July 25, 232 AD.
Wuchang——
"Your Majesty!"
Pan Jun of Taichang came out of the squad and said: "Sima Yi was pinned down in Fan Yang by Gongsun Yuan Kebi Neng, and it was difficult to return to his aid for a while. This is a good opportunity for us, Dawu, to send troops to the Northern Expedition."
"No, Your Majesty."
As soon as Pan Jun finished speaking, Prime Minister Gu Yong immediately stopped him and said: "I, Wu, have just founded the country, so it is not suitable to send troops at this time. Besides, Gongsun Yuan invites me, Wu, to send troops at this time. The purpose is naturally to allow Cao Wei to withdraw troops from Fan Yang."< /p>
"Your Majesty!" Pan Jun continued: "Even if Gongsun Yuan's purpose is to make Sima Yi withdraw his troops, if Sima Yi really withdraws his troops from Fan Yang, Gongsun Yuan and Ke Bineng will definitely continue to attack Youji and Hebei, and Cao Wei will have to send more troops to the front. To block."
Gongsun Yuanke was able to invade Youji. In Pan Jun's view, this was a God-given opportunity for Soochow to send troops to the Northern Expedition.
Because once Soochow sends troops to the Northern Expedition, Cao Wei will naturally be in a dilemma between the north and the south. No matter how strong Cao Wei is, he cannot withstand a two-pronged attack. If he does not send his army northward at this time, and wait until Cao Wei solves the problem of Youji, if Soochow wants to go to the Northern Expedition again, it will be impossible. It’s not that easy anymore.
Of course, the most important thing is that Gongsun Yuan and Ke Bi Neng entered the army at an extremely fast speed. In just over a month, they had occupied most of Youzhou, and even Fanyang City had been captured by this time.
In his opinion, Cao Wei will not give up Youzhou easily. He just lost Yongliang Province a few years ago. If he loses Youzhou now, Cao Wei will stop playing.
But——
Gu Yong didn't think so. He said: "Although Gongsun Yuan and Ke Bi can advance quickly, with the current strength of Ke Bi Neng and Gong Sun Yuan, it is still difficult to resist Cao Wei's troops."
"If my guess is correct, Gongsun Yuan and Ke Bineng will be defeated by Sima Yi soon." Gu Yong continued: "It is different from the past. In the past, Cao Wei had strong enemies in the north and south, and there were more people in the west who were bent on reviving the Han Dynasty. The Shu Han Dynasty is eyeing it, but the Han and Wei Dynasties have made peace before, and the Han and Wei Dynasties have also become allies."
"Prime Minister Gu..." As soon as Pan Jun opened his mouth, Gu Yong raised his hand and said: "Cheng Ming, please wait a moment and listen to the truth. Let's not talk about whether I, Da Wu, can fight with Gongsun Yuan and Ke Bi from the north and the south. Cao Wei;" As he spoke, Gu Yong frowned slightly, turned to Sun Quan and said, "Your Majesty, if I, the Great Wu, send troops to Cao Wei, who can guarantee that the Shu Han will not take the opportunity to go south and send troops to my Great Wu?"
Hiss——
Sun Quan was stunned for a moment.
Gu Yong's words immediately shocked him.
Han and Wu were allies, which was still effective a few years ago.
But in recent years, the world situation has changed drastically.
A few years ago, he really wouldn't have worried about this, but now he has to worry. After all, Han and Wei have become allies, and they are still allies.
At this time, Wu sent troops to Cao Wei, and the ultimate winner must be the Shu Han in the west.
This is like Soochow during the Battle of Guanzhong.
At that time, Shu Han and Cao Wei were fighting in the pass. If Soochow wanted to benefit from it, it could totally depend on its own mood. It could go to Shuzhong in the east, and it could go to the Central Plains in the north.
In the end, it was because of this that Soochow captured Jiangxia.
"What Gu Aiqing said is exactly what I want." Sun Quan nodded slightly and said: "The use of troops in the Northern Expedition at this time will not be beneficial to our great Wu. If the Shu Han takes the opportunity to go south, our great Wu will be attacked from both sides."
Sun Quan understood this very well.
Allies are often used to undermine him. For example, he often did this. Ten years ago, Guan Yu captured Pound and beheaded him. Seeing that Guan Yu's troops were pointing directly at the Central Plains, Liu Bei's power would expand infinitely.
But it was at this time that Soochow sent Lu Meng in white clothes to cross the river and cut off Guan Yu's retreat.
In the end, Guan Yu was defeated and fled to Maicheng.
Therefore, he does not believe in allies at all.
Now Han and Wei are allies, and so are Han and Wu.
However, once Wu sends troops to Cao Wei, Shu Han, who aims to conquer the world, may unite with Wu to destroy Wei. Similarly, he may also cross the Yangtze River and go south, thus destroying Wu in one fell swoop.
No, no, no——
I will never pave the way for the rise of Shuhan.
"Unless;" Sun Quan paused and said, "Unless Shu Han sends troops to Cao Wei first, I can raise troops to attack the north and divide Cao Wei with Shu Han."
"Your Majesty is wise." As soon as Sun Quan finished speaking, Pan Jun said happily: "I am willing to go to Chang'an as an envoy to persuade the Shu Han soldiers to leave Tongguan, and share the world of Cao Wei with me, the great Wu."
"Okay!" Sun Quan immediately said: "Then I will order Ai Qing to be my envoy and set off for Chang'an today to persuade the Shu Han people to join me in hunting in Luoyang."
"Wei Chen accepts the decree!"
Pan Jun happily accepted the order. In his opinion, if the Shu Han could be persuaded to send troops to attack Wei, it would be hard to say who would ultimately belong to the world.
In the previous three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu, Wei was the strongest, Wu was second, and Shu was the weakest.
If Wu and Shu want to continue their kingdom, they can only unite with each other and deal with Cao Wei together. But now the pattern of the Three Kingdoms has changed. After Shu Han occupied Yongliang, its national power was already higher than Soochow.
If Soochow wants to remain invincible, it can only choose one of the Han and Wei as allies, then attack the other, and then gradually strengthen itself.
Whether it is geographical location or strength comparison.
Soochow is more suitable to unite Shuhan.
Because the border line between Wei and Wu is long, and Cao Wei is condescending from north to south, it has an overwhelming advantage over Soochow. If Soochow wants to rise, it has to extend its power to the north as soon as possible.
Now is a perfect opportunity.
Gongsun Yuan and Ke Bineng have already entered Youzhou. If Cao Wei does not want to lose the northern border, they must defeat Gongsun Yuan and Ke Bineng as soon as possible.
But at this time, if Wu and Shu both attack Cao Wei at the same time.
Hiss——
Cao Wei must perish.
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The officials of the Eastern Wu Dynasty in Wuchang were discussing how to encroach on Cao Wei's territory. In fact, they were far away in the Han court in Chang'an, Guanzhong, and they were also arguing over whether to send troops to Cao Wei.
Because when Gongsun Yuan's envoy arrived in Wuchang, Kebineng also sent an envoy to Chang'an.
Their purpose is naturally the same.
Xuanshi Palace——
"Your Majesty!" Zhuge Liang said with a smile: "Kebineng's move was intended to destroy Cao Wei." As he said this, he shook his head and said, "It's just that Cao Wei has not yet been destroyed."
"Oh???" Liu Chan asked doubtfully, "Please tell me, please."
After reading Ke Bineng's letter, Liu Chan was actually a little tempted, because now it seemed that he really had a chance to directly destroy Cao Wei.
Once Cao Wei is destroyed, the Han Dynasty will advance its pace of unifying the world.
Because in his eyes, the only person in the world who can threaten the Han Dynasty is Cao Wei. If he destroys Cao Wei, he really doesn't care about Sun Shiwan. By then, the Han Dynasty can divide his troops and go south to destroy Wu.
.
But——
Zhuge Liang said: "First of all, Ke Bineng and Gongsun Yuan, although they occupy Fan Yang, they are no match for Sima Yi."
"Ke Bineng, Gongsun Yuan will be defeated by Sima Yi soon."
"Sima Yi defeated Gongsun Yuan and Ke Bineng," Zhuge Liang said calmly: "Cao Wei can then turn his guns to face our army. Our army has not yet fully recovered. If we rush to send troops now, there is no guarantee that we will be able to defeat the Wei army."
"Also," Zhuge Liang continued: "If my great Han Dynasty responds to Ke Bineng's request and sends troops to attack Wei, Sun Quan of Eastern Wu will most likely take advantage of the situation and attack Yizhou or Nanzhong."
As soon as Zhuge Liang finished speaking, Liu Chan couldn't help but take a breath.
What the Prime Minister said is absolutely true.
Now that the Han Dynasty has finally settled down, it has only been two years since the two states of Yongliang were occupied, and the recovery of national strength has just begun. In addition, they also occupied the Hetao area before.
As the territory expands, there are more areas that need to be restored.
The internal situation is not yet monolithic, so if we send troops rashly at this time.
The Han Dynasty really does not have the strength to destroy Cao Wei in one battle.
"Xiangfu;" Liu Chan suddenly said inexplicably: "In that case, why would Xiangfu give the three-bow bed crossbow to Ke Bineng? If Ke Bi can be defeated by Sima Yi, the three-bow bed crossbow will definitely be obtained by Sima Yi."
This is something Liu Chan only knew about not long ago.
When he heard this, he was also very depressed. This finally improved the military strength of the Han Dynasty, and this three-bow bed crossbow was a deadly weapon on the battlefield, but Prime Minister Zhuge unexpectedly gave it to Xianbei Kebineng.<
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"Hahaha!" Zhuge Liang said with a smile: "I gave Kebineng a three-bow crossbow just to enhance his military strength and make him feel capable of challenging Cao Wei."
"If he didn't have these three bows and crossbows, he wouldn't have dared to take the initiative to send troops to Cao Wei this time."
Zhuge Liang did not feel that sending the three-bow bed crossbow to Ke Bineng would do any harm to the big man. Instead, he felt that it would be beneficial to the big man.
"Your Majesty!" Zhuge Liang continued: "The three-bow bed crossbow invented by your Majesty is amazingly powerful. Before our army was in Wuguan and Tongguan, Cao Wei suffered a lot."
"This three-bow crossbow is naturally the weapon that Cao Wei is eager to possess."
This is not wrong at all. Liu Chan had long heard that Cao Wei sent many spies into Guanzhong just to obtain the manufacturing technology of the three-bow bed crossbow.
Zhuge Liang said with a smile: "No matter how secretive a battlefield weapon like the three-bow bed crossbow is, it is impossible to cover everything, and it will be obtained by Cao Wei sooner or later." After speaking, he paused, and then said with a smile: "Since
If Cao Wei wants a three-bow crossbow, wouldn't it be better if I, a big man, give it to him directly?"
Send?
When Liu Chan heard this, he almost laughed.
Are you sending this as a gift?
You gave it to Cao Wei’s enemies.
Although Liu Chan didn't say it directly, Zhuge Liang seemed to have guessed Liu Chan's thoughts, so he continued: "If it is given directly to Cao Wei, it would seem that my big man's three-bow bed crossbow is too lowly." At this point, he paused and said
: "It's better to get it yourself on the battlefield, which can better demonstrate the value of the three-bow bed crossbow."
"Your Majesty, there is no need to worry." Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "The three-bow bed crossbow that I gave to Ke Bineng is a bed crossbow that has been modified by me. First of all, its range can only reach four hundred steps, and it can only be used once.
You can only shoot one gun and one arrow at a time."
"Besides, this great gift is not in vain. If Cao Wei wants to get it, he has to go through a war." Zhuge said calmly, but Liu Chan couldn't help but give Zhuge Liang a thumbs up.
Because Liu Chan had already seen the three-bow crossbow model given to Ke Bineng.
Zhuge Liang is indeed a scheming man.
He modified the three-bow bed crossbow.
One of them is to change the original three hard bows, two forward and one backward, into three hard bows pointing in the same direction. This is also the subtlety of this three-bow crossbow.
If three hard bows are placed side by side in the same direction, their pulling power and shooting power will be greatly reduced.
What's more, after Zhuge Liang's improvement of the Three-Gong Crossbow, the Han Dynasty's Three-Gong Crossbow can now fire dozens of feather arrows at a time, and its range is still stronger than the Three-Gong Crossbow in Kebi Neng's hand.
Thinking of this, Liu Chan no longer cared about Zhuge Liang sending weapons to the enemy.
After all, what was sent out was just a discarded product from the Han Dynasty.
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This chapter has been completed!