The 48th Round: The Dictatorship of the Tri-Service Conference
There are a lot of bad habits in the barracks, which has a lot to do with the lack of clear overall planning before, Sun Wu personally trained soldiers and rectified military discipline after taking office.
Feng Jin and Yuwen Cheng didn't wait for their injuries to be completely healed, and Sun Wu gave them one order after another. The major lieutenants and lieutenants in the army were all overwhelmed by this sudden reform, and even the soldiers at the bottom felt the pressure.
Undoubtedly, the effect is significant. Although Sun Wu served for a few days, his status in the army seemed to surpass that of Feng Jin, Yuwen Chengdu and others. The soldiers were all afraid of Sun Wu, and the general had just taken office and beat three people in a row, why were they not careful. Military discipline has improved unprecedentedly in all respects.
For this, Liu Bang and others saw it in their eyes and were happy in their hearts. This Sun Wu did have a brush in training soldiers, and it only took a few days to give the barracks a new look.
However, this did not make Sun Wu relax, and in terms of employing people, Sun Wu showed his methods again, and later those captains, lieutenants and other official positions were re-evaluated. And for soldiers, there are also opportunities to compete. This made the soldiers at the bottom applaud, while the rest of the military ranks were gloomy and cautious all day long.
According to the report of the spies, Chu Dingde's army has already set off, starting from Xuecheng, and is on its way to Dingyang at the moment. Sun Wu urgently convened the first meeting.
The participants, but only a few generals, some of Liu Bang's advisers, this army is a temporary uprising, in the strict sense, it can't be called an army, just a group of people gathered together, and interspersed in everyone's hearts is more feelings and hatred for the court, as well as deep helplessness about real life. Some of the officers were supported by their friends, but in fact they were not of great talent.
Originally, Sun Wu asked Liu Bang to sit on the top, but Liu Bang shirked it. Liu Bang said, now that you are a general, in the military, everything is based on you, and I am just one of your subordinates.
This is almost a naked promotion of Sun Wu, Liu Bang said this, which completely reflects his way of controlling people. Isn't he doing this to tell everyone that as long as you have the ability, then you can enjoy supreme respect, even if he is an adult, he will have enough respect for you. In this way, how can people in the world not compete to be the first to vote.
Sun Wu didn't shirk it, and sat straight in the first seat. After looking at the council, all these people arrived. It's just that Sun Wu wants the people of Pingyang County to participate together. He also ordered Feng Jin to invite the three adults of Pingyang County over.
Sun Wu expressed his views on the current situation. There is no thank you to everyone, and the testimonials of the appointment of the general, that is all false, only winning the battle, that is the most important thing.
He said directly: "Chu Dingde's army is about to go east, I don't think it will be possible to reach Dingyang County in a few days, what do you think." ”
Chu Dingde went east, this is something that everyone can predict. Now I ask you what you think, what do you want to do as a general? Zhang Mingyuan was first shot by Sun Wu and has always held a grudge in his heart. Zhang Mingyuan opened his mouth and said: "General, we follow your orders in everything, we will do what you tell us to do, we have no opinion." After finishing speaking, he looked at everyone with a smug look.
Sun Wu continued: "Since you don't have an opinion, then I will say it. Chu Dingde will go east, and he will definitely come with all his might. Since he took Xue Cheng, the number of men and horses has expanded to 100,000, of which more than 60,000 are elite divisions. The rest were forcibly recruited by him, and the strength of the army far exceeded ours."
Before Sun Wu's words were finished, he was picked up by Zhang Mingyuan, "General, we all know what you said, but I don't know what other arrangements General Lu Dao has" Zhang Mingyuan said this deliberately, he wanted everyone to see what extraordinary skills this Sun Wu had, but he was a convincing general. Sometimes it is not convincing to rely on some means and the power in hand.
Sun Wu knew that Zhang Mingyuan harbored evil intentions, and he didn't want to deal with him, after all, he was also a ** adult. also has a certain ability, otherwise he would not become Liu Bang's celebrity. Sun Wu stood up and said to Zhuge Liang and the others, "Three adults, Chu Dingde's army is heading east, no matter in terms of time or distance, he will definitely be the first to crusade against your Pingyang County, and please make arrangements for the three adults as soon as possible." You and I are brothers, allies. I will leave 10,000 horses to help you hold Pingyang County."
Sun Wu wanted to leave 10,000 horses to help Pingyang County, and as soon as this remark came out, it was opposed by everyone, and the first to bear the brunt was not Zhang Mingyuan but Yuwen Chengdu. He strongly objected and said, "General, I don't agree with this matter, Dingyang County must be defended, then we Anyang County must also be defended, why don't we gather our troops together, and he Chu Dingde's army will have a dignified decisive battle." If we divide our soldiers and horses in Anyang into 10,000 Dingyang, Dingyang will be in no danger. So what about our Anyang. The stakes are too high, and I strongly disagree with it. ”
Sun Wu had long known that this move would be strongly opposed. In the face of the attack of other people's armies, weaken your own strength and send it to others. I'm afraid that no one really did this. Sun Wu didn't listen to any advice, nor did he pay attention to anyone's opinions, and said solemnly, "I have made up my mind, General Yuwen doesn't need to say much, Dingyang County is located at the throat, if it is taken by Chu Dingde's army, then our righteous army is also finished." Naturally, I have my intentions in this arrangement, and you will know it in the future. ”
Although Sun Wu said this, Yuwen Chengdu was still opposed, but was forcibly suppressed by Sun Wu, this was his military order, and he used the military order to shut up Yuwen Chengdu. Even if he had thousands of objections, it would not help. Not only that, Sun Wu also ordered Yuwen Chengdu to personally lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Dingyang, if he lost the city, he should come to see him.
Yuwen Chengdu almost burst into flames. This Sun Wu is too much!
As for Dingyang, Sun Wu ignored the meaning of the three adults in Dingyang, and on the surface, he asked the three of them to avoid the battle as much as possible, so they could only defend it strictly. In fact, he ordered the three adults not to meet the enemy. Because Anyang's troops exceed Dingyang too much and occupy a dominant position, he has such a right.
Sun Wu looked at Yuwen Chengdu, who was dissatisfied, and did not pay the slightest attention to his dissatisfaction, but he gave an order, ordering him not to leave Dingyang County without receiving his own order, otherwise he should be dealt with by military law. Even if Anyang City is broken, he can't make an initiative to leave Dingyang County for half a step, everything must wait for his order.
For such an arrangement, Yuwen Chengdu was immediately furious, and he was on the verge of an outbreak, if it wasn't for Huang Xiu under the table Yuwen Chengdu was pressing, Yuwen Chengdu could really break out completely. first beat himself indiscriminately with a military stick, and then let himself stay in Dingyang completely. Liu Bang did not have the slightest objection, Yuwen Chengdu reluctantly accepted Sun Wu's arrangement, but his heart was already full of anger.
Next, Sun Wu announced his new military law, military regulations. Everyone is pretending to flatter and let it play on the surface, but in their hearts they have long been not optimistic about Sun Wu, and they believe that it will not be long before Sun Wu will be removed from his post as general. This meeting almost became Sun Wu's word, but Liu Bang never expressed his position, and seemed to support Sun Wu strongly.
The main purpose of this meeting was to leave 10,000 horses and horses to help Dingyang County defend Dingyang, and repeatedly emphasized that it was not possible to fight with Chu Dingde's army, so it had to close the city gate tightly and strictly defend it.
Everyone was dissatisfied with Sun Wu's arrangement, and even Feng Jin felt that something was wrong, so he simply stopped talking.
At the end of the meeting, Sun Wu asked Liu Bang to immediately organize the army, return to Anyang, and make preparations as soon as possible.
The soldiers and horses of Xue Cheng, who were defeated by Chu Dingde's army, made a detour under the leadership of Han Xin and came to Pingyang County, avoiding Chu Dingde's many eyeliners. Scattered in every corner of Binh Duong County.
When Han Xin got the news and knew that Sun Wu was worshiped by Liu Bang as a general, he also urgently convened a meeting. Ling Lu Bu and the others must not show their heads lightly, in order to prevent leaking their whereabouts.
This Chu Dingde army listened to Li An's plan, and lightning attacked Xue Cheng, using Xue Cheng as a stronghold, completely cutting off the connection between Anyang, Dingyang and Wuding City. Breaking this plan one by one is not a high plan.
Now Chu Dingde has sorted out his troops and horses and waved his army eastward, and he is bound to sweep Ping'an Yang and Dingyang. The soldiers were fast, and Chu Dingde's men and horses were already on their way to Dingyang.
Since taking Xue Cheng, Chu Dingde recruited troops on the spot, and captured some remnants of Xue Cheng, and the number has returned to the previous 100,000. It's just a combat power index, which is naturally not as good as before.
After days of marching, Chu Dingde's desire for victory became even more serious. Prime Minister Li Zhenshan sent an urgent report. Prince Xuan secretly united with other princes and faintly wanted to launch a mutiny. asked Chu Dingde to sweep away the rebellious army as soon as possible and return to the court.
Seeing that the army was about to arrive in Dingyang in a few days, he felt palpitations again. The lessons of the two previous fiascos in Dingyang County are not insignificant.
Just as he was about to discuss the battle plan with Li An, the soldiers outside reported that Liu Da had returned.