Chapter 362 Shangyu Wu Fan
As soon as Sun Quan had this idea, he could no longer suppress it.
Is Liu Feng so confident?
Although Sun Quan was young, his political strategy was not inferior at all.
When Sun Ce was still in Jiangdu, he had already begun to participate in his brother's career. By the time of Li Yang, Sun Quan had already begun to win over heroes under Sun Ce's nose.
He knew very well that if all this was done intentionally by Liu Feng, then the other party had only one purpose, and that was to cleanse the local nobles in Kuaiji.
Sun Quan was amazed by such a grand gesture.
However, Sun Quan still did not expect that purging the local gentry in Kuaiji was just the starting point, and would be followed by many subsequent actions such as conquering Shanyue, conquering Wu County, cleaning up Danyang, and controlling Yuzhang.
But then there is no need to station so many troops in Yangzhou, and we can take our time.
Sun Quan’s purpose of coming here is for his family and his brother.
Therefore, at this time, Sun Quan had an idea in his mind, that is, to cater to Liu Feng.
If Liu Feng really wants to cleanse Kuaiji, then his best teammate is none other than Sun Ce, the leader of the rebel army at the moment, the leader of the powerful Kuaiji gentry who is full of support.
This suggestion is not without risks. Sun Quan cannot guarantee what Liu Feng thinks, let alone whether Liu Feng will silence him.
It’s just...
When he thought of his brother, Sun Quan felt it was worth the gamble!
My family cannot live without my brother!
Sun Quan immediately made a decision, kowtowed to Liu Feng and said: "My brother has completed what he wanted to do in conquering the south!"
Liu Feng was in a trance when he suddenly heard Sun Quan's words. , suddenly became curious: "What can I do to entrust Bo Fu?"
"It's all about Kuaiji!"
Sun Quan raised his head and mustered up the courage to face Liu Feng's eyes. Eyes, he said in a serious voice: "Now that all the powerful families in Kuaiji have entered Shanyin, and the Shanyue barbarians have descended from the mountain in groups, Quan is bold, dare I ask when the sword of Zhengnan will be unsheathed?"
Liu Feng was greatly surprised. At this moment, even if Sun Quan keenly guessed what he was planning, the difference in strength between the two sides was as big as the world, so how could Liu Feng be frightened.
However, Sun Quan’s words really aroused Liu Feng’s surprise and curiosity.
"Oh? Is this happening?"
Liu Feng was not angry but smiled and said: "Zhongmou can teach me when and where I entrusted Bo Fu with this task. "
Seeing that Liu Feng was not angry, but instead smiled, Sun Quan not only did not relax, but became even more nervous.
But even though this was the case, he still answered bravely: "It's not wrong, it's actually self-effect!"
Liu Feng was stunned for a moment, and then burst out laughing.
I didn’t expect His Majesty the Emperor to be so proficient in flattering me.
No wonder Cao Cao, who could be deceived in the original history, accepted him as his vassal. His father was attacked by him three times.
The so-called Liu Bei borrowing Jingzhou is actually a fiction in the novel. The real "borrowing Jingzhou" is actually a territorial swap carried out by the Sun and Liu families out of strategic needs.
The strategic layout at that time was that Sun Quan almost completely occupied the front line bordering Cao Cao. Sun Quan's military strength at the time was quite difficult, but Liu Bei was able to hide under Sun Quan's protection and expand his territory aggressively, swallowing up the four counties of Jingnan. .
After Liu Bei occupied the four counties in Jingnan, he also needed a new expansion direction.
The situation at that time was not suitable for Liu Bei to enter Shu, and southern Jiaozhi was not suitable as a key expansion direction. In this way, there was only one way to the north.
But at that time, Nanjun, the only passage to the north, happened to be Sun Quan's territory, and it was also an enclave, because Jiangxia County was in the hands of Liu Bei, which happened to separate Nanjun from Sun Quan's Yangzhou mainland.
It was precisely because both sides had such strategic needs that they carried out the territorial swap, exchanging Nan County for Jiangxia County. It can be said that everyone was happy.
"Then how do you want to work on your own?"
After laughing for a while, Liu Feng calmed down and asked deliberately.
Perhaps Liu Feng's attitude was good, so Sun Quan felt a little relieved and quickly replied: "My brother is willing to act according to the general's orders."
How about flattering the emperor? Well, what I said was so sincere.
Liu Feng pondered for a moment. It seemed that this was another big dumpling filling, and it also had a natural, ready-made dumpling wrapper from the Shanyin City Wall.
"Yes."
Liu Feng finally relented, no longer teasing the great emperor, but said seriously: "Go back and tell Bo Fu that this is the last chance for your Sun family. Don't let me down."
Sun Quan was ecstatic and immediately swore with great emotion: "The descendants of the Sun family will never live up to the great kindness of conquering the south. They will keep their promises and die for the conquering of the south!"
It's okay that the emperor didn't swear, this As soon as he swore, Liu Feng's forehead obviously had a few more black lines, and he always felt that this guy was doing unnecessary things.
The contact method and preliminary plan were determined.
Liu Feng still gave Sun a chance, allowing them to once again have a chance to perform as white gloves.
Afterwards, Sun Quan said goodbye and left, rushing back to Shanyin at starry night.
Sun Quan left for less than a cup of tea, and Liu Feng was preparing to continue resting.
As a result, the personal soldiers came to report, and someone else missed the night and came to submit.
Liu Feng was a little surprised and asked who came to vote.
The person who came was Wu Fan from Shangyu. He was dressed in an alchemist's uniform and had an elegant demeanor and a fairy-like air.
"Wu Fan, please pay your respects..."
After Wu Fan entered the tent, he raised his hands and bowed to Liu Feng.
But just in the middle of what he said, he froze on the spot. After pausing for three breaths, he quickly lowered his head and kowtowed: "Greetings to Zhengnan."
Liu Feng At this time, he was looking at him curiously. If he was talking about Wu Fan alone, Liu Feng might not be able to remember him.
But Shangyu Wufan really reminded Liu Feng who this person was.
Although this man was not well-known in Soochow, he was a well-known and respected person at that time.
This person has neither military merit nor political talent. He is only good at studying calendars, knowing the climate, divination and prediction, and interpreting hexagrams.
When Wu Fan was young, he was recommended as a Taoist by Kuaiji County and recommended to Luoyang.
Youdao is a person with morality, character, and talent. He is a low-level version of Xiaolian, but he can also be recommended for official promotion in Luoyang. It's just that Wu Fan was unlucky and happened to be in chaos and was not appointed. He could only return to his hometown of Shangyu to avoid the war. Later, Sun Ce settled in Jiangdong and became the prefect of Kuaiji, while Sun Quan was promoted by Zhu Zhi as a filial and honest person and served as county magistrate.
At this time, Sun Quan still lacked talents under his command. Wu Fan saw that Sun Quan was extraordinary and took the initiative to join him.
Because of his divination and prophecy skills, Wu Fan was quickly adopted as a confidant by Sun Quan and took him with him. From then on, whenever there were any signs, Sun Quan would ask Wu Fan to tell whether it was good or bad.
Wu Fan's most powerful prophecies include successfully predicting when Sun Quan will succeed in conquering Huang Zu, when Liu Biao will die, the success or failure of the sneak attack on Jingzhou, and Guan Yu's fake surrender but will inevitably be captured when he escapes, and many other things.
This time Wu Fan will fall at night, and he is observing the stars at night, and discovers that there is a serious danger in Kuaiji. Not only the powerful nobles in Kuaiji will suffer a bloody disaster, but even Shan Yue will not be able to escape.
On the contrary, the direction of Yuji, where Liu Feng was stationed, had the charm of a dragon crouching and a tiger perched on the ground. Wu Fan was frightened and could not convince his relatives and friends, so he had to come late at night to ask for surrender.
Unexpectedly, Liu Feng was not in a hurry to ask about his purpose. Instead, he deliberately frowned and asked why he had lost his temper. ?”
How could Wu Fan dare to tell the truth? He clearly saw Wang Qi in Liu Feng just now!
If this is said, if Liu Feng is ambitious, he may feel that he still has something to use. But if the other party feels that he is flattering with prophecies, then he will be dead.
Wu Fan is also a person of clever words after all, and he soon came up with an excuse: "Actually, it is the general who is so heroic. I am a common man, and I am intimidated by you, so I lost my composure."
Liu Feng laughed. He didn't really regard Wu Fan as a god. After all, although Wu Fan was strange, he also had many coincidences.
But one thing is true, no matter what, the other party is indeed a talent.
Wu Fan could accurately guess that Liu Biao would die in the 13th year of Jian'an. This is actually quite scary.
Especially when he advised Sun Quan, it was the twelfth year of Jian'an, a full year earlier. Moreover, the content of his advice was that this year's expedition would be defeated, and next year he would be unstoppable and achieve a complete victory.
This prediction is just based on guesswork, and the probability is really too small.
Therefore, if there is no magic that can predict things, then Wu Fan must be an intelligence master or very good at analyzing situations.
In addition, Wu Fan is also very good at calendaring and is a rare calendar elite. He was recommended to the central government at a young age.
Liu Feng admires this talent very much.
Nowadays, the Luoyang court also lacks reliable talents such as Tai Shiling.
In terms of pure ability, Wu Fan is absolutely qualified. After all, he not only has outstanding professional abilities, but is also very smart and alert, and has a eloquent mouth.
But there is also a problem, and that is a common problem of people like Wu Fan. They would rather take all this knowledge underground than pass it on to outsiders.
Sun Quan even deprived Wu Fan of his title because of this, but Wu Fan still refused to bow his head and compromise. What Liu Feng wanted was not just Wu Fan's effectiveness, he also hoped that Wu Fan could contribute his family knowledge.
Liu Feng stood up, walked to Wu Fan, looked at him condescendingly, but said nothing.
I don’t know if it was a psychological effect, but Wu Fan only felt that his shoulders were heavy, as if there was huge pressure on him, making him breathless.
But Liu Feng didn't speak, just looked at him.
At this time, Liu Feng was thinking about how to control Wu Fan so that he would submit.
Wu Fan didn't know it. After swallowing, he said bravely: "Fan came here to offer Shangyu to the general."
All the nobles and powerful men in Shangyu City left. After arriving in Shanyin, not only the people left, but the money, food and materials were also evacuated, leaving only an empty city.
The reason for this result is that Shangyu is too close to Shanyin. It only takes one day to travel by water, and even the land route is smooth and can be reached in two days.
The powerful nobles in Shangyu did not dare to stay in Shangyu, so they simply went to Shanyin directly.
There are more than 50,000 troops here, and the huge force can make them feel a sufficient sense of security.
Wu Fan found an excuse not to go and stayed in Shangyu City. Although Wu Fan may look like a sycophant, he is actually quite righteous and is even willing to risk his life to save his friends.
This time, he also secretly contacted a few powerful people from Shangyu who were very well connected, and asked them to find excuses to stay. Then, he successfully persuaded them with his excellent eloquence and reputation for being good at observing celestial phenomena. With the remaining powerful friends, he successfully rebounded again.
Liu Feng looked at Wu Fan thoughtfully, and there was indeed something about Wu Fan.
Shangyu's position is very important. Once it falls into Liu Feng's hands, the army will be completely safe.
Shangyu is located at the intersection of Cao'e River and Jingruo Lake, and blocks the passage of Cao'e River into the sea.
As long as Shangyu is captured, the west of Shanyin in Kuaiji County will be completely safe, and there is no need to worry about anyone sneaking over to attack Liu Feng's siege army.
Unless the other party does not hesitate to ship hundreds of ships from the sea to the north of Shanyin, take advantage of the high tide to rush to the beach, and then march for a day to arrive outside Shanyin City for a sneak attack.
This level of difficulty is several dimensions more difficult than Liu Feng’s Battle of Qiantang River.
So in Liu Feng's original plan, Shangyu was a must-win location.
Taking Shangyu can cover the threat to the east of Shanyin, and Yuji can cover the west of Shanyin. Together with the new naval force of the Southern Army, it can cover the threat of Jingruo Lake and the south bank of Jingruo Lake. Finally, in Arrange some beacon towers and scouts in the north.
In this way, the army besieging Shanin should be foolproof.
In this way, Wu Fan really cannot be underestimated.
It would be easy to say if he was lucky, but if the other party saw this clearly and took advantage of it, it would really be a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger.
"General, I still have information to present."
When Wu Fan saw that Liu Feng was still silent, he felt a little panicked and couldn't help but start to increase the price.
“Fan was loyal to the imperial court and the emperor. When he heard about the expedition to the south and crossed the river to quell the rebellion, he had long wanted to surrender. He even advised the princes of Shangyu not to resist the expedition to the south and disobey the imperial court.”
Wu Fan looked upright: "Although it didn't help, I found out a lot of things during the conversation, and I was about to report them to Zhengnan."
Afterwards, Wu Fan described in detail what he had learned. Known information.
Now all the power of the counties east of Shanyin has been concentrated in Shanyin, including the five counties on the Ningbo Plain and Yan County in the middle and upper reaches of the Cao'e River.
These cities are now almost completely empty, and all the officials in the county have also fled, fearing that they will be captured by the Southern Army.
As long as there are more than a thousand soldiers and horses, they can sweep across the counties and no one can resist.
But there are traps.
"Zheng Nan didn't know something. These people were so bold that they could only fight against the royal master. But they were almost crazy. What they did was so heart-breaking that they even took away the food rations from the homes of the people in the counties. Collection. "
A look of anger flashed across Wu Fan's face. This was not really because he was acting, but because he really felt that the powerful local nobles had gone too far.
How could someone treat a fellow countryman so harshly without being a crazy person?
(End of this chapter)