Chapter 518 Cao Mengde gains both fame and fortune
Chapter 518 Cao Mengde gained both fame and fortune
Lu Su moved quickly. When he arrived in Shouchun, Gan Ning had not yet arrived at Jiangling, and Sun Quan was not slow in delivering the news. The Jiangling garrison received the news on the third day. I really don’t know the news from Jiangdong.
How to get faster than Gan Ning's ship? However, Jiangling was prepared, Liu Zhang was naturally prepared, and Lu Xun led his army down the river.
Although Liu Zhang's navy was not as good as Jiangdong's, Jingzhou's navy had been established for a longer period of time, but it had a better foundation than theirs. The navy with Gan Ning's eight hundred brocade sail thieves as its backbone has now expanded to one hundred thousand, and these one hundred thousand
Everyone is proficient in water skills, and even the worst can hide in the water for three days! Of course, the premise is that they bring enough military rations. Liu Zhang does not want his navy to become an underwater white dragon that eats raw fish, shrimps and crabs!
Lu Xun and Gan Ning were reuniting, but Lu Su was waiting anxiously in Shouchun. After all, Cao Cao had already proclaimed himself a duke and was considered a person of status. Wouldn't it be very shameful to meet Lu Su easily? Cao Cao wanted to lose face.
Lu Su turned his head in worry. Finally, Lu Su was forced to leave, and Cao Cao received him that night.
"I have met Wei Gong!" Although Cao Cao was proclaimed Duke in Shouchun, he was born in Qiao County, so he was still known as Wei Gong!
"Zijing, what happened? You couldn't even wait a day?" Cao Cao was still a little dissatisfied with Lu Su's behavior. After all, he was threatened. If Liu Zhang hadn't been so powerful, he wouldn't have ignored Lu Su.
So serious!
"Wei Gong, I must be rude, but I am really in a hurry!" Lu Su said, "If you delay for a while longer, our army might start a fight with Liu Zhang!"
"What?" Cao Cao asked in shock: "Is Sun Zhongmou crazy? The strength of Jiangdong and Liu Zhang is too far apart, and if they fight reluctantly, they will only be defeated. Doesn't he want Jiangdong anymore?"
"It's not my lord's problem, it's Liu Zhang's attack!" Lu Su told Cao Cao about Jiangdong's affairs, and Cao Cao was horrified.
"Are you saying that Zhongmou used his sister to get information about Liu Zhang's army, and Liu Zhang took revenge?" Lu Su nodded when he heard this, and Cao Cao's eyes flashed. He also wanted to get information from his daughter, but was severely punished by her.
Ci refused!
"Wei Gong, now our army is in danger, please help, otherwise we will definitely be in trouble!" Lu Su bowed down and bowed down. In his heart, only joining forces with Cao Cao can resist Liu!
"Of course I will help you!" Cao Cao said with a wry smile: "To be fair to Zijing, in fact, I also did what Zhongmou did!"
"What?" Lu Su asked in surprise: "Then what did Liu Zhang do to you?"
"It's just that he didn't do anything that made me surprised!" Cao Cao shrugged and said: "Based on what happened to Jiangdong, Liu Zhang shouldn't let me go easily, but Liu Zhang has been silent, which is even more worrying!"
"Wei Gong, strike first to gain strength, and strike later will suffer disaster. Since Liu Zhang has not taken action, why not we take action first!" A cold light flashed in Lu Su's eyes. He did not want Cao Cao to retreat, because he knew that Cao Cao had always been afraid of Liu Zhang.
"I also want to take action, but is now the time?" Cao Cao hesitated. Although he had accumulated a lot of money and food and had an army of nearly 500,000, he was really too afraid of Liu Zhang.
"Wei Gong, the longer we wait, the less likely we are to win!" Lu Su sighed: "It's not that you don't know that Liu Zhang's people and territory already exceed ours. In addition, Liu Zhang is good at managing internal affairs, and his power is getting stronger day by day.
One day, the distance between us and him will become wider and wider. If he is allowed to develop steadily for ten years, we will have no choice but to catch him!"
"What Zijing said is not bad!" Although he knew that Lu Su was Jiangdong's lobbyist, it was undeniable that what he said was very reasonable. Cao Cao was almost convinced by him. However, Cao Cao was not a dictatorial person. He said with a smile:
"Zijing, for such a big matter, I still need to discuss it with my advisers. Are you..."
"Alas..." Lu Su sighed and said: "I know Wei Gong's difficulties, so I won't say more. I also ask Wei Gong to make a decision as soon as possible. I am waiting for your news at Guanyi. I only hope that you will be better as soon as possible.
You can send someone to notify me even in the middle of the night, I will be waiting for you at any time!"
"Okay, I know!" Cao Cao said with a smile: "Come here, send Zijing to the post to rest, and send an order to all the ministers to come to my residence for a meeting!"
Lu Su was sent away, and everyone under Cao Cao's command arrived one after another. Sima Yi relied on his own ability to get into the position of the second counselor under Cao Cao. Of course, he was not less resourceful than the first counselor Cheng Yu, but his qualifications were too junior.
, and Cao Cao trusted Cheng Yu more.
"Masters, Lu Su has come to ask for help, what do you think?" After carefully explaining Lu Su's purpose and what happened in Jiangdong, Cao Cao leaned on his chair and waited for everyone to speak.
"Wei Gong, if there is no Jiangdong, our army will definitely not be Liu Zhang's opponent, so we must help him!" Cheng Yu twirled his beard and frowned: "The question is how to help, we can't help unconditionally!"
"We are allies with Jiangdong. If we make demands, what if they make demands if something happens to us in the future?" Cao Cao shook his head. He had more credibility than Sun Quan.
"This is easy!" Sima Yi said with a smile: "Sun Quan asked us to help, but he will not let us out of Hulao Pass. Not to mention that Hulao Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but the terrain in front of the pass is not suitable for large-scale wars.
We request that the troops from Wancheng pass through Wuguan and attack Chang'an, so that Jiangdong's army can join forces with us and obey our army's dispatch."
"This..." Cao Cao hesitated: "Will Sun Quan agree?"
"Of course!" Sima Yi said; "We are not asking Sun Quan to listen to us, we are just asking the Jiangdong Army in Jingzhou to listen to us. Sun Quan is not stupid, of course he knows the benefits of unified orders!"
"You can tell Zijing later!" Cao Cao nodded. He knew clearly what was beneficial and what couldn't be done.
"My lord, you can also buy some grain and grass from Sun Quan!" Sima Yi said with a smile: "As we all know, Jiangdong is short of horses and rich in grain. Although our army does not have many horses, it is much more than Jiangdong. We can exchange some medium-sized war horses with Sun Quan.
Some food, and let Lu Su know that our army does not have much food. If Lu Su knows and understands, he will also give our army some food!"
"Does that mean our army is sending troops?" Cao Cao glanced at everyone, his eyes full of questions. Several counselors nodded in unison, and Cao Cao immediately ordered people to invite Lu Su.
"Wei Gong, have you made a decision?" Lu Su asked impatiently after saluting. He knew that Jiangdong might start a war with Liu Zhang at any time.
"I have decided to send troops!" Cao Cao said solemnly: "But now I am short of military rations, so I want to do some business with Jiangdong. What do you think?"
"Now is the time to do business!" Lu Su, always proud, said with a smile: "Wei Gong is short of military rations. How about Jiangdong giving you 100,000 shi?"
"No!" Sima Yi said: "Zijing, you and our army are allies. Since Jiangdong is in trouble, how can our army sit idly by and ignore it? If you ask Jiangdong for money and food at this time, it would be taking advantage of others' danger. It is better to do business.
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"I know Wei Gong's sincerity, but there is no time for us to do business now!" Lu Su took a deep breath and said: "How about asking Jiangdong to provide some military rations first, and then we can discuss business after Liu Zhang is defeated?"
"After defeating Liu Zhang, who is still talking about business with Jiangdong? At that time, we must have met each other in war!" Sima Yi secretly laughed in his heart, but he said very seriously: "The business I mentioned is also good for Jiangdong! Our army still has
There are more than a thousand horses of middle grade, and there is a shortage of horses in Jiangdong. How about our army exchange these middle-grade horses for 100,000 dan of grain and grass?"
"Uh..." After listening to Sima Yi's words, Lu Su realized instantly. It turned out that Cao Cao wanted food, but he also didn't want to be notorious for betraying the alliance and taking advantage of others. He couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "In this case, I agree on behalf of my lord.
I just hope that Wei Gong will send troops as soon as possible to prevent our army from being defeated."
"Don't worry, I will not sit back and watch Jiangdong's defeat!" Cao Cao said with a smile: "Zijing, you go back to Jiangdong first, and I will immediately organize the army and rush to Wuguan!"
After sending Lu Su away, Cao Cao immediately ordered the army to be reorganized. This time, he brought Lu Bu with him! Facing the fierce generals Liu Zhang, Cao Cao prepared to use the strongest lineup. Of course, Hulao Pass had to be defended.
Cao Cao ordered Xun Yu to take Li Dian and Li Tong to guard Xuchang to prevent Liu Zhang's army from Hulao Pass from attacking Yanzhou! Just when Cao Cao ordered the army to assemble, a farmer walked out of the north gate of Shouchun City. This man walked in a hurry and headed straight to the Yellow River.
At the same time, several pigeons rushed into the sky and flew to the west without the attention of outsiders.
Lu Su left Shouchun and did not return to Moling. He knew that Sun Quan had led his army towards Wuling and was preparing to intercept Ganning in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. So he went upstream and rushed to Jiangling via the waterway. At this time,
The Jiangdong navy stationed in Jiangling has blocked the Yangtze River and is preparing for it!
"Brother Gan, the front is blocked!" Sun Lang became Gan Ning's subordinate. Gan Ning was not polite and let him enter the scout camp directly. Not to mention, Sun Lang's abilities were really good, except for his temper and personality.
reckless!
"Don't worry, my lord has already expected it. Let's wait and wait until the Jiangdong army is in chaos before launching an attack!" The ship stopped at a fork of the river. Gan Ning leaned on the bow of the ship without any appearance, with a mouthful of food in his mouth.
Holding a straw!
"Brother Gan, you said Duke Qin had already expected it?" Sun Lang didn't believe it. He shook Gan Ning's arm and asked, "Tell me quickly, what are Duke Qin's plans?"
"How do I know!" Gan Ning said with a smile: "Gong Jin is the coach, if you have any questions, ask him!"
"No need to ask, I'll tell you!" Zhou Yu, who was sitting in the cabin, heard the conversation between Gan Ning and Sun Lang, walked out slowly, and said with a smile: "My lord has asked Lu Xun to command 50,000 naval troops to come for support.
There are nearly a hundred giant ships and more than a thousand large and small warships!"
"This..." Sun Lang asked: "Does Duke Qin want to go to war with Jiangdong?"
"It's not known yet!" Gan Ning and Zhou Yu looked at each other and smiled. They knew Liu Zhang's plan, but they couldn't tell them.
"Tch..." Seeing that the two of them kept the secret secret, Sun Lang threw a stone into the water with some dissatisfaction. Suddenly, he heard a cry of death coming from upstream. He was about to remind the two of them, but saw that the two of them had already stood up.