I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 275 Sun Quan: General, after reviving the Han Dynasty, don’t forget my contribution!

"General Xiahou, you have recognized the wrong person. This is the general." Ma Yong was shocked.

Xia Houru was stunned. He glanced at Ma Yong's chubby face and then at Li Heng's thin face. He couldn't react for a while.

Isn't this fat general a general?

Ouch, shit!

Why does the famous general in Yizhou look like a weak scholar?

Just in the flash of lightning, Xia Houru reacted, adjusted his movements very smoothly and naturally, turned around and wanted to hold Li Heng's thigh and cry bitterly.

However, he was grabbed by Jiang Binsi, Li Heng's personal guard, and was lifted forward and put down like a little chicken.

"I am being disrespectful, General. Please forgive me."

Li Heng said: "General Xiahou bravely defeated Cao Wei. I have no time to admire him. How can I blame the general?"

Xia Houru thought to himself, when did I conquer the Wei Dynasty bravely?

"This...I'm afraid..."

"Now Chen Tai is building Zhechong Mansion in Xiangyang and recruiting soldiers."

"There are six thousand in Xiangyang City and four thousand in Fan City, but..."

"It's your Majesty...oh no, it's sent by Master Wei."

Li Heng asked again: "Why is the Lord of Wei so eager to build Zhechong Mansion?"

"If you tell me, not only will I not kill you, I will also report to the court and grant you an official position."

"There are a total of 60,000 troops in Xiangyang. I have brought out 50,000 and left 10,000 behind."

Everyone looked at each other and Li Heng asked: "Why did Chen Tai come to Jingzhou? Aren't you the governor of Jingzhou?"

"General Xiahou is the governor of Jingzhou in Cao Wei, doesn't he know?"

But he would never say these words.

"The current situation in Xiangyang has changed."

"Yes."

"If I tell you, General, can you spare my life?"

"General Xiahou, let me make a long story short. I ask and you answer. How many defenders are there in Xiangyang?"

"But what?"

Xia Houru muttered in his heart: It's not because of you!

Seeing that Xia Houru didn't speak, Du Yu said: "General, this person is of no use, and he is not willing to sincerely submit to the Han Dynasty. It is better to kill him as a warning to others."

"Tell me in detail."

Xia Houru's anxious heart immediately dropped and he breathed a long sigh of relief.

"The Lord of Wei sent Chen Tai to Jingzhou to build Zhechong Mansion?"

"Are the ten thousand left behind in Xiangyang City or Fan City?"

"A large number of troops were invested on the western front. Although Wei and Wu had a trade agreement before, it was just a delaying strategy by the Wei Lord. The expansion of troops on the southern front was to deal with Sun Quan."

"So, Zhechong Mansion is also being built in Yangzhou?"

"I heard there is."

"Who was sent?"

"Sima Zhongda."

Li Heng couldn't help but be stunned: "Sima Yi is in Yangzhou?"

"Yes."

Then Sun Quan is doing something wrong now!

Li Heng started walking back and forth.

From this point of view, Sun Quan cannot be hurt too deeply this time, otherwise Sun Quan will be done with it all at once, and Cao Wei will definitely take the opportunity to attack Jianye.

Of course, he can also divide his troops to build a business, but the troops are not sufficient. Expanding the territory too much at once can easily lead to puffiness.

Moreover, Cao Wei is now vigorously promoting government troops, which is a very dangerous signal.

Cao Wei has a huge population advantage. Thinking of this, Li Heng's mind started spinning rapidly.

After he finished thinking, he looked at Xia Houru and asked, "If I attack Xiangyang, do you have a plan to make Xiangyang Kaicheng surrender?"

"Reporting to the general, Chen Tai is in Xiangyang City at this time. I'm afraid I won't be able to get Xiangyang City to surrender."

"If I approach Xiangyang with troops and Cao Wei's reinforcements arrive, how long will it take to reach Xiangyang?"

"At least two months."

"How many reinforcements can Cao Rui bring?"

Xia Houru thought for a while and then said: "We can move another 30,000 troops from Yuzhou, and another 50,000 troops from Luoyang. If we add government troops, there will be no problem with an army of 100,000."

"I understand, you go down first and have a good rest."

Then he said: "Give General Xiahou a few servants to serve him well."

"Here."

After Xia Houru left, Li Heng fell into deep thought again.

"General, now is the perfect time to capture Xiangyang." Ma Yong said immediately.

"I don't think so!" Du Yu sighed and shook his head.

Ma Yong insisted: "Didn't Mr. Du Lang just hear Xia Houru say that Xiangyang County's defense is empty?"

"It's not that simple." Li Heng said.

This game of chess is not as simple as Jingzhou.

This game of chess involves Jingzhou, Yuzhou, Luoyang, Yangzhou, and Qingxu.

From the Yangtze River Basin to the Huaihe River Basin, it is thousands of miles across and hundreds of miles deep.

The elites of the Han, Wei and Wu kingdoms fought in different places.

A slight change in the battle situation will have a huge impact on the overall battlefield.

It can be said that one move affects the whole body.

"How do you say this?" Dong Hong asked, "Our army has a large number of heavy artillery. It is not difficult to capture Xiangyang."

Du Yu explained: "It is indeed not difficult to capture Xiangyang City, but it will definitely cause Cao Rui to madly increase his troops. If Lu Xun's troops are not dealt with, our troops will be scattered among the generals and Xiangyang. By then, we will be attacked on both sides and we will definitely lose!"

When Du Yu said this, everyone reacted instantly.

"Lu Xun wrote to me yesterday, urging me to go north to Xiangyang, just because he wanted us to divide our troops." Li Heng said, "Once we go north, he will turn around and besiege Jiangling and instigate the rebellion of the wealthy scholars."

"So, you can't bite the meat that reaches your mouth?" Ma Yong said regretfully.

"No, if we can quickly eliminate Lu Xun's main force, we can divide our forces and go north." Du Yu added, "But there is a difficulty."

"What's the difficulty?"

"It is very simple to repel Lu Xun. You only need to use heavy artillery or eight-oxen crossbows to attack the Yangtze River. However, this tactic cannot attack the main force of the Wu army. Even if Lu Xun retreats to Wuchang, he will always keep an eye on Jiangling."

"I see." Dong Hong nodded, "If Lu Xun can land and fight, our army can destroy the main force of the Wu army?"

"And we must land and fight immediately in a short time. Only then can we have a chance to win Jiangling and Xiangyang at the same time in this three-way competition." Li Heng said, "If Lu Xun keeps dragging on the Yangtze River, we can't go north with all our strength. Cao Rui has to Knowing that Xia Houru is defeated, he will quickly move his troops south to strengthen the defense of Xiangyang."

"How could Lu Xun easily land to fight with us? It seems that taking Xiangyang is not as simple as Xiangyang being empty."

"That's what a three-party competition is." Li Heng was relieved, "Lu Xun will not land to fight with us, and of course we will not make it easy for Lu Xun by going to Tongzhi Shiying to bombard the Wu army's warships with heavy artillery!"

"Here!"

Lu Zhi had already made preparations by the Yangtze River, and one hundred heavy cannons were neatly placed by the Yangtze River.

This position can completely cover the Wu Army warships.

But because of the lack of high position, he could not use the eight-oxen crossbow to attack the Wu army warship like he did at Baidi Mountain.

Of course, it is possible to shoot warships on the riverside, but warships are different from war horses. The damage caused by shooting a warship is much less than that of a war horse.

This is not worth the loss.

Heavy artillery is different.

"Send the order to prepare to bombard the Wu army's warships." Lu Zhi ordered.

(End of this chapter)