The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 257 Dealing with the Aftermath
Among all the monarchs and ministers in Jiangdong, Zhou Yu's strategic vision is the highest, and Zhou Yu is also the most proactive and aggressive among Jiangdong's previous governors.

Of course, at this time Lu Xun hadn't grown up yet, and he had no chance to show his talents. Many generals in the Jiangdong Army had much older qualifications than Lu Xun.

Lu Xun agreed with Zhou Yu's plan very much, because he also saw that only one of Jiangdong and Jingzhou could survive, otherwise they would not be able to develop, and they would be defeated one by one by the northern forces in the end.

If it was Jingzhou in Liu Biao's time, or Jingzhou in Liu Qi's power, both Zhou Yu and Lu Xun had no doubts that Jiangdong would definitely defeat Jingzhou.But now it is Zhang Wu's Jingzhou, they really have no certainty of victory.

Because Zhang Wu's record has been too dazzling since he was born, every time he makes a plan and then moves, he never fights a battle that he is not sure of, and even starts planning very early.

Other Jiangdong generals, such as Cheng Pu, Zhou Tai, Lu Meng, Xu Sheng, Ling Tong, Pan Zhang, etc., are still qualified as generals, but they are not capable enough to make strategic decisions. Lu Su still has some vision, but he is still far behind Zhou Yu.

Lu Su was more than enough to defend the city, but not enough to attack. There was a saying in later generations: Rao Zijing was the gatekeeper at Fulu, and Zhou Lang was there in the water battle near the river.After Zhou Lang's death, Gan Ning had to rely on Gan Ning for the water battle in Jiangdong, but it's a pity that Gan Ning is now Zhang Wu's man.

Sun Quan asked, "Gongjin, if we fight Jingzhou now, what are our chances of winning?"

Zhou Yu said: "We have a [-]% chance of winning the decisive battle with Jingzhou at this time. If the plan is good and things go smoothly, we can increase the chance of winning by another [-]%. But if we wait for the Jingzhou army to attack first, our chances of winning will be [-]%. No more than forty percent."

In fact, Zhou Yu said it a little bit more deliberately. In his opinion, the strength of the Jingzhou navy has surpassed that of Jiangdong. If the two sides fight normally, the iron chain ship will definitely be very difficult to deal with.And now the Jingzhou army is well-equipped, the morale is high, the soldiers dare to fight and want to fight, and their combat effectiveness is stronger than that of the Jiangdong army.

But Zhou Yu also felt that after all, the navy generals on his side were stronger than those in Jingzhou, and he had specially prepared a secret weapon to deal with Zhang Wu.If Taoist Gong Chong can perform normally, he can catch Zhang Wu by surprise, and then he can burn Zhang Wu's iron chain boat with a backhand, and even wipe out the Jingzhou navy.

Sun Quan was also a decisive person. Hearing what Zhou Yu said, he felt that the chances of winning were not bad. He also knew that Jingzhou had developed faster than Jiangdong in recent years.According to the inquiries of the spies, Jingzhou is now producing all kinds of weapons and equipment day and night, and buying large quantities of food and grass materials.

If we wait any longer, Jiangdong will really not be Jingzhou's opponent.

So Sun Quan made up his mind and said, "Okay, Gong Jin, order the army to be assembled and act according to the plan!"

"Yes, my lord!"

Just like what Zhou Yu said, Zhang Wu is temporarily unable to launch an attack on Jiangdong. He has to deal with Liu Qi's funeral first, and then deal with the affairs after taking over Jingzhou Mu before he can consider sending troops.

After Liu Qi's death, Zhang Wu first took care of Liu Qi's funeral.

Since Liu Qi had no descendants and no brothers, Liu Bei and Liu Pan had to be responsible for burying Liu Qi according to the etiquette system, and the whole Jingzhou mourned.

Although Liu Qi did not have great ambitions and great achievements, he was very kind and did not commit any violence. Moreover, Liu Biao brought more than ten years of peace to the people of Jingzhou, so the people of Jingzhou also spontaneously paid homage to Liu Qi.

The original state pastoral mansion was changed by Zhang Wu into the private residence of Liu's mansion, and one of Liu Pan's adopted sons was Liu Qi's son, who was raised by Liu Qi's wife. It can be regarded as leaving a little incense for Liu Biao's family, and there will be people who worship incense in the future.

Liu Qi's concubines and maids, who are willing to leave the Liu House, will be given money to leave, and those who are unwilling to leave will be taken care of by the Liu House. Zhang Wu will allocate a large amount of money to the Liu House every month as the living expenses of Liu Qi's survivors.

All the people in Jingzhou admire Zhang Wu's kindness and righteousness.

After handling Liu Qi's funeral, Zhang Wu officially took over the position of Jingzhou Mu, and Jingzhou has entered a new era since then.

Jingzhou Biejia Liu Xian and others applied for resignation on the grounds of old age and frailty.These old ministers from the Liu Biao era also understood that the so-called emperor and courtiers in one dynasty, now Jingzhou is in the hands of Zhang Wu, both in name and in reality, and they, the veterans of the previous dynasties, should also take the initiative to give up their seats.

Of course, if they can voluntarily abdicate, Zhang Wu will not treat them badly. Although they themselves have retired, all their political assets have been transferred to the children of the family, and they will definitely take care of them when they are promoted in the future.

Moreover, Zhang Wu also gave them a large pension.

Liu Bei also expressed to Zhang Wu that he no longer wanted to be the prefect of Xiangyang, and he wanted to stay at home and look after his children.

In the past, Liu Bei was appointed as the prefect of Xiangyang, so that Liu Bei had a name in Jingzhou, not to eat rice in Jingzhou.Now Liu Bei has become Zhang Wu's father-in-law, and the two families have merged into one family. Liu Bei no longer needs this name, and Liu Bei has always been the prefect of Xiangyang in name only, and does not interfere in political affairs.

After being recruited by Liu Bei's group of civil and military talents, Zhang Wu's subordinates are now clearly divided into two major factions.

One is the local faction in Jingzhou. The core figures include Pang Tong, Kuai Yue, Huang Zhong, Wenpin, Ma Liang and other civil and military talents who were born in Jingzhou.This is also a very normal thing. After all, Zhang Wu started from Jingzhou, and now there is only Jingzhou's sphere of influence.

The second faction is the outsiders. There are many people and their status is not low. The core figures are Mi Heng, Xu Shu, Zhuge Liang, Chen Sun, Gan Ning, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and so on.In the past, the power of this faction was not enough to compete with the local Jingzhou faction. Since Guan Zhangzhao and others joined, it is basically evenly matched now.

Of course, these two factions are also getting along very well now, and there will be no internal struggles, because there is a very strong and wise leader above.

As the ruler of a power group, Zhang Wu also knows that a power will definitely be divided into different factions. This is caused by human nature. If he wants to forcibly eliminate this phenomenon, he will only suffer the consequences in the end.

It is necessary to allow factions to exist, but it is also necessary to properly handle the relationship between the various factions so that they can advance together with competitors instead of wasting energy on internal power struggles.

Of course, there are still many powerful enemies outside the current Jingzhou Group, and whether it is Pang Tong and others from Jingzhou natives, or Mi Heng and others from outsiders, they are all extremely smart people, and they will definitely not engage in internal affairs at this time. fight.

After Zhang Wu took over as Jingzhou Mu and Zhennan General, he announced the dissolution of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion and transferred the ruling center of Jingzhou to the State Mufu Mansion, and the Zhennan General's Mansion was responsible for military affairs.

In the name of Jingzhou Mu and Zhennan General, Zhang Wu appointed Mi Heng as Jingzhou Biejia, as well as the history of Zhennan General's residence and Jingzhou Zhouxue Jijiu.As the first literati who took refuge in Zhang Wu, Mi Heng's own talent is understandable. He made many contributions in the process of Zhang Wu's rise, so he has always been the number one literati under Zhang Wu's command.

(End of this chapter)