The Three Kingdoms

If Zhang He of the Guanzhong Army thinks highly of him, it makes sense. After all, Zhang He is an old minister of Cao Wei, and he still has a passion for Cao's children.

However, it is unreasonable for Taishi Ci to attach so much importance to Cao Zhang, who once rebelled.

This also proved that Cao Zhang is capable.

"The last general is lucky. After entering the Snow Leopard Army, he is fortunate to be valued by the commander!"

Cao Zhang said something modestly, and then said apologetically: "Your Majesty, the plot against you back then will end up being wrong and guilty. Back then, Cao Ziwen didn't know the heights of heaven and earth, right and wrong, and didn't know the general trend of tomorrow. He was too selfish and owed His Majesty trust..."

"okay!"

Sun Quan waved his hand, interrupted his words, did not listen to his unnutritious words, and said directly: "What happened back then is over, since I let it pass, I won't care about it anymore, you can get in the Snow Leopard Army The current position, this is your ability, the soldiers of the Great Wu fight for the Great Wu, they will be rewarded for their meritorious deeds and punished for their demerits, and they will be treated equally. Tell me about the current situation in Byzantium!"

"promise!"

Cao Zhang was relieved when he heard this.

Then he began to explain the situation of the Snow Leopard Army in front of Sun Quan, and then detailed the situation of fighting the Romans during this year.

"In January of this year, at the beginning of the new year, the commander gathered the five armies of the Snow Leopards, combined with the fleet of the Sea Eagle Legion, forcibly attacked the Severus Fortress, trying to break through the Severus Fortress, but it should be the defense of the Roman Army Too strict, three days of fierce fighting, return without success!"

"In March, the Roman army stationed in the Greek province suddenly dispatched troops and joined forces with the Roman army stationed in the fortress of Severus to launch a sudden attack on our Byzantine defensive positions. Because of the January war, our army was a little lax. Unexpectedly, the first line of defense was breached, and finally Commander Tai Shici led his troops to retreat to the main position, and after holding on for twelve days, Commander Chen Dao led his troops to reinforce, the Romans withdrew their troops, and both sides stopped!"

"In April, the Holy Angel Corps of the Roman Army suddenly attacked the port of Alexandria in Egypt. The Macedonian Kingdom suffered heavy casualties. They asked for help from the Southern War Zone and the Blood Wolf Legion. If you miss one hit, retreat as soon as the Roman army returns for reinforcements!"

"In the next three months, the situation between our army and the Roman army remained calm. There were only some small encounters, and there were no large-scale outbreaks!"

"At the end of July, the Roman army suddenly took the initiative to provoke our army's defensive position. Commander Taishi Nuer sent troops at this time, but was ambushed by the Roman Navy Holy Angels in the south. Our army suffered more than a thousand casualties and retreated to the city-state of Byzantium!"

"..."

Cao Zhang clearly reported all the frontier battles this year.

After hearing this, Sun Quan's face became more serious.

Since the first year of Longce, the frontier wars have never stopped, but the wars are not serious, they are only small and minor, and they have not caused troubles in the court, but this also shows that the relationship between the two countries cannot be stabilized at all.

It is a matter of time before war breaks out.

"It seems that the situation in the frontier has become more and more serious in the past two years!"

Sun Quan murmured to himself.

"Your Majesty, Commander Taishi suddenly sent me back to the court to meet His Majesty, so that I can remind Your Majesty of one thing. Last year, we had less than ten battles with the Roman army, and the casualties were only a few hundred. But this year, our army and the Roman army The Roman army has fought dozens of battles, large and small, with thousands of casualties on both sides!"

Cao Zhang's voice echoed throughout the Jiaofang Palace like Hong Lei's voice: "I'm afraid the war is not far away, let the court prepare early!"

"Is the war not far away?"

Sun Quan heard this, and said with a sneer: "I have been prepared in my heart for many years. They can't stand it anymore, and I can't wait for them to take the initiative to fight!"

There was always a gloom in his heart that could not be uttered. It was the shame left to him by the battlefield back then. He always wanted the war to wash away the shame of failure in the Roman battlefield.

More importantly, he wants to realize his greatest purpose of coming to this world, to conquer the earth and the whole world, so it will be a matter of time before this battle breaks out.

"Your Majesty, the imperial court may not be ready for a full-scale war now?" Pang Tong took a step forward and reminded: "If a war breaks out between us and the Roman army in advance, it will affect the overall planning of the entire imperial court, which is not a good thing for the future of the imperial court. !"

"I know it in my heart!"

Sun Quan heard the words, thought for a while, and asked: "Shiyuan, the granaries, military warehouses, and nursing homes that were ordered to be built in Mesopotamia last year, have there been any progress?"

"Currently the project is still in progress!"

Pang Tong replied: "The Taiyuan Hospital and the Ministry of Industry are very cooperative, and Sun Fu, the director of the logistics department, has also rushed to Mesopotamia to personally supervise, and the work of transporting grain has also begun. The project can be completed by the middle of next year at the latest. Reserve enough war resources for the Eastern and Southern battlefields!"

"That's good!"

Sun Quan nodded, looked at Cao Zhang standing in front of the hall, and said, "Cao Ziwen, after you go back, tell Tai Shici that from next year onwards, let him no longer suppress his fighting spirit, and fight when he should, and don't be afraid of it." , not afraid of war, the court may not be ready for war, but we need someone to guide the outbreak of war for the court!"

Tai Shici should understand what he meant by his words.

"The last will obey!"

After Cao Zhang saluted respectfully, he launched the Jiaofang Palace.

"Shiyuan, what do you think of this Cao Ziwen?"

"It's a tiger general!"

"Does it work?"

"See how His Majesty uses it!"

"How about using him to check and balance Tai Shici?"

"I'm afraid it's not enough weight!"

"If I personally add some weight to him!"

"That's another matter!"

"That's him!"

Sun Quan thought for a while, spread out a silk book, brushed some ink, and wrote an imperial decree. After finishing writing, he stamped his own seal and jade seal, and handed it to Pang Tong: "Give this imperial decree to the Military Aircraft Department. !"

"Deputy Commander?"

Pang Tong was a little surprised.

"I'm not flattering and killing him, but just giving him some ambition!" Sun Quan smiled faintly: "He is also considered a hero of the Cao family, and he is not much different from those warriors like Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu, but Cao Ziwen has no ambitions. , I don't even believe that he won't always be under Tai Shici, and with the title of deputy commander, he will bring some pressure to Tai Shici!"

"Your Majesty, in fact, the matter of Sun Bofu has passed, and I believe that Tai Shici has no different intentions!"

"I believe it too!"

"Then His Majesty..."

"Do you think I'm suspicious?" Sun Quan smiled and shook his head: "Shi Yuan, you have to understand that people are not used to it. It's one thing for me to trust Tai Shici, but it's another thing for Tai Shici to think about it. He is Sun Bofu's brother after all, if Sun Bofu is dead, will he have no grudge against me? I promoted Cao Zhang not to guard against him, but to tell him that he will never have the slightest chance to betray me!"

It's complicated, but also very simple.

He believed that Tai Shici could understand.

"Your Majesty is brilliant, and I'm not as good as you!" Pang Tong quickly realized and said with admiration.

"Ha ha!"

Sun Quan said sarcastically, "There's no such thing as cleverness, but it's just a shady method. In order to make everyone feel at ease, this is the only way to go."