Volu Waves (1/2)
Volu Waves
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— Records Volu Weijun set down the scroll in his hands It was official correspondence fro Prefecture The Ministry of Justice had already passed written judge of the death penalty The reply letter was already on the road and would only take a few days to arrive at Jiaxing This was originally an insignificant case about an official fleeing fro sentenced to death The stately prime minister shouldn’t have had to pay attention to it However, Shang Weijun was convinced Lu Can would try to thwart hi, he was deter Changqing would still be doing Lu Can a favor and would force hi Weijun would take the upper hand His son, Chengye, was i as expected, as he could think up this plan But Shang Weijun didn’t know if it was because of Song Yu’s contributions
While he was deep in thought, Ning Qian ran in and reported, “Pri an audience”
Shang Weijun was excited He said, “Sir Ning, how does Lu Can look?”
“His face was grave, and even though I couldn’t see any changes in hisQian said in distress “YouWeijun waved it off “No harm will co, the deserter, beheaded before the ar In addition, upon detailed investigation, the man couldn’t explain how he’d escaped Besides, it’s not as if he can’t be charged with collaborating with the ene clan All right, followWeijun stood up and walked out He would perform the proper etiquette this time and deny Lu Can the ability to seize upon pretext and make a fuss
On the floor below the study, Lu Can stood with his hands folded behind his back His face was as grilaciers that didn’tWeijun His i manner that had been stripped away by this junior for the past several days returned to him He descended fro Lu Can “I wonder what business the Grand General has come here for Perhaps there’s been a mistake with the soldiers’ pay? If that’s the case, I can task the officials of the Ministry of War and Ministry of Revenue to spare no effort”
An icy light glowed in Lu Can’s eyes for aUnfortunately, he didn’t have ti Weijun over one person “Does Pri army has already entered our territory?” he i Weijun shuddered He spoke, “How is that possible? The Yong ar defeat and returned home How did they rebound this fast?”
Mockery flickered by in Lu Can’s eyes “FifteenBarracks of the Yong arain This ti, as it’s not a feint attack But this is fine General Rong is defending Xiangyang and is allowed to act with discretion However, another intelligence report says the Yong navy has captured Dinghai The Yuhang Navy was short on troops, so could only hold the Qiantang Channel to prevent the Yong navy fro into the interior If they allowed the Great Yong navy to control Hangzhou Bay, then Wu Commandery and Yue Commandery would have been lost sooner rather than later As for the possible consequences, the Pri Weijun didn’t communicate much with the military, he still knew the coastal Wu and Yue Commanderies in the southeast were i navy raided the regions, the foundation of Southern Chu would be up in the air Even with the risk of crossing the Jiang and Huai Rivers, their ene Weijun blanched He found it tough to ask, “Why didn’t the Yong navy take Ninghai instead of Dinghai?”
“Junshan in Ninghai is the strategic point where the Yangtze flows into the ocean If it’s lost, then Taizhou<sup>1</sup> and Yangzhou will both be in i navy sails upstream, Jianye will suffer the devastation of war But for this reason, the navy in Junshan, Ninghai dared not be lax and took advantage of favorable terrain and a happy populace, so the Yong navy didn’t capture Ninghai On the other hand, while Junshan in Dinghai covers the flanks of Hangzhou Bay, there had been no hostilities there for a long ti navy choose the easier route,” Lu Can said evenly
Lu Can’s toneWeijun still heard the iciness in his voice Emperor Wu of Southern Chu had constructed the two Junshans, one each in Dinghai and Ninghai They were to serve as strategic garrison towns to defend against pirates They had always been under the direct jurisdiction of Jianye, and Wuyue hadn’t seen war in recent years Shang Weijun suspected the two Junshans were a huge and costly waste, so had reduced h Lu Can admonished him multiple times for the actions, he still was not swayed However, the two Junshans were not treated equally Zhao Qun, the cohai, was part of the royal fa Weijun turned a blind eye to hih provisions and funds to feed and clothe the troops It wasn’t even possible to repair their shi+ps He never expected the Yong navy to actually break through Junshan in Dinghai How couldn’t it reflect poorly on Shang Weijun? If he weren’t the one in charge of the governh to force hin fro navy’s capture of Dinghai was unforeseen Grand Generalhere How should we respond to the enezhou Bay has becothis incursion to prevent the Great Yong navy fro Otherwise, Wuyue will be lost Next, Kuaiji, Yuyao, Zhenhai, Jiaxing, Haining, and Pinghu all need to divide their forces in defense The invading Yong navy inally pirates, so they’re unrivaled in naval combat Our navy can only hold the coast and cannot allow the Yong navy to penetrate further to have any possibility of victory But by doing this, Wu and Yue Commanderies will consume an untold amount of provisions and troops I humbly ask the Priions and to order each coht the ene this will the pressure on our armies and navies in Wu Co Weijun’s heart ached at the words The region of Wuyue was populous and wealthy Even reducing taxes by one one-thousandth of a tael made his heart ache in pain at the loss But with the current crisis, he had no choice If they didn’t raise volunteer ararrisons, Wu Coree to lower taxes, hoould the coanize into an arion of Wuyue were sons of aristocratic families, a miniscule portion of ere capable He needed to recall them If they lost cities and territory or died froain and again At the thought of that, he was co will be as the Grand General decided I will now transfer the hai’s Junshan to the Grand General’s control” Though the situation was dire, Shang Weijun still left out Ninghai’s Junshan deliberately The Junshan in Ninghai was still safe and sound, so he wasn’t willing to give this navy to Lu Can
Lu Can understood his intention and siave a cold s behind an asha uneasily
The land in Yue Cozhou Bay were Daishan, Dinghai, and the Putuo Islands Ehai as a county and founded Junshan, which held jurisdiction over both Daishan’s and Putuo’s navies At the largest extent of Junshan, Dinghai’s influence, it governed Pinghu, Haining, Yuyao, and Zhenhai After Shang Weijun cahai because nothing happened in the coastal regions As a result, the navy rotted and manpower ran lohich allowed the Eastern Sea Navy to take Daishan and Dinghai in a single strike Although Putuo was still in the hands of the Southern Chu navy, it was already in i on a bluff and gazing into the distant horizon On the other side of this sapphire sea was Zhenhai of Yue Co northwest frohu of Wu Co at Haining, it wouldn’t take allop That here I was born, as well as where ht back on how I almost sold xia of illness I was utterly powerless to sendto bury hiyuan</e fa family also owned the cemetery my mother was buried in My father wouldn’t have wanted to live under soht ofupset and softly sighed
Xiaoshunzi cah Please return”
“Is Cong’er still qualified to be by Haitao’s side?” I calh in response “Junshan, Dinghai lected for years, but all the docuisters are still there It’s just that they were buried deep in dust Younghas followed you for years, so was effective and efficient at tidying up these docureatly”
At this ure walked up the bluff Xiaoshunzi didn’t need to look back to s has arrived Presuanized and tided up”
Before I could reply, Huo Cong hurried over and bowed low “Sir, this disciple has finished organizing all the docuzhou Bay is included ao and discuss the next step of the war”
I gazed back at the sapphire sea for a second It was unfortunate that Mount Yun blocked the sightline to ho, I turned and walked down Every soldier in the Stalwart Tiger Guard at the bottom of the bluff, save for several, were new faces After all these years, er Guards who accompanied me to conquer Northern Han had been proer force The Stalwart Tiger Guard had kept i upon the saber formation I imparted to them back then Now, not even Xiaoshunzi could beat them in desperate moments In fact, Huyan Shou re I assued it, as it was quite the inconvenience for this chief co followed beside reatly adi for the world and always sought victory in Jianghuai I never expected Sir would strike his own path and capture Wuyue from the sea Even if this doesn’t tear apart<sup>2</sup> Southern Chu, it will be sure to shake the very foundation of Southern Chu”