Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 742
During the chat, Zhou Xin mentioned that Qu Lin did evil, and Qu Feng first returned to his hometown to worship his ancestors. Zhou Cang thought that Zhou Xin's handling was more appropriate, which was regarded as fulfilling Qu'a's wish. Don't make a ritual of worshiping ancestors into a formality, let alone develop a style of showing off and comparing.

Zhou Xin stayed for half a month before returning to Wu County in a hurry. Zhou Cang told him to return to Beijing to report on his work after two years. The capital might not be Jinan at that time.I hope that in the report two years later, I can hear news about the rapid development of Jiangnan Road. I also hope that Zhou Xin can bring back his grandson. Qu Fengxian brought back two men and one woman this time. They are all gone, so they should keep the eldest son and eldest daughter by their side, and send Qu Ping to Jiangnan Road.

"Learn from your brother, you know how to hold a book all day long, isn't it enough after ten years of reading?"

So 17-year-old Qu Ping, Ge Jun, Zhang Xiong and others followed Zhou Xin to Jiangnan Road.Zhou Xin uses Qu Ping as the envoy to appease, Ge Jun prepares to build an engineering college and a craftsman to be the supervisor, Zhang Xiong is the envoy to search for mines, and Li Hao is promoted to work as the envoy.

Along the way, Qu Fengxian and Zhang Xiong murmured and were overheard by Qu Ping. The two of them conspired to dig out the tombs of Helu and Goujian, in the name of learning their advanced sword-making techniques.

Zhou Cang got the news of Liu Bei's death later than Cao Pi. Unexpectedly, without the defeat of Xiaoting, Liu Bei would still not live for a few more years.Do you need to adjust your battle plan?The Privy Council resumed discussions.

"After Liu Bei's death, although there are Zhuge Liang and others, there will be chaos in Shu, and Cao Pi will never miss this opportunity. He dare not confront me, and will definitely plot Bashu, and Cao Zhen is in Chang'an. In this year, the soldiers are fine and the food is sufficient." Duanmuling said.

Everyone nodded. According to normal logic, no one would miss such a good opportunity.

"Do you think we are going to attack Hedong after Cao Zhen sends troops?" Zhou Cang was a little uncertain. The current communication is too backward. It may be two or three months later when he gets the news of Cao Zhen's troops. It can happen.What's more, Cao Pi will definitely block the news, close the border, and the news transmission will be even more difficult.

Xu Shu shook his head: "It was too late at that time. Although Cao Zhen had already made preparations, it would take at least one or two months to mobilize troops, and he would never send troops alone. Cao Pi would definitely win over Sun Quan and the Qiang people as a response, but Sun Quan might not Promise, the Qiang people who are greedy for wealth will definitely go to war, so it will take one or two months, so I calculate that Cao Zhen will attack Hanzhong at the latest in March next year, and we can send troops in April."

This is Xu Shu's estimate.Zhou Chong nodded and said: "It's best to send troops in spring. Mr. Yuanzhi is right. Jin Yiwei may not be able to find out the exact time." Then the topic changed. "I want to go to Hanzhong myself..."

Zhou Cang frowned and said, "Are you trying to lobby Wei Wenchang?"

"I knew I couldn't hide it from the Duke. Wen Chang was originally a student of the Duke, and now he has a heavy army in his hands. If he can join him, why worry about Cao Pi and Liu Chan?"

"Master Wen has an aloof personality, I'm afraid you won't be able to persuade him." Zhou Cang sighed.I know this student too well, and the things he is looking for are destined to go all the way to the dark.It's not right to say that he has IQ but no EQ. It's not that he doesn't understand, it's just that he disdains.Wei Yan has a tenacious fighting spirit and will not change because of the environment or anyone. It is impossible for Zhou Chong to persuade him, and Zhou Cang can't do it himself. "The matter of Wen Chang will be discussed later, and you don't need to send someone there, lest it will be unbeautiful to add something to the snake."

Xu Shu continued: "I intend to fine-tune the order of dispatching troops. Cao Pi will definitely take precautions against me, so he can first send Yu Jin to attack Rencheng from the west of Mount Tai. This is where Cao Zhang is. Cao Ren will definitely not ignore it, and he will also be suspicious of me. The attack on Rencheng in the Ming Dynasty was based on the calendar, so strict precautions were taken against all parts of Yanzhou, but Junyi would go south to Hanoi. In his plan to dispatch troops in a hurry, Qu'a, Pei Feng, and Sun Li attacked Hedong unexpectedly! At this time, Cao Zhen had already Send troops to Hanzhong, but you can't look east."

Yang Rui smiled and said, "Didn't we help Liu Chan a lot?"

Knowing that Yang Rui was joking, Xun Chen still said very formally: "Yizhou is just a state, and it won't affect the overall situation if it is cheap."

"The road from Hedong to Guanzhong was cut off, and Cao Pi was left with two paths. One is to fight me bloody to the end to decide the outcome; the other is to retreat to Jingzhou and connect with Guanzhong via Shangyong." Duanmu Ling pondered.

"Can this trick fool Cao Pi and Sima Yi?" Zhou Cang hesitated.The current development has completely deviated from the historical track he knows, and it is difficult for him to grasp what will happen in the future. The army has been planning for a long time. Just waiting for the thunder strike, Cao Pi is afraid that Cao Pi will be caught in a deadly trap, and Duanmu Ling is not without worries. The reason is that Yanzhou, Yuzhou and Sizhou are Cao Cao's lairs. Not to mention the deep-rooted operation for decades, there are countless fortified cities. Every city will be an arduous battle.Perhaps it was also because of his age that he was a little hesitant.

Not long after he finished speaking, Zhou Cang laughed dumbly: "How can the arrow not be fired when the arrow is ready? Just as Yuan Zhi said, in addition, Gong Ming doesn't have to force the white horse to attack Hanoi with Jun Yi and the two troops, and then go straight to Luoyang! Let's see how Cao Pi responds."

The two most difficult bones, Yanzhou and Yuzhou, Zhou Cang decided not to fight for the time being, but to harass, so that the two generals Cao Ren and Zhang Liao could not separate themselves, and attacked the weaker Sizhou first, thus tearing Cao Pi's territory into two Half.

Sizhou five counties: Pingyang, Hanoi, Hedong, Hongnong, Henan.Since Cao Cao welcomed Liu Xie into Xudu, a strange phenomenon emerged: the capital is not in Sizhou but in Yanzhou.The three counties of Pingyang, Hanoi and Hedong border on Bingzhou, Hongnong connects to Yongzhou, and Henan connects to Yanzhou.

When Liu Xie fled to Jinan, Cao Pi not only did not embarrass Wu Zhi, but promoted Wu Zhi to the rank of Lieutenant of Sili and stationed in Luoyang. Tang Hou was still in charge of the military, with about 3 troops; the former Yanmen prefect Guo Yuzhan's son Guo Huai's glory was appointed as the Hanoi prefect, and Xia Houyuan's second son Xiahouba stationed troops here, with [-] troops; Du Ji was the Hedong prefect , Yang Qiu stationed troops here, taking into account Pingyang. Although there were only [-] troops, there were [-] Qingqi among them;

A series of military orders were quickly sent to the governors.Zhou Cang gave Zhou Chong another secret order to occupy Hanoi to exterminate the Sima clan!Sima Yi's stealing the government is still second, the eight princes are in conflict, and the people are in dire straits, and Zhou Cang hates the invasion of foreign tribes.

Zhou Cang was worried that killing the gentry would hurt his reputation. Zhou Chong laughed and said, "Leave this matter to the Ma brothers. Ma Xiu is in the army, and Ma Tie is in Jinyiwei. It was because of Sima Yi's persuasion that Ma Teng's family was wiped out, and the two brothers have long wanted revenge."

(End of this chapter)