Chapter 294 Sun Quan seeks Jingzhou
In the early morning, Liu Yi handed the letter to his confidant general and took the boat to Chengdu as fast as possible. He waited for Liu Bei's approval. It would take at least two months for this round trip.
Some have waited, but they can't just sit there and wait. In the next few days, Liu Yi began to frequently go to Tiangongfang, and there are weapons and other things. Now Jingzhou is not short of them. Even if they are not hired by Liu Yi, the equipment they created is better than that of ordinary workshops. However, there are not many attributes and equipment, and they are generally concentrated in the hands of generals. Liu Yi wrote a document with the provincial governor's office, preparing to arm the soldiers on Zhao Yun's side to their teeth first.
The 35+ attributes, weapons, and armor combined with Zhao Yun's troops themselves are excellent enough that such troops should be able to play a role at critical moments.
"Husband, can I create another pair of armor for me?" Late at night, after another intense lingering, Lu Lingqi lay softly in Liu Yi's arms, suddenly raised her head and looked at Liu Yi and said.
"Oh?" Liu Yi looked at Lu Lingqi in confusion: "Why did Madam have this idea?"
"Don't you want me to teach those children's martial arts? If you wear them normally, it will be unconvincing." Lu Lingqi smiled.
"Okay, the wife's weapons and armor are built for her husband himself." Liu Yi thought about it, and it might not be peaceful next. Although he did not think that he could use his wife to fight, some of his self-protection skills were also good. Next, he planned to build some defense equipment in the fishing town. From the map and sand table, it can be seen that if Jiangdong uses the navy, in addition to Yueyang being an excellent landing point, the fishing town is also a good landing point.
If Jiangdong wants to attack Jingnan, the waterway must be taken. As for the reason... It takes ten or half a month to walk from Chaisang to Jingnan when you go to Jingnan if you want to take the waterway, it only takes two or three days, and the logistics pressure will be much smaller, not to mention that the Jiangdong Navy is professional.
However, the most important thing is probably Yueyang City. Liu Yi is naturally confident in the defense of Yueyang City, but this does not mean that Yueyang will not be broken. No matter how strong the fortress is, it can be broken. If the enemy sends people in first and then suddenly attacks, it is possible.
If Yueyang changes ownership...
Liu Yi didn't dare to imagine such consequences. It seemed that he should go back and have fun.
The fortifications of Yuxiang Academy have come to an end. Cui Zhouping has also recruited more than a dozen poor scholars for Liu Yi. These people are not very capable, but if they are just enlightenment, there is no problem.
Liu Yi naturally hoped to continue teaching, study his skills, read books, and enrich himself. However, judging from the current situation, he still felt that he should first conclude the potential crisis. No one would like to fight, but in such a year, it is impossible to avoid war, let alone be in it.
If Liu Yi had reason to stay out of the matter before the Battle of Chibi, now he has family affairs and career, no matter what he thinks in his heart, he must take some responsibility.
It wouldn't be like I felt that there would be no help without him, but now I can see through this and have the ability to intervene, and Zhuge Liang is far away in Chengdu, Cui Zhouping has no say. Guan Yu is now thinking about Xiangyang of the University of Technology and supporting Liu Bei. Now he is qualified to coordinate in Jingzhou, and seems to be the only one who is qualified to coordinate. He can't do it now.
In fact, there is no news of the mobilization of troops coming from Jiangdong now, but if you do it carefully, it does not mean that there is no. It is naturally the best not to be prepared. Finding a way out for yourself in advance, and then talking about other things. This has always been Liu Yi's idea, and it is also the reason why he can fight against those famous generals without defeat or even win. First, he will defend himself first and wait for you to attack. Liu Yi has a natural advantage in this regard, just like the establishment of the three passes outside Fangling City, which can be done in a very short time, making Cao Hong blocked without a temper. This time, Liu Yi is preparing to use the same idea.
Anyway, no matter whether you fight in Jiangdong or not, you should build a defensive building or where the troops in Jiangdong may go, there will be levels. If Jiangdong really chooses to come by land, don’t consider siegeing the city first. You can fight these levels along the way slowly.
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Under the same night, Jiangdong and Chaisang.
Sun Quan silently put down the letter in his hand and looked at the civil and military officials under the tent: "You have read the letter from Cao Gong, what do you think?"
"Lord." Lu Su frowned and said, "Our army and Liu Bei have a certain alliance. Cao Cao is in great power. It is time to join forces with Liu to resist Cao's army. Now they attack each other for no reason, and they are afraid of being disappointed. Moreover, Jingzhou is under strict barriers. When Kong Ming was in Jingzhou, he set up beacon towers along the river to prevent our army. Now he rashly sends troops, which may not only be difficult to conquer Jingzhou, but also destroy the alliance between the two sides!"
In fact, Sun Quan has now secretly transferred troops to Chaisang, and his intention to send troops is very obvious, but Lu Su still feels that it should be persuaded. Although Liu Bei is powerful at the moment, Cao Cao is even more powerful.
"Governor!" Lu Meng shook his head and looked at Lu Su and said, "The last general thought that at this moment, Liu Bei captured Yizhou and also pastored the two states. Now if Liu Bei wants to attack the Central Plains, he can send troops from Jingzhou and Yizhou. If we want to advance to the Central Plains in Jiangdong, we can only go to the Jianghuai area, the Jianghuai area, the Jianghuai area, the horse is flat, and the Cao army is good at cavalry warfare. How can our army compete with each other?"
In fact, even with the help of Liu Yi, there was no such thing as borrowing Jingzhou, and even Jiangxia was given to Sun Quan by Liu Bei, but within Jiangdong, he always believed that Jingzhou should be Jiangdong's.
After all, no matter how much I said, Jiangdong was able to defeat Cao Cao in the Battle of Chibi, but in the end, except for Jiangxia, who was almost defeated, all other benefits were given by Liu Bei.
Therefore, Jiangdong has always been quite dissatisfied with Liu Bei's occupation of Jingzhou. However, the two families were allies at that time, and Cao Cao had a great power, so he had to rely on Liu Bei to resist Cao Cao.
But now, Liu Bei took over the entire Yizhou at once, which made many Jiangdong soldiers quite dissatisfied. After all, if there was no Liu Bei at the beginning, according to the strategy set by Zhou Yu, Jiangdong should have captured Yizhou after taking Jingzhou. Now Liu Bei's territory should be from Jiangdong, but in the end, Liu Bei took the big head. In the Battle of Red Cliff, Jiangdong won such a victory, but in the end, he only got one Jiangxia, so he was naturally angry.
What's even more terrible is that not only Jiangdong looked down on Liu Bei, but most generals of the Liu Bei group also looked down on Jiangdong, especially Guan Yu. Since Zhuge Liang left, the small friction between the two sides has not stopped.
At the beginning of the year, Sun Quan sent people to discuss with Guan Yu that the two counties of Changsha and Guiyang were ceded to Jiangdong, and Jiangdong could send troops to attack Jianghuai.
After all, in Guan Yu's opinion, we gave Jiangxia to you, Jiangdong, but now we still shamelessly want to ask us for Changsha? Who gives you the face? It's your business that you will not give me any part of the land. Why do you still have to ced the two counties of Changsha and Guiyang?
Without Zhuge Liang reconciling the relationship between the two parties, Guan Yu had long been unable to see Jiangdong's shameless behavior. It was not implicit at all when he argued, which made Sun Quan even more annoyed, and at the same time made Sun Quan determined to cooperate with Cao Cao.
However, when facing Guan Yu, Sun Quan was still a little scared and did not intend to confront Guan Yu head-on. In the letters sent by Cao Cao, Sun Quan only asked Sun Quan to act according to the opportunity. If Guan Yu attacked Xiangyang, Sun Quan took the opportunity to cut off Guan Yu's retreat. The emptiness of Xiangyang was a flaw that Cao Cao deliberately revealed, in order to attract Guan Yu to the bait and destroy the Sun-Liu alliance.
"It's just that Chief Guan Yun was quite wary of our army." Lu Su sighed, knowing that Sun Quan had made up his mind, so he no longer persuaded him, but began to consider how to take Jingzhou for Sun Quan.
Although Cao Cao missed a flaw, Guan Yu was obviously worried about the rear. Although Xiangyang was empty, if he wanted to attack Xiangyang, Guan Yu would definitely do his best. At that time, Liu Yi asked Wei Yan how many soldiers would be needed to attack Xiangyang. At that time, Wei Yan's answer was 80,000.
Now after several years of cultivation in Jingzhou, the army is strong and the food is sufficient. In addition, Xiangyang is empty, it may not be necessary to use 80,000, but 50,000 must be there. In addition, various places need to set up defenses, 50,000 is almost all the troops that Guan Yu can mobilize now. If Jiangdong comes to attack at this time, Guan Yu will obviously be worried about the unstable rear area, which is also the reason why Guan Yu has not been deploying troops for a long time.
"But there is a plan below that makes Guan Yu no longer worry about the rear." Lu Meng bowed to Lu Su and said with a smile: "But he needs to be wronged to the governor."
Lu Su served as the governor under Zhou Yu's recommendation. Although the political views of both sides were not in harmony, Lu Meng still respected Lu Su himself very much.
"What strategy does Ziming have?" Lu Su said with a forced smile when he heard this.
He still felt that it was inappropriate to attack Jingzhou, but since Sun Quan had made a decision, even if Lu Su did not agree with it, he would do his best to help Sun Quan if it was related to Jiangdong's career.
"Please call the governor sick, and the lord will choose another person to take the position of governor temporarily." Lu Meng bowed and said.
Sun Quan smiled and said, "Zijing doesn't need to worry, it's just a temporary service, which makes Guan Yu lose his vigilance. After breaking through Jingzhou, Zijing will still be my governor of Jiangdong!"
Lu Su smiled bitterly and shook his head and said, "Lord, this method really makes Yun Chang lose his guard. But Su thought that even if he took Jingzhou, he would not want Yun Chang's life. If he could save his life, our army would still have the opportunity to form an alliance with the emperor's uncle if he had won Jingzhou. If Yun Chang died in Jingzhou, he would be afraid that the emperor would completely rebel with our army or even raise troops to attack!"
No matter what, this matter is considered to be unauthorized in Jiangdong. If even Guan Yu was killed, there would be no room for anything from now on. After all, Guan Yu is not an ordinary general. Not only does he hold an important position, but more importantly, he is Liu Bei's brother. If he only seized Jingzhou, Liu Bei might not turn against him directly. But if he killed Guan Yu, he might be possible, let alone turn against him, and then Cao Cao will be able to watch the situation of the tiger's fight!
Chapter completed!