Chapter 245 Ma Su: Su's body is white, and he works in Xiangyang
Chapter 245 Ma Di: He was born in white and worked hard in Xiangyang
What Ma Di thought was that instead of using assassination to defeat Soochow and being criticized for "victory without using force" in the future, it would be better to take advantage of the absence of war to lay a few more hidden mines in Wei and Wu so that he could win in the future.
Come in handy.
Thinking of this, he took Axiu back to the inner room, spread out the self-made "Han Territory Map", and looked back and forth between Jiaozhou and Bingzhou.
Should we start with Jiaozhou to create trouble for Sun Quan? Or should we start with the grassland to create trouble for Cao Wei?
Ma Su hesitated.
Both have pros and cons.
The advantage of conquering Jiaozhou first is that after conquering this place, it can be connected with Shu Han's existing territory, making it easier to control.
And right now there happens to be a good opportunity.
As we all know, we are currently in a time of great chaos. The three kingdoms of Wei, Shu, and Wu have each separated themselves from each other and have been fighting each other for decades. This has attracted the attention of the world to the borderline between the three kingdoms.
However, in the Jiaozhi region in the south, far away from the Central Plains, an eight-year-long Battle of Jiaozhi also broke out, and this chaos also triggered fierce competition among the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu, and Wu.
The cause of this war begins four hundred years ago.
In 214 BC, after Qin Shihuang unified the six kingdoms, he sent generals Ren Xiao and Zhao Tuo to lead hundreds of thousands of Qin troops to conquer Baiyue, and soon incorporated the Lingnan region into the territory of the Qin Dynasty. After that, the Qin Dynasty established Nanhai County and Guilin in the Lingnan region.
The county and the three counties of Xiangjun. In 209 BC, the peasant uprising broke out in the late Qin Dynasty, and the Central Plains fell into chaos. Ren Xiao and Zhao Tuo discussed and began to separate Lingnan. Ren Xiao died of illness soon after, and Zhao Tuo established the Nanyue Kingdom, which became Lingnan.
ruler of the region.
During Zhao Tuo's rule in Lingnan, he divided Xiang County into two counties and established Jiaozhi and Jiuzhen counties. During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty (111 BC), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty pacified Nanyue, and then established the Jiaozhi Governor's Department in the hometown of Nanyue.
Nine counties were set up under the Jiaozhi Governor's Department. The area under the jurisdiction of the Jiaozhi Governor's Department included today's Guangxi, Guangdong and a large number of areas in northern Vietnam. Among them, three counties were located in later Vietnam, namely Jiaozhi County, Jiuzhen County and Rinan County.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Central Plains fell into chaos, and the Jiaozhi Governor's Department (later renamed the Jiaozhou Governor's Department) also experienced some unrest at this time. First, in the last years of Han Ling Emperor Liu Hong, a riot broke out in the Jiaozhi area, and Jiaozhou was appointed by the Eastern Han Dynasty court.
The governor Zhu Fu (son of Zhu Jun, the famous Eastern Han Dynasty general who put down the Yellow Turban Rebellion) was killed. Later, the new governor Zhang Jin appointed by the Han Dynasty was also killed by his own subordinates shortly after he took office, causing chaos in Jiaozhou.
At this time, the Eastern Han Dynasty was already on the verge of collapse, and a large number of warlords were separatist. When Liu Biao, the shepherd of Jingzhou, learned that Zhang Jin had been killed, he did not notify the Eastern Han Dynasty court who was held hostage by Dong Zhuo, but appointed his own subordinates.
Lai Gong was the governor of Jiaozhou.
The Eastern Han Dynasty court was very unhappy after hearing the news. In order to restrict Liu Biao's control over Jiaozhi, the court quickly appointed Shi Xie, a local official who was born in Guangxin, Jiaozhou, as Suinan Zhonglang General and ordered him to command the seven counties of Jiaozhi.
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Since the Eastern Han Empire had entered a period of warlord separatism at this time, the imperial court had almost no control over various regions. Therefore, although Shi Xie's official position was appointed by the Eastern Han Dynasty court and he was nominally loyal to the Han Dynasty, in reality Shi Xie had become
After conquering the local emperor of Jiaozhou, he appointed several of his younger brothers as prefects of each county and completely controlled the four counties in the south of Jiaozhou, namely Jiaozhi, Heqing, Jiuzhen and Rinan.
At this point, the Shi family began to control the four southern counties of Jiaozhou for thirty years. When the Three Kingdoms came to an end, Sun Quan was unable to control all of Jiaozhou for a while, so he simply divided the original Jiaozhou governor into two.
The four northern counties of Jiaozhou were divided from Jiaozhou and named Guangzhou, and Lu Dai was appointed governor of Guangzhou.
After several years of repeated wrestling, in the fourth year of Jianxing of the Shu Han Dynasty (AD 226), Lu Dai defeated and killed Shi Wei (son of Shi Xie), eradicated all the influence of the Shi family, and brought all the Jiaozhou area under the rule of Wu.
Next. After that, Sun Quan abolished the establishment of Guangzhou and re-merged the four original counties of Guangzhou into Jiaozhou, and Jiaozhou restored the administrative division of nine counties.
Considering that the Shi family has been deeply supported and loved by the people during the thirty years they have controlled Jiaozhou, and it has only been five years since the demise of the Shi family, if the banner of "descendants of the Shi family" were raised in Jiaozhou at this time and an army was formed to resist Soochow,
There must be many responders.
However, this move (attacking Jiaozhou) also has drawbacks. Once Sun Quan knows the truth, the Shu-Wu alliance, which is seemingly in harmony with each other, will inevitably break up immediately. Sun Quan will even go to war against the Shu Han.
Thinking of this, Ma Di set his sights on the grassland area in the northern part of Bingzhou.
Considering that Wu State has regarded Shu Han as a competitor and can no longer play a role in containing Wei State, Shu Han must find new helpers to check and balance Wei State and share the pressure.
Although the capture of Liangzhou and Longyou areas greatly increased the national power of the Shu Han Dynasty, greatly surpassing the state of Wu, the overall pattern of Wei being strong and Shu being weak did not change.
The huge size advantage that Wei has cannot be made up for by just a few war victories.
Fortunately, after capturing the Longliang area, the location advantage was instantly reversed. Firstly, the Shu army no longer had to travel through the rugged and difficult ancient Qinling Road to mobilize troops for the Northern Expedition. Secondly, they were able to connect with Kebi Neng, who was strong in Monan.
And Kirby Neng was Ma Su's new helper to check and balance Wei.
Helping Kirby become stronger and create huge pressure on Wei's northern border is a perfect alternative strategy.
But there are also pros and cons to this move.
The advantage is that the Wei State will not be able to concentrate on dealing with the Shu Han for a long time; the disadvantage is that the three forces of Shu, Wei, and Kebi will be involved in the quagmire of war, and the ignored Wu State will take the opportunity to enter the "
"Hunter character" develops silently while waiting for opportunities to act. Just like the situation during World War II when the beautiful country "neutrally sold arms in the early stage and picked the fruits in the later stage".
This situation is something Ma Su does not want to see.
He couldn't tolerate that when the Shu Han army was at war with Wei, there was a powerful country watching behind him.
Ma Su was not actually afraid of the Wu State. He was confident enough to defeat Lu Xun and disintegrate the Wu State. What he was worried about was that by first balancing the Wu State, the two original allies would fall into a situation of internal fighting, and the party that would gain would become
Wei State.
As the most capable general of the Shu Han, he could not leave the Shu Han's back to an unreliable ally, so when it came to attacking Wei first or Wu first, Ma Su preferred the latter - although this would make Shu Wu
The alliance no longer exists, but at least let yourself be relieved.
He felt that Soochow's strategy of dividing the river and ruling the country was very good. Shu Han could also adopt this strategy. The ultimate goal was to defeat Wei anyway, so why not destroy Wu first and then defeat Wei?
So, after a long period of tossing between "conquering Wei" and "controlling Wu", Ma Su finally poked his finger at the "Jiaozhou area" and shouted outside:
"Come here, prepare your horses!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Axiu pouting her red lips and looking resentful. Ma Su quickly changed his words:
"Come here, prepare the carriage!"
Axiu then lowered his head and smiled, turned around, and bent down...
I happily packed my luggage.
Soon, the four major ministries who received the order gathered together. When they heard that they were going to cause trouble in Soochow, everyone was extremely excited, especially Huang Xi and Li Sheng. They gritted their teeth and geared up, eager to set off immediately.
Last time, they were ordered to lurk in the land of Wu to cause trouble for Sun Quan, but they were beaten badly and fled back in despair. They were often ashamed of themselves.
Now it's time to go with the general, it's time to regain the city.
Before setting off, Ma Di wrote a letter to Zhuge Liang, which eloquently wrote:
"He was born in vain and lived in Xiangyang for a long time. He survived the troubled times and only wanted to help the Han Dynasty in danger. The late emperor regarded his ministers as sparse and ignorant, and they exaggerated and were not useful. Fortunately, the prime minister had a wise eye and consulted him on the affairs of the world. Therefore,
I was grateful, so I promised the Prime Minister to drive me. I was appointed when the southern expedition was barren, and when the street pavilion was in crisis: It has been nine years since you came..."
"Now that Longliang has been pacified and the army has sufficient supplies, we should have conquered the Central Plains in the north, driven out the traitors, revived the Han Dynasty, and returned to the old capital. However, I was deeply concerned about Wu's troubles and feared repeating the mistakes of Guan Yu in the past, so I personally
When going to the land of Wu, he wanted to turn his hands to form clouds and turn his hands to form rain. First, he would stab Wu in the back twice, and then plan to conquer the river to attack Wei. If the prime minister can cooperate with this action, then
I am so grateful that I shed tears. Now I should stay away from you. I am so excited and arrogant in my words. I hope you can forgive me..."
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Just as Ma Su, Axiu and the four major generals were galloping all the way to Jiaozhou, Zhuge Liang fell into a situation where he was angry, frightened, and couldn't laugh or cry.
Hanzhong County, Prime Minister's Mansion in Nanzheng City.
Zhuge Liang is sitting here, training troops and martial arts, sorting out internal affairs, and planning the next Northern Expedition to Cao Wei.
Jiang Wei, a young general, hurried into the palace, raised his hands and said: "Prime Minister, Ma Su sent someone to deliver a letter."
"Oh? Bring it to me!" Zhuge Liang quickly took the letter and opened it to read.
As soon as he saw the familiar beginning of the letter, Zhuge Liang was immediately startled and secretly wondered why Ma Su would copy his "List of Masters", and then he felt something bad.
After reading the complete letter, Zhuge Liang's expression changed drastically. He threw the letter to the ground angrily, slapped the case and scolded: "Ma Su made his own decision and went to Jiaozhou alone to take action without recuperating in Shu County! If Lu Xun learns of this report and leads his army to conquer,
If Ma Su is besieged in the city again, wouldn't it mean that there is no return...cough...cough..."
Jiang Wei's expression also changed after hearing this. He lowered his head to pick up the letter and read it hastily: "Prime Minister... Prime Minister, what should we do?"
Zhuge Liang's chest heaved violently, and he said angrily: "Even if Ma Di can open up the situation in Jiaozhou, wouldn't the Wu-Shu alliance disappear in an instant...cough, cough..."
Jiang Wei hurriedly stepped forward to help Zhuge Liang: "Prime Minister, it's important to take care of yourself. It's not worth getting angry about. Ma Di is both civil and military. I think this move should be carefully considered..."
Zhuge Liang took a few deep breaths, waved his hands to indicate that he was in good health, and shook his head regretfully: "I regret that I should have left Ma Di in Chengdu. I should have taken him with me in the army..."
Jiang Wei thought for a while, then raised his hands and said: "Prime Minister, although Wei is not talented, I would like to rush to Jiaozhou immediately to persuade Ma Su to return."
Zhuge Liang glanced at Jiang Wei, shook his head, and sighed: "Ma Di has been gone for half a month. Hanzhong is thousands of miles away from Jiaozhou. It takes two or three months to travel. It is already too late for you to go now."
Jiang Wei slowly put down his hand and said after careful consideration: "Prime Minister, what Ma Su said in the letter makes sense. Why can't I, Ji Han, draw a river to rule and destroy Wu first and then Wei?!"
Hearing this, Zhuge Liang was startled and blurted out: "Wei is strong while Ji, Han and Dongwu are weak. If the two weak ones take the lead in killing each other, wouldn't this allow Wei to take advantage of others?"
Jiang Wei thought for a while and cautiously retorted: "Prime Minister, the Ji Han of today is no longer the Ji Han of the past. Besides, Ma Di went to Soochow without bringing a single soldier. If he could really overthrow Jiangdong, why not
for?"
"With the Prime Minister here, my army of 300,000 can't stop the mere Wei State?"
Zhuge Liang was startled again, suddenly feeling that he had fallen into a misunderstanding, and automatically substituted Ma Su into the Shu Han military and political system.
In fact, Ma Su is now a separate entity.
Strictly speaking, it has nothing to do with Shu Han.
So I secretly thought: Ma Di is going to Jiaozhou at this time. Could it be that he really has a good strategy to overthrow Soochow?
No way?
Han Xin's rebirth isn't that great, right?
Can this kind of sneak attack be used forever?
Isn't it true that fighting is about the combination of oddity and rightness? Why did all the military laws fail in Ma Su's case?
It's not that Zhuge Liang doesn't understand, but he feels strange.
Throughout the past few years, Ma Su has been leading the army in battles, and he has specifically targeted the enemy's weak points to attack. In addition to sneak attacks, he has also been particularly ruthless. Once the main force of the opposite army comes to fight, Ma Su will immediately retreat into the city and say nothing.
Outcrop.
Not to mention, Sima Yi was helpless when he saw this style of fighting.
Could it be said that Ma Su can really make a contribution this time?
impossible,
Absolutely impossible.
How could Ma Su subvert a country with a population of three million if he only had six people?
If he really succeeds in subverting it, it will be his death.
No emperor would trust such a person.
While he was deep in thought, the generals came one after another after hearing the news.
Yang Yi rushed to Zhuge Liang in two or three steps, handed over an urgent letter, and said: "Prime Minister, I don't know who sent a handwritten letter from my Shuhan intelligence system."
"Oh?" Zhuge Liang was greatly surprised. He quickly took the handwritten letter and looked at it carefully.
I saw an extremely abstract picture drawn on the letter, with a few strokes outlining three stick figures. The largest stick figure is in the north, and the two smaller stick figures are in the south, each in the east and west. The match in the east
There are eight daggers placed at the man's feet and two daggers in his hands, facing the stick figure to the west, with unknown purpose.
"This..." Zhuge Liang looked confused.
What is this painting?!
Let’s not talk about whether the painting is crooked or how simple it is. Can’t you just write a note to make a note?
Wait, words?
Could it be that this information was sent by the illiterate Wang Ping? Judging from the handwriting, it is somewhat similar to the picture book he sent from the street pavilion that day.
Could it be that what Wang Ping wanted to express was: "Sun Quan sent an additional 20,000 troops to Jiangling for an unknown purpose?"
That's probably what it means.
Just by analyzing this letter, Zhuge Liang felt that he had exhausted his brains and at least lost a few days of his life.
Well, since there is something unusual happening in Soochow, we have to be on guard.
Zhuge Liang held the letter and kept thinking.
There are currently 40,000 soldiers and horses around Yong'an, but there is no need to increase the number of troops.
It is necessary to send a general with both civil and military skills to guard it.
Who to send?
Zhuge Liang's gaze swept over everyone's face one by one, automatically ignoring Wei Yan, and finally fell on Jiang Wei.
