Chapter 42
After hearing Lu Su's analysis, Sun Quan couldn't help but feel cold. This morning, although Zhou Yu also sent someone to remind Sun Quan that Liu Bei's army might have crossed the river and attacked him at all costs. However, because Zhou Yu failed to provide sufficient arguments, Sun Quan was still a little distracted. But at this time, in the face of Lu Su's concise analysis, Sun Quan could no longer believe it.
Originally, after Zhou Yu led his army to defeat Cai Mao's army, Sun Quan believed that the crisis he was facing was about to pass. Later, Kuai Yue's army raided at the city of Chaisang and almost broke the city, but Sun Quan did not feel too much worry. Sure enough, after Zhou Yu brought the army back to the rescue, the Jiangdong army immediately formed a stalemate with Kuai Yue's army. Moreover, under Zhou Yu's planning and command, the battle situation continued to develop in a favorable direction to the Jiangdong army. Although the Jiangdong army now has to pay a considerable casualties every day, it is only a matter of time to completely repel the Jingzhou army, and no matter how big the losses are, it is worth it!
However, before one crisis was completely over, another suddenly came. The strong left-behind river patrol naval army could not stop Liu Bei's army from crossing the Yangtze River. Once Liu Bei's army crossed the Yangtze River, the three counties on the eastern front would not have enough military strength to resist. At that time, even if one or two of the three counties were lost, the attack on Sun Quan could be said to be fatal.
"If Liu Bei's army really crossed the river, Danyang County should be the first to bear the brunt! Zijing, can Danyang's military strength support the end of the Chaisang war?" Sun Quan asked Lu Su worriedly.
"Lord, it depends on how the prefect Wu deals with it!" Lu Su pondered slightly and said, "If the prefect Wu can quickly receive the news that Liu Bei's army crossed the river and then strictly order all cities and counties in Danyang to defend the city, it should be able to delay the pace of Liu Bei's army's attack as much as possible and effectively consume the enemy's military strength. I am afraid that the prefect Wu was inspired by Zhang Fei and took the initiative to lead the army to fight against Liu Bei's army. Now more than half of the soldiers left behind in the three eastern counties are recruits. If they confront Liu Bei's army head-on, they may be difficult to be opponents!"
"Then how should we deal with it here? Do you want to order Gong Jin to dispatch a military horse to Danyang to respond as soon as possible?" Sun Quan's face was gloomy and he pondered.
"Lord, you must not transfer the Zhou governor's horse to Danyang at this time!" Lu Su's expression changed slightly, and he eagerly advised: "The war on the Eastern Front is of great importance, but the battle with Kuai Yue is more related to the life and death of our army. It is actually a bit insufficient to siege the Kuai Yue army with Zhou governor's horse. If the horses of Zhou governor's army are drawn, the stalemate between our army and Kuai Yue army will be broken. Lord, if there are too few people to support Danyang, it will not play any role at all; and if the troops that are enough to change the situation of the battle are sent to Danyang, the military strength under Chaisang City will be unbalanced. At that time, Kuai Yue will most likely take the opportunity to defeat Zhou governor in one fell swoop, or even Chaisang, which will definitely not be worth the loss for our army."
"Can't you just wait like this? After Zhang Fei captured Danyang, even Wujun and Kuaiji, and established his foothold, what's the use of our army even if he returns to the army to fight him?" Sun Yi said unhappily.
"General Shubi, if we cannot completely defeat Kuai Yue's army, our army will not be able to withdraw any military force to support the Eastern Front!" Faced with Sun Yi's repeated questioning, Lu Su felt a little helpless.
"Can't we transfer the navy back first?" Sun Yi said dissatisfied.
He sighed inwardly, and Lu Su said in a deep voice: "It is impossible to completely defeat Kuai Yue's army and leave the help of the navy. If the navy is called back at this time, it will be given Kuai Yue the opportunity to withdraw. If this opportunity cannot be used to severely damage or even annihilate Kuai Yue's army, and allow him to preserve the main force and evacuate safely, he will be likely to lead the army invasion again. Just imagine, if the main forces of our army are fighting against Liu Bei's army on the Eastern Front, what can we rely on to defend Chaisang?"
"…………Well!" After hearing Lu Su's analysis, Sun Quan's face continued to change, his brows frowned, as if a fierce struggle was going on in his heart. After a while, Sun Quan gritted his teeth and said hatefully: "It would be better to completely end the battle with the Jingzhou army first, and then return to the army to deal with Zhang Feigou thief!"
Lu Su also knew that it was not easy for Sun Quan to make this decision, and it was obvious that there was a meaning of a hero cutting off his arm. After thinking for a while, Lu Su comforted Sun Quan and said, "The lord doesn't have to worry too much. The battle in Chaisang should be obvious within 5 or 6 days. In other words, the Zhou army can return to the eastern front in about 10 days to face Liu Bei's army. With the military strength of Danyang County, it should be no problem to support it for another 10 days and half a month. And... it is also possible that Liu Bei's army did not cross the river to attack! After all, so far, this is only Su's guess, and there is no conclusive news to prove it..."
"Zijing, don't say it! I believe your analysis and judgment..." Sun Quan waved his hand powerlessly, interrupting Lu Su's words of comfort, "And, it's better to trust this matter than to trust it without it!"
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At the 26th day of July 2018, the third group came from Wanling, and the Jiangdong army that "comes to help" Moling in Jingxian was also successfully destroyed.
Overnight, our army successfully lured and annihilated three groups of "reinforcements" and wiped out more than 9,500 Jiangdong Army soldiers, of course most of them were forced to subdue.
After this battle, the cities and counties in the cities and counties under Danyang County had completely lost their defensive military strength, and they were like weak lambs, completely presenting themselves in front of our army's "evil wolf".
After the war of luring and annihilation, I did not rush to "take over" the ineffective cities under Danyang County. Although our army was a complete victory in this battle, the casualties were almost insignificant. However, after a night of lurking and fighting, the soldiers' bodies were still quite tired and had to take appropriate rest. On the other hand, one of the results of this battle, the captives of up to 7,000 people, was also the reason why I dared not send my soldiers under my command easily.
One. Add to the Jiangdong Army that was forced to subdue when Wei Yan took over Moling, the Jiangdong Army captives in Moling City now reached 9,000 people, almost the same as the number of our army crossing the river. If there were not enough troops to guard the prisoners, who would guarantee that they would not riot under the incitement of some people who were interested. If such a thing really happened, the joke would be a big deal - I, who had not suffered any losses on the battlefield, was actually defeated by a group of prisoners' riots...
Therefore, before properly handling the prisoners, we cannot send troops to occupy those "empty cities" for the time being!
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On July 26, in the morning, Guan Ping finally arrived in Moling with the "Expression of Sun Quan" drafted by Xu Shu and written by his elder brother. Because my advance was too fast, Guan Ping took several twists and turns to finally meet me in Moling. What made me even happier was that there were 2,000 reinforcements who arrived in Moling with Guan Ping. After receiving my request to increase troops from Lujiang, the elder brother asked his second brother and Xu Shu to do everything possible and transferred 3,000 troops from Shouchun to Ma Nan.
Next, I was going to leave 2,000 of them for Li Tong to guard Lujiang, and the other 1,000 were directly to Jiangdong and assigned to me as reinforcements. In addition, my elder brother specially arranged for Lin Bao to lead 1,000 Fengcavalry to station in Hefei so that he could quickly rush to help when Lujiang was attacked. However, when Pei Yuanshao led 3,000 troops to Lujiang, Li Tong left only 1,000 of them, and asked Pei Yuanshao to lead the remaining 2,000 people to cross the river with Guan Ping to reinforce me.
Moling City, Conference Hall
"The Left General Liu Bei told Jiangdong generals to study the sects: It is because they heard that there is no way to be misfortune and good fortune, but only people call them. If you do things according to the opportunity, you will not be in danger. This is the wisdom of the saint...
Boy Sun Quan, who has not identified beans and wheat, is not enough to have a good idea to be apart...
If you are ready to serve the country's prestige and eliminate harm for the people, you will be punished by the great evil of the Yuan Dynasty. As for the branches and leaves, they are not specialized in the edict.
The way of heaven helps obedience, and the way of human helps trust. What is above the affairs is called righteousness, and what is close to relatives is called benevolence. Sheng Xiaozhang (that is, Sheng Xian), the king, and the power is punished. Cao Cao is a traitor, and the power is close to him...
Most of the famous officials in Jiangdong were well-behaved. Gu, the elders of the old clan of Lu had high positions in the world, and they should repay the morality of the ancestors and make their reputations. And the generals and schools were all good treasures and weapons in our country... If they were happy about the misfortune and were confused and forgotten, they would be protected by the great elegance, and they would be left behind by the ancestors. Suddenly, the peace of the morning sun was so peaceful that they would be willing to break the end of the sweet potato. They would forget the last day, and even if they were to be destroyed, the soldiers were released, and the jade was broken. Even if they wanted to save them, they would not be enough. Therefore, they ordered them to go to buy and recruit titles and reward the entries as the left.
The edict comes to the end and thinks about the words. It is like the edict and the law."
"Wonderful!" Looking at the nearly two thousand words of "Anti-Expression of Sun Quan" in my hand, my mouth raised slightly, and I couldn't help but praise it. My elder brother and Xu Shu fully understood my intention. This anti-Sun manifesto not only quoted classics, but also refuted all the "abus" Sun Quan so far. What's more important is to minimize the attack of our army-the target is only aimed at the Sun clan. As long as the remaining Jiangdong gentry do not follow the Sun clan to resist to the end, they can be forgiven and recruited. Those who take the initiative to cater to our army can also receive the prize gold reward!
In Jiangdong's current internal and external difficulties, this anti-pse proclamation issued by the elder brother, the emperor and general Zuo, as long as it is used properly, the blow to Sun Quan will be extremely heavy. It is no exaggeration to say that this proclamation is worth tens of thousands of troops!
"Yuan Jian, I quickly ordered someone to copy this "Expression of Sun Quan". After the copying, I would post 5 copies in Moling and Taiping each place - one copy in each of the four gates in the city, one copy in the city guards and county governments, so that all the people in the city can see it. At the same time, people will be arranged next to the proclamation to read and explain it to the people. In addition, if there is a school or academy in the city, you can post one copy. If there is a large gentry in the city, you can also send an edict to him!" I handed the proclamation to Liao Hua in my hand to Liao Hua. , in a deep voice, said, "In the future, every city and county of our army will handle this as per the following!" Originally, I had the idea of spreading this manifesto across the six counties in Jiangdong at the fastest speed, but after careful consideration, in order to conceal the news of our army entering Jiangdong, I finally decided to publish the manifesto only in the counties and counties that our army conquered. When the news of our army crossing the river and attacking was known to all the counties in Jiangdong, I would then officially send an edict to various places.
"Yes, General!" Liao Hua stepped forward, took the manifesto with respect and took the letter with both hands, and then stepped out of the conference hall.
"Tread..." With a burst of rapid footsteps, Wei Yan stepped into the conference hall.
"Captain Wen, have the prisoners been separated and disposed of?" I asked Wei Yan with a faint smile. As many as 9,000 prisoners must be classified and disposed of. Those who can be incorporated into the army, and those who cannot be incorporated can only be "released" according to the method implemented in Taiping County. This workload should be quite large and I handed over to Wei Yan to take charge.
"Hehe... I've almost separated, but it's not too late to incorporate and release!" Wei Yan said with a chuckle: "General, I'm here because of another thing!"
"What's the matter?" I asked with a little confusion.
Chapter completed!