Chapter 236: Pang Tong's Strategy First easy and then difficult

"Hahahaha, Lu Meng's division of troops is imminent, and he no longer has the strength to cross the river to fight, I went to Xiang'an in time, and I have no power to cross the river to change the situation of the war, Shiyuan really won my heart!" Yuan Yao laughed a few times and continued: "Then in Shiyuan's opinion, where should I lead the army? ”

Pang Tong stretched out his hand and pointed on the map, and then said: "In the opinion of the minister, the lord should lead the army to the land of Chaisang to plot Yuzhang County!" ”

"Now there are only two choices in front of the lord, one is to first the north and then the south, first the difficult and then the easy, that is, to send troops to defeat the Jiangdong soldiers and horses in the Dantu area and Wuhu area, and after capturing the land of Danyang County and Wu County, and then take advantage of the situation to sweep the land of Yuzhang County and Huiji County; One is to first go south and then north, first easy and then difficult, that is, first lead the army to defeat the Jiangdong soldiers and horses of Yuzhang County and Huiji County, and then lead the army to capture the land of Danyang County and Wu County. ”

"Choosing the first method, the benefits are obvious, as long as you can quickly defeat the Jiangdong soldiers and horses in the Dantu and Wuhu area, Jiangdong will lose the power to fight back, and then the lord only needs to lead the army south, not only can he easily capture Danyang County and Wu County, but even the two armies of Yuzhang County and Huiji County may be transferred!"

"But if you do this, it is not without harm, after Lu Meng divides the troops, the northern battlefield will turn into a stalemate, Li Siye's troops and horses and the Jiangdong soldiers and horses in the Dantu-Qu'a area confront, here can only be involved and not rash, otherwise the oppression will be too much, let Sun Shao and Sun Quan's two troops and horses unite, General Li's troops and horses are only 20,000, it will be difficult to maintain the current situation, and even cross the river and retreat to Jiujiang County."

"The Jiangdong soldiers and horses under the command of Lu Meng are all strong naval forces, but there are only 10,000 naval troops in the Xiang'an camp of our army, even if the naval army under General Gan Ning is transferred back, there are only 20,000 naval troops, and it will be difficult for our army to defeat the Jiangdong naval army on the Yangtze River; Moreover, if General Gan's naval army is transferred back to Xiang'an, then General Yue's troops and horses will lose the naval barrier, and this matter cannot be done lightly unless it is a last resort! ”

"If this battle is implicated for a long time and the contradictions within the Sun clan are eased, then the land of Jiangdong will become a monolith again, and our army will definitely suffer heavy losses if it wants to attack Jiangdong again; If our army had suffered heavy casualties in the attack on Wu County and Danyang County, and Yuzhang and Huiji counties had won or lost, they would have tried to ally with Liu Biao in Jingzhou, and then our army would inevitably have to spend more energy if they wanted to plot the land of these two counties. ”

"If you choose the second method, you won't!"

"Now that Haiduan Li Shu and Wucheng Sun Wei have raised troops, Yuzhang County and Huiji County have fallen into war, with the combat strength of both of them, this battle will definitely be difficult to end in a short period of time, with the combat power of the Lord's personal guards, it is easy to sweep the land of these two counties when they are in dispute!"

"As long as the lord captures Yuzhang County and Huiji County with lightning speed, he can not only cut off the alliance between Jingxiang Liu Biao and Jiangdong Sun, but also besiege all the Jiangdong soldiers and horses in Danyang County and Wu County, forming a trend of closing the door and fighting dogs, Yuzhang County and Huiji County change hands, and the hearts of the Jiangdong army and the people will be terrified, and then the lord can bring a big victory to sweep the Jiangdong soldiers and horses to sweep the Jiangdong land in one fell swoop!"

"Good! First easy and then difficult, close the door and hit the dog! These sentences summarize incisively, which is very much in line with me! ”

Yuan Yao nodded and smiled, turned his head to look at Liu Ye and Lu Su, and said, "What do the two gentlemen think?" ”

Liu Ye and Lu Su are not fools, after they heard Yuan Yao's praise, they didn't know Yuan Yao's plan yet, Pang Tong's plan may have already been discussed with Yuan Yao, and it was just an explanation to the two of them at this time, and after they heard it, they also felt that this strategy was good.

At this time, whether it is Jiangdong soldiers and horses and princes from all sides of the world, I am afraid that Yuan Yao will lead the army east to the Xiang'an camp, if Yuan Yao's army suddenly appears in Yuzhang County at this time, it will definitely have a surprise effect, maybe a battle can sweep away Yuzhang Taishou Sun Ben and Haiyang County Commander Li Shu's soldiers and horses to capture the land of Yuzhang County!

Liu Ye and Lu Su bowed their hands and said: "Shi Yuan's opinion is really the best policy, and we will second!" ”

"In that case, then send troops according to this strategy!"

After Yuan Yao finished speaking, he looked at Liu Ye and said: "Ziyang, the matter of grain and grass will be handed over to you, Yue Fei and Gan Ning led the army to capture the grain and grass in Pengze City, and I can divert the grain and grass in Chaisang City for my own use, you only need to supply the grain and grass of Zhang Xutuo and Huang Zhong of the Middle Route Army and Li Siye of the North Route Army in time!" ”

Liu Ye bowed down and said: "The minister will live up to the trust of the lord when he receives the order!" ”

After telling Liu Ye to play, Yuan Yao continued to look at Lu Su and ordered: "Zijing, you lead a group of soldiers and horses to the Xiang'an camp early tomorrow morning under the banner of me and the pro-guard army, and I will sacrifice wine with you as a military advisor of the Middle Route Army, and the safety of the Xiang'an camp will be handed over to you!" ”

Although Lu Su felt a little sorry in his heart for not being able to send troops with Yuan Yao, after hearing Yuan Yao's arrangements for him, Lu Su was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly stepped forward to bow and said: "No, the minister will live up to the trust of the lord when he receives his orders!! ”

"Shiyuan, you will follow me out of the city tonight, let the guards outside the city get ready, and set up troops to secretly go to Chaisan tonight!"

When Pang Tong heard this, he stepped forward and bowed: "No, the minister has an order, and this will be notified!" ”

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Xuzhou, Guangling County, Sheyang City, Taishoufu.

Guangling Taishou Chen Deng led the Guangling County civil and military general Cheng Yu into the mansion, after everyone had a banquet, Chen Deng and Cheng Yu came to the study, Chen Deng asked cautiously and tentatively: "Zhong Degong, I don't know what the prime minister has to tell the lower officials?" ”

Cheng Yu looked at Chen Deng's cautious demeanor, snorted coldly, and said, "Hmph! Chen Yuanlong, you Guangling Chen are really bold, do you think that the prime minister is a person who can be bullied??? ”

When Chen Deng heard Cheng Yu's words, he was suddenly shocked in his heart, it was broken, could it be that the prime minister already knew that the assassination of Sun Ce was done by me and the Jiangdong clan?

However, Chen Deng is also a person who has seen big scenes, and has assisted several generations of monarchs such as Tao Qian, Liu Bei, Lu Bu and Cao Cao and has stood tall!!

Although Chen Deng was panicked in his heart, his face did not change at all, and he asked indifferently: "I don't know why Zhong Degong said this?" Could it be that the lower officials did something badly? I also hope that Zhong Degong will give advice! ”

Cheng Yu saw that Chen Deng couldn't die without the Yellow River, and asked with a sneer, "What?" Could it be that the assassination of Sun Ce was not done by your Guangling Chen clan to contact the Jiangdong Shi clan and the rest of Yan Baihu? ”