1690 The Only Choice
Sun Quan made the decision to sacrifice Jiangdong, but Jianye City still prepared for defense every day.
He was not worried that Liu Wei was coming, and suddenly ordered the Han army to attack Jianye, but what he was really worried about was that before Liu Wei could wait, some Jiangdong staff and generals would get in the way and secretly sabotage his decision to sacrifice here.
There is not much capital in his hands, and Sun Quan's biggest worry is that Liu Wei will not accept his surrender.
Jianye's defense continued, but it was just for show, for the staff and generals who might undermine it.
What Sun Quan is really waiting for is precisely Liu Wei leading the army to the city!
summoned Zhang Zhao, and Liu Wei did not stay on the bank of the Yangtze River for too long.
Zhuge Jun led the army to advance towards Jianye, counting the distance they traveled, it should be almost the same as the main force of the Han army, Liu Weicai ordered the soldiers of the Han army to march all the way to Jianye.
The mighty Han army did not harass the people of Jiangdong along the way.
At first, where the Han army passed, the people of Jiangdong were so afraid of them that no one dared to go out to watch.
However, after passing through some places, the people along the way already knew that the Han army had not invaded, and when the army passed by a certain place, there would always be some people watching from afar, pointing and saying something.
Liu Wei did not pay attention to the people of Jiangdong who were watching the army from afar.
Sun Quan sent Zhang Zhao and proposed to sacrifice Jiangdong, but Liu Wei refused to agree at first, but after thinking about it, if the soldiers could take Jianye without blood, the Jiangdong Sun clan would no longer be a stumbling block for the imperial court to achieve unification.
The stability of the world is undoubtedly a blessing to Liu Wei, to the soldiers of the Han army, and even to the people of the Han Dynasty.
Victory was in sight, and Liu Wei didn't want to delay too long.
The army did not march for many days before approaching Jianye City.
In the early years, the Jiangdong Sun clan was located in Suzhou and controlled the entire Jiangdong.
Later, perhaps he felt that Jianye was superior to Suzhou in terms of geographical location and prosperity of the city, so he changed Jianye to the place of governance.
The army was still a mile or two away from Jianye, and Liu Wei saw this city standing on the bank of the Yangtze River from a distance.
The walls are towering, and when viewed from a distance, they give a sense of heaviness.
In such a city, if the army is attacked, as long as the soldiers in the city defend it, the Han army will definitely suffer great casualties!
The moment he saw Jianye City, Liu Wei had a feeling.
He felt that it was undoubtedly right to accept Sun Quan's request to sacrifice Jiangdong!
It is getting closer and closer to Jianye City, and the speed of the Han army is getting slower and slower.
Along the way, the main force of the Han army did not converge with the army led by Zhuge Jun, and his troops and horses were slightly slower than the main force of the Han army, and maintained a half-day journey with the Han army led by Liu Wei himself.
Liu Wei, who led the Han army to advance towards Jianye City, did not order the army to speed up, and it was getting closer and closer to Jianye City, but he ordered the Han army to slow down its march.
The Han army advanced towards Jianye City, and Sun Quan at the head of the city also saw them from afar.
Looking from the distance from the city wall, the Han army was black and oppressive, and there was no end in sight.
The torrent-like Han army advanced towards Jianye, Sun Quan's heart was in his throat, and he sighed in his heart, fortunately he sent Zhang Zhao to express his intention to dedicate Jiangdong to Liu Wei.
Otherwise, the Han army was enough to destroy the morale of the Jiangdong soldiers just in terms of numbers.
"Come on, invite Zhang Zhao!" Looking at the Han army approaching Jianye, Sun Quan gave an order to one of the soldiers behind him.
The soldiers left in response, but he still did not remove the realization from the Han army sequence outside the city.
There were only 50,000 soldiers and horses in the city, and the Han army approaching in the distance was 6 or 700,000 in number!
The Han army was getting closer and closer to Jianye City, and when Sun Quan looked at the Han army outside the city in a daze, Zhang Zhao had already arrived beside him, hugged his fists and bowed to him and asked, "Dare to ask Wu Hou, call his subordinates to come, what is the matter?" ”
Hearing Zhang Zhao speak, Sun Quan glanced back.
first beckoned to Zhang Zhao, and then Sun Quan raised his head and pointed at the Han army approaching outside the city, and asked Zhang Zhao: "Old general, the soldiers and horses of the imperial court are already in the city, what should I do!" ”
"Marquis Wu has already made a decision to dedicate Jiangdong to His Majesty today!" Sun Quan's words stunned Zhang Zhao for a moment, and then hurriedly said: "Could it be that Wu Hou has any other decisions?" ”
There were a large number of Han troops approaching Jianye, and Zhang Zhao did not think that the Jiangdong army in the city, in front of such a large number of soldiers and soldiers who were like tigers once they fought, once Sun Quan repented, he would undoubtedly kill himself.
Zhang Zhao was worried about Sun Quan's remorse, but Sun Quan sighed leisurely and said: "General Zhang is too worried, the reason why he is worried is because he doesn't know how to face His Majesty today!" ”
Sun Quan was worried about meeting Liu Wei, and Zhang Zhao, who had comforted him earlier, was equally worried.
Liu Wei has led the army to fight for many years, and he is not an indecisive person, at least when he kills people who are enemies of the imperial court, he never has a moment of entanglement.
Such an emperor does not have much resemblance to an emperor who grew up in peace.
Especially when conquering the world, Liu Wei never took pity on any heroic man who was about to go.
The Jiangdong Sun clan has also been in Jiangdong for many years, and although it has fought countless battles with Liu Biao in Jingzhou in the past, it has not conquered the city too much.
However, Sun Quan, who refused to sacrifice Jiangdong, must have betrayed the imperial court in the eyes of Liu Wei!
Will Liu Wei kill Sun Quan because of the Han Jiangshan Sheji, Zhang Zhao also hesitated for a moment!
There was a slight uncertainty on his face, and Sun Quan only felt that the heart in his chest was constantly fluttering.
The imperial army had already arrived outside the city, and did not go out of the city to meet Liu Wei, Zhang Zhao's earlier efforts were bound to be in vain, and Sun Quan did not know what was waiting for him when he went out of the city to greet him.
"General Zhang is also unsure?" With a slight frown, Sun Quan asked Zhang Zhao, "Could it be that when I met His Majesty today, the general did not get His Majesty's approval?" ”
"Wu Hou!" Holding his fists and arching towards Sun Quan, Zhang Zhao said: "Your Majesty has already agreed, but I don't know if Wu Hou offended the court earlier, whether he can really be forgiven!" ”
I wanted to get a definite answer from Zhang Zhao, but what Zhang Zhao said disappointed Sun Quan.
What is in front of Sun Quan is a choice.
Sticking to Jianye, after all, it is just a death, and going out of the city to meet Liu Wei is also a mixture of life and death.
Looking at the Han army that was getting closer and closer, Sun Quan finally turned his heart on the side and said to Zhang Zhao: "The imperial army is already in the city, and if you don't go out of the city, you will only die after all!" I have made a decision and immediately go out of the city to greet Your Majesty! ”
After saying this, Sun Quan instructed the soldiers behind him: "Immediately bring a mount for so-and-so, and so-and-so will go out of the city to greet Your Majesty!" ”
The Han army was outside the city, but Sun Quan suddenly proposed to go out of the city to meet Liu Wei, which made his own soldiers stunned.
Before the soldiers could react, Sun Quan frowned slightly, and shouted at him: "Why are you still stunned? Hurry up and get a mount for somebody! ”
was yelled at by Sun Quan, and the soldiers were stunned for a moment, hurriedly responded, turned around and ran under the city wall.
Looking back at the departing pro-soldiers, until the figure of the pro-soldiers disappeared from the city wall, Zhang Zhao said to Sun Quan: "Marquis Wu, the subordinates are willing to go with them!" If His Majesty intends to harm Marquis Wu, his subordinates will definitely cut themselves off immediately! ”
Zhang Zhao's resoluteness made Sun Quan inexplicably moved in his heart.
The Jiangdong Sun clan is gone, and there are still such subordinates, and they are willing to take risks with him.
Nodding slowly, Sun Quan said to Zhang Zhao: "The old general is loyal and righteous, and he already knows." It's a pity that after sacrificing Jiangdong, a certain person has no power in his hands and is unable to repay it! ”
Clenched his hands into fists and bowed deeply, Zhang Zhao did not respond again.
There was no need for him to speak at this time, so he went to meet Liu Wei and said on behalf of Sun Quan that he was the one who intended to sacrifice Jiangdong, and he should bear the consequences.
It didn't take long for his soldiers to leave and he turned back and brought Sun Quan's mount.
Handed over the mount to a Jiangdong officer under the city wall to take care of, his own soldiers ran up the city wall quickly, and when Sun Quan approached, he hugged his fists and bowed down and said: "Qi Wu Hou, the mount has been led!" ”
Nodding to the soldiers, Sun Quan did not answer, turned around and walked towards the stairs.
Before he left, Zhang Zhao hurriedly followed him and followed down the stairs.
When he arrived at the city wall, Sun Quan turned over his mount, raised his hand and pointed at a Jiangdong cavalryman not far away, and instructed the cavalry: "Lend the war horse to General Zhang!" ”
Sun Quan personally begged for a war horse, but of course the Jiangdong cavalry did not dare to disobey, so he hurriedly responded and led the horse to the two.
Taking the reins from the cavalry, Zhang Zhao also turned over on the horse, and his eyes turned to Sun Quan.
Looking at the closed city gate, Sun Quan's face showed a sense of determination.
At first, he was worried that Liu Wei was just pretending to surrender, and when he went out of the city to greet him, he ordered the Han army to capture him and kill him in front of the Jiangdong army on the city wall.
Once Sun Quan died, the morale of the Jiangdong army defending the city would definitely be frustrated, and the Han army would get twice the result with half the effort when attacking the city!
However, things have come to an end, and although there are several choices in front of him, there is only one choice to live.
It's just that there are still a lot of uncertainties in this choice.
Taking a deep breath, Sun Quan's eyes narrowed slightly, raised his hand, and waved towards the Jiangdong army guarding the city gate, shouting to the group of Jiangdong army: "Open the city gate!" ”
Hearing Sun Quan's shout, the soldiers of the Jiangdong Army looked at each other one by one and did not immediately go to Kaecheng.
Outside the city is hundreds of thousands of Han troops, once the city gate is opened, if the Han army rushes in, with this bit of soldiers and horses in the city, it will not be able to support it for even two days.
The Jiangdong soldiers guarding the city gate did not move, but Zhang Zhao frowned slightly, and whispered to them with a cold expression: "Wu Hou has an order, open the city gate quickly!" Are you so hesitant to do so, do you intend to disobey? ”