The elite did not migrate south

Chapter 630 Cao Mao's crimes are extremely serious
"The people who previously ruled the country lacked virtue! That's why Jiangbei fell and Jiaozhou was lost!"

"This is something I absolutely cannot tolerate!"

Sun Hao looked at the people in front of him with an extremely angry expression.

"I must recapture these lost territories, I must defeat Cao Cao and complete the great feat of unification!"

"Someone who understands the weather has said that I should become the common ruler of the world. How can I allow a villain like Cao Mao to seize control of the Central Plains?"

"That Cao Mao, his father was just a vassal king, his great-grandfather was a traitor who usurped the Han Dynasty, and his great-grandfather was even more of a cruel traitor to the country!"

"He himself has no morals!"

"I heard that Cao Mao had an affair with the Queen Mother! He is a traitor and a despiser of human ethics!"

"He also likes to keep male favorites, such as Sima Yan, Zhong Hui, Zhang Hua and others!"

"His eyes are still damaged, and it is said that he can't see with one eye!"

"He treated ministers and common people very cruelly, and looted their wives and daughters!"

"If I can't get rid of this kind of person, how can I face the people of this world?!"

Sun Hao spoke loudly, but the ministers just lowered their heads, their emotions were extremely complicated.

If you said anything else about Cao Mao, it would be fine, but you said he was cruel?
Sun Hao had already made the decision. He ordered wine and placed it in front of the ministers.

He added, "I have made up my mind to gather a large army to attack Cao Mao!"

"Take out the grain from the treasury and my land and distribute it to the soldiers. Anyone who kills one Wei soldier will receive a reward. Anyone who kills three will have his descendants exempted from corvée labor. Anyone who kills five will be awarded an official position and land. Anyone who kills a Wei general will be made a marquis!"

After Sun Hao said this, regardless of what the ministers thought, the generals became a little excited.

Sun Hao may have had flaws in other aspects, but he always did what he said. If he said he would give rewards, he would really give them without any ambiguity. No one dared to embezzle his rewards. That would simply be to make things difficult for his own clan.

In Cao Wei, corruption could result in exile, while in Eastern Wu, corruption could result in the person's face being cut off, eyes gouged out, and head sawed off, and he would also be forced to play the "Three Clans Candy Crush" game.

"Come, drink!"

Sun Hao held a grand banquet. Sun Hao was probably the king who loved banquets the most during the Three Kingdoms period.

While Sun Hao was drinking, he kept looking at the ministers in front of him.

For a moment, these people seemed to appear as blurry figures before the King of Hell.

Suddenly, Sun Hao was stunned and looked at a young man sitting in the front.

This man had a good appearance. At this moment, he was drinking wine diligently. Other ministers drank less out of fear, but this man drank with big gulps. He drank a lot of wine in a row, and his expression did not change at all.

Sun Hao was overjoyed. He recalled the other person's name, then quickly walked to the man's side and sat down directly.

"Cen Qing! Come, come! I'll drink with you!"

This young man was none other than Cen Xun, the Minister of State.

Cen Xun came from a prominent family and had already served as a minister at a relatively young age. This was thanks to his drinking and drinking with his friends when he was young, which had trained him to have a good alcohol tolerance. At Sun Hao's banquet, his performance was outstanding.

When Cen Xun found that the emperor was sitting next to him, he was frightened and broke out in a cold sweat, but then he quickly pretended to be very happy and drank with the emperor.

Sun Hao asked tentatively, "Other people are afraid when they drink, why are you so happy?"

Cen Xun said hurriedly, "How can I not be happy to drink with the Sage King?"

Sun Hao threw his head back and laughed heartily, "What a wise minister! Let's drink again!"

The two of them started eating and drinking, and they ate more and more.

The ministers finally breathed a sigh of relief. Sun Hao was probably in such a good mood that he even forgot to discuss the military deployment with the generals. He and Cen Xun hit it off immediately and the two of them chatted until they were completely drunk before the conversation ended.

The next day, after Sun Hao woke up, he felt a headache. He dragged out the servant who poured wine for him yesterday and executed him, then summoned the generals.

Sun Hao is completely different from Sun Xiu.

Sun Xiu was always somewhat afraid of the Wei State in military terms and tried to avoid fighting whenever possible, but Sun Hao was not afraid of the Wei State at all.

He believed that he would definitely win. In fact, because of his deployment, the fear of the domestic generals towards Wei State inexplicably disappeared.

What is so scary about the Wei people?

Can anyone be more terrifying than my emperor?

Immediately, Ding Feng received an order from home. Sun Hao asked him to prepare for war and said that he would gather a large army to help Ding Feng.

Ding Feng was very pleased when he received the imperial edict.

But the subsequent developments were somewhat beyond his expectations.

Sun Hao began to recruit troops frantically in the country, which is the so-called violent conscription. He wanted to have enough troops to defeat the State of Wei.

After his decree was issued, officials from all over the country began to prepare for the war.

Every household had to perform labor service and fight for the Emperor.

For a time, the number of Wu's troops began to increase rapidly.

Officers and officials were traveling back and forth everywhere.

Even Lu Kang was affected.

When Lu Kang learned of the imperial edict, he was so shocked that he almost jumped up.

"What?? You want me to recruit 80,000 soldiers from the local area?"

The eunuch who had come to deliver the imperial edict looked at Lu Kang awkwardly, perhaps realizing how excessive this order was. He cleared his throat and spoke, "His Majesty said that regarding the military strength issue, he couldn't give the general an exact number, but simply asked him to have as many as possible."

Lu Kang's face was full of helplessness.

He sat in his seat, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Lu Kang has very complicated feelings towards the current emperor.

On the one hand, the emperor valued himself very much. Among the many big families, the Lu family was the only one that he did not dare to touch easily. He even took the initiative to form a marriage alliance and chose to turn a blind eye to many of the Lu family's mistakes.

After he came to power, he abolished the harsh policies of the past and did many things that were beneficial to the court.

But, he also did a lot of bad things.

Lu Kang has heard a lot of things these days, and he himself can't tell the truth from the false.

But this decree is really a bit too much.

Mobilization at this level would cause great harm to the country.

What's more, Lu Kang did not understand the significance of this conscription at all. If Wang Ji had not extended his hand to Jingnan, attacking Jiaozhou now would be a very good choice, and perhaps Jiaozhou could be completely taken back.

But with Wang Ji here, it is impossible to do so, because the other party will support and send troops at any time.

Now the emperor is mobilizing a large army to fight against the Wei army in Lujiang and other places. In Lu Kang's view, this is a very unwise decision.

If the war continues like this, it will become a war of national destruction if it is not fought well.

Of course, we cannot wait for the enemy to defeat Ding Feng. If Ding Feng is defeated, the Wu Kingdom will still be destroyed. Wuchang will lose its protection, and Lu Kang will lose his stable flank and be attacked from both sides, which will lead to a major disaster.

Lu Kang just felt an immense headache.

It doesn’t matter if you fight, it doesn’t matter if you don’t fight.

By now, the decision-making power of the war was no longer in the hands of the Wu people, and Lu Kang could only take it one step at a time.

Both sides are actively preparing for war, and a huge war is brewing.

In Shouchun, the three giants gathered together.

The reason why the three of them came here was to make a specific decision on sending troops.

Hu Zun sat in the upper seat, with Guanqiu Jian and Wen Qin sitting on his left and right respectively.

"Hahaha, you still don't know? Sun Hao actually dared to recruit troops. It seems he wants to fight us head-on!!"

As Hu Zun spoke, he couldn't help but burst into laughter again.

This look is as outrageous as it can be.

"I really don't understand how Sun Hao dared to have such an idea."

"In terms of the number of troops, the talents of our generals, the morale of our troops, their equipment, logistics, and food supplies, the State of Wu cannot surpass us in any way!"

"Over the years, the gap between the two sides has widened. They are no match for us even on the river. Now they dare to fight us on land?"

Hu Zun looked at Wen Qin standing aside and said, "It seems that your fight in Jiaozhou was not fierce enough!"

"No problem, old general, this time we'll teach them how to be afraid!"

Seeing the two men acting so arrogantly, Guanqiu Jian said softly, "You two, Lu Kang is no mediocre man. After Sun Hao came to power, the morale of the Wu soldiers has also improved. The battle is extremely important and cannot be underestimated."

"If you underestimate the enemy, you will suffer in the end."

Wen Qin shook his head. "You are really too cautious."

"Unless Taiyi goes to help the Wu people, I don't know how we can lose!"

"The three of us have a combined army of 150,000 men!"

"The entire Wu army combined might not be this large, let alone our elite soldiers."

Hu Zun suddenly interrupted him.

"General Wen, General Guanqiu is right. We must never underestimate the enemy. Just because we have a large army doesn't guarantee victory."

Wen Qin was speechless.

Hu Zun looked at Guanqiu Jian and said, "To be more cautious, I think we can write a letter to His Majesty, requesting that the imperial court dispatch the central army."

"If we have the support of the Central Army, we can reach a strength of 250,000, and naturally we won't be afraid of the Wu people."

Wenqin was confused.

I just want to take over a county, but 200,000 people are planning to take over an entire country, right?

Guanqiu Jian looked at Hu Zun and asked, "General, do you intend to destroy Wu in one battle?"

Hu Zun looked up and asked, "Why not?"

"We are strong and powerful now. If we don't destroy Wu now, do we have to wait until the enemy becomes stronger before destroying it?"

Wen Qin was horrified.

No wonder you agreed so quickly, old man. You really want to destroy Wu right away!

Guanqiu Jian frowned. Their current preparations were insufficient. It would be easy to defeat Wu, but to completely destroy it, they would need warships!
You can't let the soldiers swim over!
It’s not that there is no place to go, but if the enemy blocks the road and uses hundreds of thousands of troops to block it, it will be easy to become the second Zhuge Ke!
If there are too many people, plagues and the like will follow.

These are all things that must be guarded against.

(End of this chapter)