After Zhong Yao committed suicide, there were several days of winter rain, and the October weather began to be filled with the chill of everything dying. After Zhong Yao was hastily buried, the other prisoners began to be escorted on the road one after another, but there was no response from the court, as if they were not
The existence was normal. In that month, Taiwei Fazheng, who had been imprisoned, died suddenly. According to reports, the weather was cold, and he accidentally contracted a cold and died. However, Fazheng was only fifty years old, and he could be said to be in the prime of the Spring and Autumn Period. He died suddenly and suddenly, which was extremely suspicious.
Even though the people who served said that Fazheng died of illness, everyone still had some doubts. After all, political assassinations have been common since ancient times. It is sometimes difficult to distinguish what is the truth and what is a lie.
After that, for more than ten days, Chen Chong worked in the palace and did not go to the palace to meet the Queen Mother. Until November, the weather cleared up, the sun was bright, and suddenly even the plum blossoms filled the courtyard. Chen Chong thought, there is no way.
He kept stalling like this, so he sent an order to all the officials to hold a court meeting in the palace. Before the court meeting, Chen Chong sent palace officials to invite the Queen Mother to listen to the government, but after waiting for half a day, Liu Jia was still nowhere to be seen. At this time, the palace officials came
The report said: "The Queen Mother went to pay a visit to Zhaoling. She said that everything will be presided over by the Prime Minister, so don't worry too much."
Chen Chong understood that Liu Jia was dissatisfied and was hiding from him. This made him helpless. It was not his original intention to kill Liu Dan, but he threatened with a knife. How could he let Jiang Wei and the others wait for death? But
There was no reason to talk about many things, and he did kill her son and depose her nephew. Liu Jia may have felt that everything was turned upside down, so he was even more resentful towards himself.
But Chen Chong didn't have any more objections to Liu Jia, and he didn't know how to appease her, so he simply followed her wishes and let her calm down for a while.
At the court meeting, Chen Chong reiterated some of the previous matters, such as the exemption of farmers' taxes, the elimination of redundant officials and other government decrees. The major issues that had been debated for months in the court were now progressed smoothly, and there were no longer quarrels and disputes.
Opposition left only a submissive attitude. But Chen Chong did not feel comfortable because of this. He always remembered the shadows of the dead and realized that these all came at a price.
But in any case, the most difficult days have passed. With the arrival of the winter dry season, Zhou Yu's navy's offensive has stalled. On the premise that the Wu people were unable to break through Fancheng, they could only plunder a few people in Nanyang, with consequences lasting ten years.
At the end of the month, he returned to Xiakou. On the Liaodong side, Cao Zhen's offensive was not sincere. After testing it for a while, he found that there was not much chance of winning, and there were already signs of retreating. However, Chen Chong still wrote to Jiang Ji, asking him to take strict precautions.
, be careful that the Liao people are just trying to catch them, playing tricks to leave and come back. The outcome is as Chen Chong expected. In late November, Cao Zhen pretended to withdraw his troops, but suddenly turned around and returned on the road. He saw that Lulong was well-armed and had a forest of soldiers.
Then he gave up the idea of attacking.
The new year has arrived. This is the first year of Liu Yi's ascension to the throne. It is necessary to change the name of the country. With the good vision of long-term peace in the country, Chen Chong sets the name of the new year as Yanxi. However, the reality is always very deserted.
, At this time in previous years, Chen Chong would often visit Guan Yu, and the two families would hold a few banquets together. On New Year's Eve, he would go to the palace to visit Liu Jia. But this year it would not be the case. Chen Chong lit a firecracker for Chen Xiu, and then gave
The family had cooked a table of meals, and this year had passed. There were very few guests who came to visit. Except for the son-in-law He Yan, there were only a few old members such as Li Yi and Wei Yan left.
But there was also good news. In the second year of junior high school, his adopted son Fu Qian finally arrived in Luoyang. As soon as he got off the carriage, he took his wife and children and went straight to the Prime Minister's Mansion, specifically to say hello to Chen Chong. Chen Chong was very relieved when he saw him coming, so he
We were chatting with him, and then Fu Qian mentioned a piece of news. He said: "Sir, when I came here, I passed by Jinyang. I heard from the locals that Duke Jiao from Hedong seemed to have climbed to the immortal mountain on Fajiu Mountain!
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Chen Chong thought for a while and realized that he was talking about Jiao Xian. He was the hermit who wanted to discuss success or failure with him thirty years later when he was in Hedong. Now, after calculation, it seems that there are only three years left before the agreement at that time.
, Chen Chong was deeply impressed by him. Is he already dead now?
When Chen Chong was stunned, Fu Qian continued: "According to local people, in the past few years, Jiao Gong has been building a hut on the Jiu Mountain. There are only straw mats in the hut, and he only eats one meal a day. Even if the thatched hut catches fire or
There was heavy snow in the sky, but he was unmoved. Finally on the Double Ninth Festival, when everyone was climbing the mountain, they found that Jiao Gong was already at the top of the mountain. He said to people: "We are about to leave." Then a strong wind blew, and for a while sand and rocks flew, and everyone could not open their eyes.
Eye, when the wind stopped, Mr. Jiao was nowhere to be found! So the locals said that Mr. Jiao had already ascended to immortality."
Only then did Chen Chong realize that he had ascended to immortality in a literal sense. He then burst out laughing. Did he lose? If someone really could leave this world, it would have nothing to do with him. He liked this land and could be buried here.
Between the mountains and rivers, this is his greatest wish. If there is any regret worth mentioning, it is that the reunification of the family and the country has not yet been achieved. Thinking of this, it is difficult for Chen Chong not to feel sad. This year, he will be sixty years old, and
He only had a few more years to live, and before he died, could he really see the unification of China? Chen Chong thought of disciples like Kong Ming and Shi Yuan, and he felt a little more at ease.
However, in terms of the overall war situation, the Wu people still have a long period of strategic opportunities. After Sima Yi ran south, Xiangyang could not be recovered in a short period of time, and Yiling and Yidao also returned to the hands of the Wu people. This means that
Now, the Wu people have completely mastered the vast Jingchu Plain and can send their troops elsewhere. Based on Chen Chong's thinking, the Wu people will definitely not give up their naval advantage and continue to fight the Han army in Fancheng. The possible expansion
There are only three directions left: one is to send troops to Huainan, the other is to go back to Bashu, and the third is to fight for Hengnanzhong.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! As Zhuge Liang said before, Huainan is the barrier between the three Wus, Sun's minions, and the springboard to the north. It has extremely important strategic significance and is absolutely necessary for the Wu people.
But if the Wu people were planning a long-term confrontation, the strategic value of Bashu would be even higher than that of Huainan. From the perspective of actions, when the Wu people entered Shu, they could also take advantage of the naval advantage, which was obviously more feasible.
Entering Nanzhong is a weak area to attack the Han army. It is easy to make progress but not much profit. In essence, it is paving the way for the attack on Bashu and playing a strategic role in containing and surrounding Bashu. Therefore, it can also be said that the Wu people captured Huainan.
This is the best policy, entering Bashu is the middle policy, and invading the south is the worst policy.
In order to make corresponding preparations, Chen Chong sent a letter to Ma Chao and Zhuge Liang at the same time in early February, asking them to seize the time to build the city. As for Zhuge Liang, Chen Chong was not too worried. After all, the Hefei camp left by Zhou Buyi was still there, and he could borrow it.
This is the basis for expanding Hefei's city defense system. However, the pressure from the Xifu is too great. If the Wu army follows the conventional thinking and attacks the cities one by one, it will be fine. But if the Wu army uses the navy as a supply, abandons the city and instead attacks the city along the river,
If they marched straight into Badong and Qianwei and forced the Han army to fight in the field, they would be helpless. Therefore, in his letters with Ma Chao, Chen Chong discussed in detail some measures to obstruct the boats, such as laying wooden piles in the shallow water and pulling up the river in the narrow part.
Iron ropes, training people who are good at water to build boats, etc.
But Chen Chong was still worried. In March, he transferred 20,000 war horses from Longyou to Shu. He also sent a letter to Zhang Fei, ordering him to send 30,000 Beifu troops to Luoyang. Chen Chong had already made a plan in his mind. If the war between Bashu and Bashu goes unfavorable this summer,
, Chen Chong personally led the Beifu Army and Shanglin Army into Shu to fight.
In late March, the Wu navy showed signs of action again. A large number of ships left Jiangling and began to sail up the river, docking in the Xiling area. A large amount of grain, armor, and money came from Jingnan and Yangzhou.
The land was transported to Yi Dao, and the atmosphere of war was extremely strong. At the same time, spies from the south of the Yangtze River also came to report that the governor Zhou Yu had expressed to Sun Quan, claiming that "the world is divided into two parts, with Bashu as the base", while in the Northern Dynasties "Liu Xie has made a new move, and he is worried in his heart.
Once the morale is depressed, it will be difficult for the three armies to rise up." Therefore, we can take advantage of this opportunity to "connect the barbarians to the south and march forward to Shu with all our strength, and we can achieve success in the north and south."
This news reached Luoyang, and both the government and the public were extremely nervous. Chen Chong specially set up two hundred couriers for this purpose, and changed the military report in Bashu from one report every ten days to one report every day. Ma Chao, Zhang Ji and others on the front line updated
They were training their troops day and night, and at the same time, they were investigating the latest trends of the Wu army, lest they lose this battle for national destiny again.
However, what was unexpected was that after May, the Wu people's military operations suddenly stalled. They neither marched westward to Bashu nor returned to the generals. They just stagnated in the Yi Dao area without any action. Ma Chao could not move from Yi.
The Dao camp directly learned of the Wu army's movements, so they had to make some insinuations and send people to bribe Wu Lingman to send envoys to inquire about the movements. As a result, Wu Lingman replied that they did not see the Governor Zhou Yu when they went to Yi Dao.
It was Cheng Pu, the governor of Xiakou.
Could it be that Wu Jun's actions had been secretly changed? Ma Chao continued to drive the scouts for Zhou Yu's signs, but the result was unexpected: by June, rumors had spread among Wu Jun that Governor Zhou seemed to be dead. As for
What is the reason? Some people say that the injury last year recurred, some say that he suffered a sudden illness this year, and a few people say that it was the Supreme Sun Quan who ordered his death. Although these opinions are not completely credible, there is one thing that can be said.
It was confirmed that Lu Xun, the governor of Anlu, had rushed to Yi Dao and officially took over the army in the camp. At this time, Yi Dao had gathered as many as 80,000 troops, which could be said to be a cloud of victorious troops. If Zhou Yu had not been injured or had other inconveniences, it would have been impossible for Lu Xun to go to Yi Dao instead.
The generals of the Taoist Conference.
There were many doubts for a while, and in early autumn, Chen Chong discussed with the staff of the Prime Minister's Office, suspecting that Sun Quan and Zhou Yu had a political struggle, maybe because of differences in strategy.
Until October, signs from all sides showed that Zhou Yu was indeed dead for some unexplained reason. Sun Quan used a series of appointments and removals to dismantle Zhou Yu's many subordinates and transferred most of them back to Jianye.
Only 40,000 people were left and handed over to Lu Xun, the governor of Anlu, who was ordered to take over Zhou Yu's position. In any case, the Sun family was busy with power transfer and re-stabilization, which led to the complete bankruptcy of the Bashu strategy this year, and a war was about to begin.
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