Liu Chan opened the letter and said, "North Wu Sun Quan is now in heaven, and the young master is weak. The Wei Kingdom Alliance is the best time to destroy the Eastern Wu. The content is very short. Liu Chan knew what Yu Yi meant, so he waved his hand and asked the Wei Kingdom to
The envoy went down and began to discuss with everyone. Liu Chan said: "The Prime Minister's meaning cannot be violated. It's just that our Northern Expedition had just failed and had a bad relationship with Wei. Why did the Prime Minister agree to an alliance with Wei at this time, and the Eastern Wu is ours.
Allies have been long since. Wouldn’t they be ridiculed by the people of the world if they abandon them like this?”
Jiang Wan bowed and said, "Your Majesty's judgment is correct. We in Western Shu should join forces with the Eastern Wu to fight against Wei together."
Jiang Wei was also on the scene at this time, agreeing with Jiang Wan's statement, saying: "We in Western Shu are the orthodox Han Dynasty. What we have to do is to fight the Central Plains, unify the region, and restore the Han Dynasty. Now we have joined forces with evil spirits to attack the Wu Kingdom.
, wouldn't it be ridiculed by the people of the world?"
Tan Bowen held a different concept and said, "The Prime Minister has a mysterious mystery of ghosts and gods, which is not something that ordinary people can understand. I heard that General Jiang Wei failed this time and almost lost Chang'an. If it weren't for the Zhuge crossbow that the Prime Minister arranged in advance,
I'm afraid the entire Longxi and even Chengdu cannot be preserved."
After hearing this, Jiang Wei was furious and said, "Victory and defeat are common in military affairs, why do you use one failure to define others?"
Tan Bowen smiled slightly, bowed to Liu Chan, and said, "It is human nature to consider your foundation, but you will not accept the orders of the king. Since the Prime Minister has chosen the alliance, there is naturally his reason. You should wait and see.
That's it."
Jiang Wei still had to argue, Tan Bowen just waved his hand and said, "The letter is short, or many conspiracies are not convenient to disclose. Your Majesty can secretly summon Xiahouba who returned from Xiangyang this time, and it will naturally be clear."
Liu Chan nodded and said, "Just do what you want."
Late at night, Liu Chan summoned Tan Bowen. Tan Bowen did not say much, but replied: "The Prime Minister is far-sighted and unpredictable, and he has not explained anything else."
Liu Chan sighed, and on the second day of the day he went to court, summoned the envoy of Wei, signed an agreement to enter into an alliance, and then held a banquet. After that, the envoy of Wei was sent away.
Afterwards, Jiang Wei asked Liu Chan for the reason, and Liu Chan said lightly: "Tan Bowen said it was right yesterday. You failed the Northern Expedition and the Prime Minister was magnanimous. Why do you always have to go against him?"
Jiang Wei was speechless, and Liu Chan continued: "The Prime Minister's magic tricks are not something you can guess. You can return to Chang'an quickly and do a good job in guarding, and don't care about other things for the time being."
Jiang Wei had no choice but to return. He happened to meet Xiahou Ba before leaving. Xiahou Ba asked for instructions to return to Chang'an with Jiang Wei, and Liu Chan quickly agreed.
Jiang Wan delivered all this to Yu Yi in the form of a letter. Yu Yi nodded and said to everyone: "The Sima family of Wei has just seized power and needs to establish some prestige, so we united us to attack the Eastern Wu, although we agreed,
But it is difficult to send one soldier and one soldier. When both sides suffer losses, you can reap the benefits of the fisherman!"
So in December of that year, Sima Zhao brought his troops to the border of Dongwu, and stationed troops to recruit Wang Chang, Hu Zun, and Wuqiu Jian to discuss: "The most important place in Dongwu is Dongxing County,
Now they built a dam there and built two cities on both sides to prevent attacks from behind Chaohu Lake. You must be careful." So they sent Wang Chang and Wu Qiu Jian to each bring 10,000 troops and lined up on the left and right, saying: "You
Don't move forward first, wait until we take down Dongxing County and then attack together." The two of them were ordered to leave.
Sima Zhao sent Hu Zun as the pioneer and led three troops to the front, saying, "First build a floating bridge and take down the embankment of Dongxing. If the two cities on both sides are captured, it will be a great contribution."
Zhuge Ge, the Grand Tutor of Wu, heard that Wei was coming in three groups, and Shu was also aligned with Wei, Chen Bing and Jiangxia, and quickly gathered everyone to discuss.
General Ding Feng of Pingbei said: "Dongxing County is a key place in the Eastern Wu. If something goes wrong, then Lujiang will be in danger."
Zhuge Ge said: "Your suggestion is exactly what I think. You can bring three thousand naval troops through the river. I then sent Lu Ju, Tang Zi, and Liu Zan to pick him up with 10,000 troops.
As long as you hear the sound of cannons, you will attack together, and I will bring the army here in person." After Ding Feng's order, he led the three thousand navy troops and more than thirty warships to Dongxing.
When Ding Feng left, Zhuge Ge said to his close ministers: "Western Shu is our ally, and there must be some misunderstandings with the Wei Kingdom. If both sides send troops, our country will definitely perish. You can go to see Yuyi, Xiangyang and state the situation."
The envoy of Wu State arrived in Xiangyang soon and saw Yuyi. Yuyi was in a daze at this time. He asked: "We in Western Shu have already joined the Wei State. Why are you here to do? Are you not afraid that I will kill you?"
The envoy replied: "Western Shu is a descendant of the Han Dynasty and shoulders the responsibility of restoring the Han Dynasty. Now Wei is the Han thief and the target of Western Shu's attack. Wu is a friend of Western Shu who is dependent on each other. Please think twice.
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After hearing this, Yu Yi laughed and walked slowly to the envoy of Wu State, saying, "In the past, I personally led the soldiers to the army from Xiangyang, but your Grand Governor Lu Xun attacked from behind. Fortunately, I took precautions.
Go forward, my second brother Guan Yu guards Jingzhou. Your Grand Governor Lu Meng crosses the river in white, catches my second brother and son, and kills him. Later, Lu Xun burns the camp for seven hundred miles and defeats my eldest brother, ending with hatred.
, don’t these hatreds count?”
The envoy of Wu State did not know how to respond for a moment. Yu Yi continued: "The decline of Shu State may not be the responsibility of Wei State, mainly because of you, Dongwu. I don't have much responsibility for the Han Dynasty. I only know that the benefits are the greatest.
Hua, go back and tell Zhuge Ge that because his father Zhuge Jin is my friend Zhuge Liang, I will not attack you this time. As for how you fight with Wei, I can do nothing."
The envoy of Wu State wanted to fight for something else, but he was pulled out by his left and right and could only leave in shame.
The envoy returned to Eastern Wu and reported the situation to Zhugege. After hearing this, he looked bad and had to give up the matter of winning over Western Shu to resist Wei.
Hu Zun crossed the floating bridge, stationed troops on the embankment, and sent Huan Jia and Han Zong to attack the left and right cities. The city on the left was guarded by the generals of Wu, and the right was Liu Lue. Both cities were built very strongly, so it was difficult to be in a hurry.
capture.
The two guards of Wu saw that the Wei State were too powerful and did not dare to fight easily, so they could only defend the city. Hu Zun came to the village in Xutang. It was cold and it was snowing heavily. Hu Zun and everyone set it up.
The banquet was spent passing the boring time, and suddenly the soldiers came to report that the enemy's thirty warships appeared on the river. Hu Zun walked out of the camp to see and found that the warships were docking not far away, and about hundreds of people were coming down from the boat, so he returned
The camp said to everyone: "The State of Wu has only sent more than 3,000 people, and there is nothing to be afraid of!" So he asked the generals to observe the situation and continue to attend the banquet.