The Three Kingdoms

Sun Quan took it, opened it, his pupils shrank suddenly, and the corners of his mouth twitched uncontrollably.

This Pang Tong is also a little too anxious.He just went to Bingzhou, less than three months ago, and he didn't even have a firm foothold, yet he actually wanted to come out in full force.

However, Pang Tong's reason for wanting to send troops is also very reasonable. He wants to take advantage of the gap when the Wei Dynasty rectifies the troops.It is reasonable to mobilize all the troops of the blood wolf camp that can be called.

If he can fight this battle smoothly, he will gain a lot. At least he can guarantee that he will not be held back when Wu Wei fights in the future, and Bingzhou Youzhou will not face the situation of being attacked from both sides.

"Cao Yang, pass on my order, and then Zhang Zhao, the chief minister of the cabinet, Zhou Yu, the secretary of the household department, and the secretary of the official department... come to see me in the imperial study immediately!"

Sun Quan thought for a while, and he was a little uncertain about this matter.Then immediately assembled several important ministers from the cabinet and the military aircraft department to discuss the matter together.

"promise!"

Cao Yang took the order and left.

"The situation is like this. Let me tell you, can this battle be fought?" Half an hour later, in the imperial study, Sun Quan asked calmly, looking at the pillars of the court.

"Your Majesty, this is a good opportunity!"

Taiwei Ju Yi was the first to stand up and express his opinion, saying: "Pang Tong is right. If the Blood Wolf Camp can take advantage of this opportunity and send out troops with all their strength to defeat the Xiongnu and Xianbei, the two dynasties will have a decisive battle in the future. More troops will surely be drawn. Troops go south to the Wei territory!"

"Huang Zhong is cautious, Pang Tong is very wise. Since they brought it up, I believe that I must be sure, so I agree to fight!"

Pan Feng thought about it.Only then said in a low voice.

"Shoufu, what do you mean?" Sun Quan looked at Zhang Zhao, the chief minister of the cabinet, and asked.

"Your Majesty, the opportunity is a good one, but we can't support it!" Zhang Zhao shook his head.

"Can't support it?" Sun Quan frowned.

"Your Majesty, the treasury can't support it!"

Zhou Yu took a step forward, with a slightly wry smile on his handsome face, and said, "We have been fighting for so many years, and our Great Wu is not as rich as we imagined. All the budget for this year has been spent, all for the battle in Sichuan, for this battle, The Ministry of Finance has already begun to tighten its belt, we really cannot afford the price of the entire camp of blood wolves coming out!"

"Gong Jin, is the state treasury really at this point?" Sun Quan narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at Zhou Yu with some doubts, and said, "I remember years ago when I was well prepared?"

"Your Majesty, are you forgetful?" Zhou Yu pouted, "It's almost April, can it be the same as before? The Battle of Hanzhong is not about money!"

"Yup!"

Sun Quan patted his forehead: "Hanzhong, Zhao Yun is fighting Hanzhong, which is a lot of money, I forgot about you!"

War, sometimes fighting is the national strength.

As soon as the swords and soldiers come out, they are money. Although there is no golden taels of gold when the cannons are fired in the era of hot weapons, but in war, food requires money, weapons require money, armor requires money, and military salaries in battle need to be increased. money.

The Great Wu is now at its peak, but it has never stopped fighting for many years, and now it has opened up several battlefields, and the court has always been in a relatively tight environment.

"I don't want to miss this opportunity!"

Sun Quan was silent for a while, looked at the people in the cabinet, and some people in the military aircraft department, clenched his fists slightly, and then made a difficult decision, saying: "Pan Feng!"

"Wei Chen is here!"

"In the name of the Military Aircraft Department, write back to Huang Zhong and Pang Tong. The Military Aircraft Department has no objection or disapproval of this matter. Let them make their own decisions!"

Sun Quan said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, what if they insist on fighting?" Pan Feng asked.

"Then fight!"

Sun Quan was full of arrogance, and said decisively: "I will support them in this battle even if I sell everything. The vast Wu, no matter how tight, I can't even support 10,000+ soldiers and horses!"

"promise!"

Pan Feng nodded, then quickly walked out of the imperial study room, returned to the Military Machine Pavilion, returned an official document to Pang Tong and the others, and then ordered people to expedite it to Bingzhou within a day.

The council in the imperial study continued. Zhou Yu looked at Sun Quan with a bitter face and said, "Your Majesty, if this battle breaks out, where should we get the money from?"

"You don't, and neither do I. The tax has not been collected yet. The national debt is not due yet, where else can we get it from? We can only borrow it!"

Sun Quan didn't even have a handsome face. Just now, he was full of heroism, and a penny forced a hero to death. He said with a wry smile: "It's not easy to show your face these days. These chambers of commerce and merchants have made me tricky and want to borrow money." , you have to be loud and angry!"

In Dawu, the status of merchants is getting higher and higher, and there are more and more merchants. Even local chambers of commerce have been established in various places, and the power of business is already very strong.

It is not the first time to borrow money, but whether to buy it or not is still the same thing.

"You borrow?"

Zhou Yu's eyes lit up, and he asked tentatively.

"Why don't you come?"

Sun Quan curled his lips, this big Wu.Besides Sun Zhongmou, who else could borrow such a large amount of money.

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In the seventh year of the Warring States Period, at the beginning of April, Pang Tong's request for war was officially approved, and the entire blood wolf camp began to mobilize frequently. This move alarmed Cao Cao in Luoyang City.

"What is Huang Zhong going to do?" Cao Cao was taken aback when he received the news from Yu Jin, his brows were congealed into a Sichuan character, and his face was a little ugly: "Could it be that Sun Zhongmou really wants to go to war?"

He immediately summoned Guo Jia, a talented playwright, and Zhang Liao, who was training in the camp on the outskirts of Beijing.

"Huang Zhong's movement of soldiers and horses is abnormal, and I'm a little confused!"

Cao Cao calmed down.Sitting in a stable position, he showed the news to several people, and then asked, "Tell me, what does Huang Zhong want to do?"

"Your Majesty, Huang Zhong shouldn't be so reckless. If we go to war at this time, we won't be able to eat us. It's obviously thankless!"

Xi Zhicai said in a deep voice: "There must be something in it that we don't know!"

"Tell Jia Xu!" Cao Cao thought for a while and shouted.

"Leave it to Jia Xu!"

The shrill voice of the small yellow gate outside the hall shouted loudly, and it took less than half an hour.Jia Xu hurriedly entered the palace to face the saint.

"Wenhe, you should know about the Youzhou matter, but do you have any valuable news to tell me?"

"Your Majesty, the ghost pawns haven't found any valuable information yet, but we have found out that Huang Zhong's deployment of troops is in the wrong direction. Their troops are not moving forward, but retreating!"

Jia Xu bowed slightly, and after saluting Cao Cao, he reported, "Wu's troops in Zhuojun and Daijun have all entered Bingzhou, and the troops stationed in Shangdang have also retreated to Jinyang!"

"Back? No, they should be gathering!"

When Xi Zhicai heard the words, he had a flash of inspiration: "Your Majesty, I have a guess in my heart!"