Chapter 262 Sun Ce is worried
Now even Wu Jing and Xu Kun can't sit still. The policy of going south has been decided in winter.
I thought Sun Ce called everyone here to finally check and fill in the gaps and see if he had any good ideas for attacking south.
But now Sun Ce suddenly said that he would turn around and attack the north of Danyang. How could this not make everyone in the hall change their expressions drastically.
Xu Kun looked at Wu Jing, then at Cheng Pu, and finally his eyes fell on Sun Ce.
Sun Ce's expression was very determined, with no intention of backing down.
This made Xu Kun very puzzled.
Xu Kun's character is relatively straightforward, and his status also determines that he has the qualifications to be straightforward.
Seeing that Wu Jing and the veterans did not speak rashly, Xu Kun couldn't bear his temper and was the first to speak: "Bo Fu, we already discussed it last winter. Once spring begins, the main force will come directly from After defeating Xu Gong with his fist, he pursued the victory, took Qiantang, and opened the passage south to Kuaiji. How can you change just because you said it?"
After Xu Kun finished speaking, the old god Wu Jing also spoke: "What Yuzhang said is true. Since the truce last year, all arrangements have been made for going south, and most of the supplies are concentrated in Wuxian County and the south of Wuxian County. If we turn around and go to Danyang North at this time, I am afraid that the transfer of supplies will delay Xiao Half a year.”
As for Xu Kun's words, Sun Ce didn't express anything, but as soon as Wu Jing said these words, Sun Ce's expression changed.
It’s not that he despises Xu Kun, but Wu Jing’s words hit home the point, and Sun Ce had to be moved by it.
"Bo Fu, what do you think, you can tell us and let us all give you some advice."
Cheng Pu saw that the two major clan members clearly opposed it, so he spoke at the right time, It turned around in the middle.
Sun Ce was silent for a moment and then said: "Everyone has heard the news from the north. Liu Bei of Xuzhou has been worshiped by the emperor as a hussar general, and the central government has even worshiped him as the governor of Xu, Yu and Yang. . After the beginning of spring, if our army continues to move south as planned, who knows whether the Xuzhou Army will cross the river? "
"So what if I cross the river?"
Xu Kun was the first to jump out and object. In fact, it was not that he really looked down on the Xuzhou Army, but because he was very worried about the Xuzhou Army crossing the river, so he had to show it in a special way. My own fearlessness.
"We attack in the south and defend in the west, holding back the Xuzhou Army from Qu'a to Wuxian. As long as the main force can attack Kuaiji as soon as possible, the situation will be completely opened."
Wu Jing came slowly. One sentence: "Then who will guard Qu'a? You?"
Xu Kun was choked to death. No wonder Wu Jing was disgusted with him, because the person who originally arranged to guard Wu County to Qu'a was Wu Jing.
The previous attack on Wu County was completed by Wu Jing's troops alone. Sun Ce personally led his old troops to help Wu Jing guard the back road and block the counterattack of Liu Yao's coalition forces.
Now that we are going south to attack Xu Gong and enter Kuaiji, we naturally can no longer let Wu Jing be the main attacker, otherwise others will make trouble.
We can’t let Wu Jing eat meat all the time while others chew the bones, right?
So it is inevitable that Wu Jing will guard Wu County. Wu Jing was originally worried about the Xuzhou army crossing the river, but now Xu Kun is still jumping around like this in front of him, and he is disgusted by the other party's words and panics.
"Uncle, cousin."
Sun Ce spoke at the right time and interrupted the two of them: "The problem now is not that the Xuzhou army cannot cross the river, but that if we continue to go south, the connection with Jiangbei will be completely cut off."
Everyone just then react.
Although they occupy Dantu, the Xuzhou Army has already stationed in Jiangcheng, and Niuzhu has a Jiangdong Allied Navy navy with a strength of four to five thousand people.
The navy part of the Jiangdong Allied Forces is not a regular army, but a paramilitary organization put together by local powerful and fishing tyrants.
In other words, these navy soldiers have to get off work.
If Liu Yao had strategic needs, he would have to communicate with them in advance and then spend time gathering them.
Normally, people fish when they need to, and trade when they need to trade, and they are not obeying Liu Yao's orders around the clock.
But the problem is that the situation on Yuan Shu's side is even worse. The navy under his command is actually composed of powerful fishermen and fishermen. They are also weaker and more disgusted with Yuan Shu himself.
Therefore, the Jiangdong coalition forces always had the advantage on the Yangtze River, so much so that Sun Ce had to rely on holding reeds to cross the river.
After Sun Ce successfully occupied Wu County, his contact with Jiangbei was somewhat difficult.
But as the Xuzhou army marched north to King Qin, the relationship between Sun Ce and Jiangbei returned to normal.
The difference is simply that the main force of the Xuzhou Army and the navy have moved north.
Now that the Xuzhou Army has returned to the prefectures and counties, everyone will be able to react immediately to what will happen to the connections on the Yangtze River waterway.
"Sooner or later the Xuzhou Army will take action, and I am more worried about the Xuzhou Army not being able to cross the river than the Xuzhou Army crossing the river."
"But not being able to cross the river?"
Sun Ce's words immediately aroused everyone's confusion. Shouldn't it be a good thing that Xuzhou's army failed to cross the river?
This will obviously give Sun Cejun more time to prepare for war and expand his living space southward.
Sun Ce shook his head and smiled bitterly: "If the Xuzhou army crosses the river, it will definitely cause trouble for us. But if the Xuzhou army cannot cross the river, will it be a waste of time staying in Xuzhou?"
"General Zuo is in danger!"
Wu Jing was the first to react: "The affairs of the three prefectures of Xu, Yu, and Yang, under the command of Liu Qiaoqi, and the two counties in Jiangbei are right under his nose. Besides, General Zuo They have always been at odds with Liu Qiaoqi. If the Xuzhou army cannot cross the river, they will have no choice but to enter Huaisi."
As soon as Wu Jing said these words, everyone present nodded. Xuzhou's army could not go beyond Jiangdong and entered Huaisi. It couldn't be a free meal at home, right?
"General Zuo also has fifty or sixty thousand people under his command. It may not be enough for field operations, but it should be more than enough for defense, right?"
Xu Kun speculated in a consultative tone: "The Art of War is ten thousand. If the Xuzhou Army really wants to capture the two counties in Jiangbei, it will have to mobilize at least 100,000 people. Can he mobilize them? "
His idea was not wrong. If he wanted to attack Huaisi from Xuzhou south, even if there were many large rivers such as Yingshui, Rushui, Laishui, Huaishui to help with logistics and transportation, he still had to mobilize more than 30,000 to 50,000 civilians.
Runan is not Liu Bei’s traditional territory, nor is it even the former’s actual territory.
If Liu Bei wanted to attack Jiujiang and Lujiang counties, he could either start from Guangling, take the Yangtze River waterway to attack Liyang, and then cross Langya Mountain and Fengyang Mountain to attack north.
Or simply ignore Li Yang, enter Chaohu directly from Feishui, and then transfer to Shishui to attack Hefei.
This road is very convenient and can be used by large boats. There are waterways along the way, making supply logistics very easy.
The only requirement is that the navy must be strong and must completely suppress Li Yang's navy. Otherwise, the logistics line will be endlessly harassed and attacked by Li Yang's Yuan Shu navy, and it is very likely that it will not be able to hold on. , then collapsed.
The navy in Xuzhou was very powerful at this time, and this road was also one of Liu Feng's alternatives.
For the same reason, from the perspective of Sun Ce and others, they believed that the most likely plan for the Xuzhou Army was to mobilize 30,000 to 50,000 people and cross the Yangtze River into the Feishui River.
Because if it were them, they would definitely choose this option without hesitation.
"Once the Xuzhou army walks from the Yangtze River to Feishui River and captures Hefei, Liyang will really become an isolated city."
Only at this time did Sun Ce reveal his truest thoughts worriedly.
Compared with Yuan Shu, he was more concerned about the remnants of the Sun Army in Li Yang.
Sun Bi, Sun Fu, Sun Xiang and more than 10,000 people are still in Liyang City.
These are all members of the Sun family, and they are all descendants of the clan. How could Sun Ce give them up?
“If we can successfully attack Niuzhu in the middle of the year, we will be able to echo Li Yang across the river and become one.”
At this time, Sun Ce completely understood what was in his heart. Think of the tray and come out.
His words are not contradictory at all. Even if Xuzhou's army and navy are strong, the Yangtze River is too big. Not to mention the Huaihe River, even the Yellow River cannot compare with the Yangtze River.
The surface of the Yangtze River is truly endless, as if you are looking at the ocean. The water and sky are the same color, regardless of the river bank.
To completely control such an open water surface with just a few thousand sailors is a complete fantasy.
Even if it can be barely blocked during the day, smuggling at night is impossible to prevent.
Therefore, Sun Ce had the words to echo and unite across the river.
As soon as Sun Ce said these words, Wu Jing, Xu Kun and others fell silent.
Sun Ce's idea is actually quite correct, and no one can blame Sun Ce's motives.
Even if Wu Jing and Xu Kun are in-laws with foreign surnames, they actually hope that the Sun family army can be united and take care of each other.
If Sun Ben and other troops could abandon Li Yang and cross the river to join Sun Ce in Wu Commandery, then Wu Commandery's military strength would be doubled and they would have enough power to sweep across the entire Kuaiji Commandery.
But the problem is that if Sun Ben and other troops can cross Jiangdong, then the most likely possibility is that Li Yang will become an isolated city.
If you want to cross the river by then, the difficulty will not be comparable to what it is now.
At this moment, everyone understood why Sun Ce suddenly proposed to go back and attack Niuzhu when everything was ready, and he even did not hesitate to go to war.
He wanted to keep Li Yang's nearly 20,000 Sun family troops.
"Bo Fu, it's too dangerous."
Wu Jing was the first to speak before Xu Kun could speak first.
Wu Jing is over forty years old, but his appearance is gentle and handsome, like a suave scribe far better than the leader of an army. It's no wonder, Sun Ce is also extremely handsome, and Zhou Yu is inferior to him.
I have to say that Sun Ce’s mother Wu’s genes are quite beautiful.
Wu Jing shook his head and said: "The army in Xuzhou is huge. Regardless of whether we cross the Yangtze River or not, our only way out is to continue southward. Going south to Kuaiji will not only expand our territory, but also connect to the south of Danyang, opening the way to Yuzhang from the west. and the passage to Jiaozhi. The westward expedition to Niuzhu is too risky, and the success is certainly gratifying. Once it is frustrated, it will be difficult to advance and retreat, and half the county of Wudi will be trapped."
"At that time..."
Wu Jing said solemnly: "It's not just the soldiers who are trapped in the isolated city."
At this time, Sun Ben was promoted by Yuan Shu as Captain Danyang, acting as the general to conquer the captives. Wu Jing said that he respected him when he said he was conquering the captives.
Wu Jing’s words hit the nail on the head, and he said it very tactfully.
In fact, everyone can see that once the westward advance fails, not to mention Li Yang's Sun Bi, even Wu's Sun Ce will only have to wait for death or surrender.
Sun Ce could not deny the inference in Wu Jing's words. He stood up quite upset and started spinning around in the hall.
The other generals looked at each other and started discussing in low voices.
"Bo Fu, in my opinion, we should continue to go south. You can write a letter to persuade the captives and Zhengnan."
At this time, Sun Xiang was also reported by Yuan Shu to be the general of Zhengnan. .
However, compared with Liu Feng, a genuine general who conquered the south, Sun Xiang's gold content is much lower.
In fact, this is also the result of traffic congestion. Yuan Shu's performance will not really be sent to the center of the imperial court, and it is impossible for the emperor's court to specifically avoid Yuan Shu's performance.
However, this gave Xuzhou a new excuse to conquer Yuan Shu.
"What Yu Zhang said is very reasonable."
Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang, Chen Wu and other generals expressed their opinions in support of Xu Kun's opinion.
At this time, Sun Ce turned back to the seat and sat down again. He said seriously: "I intend to go to Liyang and personally persuade the two cousins."
"Bo Fu!"
"Young Master"
"General!"
For a moment, everyone in the hall was panicked again and looked at Sun Ce in disbelief.
Sun Ce was as calm as ever. He raised his hand to stop everyone and said, "I know everything you said. The plan to go south for the expedition remains unchanged."
Hearing that Sun Ce gave up on changing the plan, The generals felt relieved.
Before they were happy, Sun Ce continued: "It is imperative for me to cross the river to Liyang. I have made up my mind, so please don't persuade me."
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After saying that, Sun Ce stood up first and left the hall, leaving only the generals who had exploded.
Wu Jing looked a little ugly, but he was the person who could understand Sun Ce best.
To be fair, if Li Yang were his 20,000-strong clan relative of Wu Jing, he would definitely meet across the river and convince the other party to conserve his strength and retreat across Jiangdong.
Sun Ce, who moved into the back hall, also looked solemn. He had a premonition that the Xuzhou Army would definitely go south this time, and might even wipe out Jiangdong and Jiangbei together.
Therefore, he must unite all the available forces of the Sun family.
If he can get 20,000 people from Sun Bi and Sun Xiang, then the possibility of him resisting the Xuzhou Army's crossing in Jiangdong will be greatly improved, and he can even block the Jiangdong Army while continuing to expand southward.
Only this is the best solution for the Sun family at the moment.
But the optimal solution of the Sun family may not be the optimal solution of Wu Jing, Xu Kun, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and others.
Therefore, when Sun Ce faced the opposition from these people, he could only give in half a step and keep the southern expedition unchanged in exchange for the opportunity to join the rest of the Sun family in Liyang.
Sun Ce is not the only one who has a headache. His younger brother’s fan, Zhang Babai, who chased the King of Wei and Wu in Hefei in the future, also has a headache at this time.
The reason why Zhang Liao had a headache was that he had just received an order requiring him to hand over all the infantry in the army, and then he and Taishi Ci would lead the knights in the army to Tancheng.
The reason why Zhang Liao has a headache is that among the tribes in his hands, seven to eight hundred people are his old subordinates. They are Zhang Liao's personal tribes.
But the problem is that since Zhang Liao took refuge with Liu Bei, he personally could not afford these troops.
Originally, under Lu Bu, everyone had to be poor together. After all, they were all fellow villagers in Bingzhou. Even if there was no food to eat, these troops would not abandon Zhang Liao and run away.
Once Lu Bu has territory, no matter how big it is, he will always give a part to Zhang Liao.
Because Zhang Liao is almost second only to Lu Bu's army as a giant and a real major shareholder.
After joining Liu Bei, the territory was no longer a concern, but Xuzhou took over the supply of military rations. Zhang Liao no longer had to worry about where to get food tomorrow.
This time when he went north, Zhang Liao also recruited a lieutenant general, especially Liu Feng who also added a large number of Sanhe knights to him, so that his cavalry once expanded to 2,000.
This made Zhang Liao very happy.
But he never expected that Liu Feng would now receive another order asking him to hand over all his infantry.
You must know that most of these infantrymen are from Bingzhou. They have followed Zhang Liao for several years and they feel like brothers.
Therefore, even if Zhang Liao himself agrees to hand over, can these infantry agree?
Zhang Liao felt that his head hurt terribly.
"General, are you looking for us?"
Just as Zhang Liao sighed, several sturdy men walked in from outside the tent.
These people are Wei Yang, Song Zhang and Zhang Lu, all from Bingzhou. Among them, Wei Yang and Song Zhang are both from Yanmen County, Zhang Liao's hometown, and Zhang Lu is a tribesman of Zhang Liao.
"Sit down."
Zhang Liao waved his hand to stop the three people from greeting each other and motioned for them to take their seats.
After the three of them took their seats, Zhang Liao calmed down and sat down.
Then he said to the three of them: "I have just received a military order to hand you over to the command of Liu Canjun, and I will take the cavalry part ahead and go straight to Tancheng."
Sure enough, as soon as Zhang Liao said these words, Zhang Lu and three others started shouting.
“General, what do you mean?”
“General, are the Hussars trying to annex us?”
“No, I’ll just listen to you, General. I can't bear to hear other people's words!"
Seeing Zhang Lu, Wei Yang, and Song Zhang shouting, Zhang Liao calmed down.
First of all, this is definitely not Xuzhou's attempt to annex him.
He Zhang Liao gathered a total of 1,1200 soldiers and horses. Without Xuzhou's reinforcements, he could not even fill a school.
Zhang Liao would never believe it if Xuzhou wanted to annex him.
Moreover, the performance of Zhang Lu and others at this time also made Zhang Liao reflect a little.
Nowadays, Xuzhou is booming and prosperous.
Liu was awarded the title of General of Hussars, and his reputation for benevolence and virtue spread throughout the Central Plains. His son was even more outstanding. At such a young age, he was able to move around the court and fight outside the prefectures and counties.
The Xuzhou Army has always been strict and solemn, attaches great importance to military discipline, and strives to be strict and fair.
Zhang Liao had met the Central Army of the Eastern Han Dynasty. When he arrived in Luoyang, the Northern and Southern Army and the Three Rivers Knights had just suppressed the Yellow Turban Uprising, and they were at the peak of their combat power.
Looking at the military discipline, the Northern and Southern armies are also inferior in many ways, and it is difficult to compare with Xuzhou.
This is quite scary, and it is also a problem that Zhang Liao has always kept in mind.
Looking at the domineering looks of Zhang Lu and the others in front of them, it seemed as if soldiers were the generals and it was natural.
It is this arrogant and domineering attitude of treating soldiers as private property that has always been somewhat incompatible with other armies in Xuzhou.
Seeing this scene again at this time, Zhang Liao's anxiety, uneasiness and resentment subsided a lot.
This allowed Zhang Liao to view Liu Feng's order more objectively and fairly.
“Everyone be quiet!”
Zhang Liao roared loudly, silencing the other three.
(End of this chapter)