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Chapter five hundred and ninetieth Soochow defeat

After the cold winter, the temperature begins to warm up in February. If you are in Yunnan, you can basically run out with your shirtlessness at this time.

After all, Liu Yi's travel plan was a few days late because of Lu Lingqi. His wife's mood was very ups and downs. At this time, Liu Yi was not good at rushing, and it was not bad for the past two days. Besides, the tracks in Hetao spread to this side with the farm plan. The laying work has been carried out from a work team at the beginning to five of the current ones. Liu Yi even saved the money from the construction of some cities to laying the tracks.

To get rich, build roads first.

No matter how low the efficiency of this track is in the future, it will be more troublesome when replacing the railway track in the future. This is not even a problem to be considered now. The current problem is to solve the current transportation problem and reach the limit of the world. The excessive amount of wooden rails to rails is not only about making rails, but also about ensuring the safety of the railways.

The bills formulated for wooden tracks in the past may not work on railway tracks. After all, ordinary people use wood as firewood, and it is definitely not worth it to risk their lives for this, but railway tracks are different. Not to mention ordinary people, aristocratic families are attracted.

The carriage was walking on the spacious Hetao Plain. The land had a little greenishness. The farms in sight appeared and disappeared, and then appeared again. The farms that were not too dense were about to cover the entire Hetao Plain. Last winter, the Shaofu, which was carrying out resource planning and land measurement, did not rest. There were not many decent cities in the entire Hetao. They were basically such farms, so the work was not heavy but very cumbersome, and many people were invested in measuring.

Liu Cheng had already gone to Lingju to report that after the beginning of spring, Zhao Yun made a big move. He wanted to take advantage of the exhaustion of the Qiang people to make a big move to control all the areas east of Linqiang. He also wanted to reintegrate Zhangye's territory to fill the population of Xiliang, and lay the tracks so that Dunhuang and Jiuquan could be reclaimed.

Although he is already old, Zhao Yun's ambition is obviously not small. With Ma Su planning on the side, this game is very big.

However, whether it was Liu Yi who spent one month building the God of War Temple here or Zhao Yun who was busy preparing to further increase the foundation of Xiliang, the attractiveness of the world had never been attracted by it.

Nowadays, whether Han or Wei or those sporadic small forces, their eyes are focused on Jiangdong.

Since Liu Yi included the entire Hetao into the territory of the Han Dynasty last year, Cao Wei had to give up the attack in Nanyang and shrink his troops and turn the attack into defense, Sun Quan was equivalent to being cheated by his new allies.

First, Pang Tong led Guan Xing, Zhang Bao, Zhao Guang and others to march south. The city he had just captured was taken back before it was heated. Following Huang Zhong and Chen Dao launched a counterattack, and even began to cross Nanshan and start attacking towards Luling, with a strong counterattack.

What made the injury worse was that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei led the navy down the river and with the cooperation of Wen Pin, attacking Chaisang, forcing Sun Quan to move east.

Originally, it was just an army in Jingzhou. Sun Quan relied on the weapons he had traded with the Han Dynasty over the years, plus the strength advantages and the Jiangdong Navy was already powerful, and he could still gain some advantage. However, with the addition of Pang Tong and Guan Yu's army, Cao Wei chose to shrink his defense at this time, so Sun Quan could not stop it.

The weapons of the Jingzhou Army and the Jiangdong Army may not be much different, but the troops brought by Pang Tong and Guan Yu are equipped with the latest weapons. Whether it is the range of bows and arrows, the sharpness of weapons or the sturdy armor, they are at least two levels higher than those of Jiangdong. The most important thing is that the two giant-like warships driven by Guan Yu.

Those are the two keel warships carefully built by Liu Yi back then. They are thirteen meters long and four meters wide. Walking on the river, it is like a water fortress. The Eastern Wu navy is an elite force, but even if you send water ghosts down and drill through the bottom of the ship, there is still a protective layer. Unless you demolish the first layer, it is impossible to go in and destroy the ship. This ship, Liu Yi, is preparing for the future navigation.

The most important thing is that the ship itself has indestructible attributes. The water ghost tried his best to dig a small hole and faced it head-on. When facing such a giant, Guan Yu did not even need to use any tactics. The two warships rushed into the opponent's fleet side by side. No matter how powerful the navy formation in Jiangdong was, it was destroyed. Wen Pin led other ships to rush up. The Jiangdong navy basically had no formation, even if it was a string battle.

In the middle of the first lunar month, Zhu Ran, the commander-in-chief of Jiangdong, held on the offensive and defensive stage of Chaisang for ten days, and was finally killed by the Han army's catapult cart on the city wall. However, Sun Quan's retreat won time. After Guan Yu occupied Chaisang, Sun Quan had already fled to Wujun with his troops and reorganized the defense line.

Chen Da, Huang Zhong rushed out of Nanshan and quickly captured Luling, Pang Tong occupied Lujiang, and then the three armies worked together to capture Yuzhang.

By early February, Sun Quan had only three counties left in Wu County, Kuaiji and Danyang. Guan Yu took advantage of the situation to lead the navy along the river and prepared to annex Jiangdong in one fell swoop.

At the critical moment, Sun Quan appointed Lu Xun as the new Jiangdong Grand Governor.

Then Lu Xun drove a large number of wooden stakes along the river bank, trapping Guan Yu's navy. With the east wind, he almost burned all the navy. Guan Yu had to take two warships and the remaining navy back to Lujiang. At the same time, Sun Quan also sent Kan Ze to invite reinforcements from the Wei army. Cao Shuang led his army to take over Hefei. At the same time, he stationed heavy troops in Wujiang and Guangling to prevent the Han army from attacking Jiangdong from the river.

Chen Dao and Huang Zhong's troops were also blocked by Lu Xun's terrain in Nanling, and quickly established a pass city here as a fortress to block the Han army.

The Han army's expedition this time exceeded expectations. Not only did it resolve the attack of the Caosun Alliance, but it also filled out three counties for its own family. In addition, it was only a matter of time before Jiaozhou and Jiangdong were disconnected from Jiangdong.

After this battle, from the map, the Han Dynasty regained half of the world, and whether it was national strength or population, it was no less than that of the Wei Dynasty.

This news was received by Liu Yi when he returned to Lian County. Although Guan Yu was defeated for a while, causing heavy losses to the navy, the two warships and Wenpin were still there, and the navy could be quickly reorganized. The Jiangdong battle suffered heavy losses and it would be difficult to fight back in a short period of time.

As the beneficiary, Liu Chan completely gained his own prestige after this battle. The Han Dynasty and the Wei Dynasty established two powerful countries. As for Sun Quan, although he was emperor, he had lost the qualification to compete for the world.

In March of the second year of Xingyuan in the Han Dynasty, after the war, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei had not yet returned to the court, and Sun Quan had sent someone to send a letter of guilt, willing to give up the throne and surrender to the Han Dynasty.

This is also reasonable. Although it has formed an alliance with the Wei Dynasty, the Wei Dynasty obviously cannot protect the Eastern Wu. The Eastern Wu had just experienced a great defeat and lost its city and land. Even if the Han navy was severely damaged, in Yuzhang, the Han army could still attack Wujun by land. Kuaiji and Jiangdong naval forces dominate the waters. It has been gone forever. Lu Xun defeated Guan Yu and used wooden pillars to trap Guan Yu with fire. In this way, he did not dare to kill Guan Yu, but let Guan Yu go, so that he could reconcile the old ways with the Han after this war, at least he could not continue to deteriorate the relationship between the two sides. Now Jiangdong no longer has the bargaining chips as before.

Seeing the great man who had to rely on Jiangdong to survive in a difficult situation, and gradually put his former allies behind him, it was impossible to say that he was not heartbroken, but now people have to bow their heads under the roof. No matter how difficult it is, Sun Quan has to snatch his teeth into his stomach.

The Han Dynasty did not ask for much. Within three years, it would be considered compensation for the Han Dynasty. Others were not allowed.

There is no way. Now that Liu Yi has gone to the northwest, it is a big hole. Liu Chan is almost in poverty during this period. The army wants money to reward the three armies, and Liu Yi’s construction cannot be stopped. The results of last year, coupled with the benefits of Shuzhong, have made Liu Chan extremely enthusiastic about supporting Liu Yi’s construction. Now the Han people are very rich, and the court is not short of supplies, but money.

In the next three years, Liu Yi will have Xiliang and Hetao track pave design, Jiuyuan reconstruction plan, Zhangye reconstruction plan, Panyang City and the newly established Lujiang and Yuzhang construction plan. The Han Dynasty has been strong, but in Liu Chan's memory, from his father to himself, he never seemed to have money.

He just made a profit, and then he would continue to invest, obtain greater profits, and then invest it again. From Jingzhou to Shuzhong and then to Guanzhong, Liu Chan almost forgot what the Wuzhu coins are. Generally, the money will not last long in the treasury and will be reissued. Liu Chan can now understand why his father missed Sikong but was a little afraid of him.

Liu Yi is not the kind of counselor who glars at you, and he will try to focus on your opinions as much as possible. If you have any opinions, you will raise them tactfully. If you don’t agree, you will never mention them again. But just one thing, when you meet Liu Yi, he will ask you for money but you have no reason to refuse. However, the Haikou that Liu Yi boasted has basically been realized so far, but it is a bit of a loss of money.

So since this time, since there is no way to further expand the results of the war, Liu Chan hopes to share his pressure on Jiangdong. After all, in this war, rewarding the three armies can be rewarded with property and tax-free methods. However, it is difficult for the man to take out the holes on Liu Yi for a while, so he can only hope for his former allies.

Ministers such as Zhuge Liang, Huang Quan, Liu Ba and even Li Yan expressed their support for this.
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