Although the Wei army that came to attack Dongxing was a complete failure, although the Wei army divided three roads to fight the State of Wu, but this road from Dongxing was the main force, and the other two roads were to cover it, so the commanders of the other two Wei armies, Wu Qiujian and Wang Chang, no longer insisted, they burned down their own camps separately, and the retreated back, because they were in a hurry, the fire was not clean enough, and left a large amount of military supplies for the Wu army.
Oops, for Wu Jun, this time it was really a big victory. Of course, although it was Ding Feng and his subordinates who rushed to the front, judging from the Wu lord Sun Liang, this great merit still had to be attributed to Zhuge Ke. As a result, Zhuge Ke was given the title of Marquis of Yangdu, serving as the governor of Jingzhou and Yangzhou, putting him in charge of military and political affairs at home and abroad in Wu, rewarding him with one hundred catties of gold, two hundred good horses, and so on.
If you look at the two states that Zhuge Ke served as pastor, Yangzhou at that time and Yangzhou today are two completely different concepts, and the core area of the State of Wu at this time is Yangzhou and Jingzhou. When Zhuge Liang was at his most beautiful, he monopolized the power of the Shu state and was named Yizhou Mu, which would have only one Yizhou in the Shu state. Now Zhuge Ke was serving as both Jingzhou Mu and Yangzhou Mu, and was basically the minister of wu.
If it is said that when Zhuge Ke was a Danyang Taishou before, he relied on wisdom to get the mountain people in the remote areas of Danyang, build a levee in Dongxing, build two cities, and repel the invading Wei army, relying on great wisdom and courage plus caution, then at this time, Zhuge Ke, who had reached the peak of the Wu kingdom, began to expand, and he even felt that the Wei state was like that. In the spring of 253, the second year of the Great Victory of Dongxing, Zhuge Ke released the wind, and this time he wanted to take the initiative to attack the Wei state.
Zhuge Ke was very excited, but the ministers of the State of Wu still had a very good memory, in the past, when Sun Quan was alive, several times sent troops to the Northern Expedition, all of which were fruitless, they all felt that for the State of Wu, with the natural danger of the Yangtze River and the advantage of the main field, the problem of defending the State of Wei was not big, but if you want to take the initiative in the Northern Expedition, the current strength of the State of Wu is not enough, plus the previous defense against the attack of the State of Wei, the army is already very tired, so they have written to dissuade.
Zhuge Ke, this person, has always not listened to persuasion, before his status was not so high, this personality characteristics were not obvious enough, now he is in a high position of authority, this characteristic of not listening to advice has been magnified. Everyone opposed the proposal of the Northern Expedition, but Zhuge Ke did not accept it at all, among which Jiang Yan, the master of Zhongsan, was more insistent, and as a result, he was ordered by Zhuge Ke to be thrown out of the main hall.
Although he strongly insisted on his own views, Zhuge Ke also understood in his heart that if he did not convince these ministers of the State of Wu, even if he sent troops to fight, there would be hidden dangers in the rear, so he simply wrote an article to explain his views to everyone, this article is relatively long, we are here to briefly excerpt a part.
There cannot be two suns in the sky, and it is difficult for two kings on earth to coexist for a long time, and as an emperor, he should annex the world in his lifetime, and should not leave the heavy responsibility to the next generation.
From a long-term point of view, during the Warring States period, the six countries east of Kunshan Thought that they could be passed down from generation to generation, and each one did not think of making progress, and as a result, the Qin State took the opportunity to rise and finally destroyed the Six Kingdoms and unified the world.
In the near future, at first Liu Biao occupied Jingzhou, with 100,000 male soldiers in his hands, grain and grass were plentiful, and did not take the initiative to attack when Cao Cao was weak, and after Cao Cao destroyed Yuan Shao and pacified the north, he led hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers to the south, and Liu Biao's son had to obediently go out of the city and surrender.
In the past, the State of Wu and the State of Yue fought a war, and the State of Yue was in the ascendant, so Wu Zixu advised King Fu of Wu that the State of Yue should use ten years to give birth to the population and train soldiers for ten years, and after twenty years the State of Wu would fall into a crisis. Kefu Cha was arrogant and arrogant and could not listen to it, but instead killed Wu Zixu, and finally let Wu Zixu's prophecy be properly fulfilled.
The State of Yue was smaller and weaker than the State of Wu, and eventually destroyed the State of Wu, which at first occupied only a small territory west of Hangu Pass, and after the power grew, it still annexed the Six Kingdoms of Shandong. Now the State of Wei occupies the entire north, where war horses are produced, and talents are also produced, and the land of the State of Wei is several times that of the State of Qin, and the State of Wu and the State of Shu are combined to be half the size of the Six Kingdoms of that year.
The reason why we can still compete with the State of Wei now is because the elite soldiers of the early Wei State have been almost depleted, the newly born population has not yet grown, coupled with their infighting, Sima Yi killed Wang Ling, he himself died, and his son Sima Shi was not mature enough, although he could not fully employ talents when he held power. Now is the most difficult time for the Wei kingdom, and it is also the best time for our Northern Expedition, if everyone thinks that the Wu kingdom can be stable for generations with the natural danger of the Yangtze River, it will be dangerous, and this is what I am most worried about.
Since ancient times, the war is fought by people, the Wei state now has a large population and fertility, but it has not grown up, if in another ten years, their military strength will be twice as large as it is now, that time is when our soldiers are not ready, even if Yi Yin and Guan Zhong are allowed to govern the State of Wu, they are not the opponents of the State of Wei.
If I did not take advantage of today's favorable opportunity to open up territory for the country and wait until I was unable to catch it and the enemy was stronger, then I would do it, and even if I came to commit suicide and apologize at that time, what was the use?