Chapter 665: Opportunity to divide Jiangdong
"Are you going to take Ma Ping to Guandong?"
When Ma Su asked Zhuge Liang about this, Zhuge Liang raised his eyebrows slightly.
"That's right." Ma Su nodded openly and said without hesitation.
"As a descendant of the Ma family, he should also come out to gain experience. Otherwise, if he is pushed to the front by the general trend one day and his own ability cannot keep up, his identity will only harm him."
After all, he is the son of the great general Ma Su. No matter how capable he is, he will be pushed to the front sooner or later in the future. There will always be people who have blind trust in him and think that the son of the great general is equally capable.
But if Ma Su does not train him at this time, I am afraid that Ma Ping will only be mediocre. When he is pushed to a high position one day, Ma Ping will most likely suffer.
The classic negative example of this is Zhuge Liang's own son Zhuge Zhan. As the son of the only prime minister in the history, Zhuge Liang had no time to train him because of his busy official duties all year round, so he could only be sparse in the end.
But no matter how talented he is, he is the son of Zhuge Liang, and he was still pushed to a high position in history. As a result, when Cao Wei destroyed Shu, Zhuge Zhan led his troops to defend Mianzhu, but was defeated and killed by Deng Ai...
From this, it can be seen how dangerous it is to be unworthy of one's position. Ma Su did not want such a thing to happen to Ma Ping.
Ma Su explained, and Zhuge Liang agreed. After a moment of silence, Zhuge Liang simply approved Ma Su's request.
With the expansion of the territory and the complexity of the personnel composition, Ji Han was also adjusting its policies. Now according to the Han law, generals who went out on expeditions were not allowed to bring their families.
But there was no need to be so serious about Ma Su's request.
With Ma Su's status, if he wanted to rebel, the court would not find out until the rebels surrounded the palace. So it actually made no difference where his family stayed.
However, after approving Ma Su's request, Zhuge Liang also made a request to Ma Su.
"Now several of the younger generations of the old generals have joined the army. You should also take them to the battlefield to see the world." Zhuge Liang took out a list from the table and handed it to Ma Su, and ordered seriously.
"The future of the Han Dynasty belongs to the young people after all, so we should train them in advance."
Ma Su took the list and glanced at it, but found that they were all old acquaintances. Zhao Guang, Zhao Tong, Fu Qian and even Zhuge Liang's own son Zhuge Zhan were among them.
They were all second-generation generals, and most of them had been crowned and mixed in the army for a while. It was just that because Ma Su pushed the front line too fast and the intensity of the war was too high, they had no chance to perform.
Zhuge Liang meant to let Ma Su take them to the Jiangdong battlefield where the intensity of the war was not high. In this way, after Jiang Wei and Deng Ai, the third generation of military pillars of the Ji Han Dynasty could be cultivated as much as possible.
"No problem, Prime Minister. With me here, they will definitely feel the training of the battlefield!" Ma Su agreed without hesitation and promised live.
The intensity of the Jianghuai battlefield was not great, after all, it was a front against the Eastern Wu. Ma Su really couldn't think of any danger for the self-defending bandits in Jiangnan.
Maybe... accidentally fell into the Yangtze River and drowned?
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After spending the New Year in Chang'an, Ma Su left Guanzhong and returned to Shouchun. However, this time when he returned to Lianghuai, Ma Su brought a group of people back.
Ma Ping, Zhuge Zhan, Fu Qian... All these young generals were brought to Shouchun by Ma Su.
When Ma Su returned to Shouchun, Deng Ai immediately handed over the intelligence of Lianghuai in recent days. During this period, the Eastern Wu also counterattacked to the north and tried to destroy Ma Su's stronghold outside Ruxuwu.
However, their generals were really poor. Although the soldiers in Jiangnan launched a counterattack fearlessly, there was still no ripple.
However, what surprised Ma Su was that Jiangdong was also not peaceful during this period. According to the report of the spies in Jiangdong, Jianye seemed to have discovered that someone was deliberately mutinying.
This mutiny was not as perfect as Sima Shi's plan, so it was discovered before it started. As a result, many people were purged, but the mastermind behind the scenes was not discovered.
For this reason, Sun Quan also ordered Zhuge Ke to take full responsibility and patiently investigated but still found nothing.
This situation made Ma Su certain that there must be many invisible contradictions under the undercurrent in Jiangdong. This base camp of self-defense is definitely not as peaceful as it seems.
Well... why not sing "Unbreakable Jiangdong"?
"Envoy, at present, Jiangdong is not as united as it seems. So for now, we might as well find a way to divide and win over." Deng Ai cupped his hands and offered advice to Ma Su.
"Divide and win over? You are planning to divide and win over the people under Sun Quan, which may be a bit naive." Ma Su shook his head lightly, feeling somewhat helpless about this.
He was best at spreading rumors to defeat the enemy, which was originally successful in Jiangdong. Lu Xun was injured by the rumors he spread, and the great governor of Jiangdong was forced to die under the city of Jiangling.
However, once the rumors rose to the level of political stance, the lethality was instantly gone. No matter how his rumors provoked the hatred between the two factions, it was useless to divide them.
Later, Ma Su also studied Sun Quan's checks and balances strategy.
In the end, he found that Sun Quan often arranged two factions that were incompatible with each other into one group, and then divided the factions that had a good relationship with each other by interests. As a result, the several factions divided into Dongwu had many internal conflicts, and they were even more hostile to each other.
In this way, the factions of the Eastern Wu have formed a delicate balance.
This factional ecology formed based on the actual situation makes Ma Su's rumors completely useless. Because even without his rumors, they are mortal enemies.
Therefore, it is obviously impossible to divide the Eastern Wu in this situation. If any of them want to secretly surrender to the north, they may be sold out by their own faction...
However, Deng Ai smiled a little at Ma Su's words. He shook his head mysteriously and said,
"Maybe it was like this before, but it's not the same now."
"What's different?" Ma Su raised his eyebrows and asked in confusion.
"Because this time, we have a lot more Dongwu surrenders than before." Deng Ai did not keep him in suspense and answered Ma Su directly.
"Although no one from the Eastern Wu has expressed his surrender in recent days, they have all corresponded with me. And it's not just one family, but most of the families in the Eastern Wu have sent letters to test."
As he said, Deng Ai picked up a piece of paper and handed it to Ma Su.
Ma Su glanced at the pitiful page in Deng Ai's hand, frowning.
"That's all?"
"Of course not, what catalog is this?" Deng Ai connected seamlessly, waved his hand casually, and then ordered someone to put a pile of letters half a meter high on the table with a "clang".
"This is the original copy of their letters."