"Immediately reply to Pang Tong and leave him with 5,000 people to station in Kuaiji, and take Sun Jing and Lu Xun to the north immediately and meet with Gu."
On the eighth day of the September 1st, Liu Cong received a letter from Pang Tong. Kuaiji had just taken it, and it was indeed not suitable to implement the Jingchu policy here. Not only Kuaiji, but also Jiangdong.
Liu Cong still needs to carefully consider when to implement it. At least, there must be no external interference. Otherwise, it will be unsightly to cause the resistance of the aristocratic families to the Jingchu army.
After taking down Jiangdong, external interference was indeed gone. However, Jiangdong gave up Lujiang County to Cao Cao.
Liu Cong had great ambitions. He not only wanted to regain the Lujiang County given up by Jiangdong, but also wanted to take Hefei and Shouchun. After conquering Huainan, he could use the Huai River to guard against Cao's army. He could also use this as a springboard to fight the Central Plains in the north.
There is a saying in later generations: Being able to defend the river must guard the Huai River!
Although the Yangtze River defense line is indestructible, the strength of the southern forces that took over Huainan will become stronger. Whether it is to guard against the north and the southward movement or to enter the Central Plains, they will take the initiative.
In history, the Jiangdong regime was not in hand, and it was always a passive situation. Sun Quan entered Hefei several times, not only failed to conquer Hefei, let alone Shouchun. Instead, he earned himself the reputation of Sun 100,000 and passed down to future generations.
Liu Cong was out of reach for Xichuan, but he didn't take advantage of the fat piece of Huainan while Boss Cao was far away in Yongliang to chew on two bites of this fat piece of meat. He was sorry for Ma Chao, and Han Sui provided him with this opportunity!
What surprised Liu Cong even more was that Lu Xun appeared in Kuaiji. Since entering Jiangdong, he has been thinking about the civil and military affairs of Jiangdong. He has heard or seen the first three of the four famous governors in Jiangdong, Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Lu Meng, and Lu Xun. Only Lu Xun, he has no news at all.
He thought that Lu Xun had not yet made a fortune at this time, and was about to pacify Jiangdong and ask Duan Kun to send the Jinyiwei to search for it, but he didn't expect that he would be in the remote Kuaiji.
In Liu Cong's current camp, Pang Tong is considered a general. Note that what we are talking about is the general who commands hundreds of thousands of troops, destroys the country, defends the country, and conquering the country. Liu Cong himself is also considered one. Is there any more? It's gone!
Zhou Yu, Lu Meng and Lu Xun are all outstanding handsome men! Not to mention that Lu Xun has a son, his name is Lu Kang!
Lu Kang! The outstanding handsome talent defeated Yang Hu, a famous Western Jin general!
These people are all very talented in command. Others can only be regarded as famous generals. They can only be called outstanding in the fields they are good at, but they are far from reaching the level of commanding hundreds of thousands of troops.
Only these people can help Liu Cong advance into the Central Plains and even unify the world!
Only these people can turn the tide and help the building collapse!
It means that after Liu Cong took over Jiangdong, he would be able to produce four outstanding talents. This is not the other outstanding talents in various fields.
Of course, there is another premise, that is, all these people can really defect to him.
Pang Tong, Zhou Yu, and Lu Meng can all be used to command the army and attack other places. Lu Xun, if you have more experience, you are too young.
Commander Pang led his troops to march from Wancheng, and Zhou Yu led his troops to march from Hefei. Will Lu Meng, will he be useless? Will Liu Cong leave him idle?
How is that possible!
The places that Liu Cong saw on the map a few days ago have to be taken down! This requires the advancement of the shipbuilding industry. With the existing shipbuilding technology, it can only sail near the sea near the shore.
If you go to a long-distance island, you will be at risk of annihilation. Not to mention now, even in the Yuan Dynasty, the fleets expeditioning Japan made the so-called kamikaze blown by the little Japanese back.
Although it is said that the people of the Yuan Dynasty did not pay attention to the season, it also shows that the prerequisite for the opening of the era of great navigation is that the shipbuilding industry must be developed.
However, let alone other places, Liu Cong must take over Taiwan, Luzon, and Indochina Peninsula. Whether it is to unify the world, open up the survival territory of the Han people, or prepare a way out for yourself, these places must be taken over.
Lu Meng, if he belongs to his command, Liu Cong will prepare to let him travel far to the sea!
There is also Jiaozhou, which occupies almost all parts of Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, and Guizhou in later generations. Now it is just a primeval forest-like environment.
He was also occupied by a group of Baiyue barbarians. It was a waste of resources. No matter how bad it was, Liu Cong would also send Lu Meng to clean up the mess.
Not to mention Guangxi, Guangdong has become economically prosperous and the people are happy since the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Jiaozhou must be developed in its own hands!
Besides, does it take no talent to enter Yizhou? Does it take no generals to deal with Liu Bei? In history, Lu Meng still stabbed Guan Erye back. Maybe using him to deal with Liu Bei can have unexpected results.
In the long history of China for thousands of years, Confucianism has always dominated the mainstream, which is also an important reason why China can stand firm, even on the verge of despair, and can stand on the top of the world again.
However, Liu Cong felt that in the history of China, the more important things were those who were brave enough to explore. From the Shang and Zhou dynasties to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, to the Qin and Han dynasties, to the present, countless ancestors have worked hard to explore those wild places, which has the pleasure of survival for future generations.
Their achievements have become even greater, laying the foundation for the Chinese territory that has lasted for generations and laiding countless critical moments of history. The territory that has been opened will always be protected by future generations.
If we can unify the world, we will send troops to conquer the four directions and take down many places. We will use the sword of China to obtain more land for China's plow.
At that time, all your sons will be crowned as kings in remote areas! All the people in the world are Han people, all Chinese races, and the same roots. The unfilial descendants of later generations will fight back and forth, but are they all our own people?
Thinking about it this way, Liu Cong instantly felt that his son had not given birth to enough, "Damn, why are there so few orphans?"
"Bang!"
The bamboo slips and books on the table all flew up because of Liu Cong's snap.
All the generals in the tent were startled, looked at Liu Cong, looked at each other again, and finally looked at Liu Cong again.
Don't have enough sons?
Liu Yuan, Liu Ni, Liu Chang, Liu Yao, Liu Ze, Liu Xian. In less than two years, I have given birth to six sons, isn’t there enough?
Liu Cong was embarrassed, "I just thought about things so hard."
"Lord, the lord is over fifty years old and has a son just now. Please don't use this to attack the lord." The person who spoke was Lao Huang Zhong.
If he had not been plotted by Deng Zhi, he would not even have a son, Huang Yuan.
Therefore, Huang Zhong is particularly sensitive about his son's question.
Liu Cong smiled awkwardly, "The old general is too worried. I am not targeting you who are sitting. I am really confused about things."
"Ahem."
Liu Cong coughed a few times and said, "You all retreat first. I want to stay alone for a while."
"promise."
After the generals left, Liu Cong remembered the reason for the embarrassment just now. His son wanted a woman to give birth to a son. At this moment, Liu Cong thought of women again!
On March 20, Liu Cong has not touched a woman since he led his troops to fight in Xiangyang.