The Jagged Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 659 Fighting for power and profit ([-])

But when the old servant came out, he told Liao Li that his master had really fallen asleep, and it was impossible to see guests again.

Hearing this, Liao Li couldn't help sighing, bowed his hands to the old servant, turned around and walked down the steps in front of the door, stepped into his carriage, and went home with deep regret and annoyance.

The sound of horseshoes sounded again, but Liao Li felt restless when he heard it.

Inside the Wu residence, the lights in Wu Yi's study were still bright.His face was solemn, and he kept walking up and down the house.He even kept cursing secretly in his heart, this Liao Li is meddling and meddling.Although he is Wu Cheng's elder brother, he has long since wished not to be involved in the open and secret struggle between her and the elder son Liu Chan.

In fact, in Wu Yi's view, no matter how the Wu family fights, there is only one thing they can rely on now: the prince is now far away from Chengdu, that is, far away from the center of politics and power.In this world, there is no one who is far away from the center and can hold great power.

But Shizi now has so many people supporting him in Chengdu, the war in Jingzhou should end soon.When the time comes back, does the Wu family have any room to play?
Wu Yi pessimistically concluded that the Wu family did not.

Even Wu Yi looked at his own sister like this, so what would others think of Wu Shi?The facts are obvious, after Wu's continuous activities, he still can't get many supporters.

At this time, the old servant who sent the message knocked on the door of Wu Yi's study again and reported the news that Liao Li had left.

Wu Yi finally breathed a sigh of relief.He then told the old servant that no news about Liao Li coming to see him tonight was absolutely forbidden!
The old servant couldn't help being surprised when he saw his master's usually kind face, but now he was frowning and his expression was very serious.He quickly agreed, and immediately left Wu Yi's study.

Wu Yi sat back in his seat, facing the light and fell into contemplation and conflict: Should he pass the news of Liao Li to Wu Cheng.Perhaps with Liao Li's help, the Wu family should not lose too badly.

But Wu Yi knows one thing very well, the power struggle is absolutely cruel.Therefore, there is almost no big difference between the results of a fiasco and a small defeat.

Wu Yi sighed, still unable to make a decision on this matter.

At the same time, the inside of General Zuo's mansion was still brightly lit.In the entire city of Chengdu, apart from Fazheng's Shangshutai, this is probably the only government institution where everyone is still busy at this time.

Zhuge Liang is a full night owl and often has to stay up late and work very late.At this time, he was wearing a white shirt, sitting upright on his seat, his tall figure cast a long black shadow on the wall behind him.

Dong He, the general in charge of the army, looks thin and thin, because his body has always been weak, which makes his spirit not look very good.In fact, Dong He would have died of a serious illness a year ago if it hadn't been for the meticulous treatment by the doctors of the National Academy of Medicine.

It is precisely because of that serious illness that Dong He's body has still not fully recovered.Therefore, although he and Zhuge Liang jointly signed and managed the current General Zuo's Mansion, in fact, most of the things were still handled by the energetic Zhuge Liang.Only when there are important matters to be decided, it is usually necessary for two people to discuss.

Zhuge Liang looked more serious today.In fact, Dong He was a little strange. Zhuge Liang usually wouldn't bother him, a patient, in the middle of the night.

Dong He immediately asked Zhuge Liang, saying: "Military Master, did you come to me late at night to discuss something?"

Zhuge Liangliang nodded, and ordered Tuoba Wei, who was standing beside him, to go forward and give Dong He the letter of defense that Liu Chan sent to Chengdu with a pigeon.

After Dong He saw it, the expression on his face remained unchanged, and he just said to Zhuge Liang: "It's actually normal for the son to have such a reaction. The order we gave him is actually a bit reluctant. gone."

Zhuge Liang also nodded in agreement, and said: "Youzai's words are not unreasonable. But you and I have discussed it before. The Jingzhou Army, the Jiangzhou Army, and Wuximan and Shanyue's so many people, as long as they can It is actually not impossible to integrate the combat power and annihilate Sun Jiao's army. According to the information sent by the spies, Sun Jiao's army should account for two-thirds of the local troops in Yangzhou. As long as it can be wiped out , The army went straight to Moling and completely wiped out Jiangdong, which is not entirely a fantasy."

Dong He nodded, and said, "Actually, the son is worried about not only Sun Jiao's army, but also the back fighting strength of Soochow and Cao Wei's sudden attack on Jingzhou."

Zhuge Liang frowned and asked, "Then what else is there to worry about?"

Dong He touched the back of his shriveled hand, and said: "The prince has always been worried about two things: one is that Jiangdong's navy is still very strong. The prince is worried, and Jiangzhou navy and Quan Congxin are worried. Is the force of the navy that surrendered enough to counter the Jiangdong navy? It is absolutely impossible for them to bear the power of Nanben."

Zhuge Liang's eyes flashed when he heard the words, and he seemed to agree with Dong He's statement, so he couldn't help but nodded.

However, after thinking about it for a while, Zhuge Liang said to Dong He: "Actually, the prince doesn't need to worry about those Jiangdong Army troops in the north of Yangzhou and near Huaisi. The only enemy army that the prince should worry about now should be Sun Jiao's army." That army, as well as the Jiangdong Army's two large naval forces currently stationed in Yuzhang and Ruxukou."

Dong He didn't expect Zhuge Liang to say this, so he quickly asked: "Why does the military commander think so? Do people in Jiangdong think that the land north of the Yangtze River is far more important than their lord Sun Quan and Jiangdong's native Yangzhou? It's clearly impossible."

Zhuge Qiao chuckled, and the look on his face suddenly became extraordinarily confident.He smiled at Dong He and said, "Young Zai doesn't know something. As long as Shizi and General Zhang Fei can command the army to quickly destroy Sun Jiao's army, and then attack the mainland of Jiangdong with lightning speed, then Jiangdong will The troops stationed in Huaisi will definitely not be able to cross the Yangtze River!"

Dong He once again showed a look of disbelief.

Zhuge Liang smiled again, and told Dong He the reason.

Because the Jiangzhou Army and the Jingzhou Army, if they take the Wuxi Man army and the Shanyue Army to attack Yangzhou, their momentum will definitely surpass the troops stationed in the Jiangdong Army.

At that time, when the news was passed to Cao Wei, it was impossible for Cao Wei not to judge that Jiangdong's strength must have come to an end.So what will they do next?

Apart from regretting that they shouldn't sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight for so long, causing Jiangdong's homeland to be captured by the Shu Han, the second thing that comes to their mind is that they must also catch a piece of meat from the Jiangdong people , get a share of the pie.

And the piece of meat they want most now is of course the area north of the Yangtze River, the area occupied by the Jiangdong Army.

Cao Pi will definitely order the army to quickly take down the Jiangdong army when the Shu Han army is temporarily unable to attack the north of the Yangtze River.At least, when the Jiangdong army learned that the Jiangdong mainland had fallen, they simply had no intention of fighting against the Cao Wei army.Cao Wei's army is confident enough that it can easily defeat the local Jiangdong army.Therefore, they will inevitably attack with a large army at that time.So, how could those Jiangdong troops cross the river to protect the Jiangdong mainland?

After Zhuge Liang's analysis, Dong He finally realized it suddenly, and immediately admired Zhuge Liang even more in his heart.

(End of this chapter)