Chapter 470: Jiangdong Polemic
Chai Sang, when Zhou Yu came out of Sun Quan's camp, his face was a little gloomy.
"Gong Jin! Walking! Lu Su caught up from behind and stopped Zhou Yu and said, "Gong Jin, the lord is hesitating now, also because Chen Mo is powerful, Jingzhou won the battle, if Chen Mo can't be restrained at this time, after he annexes Shuzhong, can our army survive alone?" ”
"I know that, but the East China Sea Master definitely exists!" Zhou Yu looked at Lu Su and frowned, "In this battle, our army is full of land and water, and I don't mention whether we can capture Jingxiang, but if the East China Sea Division is killed from the rear, the land of Wuhui will be lost, and at that time, I am afraid that our army will also follow in Liu Bei's footsteps!" ”
"Gong Jin, how do you know for sure that the Ming army really has an East China Sea division? Our army has sent people to the East China Sea and even the Bohai Sea to investigate many times, but there is no trace of the sailors. Lu Su frowned and said, when Zhou Yu was concerned about this matter, Sun Quan was also worried, and he secretly sent many people to investigate, but the so-called East China Sea Master had never seen it.
"Grain and grass transportation!" Zhou Yu frowned and said, "Although it is impossible to determine where the Ming army's naval division is, but at the beginning, there was a large amount of grain and grass in the Qingzhou area, and later it seemed that our army was investigating, and it should be a change of place, but from the original scale of grain and grass, the East China Sea division was at least 50,000, and it is not known whether it has increased over the years, but ninety percent of this naval division exists." ”
Lu Su frowned slightly when he heard this, if it were a different person, Lu Su would naturally not believe it, but now the person who said this is Zhou Yu, and he believes that Zhou Yu will not be untargeted.
"But our army also has garrisons in Danyang and Qu'a, even if the Ming army has a naval division, it will only be a few years after it has been an army, how can it compete with our Jiangdong naval division?" Lu Su was relieved, the land battle Jiangdong may not be as good as the Ming army, but if you talk about water warfare, Jiangdong claims to be the second, and no one in this world dares to call it the first, you have to explain that the military training for a few years The navy can compete with Jiangdong on the river, not only Lu Su does not believe it, Sun Quan probably thinks so.
"Chen Mo will never fight a battle that he is not sure of, this time our army took the initiative to provoke? Chen Mo will definitely focus on guarding? His sailors may not be as elite as the main force of our army, but those who remain in the counties are all county soldiers? Did you really meet the Ming Army's sailors going south? I'm afraid ......" At the end, Zhou Yu sighed.
"Now the Manchu Dynasty is unwilling to fight this battle? The lord is now trying to gather heavy troops against public opinion, and Gong Jin has these concerns? Should I also talk to the lord in private? Why do you have to say this in public? Lu Su thought about it and felt that what Zhou Yu said was not unreasonable, but Zhou Yu paid attention to these problems on weekdays, why was it abnormal this time?
"How did I not know? But although the lord has a magnanimous personality? But once you've made up your mind, you rarely look back? This time, I also had no choice but to unite the ministers and persuade the lord to give up the idea of fighting with all his might, I won the battle in Jiangdong, and in a few months? Chen Mo will be able to gather an army of 200,000 again, but if he is defeated? My Jiangdong will be greatly injured, not to mention being swept away by that Chen Mo taking the opportunity? But in the next few years, we can only watch that Chen Mo annex Shu land step by step? Looking at Jiangdong? Can you block it now? But if it takes a few more years, it may not be able to stop the Ming army from crossing the river. Zhou Yu sighed.
That's right, the current Zhou Yu is a little anxious, since the news of the fall of Jiangling, Zhou Yu has been caught in this anxiety, now Jiangdong can still block Chen Mo from crossing the river, but Zhou Yu does not guarantee that it can be blocked in five years or ten years, Chen Mo's power is too large now, and in terms of governance in various places, the Central Plains has been completely recovered by Chen Mo under the various divisions and blows of Chen Mo, compared to Jiangdong, the current Chen Mo is already a behemoth that is difficult to shake, this expedition, in addition to the decisive battle with Chen Mo, I also hope to help Liu Bei, so that Liu Bei can have more time to plan Shudi, as long as Liu Bei occupies Shudi, Jiangdong and Bashu join forces, and they can still compete with the Ming army, if only Jiangdong or Liu Bei are left, then the general trend of the world is a foregone conclusion!
Chen Mo has paid attention to the cultivation of people's livelihood since Guanzhong, although it was difficult in the early stage, but the more it goes, the smoother it is, it is about the foundation of the industry, Chen Mo whether in the process of fighting Yuan Shao or Cao Cao to seize the Central Plains, have shown a strong stamina, now Chen Mo, Zhou Yu estimates that this kind of 200,000-scale war, even if it is fought for three or five years, will not hurt Chen Mo's foundation, but Jiangdong can not afford it, so this time with Chen Mo, Zhou Yu suggested leaving some soldiers and horses to guard against Chen Mo's two-sided attack.
Alas~
Zhou Yu sighed and left directly.
Lu Su looked at Zhou Yu's back, recalling what Zhou Yu said before, this Yangtze River is the last barrier to stop Chen Mo, Zhou Yu's approach may not be right, in the face of Chen Mo, with Jiangdong's current family background, if he doesn't do his best, I'm afraid he won't even have the qualifications to fight with Chen Mo, but before the results come out, who can say wrong?
In the final analysis, they have missed the best opportunity to argue with Chen Mo, Liu Bei and Sun Quan have also calculated and dragged each other in recent years, so that both sides have not been able to get Shu, so it seems that it is better to let Liu Cong succeed to the throne of Chu back then.
Dragon Trapped Shoal! Jiangdong and Jingzhou are such small places, but they are trapped by two true dragons.
Back in the lobby, the heated discussion continued, Jiangdong and the ministers expressed their opinions, for this time to take the initiative to provoke the Ming army, Zhang Zhao, Yu Xuan, for this move feel that Sun Quan is not very rational, no one came to provoke you, but you took the initiative to provoke others, isn't this a long life?
But don't these people really know that even if Chen Mo doesn't come to fight now, after others recuperate for a period of time, the offensive will be more fierce again.
Maybe it's not that I don't know, but many people here have begun to seek a way out for themselves, right?
Thinking of this, Lu Su sighed, the situation is like this, maybe what these people are worried about is not the demise of the Jiangdong Imperial Court at all, but what kind of benefits they can take this opportunity to seek for themselves.
"Shhh
Lu Su glanced at the Jiangdong ministers who were red-faced, and after thinking about it, he got up and went to the back hall.
"County Lord, what's the matter?" Lu Su came to the other party and said with a wry smile.
"I heard there's another war?" The person who came was Sun Quan's sister, Sun Shangxiang, the small county lord of Jiangdong.
"What does it have to do with you?" Lu Su was a little speechless, this little county lord of Jiangdong didn't say anything about his appearance, but he was not a good woman with a sword, and his personality was ...... It's not bad, but it's quite different from the virtuous women in most people's perceptions, and now they're over twenty years old, but no one still wants to marry, it's really ...... Lu Su and Zhou Yu are all anxious for her.
As Sun Quan's confidant, Lu Su was not very afraid of this little county lord, but when he saw her inquiring like this, he had a little headache.
"Chen Mo?" Sun Shangxiang's eyes lit up and said.
"Hmm...... Well? What do you want to do? Lu Su nodded, then looked at her vigilantly and said, "Don't mess around, your tricks are useless in front of such characters, no, don't run around casually, you're going to fight, now that the ferries have been blocked, don't run around." ”
"Don't worry~" Sun Shangxiang nodded obediently, "It won't be messed around." ”
"Then you'd better mess around." Lu Su stretched out his hand to support his forehead, "I have discussed with the lord and promised you to the Lu family, the Lu family agreed with great difficulty, you must not scare people away again." ”
Sun Shangxiang's face was a little dark when she heard this, this girl got married, and asked him to marry!?
"It's going on, don't let anyone else see it, reputation!" Lu Su waved his hand, signaling Sun Shangxiang to stay cool, turned around and returned to the main hall, and continued to watch these people fight.
But in his heart, he was thinking about how to talk to Sun Quan for a while, Zhou Yu's worries were not unreasonable, he believed in Zhou Yu's judgment, since Zhou Yu said that there was a sailor on the army's side, then there must be.
A group of ministers argued for a long time without a result, and finally broke up unhappily.
It wasn't until everyone left that Sun Quan rubbed his temples with a headache, looked at Lu Su and said, "Zijing, what did Gongjin say?" ”
"The lord knows?" Lu Su knelt down at the position of Sun Quan's hand and asked with a smile.
"Gong Jin rarely speaks like this, and when he says it like this at this time, most of them are really anxious." Sun Quan nodded.
"The lord is wise." Lu Su said with a smile, "Gong Jin is sure that the Ming army has a naval division, at least 70,000 naval troops, no matter what the combat strength is, once our army will mobilize all the elite to fight with the Ming army, this naval army can cause great trouble to the rear of our army no matter where it comes from, Gong Jin is also worried that our army is not prepared, and the rear is forced by the Ming army, so the rhetoric is more intense." ”
"How did I not know?" Sun Quan nodded and said, "However, Zijing has also seen the current situation, if you can't win a battle, this Jiangdong people's heart, I'm afraid they will have to cross the river first!" ”
Although now everyone is only talking about the question of war or not to fight, how many people have actually moved the mind of surrendering? Lu Su didn't dare to think about it, in the final analysis, these Jiangdong officials were all for their own interests, and how many people cared about what would happen to Sun Quan in the future?
"Then the matter of the rear ......," Lu Su asked, looking at Sun Quan.
"I have ordered He Qi and Quan Cong to be responsible for garrisoning Qu'a and Danyang, and the soldiers and horses are also used to suppress the soldiers of Shanyue, which can be regarded as elite, and there are also some surrendered Shanyue soldiers and horses, there are 50,000 people, with these soldiers and horses, even if there is really a Ming army and sailors, it is enough to deal with it, right?" Sun Quan said with some uncertainty.
"Just if you keep Jiangdong, it should be enough." Lu Su nodded, 50,000 elite soldiers, with the help of the terrain, it should be enough to block the Ming army's water division.
"As for the battle of Jingzhou, you still need to worry about Gongjin." Sun Quan sighed, in fact, he wanted to personally command this battle, but he also knew that in the face of an opponent like Chen Mo, he, who had never been on the battlefield, might not be able to defeat him, so he still handed over the command to Zhou Yu.
"The lord is wise!"