Lu Xun leaned on the couch, stared at the map in front of him for a long time, and sighed softly: "King, please call Lu Kai back. He has been broken by Wei Ba and cannot shoulder the heavy responsibility of protecting Jiaozhou."

Sun Quan hunched his waist, held his cheek, and his blue eyes flashed: "Why?"

"Wei Ba cannot launch an attack in a short period of time." Lu Xun turned his head, looked at Sun Quan who had lost weight, and explained softly: "Spring farming is about to come, and the most important thing for Wei Ba is to farm. Zhuge Liang entered Guanzhong and Yizhou.

The grain tax should fully support Guanzhong, and there is no spare strength to support Wei Ba. If we miss the farming season again, what will Wei Ba use to support those barbarians?"

"Then Lu Kai was a false alarm?" Sun Quan breathed a sigh of relief. "I will tell him your opinion and let him feel at ease."

"It's not exactly." Lu Xun shook his head slowly: "Wei Ba was unable to launch a real offensive for a while, but it doesn't mean he will wait. I guess he must have attacked the heart first and let the Xiongxi tribe go to

The barbarians are moved and then perform strong attacks, which can achieve twice the result with half the effort. In this case, if Lu Kai fails to deal with it, Wei Ba may actually launch an attack."

Sun Quan frowned slightly, thinking that Lu Xun's words made sense. However, he did not agree with Lu Xun's suggestion to replace Lu Kai. Lu Dai had just died in Longyantan and withdraw Lu Kai at this time. I'm afraid Lu Kai will have any objections. Moreover,

Bu Zhi suffered heavy losses, and Lu Kai still had three thousand real elites. He is the strongest in the Jianghuai system. How could he stay in the rear instead of the front line? The ones who are most familiar with Jiaozhou are Bu Zhi and Lu Dai.

Now Bu Zhi can't get rid of his body, Lu Dai died in battle, and Lu Kai will control Jiaozhou. It is most appropriate to protect Jiaozhou. He does not want Jiaozhou to fall into the hands of the people of Jiangdong again.

He could not say such thoughts to Lu Xun, and could only remain silent.

Lu Xun sighed silently and said nothing. He could also guess Sun Quan's thoughts. He could not say too much about this sensitive issue, otherwise Sun Quan would definitely have ideas.

"Boyan, you should recover well. I still count on you in the war in Jingzhou." Sun Quan stroked Lu Xun's hand and broke the embarrassing silence. "Take the opportunity of Zhuge Liang entering Guanzhong and unable to look east, we will seize Wuling as soon as possible as possible as possible

Only when you come back can you have the energy to move westward.”

"Master, do you still want to go west?"

Sun Quan was stunned for a moment. "Of course, if Zhuge Liang was allowed to occupy Guanzhong and have a place to raise horses, not only will Wei State be their opponent in the future, but we will not be able to keep it alone. Bo Yan, what you mean is..."

Lu Xun bowed: "King, you are far-sighted and far-sighted, so you are naturally not bad at thinking. But at present, it is not easy for Zhuge Liang to occupy Guanzhong. The king and minister of Wei will not sit idly by and occupy Longyou.

The battle must be all-out."

Sun Quan looked at Lu Xun quietly without saying a word.

"Overall, Shu Han's strength is slightly weak, Wei's strength is slightly stronger, and more importantly, the number of Shu Han cavalry is not enough to compete with Wei's. Being able to remain undefeated and defend Guanzhong is Zhuge Liang's limit. Both sides are in Guanzhong.

Stalemate is the greatest possibility." Lu Xun clenched his fist and blocked his mouth, coughed twice: "King, if two tigers fight, there will be a injury. However, before the victory or defeat is decided, we showed our intention to counterattack, but it is not

A wise move. Shu Han won was not what we hoped, but Wei won quickly was not what we hoped. We hope they would stay in Guanzhong for a longer period of time, so that we would have the opportunity to recuperate."

Sun Quan pondered for a while: "Then let Wei Ba occupy Wuling and not leave?"

"Most of Wuling is a mountainous land, with limited output. If you get it, you will not do anything. If you lose it, you will not do nothing. What's wrong with letting Wei occupy it for a while? To endure the humiliation for a while, waiting for an opportunity to take advantage of it. If both Han and Wei can be defeated,

I am strong alone, and it’s not better?”

Sun Quan's eyes flashed and hesitated. He knew that Lu Xun was right. It was indeed the safest plan to seize the time to restore his strength before Zhuge Liang and Cao Rui decided to win the victory or defeat, rather than actively attacking Wei Ba for Wuling County.

The two wars last year caused too much damage to Wu State, and Wu State urgently needed time to heal his wounds.

However, he was worried that Wei Ba would take advantage of this opportunity to grow stronger. If Zhuge Liang was an old lying dragon, then Wei Ba was a young tiger. If he didn't take advantage of Wei Ba's foothold and Zhuge Liang was trying his best to deal with the war in Guanzhong, he took back Wuling.

If raising a tiger is a disaster, when Wei Ba is full of wings, it may cause greater harm to the Wu Kingdom. Now he has seized Wuling and is still coveting Jiaozhou, and may seize the entire Jingzhou and then attack Jiangdong.

In response to Sun Quan's concerns, Lu Xun gave a positive answer.

"Why don't worry, Zhuge Liang will not sit idly by and watch Wei Ba grow stronger. Wei Ba is still as arrogant as Guan Yu in the past. Zhuge Liang cannot be unpredictable. Recently, many people have come from Chengdu, but the king has not paid attention to these people.

They were all abandoned by Zhuge Liang. Rather than being invited by Wei Ba, Zhuge Liang sent them deliberately. It would be better to let them die in Wuling than to do it himself. Lai Min came to Wuling and sent them to Mi with Cao Cao.

What is the difference between Heng and Jingzhou?”

"He not only wants to borrow Wei Ba's hand, but also his knife?" Sun Quan suddenly realized: "This is treating Wei Ba as a communist."

Lu Xun smiled: "The king has learned from it. I thought about it for a long time before I figured it out, but the king is clear at all."

Sun Quan laughed, stood up, turned around the house for a few times, stopped, looked up at the blue sky outside, and thought for a moment: "Boyan, if this is true, should we help the wind

Help?”

"King, it's better to have less than more things." Lu Xun smiled and said, "It's okay to contact, but you can't help but beware of Wei Ba. Although Zhuge Liang is strong, he is old. Although Wei Ba is weak, he is young, so he can use him.

But we must be careful. Otherwise, if Zhuge Liang dies in the future, who else can control him? Wouldn't we help the evil and raise the tiger to hurt himself?"

Sun Quan laughed: "It's okay, although Zhuge Liang is old, you are in your prime. It's more than enough to restrain Wei Ba." He turned around and looked at Lu Xun with bright eyes: "Since I want to watch from the wall, should I let Cao go

Rui is relieved, too?"

"Everything is determined by the king's holy heart."

...

In May, the spring breeze blew green the hillside and the gurgling river water. After several months of hard work, not only the rice fields near Chenyang were planted with rice, but also the small and small pieces were opened up in the deep mountains.

The rice fields that were not waiting for. With the water trucks, the irrigation area increased twice. Looking at the paddy fields on the hillside like mirrors, the barbarians were excited, and Wei Ba was also very pleased.

If the autumn harvest can be smooth, self-sufficiency should not be a problem, and the biggest difficulty will be overcome.

"Taichu, when autumn comes, you can treat you with new rice wine." Wei Ba smiled and said to Xiahou Xuan who had just arrived from Chengdu: "Look, your mythology can only be talked about. But the skills of me, the craftsmen, can do it.

Change the world.”

Xiahou Xuan curled his lips and deliberately made a disdainful attitude: "But he dug a few slopes, built a few water trucks, and collected a few extra buckets of rice. Do you think you can change your disadvantages? Once Sun Quan decides to attack.

The rice fields east of Yuanling are all planted for him, and you can't eat a single one."

"I know, that's why I put my energy in the mountains." Wei Badao: "If he has the courage to enter the mountains again, I will admire him."

"You think he is a fool, and you go into the mountains to fight guerrilla warfare with you?" Xiahou Xuan gave him a blank look: "What else do you have to gain besides these rice fields that can barely make a living?"

Wei Ba clapped his hands regretfully: "It's really nothing. Does millions of arrows count?"

Xiahou Xuan was silent for a moment: "It can be counted barely." He looked at no one around and lowered his voice and said, "Can you provide me with some arrow shaft?"

Wei Ba laughed sneered: "You are so funny. The Han and Wei sides are preparing for war in Guanzhong. My father and brother are on the front line. Come and ask me for the arrow shaft? I will give you the arrow shaft. Shoot my father and brother?

”

Xiahou Xuan blinked: "If you don't give it, Sun Quan will give it. Kuaiji's arrow bamboo is no worse than yours..." Before he finished speaking, Wei Ba glared at him. Xiahou Xuan quickly changed his words and said: "Of course, you are here."

The arrow shafts produced are of good quality and cheaper, but you also know that in order to make the Wei and Han fight more tragic, Sun Quan would rather make less money."

"Did Sun Quan get very close to you?"

Xiahou Xuan nodded: "You beat him up so badly, he can only show goodwill to us. Two months ago, he retreated the people from Lujiang across the Yangtze River. Most of the people from Nanjun are now in Xiling, so we can turn Yangzhou.

The 20,000 troops from the war zone were transferred to Guanzhong."

"So, you have assembled more than 50,000 troops in Hedong?"

"Well, there are also 30,000 troops in Longxi."

"It seems that Cao Rui is really anxious." Wei Ba smiled, but he couldn't hide the worries between his eyebrows. Cao Rui's intention to concentrate 80,000 troops was very obvious. Zhuge Liang not only had no advantage in military strength, but also in military terms.

The disadvantages are really unknown whether they can defend Guanzhong.

"Liangzhou is the foundation of the Wei cavalry, and of course it cannot be lost." Xiahou Xuan said calmly: "It is imperative to regain Guanzhong. Ziyu, if you really want to think about your father and brother, should you give me some benefits?

”

"You blackmail me?"

"Of course not." Xiahou Xuan smiled: "At most, it can be said that it is an exchange. I don't want your benefits in vain."

"Then what benefits can you give me?"

"A way to make money is the recipe and craftsmanship of Caihou paper." Xiahou Xuan patted his chest: "You have endless bamboos. With Caihou paper craftsmanship, you can make a lot of paper for money."

Wei Ba was moved, but he did not agree immediately. Xiahou Xuan was willing to give him the craft formula of Cai Hou paper. Of course, it could not be his personal wish. This is probably a plan of the king and minister of Wei. His purpose was nothing more than to be in Shu Han.

Cultivate hostile forces that can compete with Zhuge Liang internally, and at the same time obtain Jingzhu, a strategic material produced in Jingzhou. After occupying Wuling, he quickly automates the processing technology of the arrow shaft. Now he produces 100,000 arrow shafts every day, in addition to supplying Wuling

In addition to the local area, it also supplies a large number of main forces of the Northern Expedition. The Han army's strength is crossbows, and the consumption of arrow shafts is very high. The Wei State is located in the north and the source of bamboo is limited. If you want to support the war, buy bamboo from the south to make arrow shafts.

It's a very normal thing.
Chapter completed!