Chapter 225: The miserable Jiangdong

"The storm is coming, the wind is filling the building!" Deng Sheng stood here alone in front of Ganyang Palace in Wancheng, looking up at the sky and murmured.

The State of Zhao is about to move south, and Qi and Wei are also preparing for war. Although the battlefield is far away from Deng, it has more or less influence on Deng. Not to mention anything else, during this period, many aristocratic families of Qi and Wei have sent people to Deng, with the purpose of leaving a way out in Deng.

These are the aristocratic families that have been passed down for hundreds of years in Qi and Wei. They are good at seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortunes. They each sent a group of children to go south and took root in Deng State. If Qi and Wei were defeated and Zhao State refused to accept them, they would move their clan south.

The Zhao State's southward influence on Deng State was quite large. This time, Qi and Wei fought together in Zhao State. Deng Sheng hoped that Qi and Wei could withstand it from the bottom of his heart. After all, Zhao, Qi and Wei, who both suffered losses, were always easier to deal with than a giant Zhao State. At the same time, the battle to destroy Wu must be accelerated. Deng Sheng secretly ordered Yue Fei to launch an attack after spring. He must be dealt with by the eighteenth year of Qianyuan, so that Deng State can recover its vitality as quickly as possible and participate in this feast in the Central Plains.

The dead of winter is coming as scheduled, and this cold winter has also eased the tension in the whole world. After all, in this snowy season, no matter how strong the people are, they will not choose to start the war at this time.

"The three kings of Zhao, Qi and Wei have already arranged heavy troops on both sides of the Yellow River. All the generals of the Three Kingdoms have been in place. I believe that after the beginning of next spring, this unprecedented battle will begin." In Ganyang Palace, Su Hong, who is in charge of the Deng Kingdom's intelligence organization Mingjing, reported the situation in the Central Plains to Deng Sheng. Mingjing is a military intelligence organization of Deng Kingdom. Although he has always had little presence, it is such an organization that has repeatedly predicted the enemy's initiative.

Deng Sheng nodded and said, "After this battle, I don't know what the world will become. Su Qing, what do you think this battle will be won or lost?"

Su Hongdao: "According to the strength of the public, Zhao State has a little advantage. After all, Zhao Xin, the world's number one general, is in charge. However, the strength of Qi and Wei cannot be underestimated. Especially Qi State, he accepted the capable ministers and generals of Chu State. In terms of the general lineup, he is not weaker than Zhao State. In this battle, there is no victory or defeat."

Although Zhao State was strong, Qi and Wei were not powerless to resist. They were all traditional powers for a hundred years and had a deep foundation. In addition, the Three Kingdoms have tried their best this time. It can be imagined that this battle will not end in a few years.

Deng Sheng said: "The situation in the Central Plains has changed a lot, and it is not the time to intervene. Now our main thing is to take over the entire Wu Kingdom."

Now that the Central Plains has not started, the rash intervention may lead to a bad situation. Only when the war is over and the outcome is decided is the best time to intervene. However, as for how to do it, we still need to see the development of the current situation.

This winter, for the people of Wu in Danyang and Wu County, it was hopeless because in order to support the war on the front line, the King of Wu not only sent the strongest people of the two counties to the front line, but also plundered all the food stored by the people in both places. This winter, tens of thousands of people of Wu were starved to death. In order to seek a way out, many people began to flee from Wu and fled to Yuzhang, Kuaiji and other places.

Due to the shortage of food in the Wu army, there were also many deserters. Over the past few months, there were 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers of the Wu army who fled one after another, which made Zhou Kai very distressed. These people were the hopes of the Wu Kingdom, and it was neither to kill nor not to kill. Sometimes, Zhou Kai turned a blind eye to deserters.

"Grandmaster, nearly a thousand people fled today. We have captured more than 200 people. I wonder what these people should deal with?" In the middle of Yi County, Wu's general Mali told Zhou Kai about the desertion situation today, and asked Zhou Kai what to deal with the people caught.

"Let them all go, they are all pitiful people, let them go home." Zhou Kai said with a wry smile. Logically, deserters should be executed according to military laws, but Zhou Kai felt a little reluctant. After all, this is the last strong Wu Kingdom. If one is killed, one will be less. As for letting them return to the army, it is even more impossible. After all, they were deserters. If they returned to the army, they might incite others to run away.

"Here!" Marley knew that this was the best way to deal with it, so he responded.

What Zhou Kai and Mali didn't know was that the escaped soldiers did not go home as they thought, but ran directly to Yuzhang and defected to Deng's army. During these days, the Yuzhang area had a total of nearly 100,000 people fleeing in Wujun. They were burdened with great burden on the Yuzhang area. However, these were the foundation for Deng's future conquering the hearts of the Wu people and could not ignore them. So Yue Fei had to write a letter to Wancheng, hoping to send a batch of grain to help these deserters and the people.

Deng Sheng was also very happy when he learned about the situation in Jiangdong. Because the more miserable the Jiangdong is, the closer it is to the Deng army enter Wucheng. So in order to appease the people and deserters of the Wu Kingdom who came to join, Deng Sheng asked the Secretariat and the Ministry of Revenue to urgently dispatch food and winter clothes to Yuzhang. Fortunately, the entire Chencheng was empty. Otherwise, with the foundation of Deng Kingdom, he would not have been able to produce so much food.

Wucheng is now full of complaints and mourning. Zhang Chao walked on the street and saw beggars everywhere. He saw shops closed on both sides of the road. He couldn't help feeling sad. In the past few months, due to the large number of male men being enriched, the fields in the Wu Kingdom were abandoned and merchants went bankrupt. There were people everywhere in the city. Fortunately, a body could be easily excavated in the grass outside the city.

Zhang Chao was very worried. If this continues, the Wu Kingdom would be the first to collapse without waiting for the Deng army to attack. However, Zhang Chao had no choice but to do anything. The King of Wu not only refused to obey the advice and insisted on his own, but he didn't even see him now. When he saw the refugees all over the city, Zhang Chao could not even provide relief because the stock in his family had been collected and sent to the front line, leaving only the food needed for daily life. Even if he was willing, he had no spare energy.

"Dear nobles, good luck. We haven't eaten for several days. Give it a little apology!" The whole city was filled with such voices. Walking on the street, Zhang Chao could already say that he saw a Wu Kingdom on the verge of collapse.

In Danyang and Wu County, people have already attacked local county government offices and warehouses, and even in the conflict, a large number of casualties have occurred.

From the Boxer City, in the house of the Zhang family of the Wujun clan, and the patriarchs of major families from all the Wujun clans gathered here to plan a major event.

Since the King of Wu lost his mind, the aristocratic families in Wujun and Danyang have suffered heavy losses, and even many of the children of the clan have been sent to the front line. They feel that they can no longer sit still like this and have to fight back.

The Zhang family of Yuquan is the family of Zhang Chao, the prime minister of Wu. The current head is Zhang Yong, the brother of Zhang Chao. Since Zhang Chao became the prime minister of Wu, the Zhang family of Yuquan has become the leader of the Wu family.

The four major families of Wu, Zhang, Zhou, Xie and Lu, are big families that have been passed down for hundreds of years in Wu. The history of each family is longer than that of Wu, and its background is also very profound. Even though it was affected in this disaster, the Wu Kingdom still relies on these aristocratic families to stabilize the land, so the King of Wu did not kill all these aristocratic families, and left them a lot of capital. However, the aristocratic families are aristocratic families, and they are destined to not be on the same side as the royal family of Wu. Therefore, when their own interests are damaged, they feel it is unbearable, so they gather together and plan to work together to make major events.

Today, under the name of the birthday of the Zhang family head, more than a dozen families of all kinds and small gathered here in Wujun. However, because the planning needs to be kept confidential, Zhang Yong did not notify Zhang Chao to come back, so Zhang Chao knew nothing about it.
Chapter completed!