Jiujiang County; Shou Chun; Left General's Mansion.

Hanzuo general Yuan Shu looked at Jiangdong Yutu with a tangled look, he has been hesitant recently, when he learned that Jingzhou's 100,000 troops invaded Jiangdong, he wanted to lead his troops to recruit in person, but Yuan Yao won the first battle on the water, destroying the enemy's forty ships, which made Yuan Shu temporarily patient.

However, recently Yuan Shu got the news that Tai Shici was attacked and Yuan Yao lost on land, and this news was not reported by Yuan Yao, but mentioned by Liu Xun when he asked for orders to expand the naval army again, which made Yuan Shu think that Yuan Yao reported good news and not bad news, so he put down his heart for a short time and raised it again.

The so-called concern is chaos, whether it is the importance of Jiangdong or the importance of the only son, it makes Yuan Shu unable to face this battle with a normal heart, and this battle is the biggest battle he has faced alone in his life.

Before, it was the matter of Yuan Shu's family to discuss Dong Fei, and the purpose of that battle was not war, but political needs, everyone was just putting on a show, except for Cao Cao and Sun Jian, the other princes did not plan to fight well.

Because Liu Bei had just arrived in Xuzhou, his strength was limited, so the scale was not large.

And this time, Yuan Shu has to face the veteran prince who has controlled Jingzhou for six years - Liu Biao.

It was the fledgling Yuan Yao who commanded this battle......

Although Yuan Yao has made great progress than before, the growth of people cannot be achieved overnight, and Yuan Shu agreed that he would lead the troops to the expedition as a last resort, and the cultivation of successors in troubled times cannot always be under his wings, and Jiangdong Liu Xuan, Xu Gong, Yan Baihu, Wang Lang and others are good objects to train their sons! But Jingzhou is not the same, Liu Xian's strength is even stronger than Yuan Shu.

In terms of volume, Jingzhou is larger than Yangzhou, where Yuan Shu is located. Before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the last time the Han Dynasty counted the population, Jingzhou was 6.28 million, while Yangzhou was 4.33 million, and Liu Biao controlled the entire seven counties of Jingzhou, and Yuan Shu only controlled half of Yangzhou.

In terms of control, Liu Biao has been in charge of Jingzhou for six years, and before the world was in chaos, the Han Navy had always been stationed here; And Yuan Yao's Eastern Army has only been in army for half a year, and it is not the opponent of the entire Jingzhou in terms of quantity and quality.

Even Yuan Shu himself was not sure about a big battle of this scale, not to mention his son who had never been very competitive, so after getting the news of the defeat on land, he wanted to go out to replace Yuan Yao in person......

Just when Yuan Shu was hesitating, two people came in from outside the hall, one of whom was Shi Yanghong, the head of General Zuo's mansion; The other person is the new Jiujiang Taishou Zhou Shang.

Yuan Shu saw the two of them coming, first gave up his seat, and then went straight to the point: "I said that the two of you came to ask your opinion for the matter of Jiangdong - not long after Wu'er entered Jiangdong, Jingzhou raised 100,000 land and water to march into Yuzhang!" The Eastern Army has only been in the army for a few months, and the naval army is only a few months, so I am afraid that it is not the opponent of Jingzhou, what is the countermeasure for the two of them? ”

The two people in the hall didn't speak first when they heard this, and after Yang Hong peeked at Zhou Shang, he said to Yuan Shu with some meaning: "Zhou Fujun's family has a good history, or there is a good plan." ”

Zhou Shang is a member of the Lujiang family, and in recent months, he has suddenly become very active, and suddenly became one of Yuan Shu's close ministers, and Yuan Shu even handed over the position of Jiujiang Taishou to Zhou Shang, which made Yang Hong feel that his status was threatened.

Yuan Shu's base camp Shouchun is in Jiujiang County, and Jiujiang Taishou has always been Yuan Shu's own possession, and the rights were naturally shared by Yang Hong, who is a long history, but now that he is given to Zhou Shang, there is nothing to do with Yang Hong, which makes his authority lose a lot.

Zhou Shang's family background is prominent, the last two generations have produced two three dukes, much stronger than Yang Hong's family, in front of Yuan Shu, a prince who is very heavily born, Yang Hong feels that his long history is within reach, so he always ponders to find an opportunity to hit Zhou Shang.

At this time, he led the conversation to Zhou Shang, naturally uneasy and kind.

Zhou Shang heard that Yang Hong had bad intentions, but it was not easy to shirk, so he said to Yuan Shuli: "The minister thinks that the matter of Jiangdong is very reasonable, and it is better to send reinforcements as soon as possible." ”

Yuan Shu just wanted to nod when he heard this, but was robbed by Yang Hong: "Zhou Fujun's words are wrong......

Yang Hong asked Zhou Shang to speak first is to prepare to deny, no matter what he said, "Zhou Fujun knows that Cao Cao in Yanzhou has 200,000 troops, and has recovered from the war with Lu Bu, our army Shouchun garrison is only 120,000, which is not as good as the other party, if you send troops to Jiangdong again, how to deter Xiaoxiao peep!" ”

When Yuan Shu was in Nanyang, he fought a battle with Cao Cao for control of Yuzhou, and the final result was that Cao Cao occupied Yingchuan County, Yuzhou, and Yuan Shu controlled Yuan's hometown Runan County, Yuzhou.

As for the remaining states of Chen, Pei, Liang, and Lu in Yuzhou, they were all clan feudal states, and the political environment was relatively complicated, and both sides did not intervene in them, but became a buffer zone for the two forces.

Nanyang County belongs to Jingzhou, so Yuan Shu and Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao have a dirty relationship, and now the adjacent Yingchuan has a strong enemy, Yuan Shu is afraid of being attacked, so he moved to Shouchun in the east of Runan, and the strategy has also changed to attack Yangzhou.

History evaluates this war as Yuan Shu's defeat to Cao Cao and his escape to Shouchun, but he himself does not think so......

"Although Cao Cao is strong, he has discord with Xuzhou Lu Bu and Xiaopei Liu Bei, if he re-enters Yuzhou and borders our army in an all-round way, wouldn't he be asking for trouble and stupid? Yang Changshi is too worried! Zhou Shang smiled and mocked Yang Hongdao.

Accused of Sang scolding Huai, Yang Hong's face was gloomy, "Lu Bu Xinzhi Xuzhou will recruit troops and buy horses, and treacherously make peace with Liu Bei, this kind of chaos must rely on the army to deter, at this time, if the troops are transferred to Jiangdong, less will be useless, more will be empty in Shouchun, will definitely attract a group of wolves to attack, not only can not save Jiangdong, I am afraid that Huainan will not be guaranteed, Zhou Fujun is not thoughtful." ”

Zhou Shang said with a smile: "Yang Changshi's words are wrong, Lu Bu and Liu Bei's alliance is defending Cao Cao, not our army, at this time, while they are holding each other back, it is the time for our army to use troops, if we can take Jiangdong as soon as possible, we will have a stable rear, and then we will have more confidence to fight for the Central Plains." ”

Yang Hong said with contempt on his face: "Zhou Fujun said it easily, do you know that our army still has a lot of food and grass left, and the previous attack on Guangling has consumed a lot, and then he supported Gongzi 500,000 Hu, how can there be food to send out an army again?" ”

"Yang Changshi is too conservative, we are not the only one who is short of food in the world, when Cao Cao and Lu Bu fought for Yanzhou, because there was no food, they all gave the soldiers human breast ......" Speaking of this, Zhou Shang said with some ill intentions, "As for the problem of food and grass for our army, I believe that there must be a way to solve the political affairs in Prime Minister Yang Changshi's palace." ”

"You...... No matter how much I can't conjure food out of thin air, you're just making trouble! Yang Hong was choked by Zhou Shang with a big red face, and he was annoyed and angry for a while, "The son is playing well in Jiangdong, why do you need us to interfere, you need to know that changing the commander in battle is a taboo for soldiers!" ”

Zhou Shang sneered: "The prince is just twenty years old, and it is the first time to lead the army, this battle must be weak and strong, so that it is difficult for the strong to command, or the lord himself can ensure that nothing goes wrong, otherwise if there is a mistake, the responsibility of Jiangdong is small and the heir is lost...... Can Yang Changshi dare to bear it? ”

"You...... Inexplicably wonderful! Yang Hongqi trembled.

"Okay, okay, you two don't have to quarrel!" Yuan Shu was hesitant for a while, but seeing that the more the two of them talked, the more they didn't talk, he hurriedly interjected to stop talking......

At this time, the guards came to report: "Lord Qi, Lord Yan's book has arrived." ”

"Quick!" Yuan Shu rubbed his temples and sighed.

Soon, the chief bookkeeper Yan Xiang came to the hall, "Enlighten the lord, good news from Jiangdong!" ”

"Oh? Good news? Good news represents a good thing, Yuan Shu, who had a headache, was shocked when he heard this, and his spirit suddenly improved a lot, and he couldn't help but hurriedly say, "Master Yan's book is coming quickly!" ”

Yan Xiang has always been calm, paying attention to nourishing qi, and has always adhered to the fact that Mount Tai collapsed in front of him without changing his face, but at this time, he couldn't help but say excitedly: "Lord Qiqi, our army has won a great victory in the battle of Jiangdong!" Gongzi personally led the navy to break Cai Mao on the Yangtze River and annihilate the Jingzhou navy! ”

There was silence in the lobby of the "......" for a moment, and the fallen leaves could be heard.

"You...... You...... What did you say? Yuan Shu was dumbfounded, and subconsciously stood up and stepped on the case without knowing it......