Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 722

Now it's time for the knife and the fish for me, the lord will play this trick again.Can Zhou Cang not see it? It seems that the cession of Hefei, an important city, actually pushes the conflict to Zhou Cang and Cao Pi. Isn't it inevitable that Cao Pi will win Hefei?

Zhuge Jin sighed secretly, took the order and went back to the mansion. His son Zhuge Ke asked, "Why is father unhappy?"

Zhuge Ke was a young man who was intelligent, quick-witted, eloquent, and known for his supernatural powers, and was deeply loved by Sun Quan.

Zhuge Jin has a long face. Once Sun Quan brought a donkey over, and wrote on the donkey's head: Zhuge Ziyu.Everyone laughed, Zhuge Ke picked up a pen and added two words under it: the donkey, Sun Quan laughed and gave the donkey to Zhuge Ke.

Zhuge Ke was fat, Sun Quan asked why, Zhuge Ke replied, rich people decorate their homes very beautifully, and virtuous people are naturally healthy and plump because of their mental balance. I try hard to become a virtuous person, so I become That's it.It made Sun Quan laugh.

Liu Bei proclaimed himself emperor, with Zhuge Liang as his prime minister.Sun Quan asked Zhuge Ke who was better, Zhuge Liang or Zhuge Jin, and Zhuge Ke replied that it was his father, Zhuge Jin.Sun Quan asked why, could it be that you are partial to your father?Zhuge Ke replied, it was because my father knew who to assist, but my uncle Zhuge Liang chose the wrong person, so Zhuge Jin was better.Sun Quan had a high regard for Zhuge Ke, and he favored him so much that his son got closer to him than Zhuge Ke.

Zhuge Jin explained the whole story, and Zhuge Ke was shocked: "Jiangdong is not guaranteed. Father's mission this time will definitely fail. Father should make a plan early."

Zhuge Jin said displeasedly: "Even so, the King of Wu is very kind to me, how can I have other words, don't talk nonsense." The three Zhuge brothers have their own talents, how could Zhuge Jin not see through them.The one who died in Wu was either Zhou Cang or Liu Bei. The third brother Zhuge Jun was under Zhou Cang's command, and the second brother Zhuge Liang was under Liu Bei's command.

Zhuge Ke thought this was not a long-term solution, so he thought for a while and said, "Mother and younger brother are still in Jiankang. If King Wu abandons Jiankang one day, I can just accompany my father."

The younger brother is Zhuge Rong, the youngest son of Zhuge Jin.Zhuge Jin sighed lightly: "That's fine." The only thing he was dissatisfied with this son was that he showed his sharpness and lack of restraint.The death of Yang Xiu is sobering.

After Zhuge Jin left, Sun Quan urgently ordered He Qi to lead his army back to aid Wu County immediately, and the people in Xiaoting dared not move. If Han Dang withdrew his troops and returned east, Liu Bei's Shu army would come like a flood.

"My lord, Zhou Cang has been greedy for my Jiangdong land for a long time, Ziyu may be fetching water from a bamboo basket." Zhang Zhao was very worried. "I'm worried that He Qi is not Gan Ning's enemy either."

Gan Ning!Of course, Sun Quan still remembered that Sun Ce was defeated by Gan Ning back then, which was the only defeat of the Little Overlord, and Ling Tong's father Ling Cao also died at the hands of Gan Ning, Sun Quan hated and feared.

"What is Mr. Zibu's opinion?"

Zhang Zhao sighed and said, "Take a step back and open up the sea and the sky."

"how do I say this?"

"Now that I am being attacked on three sides, it is better to shrink all fronts and go south. Zhou Cang, Cao Pi, and Liu Bei must fight for profit. I just need to recuperate and regain my homeland when things change."

Sun Quan narrowed his eyes and remained silent for a while.Zhang Zhao wants to give up Kuaiji, Hefei, and even Wu County, stay away from right and wrong, and concentrate on managing the south. The base is not too small. There are fifteen counties in total: Jingnan Changsha, Wuling, Lingling, Guizhou The four counties of Yangzhou, the four counties of Yuzhang, Luling, Poyang, and Lujiang in Yangzhou, and the seven counties of Jiaozhi, Yulin, Cangwu, Hepu, Gaoliang, Zhuya, and Nanhai in Jiaozhou.

There are advantages and disadvantages, let’s talk about the disadvantages first: First, most of these places are uncivilized, with many barbarians and aboriginals. Sun Quan’s superior has nearly [-]% of his energy on suppressing the Yue people in Fushan, and he is well aware of the difficulties; second, most of his subordinates are Wu. The county and Kuaiji gentry, are they willing to leave their homeland and start all over again?

Let’s talk about the benefits: First, Sun Quan can get away from the disputes among Zhou Cang, Cao Pi, and Liu Bei, so as to stay out of the matter, that is to say, it is temporarily safe; second, there are no foreign enemies, as long as he concentrates on management, it may take three to fifty years to rise again; third, It is precisely because of uncivilization that no one will work hard to fight for the south. In other words, Sun Quan can still be a prince.

Am I so weak?Sun Quan was not reconciled, he took Zhang Zhao's strategy as his final retreat.He issued several commands one after another:

Order [-], Zhang Xiu and Sun Shao hurriedly sent the people of Nanjun across the river and resettled them in the four counties of Jingnan. With Buzhi, Yanjian, Pan Jun, and Wucan as the prefects of the four counties, they organized land reclamation and farming.

Ling Er, Lu Fan is the governor of Jiaozhou, Xue Zong is the other driver, and Zhang Zhao's second son Zhang Chengwei is in charge.Zhu Huan's younger brother was appointed General Pingyi, and he assisted Lu Dai, the guard of Jiaozhou, to clean up the barbarians and aborigines.

Order three, Zhu Ran, the guard of Hefei, abandoned Hefei, led his troops south to Yuzhang to garrison, and moved all his people.

Order Four, Yu Fan, who stayed behind in Jiankang, sent the Sun family and the family members of important officials to Changsha.Organize defense and delay the Han army's offensive.

On Order [-], Changsha Prefect Buzhi expanded the city and made it his own reserve.

Order Six, when the army and civilians of Nanjun retreated, the governor Han Dang was ready to go south, and Jiangling guard Quan Cong mobilized ships to stand by.

Sun Quan still has a fluke mentality, Zhou Cang will agree to his peace, and Cao Pi will compete with Zhou Cang for Hefei.Of course, he hoped that Han Dang could defeat Liu Bei and pursue Yizhou all the way, but this is probably an extravagance.

The resettlement of Liu Xie was smoothly welcomed, Liu Xie transferred to a new role according to Zhou Cang's design, and adapted very well; Yu Jin and Gan Ning launched a general attack on Jiangdong, and once they were all in the plan, they were all so smooth, Zhou Cang couldn't help but A little bit flustered, with the feeling that the world has fallen into my control.

On the eighth day of September, Zhang Zi was ordered by Sun Quan to pay homage to the Son of Heaven. Zhou Cang did not give him a good face. Zhang Zi did not know that Zhou Cang had sent troops. Cang is the Duke.Contrary to Zhang Zi's expectation, Liu Xieshi summoned him in the palace instead of the court meeting, and he did not see a single eunuch in the palace!Later, Zhang Zi inquired, and after the restoration of the emperor, he never went to court!In other words, there is no court meeting.

This Liu Xie is real, because not only the appearance and demeanor are exactly the same, Liu Xie still remembers the performance of the two when they met last time.This time Liu Xie expressed his dissatisfaction with Sun Quan, and he did not hesitate to praise Zhou Cang.Zhang Zi wondered if Zhou Cang had given the emperor some ecstasy soup, but Liu Xie was in a good state of mind, his eyes were bright and his face was flushed, and he was a different person from when he was in Xudu, which made Zhang Zi very difficult. understand.

Feeling ashamed, Zhang Zi wondered, if the emperor fell into the hands of Zhou Cang, would Zhou Cang not need Sun Quan as an ally?What is the use of a deposed emperor?Now that it was confirmed that the Son of Heaven was true and Zhang Zi's task had been completed, as for those questions, Sun Quan was still left to consider, so he said goodbye to Zhou Cang and rushed back to Xiakou.

(End of this chapter)