Farmer of Shu Han Chapter 1169

Chapter 1169 A big gamble

Before Ji Han regained Guanzhong, or before Adou moved his capital to Chang'an, if you want to talk about the three kingdoms of Han, Wei and Wu, which palace has the most luxurious and magnificent palace.

That must be the state of Wei.

Wei State not only has five capitals, but before a certain soil turtle changed the historical line, Wei State was also the most powerful state.

Coupled with Cao Rui who likes civil engineering, the palace palace is naturally the most built in the Three Kingdoms.

As for the two countries of Shu and Wu, they are neighbors with the same disease.

At the beginning of the Shu Han Dynasty, there was no imperial palace, so General Zuo's mansion was used as the imperial palace.

The battle of Liu Bei and Yiling exhausted the family property of the Shu Han. Zhuge Liang worked hard and finally recovered some vitality.

In the first few years of Adou's ascension to the throne, the treasury was always tight.

Where did the money and food come from to build the palace?

It wasn't until Gongzai made one of the most successful investments to date that life began to get easier.

Finally moved to Weiyang Palace in Chang'an, only to know the joy of the emperor.

As for Sun Quan of Wu, he was even worse than Adou.

After Adou came to the throne, at any rate, he just had a hard time in the past few years.

After Sun Quan came to the throne, until now, there is no investment channel.

As a founding emperor, Sun Quan has never been too bad in employing people.

Didn't he know that the court was full of complaints against the school administration?

But the school affairs office will handle things, because the school affairs office can help you make money!

Just because of this, Sun Quan had to keep pretending to be deaf and dumb when it comes to the school affairs office.

People are poor and short-sighted, horses are thin and long-haired, that's all.

It's just that no matter how well the school government can make money, at most it can only subsidize some shortfalls in the government treasury, treating the symptoms but not the root cause.

If you really want to treat both the symptoms and the root causes like a certain soil turtle, improve the productivity of the entire country, and improve the efficiency of society in creating wealth, it is too difficult for others.

So even after moving the capital to Jianye for so many years, the palace where Sun Quan lived was only one Taichu Palace.

And this Taichu Palace is actually the expansion of the general's mansion where Sun Quan originally lived, and it is even simpler than Liu Bei's left general's mansion.

After all, Jincheng has always been an important town in the southwest.

Although Jianye City has a long history, it is far less prosperous than Jincheng.

After Sun Quan moved his capital to Jianye, he needed to re-plan Jianye City. In the earliest Jianye City, some gates were made of bamboo fences.

Fortunately, in the northwest of Jianye City, there is a stone mountain, and on the stone mountain is the old city of Jinling City, guarding the entrance of the Qinhuai River into the river.

(Note: Before the Tang Dynasty, the Yangtze River flowed directly under the stone city. After the Tang Dynasty, the river water shrank to the northwest and gradually became the current terrain)

This stone mountain is the most important strategic location of Screening Jianye City.

It doesn't matter if Jianye City doesn't have a city wall, but Stone Mountain must not be lost.

With the loss of Stone Mountain, Jianye City can directly declare that the city is broken.

That's why Sun Quan didn't even have time to expand his own palace, so he built a stone city on the old city of Jinling and used it as the most important naval base of Wu.

There are stone warehouses and stone warehouses in the city to store military rations and weapons.

The garrison of Stone City is also the main military force defending Jianye City.

Sun Quan personally led troops to the north many times, and most of the troops he mobilized were also garrisoned in Stone City.

This is the most elite force he can control with his own hands.

Stone Mountain is located in the northwest of Jianye City, and it belongs to the remnants of Zhongshan Mountain.

But Zhongshan is located in the northeast of Jianye City.

The water originating from Zhongshan Mountain converges at the foot of Zhongshan Mountain, forming lakes of different sizes.

Among them, the most famous two lakes, one in the west of Zhongshan Mountain, is called Houhu (that is, Xuanwu Lake in later generations).

One is in the south of Zhongshan Mountain, which is called Qianhu Lake (that is, Yanque Lake in later generations).

(Before the Ming Dynasty, Yanque Lake was very large and should be comparable to Xuanwu Lake. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, in order to build the palace city, Lao Zhu conscripted hundreds of thousands of people to fill up most of the lake, leaving only one lake)

This time, Sun Quan conscripted civilians to dig the ditches in advance as soon as the spring began, in name only to let the water from the Qianhu Lake flow into the Qinhuai River.

In this way, the food in Wujun and other places can be transported to Jianye faster.

At the same time, it is also to adjust the water volume of Qinhuai water.

Unlike last year, the fields around Jianye experienced drought and no water for irrigation.

And there is water in the lake at the foot of Zhongshan Mountain, but it cannot be used.

Reasonable, very reasonable.

Wang Ling, the military governor of Yangzhou, who succeeded Man Chong, inherited the policy of the previous generations of governors, and did not relax his vigilance towards the south.

During this winter, many people in Wudi were so hungry that they had nowhere to go and secretly ran to the north.

So he really understands what has happened to Wu Di in the past few months.

At this time, after learning about Wu's actions, he thought that Wu's vitality was seriously injured due to last year's drought, and Sun Quan had to try his best to remedy it.

Don't say it's Wang Ling, even Martin, who has stayed in Wu for so long, if he hadn't had news from Xinghanhui, he probably wouldn't have thought of it:

Sun Quan conscripted civilian husbands at this time, not for the so-called construction of water conservancy projects, but for the Northern Expedition to Wei.

Because most of the grain transported by the big man to Jingzhou last year did not land in Jingzhou at all, but directly transferred the ship and continued in the direction of Jianye.

After some grain ships came from Shu, they didn't even stop in Jingzhou, they just went all the way east along the river.

But no matter whether they changed their boats or not, they all entered Stone City along the intersection of Qinhuai River and Dajiang River.

That is to say, most of the grain used by the Shu land to relieve Soochow was transported to Stone City by Sun Quan to stock up.

I would rather some people under my rule starve to death than open a warehouse to release food.

"This time, it's a big bet!"

According to the plan, as soon as the spring of this year begins, the students who have studied in Wu State for nearly four years should set off to return to China.

It's just that for some reason, Martin, the team leader, received a notice from China and delayed his return date for the second time.

The first time was because Wu Guo needed additional supplies, so part of the debt was used to extend the study time for one year.

And this second extension, there is no reason, just let them obey orders at any time.

Although Ma Tian was called exaggerated by the first emperor, he was still a person who could discuss military plans with the prime minister after all.

It may not be possible to lead troops into battle in person, but there is a way to talk about soldiers on paper.

Seeing Sun Quan's various actions at this time, combined with the information he possessed, he quickly came to a conclusion:

Sun Quan is planning to repair the water conservancy and cross the river secretly!

"Sir, what bet? Who wants to bet?"

Luo Xian and Fu Qian are both in their twenties, and they are at the most prosperous moment in their lives.

Four years of living on the water have made their skin surface oily and smooth, and they can tell that they are often soaked in water.

The two of them sat on the bow of the boat with nothing to do, looking up at the rolling water of the river, which continuously hit the stone mountain and stirred up countless waves.

The sound of the waves roared into my ears, and I even felt the splash of water on my face.

It's just that no matter how huge the river is, the majestic stone city stands still, like an elephant looking at ants.

Although I don't know how many times I've seen it, Luo Xian and the others couldn't help being amazed every time they saw the stone city blocking the river:

Such a dangerous place is really easy to defend and difficult to attack. In addition, Wu people are good at maneuvering boats. How difficult is it to attack it?

Sun Quan made his capital here, and there really is a reason.

The two people who were muttering could not help being a little confused when they heard Mr. Ma's words at this time:

"Sir, didn't the military say you can't gamble?"

Martin smiled when he heard the two people's questioning:

"Wu Guo is afraid to send troops to the north again."

"oh…"

When the two heard it, they were not too surprised.

In the past few years when they came to Wu, except for the drought last year, the two sides lived in peace.

For the rest of the time, the Wu people would fight the Wei thieves in Jiangbei every year, on different scales.

To be honest, even Luo Xianfu and the others are used to it.

Compared to the big man who does not move, and a big man who moves is a big battle, Wu Guo is more inclined to continuous small-scale harassment.

Even the Wu generals on the front line are keen to plunder across the border from time to time.

Because of this approach, even if it fails, the loss is not great, but if it succeeds, it can not only invite credit, but also plunder the spoils of war.

Especially the men and women among the trophies, which are all privately owned by themselves and do not need to be handed over to the state.

It is really a fish and two meals.

This kind of ethos in Wu Guojun led them to be brave in private plundering and timid in public warfare.

The most typical is that every time the Wu army goes north to attack the city, as long as the Wei army closes the city gate and sticks to it, Wu will be unable to attack.

The generals below will habitually want to lead their troops to plunder the people around them, and after they have robbed enough, they want to take the spoils and retreat.

Sun Quan's repeated hatred under the city of Hefei has something to do with Wu Jun's ethos.

If it is beneficial, it will rush forward, and if it is not beneficial, it will retreat. How can this kind of army have any resilience?

Without toughness, how can there be siege ability?

The siege is actually filled with human lives.

Luo Xian muttered:

"With the help of the big man, Wu Guoming managed to recover with difficulty. Is this because he is thinking of going to the north to **** it?"

To be honest, although Wu Guo's boat handling skills are indeed worth learning, he looks down on the corrupt Wu Jun from the bottom of his heart.

Fu Qian is much more straightforward, I saw him pouted:

"Wu Gou's nature is like this, isn't it normal?"

Compared to Luo Xian, Fu Qian's dislike and hatred for Wu people is deeply rooted in his bones.

Using the enemy's best combat method and defeating the enemy with his own hands is one of the important reasons for him to come to Wu to study.

Another important reason is that it is the order of the teacher to let me come to Wu country.

"This time, I'm afraid it will be different."

Martin expressed a different opinion, and he pointed to the ships of the State of Wu that were constantly entering and leaving Stone City:

"Don't you think that the Wu garrison in Stone City is a bit unusual these days?"

"But sir, didn't you say that Wu Jun is going north again? Is it strange that there is no abnormality?"

Luo Xian and Fu Qian were a little puzzled.

Martin smiled lightly:

"Sun Quan hoarded so much food in Stone City, and now he has recruited so many civilians in Jianye, plus the current abnormality..."

As he spoke, he glanced at the two of them and continued:

"Also, the date of your return to the country has been delayed again and again. I heard that in Chang'an, the people sent by Wu Guo to learn riding and fighting have not returned."

"According to the old man, this time, I am afraid that the movement will not be too small."

Now Jianye has gathered 20,000 civilians, and it is said that at least 100,000 people will be needed in the end.

How many troops can we use 100,000 civilians?

Luo Xian and Fu Qian, although among their peers, are considered top-notch.

But firstly, there are not as many news channels as Martin, and secondly, the knowledge and experience are not as rich as Martin.

If not, why did the big man let Martin be the team leader?

Hearing what Martin said at this time, he felt that the problem was a bit serious.

But when they saw the eyes of the two, they all lit up:

"Sir, you mean, this time, we may follow them into battle?"

"Practice what you have learned, this is the rule of the academy, and it applies to you as well." Martin didn't deny it, nor did he affirm it, "It's just that this time you may follow Wu Guobei."

"But I guess the Wu people would not dare to let you go into battle to meet the enemy. Otherwise, if there are casualties, it is difficult to explain to the big man."

To put it bluntly, it is to observe the study group.

The cavalry trainee camp in Wu State probably had the same reasoning.

Luo Xian and Fu Qian couldn't help feeling a little disappointed when they heard this.

Martin saw the expressions of the two, how could he not know what they were thinking.

"You two, don't underestimate the actions of following Wu Jun. If the Wu people really make a big noise this time, they must use their family resources."

I would rather the people starve to death than hoard food. Now that so many civilian husbands have been enlisted, Sun Quan this time may be a rare big move in recent years.

Martin reminded:

"Wu people are known for their boat masters. If you follow them, you will definitely see a lot of things. This is an extremely rare opportunity to learn about Wu Jun."

After hearing this, the two of them understood, and their eyes immediately lit up:

"Sir, how sure are you of your guess?"

Martin looked at the stone city, and said leisurely:

"Seven or eight points."

Otherwise, how to explain the various anomalies in front of you?

"If it is really as you expected, then do you think the Wu people will succeed this time?"

"The world is unpredictable, how would I know?"

Martin's eyes turned to the north again.

On the vast river, it is hard to see what is going on on the other side.

Obviously, Sun Quan made a big investment this time, but he wondered if the Wei Congress would be prepared?

In the past, the communication between Wu State and Han State was very likely to be intercepted by Wei State at the border of Jingzhou.

So Han and Wu agreed to send troops in April, and it is possible that Wei Guo would find out in advance.

But since the fall of Guanzhong, Wei State began to shrink its troops in the north of Jingzhou.

In the past, the layout of Wei State in Jingzhou was centered on Xiangyang.

But now, with Wancheng as the center, guard against the south and west at the same time.

As a result, part of the Wei army in Jingzhou will be transferred to the Wuguan crossing to the west of Wancheng to prevent the Han army from leaving Wuguan.

If it wasn't for the fact that Xiangyang's location was too important, the governor of Jingzhou, Wu Qiujian, even wanted to suggest to Cao Shuang to abandon Xiangyang, shrink his troops, and deploy defenses along the Han River.

The contraction of Wei State in the north of Jingzhou, coupled with the division within Wei State, also weakened the strength of Wei State.

In this case, Wei Guo's attention is more on Wuguan.

Naturally, I don't have more energy to pay attention to every move in the south of Jingzhou as before.

(end of this chapter)

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