yun said disdainfully.

"Now that Zhou Yu is in prison, who else in the six counties in Jiangdong has the ability to lead troops and horses to fight our army, not to mention that Jiangdong still has the vassal Zhang Zhao and others, who only need to write a letter and send it to Zhang Zhao."

"Let him unite with Jiangdong officials to force Sun Quan to surrender, and surrender to the north! Now that Zhang Zhao and other surrendering factions are strong, Jiangdong is facing a situation of no generals. As long as our navy is on the sidelines, even if Sun Quan is extremely unwilling, he will eventually die." I can only obediently submit to the imperial court." Yang Xiu said to Zhang Yun.

Turning around and bowing to Li Song, he said, "This matter still needs to be decided by the prime minister!"

Li Song waved his hand to stop Zhang Yun who wanted to say something, but Zhang Yun could only swallow the words that came to his mouth, and stepped aside and stopped talking.

"Dezu! What you said is not unreasonable! However, judging from the current situation, it is not impossible to force Sun Quan to surrender."

"When Zhang Zhao first marched in Jingzhou, he appointed Sun Quan as his lord to submit to the imperial court. It was only later that Zhuge villager went to Jiangdong and united with Lu Su and Zhou Yu to have the courage to fight our army." Li Song said.

(End of this chapter)