Chapter 24: Everything north of the Yangtze River belongs to Wei! (3)
After the three people retreated, Biyaner sighed alone: "Alas, this sneak attack on Hefei failed, and Cao Wei was annoyed.
The land north of the Soochow River is going to be unstable again. Fortunately, the tomb robbing business that I have asked the Xiling warriors to do over the years has also yielded a lot of rewards, which is enough to support the battle expenditure of the army."
Early on the next morning, Linghuyu personally sent Deng Ai to Sikong Mansion in Shouchun and handed it over to Wang Ling. Then he went to the Yangzhou Dudu Mansion and together with Wang Guang took charge of Yangzhou military and political affairs on behalf of Wang Ling.
Outside Shouchun City, Wang Ling gave the order, "The army moves forward!", and the 50,000-strong army quickly marched to the new city to join Cao Shuang's army and attack the land north of Sun Wu River.
Wang Ling led 50,000 troops from Yangzhou headquarters. After marching for a day and night, he finally arrived at the new city at noon the next day. Cao Shuang personally went out of the city to greet Wang Ling and everyone. Cao Shuang smiled and said: "Wang Sikong, I have been waiting for so long.
I’ve been waiting for you to come!”
Wang Ling said with some embarrassment: "General, it was us who delayed the military plane, please ask the general to punish us!"
Cao Shuang smiled and said: "What did Wang Sikong say? You came at the right time, and we will regain the land in Jiangbei later.
There are still many battles waiting for Wang Ling Sikong and the soldiers in Yangzhou. Let's go, Wang Sikong, and follow me into the city. A banquet has been prepared for Wang Sikong and his soldiers in the city to welcome you and wash away the dust!"<
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Wang Ling's 50,000-strong army set up camp outside the city and made some repairs, just like the soldiers led by Cao Shuang before.
Wang Ling was dragged to the banquet by Cao Shuang, and his three generals Zhuge Dan, Guanqiu Jian, Wen Qin and Deng Ai, Cao Shuang's special guest, followed him.
Because Cao Shuang had to discuss the route of sending troops this afternoon, he did not arrange wine at the banquet. He only made tea instead. There was no singing and dancing. He just prepared some more meat and game for everyone to eat.
Cao Shuang picked up the wine glass, filled the tea himself, stood up and said with a smile: "Today, the Japanese general will use tea instead of wine. I would like to offer you a cup first and wish us a triumphant victory in regaining the land north of the Yangtze River!"
All the ministers stood up, filled their cups with tea and said, "Thank you, General! We will definitely win this battle!"
Wang Ling smiled and said to Deng Ai: "Shi Zai, the general values you so much, shouldn't you toast the general alone?"
Deng Ai just came back to his senses, filled the cup with tea, and said to Cao Shuang with a serious smile: "I have many scholars, thank you so much for the general's reward. For your appreciation, I will definitely be a general who will go through fire and water, and I will not hesitate to do so again!"
I, my subordinates, would like to give a toast to the general!"
Cao Shuang said with a smile: "I don't know how to speak well, so I don't need to be polite. Come on, you and I will drink from this cup! In the future, I, the Wei Dynasty, will have to rely more on the soldiers for our land and the great cause of unifying the world."
After that, Cao Shuang had a drink with Wang Ling, Zhuge Dan, Guanqiu Jian, Wen Qin, Zhang Te, and Le Fang respectively. After all, these people can still play a great role if they are used well.
An hour later, after everyone had lunch, they began to discuss the route of sending troops in the mansion, and agreed to send troops to attack Sun Wu early tomorrow morning.
Cao Shuang asked his subordinates to take out the map, pointed at it and said: "This time to regain the land north of the Yangtze River, the general wants to send troops in three groups, Sun Wu Guangling County, Guangling, Hailing, and Shatou Town;"
Jiujiang County Quanjiao, Fuling, Liyang, Lujiang County Xiang'an and Xunyang are all the way; northeast of Jingzhou is Qichun, Jingzhou's administrative seat is Xiangyang, and Zigui is all the way. What do you think?"
Wang Ling cupped his hands and said: "The general thinks that the general has made arrangements and can accordingly send troops to the land of Sun Wu in the north of the Yangtze River!"
Cao Shuang thought for a while and said: "I, the general, will lead my 30,000 troops and horses to lead the central route to Jiujiang and Lujiang County;
Zhang Te and Le Fang led 20,000 troops from Luoyang to Sunwu Guangling County, Guangling, Hailing and Shatou Town;
Wang Sikong then led his three generals to conquer the northeastern part of Jingzhou. By the way, Deng Ai asked him to follow his generals. What do you think?"
Wang Ling cupped his hands and said: "The general is wise, but I don't know where the food and grass for our army of 100,000 people will come from in the future? This time we only brought the army with us for one month."
Cao Shuang thought for a while and said: "I know that Shi Zai has been quite effective in farming in the Jianghuai area over the years. We can adjust the grain from the Jianghuai farming area. If it is not enough, we can also transport more grain and grass from Luoyang."
Then he turned around and said with a smile: "Shi Zai, I wonder how much grain and grass you have accumulated in the Jianghuai fields over the years?"
Deng Ai raised his hands solemnly and said: "Qi, General, I have used 50,000 people to farm in the Jianghuai area in the past few years. In 1989, 45 million dendrobium grains have been accumulated in Huaihe. This grain is enough."
An army of 100,000 will last for eight or eight years."
Cao Shuang patted Deng Ai on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Well done, Shi Zai! I, the general, did not misjudge you. I will now appoint you as the general to destroy the bandits. I hope that you will help me, the Wei Dynasty, to pacify the north of the Yangtze River!"
Deng Ai said happily: "At the end of the day, I will thank the general. This time I will definitely live up to the general's high expectations!"
Wang Ling cupped his hands and said with shame: "General, this low-ranking official has no idea that Jianghuai has accumulated so much food and grass under his rule. He is worthy of being the governor of a state."
Cao Shuang laughed and said: "Oh, Wang Sikong didn't know that Jianghuai had accumulated 45 million grains under his rule? Wang Sikong may have been focusing on political affairs and defending Sun Wu, so he didn't pay much attention to grain matters. It's understandable.
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Wang Ling cupped his hands and said: "General, I will definitely pay more attention to my Jianghuai grain and grass affairs in the future."
Cao Shuang patted Wang Ling on the shoulder and said: "Wang Sikong is fine. After all, the army cannot live without food and grass.
After the victorious squad returns to Luoyang, he will marry Xuan Ji into the family. From now on, you and I will be a family. Wang Sikong still needs to work hard for this battle!"
Wang Ling excitedly raised his hands and said: "I will definitely live up to my command and will regain the land of Xiangyang for the Wei Dynasty!"
The chief clerk, Yang Zong, nodded secretly, thinking that the master's act of marrying was really wonderful. He tied the old man Wang Ling tightly to his chariot, and even if Wang Ling didn't use his full strength, it wouldn't be inconvenient to cause trouble.<
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I just don’t know what the lord is looking forward to this time with Ai Ai’s stuttering and Deng Ai’s talents as a general. I hope he won’t live up to the lord’s high expectations.
In the Taiji Hall of Luoyang City, Cao Fang and the Queen Mother Guo were rewarded. Cao Shuang defeated the Wu army and Zhu Ji's 30,000-strong army was defeated and fled. All civil and military officials were delighted.
Empress Dowager Guo's clear voice came from behind the curtain, "How do you think the general should be rewarded for his great achievements?"
Grand Sinong Hengfan came out and said: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, I think that such a great achievement deserves to be promoted to the title of Duke of Qin."
The other ministers all said in unison: "I second my opinion!"
Empress Dowager Guo nodded and said: "Then let's do it according to what the ministers said. The general will take advantage of the victory to pursue and capture all the land north of the Yangtze River. What do you think the chances of victory are?"
General Lu Zhi came out of the queue and cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, I think that the general has a good chance of winning this time, so we can do it!"
Queen Mother Guo has been quite peaceful since Sima Yi failed in her last rebellion. After all, apart from Cao Shuang, there are no other powerful ministers in the Wei Dynasty.
Since the incident, Cao Shuang treated the orphans and widowers with great respect, and did not do anything out of bounds again. He used the emperor's ceremonial guard and returned all the treasures in the palace to the palace treasury.
Of course, it was impossible for the late emperor's concubines in the palace to return, so they stayed. With Cao Shuang's current power, no one among the women dared to say anything.
At this time, north of the Yangtze River, the war between Cao Wei and Sun Wu was about to break out, and the war was clouded...