The Jagged Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 660 Reasons for the Eastern Expedition
After discussing with Zhuge Liang for a while, Dong He's expression changed, with a hint of admonishment, he suddenly said to Zhuge Liang: "Kong Ming, I see that a few days ago we two discussed to let the Jingzhou Army and the Jiangzhou Army The reasons for sending troops to Yangzhou in the east of the Yangtze River should also be told to the prince in detail."

Dong He is older than Zhuge Liang, and his qualifications for becoming an official are also older than Zhuge Liang, and Dong He's hometown is actually Zhijiang County in Nanjun.Therefore, Dong He is indeed qualified to call Zhuge Liang Kong Ming in such a meaningful way, instead of always calling him "Military Advisor" as before.

Dong He moved westward with his family at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, leaving Nanjun and coming to Yizhou.He first served as an official under Yizhou Mu Liuzhang, and successively served as the magistrate of Niudang County, the magistrate of Jiangyuan County, and the magistrate of Chengdu County, and achieved a great political reputation.When Liu Bei entered Shu, he became the former Yizhou official whom Liu Bei relied on most, and signed with Zhuge Liang the General Zuo's Mansion to take charge of the military aircraft.

It can also be seen from this that Dong He's identity is very similar to Li Yan's, and they are both figures in the official circles of Jingzhou and Yizhou.However, Dong He's health has not been very good, and he has been sick one after another in the past few years.If it weren't for the doctors of the National Hospital of Medicine to take care of him, I'm afraid he would have passed away long ago.

Therefore, it should be said that Liu Bei chose Li Yan, a former Jingzhou native with a lower reputation than Dong He, as the extremely high-ranking royal doctor, with the intention of helping Li Yan to take over the position and replace Dong He in the future.

anyway.

What Dong He said about letting the Jiangzhou Army and the Jingzhou Army send troops to Moling was actually not a very quick and rash strategy.In fact, there are factors that Liu Chan has not considered yet.

The outbreak of a large-scale war is sometimes caused not only by two countries, but also by other related countries.So obviously, when the two chief officials of General Zuo's mansion made decisions at that time, they must have considered Cao Wei's reasons.

However, from Liu Chan's point of view, Cao Wei should not be so stupid as to let them conquer Jiangdong wantonly in order to strengthen their own strength.At that time, they should definitely send troops to Xiangyang to drag Jingzhou back.

As for Xiangyang, although the two brothers of the Guan family are leading the army and Wang Fu is in charge of government affairs, it is certainly more than enough to face Le Jin's troops in Nanyang County alone. If there is a huge army coming, who can stop its sharpness?

The case in this regard has already been verified most obviously when Guan Yu made the northern expedition to Nanyang County.

Therefore, when Dong He and Zhuge Liang were discussing, they had already thought of Liu Chan's worry.They would come up with Wei Yan and Ma Dai's hasty Northern Expedition, the purpose of course is to let Cao Wei transfer the army near Luoyang to fight in Guanzhong.In this case, even if Cao Wei's army attacked Xiangyang County, the pressure on the Guan brothers' army should be reduced a lot.

Of course, the above are just the countermeasures Dong He and Zhuge Liang made.The method cannot replace the reason to explain the necessity of doing things.

The final reason for the decision of Dong He and Zhuge Liang still came from a secret report.The spies in Yecheng sent back a top-secret message to Chengdu, saying that Cao Pi had recently started to move around again, and it seemed that he could no longer restrain his desire to ask the Emperor Han to give him the throne.

Moreover, it was further confirmed by the spies that Cao Pi had already revealed to Xia Houshang, the servant of Huangmen, that he must complete the Zen Dynasty before November this year.

Xia Houshang, courtesy name Boren, Xia Houyuan's nephew, was very close to Cao Pi, and married a wife who was also Cao Cao's daughter.This is a passionate seed, which is very infatuated in terms of feelings. Historically, it died of depression because of missing the concubine who was hanged by Cao Pi.As for the death of Xia Houshang's concubine, the reason is actually very simple. Cao Pi's sister couldn't compete with the concubine Ji, so she sued Cao Pi.

Therefore, Dong He and Zhuge Liang were able to make a judgment on this matter, and decided that this matter was probably not groundless.

Then, once Cao Pi announces the replacement of the Han, things will become very serious.At that time, it is impossible for the Shu Han not to respond to this, that is, to immediately suspend troops with Jiangdong.There are two main reasons for this: First, the truce, the whole country mourns the end of the Han Dynasty and the Emperor Han Dynasty.

Second, the Eastern Expedition again seems to be insufficient in name.Because the enemies of Shu Han must turn to Cao Wei.Jiangdong will inevitably declare Cao Wei as Jiangdong's enemy at that time, in order to win enough fame and enough popular support.At that time, the Shu Han will only have to form an alliance with it again.

It is precisely in consideration of the above problems that Dong He and Zhuge Liang decided to eliminate the Sun Quan regime in Jiangdong before Cao Pi replaced the Han.

Then, even if Cao Pi proclaims himself emperor, so what, the dichotomy of the world has almost been settled.The next thing Shuhan's army has to do is to wipe out the remnants of Soochow forces in the southeast of Jiangxi, and continue to march into Jiaozhou.

Jiaozhou is still in the hands of the warlord Shi Xie.Although this person has surrendered to Sun Quan, his actual strength is still under control.However, this person seems to have little ambition and is relatively loyal to the Sun Quan regime.Historically, this person instigated the Yongkai rebellion of the wealthy family in southern Yizhou, which caused a lot of trouble for the Shu Han.

Therefore, even if the Shu Han army continues to sweep Jiangdong and march into Jiaozhou during the national mourning at that time, ordinary people will not take such actions against the Shu Han, and will stop making irresponsible remarks.

Then when the Shu Han completely conquered the original territory of Sun Quan, the land area of ​​the Shu Han would be doubled accordingly.In addition, the development of the northern part of Yangzhou is almost mature at this time, the products and food are very rich, and the soldiers are also very sufficient, which can greatly enhance the strength of the Shuhan.At that time, the truly large-scale Northern Expedition may not be a dream anymore.

Therefore, for the two chief officials of General Zuo's Mansion, time is all about time.

It was also because of the time issue that Dong He anxiously asked Zhuge Liang to tell the elder son and the others in detail the real reason why they were so aggressive in asking the elder son and the others to march eastward.

After the prince knows their good intentions, he should understand and calmly accept their order.

In fact, even if it is not possible to fight all the way to Moling, what if Sun Quan's regime is eliminated?At that time, when Cao Pi proclaims himself emperor, it will be fine for the two parties to reconcile.In fact, for such a shocking event that the Jiangdong people killed Guan Yu, both parties can have the willingness to reconcile. Why can't the Shu Han attack the capital of Jiangdong to reconcile?

So, the situation, everything depends on the situation.

The reason why Dong He and Zhuge Liang dared to take such a big action against Jiangdong now was due to their own deep-seated considerations.

Of course, Liu Chan and others are on the front line of the battlefield. Of course, the way and direction of thinking must be based on the battlefield situation in front of them, and it cannot be regarded as a wrong judgment.After all, the Eastern Expedition has not yet begun, and success or failure is unpredictable, so it is hard to say who is right and who is wrong.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang nodded to Dong He, and said: "What you said is true. Liang will order Tuobawei to prepare immediately. However, the son will definitely say that he is short of troops. So, you and I may as well Then jointly sign an order to the son, giving him the power to mobilize any troops in Jingzhou and Yizhou to participate in the battle."

Dong He was taken aback for a moment, then his expression changed, and he said in surprise: "This..." In fact, he really wanted to say that this order seems to be too much, right?

Zhuge Liang smiled slightly and said, "This matter is very important, and we need to ask the King of Hanzhong for instructions before we can send it out."

Dong He nodded. It is better for King Hanzhong to decide such a major matter.

After Zhuge Liang's personal persuasion, Liu Bei agreed with Zhuge Liang and Dong He's proposal.So, this order immediately flew to Xiangtan with the pigeons.

In fact, Dong He had a vague feeling in his heart at that time: the eldest son Liu Chan had left Chengdu, the center of power, for too long.The reason why Zhuge Kongming unexpectedly issued this order to the son is probably to continue to strengthen the authority of the son, so that his influence will not be weakened by the Wu family because he has been away for too long!
Zhuge's strategy is always able to grasp the most appropriate timing.Dong He knew that with Zhuge Liang in Chengdu, the status of the prince should be unshakeable.

(End of this chapter)