Jagged hegemony of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 901

Ban Liu Peng sent troops according to the plan, and took all the counties in the plan after half a month.

Half a month later, the entire Yanzhou returned to the embrace of the Northern Han Dynasty.

At this time, Liu Bei was still fighting Sun Ce in Jiangdong, and he had no time to take care of Yanzhou.

After Yanzhou was recaptured, Liu Bei heard the news and sighed to the sky: "Liu Ziyan will make a comeback this time, I'm afraid he will unify the world in one fell swoop!"

Zhuge Liang persuaded: "My lord, Liu Ziyan's army is about to hit Yuzhou. How can you belittle yourself here? You should return to the army as soon as possible to resist the Northern Han army's footsteps going south, otherwise Jingzhou will not be able to keep!"

Although Zhuge Liang persuaded Liu Bei to go north to resist the enemy, he understood the current situation in Jingzhou better than anyone else. Since Liu Bei came to rule Jingzhou, Jingzhou has never returned to the prosperity when Liu Biao ruled it. Liu Bei raised the military service and taxes in Jingzhou. , although Jingzhou is rich, it is still a land of one state. Although Yuzhou was taken down later, the place with a big fart in Yuzhou will not play much role at all. Liu Wei's southern expedition, whether Jingzhou can withstand is an unknown.

At this time, the gunpowder smoke gradually cleared from the Jiangdong battlefield. Liu Zhang was afraid that Wei Yan would go south to attack Xichuan, so he had already transferred Pang Tong and Zhang Ren back, and withdrew from the Jiangdong battlefield early. For the Han army, only Sun Ce, Sun Quan, and Sun Shao are left in Jiangdong, but it is better to say that only Sun Ce is left than the three forces. Sun Quan and Sun Shao have less than 5 soldiers and horses in their hands. After Liu Zhang and Liu Bei withdrew, what did they use to stop Sun Ce's offensive?Can only sit and wait.

Sure enough, after Liu Bei and Liu Zhang withdrew, Sun Shao and Sun Quan joined forces, and they surrendered before Sun Ce's army overwhelmed the border.

Sun Ce thought of the family relationship and blood relationship, but put the two under house arrest, and did not kill them.

Jiangdong was recaptured by Sun Ce again, but after nearly two years of war, Jiangdong was also exhausted, farmland was destroyed, taxes were reduced, and soldiers were scarce.

Only the Northern Han Dynasty and Xichuan are still strong, especially the Northern Han Dynasty. After the disarmament and military reform, not only the military strength has been improved, but the laid-off soldiers have also become ordinary people who go home to cultivate farmland. The agriculture of the Northern Han Dynasty has developed rapidly, and the Bai surname lives and works in peace and contentment. , although it has not reached the level of not picking up things on the road and not closing the house at night, the people under the Northern Han Dynasty no longer starved. Many people have spare money to spend in the market and buy items other than the necessities of life. Trade has also grown enormously.The national power is unprecedentedly strong.

After Liu Peng took Yanzhou, he sent people to Jiangdong to find Sun Ce, and discussed the matter of exchanging supplies for Xuzhou, which had been decided before.

It's just that this matter did not go according to Liu Wei's plan, because Liu Peng took Yanzhou too fast, which caused Liu Bei to withdraw his troops from Jiangdong in advance. Now that Sun Ce has no threat, it is estimated that Xuzhou will not be handed over so easily.

For this reason, Liu Wei had no choice but to send envoys to Jiangdong to discuss the matter.

And the envoy sent turned out to be the old minister Xu You.

Liu Wei thought that although Xu You was old, he was eloquent and good at flattering people, so it would be best to send Xu You as an envoy to Jiangdong.

Xu You, an old man who is almost the same age as Liu Wei, can only take Liu Wei's token and go to Jiangdong.

After arriving in Wu County, Xu You came to Wu Wang's mansion with ease and met Sun Ce.

After the salute, Xu You went straight to the point and directly mentioned the matter of exchanging materials for Xuzhou.

However, Sun Ce has no internal and external troubles now, so he has a bargaining chip to negotiate with Liu Wei.

"Master Xu, since I have said this, I will not regret it, but you should know that although I have regained Jiangdong, after two years of war, the people of Jiangdong are living in dire straits. If I return Xuzhou to Liu Wei, isn't that adding fuel to the fire!"

Sun Ce looked at Xu You meaningfully.

"King Wu, my Majesty knew that the people in Jiangdong were suffering from the flames of war, and he told me before I came that you can help the people of Jiangdong, but the aid to Jiangdong is the aid to Jiangdong. It is His Majesty who is sympathetic to the people. For those who extend a helping hand, the exchange of supplies from Xuzhou will not change!"

Although Xu You said this, anyone can see that the assistance to the people is actually an exchange of Xuzhou's increased bargaining chips.

"Well, Liu Wei is really generous, so let me just say it straight, I don't need so many weapons and armor now, I only need [-] of the remaining weapons and armor, and I don't want the other [-], but I want Two battleships of the Liaozhou Navy and fifty artillery pieces!"

Sun Ce opened his mouth wide and asked Xu You for military supplies.

"what?"

Xu You looked at Sun Ce in surprise. How dare you say that the value of the two Liaozhou navy warships and the bathroom door artillery alone can be worth [-] weapons and armor.

"Why? Master Xu thinks that Xuzhou is not worth the price?"

Sun Ce looked at Xu You with a smile.

Xu You gritted his teeth and said: "His Royal Highness, don't push yourself too hard. You must know that although my Majesty is fighting Liu Bei, my Northern Han still has no less than 30 soldiers and horses that can be used. The reason why my Majesty If you want to use supplies to return to Xuzhou, you don’t want to tear your face with Jiangdong, if you do this, I’m afraid my Majesty will not exchange supplies, but take back Xuzhou with shells!”

"Hehe, are you threatening me?"

Sun Ce suddenly put away his smile, stared at Xu You with eyes wide open.

Xu You was flustered by Sun Ce's tiger eyes, but he represented the Northern Han Dynasty, so he couldn't lose face, so he could only grit his teeth and say: "I dare not take threats, but things like artillery and warships are not for me to give to you." I can give it, I want to ask His Majesty for instructions on this matter, if His Majesty agrees, then there is still talk about this matter!"

"Hehe, isn't it just dozens of broken iron barrels and broken boats? I believe that Liu Wei will not reject me given the level of wealth in the Northern Han Dynasty! In addition, I think that you, the Northern Han Dynasty, should also help us with hundreds of thousands of stones in Jiangdong." food!"

Sun Ce said again.

Xu You thought to himself: "Sun Bofu, you are trying to die, just wait, when I go back, tell the emperor what you said, I will see if you will die!"

"Okay, I've written down what King Wu said, and I'm going back to the capital right now to ask His Majesty for instructions on this matter!"

Xu You didn't want to talk to Sun Ce any more.

There is no point in talking about it any longer. It is impossible for Liu Wei to agree to the conditions proposed by Sun Ce. He just waits for Liu Wei's army to go south.

Xu You got up to say goodbye, and set off for the north on the same day, returning to the Northern Han Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)