The revival of Shu Han

Chapter 414 The Frightened Jin and Wu ([-])
"Ah?! If King Anping hadn't reminded me, I would have almost missed a big deal!"

The next day, in Sima Yan's study, a small-scale meeting was held again.

As soon as the secret meeting started, Sima Yan informed everyone of the reminder he received from visiting Sima Fu.Then Du Yu and Pei Xiu slapped their foreheads almost at the same time, exclaiming how lucky they were.

"Why? The two lovers also think that King Anping is right?"

"That's reasonable! Extremely reasonable! Your Majesty, at first I thought that Youzhou is far away after all, and it would be too long for the Shu thieves to walk the grassland from Wuyuan to supply supplies, so it would not be a good option. But King Anping reminded, I just remembered that the main smuggling channel of Shu thieves these years is Youzhou! They are very familiar with this route!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, it's not just that. On this route, the Shu thieves have a very good relationship with Tuoba Xianbei and Murong Xianbei along the route. When they march from here, the grain road will not be disturbed, on the contrary, they will be protected And help. Moreover, over the years, smuggling in Youzhou has been repeatedly banned, and the families in Youzhou may..."

"Ah?!" Sima Fu was in poor health. Although his mind was clear, he didn't have the energy to explain to Sima Yan in detail.But at present there are still a lot of elites in the court of the Jin Dynasty, Sima Fu mentioned it, and the remaining details became clear in an instant with the additions of Du Yu, Pei Xiu and others.

But when the situation became clear, Sima Yan was shocked.

"This, how can this be good?"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. Although the Shu thief has already arranged some things in Youzhou. But in any case, his national strength is still so little. If he advances in two directions, I am worried that the 14 people in Bingzhou will not be able to stop it. But if three If the army advances all the way, its strength will inevitably be divided, so the defense of 14 people in Bingzhou should be enough."

"Then what about Youzhou?"

"...Your Majesty, it's hard to say, 15 soldiers is still too little. [-] should be recruited, and [-] troops will be added to Uncle Meng. His task is just to delay the attack of the Shu thief Youzhou. The fundamental, or It depends on the battle situation in Bingzhou."

"Well, but, as the Shang Shuling said, if there are too many conscriptions, the common people will suffer."

"Your Majesty." Pei Xiuchang sighed: "According to Jin Zuo Cao's report, the current strength of Shu thieves is less than 13. If they are recruited on a large scale, they will have to train for a year, and they will not send troops until next year's autumn harvest. So , We still have one year to prepare. The minister went to check the treasury's inventory carefully after going to court yesterday. Now, in Luoyang, Xuchang, Yecheng, Xiapi, Shouchun, Xiangyang, Wancheng and other major warehouses, there are still There are 100 million shi of grain and 330 billion yuan of money. This stock, if some expenses can be reduced, can last for two years. Therefore, I suggest that while recruiting 15 troops, reduce the number of acres taxed to [-] Mu. In this way, the impact on people's livelihood will be much smaller."

As soon as Pei Xiu said this, everyone present looked strange: Although there are 330 billion money in stock, it is all Jianwu's new money, and the copper content is obviously much less than before. Soochow, Jihan and even Jin The common people in the country do not accept it.And what is the so-called reduction in expenditure?Isn't it just a reduction of title and salary?Who told your Sima family to seal so many princes and dukes in order to usurp the throne, and among the marquises besides the county marquis, there are also such freaks as the county marquis.

It can be said that the financial expenditure of the entire Jin State, the salaries of officials and soldiers are actually not too much.As far as the title and salary is concerned, it is too exaggerated.

After a period of embarrassing silence, Sima Yan turned his attention to Sima You again: Good brother, come out and help your brother be a villain again.

Shaking his head helplessly, Sima You stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the output of my brother's Qi Kingdom is enough to support my life, so I never asked the country for another prince's salary. Anyway, my brother's three days later Let’s make a list at the meeting.”

"Well, thank you King Qi." Sima Yan, who was somewhat ashamed in his heart, turned his eyes back to Pei Xiu and Du Yu: "That's the general response, right? Do you two have anything to add?"

"There is one more thing, Your Majesty, Soochow!"

"Well, then please Maoxian to go to Soochow again."

……

Ji Han issued the conscription order on the first day of October in AD 271.The state of Jin got the news on the sixth day of the lunar new year.Although Soochow is a little farther away, their school work is also very effective.Therefore, before Zhang Hua arrived in Jianye, the monarchs and ministers of Soochow had already known about Ji Han's big move.

Therefore, when Zhang Hua arrived at Jianye, the talks between the two sides quickly entered the core part.

Zhang Hua: Your Majesty, now that Ji Han has invaded the Great Jin Dynasty with all his troops, there is no need to take chances.In order to deal with this crisis, our country has basically arranged in this way.In short, out of absolute trust in our allies, we have reduced the troops at the border between the two countries to the greatest extent.Our country's appeal is: first, please your country can also respond to our country's goodwill, and don't take advantage of this time to make troubles in Jingzhou and Yangzhou.Second, please start mobilizing your country early. Once Ji Han aggressively attacks our country, please send your main force to attack Ji Han, so as to share the pressure for our country.

All in all, all in all, if my Great Jin is gone this time, how long can Soochow survive?
"My lords, that Zhang Maoxian is really eloquent, and he said it in the court hall in the morning. But the general meaning is the same. How should I, Da Wu, deal with it? Please speak freely."

In Sun Hao's study, six people including Wan Yu, Zhong Hui, Lu Kang, Tao Huang, Wang Cheng, and Sun Ben gathered together.

Needless to say, the first one is the prime minister.The next three are the governors of the three major armies.The fifth is the head of intelligence, and the sixth is the head of the palace guard.This is currently the core power circle in Soochow.

In the Three Kingdoms War last year, Soochow was actually the one that suffered the most damage.Losing divisions, losing ground, losing soldiers and generals, that really takes everything.

Soochow, which has suffered such a setback, is actually in a very bad situation: politically, the Kuaiji family has almost broken skin with Sun Hao.What Sun Hao wanted was to completely eliminate the Kuaiji family, but on the one hand, this move was naturally strongly resisted by the Kuaiji people.More importantly, the Wujun family also had a different idea at this time: This emperor does not seem to be a good person, the Kuaiji people are finished, will we be the next one?
Therefore, Sun Hao took three steps before becoming the throne, and now he has just taken the second step, and he is already struggling.

Economically, the whole country is a big colander. The salt smuggling in Jingchu area is the most serious, and the salt tax has shrunk to less than [-]% of that in its heyday.It's nothing more than a large amount of copper money flowing out, the key is that many self-cultivating farmers and barbarians in Jingchu and Jiaozhou also ran to Jihan's land.Sun Hao was surprised to find that all these years since he came to the throne, he has risked his life to suppress the family and protect the owner farmers, but the country's tax revenue has not increased but decreased.

Not to mention the military, after the wise and mighty King Huan came to power, he commanded Soochow to fight three battles.Although Xiling's pacification of the Bujia rebellion was only an empty city, it also repelled the reinforcements from the Jin State, so we can boast of victory.

But then, the main forces of the Han and Jin Dynasties fought decisively in Guanzhong, and Soochow had a great opportunity to steal chickens, but they were beaten by Wei Guan in Yangzhou and almost couldn't take care of themselves!

Then, facing Ji Hanfei's main force, he was also disgraced and suffered heavy losses.

Because of the continuous military failures, the emperor's prestige was constantly overdrawn and declined, and the aristocratic family's awe of the emperor became less and less, and the self-cultivators who devoured the country became more unscrupulous.

All of the above have led to Soochow's internal and external difficulties, and the country has fallen into a great crisis.

But, but the madman Guan is going to do something again!
The monarchs and ministers of Eastern Wu are not stupid: everyone can see clearly that if Jin dies, Wu will not survive.We all know that the best choice at this time is Lian Jin Kang Han.But... there are only 1 guards in Xiangyang and Shouchun!If you don't seize such a good opportunity, how can you live up to the national style of stealing chickens that Emperor Sun Quan established for Soochow?

"Your Majesty, I think that I, Da Wu, should be prepared for such a situation."

"Oh? Please tell me, Shi Ji."

"First, appropriate conscription to restore the strength of the corps in various places. What I mean is that the Jingzhou corps should be restored to more than 10, and the garrison troops in Jiaozhou and Yangzhou should also be about the same number. The key is to establish a corps of about [-] people. mobile force."

"What does Shi Ji mean?"

"These 10 people should be composed of elite members of our country's existing standing army. They should be stationed in Jingzhou. When Jin and Shu fight together, our country should watch the fire from the other side. If the veterans of the Shu bandits are exhausted and have to retreat, our army will march towards Yong'an For a strong attack, we must control the entire section of the Three Gorges. If the Jin State is defeated one after another, our country does not have to save the Jin State. Instead, we will send troops to take Xiangyang and Shouchun while the Jin State is weak, so that we can survive in the future North-South confrontation. Seize the strategic location."

"Good! Great good! Shi Ji's words are very much in line with my wishes! Then do this!"

……

After the meeting ended, not far from the palace, Lu Kang grabbed Zhong Hui, "Shi Ji, what bad idea did you give His Majesty just now!"

"Hehe, Xiaojie, you are not satisfied, why didn't you refute the meeting on the spot?"

"Your majesty agreed with great pleasure just after you finished speaking, what can I do?"

"Yes, you have noticed that His Majesty is very satisfied with this plan. If I say other plans, such as desperately helping Jin to share the pressure, what will be the result? Although I am not a minister of Jin, I am Yingchuan The foundation of the Zhong family is in the state of Jin. How dare I say that the whole country will help the state of Jin? Besides..."

"Hey... I know what Shi Ji said later. Besides, His Majesty has already made up his mind. Over the years, His Majesty has been very disappointed with the combat power of our army, and he is also afraid of the combat power of the Shu thief army. .Instinctively, you don’t want to provoke Shu thieves, do you?”

"Of course. Hey..." Zhong Hui couldn't help but let out a long sigh: "In my opinion, if Jin is lucky enough not to perish this time, it will inevitably suffer heavy losses and be devastated. Our country still treats its allies like this... that's all, We, as subjects, can only do our best to carry out His Majesty's will."

(End of this chapter)