Chapter 487: The Battle of the Route

Zhu Jun was stationed in Zhongmu for a period of time last year, and he was a little impressed by the climatic characteristics of this area, but he was not as sensitive as Guo Jia. He has been fighting for many years, and he has also had the experience of fighting in Jiaozhou, and he has a personal feeling of the harm of the rainy season. As soon as Zhang Hongyi reminded him, he immediately realized the seriousness of the situation, and hurriedly asked Wen Yun to send people to inform the battalions to get ready, especially a large number of bamboo and wood rafts. It is much more convenient to have bamboo rafts and rafts, and he ordered people to prepare a large amount of firewood to boil water and prepare medicinal herbs to deal with gastrointestinal diseases caused by floods.

Sun Ce seized the opportunity to move to camp. He was originally on the west bank of the Wandering Canal, but now he was going to move to the west of Junyi City. Guo Jia was well prepared, the terrain survey was very detailed, and the fifty ships allocated by Zhu Jun were smoothly transferred to the chasm. Fortunately, these ships are not building ships, otherwise they really can't be lifted.

Of course, Gong Du was responsible for these hard work, most of the soldiers under his command were farmers, and they were very good at doing these jobs, even better than Sun Ce expected, and they didn't need Sun Ce to worry about it at all, Gong Du successfully completed the task.

Sun Ce stood on a dirt slope and watched Gong Du command the ship to transport the ship, feeling happy.

"General, do you know what this place is?" Guo Jia stomped his feet and asked with a smile.

Sun Ce shook his head and looked at Zhang Hong. "Mr. Zigang, being idle is also idle, let's talk about the ancients."

Zhang Hong smiled. Junyi was originally the city of Zheng Guo Cangcheng, and later occupied by the Wei State, King Wei Hui built the Liang City here, led the river water into the garden, dug the chasm, and even led the river Huai, creating a career, and the Liang became a famous city in the East. At that time, the Wei State was strong, and the envoys came and went, and there were many stories. Mencius saw that King Hui of Liang was here, and Sun Bin, the ancestor of your Sun family, was framed by his senior brother Pang Juan and almost died here. But I really don't know which story has anything to do with this mound, so I'd better ask Bonghyo to tell it. ”

Guo Jia smiled and said nothing. Sun Ce saw him selling Guanzi and arched him with his shoulders. "Say, don't be a scholar in front of your husband."

Guo Jia turned and pointed to the southeast. "Mr. hasn't been to Daliang, so he may not know so much, but what happened to Fengze, Mr. must know."

Zhang Hong sighed, also a little surprised. "This is actually the place where King Wei Hui led the princes to Zhou Tianzi?"

Guo Jia smiled and nodded. "I've heard it too."

Sun Ce looked dazed. What do you mean, bullying the illiterate?

Zhang Hong said with a smile: "General, the first to dominate after the three families were divided into Jin was the Wei State, but the Wei State was too sharp, and it was attacked by Qin Qi on both sides, and it failed to deal with the relationship between the two allies of Han and Zhao, and fought on all sides, and the national strength declined. After King Wei Hui ascended the throne, he had to move the capital from Anyi to Daliang, and launched a series of alliances, and finally the princes of the Fengze Assembly, and the Son of Heaven in this place, respected the king and hegemony, so he cut Qi and forced the King of Qi to swear an oath with Wei here. Feng Xiao must have hoped that the general would follow the example of King Wei Hui to respect the Son of Heaven and dominate the world. Bonghyo, am I right? ”

Guo Jia said with a smile: "Mr. Bo Gu is familiar with the present, and what he says is naturally reasonable. ”

"But when I listen to Feng Xiao's words, it seems that there is still an unfinished meaning."

"Yes, sir, there is something unfinished."

Zhang Hong sighed lightly, and stopped talking. Guo Jia squinted at Zhang Hong, his eyes narrow. Seeing this, Pang Tong smiled and said, "Mr. Fengxiao, I think you misunderstood what Mr. Zigang meant." ”

"Oh, Shiyuan, tell me about it."

"Mr. Zigang and you have the same goal, no different, but he hopes to follow the general trend and not rush to success. Although King Wei Hui forced the Qi Kingdom to ally here, didn't he still lose later? Defeated by Qi in the east, humiliated by Qi in the south, lost to Qin in the west, defeated by Guiling and defeated by Maling, Wei was in a slump from then on. If he hadn't been so blindly fighting on all sides and exhausted his national strength, why wouldn't he be here? ”

Guo Jia touched Pang Tong's head. "Shi Yuan has been making rapid progress recently. Mr. Zizuna, what do you say? ”

Zhang Hong smiled and nodded. "Shiyuan has really been making rapid progress lately. When I see him, I feel like I'm getting old. ”

Guo Jia hurriedly shook his head. "Sir, I don't mean that."

"It doesn't matter, you and I are both strategists, and it is normal to disagree with each other. General Mingrui, he knows how to choose, I'll just say it. ”

The two looked at each other and smiled.

Sun Ce also smiled, but the smile was a little bitter. These are human spirits, if you want to control them well, you really can't be careless for a while, maybe people will be unhappy when they will leave. Fortunately, Zhang Hong and Guo Jia are really just different priorities, and there is no difference in principle, otherwise they would not have cooperated, let alone made such a joke.

Generally speaking, he still tends to listen to Zhang Hong's opinions on this grand strategy, and Guo Jiaming is aware of everything, but he is too eager to make meritorious contributions, and there is a possibility of making rash advances. Zhang Hong is a bit conservative, but he is not pedantic, he just doesn't want to be too anxious, his edge is too exposed, he is besieged by all sides like Wei, exhausted, and finally exhausted his national strength.

Although the country is big, the belligerent will die, this is not an empty word, and none of the soldiers will end well.

When they were using the past as a metaphor for the present and discussing the strategy, Gong Du had already transported all fifty ships to the shore of the chasm and sent someone to inform Sun Ce that he could cross the water. Considering such a big movement, it is impossible not to see it on the other side, there will definitely be a confrontation when crossing the river, and it is necessary to send capable men and horses to seize the beachhead, Sun Ce did not intend to hand over this task to Gong Du from the beginning, his subordinates are still some distance away from the real elite, and it is not worth it to fight rashly.

Many generals like to use the old and weak soldiers as cannon fodder, consuming the opponent's arrows and morale, and finally using the elite to decide the victory. Of course, this makes sense, those who are weak in combat are eliminated, and the rest are strong. But Sun Ce didn't like it, he would rather directly eliminate those weak ones and let them go to Tuntian, rather than use them as cannon fodder. This may be the kindness of a woman, and it is against the lesson of not being in charge of the army, but he just can't be so cold-blooded.

"Go and invite King Chen." Sun Ce said to Chen Zhi.

Chen Zhi answered, turned on his horse, and galloped away with a dozen knights.

As Sun Ce expected, not long after Chen Zhi left, the figure of a knight appeared on the other side of the chasm, and more and more foot soldiers appeared on the opposite bank. Sun Ce rode his horse to the shore and found that Cao Ang was on the other side, which coincided with the information that Zhang Chao had conveyed to him. There were three people around Cao Ang, a scribe in a Confucian robe, and two generals in armor, which should be Chen Gong, Cao Ren, and Wei Zhen.

Sun Ce raised his voice and said, "Cao Zixiu, don't come to harm?" We're meeting again, don't follow your father's example, and leave without a fight. ”

Cao Ang was embarrassed and looked back at Cao Ren, who nodded encouragingly. Cao Ang mustered up his courage and said loudly: "General Sun, this time you will definitely accompany you to the end, regardless of victory or defeat, and never give up!" ”

Sun Ce laughed and said: "Very good, courage is commendable, it is not in vain that I will promote you as a Maocai." It's too hard to talk at such a distance, so why don't you and I take a boat and say something considerate in the chasm? ”