Chapter 498: Plotting to Pacify Jiangdong (27)

Yuzhang was besieged by Qin Xu's army but not attacked, and the army was in critical condition. On the contrary, the two generations of generals of the Sun family, the old and new generations, who were already incompatible, rarely had the opportunity to get together to discuss countermeasures, and if Sun Ce, who was not here at the moment, saw it, he didn't know whether to be happy or worried.

Zhou Yu, as the highest decision-maker of Yuzhang appointed by Sun Ce, and the support of the old lady Mrs. Wu, after learning the news of Qin Xu's military arrival, the core generals of the generals, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang and a number of generals of the Sun family, made an appointment to the mansion. Zhou Yu's original intention was to take this opportunity to persuade the veterans to put aside their prejudices and jointly resist Qin Xu's troops and hold the city until Sun Ce returned. Unexpectedly, before he could say a word, he was stabbed by Cheng Puhan's words. If it weren't for Huang Gai, Sun He and others trying their best to say that they were together, and thinking that these two veterans also had the gains and losses of their own army, Zhou Yu would have the urge to pick on him in an instant. When Cheng Pu once again proposed to go out of the city to fight a decisive battle with Qin Xu, and Han Dang and even Huang Gai on the side were a little moved, Zhou Yu had no choice but to "use the past to satirize the present", and took Sun Ce to fight for nearly 1,000 miles in a row in just over a month, resisting Yan Baihu's army ten times larger than himself at that time, and successfully captured the two counties of Wu County and Huiji, in an attempt to persuade this gang of veterans of the Sun family who had a tendon in their brains and only thought about their own happiness.

"Yan Baihu used the troops improperly at the beginning, and the soldiers of our army used their lives, of course, plus Gong Jin, you have repeatedly made strange plans to raid the city when the rear of the Yan thief was empty, and drove Yan Baihu out, isn't this what everyone present has experienced?" Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and others were exchanged for jade seals by Sun Ce. also personally experienced the battle that swept through Jiangdong like a storm and lightning and prompted Sun Ce to become famous. Hearing Zhou Yu ask at this moment, several veterans and the generals of the Sun clan glanced at each other. In the end, Huang Gai asked.

"Huh! Yan Baihu spanned two counties that year, proclaimed himself the king of Eastern Wude, and had nearly 30,000 armored bandits, and only used them to defend against the thieves of our army in Wu County, there were 10,000 people. And there is a strong city with high walls and thick walls in Wu County to rely on, don't you think that all the soldiers of our army are heavenly soldiers? Zhou Yu listened to Huang Gai's question, and a little smile appeared on his pale face. said: "Moreover, Huiji County was the rear area that the strict thieves worked hard to manage at that time, and there were nearly 20,000 thieves and soldiers who were stubbornly defended, and the relationship between the forces of all parties was extremely delicate by the strict thieves. It is not an exaggeration to call it impregnable. And after our army won Wu County at that time, there were less than a thousand soldiers who divided the troops to attack, and the old general also experienced that battle, didn't he notice that something was wrong? ”

"This ...... Could it be that it is ...... "Huang Gai also experienced Sun Ce's crusade against Jiangdong. I don't think about it on weekdays, and I don't feel anything. The young master of his own family is heroic. The force is extremely high, when fighting with Yan Baihu, Huang Gai and others have seen with their own eyes that Sun Ce must be the first in every battle, and he is always the first to rush into the enemy formation, and the soldiers who kill the thieves are in turmoil. It can even be said that the wind is falling, even Yan Baihu's two main cities. In fact, it didn't take much effort to be welcomed into the city by the wealthy families and local forces in the city who were intimidated by Sun Ce's might, and finally won the title of a little overlord in Jiangdong.

Wait a minute! Huang Gai finally understood what Zhou Yu wanted to express. Oh, yes! Even if Yan Baihu was unpopular at that time, he would never appear twice in a row, either the big families in the city led their soldiers to create chaos, or the local powerful forces, and even Yan Baihu's last killer weapon finally chose a good bird and a tree to perch, which was extremely correct in the eyes of the generals of the Sun family. The generals of the Sun family, who were easy to beat, really didn't think about why. It is only generally attributed to Sun Ce's more and more accumulated prestige. But now that I think about it, Wu Jun is okay to say. After all, Wu County is an old place where the old Sun family has lived for hundreds of years, and the connections of the Sun family and a group of people are much richer than Yan Baihu, who is just a salt thief, so Wu County was easily captured, and the past can be explained. But Huiji County is different. There are many different races in Huiji County, which has always been reluctant to approach the Central Plains, and it is precisely because of this that Yan Baihu, who can handle the relationship with various ethnic groups, has been smoothed down by means and operated as the most stable rear, but unexpectedly, when Sun Ce's army came to Huiji City, it was even more successful than Wu County to defeat Yan Baihu's army, which had been confused by the sudden change, and successfully expelled Yan's troops into Huiji. Now that I think about it, there are really too many things that don't make sense. Therefore, when Zhou Yu talked about it again at this moment, he successfully attracted everyone's attention.

Right now, it's already Qin Xu's army coming to the city. Everyone will not think that it is this time, Zhou Yu still has the heart to talk about the ancients, and there must be a reason for talking about this matter this time. Therefore, even Cheng Pu, who looked at Zhou Yu the most, closed his mouth, smacked his mouth, and waited to listen to Zhou Yu's next words.

"Actually, it's very simple!" Zhou Yu covered his mouth with a handkerchief and coughed a few times, was stroked by the scholar a few times, stood strongly, and said: "The lord was born in Wu County, and his family has been respected by the people for generations, so it is not unusual to have righteous people to help. But what kind of situation is that Huiji County, I believe that you seniors also know everything, and there is nothing to hide now, at that time, the reason why Huiji was able to be led by the lord to meet the tens of thousands of thieves with a force of 800 is actually to have the help of other friends, so that they can get it so quickly. Can you guess who is helping us? ”

"Could it be...... Yamagoe people? As a member of the Sun clan, Sun He is the son of the Sun clan who Sun Ce trusts the most and entrusts him to take part of the military power, so he opened his mouth to ask as soon as Zhou Yu's voice fell.

"Not bad! And by coincidence! Speaking of which, you may not believe it, it is the Shanyue Xindu Sect that lent the way to the Qin thief this time! Zhou Yu was very satisfied with the expressions of Huang Gai Sunhe and others in the field, coughed twice and said: "We used Houli to make sense of the high priest who was sent to Yan Baihu by the barbarian king of the new capital at that time, and was the elder of the clan at this time, so that the Shanyue people and our army made an internal agreement, when Yan Baihu was tempted by the lord, and saw that our army had few soldiers at that time and led the troops out of the city to meet the battle, creating chaos in the city, when Yan Baihu was still proud, I don't know, Huiji has been obtained for our army. And that Yan Baihu didn't know the art of war, and our army used several tricks to make him mistakenly think that our army had a large number of troops. Only then did he lead his army to flee. After the thief knew the truth, it was too late. ”

"What is Gong Jin's intention when he talks about these old things?" Han Dang is a rough man. There is no need for Cheng Pu to be quite wise, although it is indeed a very cool thing to listen to Zhou Yu repeat the glorious days of the beginning, but now is not the time, Qin Xu's soldiers are on the side, Sun Ce has not returned for a long time, and Han Dang, who is anxious, said a little impatiently.

"Gong Jin, do you mean that Yan Baihu fled from Yuzhang in a hurry that day. It is very likely that we will follow the example of our army that day, but in fact, there are still followers left in the city? Han Dang's words did not cause a response from everyone present, and Cheng Pu was speechless and thoughtful. Sun He's face showed a little panicked, and in the end, Huang Gai first relieved himself from his thoughts, and asked in a hesitant whisper.

"Why can't it be?" Zhou Yu did not reply directly to Huang Gai's words, but asked rhetorically and said: "Yan Baihu is an old thief after all. is also a heroic figure who once dominated the southeast corner. Although he has fallen so far, there are still more than 10,000 thieves who sacrifice their lives to accompany him, and this old thief still has the ruthlessness to easily give up the military strength to protect his life, what else can't he do? ”

"Brother Gongjin, it's all blame for believing in that Yan Baihu!" Zhou Yu has said everything about this. Everyone didn't understand what Zhou Yu meant, so it was not easy to say, and Sun He, who had "let go" Yan Baihu with Sun Jing, said with a guilty face. Huang Gai on the side also blushed.

"Humph! Presumably, the civil strife in Yuzhang some time ago must have come from the hands of this TNND King of Eastern Wude! So-and-so led his troops to patrol the city. But if there is a slight abnormality, it will be killed! It was Huang Gai who spoke. Sun He's attitude was very "correct" to admit his mistakes, but Huang Gai couldn't pull his face down. You must know that although in the end, when Sun Ce and Zhou Yu returned to the army, it was Sun He and Sun Jing who let Yan Baihu go, but when Yuzhang's guards were in turmoil, it was Huang Gai who insisted on using Yan Baihu, and even arranged for the "Yan Da Loyal Minister" of Sun's military strength that he recognized at that time to be placed in the defensive circle of his own lord's family, and now he thinks about Huang Gai in a cold sweat. If Yan Baihu suddenly attacked at that time, regardless of success or not, with Yan Baihu's ferocity, it would be impossible to say that the old Sun family would really break their roots in Sun Ce's generation. Therefore, this time Zhou Yu explained the matter clearly, but it made Huang Gai feel ashamed and angry.

"Not busy!" Zhou Yu smiled at Huang Gai, and after seeing Han Dangcheng Pu also show a deeply appreciative expression, he said lightly: "There is no need for this to be like this!" All you need to do is order the soldiers to guard the cities and vital places, and not show their faces, and the other generals to keep their duties. It is expected that tonight at the latest, the Qin thief will inevitably move, and then it will be necessary to use the courage of the generals to cut off the Qin thief's back hand, according to the solidity of the Yu Chapter, guard and wait for help, and earnestly return a complete Yu Chapter to Bo Fu is the right reason! ”

"Just according to Gongjin!" Huang Gai has always been a generous character, seeing that Zhou Yu came up with a decision, even if he agreed, and Han Dang Chengpu, who was listening to Zhou Yu's explanation and refutation, did not say anything else, which was temporarily put aside from the unhappiness in his heart, and acquiesced to Zhou Yu's deployment this time.

The sky gradually darkened, and Zhou Yu's house was lit with a few butter waxes early. In addition to Huang Gai and Cheng Pu, who went to supervise the deployment of troops to defend important places such as Sun Ce's mansion and Hyogo's baggage camp in the city, Han Dang and Sun He stayed here on standby, and Sun Jing, who was always ready to inspect the four gates, sent a signal, and led his troops to quell the rebellion. It's just that I don't know what Qin Xu outside the city thinks, Ming Ming has already led an army of 30,000 at noon to besiege Yuzhang County, let alone start a war, and even a person who stepped forward to call for battle has never seen it. It's as if the troops led by someone Qin came here not to capture Yuzhang but to come for a spring outing.

However, Zhou Yu and the others did not dare to slack off at all, and even in order to prevent the night attack of Qin, who still has a reputation for not losing a single battle, they also specially arranged three shifts of defense sections, and planted pine oil torches along the high wall, illuminating the Yuzhang city and the nearby three or five miles as if it were daylight. But who expected that until midnight, there was not the slightest movement of Qin Xu's army, which had been encamped.

At this moment, even Zhou Yu, who thought that he must have figured out Qin Xu's road this time, couldn't help but be a little shaken in his mind because of the lessons of the previous car. (To be continued......)