Chapter 332 Jiangdong prospered in one fell swoop

In March of the 24th year of Jian'an and April of 219 AD, Sun Quan of Jiangdong received a letter from Liu Bei.

The letter said that he was fighting Cao Cao in Longyou, and that Cao Cao's main force had been contained in Xiliang. He hoped that taking advantage of this opportunity, Sun Quan could decisively send troops to Hefei, occupy Huainan, and threaten Cao Cao's center.

Of course, Liu Bei and Sun Quan were not at odds with each other at this time. On the surface, they were allies. Moreover, Liu Bei also married Sun Shangxiang. They were related by marriage and had very close contacts.

Since only the top management of both parties knew about the plans of both parties, and even Zhang Zhao and the others only found out about it at the end of last year, outsiders had no idea that they had already been scheming and secretly plotting against each other.

Therefore, at least on the surface, Sun Quan thought that his disguise had deceived Liu Bei, and when he saw this letter from Liu Bei, he immediately became happy.

"Liu Bei will also be alone one day."

In Ruxukou, in Sun Quan's mansion, he read the letter, looked around and smiled smugly at everyone: "He begged me to send troops to Hefei to relieve the siege of Xiliang."

He said with a serious smile: "Cao Cao also sent a letter a few days ago, saying that he has trapped Liu Bei's main force in Xieyuguan in Guanzhong, Rongqiu Mountain in Lucheng, Xiliang, and even Nanyang's army is confronting Shen Chen in Taiting, and Jingzhou's rear

Completely empty, let us send troops."

"Hahahahaha."

Zhuge Jin, Gu Yong, Sun Shao, Kan Ze and Yan Zhen expressed their opinions one after another.

Even though they had been operating secretly a few years ago, they were afraid that Liu Bei would have time in Jiangdong and did not dare to blatantly do so. They could only use the pretext of conquering Shanyue to secretly transport grain from the southeastern hills to Nanchang and store it.

As the saying goes, what works first and what works below is effective. Due to Liu Bang's liking, ministers and people also raised pigeons one after another, which led to the popularity of raising pigeons among the people. It is not troublesome to raise pigeons anyway, and the worst is to eat pigeon meat in the future.

Everyone was wondering, this thing was indeed relatively widespread at that time, and many people in the court and the people were keen on raising it, but what does this have to do with spreading messages?

Lu Xun explained: "The Shanyue people were moved here, but his family still stayed in the mountains. I once saw him release the doves in his hands, and finally found his former residence and brought back some pieces of cloth.

.”

It's a pity the result of that expedition...

They were actually Han people who hid in the mountains due to the war. However, because they did not pay taxes, did not perform corvee service, and refused to be recruited as soldiers, they became the targets of the government's crackdown, and they were also commonly known as "black households".

And how far does it have to go from Chaisang to build a beacon tower all the way to Guiyang County?

"Huainan is also possible. If we can control Huainan, Wu Hou will be even more powerful."

Only Sun Quan noticed that Lu Xun's expression remained normal and asked, "Does Bo Yan have a plan?"

In the subsequent battles at Hefei, more than 100,000 men and horses were dispatched each time. Even during the last battle against Hefei, Zhuge Ke, the Taifu of Wu State, led 200,000 men and surrounded Hefei.

Sun Quan stroked his beard and frowned, this is indeed a serious problem.

Only Lu Xun below said nothing, sitting cross-legged on the end seat, smiling silently.

Lu Xun flattered Sun Quan a little, and then continued: "The second problem is that the food and grass baggage have not been transported completely yet. We transported the food from the mountains. Although it was hidden, it was slow after all, and the soldiers and horses were not completely transported.

With good training, it is expected that it will take at least June or July before we can forcefully send out troops."

Thinking of this, Sun Quan hesitated and said: "Hefei City has high walls and thick walls. I'm afraid it won't be that easy to capture."

Shen Chen asked craftsmen in Nanyang to try and make mistakes, and finally found the best paper formula using bamboo as raw material.

As soon as this question came up, Sun Quan was immediately stumped.

After Lu Xun finished speaking, Zhuge Jin also nodded and said: "That's the truth. It would be great if we could communicate with Cao Hong and hope that he can take the initiative to attack Shen Chen's main force."

Lu Xun smiled and cupped his hands and said, "I was about to report it to Marquis Wu."

"But forget about Huainan, let's talk about it later. It's more important to take Jingzhou first."

Although Sun Quan has repeatedly attacked Shanyue over the years, plundering their population and materials to supplement the losses in Jiangdong over the years.

After all, they can dispatch so many troops, which means that including the troops left behind, the total strength may have exceeded 400,000, and Cao Cao may have exceeded 500,000 to 600,000. Compared with them, they naturally appear to be far inferior.

Sun Quan nodded slightly, this is a good idea.

Lu Xun replied.

Sun Quan's attitude towards them was to kill, rob, plunder, and force them to become obedient people under his rule.

"Hahahahaha."

After Sun Quan thought for a moment, he asked: "If I send people to destroy Shanyue in that area, kill them all, and plunder their food and grass, is it enough?"

"Pigeon?"

Wouldn’t the appearance of pigeons solve this problem?

Sun Quan nodded: "Then let He Qi and Zhu Ran go."

The last time Lu Xun saw the Shanyue people using pigeons, he had an idea. He thought that if a light note was tied to the pigeon's feet to pass the message, wouldn't it be possible to deliver the message in a very short time?

So after thinking about this problem, he immediately went to do the experiment. Unexpectedly, the Shanyue man could really make the pigeons carry the letter back to the tribe in the southeastern hills.

Because the perfect recipe for paper has been around for over twenty years.

The purpose of doing this is of course to show submission to Liu Bei in order to confuse him.

"That's probably enough."

Lu Xun said: "When I was in Wu County, I saw a Shanyue man raising pigeons."

As a last resort, he had no choice but to compromise with the Jiangdong nobles, and this time it was half threatening and half compromising that made those wealthy families bleed.

But what now?

There was not much loss in the Battle of Hefei, but Sun Quan was definitely not having a hard time either.

Therefore, including the troops left behind and deployed in Jingzhou, at least before backstabbing his allies, Sun Quan's total military strength should be between 250,000 and 400,000, which is still very powerful.

Zhuge Jin and others around him also had troubled expressions.

Lu Xun stood up and held up his hands and said, "Reporting to Marquis Wu, Xun thinks we should just pretend."

Therefore, Sun Quan urgently needed to gather his troops, mainly in Ruxukou, Chaisang, Guiyang and other places. As long as he could quickly capture Jingnan and Xiling in Jiangxia, he would not have to worry about replenishing the army.

In deeper places, such as the large area around Huangshan City in Anhui Province in later generations, there are still many mountains and mountains inhabiting it.

"That's right, Marquis Wu, ignore Liu Bei's words and wait patiently until the food, grass, soldiers and horses are almost transported, and then you can start the attack."

But this does not mean that the Han Dynasty people did not know that pigeons have the ability to navigate.

Sun Quan hurriedly said: "Speak quickly."

After the emergence of new paper, this situation naturally changed.

If we use the attack on Hefei as an excuse to leave Ruxushui and enter Chaohu Lake, and attack Xunyang from the land route south of Chaohu Lake, this way we can advance both by water and land, and the navy and army can cooperate with each other.

"Wu Hou Yingming."

If the aristocratic family does not cooperate this time, it is estimated that Sun Quan's total troops will only be more than 100,000, and the number of troops that can be dispatched may be less than 100,000. When confronting Liu Bei and Cao Cao, under the condition of ensuring that there are troops left behind in the rear, two troops will be dispatched for each person.

Compared with an army of 300,000, it is as shabby as it is.

"Yes, Jingzhou is empty, so Wuhou can take advantage of the situation."

The Battle of Yi County was flooded.

Now they are facing communication problems.

But more importantly, Cao Cao's Huainan was really empty at that time. There were only 7,000 people in Hefei. Moreover, Cao Cao was in Xiliang, in the middle of the Kou Lue Pass. An unguarded Huainan would be a waste.

Now the Guiyang front line is mobilizing troops. According to Sun Quan's wishes, sending troops to Xiling requires at least 100,000 troops. If Jingnan is captured, Yidao Yiling is blocked, and then the eastern front army attacks Jiangxia, then Guiyang will also

It needs to be at least 40,000 to 50,000 people.

But that method is not concealable. If the enemy sees it, they will definitely become suspicious.

"Um."

Therefore, communication means is indeed a big problem.

But no matter what, since they want to attack from Jingnan and Yuzhang, they need to prepare a large amount of food and grass, and the private soldiers handed over by the famous families also need to be divided and retrained.

The Battle of Hongkou was burned by fire.

The Shanyue Rebellion was not completely eliminated until the destruction of Soochow.

Sun Quan was immediately overjoyed and said happily: "Even God is helping me. I have Boyan, and I can defeat an army of 100,000 people."

Lu Xun said with a smile: "We are not attacking Hefei, but under the guise of attacking Hefei, we will launch a surprise attack on Xunyang from the north of the Yangtze River, cooperate with the navy to seize Xiling, and then go straight to Jiangxia!"

Lu Xun responded.

In later generations, a large number of pottery pigeons and bronze pigeons from the Western Han Dynasty were unearthed, as well as some documentary records, which prove that pigeons gradually became a kind of domestic animal among the people at this time.

Lu Xun humbly lowered his head and smiled, cupping his hands and saying, "This is the destiny of Marquis Wu!"

"only."

"oh?"

"oh?"

"You mean, this pigeon has the ability to go home?"

If it was Sun Quan in history, he would naturally have these troops. Because before and after the Battle of Chibi, his total military strength had exceeded 100,000. During the confrontation on the Xiangjiang River, he led 80,000 people to confront Liu Bei's 50,000 troops.

.
To be continued...