Chapter 698 - Drawing Salary from the Bottom of the Cauldron
Zhen Mi was not in a hurry, and said calmly: "This time Liu Ze poured out of the nest and used almost all his troops, and I am afraid that there are not many defenders in the entire Jinghuai, and this time your army only sent 100,000 horses, so it must not be all the strength." Now that Wuchang is empty, it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, as long as Wu Hou leads his troops westward, Jingzhou is at his fingertips. Liu Ze lost Jingxiang, it became a rootless tree of water without roots, at that time, the king of Wei waved his army to the south, and Wu Hou attacked from the north and south, even if Liu Ze had three heads and six arms, he could not resist the enemy. β
Zhou Yu nodded secretly, such a ruthless plan to draw wages from the bottom of the kettle actually came from the mouth of a woman, which really impressed Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu thought about it carefully, and also felt that this plan was quite feasible, now Liu Ze's main force was gathered in the Central Plains, and the Jingxiang garrison was weak, if a surprise attack was launched at this time, the hope of success was at least ninety percent. If Cao Cao was destroyed by Liu Ze, then Liu Ze's family would dominate the world, and Eastern Wu would either be reduced to vassalage or annexed by Liu Ze, and the result would only depend on Liu Ze's mood.
Ally, in his heart, Chibi is an eternal pain, the reason why Zhou Yu is vain is because Liu Ze's strength is too strong, so strong that Jiangdong can't compete with it, and the plan thrown out by Zhen Mi today is a dream for Zhou Yu.
Zhou Yu clenched his fists, and a trace of hideous color appeared on his elegant and handsome face, for so many years, he had been living in the shadow of Liu Ze and suffered humiliation, and today, he would have the opportunity to be ashamed.
"Okay, everything will be arranged by Mrs. Zhen."
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Sun Quan was worried, even though the plan seemed very feasible. But there is still an immeasurable risk, once it fails, for Jiangdong, it is tantamount to a catastrophe, so Sun Quan has to be cautious.
"Gong Jin, are you really 100% sure?"
After Zhou Yu and Zhen Mi conspired. Pretending to be ill, he entrusted the military affairs of the Yanzhou front to LΓΌ Meng, and he and Zhen Mi secretly went south overnight and returned to Jianye.
In the face of Sun Quan's questioning, Zhou Yu swore solemnly: "Don't worry, the lord can rest assured, we still have at least 200,000 troops in Jiangdong, and Liu Ze's defenders in Wuchang are only 10,000 people, even if you add the naval troops stationed in various places by Ganning, it is only 40,000 or 50,000." Our army will attack with all its might, and we will definitely be able to conquer Wuchang in one fell swoop. β
Zhen Mi stepped forward to give Sun Quan a salute, bowing and bowing, with a good demeanor. "Wu Hou, now that the general trend of the world has gradually become clear, Liu Ze sits on half of the country, it is an indisputable matter, and the King of Wei and Wu Hou are cold. If we don't join forces at this time, I'm afraid it will be a few years later. The world will be owned by Liu Ze. The reason why Qin lost the Six Kingdoms was not because Qin's strength was better than the Six Kingdoms, but because the Six Kingdoms were not harmonious and fought against each other, so that Qin had an opportunity to take advantage of it. If Wu Hou is unwilling to follow in the footsteps of the Six Kingdoms, this is the last chance. β
The words made Sun Quan also excited. It's not that Zhen Mi is fickle, but her words can just hit the nail on the head, although Sun Quan and Liu Ze are married and allied, this relationship has always made Sun Quan feel like a stalk in his throat, and he always has a sense of crisis. Sun Quan was also an extremely ambitious man. His gaze is naturally not limited to Jiangdong, and winning the world in the Central Plains is his ultimate goal, but he is not as flamboyant as Sun Ce, but more pragmatic. Who is the roadblock that hinders him from competing for world dominance / It will definitely not be Cao Cao, outside of this, there is only Liu Ze.
The bombardment of Jianye back then, brought Sun Quan a strong shock, and now, Liu Ze annexed Bashu Guanzhong, the strength is even stronger in the past, Sun Quan wants to dominate the world, Liu Ze is undoubtedly an insurmountable mountain in front of him. Sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat, and you don't need Zhen Mi to remind you, Sun Quan has also realized the crisis of the post-Cao Cao era. Without Cao Cao, the biggest opponent, there seems to be no need for the Sun-Liu alliance to exist, where Jiangdong goes, Sun Quan has no bottom at all, at least he will not be naΓ―ve to think that Liu Ze will look at his sister's face and continue to maintain this relationship.
After thinking about it repeatedly, Sun Quan also made up his mind that instead of sitting and waiting to die, it was better to rise up and fight, maybe this was an excellent opportunity given to him by God. However, Sun Quan still has some worries about taking Jingzhou.
"Ganning's sailors are stationed in Chaisang, how can we break through Chaisang's defenses, how can we take Wuchang in the shortest possible time, Gongjin has a good strategy? If we can't take Jingzhou before Liu Ze returns, our army will definitely be defeated! β
Zhou Yu's plan to send troops has obviously been carefully considered, and when Sun Quan mentioned it, Zhou Yu immediately reported: "This time to take Jingzhou, there is no need to do all the troops of the country, just select elite soldiers and warriors, divide them into two routes, disguise themselves as merchant ships, and ambush the sergeants in the cabin, you will be able to deceive the Chaisang defenders and reach the city of Wuchang." The dry road people can detour to Yuzhang and march from the Jiuling Trail, which is unexpected, unprepared, and the Jing army is completely defenseless, and Wuchang will be at your fingertips. β
Sun Quan nodded and said: "Gong Jin has a good plan, and he is alone. β
Zhou Yu said: "This matter is extremely confidential, and the slightest rumor must not be leaked, if the Jing army is prepared, it will definitely fail." The matter of returning to Wu at the end of the year, the lord must not let the ministers of Jiangdong know. β
Sun Quan nodded and agreed, and everything was secretly prepared by Zhou Yu.
Zhou Yu immediately began to prepare, Lu Meng, Ling Tong, Xu Sheng, and Ding Feng were still in Yanzhou, and there were not many available generals on Jianye's side, so Zhou Yu secretly transferred Lu Xun, Pan Zhang, Zhu Ran, and Jiang Qin to his account.
The four generals were shocked when they saw the sudden appearance of Zhou Dudu, Zhou Yu regarded the four as henchmen, and did not hide them, 1510 with details, the four generals gave their hands to the order, and only Zhou Yu's horse head was looking forward.
Zhou Yu knew that time was pressing, so he ordered the four generals to immediately transfer people, Lu Xun and Zhu Ran were in charge of the navy, Pan Zhang and Jiang Qin were in charge of the army, and Zhou Yu was hidden behind the scenes and never showed up, and the four generals were also secretly mobilizing people, so the entire Jiangdong was not alarmed, and no one noticed anything abnormal.
Within ten days, Zhou Yu was ready to stop, he disguised himself as a merchant and personally boarded the merchant ship heading west.
Zhou Yu thought he was doing it seamlessly, but he didn't know that he was on the dock, but there was a pair of eyes staring at him.
In this westward journey, Zhou Yu arranged hundreds of merchant ships, and did not set off together, but separately in batches. After the Jingwu Alliance, the trade between the two sides was very prosperous, Wu mainly exported cotton, tea, rice, sea salt and other commodities to Jingzhou, and the most important transportation channel was the Yangtze River waterway, the ships on the river were endless, Zhou Yu disguised tens of thousands of sailors as sailors and shipwrights, mixed with the merchant ships, no one noticed at all, and a large number of weapons were hidden in the mezzanine at the bottom of the cabin, unless the Jing army guarding the checkpoint dismantled the ship, otherwise these weapons would not be found at all.
The merchant ship left Jianye, sailed upstream, Zhou Yu stood on the bow of the ship, watching the wooden boat chopping waves, his mood was extremely excited, after the battle of Chibi, a full ten years, he Zhou Yu finally had the opportunity to set foot on the land of Jingzhou again, this time he wanted to be ashamed, he wanted to make a name for himself.
The two pigeons flew in the sky over the Yangtze River, and Zhou Yu's fleet was exactly the same direction, but the pigeon flew very fast, and in a blink of an eye flew from the tail of the fleet to the bow of the ship.
Zhou Yu's archery skills are still quite exquisite, and the two pigeons don't seem to fly too high, Zhou Yu shot an arrow, just hit a pigeon, fell straight down, and fell into the cabin by coincidence.
The other pigeon seemed to be frightened, and immediately flapped its wings and flew high, and before Zhou Yu could take the arrow again, it had already flown out of range, and for a moment, only a small gray spot was left in the air.
"Count you fast!" Zhou Yu retracted his bow and arrows in a daze.
"Governor, look at this." Lu Xun handed over the pigeon that had been shot with a serious face. (To be continued......)