Among the founding monarchs of all dynasties, Sima Yan's gentle personality is definitely ranked among the top three. However, after receiving the news of another defeat in the Jin army, Sima Yan, who was furious, broke the imperial case for the first time and roared angrily:

"Why did you lose again? From Qian Hong to Sima Wang, from Shi Bao, Wang Chen to Sima Liang, and then to Sima You and Chen Qian, why can't anyone defeat the pseudo-Han thief army in our Great Jin army? And every time they lose under the siege of troops? What's wrong with the Great Jin army? What's wrong?!"

Sima Yan was even more furious and was still behind. After fleeing back to the Guanzhong Plain in a panic, Chen Qian actually just symbolically arranged some troops to stay in Fengxian County and Chen Cang. He immediately withdrew directly to Chang'an with the defeated brigade of the Jin army, and at the same time increased troops to guard Tongguan. As a result, even Sima Yan, who was not very familiar with military affairs, saw Chen Qian's timidity and fear of war at first sight, and roared again:

"As timid as a mouse! Ash as a timid! Unexpectedly, Chen Qian was so incompetent that he was afraid of the pseudo-Han thief army to this point. Even important places like Fengxian and Chen Cang dared to send 3,000 troops to garrison. This does not mean that we gave Fufeng County and Anding County of our Great Jin Dynasty to the pseudo-Han thief army?!"

Fortunately, there are still a few sensible people in the Jinting. Sima Fu, who is so old that he is almost ruined, stood up to defend Chen Qian and said, "Your Majesty, Chen Qian is helpless to do this. The bandit army has the advantage of not having to carry food and grass when marching and fighting. If he let the main force be stationed in Fengxian County or Chencang, the bandit army will definitely pass around the city and cut off the food route of our main force. Only by retreating to Chang'an and Zengzhang Tongguan can our main force not have to worry about the food route being cut off and falling into a crisis."

Sima Yan's anger subsided, and asked again: "What should I do with Fufeng County and Anding County? If the thief army took advantage of the situation to enter Guanzhong and entered Fufeng's territory, our Anding County and Xinping County would be isolated."

"Your Majesty, don't worry for the moment." Sima Fu comforted: "The pseudo-Han thief army has just taken over the four counties of Longxi, and its foothold has not yet been stable. The number of cavalry is obviously insufficient. We will definitely not dare to rush to enter Guanzhong. We will only give priority to buying the people's hearts in Longxi, expanding the cavalry, and then expanding eastward. Our Jin court still has time to readjust the deployment of Guanzhong and send more reinforcements."

"Send more reinforcements?" Sima Yan smiled bitterly and said, "How many reinforcements should I send to the bottomless pit of the Western Front and how much money and grain should I transport?"

Sighing was useless. Given that Chen Qian's performance on the Western Front disappointed Sima Yan, and Chen Qian himself took the initiative to submit a letter to resign and apologize. Sima Yan quickly decided to demote Chen Qian to the General of the Southern Conquest and transferred to Jingzhou to fight against the Eastern Wu. At the same time, Yang Hu was appointed as the governor of the three prefectures of Yongliangyi, so that Yang Hu, who had always been eager to transfer to the West, would take charge in Guanzhong. Although Sima Yan always remembered the saying that Yang was on the top of Mount Tai, in order to quickly stabilize the situation on the Western Front, Sima Yan didn't care about so much.

After quickly making this major personnel adjustment, Sima Yan asked the ministers of the Jin court again: "You all know the situation now. Longxi falls, the court loses contact with Liangzhou, and the situation in Guanzhong is also in danger. Perhaps it won't take long before the pseudo-Han thief army will advance eastward and break into the Guanzhong plain. How should we deal with this situation? I wonder what tricks do you have?"

"Your Majesty, I believe that the army should be added to Guanzhong as soon as possible." Xun Xu said: "Use the previous method to increase recruitment of new soldiers while replacing the newly recruited soldiers and forming an army with veterans from Youjingxu and other places, and sending them to the western front for reinforcements."

"It can't be replaced anymore." Jia Chong quickly opposed it and said: "The pseudo-Han thief army seized the four counties of Longxi, isolated Liangzhou and threatened the hinterland of Guanzhong. After receiving the news, the rats in the Eastern Wu will definitely take advantage of the situation to rob the troops to fight the northern expedition. If the elite soldiers and generals on the front line of the Yangtze River are drawn westward, it is very likely that the rats in the Eastern Wu will take advantage of the opportunity."

Sima Yan nodded helplessly and admitted that he was a Dongwu person with his temper and was very likely to send troops to take advantage of the situation. He said: "The army on the front line of the Yangtze River cannot be transferred and replaced. At most, he can only draw some cavalry from Bingzhou and Youzhou to reinforce Guanzhong."

Xun Xu kept silent, while Zhang Hua stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the rats in the Eastern Wu have always been short-sighted and fled to the death when they see small profits. My ministers suggest that you might as well send envoys to contact the Eastern Wu and grant the three counties of Xia Pi, Pengcheng and Guangling to the Eastern Wu in exchange for the Eastern Wu to send troops to Yizhou and attack the rear of the pseudo-Han traitor army. If this move is successful, our army's pressure will not only be immediately resolved, but Zhang Zhi's rebel traitors will also lead the army south to help Yizhou..."

Before Zhang Hua finished speaking, there was an uproar in the hall. Jia Chong even shouted angrily, "Nothing nonsense! Give the three counties of Xuzhou to the rats of Dongwu? Why don't you say that Guanzhong was given to the pseudo-Han thief army?"

"Resorry to rest assured, please listen to the officials finish their words."

Zhang Hua responded politely and said, "It is indeed a bit horrifying to grant the three counties of Xuzhou to the rats of the Eastern Wu, but have you ever thought about it? If we take this opportunity to provoke the war between Shu and Wu, the strategic situation will become extremely favorable. The rats of the Eastern Wu have entered Yizhou, and Zhang Zhi's rebels' rear was in a hurry and would definitely lead the army back to Yizhou. Once he left, our Guanzhong army would naturally have the opportunity to retake the four counties of Longxi and reopen the liaison with Liangzhou. We would use the three counties of Xuzhou to exchange for the three strategic areas of Longxi, Guanzhong and Liangzhou."

"But if we can't bear to leave the three counties of Xuzhou, the situation will be completely different."

Zhang Hua continued to analyze: "First, the rats in the Eastern Wu will definitely take advantage of the situation to rob us, attack us with all our strength, restrain our large amount of troops and increase our money and grain burden. Secondly, after Zhang Zhi's rebels acquired the four counties of Longxi, they will definitely expand their cavalry, capture Liangzhou in the west, and attack Guanzhong in the east. Once Liangzhou and Guanzhong are lost, it will be difficult to recover them again. So I think that instead of watching the two prefectures of Yongliang, it is better to temporarily lend the three counties of Xuzhou that are sure to take back to the Eastern Wu rats in exchange for Shuwu to rebel, and create an opportunity for us to regain Longxi and Liangzhou."

After saying that, Zhang Hua added: "Besides, with the weak land combat capabilities of the Dongwu Rats, even if we temporarily give up the three counties of Xuzhou to the Dongwu Rats, it will be easy to retake them in the future. However, it will be difficult for us to regain the four counties of Longxi from the main force of the pseudo-Han thief army. Is Your Majesty and you willing to give up the difficulties as easy as possible, or is it willing to chew the hard bone of Longxi?"

It was still heard that Zhang Hua had calculated the strategic account clearly, and the ministers of the Jin court gradually became quiet. Sima Yan also thought in his mind: "It is a solution. If you don't quickly pull the rats from the Eastern Wu family, Liangzhou, which produces a lot of war horses, will definitely not be able to be saved. Secondly, Guanzhong is also in danger. Once Guanzhong is lost, Sili will be directly exposed to the sword of the pseudo-Han thief army. At the same time, with enough war horses, who else can be the opponent of Zhang Zhi, the thief?"

"And," Sima Yan said in his heart: "We must propose some additional conditions if we promise to give the three counties of Xuzhou to the Eastern Wu rats. If the two cowards of Dongwu cannot do it, we will certainly not give it to them. The three counties of Xuzhou may not be lost. As long as the two cowards of Dongwu rats turn against Zhang Zhi, the situation will definitely be beneficial to us."

After careful calculation, Sima Yan made up his mind and said, "Send envoys to contact the Eastern Wu and tell them that as long as they are willing to form an alliance with us to attack Shu and take down the important Jiangzhou town of the pseudo-Han thief army, we will immediately ced the three counties of Xuzhou to them, and the Shu city they seized will belong to them."

"Your Majesty's wiseness."

The ministers called Shan Hu, and Sima Yanze said again: "Go away to Chen Qian and ask him to reveal this news to the pseudo-Han thief army to know, let the pseudo-Han thief army prepare early, and let the pseudo-Han thief army fight with the Eastern Wu rats, the better."

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Sima Yan's decision this time was indeed extremely wise, because when he made this decision, the Eastern Wu court had already received the news that the Han army had successfully revived the four counties of Longxi. As a result, Sun Hao, who was envious, was still a little enterprising, immediately had the idea of ​​taking the opportunity to fight the north. He also immediately issued an edict to dispatch troops and generals to personally lead the army to seize the land of Huainan of the Jin court from Niuzhu. Fortunately, the prince and tutor Li Ying of the Jin court arrived in Jianye first and told Sun Hao timely that Sima Yan's decision was told to Sun Hao. Only then did Sun Hao hesitate and reconsider the plan of whether to take the opportunity to go north or west.

Of course, Sun Hao had to discuss such a major matter with his ministers. As a result, the ministers of the Eastern Wu immediately exposed their nature of no strategic vision. Including Wan Yu, the right prime minister of the Eastern Wu who was central to Shu, he felt that he should accept the conditions of the Jin court and advance to the central government to exchange for the Jin court to ced the three counties of Xuzhou.

Even the neutral Wan Yu is like this, of course, let alone Lu Kai's party, who has always hated the Han army. As soon as Sun Hao started to consult the ministers, Lu Kai immediately jumped out and said, "Your Majesty, God-given opportunity, you must not hesitate, you should agree immediately. Zhang Zhi'er personally led the main force north to Longxi, and Shu was empty. It was originally a great opportunity for us to take the opportunity to conquer Shu. Now the Jin people have taken the initiative to offer us the three counties of Xuzhou. We should seize this opportunity and take advantage of the situation to occupy the city and land in Shu, while forming an alliance without fighting. How could it be more powerful than to seize the land of Huainan by force."

"What the Left Prime Minister said is very true! Anyway, they are sending troops to seize the land, so why do we have to work hard to attack Huainan, where the Jin people have heavy troops guarded? Why don't we go up the river and seize the city and land in Shu, and then we can also get to the three counties of Xuzhou?"

"The pseudo-Han thief army is more hateful than the Jin people! His Majesty intermarried with the Jin court in the previous period and did not violate the alliance, but the pseudo-Han thief army was aggressive. While sending troops to openly cross the border to kill our soldiers, threatening to start a war with our Eastern Wu, forcing His Majesty to break off the engagement with the Jin people, so that His Majesty's face would be ruined! If this revenge is not avenged, it will be difficult to eliminate the hatred of our ministers!"

"We Eastern Wu entered Shu, and the Jin people would definitely send troops to attack the pseudo-Han thief army. We and the Jin people attacked each other in front and behind, and destroying Shu is easy to get! This way, we can obtain a large area of ​​Eastern Wu land and the three counties of Xuzhou. Isn't it beautiful?"

Officials from Lu Kai's party agreed, and Sun Hao nodded slightly, feeling that joining forces with the Jin army to attack the Han army was a good deal. During this period, some officials from the Eastern Wu who were close to the Han army made suggestions to dissuade him, Sun Hao did not listen at all. He just turned to the old god turtle of the Eastern Wu and asked, "General Ding, you are an old founding minister. In your opinion, what should we do?"

Unfortunately, Ding Feng, who participated in the Battle of Yiling, also had a problem with his strategic vision. After a while, he said: "Your Majesty, Wu and Jin can certainly consider forming an alliance to destroy Shu, but the conditions proposed by the Jin people were too harsh. It was really difficult to ced the three counties of Xuzhou to us if they had captured Jiangzhou. The old minister suggested that Your Majesty might as well send someone to bargain with the Jin people and ask the Jin people to promise that we would cede the three counties of Xuzhou as long as we took Yong'an. This would not only be less difficult, but we could also take the three counties of Xuzhou into our hands as soon as possible."

"The old general's Miao Ce should be like this." Sun Hao nodded with satisfaction and said, "Let's do this, send Zhang Yan, the Great Lunar, to go north to Luoyang to bargain with the Jin people. If the Jin people promised to cede the four counties of Xuzhou, including the East China Sea, to us after we captured Yong'an, we would send troops to attack Shu. If the Jin people were insincere, we would continue our previous alliance and send troops to attack Jin."

After saying that, Sun Hao ordered again: "Go to Lu Kang and ask him to make preparations to attack Yong'an in secret. As long as the Jin people agree to our conditions, they will immediately send troops to attack Shu!"

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The harsh conditions proposed by Sun Hao certainly made Sima Yan a little unacceptable, but Zhang Hua quickly pointed out to Sima Yan: "Your Majesty does not need to hesitate. For our Jin court, the most important thing at the moment is to let the pseudo-Han thief army fight with the Eastern Wu rats. Only when they turn against each other, Zhang Zhi's rebel thieves may be forced to go to Yizhou from Longxi to win us the opportunity to restore the four counties in Longxi. Only when they turn against each other, we don't have to worry about being attacked by the Eastern Wu rat army and the Pseudo-Han thief army and fall into the dilemma of fighting on both sides."

"And." Zhang Hua added: "Your Majesty has secretly informed the pseudo-Han thief army that has secretly informed the pseudo-Han thief army. Yong'an is the gate of good fortune on the eastern front of Yizhou. Once it is lost, there will be no peace in the hinterland of Yizhou. Zhang Zhi's rebel thieves will inevitably strengthen Yong'an's defense immediately. It will be difficult for the rats of the Eastern Wu to take down Yong'an. We are equivalent to using a short promise to exchange for Shu Wu to turn against each other and start a war."

After carefully weighing the pros and cons, he found that instead of being attacked by the Eastern Wu and the Han army, it would be better to use a piece of fat to lure the wolf of the Eastern Wu to pounce on the Han army. Sima Yan gritted his teeth and nodded and said, "Okay, I promise the conditions of the Eastern Wu rats. As long as they take Yong'an, we will immediately cede the four counties of Xuzhou to the Eastern Wu!"

Then without further ado, after Sima Yan signed the letter of the alliance, Zhang Yan, the Great Lu of the Eastern Wu, had just brought the alliance back to Jianye. Sun Hao, who was overjoyed, immediately ordered Lu Kang to send troops to attack Yong'an, and at the same time, he dispatched troops and generals to arrange support for Lu Kang.

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When the Eastern Wu and Jinting fought each other, they bid farewell to Lu, the general of the Eastern Wu Town, who was close to him, and the new commander of the Western Front of the Jin army, Yang Hu, rushed to Chang'an to take office. As a result, among the crowd that greeted him, Yang Hu saw an old acquaintance of his own at a glance. The former Jinting Henan Yin-Yun - Du Yu!

"Yuan Kai, why are you?" Surprised grabbed the friend's hand, and Yang Hu couldn't wait to ask, "Why are you in Guanzhong? When did you come?"

"I offended my superior Shi Jian and was renamed the captain of the Dongqiang school, and was preparing to take office in Liangzhou." Du Yu replied with a wry smile: "I thought that as soon as I arrived in Guanzhong, the pseudo-Han thief army took Tianshui and cut off the road. I had to live in Chang'an City for the time being. I don't know how to explain to the court."

"Okay! OK! It's good if you can't go to Yong'an!"

Yang Hu applauded repeatedly. Du Yu pretended to be angry after hearing this and said, "Uncle, is it too much? Is it not only sympathetic to be a friend, but you even called me?"

"What's the matter with me if you are unlucky?" Yang Hu asked with confidence and said, "Anyway, I know that I have a master in Guanzhong this time. I am still a master with extraordinary talent and a lot of tricks! I'll help me, and I'll cover the promotion and promotion."

"My uncle is too rewarding." Du Yu said modestly, and then said quickly: "When it comes to being able to be extraordinary and having a lot of tricks and tricks, I have made a new discovery in Guanzhong."

After saying that, Du Yu quickly pulled over a 60-year-old man next to him and introduced to Yang Hu: "Uncle, let me introduce you to my new good friend, Wang Jun and Wang Shizhi, whom I have made in Guanzhong, have the talents that are far above me."

Before Du Yu finished speaking, Yang Hu had already bowed his subordinates and bowed to Wang Jun to the ground. Wang Jun quickly returned the salute and said, "Governor, I don't dare to be the governor. The subordinate is just a small chief. How dare you be such a great gift?"

"If you have it, you can get Du Yuankai's praise, which shows that you must be civil and military, and extraordinary." Yang Hu said without thinking: "If Mr. Shizhi does not abandon you, please join the official account with Yuankai to join the army."
Chapter completed!