Sun Quan held the thin piece of paper, but it seemed like he was holding a mountain weighing thousands of pounds...
The thing that I have always been worried about is going to happen.
Sun Quan felt very humiliated. Wei Ba and Li Yan regarded Dongwu as something. Are they waiting for them to eat fat? They are not afraid of being hurt. No matter how weak Jiangdong is, there is a huge land and millions.
The population, and the army of nearly 300,000, can they eat as much as they want? This is a kind of ignorance and even more contempt for Jiangdong.
They want to come, let them come and see who will belong to the final victory.
After biting his teeth and being ruthless, Sun Quan calmed down and had to consider the difficulties he was about to face. It is true that the Wu Kingdom has an army of nearly 300,000, but most of the troops are stationed in everyone, and the people they can mobilize can be mobilized.
It is only about 100,000 yuan, and now it is basically on the battlefield of the Jianghuai River. Under the command of Lu Xun and Sun Shao, they are preparing to attack Qingzhou and Yanzhou. If they are transferred back from the front line, the newly captured Jianghuai land will be restored.
The loss, let alone attack Jizhou and Youzhou, fulfilling the ambition to share the world with Shu Han.
Could they be blackmailing? Sun Quan changed his mind and thought. At present, the strength of Shu Han was not strong enough to support two fronts at the same time. Zhuge Liang occupied Longyou, Guanzhong and Longyou. Although the food was not sufficient, he mastered the war horse.
As long as Zhuge Liang disagrees, it is not easy to attack Wu State with the power of Li Yan and Wei Ba. If you are trapped in the battlefield of Eastern Wu, wouldn't Li Yan ask for it?
After suffering hardships, Zhuge Liang finally got the bargain?
Sun Quan hesitated. It was not enough to make him sure that Li Yan would send troops to attack the Hepu Shipyard by just Li Feng and Wei Ba’s secret agreement. Besides, it would not be possible to complete a large number of warships in a day or two.
This is simply impossible to achieve without half a year.
Sun Quan thought about it and decided to send Zhuge Ke to Guanzhong again. On the one hand, he came to contact Zhuge Liang to inform him of the news and asked Zhuge Liang to block Li Yan in the court. On the other hand, he also asked Zhuge Liang to send the war horse he bought as soon as possible.
He can be more tough in these war horses.
At this time, Sun Quan did not care about preventing the expansion of the Jiangdong family's power in the military. The country was about to collapse, and the two evils were the least. First, the regime with reading power was preserved.
Zhuge Ke was sent to Guanzhong as fast as possible.
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The spring breeze finally blew the earth in Guanzhong green.
As the weather gradually warmed up, Zhuge Liang's body seemed to be getting better, at least he stopped coughing all night. As the post-war affairs slowly ended, Zhuge Liang had some free time and no longer had to continue so night.
It's busy.
But he also paid a heavy price.
The pensions of more than 10,000 fallen soldiers, a large amount of material losses, and the various materials needed by the 40,000 troops who were still fighting in Huguan were like a heavy mountain pressing on Zhuge Liang's shoulders. Li Yan controlled the court, except
Apart from sending him a document to question the crime, there was no material support. In order to raise these materials, let the fallen soldiers rest in peace, and Jiang Wei did not have to worry about the supplies on the front line, Zhuge Liang pieced together and emptied the purse.
The last money, even his private property income in Chengdu, was not enough to use it. In the end, he had to bow his head to the Hanzhong people led by Zhao Su, and finally got through this difficulty.
However, he still couldn't repay the biggest debt. He owed Wei Ba nearly 40,000 yuan, and no money has been paid yet.
Under heavy economic pressure, the only thing Zhuge Liang could call was the war horses in Liangzhou, which was the greatest wealth he currently has. In order to get some money from Sun Quan to turn over, he allocated eight thousand war horses as fast as possible to deliver them to him.
Towards Dongwu, the first batch of 3,000 horses have been on the road.
After these war horses arrived in Wuchang, they received the first batch of payments. In addition to the huge amount of money from Wei Ba, Zhuge Liang could do a lot of things.
When he thought that the difficulties were about to pass, Zhuge Liang could occasionally smile on his thin face.
What made him even happier was the war in Huguan. Although Jiang Wei had not conquered Huguan yet, he firmly occupied other counties of Shangdang. The army sent by Sima Yi to Shangdang to rescue was blocked by Wu Yi in the area of Shimen.
, unable to move forward. Just waiting for the Huguan, Jiang Wei completed the task of occupying Shangdang.
Zhuge Liang was very satisfied with Jiang Wei's arrangement. Wei Yan led 10,000 elite cavalry in the north to deal with Xiahou Ba, Wu Yi led his army in the south to block reinforcements from Hanoi, and at the same time sent people to guard the important road of Taihang Mountain to prevent reinforcements from Jizhou.
, he personally led a large army to attack Huguan. Jiang Wei used his limited troops to make the most effective use, putting Hao Zhao in a dilemma of helplessness.
Zhuge Liang believed that if Jiang Wei was not facing Hao Zhao who had been fighting for many years, Huguan would have collapsed without fighting. But this is not a bad thing. A general like Hao Zhao was used as Jiang Wei's whetstone and the knife he sharpened was
It will be sharper and can even wash away the shame of Liupanshan's miserable defeat.
As long as Jiang Wei can grow up, establish a foothold in the court, and establish prestige in the army, the burden on his shoulders will be much easier.
This time, he didn't want to repeat Ma Su's old mistakes, and didn't want to let go of a talent, but let him become his enemy.
According to his previous habits, Jiang Wei wrote letters to him every day, and he also replied to Jiang Wei every day. The two passed the letters, thousands of miles apart, but they seemed to have a connection.
If Jiang Wei's performance was expected by Zhuge Liang, Huo Yi's performance was an unexpected joy. After Zhuge Liang led the main force to leave Xin'an, he arranged for Huo Yi to station in Xin'an and guard the eastern entrance of Hangu. Because of limited troops, he had limited power.
He left only five thousand people for Huo Yi, but Huo Yi firmly defended Xin'an. Qin Lang led an army of 20,000, but failed to conquer Xin'an after several attacks. This also led to the Wei army not daring to go all out.
The attack on the stone gate reduced Jiang Wei's pressure from the side.
If nothing unexpected happens, Huo Yi will soon grow into a new general and shoulder the important task of reviving the Han Dynasty with Jiang Wei.
These are all good news and have also made Zhuge Liang feel much more depressed.
Zhuge Liang was very surprised by Zhuge Liang's arrival.
"Are you not on the front line? Why did you come to Guanzhong?"
Zhuge Ke smiled and bowed: "The army retreated to Yingchuan for rest. There will be no major war for the time being. I will take the time to come to Guanzhong to ask my uncle for help. Uncle, you have recovered well in the past few months."
Zhuge Liang also smiled and asked kindly: "Has farming started in Runan?"
"We started to farm, but the problem is not small, and the population is seriously insufficient." Zhuge Ke sighed and shook his head helplessly: "We only realized after we occupied Runan that the population of Runan is less than half of the registered household registration. We fled south.
It is a pity that I fled south, returned north, and the vast fertile fields were deserted. Uncle, I came here on the order of the king this time to ask my uncle to provide some new agricultural tools technology so that we can cultivate more land.
Make up for the losses and restore strength as soon as possible.”
Zhuge Liang was surprised: "I know that Hefei and Shouchun have been fighting for years, and the population is very small. Why is the population in Runan also so small? That is no less than that of Jizhou."
"It's not because of the war in the past two years."
"The war has not been fierce in the past two years, how could there be so many people short?"
"The war is not fierce, but Wei Ba is tempting those foolish people in Jiangnan. They probably thought that the war in Yuzhou would last for a long time, so many people fled south with their families. Nanyang is now in the hands of Meng Da, these south are here.
We can't control the escaped population. We negotiated with Meng Da, but Meng Da ignored it and instead recruited the troops. Meng Da started this, and of course the others were not willing to fall behind. Wei Ba's brother Wei Feng couldn't recruit him.
Two thousand households. Not only the generals in the army, but also the Nanyang families have arranged for people to return to their hometowns, reopen their manors, and absorb refugees in a large number. Uncle, why don’t you care? If this continues, Nanyang and Nanjun will become the imperial town again.
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Zhuge Liang frowned slightly and sighed silently. He knew all these things, but he couldn't control them. It was Li Yan showing kindness to the Nanyang family and seeking their support. If he objected at this time, wouldn't he be directly offended.
What families?
Zhuge Liang took the initiative to change the topic: "I can help you with the farm tools. However, you may not come to Guanzhong for the sake of farm tools, right?"
"Of course." Zhuge Ke looked around and looked at Yang Wei, who looked very ugly. Zhuge Liang frowned and coughed lightly: "Yuan Xiu, go to the workshop to get the drawings."
Yang Wei responded reluctantly and turned around and left. He just heard that the Jingxiang Group's families were returning to Nanyang to buy industries, and he felt a little disappointed. He felt that there was no benefit to follow the Prime Minister and lived in Wei.
The former site of the family manor was almost blackmailed by Wei Yan, while the Ma family and Xi family are making a fortune now. What a wealth of so many people. Now Zhuge Liang has to avoid him and is obviously for him.
If he didn't trust, he felt even more unnamed fire in his heart.
Seeing Yang Wei go away, Zhuge Ke lowered his voice and said, "Li Yan's son Li Feng has gone to Jiaozhou and is in a secret talk with Wei Ba. He may launch an attack on Wu."
Zhuge Liang was surprised: "Is this news reliable?"
"It is not certain yet, but the surname may be very old." Zhuge Ke stared into Zhuge Liang's eyes: "Uncle, if Li Yan wants to make a contribution, what other way out can he have besides attacking the Wu Kingdom?"
"But..." Zhuge Liang pondered: "Nanyang's strength alone is not enough. He wants to rely on Wei Ba's help. However, Wei Ba does not have the ability to attack and destroy Wu, otherwise he would have taken action long ago."
"But if we join forces, it is very possible." Zhuge Ke said slowly: "What's more, Wei Ba still has the skills of warships."
Zhuge Liang smiled and glanced at Zhuge Ke: "The technology of the warship is the real purpose of your trip, right?"