Chapter 660 Zhuge Ke seems to be thinking deeply
In November of the 21st year of Jianxing, a brand new city was completed a hundred miles north of Ruxuwu.
This city is made of rammed earth walls, and its area is very small, so it has little gold content. If Dongwu dispatches a large number of troops with thunder chariots to attack, it may be destroyed.
But even so, it is enough for the Han army.
At this point, the Han army only needs to stabilize this place, and it can continuously send the power of Lianghuai to the gate of Ruxuwu. As long as this city does not fall, the Han army will become a sharp sword hanging over Dongwu's head for a long time.
In this way, Ji Han only needs to maintain a small number of troops to contain most of Jiangdong's attention. With the rise and fall of one, Dongwu will die slowly sooner or later.
After building the city, Ma Su named it Powu City. This means that the destruction of Dongwu starts from this city.
After building the city, Ma Su quickly left some troops to garrison the city. Then he led his troops back north without hesitation.
Anyway, the harvest season in Jiangdong has passed, and the people of Jiangdong have no energy to harvest under the pressure of internal and external difficulties. A large amount of grain rotted in the fields, which greatly hit the strategic strength of Jiangdong.
This is enough. If you launch a general attack rashly regardless of the situation, it will trigger a stress response in Jiangdong.
Ma Su led his troops back north, which made the whole Dongwu feel relieved.
"This plague god finally left..." Lu Kang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, looked at the direction of the orderly retreat of the Han army, and couldn't help but sighed.
"If he stayed here for a few more days, I'm afraid we really couldn't bear it."
"Fortunately, now that the Shu army has finally been sent away, the soldiers can be dismissed first, return to their hometowns to farm, and rescue the losses."
This three-month confrontation was extremely tormenting for Dongwu. Watching his family constantly losing food and fodder without any way to deal with it, Lu Kang had a headache every day.
"Sent away? Not necessarily." Zhuge Ke smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"If I'm not mistaken, when we reach the farming season next spring, Ma Su will probably come south again!"
"By then, which city will they rely on? It will be difficult to drive them away..."
"There must be a way when the car reaches the mountain. After all, this group of Shu troops were repelled once." Lu Kang shook his head and said indifferently.
So far, Lu Kang has not been able to crack this level of conspiracy. So instead of thinking about these troubles and internal consumption, it is better to take care of the things in front of him first.
"By the way, didn't your majesty say before that you would send people to Hebei to unite with the pseudo-Wei? Is there any news?"
"No, it is said that Hebei is in civil strife, and our envoys can't get ashore at all." Zhuge Ke shrugged and said pessimistically.
"Although it is a bit discouraging, I still want to say that we don't have much hope..."
Although Zhuge Ke is also a military general, he is more inclined to civil service. As the son of Zhuge Jin, he has a very deep understanding of the political situation in Dongwu.
Although Dongwu is united in fighting against foreign enemies now, as soon as Ma Su leaves, they will immediately start fighting internally. And such internal fighting will continue until the next time the Han army goes south...
At present, even if they clench their fists, they may not be able to stop the Shu army from going south. As a result, even so, their fingers are still fighting each other.
What hope is there?
"Yuanxun, these things are not for us to decide." Lu Kang patted his shoulder and said slowly.
"Especially considering these things that do not belong to us, it is better to think about how to fight back in the north and save our Dongwu country."
"Speaking of it, the civil strife in Yecheng is said to be that a senior official of Cao Wei despised Cao Shuang's talent, so he launched a coup to save the court... Tsk, the northerners' way of dealing with it is violent."
The speaker is unintentional, but the listener is attentive. Hearing Lu Kang's unintentional sigh, Zhuge Ke's eyes suddenly flashed with a gleam of brilliance.
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Ma Su naturally didn't know that under the influence of Cao Wei, there were also certain variables in Dongwu.
Of course, this is normal. When a country is about to perish, there will always be someone trying to save the building from collapse. Whether it is Zhuge Ke or Sima Shi, they are trying to make a last ditch effort on their own.
And the first step of their last ditch is to first grasp power. Otherwise, how can we do politics well if we always follow such a bunch of insects!
However, these are not important to Ma Su, and he doesn't care what will happen to Dongwu and Cao Wei. After leading the troops back to the north, Ma Su quickly returned to Hefei.
This time, the southward journey was quite a harvest for Ma Su. Not only did it mess up the harvest of Jiangdong in one season, but it also contacted the mountain tribes that were still resisting in Jiangdong.
These Shanyue, Baiyue and Danyang mountain people are very tenacious. With these non-Jiangdong self-defense forces, it will be of great help to the Han army to destroy Wu.
At the same time, after Ma Su returned to Shouchun, Deng Ai also gave a good news. During the period when Ma Su went south to harass the Eastern Wu, the first military farming in Lianghuai also achieved certain results.
In short, this year Huainan had a bumper harvest, and the harvest in Lianghuai was 20% more than expected. This achievement can increase the number of military settlements from 50,000 to 70,000 next year.
At this rate, it may only take two years for the population of military settlements in Lianghuai to reach 100,000. At most three years, Ji Han can save up the capital to go south.
"It is indeed the land of Huaibei and Huainan, a land of fish and rice..." Ma Su looked at this series of account books and couldn't help but marvel.
"Even Jingzhou and Nanyang are probably not so rich if you really talk about it."
"It is all thanks to the planning of the canal by the envoy. Otherwise, with the water power of Huaibei and Huainan, it might not have reached the current level." Deng Ai shook his head gently and bowed to Ma Su to compliment him.
"The envoy is both civil and military, which is a blessing for the Han Dynasty!"
"Stop flattering me here!" Ma Su smiled and nodded at Deng Ai.
After a joke, Deng Ai's expression suddenly became serious.
"Envoy, just two days ago, an envoy came from Chang'an. It is said that they hope to invite you back to Chang'an, saying that there is something important to discuss with you."
"Important? Is there anything more important than destroying Wu and attacking Wei now?" Ma Su frowned and couldn't help asking.
"I don't know. It is said that the prime minister has also received the imperial edict and is ready to return to Chang'an." Deng Ai shook his head, then took out a letter and handed it to Ma Su.
"Why don't you take a look at it yourself? I'm afraid there is indeed something big happening in Chang'an."
Ma Su frowned and quickly took the letter from Deng Ai. He opened the messenger and took a look, and his face suddenly changed.
"Did Gong Yan die of illness?"