Chapter 850: Sun Jian's New Conditions (Replenish Noon)
"Why did some spies learn that Sun Jian, the prefect of Lujiang, is preparing troops to attack Hefei? Didn't you, military advisor, meet privately with Sun Jian to negotiate a truce?"
"this……"
Lu Su wiped the sweat from his forehead with his robe, and was unable to answer Hefei guard Zhang Liao's question for a while.
Each faction will place spies in each other's cities. As long as a city starts to prepare food, grass and weapons, it will most likely not be able to hide from the spies' eyes and ears.
There are various indications that Sun Jian is raising food, grass and soldiers for the third attack on Hefei City, and Lujiang County has assembled at least 150,000 troops.
This made Lu Su, who was in charge of the peace talks with Sun Jian, quite passive in the face of his colleagues' questioning.
In order to prevent Hefei City from being besieged by the Jiangdong army again, Chutian took the initiative to negotiate peace with Sun Jian.
Lu Su is the person in charge and also the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
However, the flames of war flared up again, and Lu Su, as a peacemaker, was duty-bound.
"No matter what, the troops assembled in Lujiang County may exceed 200,000, mainly from the south of the Yangtze River. We must prepare troops in Hefei City to meet Sun Jian."
The two generals Ma Yuan and Tian Ji were newly transferred to guard Hefei to increase the strength to defend Hefei. Chu Tian was unwilling to discover that Huainan and even Xuzhou had been captured by the Jiangdong army during the expedition to Liaodong.
After the development of Chutian, Xuzhou is now the richest state. It is as rich as an enemy country, and it provides Chutian with continuous financial support.
The Mi family almost monopolizes private trade with Dongying, and has benefited a lot from the rise of Chutian, which can be regarded as Chutian's return to the Mi family.
Ma Yuan and Tian Ji were transferred to Hefei, but they were not opposed to going to war with Sun Jian, so that they could gain military exploits.
From the point of view of selfishness, the group of military generals naturally hopes that the world will be in chaos, so that they can be useful.
After all, no one knows whether Chutian will have a day when all birds are exhausted and good bows are hidden.
"Prepare for battle!"
Zhang Liao, as the chief general who is familiar with the Hefei area, ordered martial law, and the people in Hefei were panicked.
Hu Sanniang was wandering the streets with her son, and found that the soldiers and horses in the city had been mobilized, so she approached Zhang Liao and said, "Sir, is it difficult for Jiangdong soldiers and horses to attack Hefei again?"
Zhang Liao replied solemnly: "The world is in chaos,
Only Xuzhou, Qingzhou and other hinterlands can be safe. You and your baby will go to Xiacheng to take refuge. In case the Jiangdong Army comes with all its strength, I am afraid that Hefei may not be able to hold on. "
Zhang Liao was also a little unsure.
Jiangdong Army is growing into a beast.
King Wu Tongque is a player, not Sun Shiwan in history. He has two major branches under his command, Xie Xuan's Beifu Army and Sun Jian's Jiangdong Army. In addition, Tongque also formed the Navy Army and the Southern Dynasty Army , Shanyue Legion and other legions to strengthen their own strength.
If Tongque attacks Hefei desperately, but Hefei does not receive effective support, there is a possibility of losing the defense.
"I will order my servants to send Hu'er to Xia City, and then stay with you to defend the city."
"you……"
Seeing Hu Sanniang's firm eyes, Zhang Liao couldn't bear to refuse.
The war in Huainan was revived, and the shadow of the Great War lingered over Hefei City. Hefei City had assembled 100,000 soldiers and horses, including high-ranking troops and low-ranking troops, mainly low-ranking troops.
The elite legions were basically transferred to participate in the Northern War, so the legions in Hefei City were not elite, relying on solid city defenses.
Sun Jian's Jiangdong Army seemed to have arrived as promised. Under the transportation of the boat division, they landed from Ruxukou.
Xia Jun's navy went to contain the troops of Goryeo and prevented Li Chenggui, King Kangxian of Goryeo from supporting Mingguan. Therefore, Xia Jun was actually unable to gain a foothold in the Yangtze River Basin, and gave the Yangtze River Basin to Wu State.
With the help of his boat division, Sun Jian could come and go freely in the Yangtze River Basin, and it was extremely difficult to really annihilate Sun Jian.
Lujiang County was in Jiangbei, but Chutian did not attack Lujiang County. The reason was that even if it captured Lujiang County, it would have to endure continuous harassment from the Jiangdong Navy. It simply ignored Lujiang County and stuck to Hefei, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack.
The Jiangdong Army appeared under the city of Hefei, and there was no end to it.
"I need to talk to Lujiang prefect Sun Jian alone!"
Lu Su went to the meeting alone and went out of the city to call for battle.
Zhang Liao, Ma Yuan, Tian Ji, Zang Ba, Sun Guan and others were in the city.
As the chief general, Zhang Liao agreed to Lu Su's request, and Lu Su was allowed to attend the meeting alone.
This kind of behavior is really dangerous.
Lu Su also has a little force, but it's not enough to look at.
In addition to Jiangdong generals, Sun Jian's Jiangdong army also has Liangshan generals from Song Jiang.
But Lu Su was put on by Sun Jian, and he really lost face.
Soon Sun Jian went out of the camp and met with Lu Su in front of the two armies. The soldiers of both sides could not know the content of the conversation between the two.
Even though Lu Su was a good man, he couldn't accept Sun Jian's reneging on what he said, so he scolded: "Sun Wentai, our King Xia is willing to form a good relationship with the Sun family in Qin and Jin, so as to avoid the war between the two sides and increase casualties. Why did we violate the oath today and send troops to attack Hefei?" ?”
Sun Jian replied calmly: "The king of Wu ordered me to attack Hefei, so I have to obey."
Lu Su is not a mediocre person, and he captured the negotiable meaning from Sun Jian's simple answer: "Just for show?"
"No."
"Sun Wentai, what exactly do you want?"
"I thought it was necessary to increase the price."
Sun Jian made a gesture.
Lu Su understood Sun Jian's intention.
Sun Jian was dissatisfied with the conditions negotiated by the two parties before, and when he came to the city, he wanted to sell the Tongque to save face, and he also wanted to propose new conditions to Chutian.
From this point of view, Sun Jian is really a hero.
In other words, the troubled times turned Sun Jian into a hero.
Sun Jian is also growing when he sees the various princes displaying their abilities and vying for the Central Plains.
Lu Su asked helplessly: "What more do you want? You are already a high-ranking man when the son of King Xia marries a daughter of yours."
Sun Jian said: "I have pity on the parents of the world. My daughter is like a jewel in the palm of your hand. If you want to marry the son of King Xia, you must be the first wife."
"this……"
Lu Su did not expect that Sun Jian wanted to become a relative of the emperor, and he was the most important relative of the emperor.
If Sun Jian's daughter becomes the future concubine, the status of the Sun family will be much higher than that of Lu Su.
Lu Su really couldn't agree to Sun Jian easily, and he actually had no power.
The final decision can only be made by Chu Tian.
"I asked King Xia to see how he is doing. During this period, you can only attack Hefei symbolically."
Although Lu Su didn't know whether Chutian would agree, he could at least delay Sun Jian's attack on Hefei.
"Zhu Neng, Zu Dashou, and Sun Chuanting were all captured by me. Kong Youde and Duan Pidao died in battle. It seems that this time Mingguan will suffer a lot of bleeding. We should take advantage of the victory and pursue it, and we must not give the Ming army a chance to breathe."
In Liaoxi County, after a brief rest, the armies under Chutian's command were ready to go on an expedition to Liucheng, all the way to Liaodong.
He summoned various advisers, Sun Bin, Fang Xuanling, Zhang Bin, Guo Jia, Xun You and others.
Suddenly, Chu Tian saw that Guo Jia’s complexion was not very good, and thought that Guo Jia had the negative trait of “Heaven is jealous of talents”, and he might die of illness during the expedition, so he said to Guo Jia: “This expedition, Fengxiao You stay behind for the time being, and go to Luoyang City to serve the Wei Wuzu Army. Also, pay attention to your body, don't."
During this expedition to Liucheng, there were hundreds of miles of drought and no water along the way, so it was not easy.
The Liaoxi Corridor is a long and narrow section. Guzhu City is close to Ji County, Youzhou, and Liucheng is close to Liaodong.
The Han Dynasty, Three Kingdoms, Sui Dynasty, Tang Dynasty, and Ming Dynasty all crusade against Liaodong, and it became more and more difficult as the population of Liaodong increased.