After Liu Bei defeated Ma Chao, he won over the Yizhou scholars, overthrew the policies of the Liu Yan period, and vigorously appointed talents in central Shu to win the hearts of the people. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info Suddenly, the central Shu region was much more stable, commerce and trade were prosperous, and Liu Bei wanted to crusade against Liu Zhang, who was the emperor.

However, because Nanzhong was full of miasma, and most of the local residents were attached to Liu Zhang, they did not welcome Liu Bei's arrival, and Liu Bei was met with heavy resistance, so he had to withdraw from the army, and the task of conquest of Liu Zhang was temporarily shelved.

However, although Liu Zhang was helpless, Pang Tong persuaded: "Since ancient times, the emperor did not conquer remote areas, Gaozu conquered the Huns, and almost lost his life to the enemy. Now it is difficult for the lord to recruit Liu Zhang, so he can only make friends with him, and when the world is unified, he will find a decision. ”

Liu Bei obeyed it, and sent an envoy to reconcile with Liu Zhang, Liu Zhang also knew that he could not anger Liu Bei too much, so he gave back ivory and pearls to Nanzhong to show his sincerity, and the two families have since stopped fighting and did not express it.

However, Liu Bei did not crusade against Liu Zhang, but someone suffered a secret loss, and that was Sun Ce. This dignified little overlord has hit a wall everywhere since he took power, although he has governed Jiangdong well, but he can't even beat a small Jiangxia under Huang Zu, and he can't help but say that he is aggrieved. This can't defeat Jiangxia, and it can't defeat Jingbei, so Sun Ce sent Zhou Yu to Jiaozhou to crusade against Shixie.

Who knows that he has not been issued for long before the order has been issued, Shi Xie and Liu Zhang both proclaimed themselves emperors and formed an alliance. Sun Ce thought to himself that now he had a reason to crusade against Shi Xie, right? But he didn't expect that the terrain in the south was dangerous, full of miasma, and covered with dense forests, and his army was attacked by the combined forces of Shixie and Liu Zhang before they arrived in Hepu, and they returned defeated.

Before Liu Bei crusaded against Liu Zhang, Sun Ce was still able to take a breath and attack the South China Sea in one go; But as soon as Liu Bei and Liu Zhang repaired it, Sun Ce's trouble came instantly. The dignified little overlord is everywhere here, quite aggrieved.

Seeing that he had no place to attack, Sun Ce was furious, and finally pointed his troops at Jiangling under Liu Bei.

Because Liu Bei moved most of his main forces to Yizhou, there were fewer troops stationed in Jingnan, and it was Liu Pan, a subordinate of Liu Biao, who guarded Jiangling; After Liu Bei took Yizhou, he sent Huo Jun, who was good at defense, back to Jiangling to assist Liu Pan.

However, this attack on Jiangling was the joint efforts of Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, and they had the intention of taking Jingnan in one go. There are many elites in Jiangdong, although they have lost a lot because of Sun Quan's death, but they are still not to be underestimated.

On this day, Sun Ce convened the generals to discuss the situation and explained the situation at the moment: "Now we have gone north along the river, and Wuchang is not far away, which is under the jurisdiction of Cao Cao, and the person who guards the town is Xun Gang's confidant and favorite general. But if I want to go down to Ulin and become a general, I will pass through this road, I don't know what your opinion is? ”

There were Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang, Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Lu Meng and others under the account, everyone knew that if Liu Bei could not unite, he must break through, Liu Bei and Sun Ce could only leave one, so they had a chance to attack Cao Cao, so they made a lot of efforts.

Lu Su said: "In the new world, although I don't know how Xun Gang is a person, but I heard that the lord was under Xun Gang, and he has an old relationship, if he passes by, can Xun Gang agree?" ”

Zhou Yu shook his head and said: "Zi Jing's words are too risky, we all know that Liu Bei faked his way to destroy Wenpin, get rid of Wenpin, and take Jiangling." Now although it is true that we are borrowing, Xun Gang may not believe it. What's more, Nanjun is an important military town, how could he Xun Gang give it to others? ”

Everyone nodded yes, but Xun Gang couldn't pass this pass, and taking Jiangling was completely empty talk.

"Liu Bei is still in Yizhou at the moment, and he is negligent in guarding against us, if he knows that we are stationed here and are interested in Nanjun, he will lose everything!" Cheng Pu reminded.

Huang Gai said in a hurry: "Just rush directly through Wuchang and kill the damn!" We have tens of thousands of elite soldiers, and Xun Gang and his troops can defend it on foot! ”

Zhou Yu smiled bitterly, how could this Jiangxia say that he could fight? If we had been able to defeat Jiangxia earlier, would we still have to discuss the attack on Jiangling here?

"Why don't I wait for me to take Changsha and Guiyang counties by land first, and then go north from Dongting and take Jiangling?"

This is Lu Su's strategy, although it is indeed a good strategy, but it was still vetoed by Zhou Yu: "This will be a surprise to the snake, if you can't take Jiangling, this plan is feasible, but if you control Jiangling, then the four counties of Jingnan can also be plotted!" We don't plan to use this plan unless we have to. ”

"This won't work, that's not good, Gongjin, you have a good idea!"

Seeing the general's urging, Zhou Yu could only smile bitterly and turn his head to look at Sun Ce; Suddenly, Sun Ce spoke: "Ziming, I see that you are thoughtful, do you have any good plans?" ”

When everyone heard this, they all set their eyes on Lu Meng at the bottom; This person used to be a fierce general, and after Lu Su and Zhou Yu were on demand, he closed his door, read poetry and books, and became a Confucian general. It's just that since then, it hasn't been reused.

Lu Meng bowed down and said: "I do have a plan below, but I don't know if it is feasible or not......

Sun Ce said with a smile: "It's all my own family here, if you have any plans, you might as well tell them, even if you can't do it, you can throw bricks and lead the way!" ”

Lu Meng came out of the queue and arched his hand and said: "I heard that Xun Gang governed Jingbei and sought a lot of benefits for merchants from all over the world, and even merchants entered the city, they could stay for free and try cargo ships for free, and if the goods sold by merchants were legal, the tax rate could even be reduced by thirty percent, so it seems that why don't we disguise ourselves as merchants and spend Jiangxia in disguise?" ”

Everyone sighed lightly, and became interested in it instantly, and Zhou Yu's face also changed slightly, letting Lu Meng continue.

"I named it for this plan: 'Crossing the River in White Clothes', and divided the whole army into several batches, all of whom spent Jiangxia in the name of merchants, and all the soldiers of our army marched to Xiakou to converge, and then took Wulin in one go, and entered Jiangling, so that the gods did not know it, and they would definitely take Jiangling!"

After Zhou Yu analyzed the week slightly, he said affirmatively: "This plan is feasible!" ”

But Lu Su shook his head and said: "Didn't Gong Jin forget, it is only necessary to send at least 10,000 soldiers and horses to attack Jiangling, can you let all 10,000 soldiers and horses disguise themselves as merchants?" So unconscionable! ”

Lu Meng smiled: "I plan to divide my Jiangdong soldiers into ten batches, each batch of 1,000 people, to spend here on the grounds of slave trade; Although there is no law against the slave trade, even if it violates morality, most of those guards will turn a blind eye, so the plan can be achieved! ”

"Ziming is far-sighted, and our army has added another general!" Zhou Yu said happily, but in a blink of an eye, there was another question: "But Ziming, I have been stationed here for a long time, although Jiangling may not have received the news, but Jiangxia Nachang must have begun to deploy troops to defend." The scale of this operation is so large, how to respond? ”

"So...... It depends on whether the lord and General Zhou trust it! ”

Sun Ce smiled: "Ziming, but it doesn't hurt to say it!" ”

Lu Meng said: "Xun Gang's subordinates are afraid of the only one who is afraid of the lord and General Zhou, if General Zhou pretends to be sick and entrusts the affairs of the governor to a person who has no reputation, Xun Gang's soldiers and horses will inevitably be sluggish, then our army will have a chance!" ”

"The man who has no reputation...... Afraid it's you? Sun Ce laughed.

"The subordinates don't dare!"

Changing commanders before the battle, such a bold idea, the enemy army must not have imagined that this is a ploy; If such a strategy is used, I am afraid that it will not be difficult to take Jiangxia. It's just that their target now is Jiangling, so they have to endure the pain and put Jiangxia aside first.

Since it is a strategy, the movement must be big, Zhou Yu first pretended to disagree with Sun Ce, and both sides refused to back down, Zhou Yu was so angry that he vomited blood and was sick in bed. Sun Ce deliberately looked childish again, and appointed Lu Meng, who had the same opinion as him but was not famous. Because Sun Ce has not made a name for himself so far, the Jiangxia defenders are afraid of only Zhou Yu, and now Zhou Yu is ill, and the Jiangxia defenders are negligent in defense.

The crossing of the river in white clothes is about to begin.