The Three Kingdoms

"Your Majesty, in fact, keeping Ma Chao is not just a matter of personal affection, but more because keeping him is indeed beneficial to our Wu army. The Great Wu Dynasty has always been inclusive of all rivers, and how many people have gathered will be used by the Great Wu. Only then can we have today's hegemony." The world is a talent, we have to use it, this is what you said!"

Zhao Yun said sincerely: "Didn't you admire Lu Bu back then and Zhuge Liang later?"

"Ma Chao is another Lu Bu. They know each other very well. I have to be careful to use him!"

Sun Quan sighed.

"He's just a little Lu Bu at most, and His Majesty the big Lu Bu can use it, so can't he use a mere small Lu Bu?" Zhao Yun said.

"Lei Ding!" Sun Quan thought for a long time before making a decision.

"exist!"

"Pen and ink wait!"

"Yes!"

Lei Ding quickly moved a table with the four treasures of the study on it.

Sun Quan picked up his pen and ink, and then wrote a letter, which contained several requirements for Wuzhangyuan's post-war deployment, and then his attitude towards Ma Chao.

It's fine for Ma Chao to stay, but at least he has to hide it for a while, just like using Lu Bu of course, he must suppress Lian's arrogance before he can use it.

After he finished writing the letter, he escaped from his arms with a big seal, took a breath, and directly stamped it: "Use Jinyiwei's channel, and send it to Zhuge Liang in the fastest time!"

"Yes!"

Lei Ding took the secret letter and immediately went to the person in charge of Jizhou Jinyiwei. (To be continued.)

[Chapter 230 of the main text, the end of the northern tour]

"In addition to Ma Chao, Zhuge Liang also left me with a problem!" After Sun Quan put down his pen and ink, his eyes became serious: "This fellow suddenly sent troops to Hongnong and provoked the prelude to a decisive battle, which is considered to have disrupted my understanding of the situation. All deployments in Guanzhong!"

Zhuge Liang won the battle of Wuzhangyuan, and defeated the entire Wei army. This is good news. The victory of this battle completely established the dominance of the Great Wu Dynasty.

But after winning Wuzhangyuan, he suddenly sent troops to Hongnong, which destroyed Sun Quan's strategic deployment for Guanzhong.

Sun Quan's original strategic intention for Guanzhong was to consume the national power of the Wei Dynasty bit by bit. Now there are only a few counties left under the jurisdiction of the Wei Dynasty, and it is impossible to occupy a whole Guanzhong. National strength and Soochow will continue to fight.

No matter how many soldiers and horses they have under their command, they are only militaristic.

But when Wu Jun gave up attacking at this time, Wei Jun will inevitably be shaken by the lack of logistics. Undoubtedly defeated.

After all, not everyone has the courage of the overlord of Western Chu to kill himself in Wujiang and become benevolent.

To live, no one wants to die.

As long as they are willing to continue to consume like this, then in fact, there is no need to fight this battle, and they may be able to defeat others without fighting. Even if they are finally defeated and have to fight, they will fight when they are most exhausted.

But Zhuge Liang's sudden dispatch of troops to Hongnong is tantamount to breaking this strategic deployment.

I'm afraid there will be a bloody battle next.

"Your Majesty, Zhuge Liang's plan for Chang'an is justified by Hongnong's prompt decision to send troops!"

Zhao Yun pondered for a while, then said in a low voice: "He has won a complete victory and his morale is at its peak. It is right to pursue the Wei army by taking advantage of the victory. Moreover, if he does not completely separate the east and west at this time, he will let the Wei army stand firm in Chang'an in the future. With the footsteps of Luoyang and Changan forming horns, it will be even more difficult for us to fight, and it may not be possible to kill them with energy!"

"I didn't say what he did was wrong. A general must have the ability to make a decisive decision. It's just that"

Sun Quan smiled wryly: "Do you know what our army's sudden capture of Hongnong means to the Cao Wei court?"

"It means they have lost their last hope!" Zhao Yun blurted out.

"That's right!"

Sun Quan's eyes narrowed into a slit, and he said through gritted teeth, "Once hope is lost, Cao Cao will do his best!"

"Without any hope, the Wei Dynasty must either surrender completely, or die together!"

Zhao Yun's chest moved, and the light in his eyes suddenly tightened: "Once the Wei army decides to fight to the death, they will give up entanglement with us, and the Wei army will even give up the two passes of Sishui Pass and Hulao Pass The troops were shrunk in Luoyang City, thus forcing us to launch a general offensive in advance.”

As Zhao Yun spoke, he was taken aback by his own analysis, and suddenly spit out a result: "But we have to fight a tough battle passively!"

"Cao Mengde will not choose to surrender. He would rather die in battle than beg for mercy. He is Cao Mengde, a generation of hero Cao Cao. He will only submit to himself, not anyone else!"

Sun Quan sighed and said, "Thanks to Zhuge Liang for giving me this battle, I have no choice but to fight it!"

"Didn't Zhuge Liang consider this situation?" Zhao Yun frowned and said through gritted teeth.

"He planned such a shrewd person, how could he not think of it!" Sun Quan sneered: "He has nothing to fear!"

It is said in history that Zhuge Liang has monopoly power, which is not wrong. Zhuge Liang is a person with strong control. He wanted this battle to be fought according to his deployment, and even forced Sun Quan to take the initiative to fight against Cao Wei without hesitation.

"Your Majesty, why don't you immediately write a letter to reprimand him and ask him to withdraw his troops immediately?"

Zhao Yun thought for a while and said in a low voice.

"It's too late!"

Sun Quan shook his head, and said in a deep voice: "Zhuge Liang cut first and then played. He has already dispatched troops. In less than three to five days, the army will enter Hongnong. Once it enters, no matter whether it succeeds or fails, the Wei army will react strongly. Who can take back the bows and arrows that have gone out!"

"Then what should we do?" Zhao Yun's face was a little ugly.

"For today's policy, we can only follow the steps set by Zhuge Liang. Maybe he is right. In terms of strategic deployment, he has an extraordinary talent. He is more sensitive than us. What should he know better than me? It's time to attack, and the decisive battle at this time, although a bit more difficult, can at least guarantee an absolute advantage!"

Sun Quan didn't really dislike attacking now. After all, the previous deployment was good, but there are many nights and dreams, and time is a variable. The longer the delay, the greater the variable.

When grasping the victory, attacking decisively may result in greater casualties, but it can eliminate many variables.

It's just that Sun Quan was a little displeased: "This guy is planning to come up to me. Is it because I indulged him a little bit?"

Zhuge Liang is a kite, but if he cannot send and receive freely, no matter how high he flies, Sun Quan will not dare to let it out, because he is still a double-edged sword, which can hurt others and himself at the same time.

"Your Majesty, is it beneficial for him to do this?" Zhao Yun was a little puzzled.

"The benefits are great!"

Sun Quan smiled and said: "This is the first achievement in destroying Wei. Once the soldiers and horses from Wuzhangyuan enter Hongnong, the credit will be his Zhuge Liang. Innate advantage!"

"The first achievement in destroying Wei?"

Zhao Yun clenched his fists tightly, and a strange color flashed across his eyes.

"Since Zhuge Liang has already dispatched troops, we can only stand on the ground and fight Cao Wei to the death!"

Sun Quan took a few steps forward and stood beside the crenel of the city wall. He looked at the sunlight in the sky, and his expression became determined: "Even if I pay the price, I will seize the opportunity to unify the Central Plains, destroy Wei and kill Cao!"

Unhappy is not happy, he still has this bit of decisiveness and courage.