Liaokou, Wei army granary.

Wang Chang was shocked when he listened to the scout's remarks: "The Taiwei was surrounded and there was no food in the city. I will not go to rescue him at this time. When will I wait? The Taiwei is a minister of the Wei State. If he makes any mistakes, all of you will fall to the ground."

The scout's face changed slightly, he knelt on the ground, and said tremblingly: "Mr. Wang immediately sent troops to rescue Liao Tunnel, and the Taiwei responded to the dispatch of troops. He can use a pincer attack to repel the Yan army."

"Is this what the Taiwei said?"

Wang Chang breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that there was still a way.

The scout said, "The Taiwei's intention is like this, and he has compiled a letter, only you can count it."

Wang Chang felt relieved, took over the letter, and stepped back the servants and guards on both sides and carefully took them apart.

There are only nine short words on the letter: lead Goguryeo to attack Xiangping and capture Yuan.

Wang Chang was stunned: "The Taiwei meant that I was asking me to collude with Goguryeo's troops to attack Xiangping where Gongsun Yuan was located? Yes, this is the strategy of 'surrounding Wei and saving Zhao'. Goguryeo attacked Gongsun Yuan. There was no reason why Gongsun Xiu, who was his son, did not return to the army to rescue him. The father and son turned against each other and only went day and night."

Goguryeo is located east of Liaodong. It originated from the royal family of Fuyu Kingdom a thousand years ago. It was led by a prince to leave. After a thousand years, it started in Xuantu County. It changed from a tribe to a country, with a population of tens of thousands of households in five tribes.

For thousands of years, he has been a subordinate of the Central Plains dynasty. During the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, he helped the Han Dynasty attack the Fuyu Kingdom and made contributions. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Gongsun family started his family in Liaodong and was influential in the northeast. The Goguryeo Kingdom was afraid of its power and was tolerant, and often secretly showed his favor to Cao Wei. In the first month of this year, the Wei Kingdom set off a large army to conquer the north, and Goguryeo expressed his willingness to join forces with the Wei army to eliminate the Gongsun family.

Wang Chang thought: "The Grand Marshal used this to rescue the siege, it was indeed good."

The military convention was immediately convened and the envoy was ordered to go to the tribe of Goguryeo to explain to the Yi Kingdom the strategy of dividing the troops into two groups and dividing Liaodong.

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At the same time, Zhuge Jin, who was heading north along the coast, led 30,000 naval troops into the Liaodong Peninsula.

The Eastern Wu Navy's Navy garrison Dagushan was a port, only 500 miles away from the Wei army's water grain road in Liaokou.

The giant tower ship of Dongwu was like a monster, almost the first-class naval master that could be reached in the world.

Of course, if the most powerful navy in the entire Central Plains was Cao Cao after he captured Jingzhou before the Battle of Chibi. In his early years, Cao Cao not only made plans to go south, digging artificial lakes to train naval forces, but the Jingzhou naval forces who obtained Liu Biao would be even more powerful.

It’s a pity that Cao Cao’s navy was burned down in the Battle of Chibi. Even today, the Wei State has not been able to recover to its scale.

Zhuge Jin, with gray hair, stood on the boat with bright eyes and looking at the waves of the sea, his mood also fluctuated.

"General, the sea is full of wind and waves, so let's go into the cabin to rest."

Another old man walked out slowly, his eyes firm and arrogant and powerful as he looked.

Zhuge Jin glanced at him and shook his head and said, "No need, we have entered Liaodong. Sima Yi's army will also be stationed in the Liaokou area."

The old man named Yang Jian, was the vanguard who helped Yan fight against Wei this time and served as Zhuge Jin's adviser.

Although the two of them are in their 120s, they should not be underestimated.

Zhuge Jin came from the Zhuge clan in Nanyang, a small clan, but the genius born in this generation is the same in the contemporary era. Zhuge Jin was also a general of the Wu Kingdom. His younger brother was Zhuge Liang, the late Prime Minister of Shu Kingdom. Zhuge Dan was one of the generals of the Wei Kingdom.

The Zhuge clan's career was spread throughout the Three Kingdoms.

Yang Wei was the Mubin of the prince of the Eastern Wu, and later promoted to the governor of the army and the prefect of Shixing County. His character was not only extremely eloquent, but also strongly suggested that Sun Quan send troops to Liaodong to watch the two tigers fighting each other and make a strategy of mantis stalking cicadas orioles behind.

Sun Quan was very concerned about the war in Liaodong and sent them out.

Yang Wei smiled and said, "Sima Yi is good at quick battles and decisions. Since sending troops to Liaodong in the first month, it has been almost seven months since he sent troops to Liaodong. He has not made any achievements. It seems that he is old."

Zhuge Jin shook his head and said, "Sima Yi is good at using deceitful soldiers and uses everything he wants. You should not look down on it. Meng Da was caught by Sima Yi's confusion technique and was captured by Sima Yi in a surprise attack when he stopped."

He paused and pondered, "Maybe he is secretly doing evil."

Yang Wei said: "I once thought that Liaodong could not last for at most two months, but I still survived it. It was a great skill to make Sima Yi suffer consecutive setbacks."

Zhuge Jin said: "According to Your Majesty's will, if Gongsun Yuan is defeated, we will plunder the men and women in Liaodong and return to the south. Everything depends on the situation."

Yang Wei nodded and said yes, and he had the same idea: "The warships dispatched by our army have already prepared space and are waiting to rob and return."

The turbulent times of the Three Kingdoms reached the extreme. Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the population has dropped sharply from 50 million to less than 10 million. The current Wei Kingdom has a population of about 4.4 million, Shu Kingdom has a population of more than one million, while the Eastern Wu population is three million.

If you want to support the Northern Expedition, you need to rely on the people, men and women.

There are many records of plundering the people in history books. For example, when Shu Kingdom lost Jieting and retreated, Zhuge Liang plundered more than a thousand households and returned to Shu. According to the average of five or six people in one household, he directly took more than 5,000 people away.

Sun Quan also sent people to plunder Shanyue from time to time and to capture the natives in Yizhou, which completely used it as the source of Wu's income.

With a population, you can open up land and farm, pay taxes and labor service, and increase the shortcomings of all aspects of the troops.

Zhuge Jin smiled and thought that if he could move 3,000 households in Liaodong to the State of Wu, he would have sent 30,000 troops to the expedition to Liaodong. He nodded: "Send an envoy to meet Gongsun Xiu, after all, the visitor is a guest."

Yang Wei said: "The General thinks, who is more suitable to go?"

"Let me let my dog ​​Zhuge Ke go." Zhuge Jin thought about it, but he could only let his son go there.

Yang Qian couldn't help but worry and said, "Gongsun Yuan was capricious and killed our envoy of Wu the year before. If this happened again, Yuan Xun's trip would be extremely dangerous."

Zhuge Jin shook his head: "The 30,000 troops of Great Wu are here. If Gongsun Yuan really does this, he will tear up the alliance and betray his faith. Within two months, Liaodong will be destroyed."

He always speaks softly, but this is loud and powerful, and he should not violate the majesty.

Yang Wei said: "Let Yuan Xun lead 5,000 troops to go. I can't rest assured, and it can be regarded as a demonstration of the might of the soldiers of the Wu Kingdom."

Zhuge Jin praised him and said, "If you say yes, just do what you say."

Outside the Liao Tun City, Gongsun Xiu's 25,000 troops were surrounded like iron barrels, waiting for the day when the Wei army's rations were exhausted.

“There are eight days at most.”

Gongsun Xiu calculated that no matter how Sima Yi managed the army, the food and grass were only available for eight days. After eight days, the food and food in the city were exhausted, and Sima Yi had to risk his life to break through, otherwise he would be dead in the city.

At this moment, the scout came forward, kowtowed to the ground, and shouted: "Report, Your Highness, 30 miles away, five thousand soldiers of the Eastern Wu came."

Yang Zuo looked happy: "Your Highness, the reinforcements have finally arrived."
Chapter completed!