Chapter 128 Second and Third Expedition

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【After Meng Da’s rebellion, Sima Yi once made a memorial, and the meaning of the memorial coincided with that of the prime minister.

Let Hefei send troops as bait, and quietly build a navy from Xiangfan to attack the east gate of Xiakou, and you will surely win!

Emperor Cao Rui thought it was very good, and Cao Xiu, the boss of the Hefei Military Region, thought: Go to hell!

We are both ministers entrusted with the care of the orphan, why do you want me to assist you?

Why don’t you Xiangfan attract attention, and my Hefei army will go south directly to Jiangdong?

Then Sima Yi simply stayed at home and did not move.

The Battle of Shiting, which was triggered by Zhou Cang’s false surrender, started in August. Sima Yi had seen enough of the excitement and did not fight until the end of October. He was reluctant to send troops.

Then he cancelled the plan after only two steps, and the reason given to Cao Rui was that the water was shallow in winter and it was difficult to sail.

Cao Rui probably wanted to vomit blood after hearing this: the water was shallow in winter, so what did you do in August? But Sima Yi was a minister entrusted with the care of the young emperor, so he had to let it go.

Cao Xiu's side was much simpler. He found out that he was deceived halfway, and he was so angry that he refused to turn back and beat him!

But the final result was not satisfactory for Cao Xiu.

Because he believed in Zhou Yu's plan to send troops at the beginning, Cao Xiu did not send out all his troops, and his men, horses, and food were at a disadvantage.

Jiangdong gathered more than 90,000 combat-ready soldiers, and the food was also fully prepared. In addition, Lu Xun was the commander, and Sun Quan personally drove the car for him to boost his power.

The final result was a stalemate for a period of time Later, they gradually fell into disadvantage, and Lu Xun played a beautiful night attack to blow up Cao's camp.

So just like the night attack in Yiling, Lu Xun led his army to chase and kill, beheaded more than 10,000 people, captured 10,000 vehicles, and seized all the baggage.

If Jia Kui hadn't come to rescue, Cao Xiu might have really been put to death.

For Jiangdong, beheading more than 10,000 people was undoubtedly a great victory!

Lu Xun was a qualified commander, and of course he had to take the opportunity to expand the results of the war. Before the war, there was a five-way northward plan.

One way was Lü Fan and Sun Zhao entering Huai, the second way was Quan Cong and Zhu Huan attacking Hefei, the third way was Zhuge Jin, Bu Zhi and Zhu Ran attacking Xiangyang, and the fourth way was Lu Xun and Pan Zhang attacking Mei Fu.

As for the fifth way? Of course, it was to order the prime minister to enter Guanxi.

In terms of time, the Battle of Shiting started in August and ended in September. Jiangdong It would take another month for the news to reach Shuzhong because it had to go upstream.

So the prime minister received the news and request from Jiangdong in early November, and it was probably under this circumstance that he wrote the "Second Letter to the Emperor".

The entire letter was full of complaints, saying how scarce the talents were, how tight the Shuzhong was, how the big families opposed, and how much pressure I, Zhuge Liang, had to go against the will of the people.

This letter to Liu Chan was essentially a political statement: Brother Shiwan, please stop, we are allies, not Yizhou County under your Jiangdong.

Only in this way can we explain why the second letter was so different from the first, because it was itself a political statement by the politician Zhuge Liang towards Jiangdong. 】

"Kong Ming... Alas. "

Liu Bei wanted to say something, but felt that nothing he said could compare to Kong Ming's hard work.

So he could only pat Kong Ming's hand to comfort him.

The big mess Liu Bei had made really made Kong Ming exhausted.

He had to make money, fight wars, farm, bring in new people, and appease allies.

He finally trained a Ma Su to share his worries, but he turned out to be a boastful person.

As for Sun Quan's subsequent enthronement, he didn't care.

The attitude of later generations towards Sun Quan has already explained everything. The title of emperor is not as loud as the nickname "Brother Shiwan".

Guan Yu was watching the Battle of Shiting in deep thought, with admiration and regret in his eyes:

"Lu Xun is another talented general after Zhou Gongjin."

"But it's a pity that the people of Jiangdong are still trapped in the doorway."

Zhang Fei was a little anxious:

"But this Lu Xun has not been seen until now! ”

“This person in the light curtain became famous eight years later, so he can’t have not yet entered the government!”

“What’s the difficulty!”

Huang Zhong slapped Zhang Fei’s thigh and said:

“General Zhang, lead 800 personal soldiers to capture all the children of the Jiangdong Lu family and interrogate them one by one!”

Zhang Fei was about to fight back with a grin, but he saw that his brother had already looked over, so he could only give up and said:

“What are you talking about, General Huang? I’m not a fool…”

It is certainly not feasible to go straight into Jiangdong, but Mi Zhu’s expression also moved, and then he was depressed.

If it is a big family, you can always find a branch child to get the news with money and goods, but there are only a few people in the Lu family, which is really difficult to deal with.

Jian Yong sighed:

“Kong Ming is a gentleman, and Sun Hou is really not a gentleman. "

Everyone frowned.

Kong Ming's mentality is actually everyone's mentality. After Zhou Yu defeated Cao in Chibi, everyone unconsciously thought that if they attacked Cao, Jiangdong's help was indispensable.

But from Xiangfan to Shiting, didn't Sun Hou grasp this mentality and do whatever he wanted with Ji Han?

Zhang Fei couldn't help but say:

"After Yiling, Lu Xun persuaded Brother Shiwan to become emperor, but Brother Shiwan refused."

"It's possible that he used the title of King of Wu as a retreat!"

Guan Yu expressed his position first:

"Brother, it is indeed as Gan Xingba said, we need to be prepared for a battle with Jiangdong."

Liu Bei nodded.

[Although he was extremely reluctant, the prime minister still sent troops and did a very good job.

The key word is that Wang Shuang was killed when retreating from Chencang.

Wang Shuang is actually quite interesting. His first appearance was in 222.

This year, Cao Pi was furious after Yiling and attacked Wu from three directions.

Cao Ren attacked Ruxukou. The defending general Zhu Huan showed weakness to the enemy and played an ambush. He killed hundreds of Cao Ren's men and captured a general alive, Wang Shuang.

After Wang Shuang was captured, he was sent to Wuchang. It was normal to surrender to each other during the Three Kingdoms period. Wang Shuang was not a big shot, so he probably surrendered to Wu.

And how did he become Zhang He's subordinate later? Most likely he was captured again.

Because Zhang He's record is that when he was stationed in Xiangfan, he and Sima Yi had cracked the Wu army together in about 226.

Later, Zhang He stayed here until Cao Rui urgently summoned Zhang He to support Chencang.

Generally, for this kind of support, it is normal to send a vanguard to rush, and Wang Shuang was eager to make merit, and the prime minister turned back and stabbed him, which became the prime minister's credit.

Judging from Wang Shuang's trajectory, the prime minister did meet Sun Quan's requirements:

Zhang He was withdrawn from the Xiangfan battlefield, which really relieved the pressure on Jiangdong.

This is also the reason why the prime minister's performance in the second battle of Chencang was so strange. 】

"This Wang Shuang..." Zhang Fei thought of a word that Guangmu often used, and sighed:

"He is also an unlucky guy."

"Two different masters, so he is eager to make merit, but he didn't expect..."

Huang Zhong sneered:

"What Yide said before, I can send you now."

"Why do you have to carry Cao's coffin to your own home and cry?"

"Cao Ren's troops massacred Wancheng in Xiangfan. Wang Shuang probably participated in it."

Wancheng Huang Zhong has also been to, or to say that he has been with Liu Biao for 17 years, and there is no place in Nanjun that Huang Zhong is not familiar with.

Therefore, he has no good feelings towards it.

Zhang Fei didn't understand, he just sighed.

Liu Bei didn't speak because he was thinking further.

The crime of massacre in the city was Cao Ren's fault, so was Wang Shuang qualified to disobey his orders?

He couldn't persuade Wang Shuang to sacrifice his life for justice, all he could do was to quell this chaotic world as soon as possible.

In this way, people like Wang Shuang, who have land to work on and a wife to care for, would not fall into such a dilemma.

[But for a calculating person like the prime minister, it is normal to achieve multiple goals with one action.

There are articles about the prime minister's self-reflection in "Zhuge Liang Collection". Although the dog tycoon in Shu believed it was a great victory, the prime minister said it was a defeat at Qishan.

For the defeat at Qishan, the prime minister concluded that the reason was the poor quality of the soldiers, because at that time the Han army in Qishan was obviously more than the Cao army.

In the end, it was still a big defeat. First, Zhuge Liang himself had problems with his ability, and second, the soldiers were not good enough.

So after the defeat at Qishan, he began to train his troops, and Chencang was also a display of the results of the training.

The high-tech among them may be what the prime minister used to make up for the quality of the soldiers, but it is still not good enough.

But it doesn't matter if it doesn't work, let's go and fight an autumn wind!

This is the second purpose of the prime minister, to start the third northern expedition!

The massive siege under Chencang City not only attracted attention to Jiangdong, but also attracted attention to the third northern expedition!

In early 229, Chen Shi was ordered by the prime minister to attack Wudu Yinping. The prime minister sent troops to Jianwei. Guo Huai ran away quickly and was not left behind. Wudu Yinping and two counties were pacified.

In fact, the time can be calculated here.

In October, he received news from Jiangdong, and in November, he sent troops to Chencang and played siege with Hao Zhao for more than 20 days.

Then Chen Shi attacked Wudu Yinping at the beginning of the year, and Guo Huai came to support and fight with Chen Shi.

So the prime minister simply turned a corner on the way back and went directly to Jianwei to support Chen Shi.

Essentially, the prime minister was also using Chencang to play a game of siege and attack, but Guo Huai didn't take the bait.

So the prime minister, who had worked hard for the whole winter, could only pacify the two counties of Wudu and Yinping with regret, and returned to Chengdu to recuperate.

At this time, there were only five and a half years left before the prime minister died of illness. 】

Everyone wanted to congratulate the military advisor for fighting a war that was originally a loss.

But the last prompt on the light screen made everyone's words stuck in their throats.

Kong Ming himself was very free and easy:

"Starting tomorrow, Liang will follow Zhang Zhongjing's divine medicine to maintain health."

Liu Bei smiled and said:

"Kong Ming will not say 'This is Prime Minister Zhuge' this time?"

Kong Ming smiled and shook his head.

"The military strategy of the military advisor has improved rapidly."

Guan Yu praised:

"Looking back now, the defeat at Qishan was indeed due to a mistake in decision-making."

"We should have left a small army to threaten the cities along the way, and led the main force to attack Shanggui directly. If we take Shanggui, we can control the Long Road, and then Longyou will be pacified."

"However, Qishan City was lost for a few days, and Guo Huai took the lead and entered Shanggui."

"Secondly, Ma Su's defeat was also due to a mistake in decision-making by the military advisor."

Ma Su lowered his head again, not daring to look at anyone.

Guan Yu just glanced at him and said:

"The strategy of Qishan is to seek stability, but Jieting is such a critical place, but they don't seek stability and recruit new generals. It's a mistake to use people."

Zhang Fei said with an exaggerated expression:

"The military advisor has made two preparations!"

"Ma Su was assigned four generals! Four!"

"In the end, none of the four could persuade him, what can we do?"

"Ma Youchang, you understand the art of war, what do you think we should do?"

I am considering adding a summary and the controversy of "Shu Han did not keep history" at the end, so I will temporarily end the first part, because there is still a lot to say about the struggle between the village man and Sima Yi, and I am afraid it will be too bloated.