Chapter 653: The Central Plains Battle
"Your Majesty, don't hesitate any longer at this time!" Dongwu, above the royal court, Lu Xun, who was already over fifty years old, looked at Sun Quan and said in a deep voice: "If Cao Wei is defeated, can I Jiangdong'an be spared?" ”
Sun Quan hesitated: "But Bo Yan also said that Pang Tong deliberately went to the Lujiang River, just to induce us to send troops, and now if I want to send troops, wouldn't it be in line with the meaning of Pang Tong?" ”
Sun Quan's hesitation is naturally reasonable, now Jiangdong, there are only three counties left, and they can't stand the toss, if they really send troops this time, it is good to win, but if they are defeated, Jiangdong will have no peace.
"We can not be the enemy of the Han army for the time being, but we must send troops!" Lu Xun looked at Sun Quan and said: "Our army can be stationed in Guangling to threaten the rear of the Han army from the flank, but if we don't send troops, it will be defeated by the Han Dynasty in Japan, and the king will also have room for maneuver!" ”
"But Guangling also belongs to Cao Wei!" Sun Quan frowned.
"You can ask Sima Zhao to be a messenger and ask to give up Guangling!" Lu Xun said in a deep voice.
Now that Cao Shuang's army is being attacked by Pang Tong and Liu Cheng, Xuzhou can't take care of it at all, and he can't defend it, and Pang Tongtong has not cleaned up Xuzhou, although there is a reason why he doesn't want to disperse his troops, why not use Xuzhou to lure Jiangdong to send troops? At this time, he asked Cao Wei to ask for Guangling, and Lu Xun believed that Sima Yi would definitely give it, so that he would not spend a single soldier to take Guangling, and at the same time he could contain Pang Tong's soldiers and horses, so that Cao Shuang had a chance to breathe.
Just like Liu Bei captured Jingzhou back then, now Dongwu has not clashed head-on with the Han Dynasty, no matter how it is calculated, it is all taking advantage, and after taking Xuzhou, he can also unite with Cao Wei to attack the Han Dynasty.
It's just that with the topography of Xuzhou, I am afraid that I can't hold it, Lu Xun's plan is to get its population, but not to occupy its land, with the population of Xuzhou, you can enrich the three counties of Jiangdong, and at the same time, the new Yizhou can also be further developed, and when the time comes, it is really invincible, and you can retreat to Yizhou.
"Your Majesty!" Zhuge Ke came out of the ranks, bowed down and said: "Yizhou is lonely overseas, our army has a way to retreat, now if you let go, although the Han army is strong, but with our dynasty and Cao Wei as the enemy, may not be able to win, even if it fails, our army also has a way to retreat, the battle of Neihuang is enough to prove that the Han army is not invincible, as long as the land is good to use, it may not be able to turn the tide!" ”
After Sun Quan was silent for a moment, he looked at the Manchu Dynasty and suddenly smiled bitterly: "But I don't know who can be the general?" ”
Over the years, Dongwu has been defeated twice in the hands of the Han Dynasty, the first time, lost Jiang Qin, Zhou Tai and other awards, the former veteran Huang Gai, Gan Ning, Cheng Pu and others have also left, Guan Yu led the army downstream, not only let Jiangdong lose most of the land, at the same time Zhu Ran, Ling Tong, Ding Feng, Pan Zhang and other generals died a batch, now Jiangdong, even if you want to fight, but those fierce generals are basically gone, who else can be a general now?
"Xu Sheng, He Qi, and Zhu Yi can all be generals!" Lu Xun bowed and said.
These three people can be regarded as the only remaining generals in Jiangdong today.
"That's it!" Sun Quan sighed, in fact, Sun Quan, who is now nearly sixty years old, has lost the hard work of his youth, especially now that the Han Dynasty is getting stronger and stronger, which makes Sun Quan feel a little disheartened, but now that the ministers are fighting, Sima Zhao has been running between Jiangdong celebrities every day during this time in Jiangdong, and has persuaded a large number of Jiangdong celebrities, which can be regarded as unity.
"In this case, Lu Xun is the governor, Xu Sheng, He Qi, and Zhu Yi are the generals, leading 30,000 troops, and leaving the town of Guangling!" Sun Quan finally made a decision.
30,000 soldiers and horses, for Sun Quan is already the Ji County he can take out, since Guan Yu and Zhang Fei beat the three counties and lost the three counties, but also to the Han for several years, Jiangdong both the economy and the people's livelihood, have withered, now can take out 30,000 horses to participate in the war, it is not easy, want more, Sun Quan can't take it out at all.
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Shouchun, Pangtong Daying.
Now Cao Shuang is being attacked by Pang Tong and Liu Cheng on both sides, and Wei Yan in the rear is constantly harassing the grain road out of nowhere, Cao Shuang controls the oil 200,000 army, but now he is forced by Pang Tong and Liu Cheng to hide in Ruyin, not daring to fight, seeing Pang Tong and Liu Cheng constantly compressing his living space but there is no way.
"Governor!" Guan Ping walked in and saluted Pang Tongyi: "There is news from the rear, Sun Quan took Lu Xun as the governor of Eastern Wu, and commanded 30,000 soldiers and horses by waterway in the Guangling area, but he did not attack our army. ”
"Guangling?" When Pang Tong heard this, he glanced at the sand table, shook his head and laughed: "It's a good calculation!" ”
"What do you mean by that?" Guan Ping looked at Pang Tongdao puzzled.
"Now that Lu Xun is in the rear of our army, I have to be careful, I can't strangle Cao Shuang with all my strength, even if I rush to help Cao Shuang, if his army is defeated, he can naturally fall into the ground, but even if our army wins, Jiangdong can also take this opportunity to occupy Xuzhou, they did not make a move against our army, our army is now mainly focused on destroying Cao Wei, and we are unable to distract others." Pang Tong explained with a smile.
Advance can be attacked, retreated, and defended, Lu Xun's hand has been invincible!
"And what should our army do?" Guan Ping looked at Pang Tongdao.
"How?" Pang Tong smacked his lips and said: "This is the most difficult thing to do, if Dongwu directly swings his troops and Cao Shuang to attack back and forth, Jiangxia and Yuzhang's soldiers and horses will immediately directly attack Wujun, Danyang and Huiji, but now...... The teacher is nameless! ”
Since Pang Tong dared to expose the rear to Dongwu, he naturally made a comprehensive plan, as long as Dongwu made a move, the Jiangxia naval army, Yuzhang's army would immediately attack, but now although they are attacking, they are attacking Cao Wei's territory, at least on the surface, they have no offense with Han Junqiu, and they still help them nominally.
But the uncomfortable thing is that Lu Xun is here, even if he has no intention of attacking, Pang Tong can't ignore it, this Lu Xun, no wonder he was able to block the offensive of the Han in that situation, and he really had some means.
Guan Ping frowned, and was a little helpless about this situation for a while.
"In this way, you immediately send someone to find Wei Yan and inform Wei Yan to wait for the opportunity to capture Qian County, if my expectations are right, the grain and grass of the Wei army are probably there." Pang Tong sneered.
Since there is nothing wrong with Dongwu, let's go all out to destroy Cao Shuang first.
"How does the Governor know?" Guan Ping was surprised.
"Wen Chang has been attacking the grain road in the rear for so long, and it is not calculated to intercept and burn the grain and grass, but Cao Shuang is not in a hurry at all, the grain and grass must not be far from here, although Cao Shuang used a trick, but the most suitable place to store grain is probably Qian County!" Pang Tong said with a smile.
"This is the end!" Guan Ping's eyes lit up, and after bowing to Pang Tong, he turned around and retired.
Looking at Guan Ping's departing back, Pang Tong groped his chin and smiled: "Zixin, that little guy, I'm afraid it's also counted, right?" Come on, pass General Zhang Bao over! ”
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Qiutou, Liu Cheng's camp.
"Zixin, are you looking for me?" Guan Xing came in from outside the door and smiled at Liu Cheng.
"Hmm." Liu Cheng nodded and said: "Lu Xun has already sent troops, it is difficult for the governor to fight the enemy with all his strength, if it is delayed any longer, I am afraid that there will be variables, I want to solve the war as soon as possible." ”
Guan Xing nodded, and then said with a wry smile: "Then Cao Shuang is not incompetent, our army's strength is not as good as the other party, if it is a strong attack, without the cooperation of the governor, it will be difficult to eat Cao Shuang alone!" ”
They fought all the way, and the troops were stationed in various places, plus the battle damage, and now there are about 50,000 soldiers and horses in their hands, and it is not easy to eat Cao Shuang's 200,000 army alone.
"No need to attack!" Liu Cheng shook his head, looked at the map and said, "This is the route map of Cao Shuang's transportation volume over the past few days!" ”
I saw a lot of lines densely outlined on the map, Cao Shuang set up a suspicious array in order to prevent being robbed of grain, so that people didn't know that the grain transportation team was real, Guan Xing looked at the dense lines and had a big head, I don't understand why Liu Cheng drew these things, is there a rule to follow?
"This ...... What can be seen? Guan Xing didn't want to expose the facts he didn't understand, so he could only ask.
"Yes." Liu Cheng marked the cities and said: "Although the route is different every time, and there is General Wei Yan in the rear, but Cao Shuang's grain and grass have never been lacking, indicating that not far from here, there should be a sufficient supply of grain and grass, then these lines are obviously the old and suspicious array, the remaining lines, basically from Chen Guo and Qian County, if in Chen State, we can take it, although the most dangerous place is the safest place, but Cao Shuang did not have such courage, so I concluded that the grain and grass should be in the territory of Qian County!" ”
Guan Xing looked at Guan Xing with some consternation, can you see this? Do you want to think about it again?
"Among these routes in Qiaojun, these are all fake, the detour is too far, and according to the ruts measured by the scouts, there is no real thing, only here is ......" Liu Cheng pointed to a place and said: "The most suitable, the same rut is also far deeper than other routes." ”
Guan Xing looked at Liu Cheng speechlessly, saying so much, in fact, the most fundamental thing is the rut, right?
"City Father?" Looking at this place, Guan Xing nodded and said, "What does that letter want me to do?" ”
"I want my brother to personally lead the troops and burn the grain and grass of the Wei army!" Liu Cheng looked at Guan Xing and said, "If it can be successful, Cao Shuang's 200,000 army can be destroyed overnight!" ”
"The last general commands!" Guan Xing seriously flashed a look of excitement.