Chapter 123: Boarding the Thief Ship
Only silence can be maintained!
Zhang Xiu thinks that what he did is not wrong, you Sun Ce and Sun Bofu can aspire to the world, but I Zhang Xiu and Zhang Wenjin can't have the ambition to swallow the world?
He didn't lie to Zhou Yu, never from beginning to end.
When he jumped into the water to recruit Zhou Yu, Zhang Xiu did not hide from Zhou Yu that he had the same ambition for the world as Sun Ce. was able to successfully pull Zhou Yu's heart to himself, but also because Zhang Xiu recommended the objective conditions between Huainan and Jiangdong at present, Huainan, where the family was suppressed to annihilation, is easier to realize the dream of conquering the world than Jiangdong, where the powerful family is deeply rooted!
So Zhou Yu came, and with the longing for the world, Zhou Gongjin came.
It can be said that before today, the forces of Huainan and Jiangdong were able to make close friends so quickly, and quickly formed an alliance to attack Jingzhou together, among which Zhou Yu made an irreplaceable force!
Even to a certain extent, it is precisely because of Zhou Yu, a close friend who builds bridges in the middle, is full of wit and wisdom but attaches great importance to love and righteousness, that he decided to raise troops to the west with the strength of the whole country when Jiangdong is only basically stable!
This can also be regarded as a kind of trust, Sun Ce's trust in Zhou Yu. This kind of trust is fortunate to be carried by the piggyback of Aiwu and Wu. However, Sun Ce was really gullible this time. It's right to trust Zhou Yu's character, but for Zhang Xiu, who intends to transform people like Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, he really shouldn't be trusted, and he can't be incidental.
Yes, Zhang Xiu does not deny that he took advantage of the unruly relationship between Zhou Yu and Sun Ce. But Zhang Xiu had a clear conscience, because he never took the initiative to ask Zhou Yu to do anything for him to secretly attack Jiangdong. Constantly coordinating and bringing the relationship between Huainan and Jiangdong closer was done by Zhou Yu spontaneously.
It's no wonder that Zhou Yu, objectively, this year's Zhou Dadu Governor is only twenty-three years old, and he has not yet formed the extraordinary vision and courage that he had ten years later, and dared to compare with the down-and-out Liu Beijun Alliance in the Red Cliff War.
At this age, Zhou Yu is still in a stage where he is looking forward to being a young talent in the Quartet. Even if he already has a certain amount of vision, he can see that Yuan Shu is not a long-term person. But in fact, many people can see that Yuan Shu cannot last long, and it can be said that anyone who has a little analysis of the situation in the world can see the declining trend of Yuan Shu.
Therefore, it is not Zhou Yu's fault that Zhang Xiu's strategic purpose was not seen in a short period of time.
Here I have to say that Zhou Yu has the same personality traits as Sun Ce in some aspects. Dare to love and hate, have a distinct personality, and attach importance to affection. The difference is that Sun Ce likes martial arts and often expresses his emotions in a drastic way. And Zhou Yu prefers to be elegant, although joy, anger, sorrow and happiness are also colorful, but he will not vent them in a violent way like Sun Ce.
Therefore, what we see at this moment is Zhou Gongjin who looks angry and remorseful!
Zhang Xiu knew in his heart that Zhou Yu was worried about whether Sun Ce's western expedition would be attacked by Zhang Xiujun and Liu Biaojun's conspiracy! Zhou Yu was angry that Zhang Xiu was too utilitarian and realistic.
regrets how he made the choice to follow Zhang Xiu and give up Sun Ce, the friend of the general horn; I hate that I am not mature and stable enough, and I hate myself for being too idealistic. In terms of Zhang Xiu's ability to successfully deceive Sun Ce into forming an alliance and making a surprise attack on Jiangdong, Zhou Yu hated himself for being the most important but the most undeserving person.
But the facts have been created, and all Zhou Yu can do by himself is to smash the bottle and smash the bowl to vent his anger and remorse. Plus a cold face to Zhang Xiu!
As for turning his face with Zhang Xiu, Zhou Yu didn't think about it. But Zhou Yu was still able to stand behind Zhang Xiu today, but it already showed his helplessness and powerlessness.
Compared with Zhou Yu, who had mixed emotions, his friend Lu Su over there was shocked at first when he learned of the plan to attack Jiangdong, but he was only shocked. After the horror, there was calm, and under the peace, an inexplicable emotion came to my heart!
If you want to become a king, you should do it!
Zhang Liao's 40,000 soldiers and horses boarded the ship at Poyang Lake Port. It's just that it's not its own sailor boat, but the Hebei fleet, which has been fully controlled.
Zhang Xiu himself also left the Lujiang River, where his 80,000 troops were still stationed, after all, the southern expedition to Jiangdong was a big matter, relying on only one Zhang Wenyuan, the battle array was more than enough to attack the city and pull out the village, and it was really not enough to stabilize and maintain the stability of the entire Jiangdong!
At this moment, Niu Zhu is still stationed with 10,000 soldiers of Zhang Liaobu, led by Zhang Xiu himself, as a mobile force, ready to press the front line at any time to destroy any hard stubble.
As for the follow-up landing force, Zhang Xiu can only say that there is no more. The 40,000 main elite soldiers fighting in Jiangdong is already the limit of what Zhang Xiu can do at present. If there is another army of soldiers and horses, then only half of the army will be left in the entire Huainan, and if there is a little chaos, it will be the old nest will be ended, and then it will cause the end of total annihilation!
But 40,000 soldiers and horses are enough. There were also 80,000 soldiers of Ji Ling and Zhang Xun stationed on the Xunyang side, facing off against Sun Wu's main force across the river. It is not realistic to launch an offensive across the river, but it is enough to have a delaying effect.
Let's talk about the generals and advisers who accompanied Zhang Xiu to Jiangdong in the south.
The four generals Hu Che'er, Zhou Cang, Li Feng, and Cao Xing are indispensable. In addition, Zhang Xiu also has an extra fierce general who is skilled in bows and horses, and that is Donglai Tai Shici!
At this point, we can uncover another important reason why Zhang Xiu quickly recruited Tai Shici like lightning.
As mentioned earlier, when Zhang Xiu went to see Sun Ce, he showed him the documents of Liu Xuan's illness and death sent by Yuzhang County to the court of Xudu. This provoked Sun Ce's desire to lead his troops westward to take Yuzhang County. On the other side, Zhang Xiu also showed the document to Tai Shi Ci, who had been Liu Xian's personal general for a long time, and Tai Shi Ci naturally recognized it at a glance that the document was Liu Xiang's private seal and the official seal of Yangzhou Thorn History.
Now that Liu Miao is dead, the only remaining subordinate relationship and fellow villagers between Tai Shici and Liu Miao can disappear. This is one of the reasons why Tai Shici decided to surrender to Zhang Xiu! And another important reason is that Zhang Xiu took the initiative to promise to take Tai Shici to attack Sun Ce!
It can be said that in addition to Jia Xu and Guo Jia, who analyzed Zhang Xiu's imminent southern expedition through his super insight ability, Tai Shici is the third person besides Zhang Xiu to learn about Zhang Xiu's plan to "conquer Jingzhou and secretly cross Jiangdong"!
As a party to the Battle of Shenting, Tai Shici has always been very aggrieved. That time, with his own force, coupled with Liu Xuan's sound main force, he could have killed Sun Ce, a young tiger, and he could have captured him alive at worst. But Liu Miao's indecision made Tai Shici a great disappointment. Tai Shici, who was unwilling to give up the opportunity, fought by himself, but he had a draw with Sun Ce.
Originally, it would have been a draw, but who knew that after Liu Miao learned that Lao Wo was ended, he didn't think about counterattacking to recapture Qu'a Chongdi, or breaking Sun Ce's inferior soldiers and horses head-on, so he actually chose to flee without a fight!
So the battle of the Divine Pavilion that should not have been lost was lost, and it was completely lost. Tai Shi Ci, as Liu Xuan's general, naturally won the name of defeat in the battle with Sun Ce, how can this make Donglai Tai Shi Ci, who has not been defeated since his debut and almost single-handedly solved the siege of Beihai, swallow this breath!
On the way to escape, Tai Shici was still loyal and dutiful, protecting Liu Xuan's retreat. But seeing that a large part of Liu Xuan's uncombative soldiers surrendered directly under Sun Ce's leniency policy, and was chased and killed by Sun Cefang on the road, Liu Miao did not fight a hard battle, and directly lost the strength to fight for Jiangdong!
How can Tai Shici, who has seen Liu Xuan's ability, be willing? This goods is not as good as Beihai Taishou Kong Rong, Kong Rong faces more than 100,000 Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army under the command of Guan Hai, and only a few thousand county soldiers can hold on to the city, you have tens of thousands of horses, but you always flee without a fight!
The disheartened Tai Shici stopped fleeing with Liu Miao halfway, gathered some stragglers, occupied Jing County, and set up a banner to resist Sun Ce. In this issue, Tai Shici gained the favor of Zu Xun, the marshal of Jing County, who had a vendetta against Sun, and contacted the Shanyue tribesmen who were hostile to Sun Ce. On the other hand, he recruited and trained troops in Jing County, the purpose of which was to continue to fight against Sun Ce.
And Zhang Xiu, it was at this time that he grasped Tai Shi Ci's unwilling and unyielding character, and caught Tai Shi Ci's desire to compete with Sun Ce in terms of force to prove his desire to win! Similarly, I also saw Tai Shici's strong expectations in terms of making contributions!
In history, Sun Ce defeated Tai Shici and used his wisdom and courage to convince him. And now, Zhang Xiu only needs to enlighten him with the news of Liu Xuan's illness and death, and then promise him a duel with Sun Ce to induce him, and he can receive a fierce general.
This can actually be regarded as Zhang Xiu's living study and application in psychology. Because in Tai Shi Ci's heart, the biggest knot lies in Sun Ce. Therefore, Zhang Xiu only needs to induce a little to lead Tai Shi Ci's heart knot into the main contradiction between himself and Sun Ce that he is about to come, and then he can naturally accept Tai Shi Ci for his own use!
Achieving the effect of letting Tai Shi Ci get on the thief ship is what Zhang Xiu wants, even if Sun Ce dies because of an "accident" later, but since Tai Shi Ci has joined Zhang Xiu's camp, he naturally wants to make contributions to Zhang Xiu's camp. What's more, Zhang Xiu thought that he would not let Tai Shici feel similar to the disappointment brought to him by Kong Rong and Liu Xuan!
In terms of ministers, Zhang Xiu brought Jia Xu, Dr. Jia, Guo Jia, Guo Fengxiao, and the old and the young with him. After all, this is a battle to annex the entire Jiangdong, and the stakes are too big, and there are too many trade-offs to make, and the ideas of scheming poisoners and young and mature ghosts will undoubtedly reduce a lot of trouble.
What the? You said that Guo Jia has not returned to Zhang Xiu? It doesn't matter, what Zhang Xiu needs at the moment is only Guo Jia's surplus value, just Guo Jia's surplus value! As for who Guo Jiaxin wants and who he likes, Zhang Xiu doesn't care and doesn't want to care.
Anyway, Zhang embroidered the old man Jia. Although when it comes to seeking the country and the army, Jia Xu may not be able to squeeze into the top three in the three countries with many talents, but there must be the top ten. But when it comes to scheming, if Jia Xu says that he is second, only Sima Yi in the entire Three Kingdoms dares to go up and shout. And you have to wait for decades, after all, the current Sima Yi is still a suave swinger brother.
So many times, Zhang Xiu is very glad that he has such an old man who has no ambitions, but has all aspects of ability and vision by his side. As for Guo Jia, no matter how ghostly you are, you are just a weak scholar now, and you are still obediently squeezed out of the value of labor in front of my old man.
The poisonous man and the ghost talent walked together in Jiangdong, which naturally greatly increased the probability of Zhang Xiu's southern expedition to the first battle. It's just that in this way, the 80,000 troops of Zhang Xiujun's garrison on the Lujiang River have no possibility of enterprising. Because another top strategist, Chen Gong, needs to stay in Shouchun and assist Gao Shun to sit at the Huainan Gate. Then there is only one Lujiang Taishou Liu Ye left on the side of Lujiang Jiling and Zhang Xun to support.
Although Liu Ye is also resourceful, strictly speaking, Liu Ye is not Zhang Xiu's subordinate until now. Therefore, Liu Ye can help Ji Ling and Zhang Xunbu in Lujiang at most, but he can't help Zhang Xiujun to fight in Lujiang!
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