The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 256 Zhou Yu's Plan

Cao Cao not only refused to recognize Zhang Wu's Jingzhou Mu, but also forced the emperor to issue an edict saying that Zhang Wu not only rebelled against the court and murdered the court officials, but now he secretly murdered Jingzhou Mu Liu Qi, and dared to lead Jingzhou Mu by himself.The imperial edict also ordered Zhang Wu to go to Xudu to plead guilty to the emperor, and maybe his life could be spared, otherwise when the imperial army arrived, Zhang Wu's body would be torn to pieces.

After Zhang Wu knew about it, he didn't care. He knew that Cao Cao was trying to save face for himself. He had just lost 20 troops, so he would definitely be a little angry. .

As long as Cao Jun does not have a navy, he will not be able to cross the Han River, and he will give away his head no matter how many times he comes.

But when Cao Cao accused and slandered Zhang Wu, Zhang Wu had to make a distinction for himself, mainly to express his attitude to the people of the world, otherwise it would be somewhat uncomfortable to bear the reputation of a rebel.

So Zhang Wu asked Ni Heng to write a memorandum and send it to the court of Xudu.In the memorial table, Cao Cao's bad deeds were recounted again, pointing out that Cao Cao oppressed the emperor, controlled the government, killed Zhongliang, and pretended to be a Han minister. In fact, the Han thief is no different from Dong Zhuo and his ilk.Zhang Wu wanted to inherit the last wish of the late Jingzhou Mu Liu Qi, and was entrusted by the emperor Liu Bei to follow the emperor's "clothes and belt edict" to hunt down the thieves. Sooner or later, he would send his troops to the north to rescue the emperor and destroy Cao's family.

At this time, the importance of Liu Bei was shown. As the son-in-law of Liu Bei, the uncle of the great Han emperor, Zhang Wu could play the banner of "clothes belt edict" openly and squarely, and confront Cao Cao in terms of righteousness.Because the "clothes belt edict" was indeed granted by the emperor, the loyal officials on the list except Liu Bei and Ma Teng had been killed by Cao Cao, and Cao Cao was indistinguishable in this matter.

Cao Cao knew at a glance that it was written by that madman Mi Heng, and his ability to curse people is even better than that of Chen Lin.Chen Lin's cursing is also written in a polite manner, but Mi Heng doesn't know who was influenced by it. The scolding is both vicious and innovative. The key is that Cao Cao has really done these bad things.

Cao Cao hated his teeth itching after seeing it, but he couldn't help Mi Heng. He could only regret that he didn't hack this big troll to death.I wanted to use Liu Biao's hand to get rid of it, but Liu Biao was unwilling to bear the infamy.Later, the martial artist Huang Zu couldn't bear it, and wanted to kill Mi Heng, but was saved by Zhang Wu.

What made Cao Cao even more unexpected was that Zhang Wu, a warrior, could tolerate Mi Heng's stinking mouth, and still trust and reuse him so much. Zhang Wu, you have planned to fight against me a long time ago!

Of course Cao Cao didn't dare to send troops to attack Jingzhou, and Zhang Wu didn't have the strength to fight Cao Cao for the time being, so the two families could only fight with each other.But Zhang Wu became impatient, and in a fit of anger ordered someone to engrave the letter written by Mi Heng into a printing plate, printed 10,000+ copies, and spread it all over the world.

Zhang Wu, as a modern person who has time traveled, of course knows the power of controlling propaganda and guiding public opinion, but he has been reluctant to do so.Because this thing has both advantages and disadvantages. If it is well controlled and used well, it will be infinitely powerful, but if it is not handled properly, it will also cause a lot of trouble.

This meeting saw that Cao Cao had been talking but not doing anything, and it was not over yet, so he gave him a big move in a fit of anger.

Now Cao Cao is being honest, and he can't fight a war of words!

After the news of Liu Qi's death reached Jiangdong, Sun Quan and Zhou Yu were surprised, but they also felt that this was an opportunity.

Sun Quan believed that once Liu Qi died and left no heirs as heirs, there would definitely be chaos within Jingzhou in order to fight for power and profit, and he could use this opportunity to crusade against Jingzhou.

Cheng Pu, Lu Meng, Ling Tong and others also agreed with Sun Quan's opinion, thinking that the opportunity must not be missed, otherwise it would be difficult to fight after Zhang Wuping settled the internal chaos.

But Zhou Yu said: "My lord, everyone, although Liu Qi is dead, there will be no chaos in Jingzhou. Because even when Liu Qi is alive, the military and political power in Jingzhou has always been in the hands of Zhang Wu. According to the spies, the major families in Jingzhou I agree with Zhang Wu very much, and even ordinary people support Zhang Wu very much. Once Liu Qi died, Zhang Wu could justifiably issue orders. That Zhang Wu was so skillful that there was no voice of opposition in Jingzhou. Therefore, the death of Liu Qi , not only will not cause internal chaos in Jingzhou, on the contrary, it will also make Jingzhou more unified, so it is not a good opportunity for us to fight."

Sun Quan is also a smart person, especially good at playing politics. After a little thought, he felt that what Zhou Yu said made sense. That Zhang Wu is very good at winning people's hearts, especially by using the book sale, he has already tied the families of all sizes in Jingzhou to him. body.Now Jingzhou has formed a big interest group with Zhang Wu, who would harm their own interests!
Thinking of this, Sun Quan envied Zhang Wu very much, and he bowed his head and ears to Zhang Wu.The situation in Jiangdong is a bit more complicated. Not only are nearly half of the army in the hands of the aristocratic families, but some families are secretly hostile to the Sun family and are always ready to rebel.

The Shanyue tribe still came out to make trouble from time to time, and it still restrained a lot of Sun Quan's energy.

If this continues, Jingzhou's strength will soon surpass Jiangdong, and the outcome will be unpredictable.

Sun Quan sighed: "Is there no chance?"

Zhou Yu continued: "My lord, although Liu Qi's death cannot bring chaos to Jingzhou, it is still an opportunity for us."

"Oh? How do you say this?"

"If my expectations are correct, with Zhang Wu's ambition, after defeating Cao Cao, he will definitely plan to attack Jiangdong. If Zhang Wu takes the initiative to attack, he will definitely choose to attack Chaisang, and we have to face the Jingzhou army in Chaisang."

Zhou Yu came to the map, pointed to Chaisang's location and said.

Yangzhou has a large area like Jingzhou, but the most affluent place in Yangzhou is the Jianghuai Plain from the Huaihe River Basin to Hongze Lake, and Sun Quan only occupies less than half of this place, and Cao Cao occupies most of the rest.

In addition, the rich and affluent areas in Jiangdong that are suitable for farming are the Jiangdong Plain near Taihu Lake and the Poyang Lake Plain near Poyang Lake.And Chaisang is the main military town that controls the Poyang Lake Plain in Jiangdong. If Chaisang is lost, not only the Poyang Lake Plain, the main grain-producing area in Jiangdong, will be lost, but also Yuzhang County and Luling County in the south will be very dangerous.

And Jingzhou has the large Jianghan Plain and Dongting Lake Plain as grain-producing areas. Now that Cao Cao has been defeated, it has begun to gradually recover Nanyang County, and wants to take back the Nanyang Basin.

Therefore, in order to keep Chaisang, the Jiangdong army had to fight the Jingzhou army in the waters near Chaisang, taking advantage of the unfavorable downstream conditions.

Zhou Yu went on to say: "If this is the case, we will be in the lower reaches of the river, and we will suffer a lot. Now that Liu Qi has just died, Zhang Wu must deal with Liu Qi's funeral first, and then deal with the succession of Jingzhou Mu. We will take the initiative to attack. And we will use this time to gather our forces, take the initiative to attack, station troops in Chibi, and lead the Jingzhou army to a decisive battle. Whoever launches the attack first will be able to choose the battlefield and occupy a favorable position!"

(End of this chapter)