"Gong Jin, do you really want to send troops to Jingbei?"

In Wujun, Yangzhou, Sun Ce looked at the old ministers and new generals in the palace, and his expression was a little hesitant.

At this time, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu were both approaching the age of standing, and there was no childishness on their faces, and there was a little scumbag at the corners of their mouths, which made the heroic Sun Ce and the handsome Zhou Yu look a little mature.

Zhou Yu smiled lightly, looked at Sun Ce above the main hall, stepped forward and said, "If you don't send troops to Jingbei, where does the lord want to attack?" ”

"Blessings and misfortunes depend on each other, Jingzhou is an important place for soldiers, so naturally people are indispensable to peep." Sun Ce said in a deep voice: "In that case, why don't you go north, unite with Xiang Ao, and take Cao Cao down." ”

Zhou Yu smiled lightly and said, "For Cao Cao today, the great enemy is Xiang Ao. Cao Cao naturally wanted to get along with the main bus and tried to mediate with Xiang Ao. ”

"Besides, Xiang Ao is now powerful, why does the lord plan to face the Yan Kingdom after eating Cao Cao?"

After Zhou Yu said that, he stopped talking and waited for Sun Ce to think about it himself.

Sun Ce pondered for a long time, raised his head, looked around, and asked in a deep voice, "Do you have any other opinions?" ”

Sun Ce asked, a native of Dongcheng County, Linhuai County (now Dingyuan, Anhui), Lu Su stood up and said to Sun Ce: "My lord, what the governor said is true, at this time Wu is not suitable to start a war with Cao Cao. ”

"Although the country of Wu is now strong, most of the elite divisions are naval troops." Lu Su continued in a deep voice: "If the lord responds to the Yan country, fights against Cao Cao, and divides Yan, Yu, Xu and Qingzhou, he will inevitably meet with the Yan country soldiers at that time, but now the lord can have cavalry or infantry to fight with the Yan country?" ”

"In this way, the lord might as well focus on Jingzhou, take Jingzhou, and try to benefit Zhouzhou."

Hearing this, Sun Ce nodded in agreement.

Zhou Yu bowed again, took the words and continued: "Lord, as Zijing said, taking Jingzhou at this time is the first priority. ”

Sun Ce nodded and asked in a deep voice, "How to plot?" Gong Jin, let's hear it. ”

"Liu Bei has already controlled Yizhou at this time, and if he wants to take Yizhou, I am afraid that he will not be able to disintegrate from the inside." Zhou Yu said confidently: "But at this time, Liu Bei had an idea about Xiliang and sent troops to Xiliang. ”

"But even if Yanguo controls Xiliang for a short time, Liu Bei wants to take Xiliang, I'm afraid it will not be easy."

"The lord can be stationed in Jiangxia! Coerced Nanjun, and then waved his army north to Nanyang to attack Wancheng. Although the west of Luoyang was under the control of Liu Bei and divided Henan with Cao Cao, Liu Bei's control of Henan was almost zero. ”

"As long as the lord captures Nanyang County, Cao Cao will inevitably send troops to Henan, and Henan and Hongnong will be included in it."

"In this way, Cao Cao is still blocked by Cao Cao to the north of the lord, so that the Yan Kingdom cannot reach the lord's power."

"Liu Bei fought in two counties, the naval army was defeated by the lord, and the infantry and cavalry were defeated by the Yan country, and the collapse was only between turning hands."

When Sun Ce heard this, his expression was shocked, and then he was a little worried: "But what if Cao Cao doesn't go west?" ”

"There is a Wuguan north of Nanyang, and it is not so easy for the army of Yan King Xiang Ao to go south." Zhou Yu confidently shook the feather fan in his hand and said firmly: "If Xiang Ao wants to dominate the world, he must first take down Cao Cao, and the lord only needs a few strategies to prevent Cao Cao from dying so quickly." ”

"Even if the main army is invincible to the Yan country, as long as it can divide the Yangtze River and Xiang Ao to the north and south. There were almost no naval troops in Yanguo, and they couldn't cross the Yangtze River for a while. Compared with the Xianbei in the north and the Qiang people in the western Liang, the lord only needs to watch the Nanban in the south, so that he can rest and recuperate, and wait for the opportunity. ”

Zhou Yu said, and without waiting for Sun Ce to make a decision, an old man in the hall walked out of the column and said to Sun Ce: "King Wu thinks twice." ”

"Even if Jingbei is taken, Yizhou still has a dangerous Shu Road to defend, and the grain, grass and money needed to attack Yizhou may drag down the livelihood and finances of Wuwu Guomin." The old man bowed deeply and admonished in a deep voice: "In the opinion of the old minister, the lord only needs to take Jingzhou and block Liu Bei in Yizhou, and there is no need to raise troops and plot against Yizhou." ”

Sun Ce frowned, looked at the old man with some displeasure and said, "What does Mr. Zibu mean by this, persuading this king to ignore the well-being of the people in the world, and see the major princes and princes in troubled times?" ”

Zi Bu is the word, the old man's name is Zhang Zhao, a native of Pengcheng, Xuzhou (now Xuzhou, Jiangsu). During the reign of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, the Yellow Turban Uprising, coupled with the melee of the princes, Zhang Zhao took his ancestors and children to the south to Yangzhou. After Sun Ce handed over Yangzhou to Zhou, he recruited Zhang Zhao as a chief.

Zhang Zhao is both civil and military, not only good at internal affairs, but also extraordinary in military attainments. Now that Sun Ce founded the country, Zhang Zhao was appointed as the prime minister to oversee the political affairs of Wu State.

In Sun Ce's opinion, Zhang Zhao's ability is indeed extraordinary, and he assisted himself in governing Wu State in an orderly manner, but Zhang Zhao's attitude of not fighting made Sun Ce a little helpless. 、

"The old minister doesn't dare!" Zhang Zhao knelt down, prostrate on the ground and said: "What the old minister is going to is for the people under the command of Wu State. It is always the people of the world who suffer when they start a war in vain. ”

"What the prime minister said is extremely true, the soldiers are not stopping, and the people of the world are uneasy." Zhou Yu took over the words and said solemnly to Sun Ce: "The lord has all the faith in the world, so he naturally wants to save the people and the fire. The Central Plains will not be unified for a day, and the people will not be at peace for a day. ”

"The minister asks the lord to think for the people of the world, go south to Jingbei, and west to the territory."

Zhou Yu bowed deeply and glanced at Zhang Zhao casually.

When Zhang Zhao heard this, he stood up, pointed at Zhou Yu, and shouted: "What a junior with a sharp tongue." Together, the people are no longer at peace, do you want King Wu to be spurned by the world? ”

Zhou Yu chuckled, straightened up, smiled faintly, and asked, "That Mr. Zibu thinks that if there was no Emperor of the First Qin, what would be the scene of the Central Plains today?" ”

"The Seven Heroes of the Warring States have been fighting for hundreds of years, didn't the people of the world spend that year in the flames of war? After the first emperor ruled the world, in addition to the border barbarians, there were still wars in the world? ”

"You... You—" Zhang Zhao was speechless, pointing at Zhou Yu's fingers and trembling.

"That's it!" Sun Ce interrupted the two in a deep voice, looked at the group of civil ministers and military generals in the hall, and said lightly: "The strategy is set, send troops to Jingbei, and Yizhou Liu Bei will talk about it later." ”

"No!" Seeing that Sun Ce was a little angry, the generals didn't dare to say more. However, Zhou Yu is not in a hurry, after all, the two grew up together, and the light shining in Sun Ce's eyes let Zhou Yu know what Sun Ce was thinking.

After the court meeting, Sun Ce left Zhou Yu and Lu Su behind.

"Gongjin and Zijing both think that they want to go west to Yizhou?"

Zhou Yu and Lu Su glanced at each other, and then nodded solemnly.

"Then Yuzhou and Xuzhou don't care?"

Zhou Yu smiled lightly and said, "Naturally, you have to take care of it." If Cao Cao was really destroyed by Xiang Ao, the lord could take advantage of the chaos to go north, fish in troubled waters, and bring most of Yuzhou and southern Xuzhou under his rule. ”

"There are many water systems in the Kanto region, which is very conducive to naval warfare." Lu Su took over and said: "If Cao Cao is defeated, the lord can rely on Huaishui to use the line of Xuzhou Xiapi (now Gupi Town, Suining County) and Peiguopei County (now a county under the jurisdiction of Xuzhou City, located in the northwest of Xuzhou City) as a barrier, and confront Yanguo on both sides of the Huai River. ”

"In this way, it will not only increase the strategic depth of Wuwu State, so that the army of Yanguo will not dare to act rashly, but also serve as a springboard for the Lord to go north in the future."

Zhou Yu nodded lightly beside him and said: "Taking Jingbei not only plans for the westward expansion of Yizhou, but also can respond to Yuzhou and resist the army of Yanguo." ”

Sun Ce was slightly happy, and asked indifferently: "Then how to go west to Yizhou, do you have a plan?" ”

Sun Ce's confident tone seemed to have treated Jingbei as a meat-eating mouth, and it was within reach.

Zhou Yu seemed to think the same way, and said with a light smile: "There are no soldiers and horses under the command of the lord who are good at fighting in the mountains for the time being, and if you want to enter Yizhou, you naturally have to take the waterway." ”

"Along the Jiangxi to enter the Qu (qú) forbearance, Gongjiang Prefecture, and attack Ba County?"

Zhou Yu and Lu Su nodded, and Lu Su took over and said: "If you want to take Yizhou as soon as possible, you must take advantage of Liu Bei's Northern Expedition to attack Ba County with lightning speed." ”

Sun Ce's face was solemn, he nodded slightly, and then asked worriedly: "But Liu Bei and Cao Cao have an alliance covenant, if this king's army advances westward, Cao Cao may not sit idly by." ”

"That's nature!" Lu Su chuckled and said, "But don't forget, don't you have an alliance between Lord Wu and Yan Country?" ”

Sun Ce was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then he was overjoyed: "Haha... Fortunately, there are Gongjin and Zijing, otherwise this king would have forgotten about this matter a long time ago. ”

"In this way, Zijing has already planned?"

Lu Su chuckled lightly and said to Sun Ce: "If the lord trusts, Zi Jing is willing to go north to Yanguo and make an envoy for the lord!" ”

Sun Ce stepped forward and patted Lu Su on the shoulder, and said in a deep voice: "In this way, I will work hard." ”

"It is the minister's luck to be able to share the worries of the Lord!" Lu Su said, turned to Zhou Yu and bowed again: "The matter of Jingbei has to work hard Brother Gongjin to share the worries of the lord." ”

"Brother Zijing can rest assured that Yu will live up to his mission!"

Sun Ce laughed again, ordered someone to bring wine, and the three of them drank bitterly.

After the plan was decided, the entire Wu State began to fight hard. Although the people did not know where Sun Ce, the king of Wu, planned to send troops this time, the people, who had enjoyed a stable life for many years, also began to move. Most people don't know people from families, so naturally there is no way to be recommended. Joining the army is the fastest way to get promoted and make a fortune and glorify the lintel.

Although the movements of Wu are not clear, Liu Bei's Nanjun and Cao Cao's Xuzhou are also on guard and ready to be prepared.

Cao Cao, in particular, even sent an envoy to Wu County to find out what Sun Ce was going to do. Although Liu Bei also wanted to know, he didn't plan to explore too much. Even if Sun Ce's purpose in sending troops was not Jingbei, Liu Bei would say that Sun Ce's movements were to go west.

Although Sun Ce didn't do too much to the family, the family also has regional differences. Although Liu Bei's current arrangement is not satisfactory, the territorial family is even more reluctant to have the Kwantung family represented by Sun Ce appear in Yizhou, and divide the already small resources and interests of Yizhou.

Zhou Yu didn't expect that his own suggestions would indirectly help Liu Bei unify Yizhou.