The news of the fall of Jingkou soon spread to Jianye with the defeated soldiers and fugitive people, causing a panic among the people of Jianye and the government and the opposition, no one expected that the war would come so quickly, and they were not even ready for the fall of Jingkou.

For ordinary people, the landing of the Han army in Jingkou meant the beginning of the war, which immediately triggered a rush to buy supplies, and in just half a day, only a dozen stores were snapped up of all kinds of daily necessities, and the price of grain in the black market skyrocketed, and the rice was more than 1,000 yuan.

Under the panic, there was even a two-way flight wave, women, children and the elderly in the city poured out of the city, preparing to flee from Moling County, while the residents outside the city wanted to flee into the county for refuge, making the city gate crowded.

As for officials and the army, the landing of the Han army at Jingkou meant that Jianye was cut off from Biling and Wu counties, Jiangdong was cut into two battlefields, and whether to recapture Jingkou caused a strong debate in the court.

In the meeting hall of Jianye Palace, more than 100 high-ranking civil and military officials gathered together to discuss the next move of the Jiangdong Army, and they were divided into two factions, one was the Shaozhuang faction dominated by Lu Meng, who strongly demanded to recapture Jingkou and revive the morale of the Jiangdong Army.

On the other hand, the conservative faction, led by Zhang Zhao and Cheng Pu, advocated preserving their strength and fighting a decisive battle with the main force of the Han army, rather than spending their limited forces on a campaign like the recapture of Jingkou.

Sun Quan sat on top with a gloomy face, he didn't say a word, he didn't interfere with everyone's arguments, his face was cloudy, no one knew what he was thinking?

"Why are the military advisors and veteran generals so afraid of war?"

Lu Meng's voice was very high, and he could hear that his heart was extremely angry, and he said loudly to Zhang Zhao and Cheng Pu: "Fighter, courage!" If we watch the fall of Kyoguchi and do not think about retaking it, but accept defeat, it will only make morale more demoralized and the army more war-weary."

In Cheng Pu's opinion, Lu Meng is just a hairy boy with little qualifications, but he dares to reprimand himself for being afraid of war, which makes Cheng Pu very annoyed, he said coldly: "Please pay attention to Lv Dudu's words, this is not a military camp, nor a tavern, this is Jianye Palace, please pay attention to your identity!" ”

"I'm telling the truth!"

"Is it true that I'm afraid of war?"

Cheng Pu snorted heavily, "When I followed the ancestor to fight against the Yellow Turban and fight on the battlefield, I am afraid that you were still feeding, do you know what war is, what courage is, and what is fear of war?" And who are you to accuse me? ”

"You!" Lu Meng was so angry that he trembled all over, and pointed at Cheng Pu and couldn't say a word.

At this time, Zhang Zhao smiled and said: "Lu Dudu doesn't have to be angry, we just talk about things, of course I also hope to recapture Jingkou, but things are not so simple, we must face the reality, we can't be rash." ”

Lu Meng no longer ignored Cheng Pu, turned back to Zhang Zhaodao, and asked, "May I ask the military advisor, what reality do we need to face?" ”

"It's very simple, if we want to recapture Jingkou, we must send troops, so may I ask Governor Lü, how many troops do we need to send out? Is it from Jianye or from Wu County? If troops are sent from Jianye, how will the Han army on the river outside Jianye City respond? If troops are sent from Wu County, will the Han army in Huiji County take the opportunity to go north? ”

"The military division is too extreme, sending troops to recapture Jingkou is not to use many troops, after all, there are only 10,000 enemy troops in Jingkou, we only need to send 20,000 troops to deal with it, we can transfer 10,000 troops from Jianye and Wu County, and attack Jingkou from the north and south, in the face of our superior forces, Gan Ning can only choose to retreat."

"And then?"

Cheng Pu sneered and asked: "Do we guard the 20,000 troops in Jingkou to prevent them from attacking Jingkou again, if the Han army no longer attacks Jingkou and attacks elsewhere, will we send another 20,000 troops to intercept it?" ”

"If the old general thinks like this, we don't have to do anything, just hold on to Jianye and let the Han army occupy Jiangdong."

The two sides were arguing with each other, not giving in to each other, at this time Sun Quan suddenly stood up, snorted heavily, turned around and left the inner hall from the side door, the hall suddenly quieted down, Zhang Zhao, Cheng Pu and others laughed and left the hall, leaving only Lu Meng and a group of generals in the hall, Lu Meng sighed, "Wu Hou has his own decision, it's not that we can control it, we just have to carry out the order!" ”

Everyone also felt that Wu Hou had no intention of recapturing Jingkou, so he had to follow Lu Meng depressed and unhappy.

When Sun Quan returned to the study, he immediately ordered: "Let Zhang Junshi and General Cheng come to see me!" ”

After a pause, he commanded again: "Invite Governor Lu Du too!" ”

Sun Quan did not want to recapture Jingkou, he also knew that the occupation of Jingkou meant that Wu County and Jianye had lost contact with each other, separating the entire Jiangdong into two battlefields, but from the debate just now, he found that those generals who strongly demanded to send troops to retake Jingkou were generally more impulsive and considered the problem relatively simply, which made him have no confidence in recapturing Jingkou.

After a while, Zhang Zhao and Cheng Pu walked into Sun Quan's study, Cheng Pu had rarely asked about military and political affairs, and most of them were recuperating at home, but this time he may also realize that the shape was in danger and took the initiative to participate in military and political affairs.

When Sun Quan saw the two of them coming in, he waved his hand and said, "No need to salute, please sit down!" ”

Zhang Zhao and Cheng Pu sat down, and at this time, Lu Meng also walked into the study quickly, and Sun Quan also asked him to sit down, and said to the three of them: "In my place, the three of them don't quarrel anymore, they can express their opinions, we need to make a decision." ”

Zhang Zhao first said: "Qiqi Wuhou, it's not that Wechen doesn't want to recapture Jingkou, but Wechen feels that we should weigh the pros and cons and adopt the most effective countermeasures." ”

Sun Quan nodded, "The words of the military advisor are deeply in line with my wishes, and now the shape is complicated, and it is true that we can't act rashly, but Jingkou is a strategic place, and losing it makes us very passive, and I feel that we should take it back as much as possible, so I am in a dilemma, I want to listen to the wise words of the military advisor and the old general." ”

Lu Meng had already realized that Wu Hou came to him, not to let himself make decisions, but to let himself implement decisions, he didn't say much, sat quietly aside, Cheng Pu glanced at him proudly, and then Zhang Zhao's topic just now said: "Lao Chen's intention is not to give up Jingkou, but the main force of the Han army has not arrived, we can't be held by the Ganning army prematurely, once our army is trapped in Jingkou, and at this time the main force of the Han army arrives, Jianye's defense force is insufficient, and the consequences are unimaginable." ”

Zhang Zhao also said: "General Cheng is right, why did Gan Ning suddenly attack Jingkou, and what was his purpose?" I think it's not as simple as cutting off the connection between Wu County and Jianye, it's more likely to disrupt our deployment, we march, he will withdraw, we retreat, he comes back again, so back and forth, we will fall into great passivity, so Wei Chen Jianyi temporarily held his troops still, first wait and see the main force of the Han army, if the main force of the Han army enters Lishui from Wuhu, then we will immediately send troops to recapture Jingkou, if the main force of the Han army is not to Taihu, but to kill Jianye, then we can make Wu Jun's army go north and also recapture Jingkou. ”

At this time, Lu Meng couldn't help but say anymore: "If the main force of the Han army is divided into two routes, all the way to Wu County, and all the way to Jianye, then what should I do?" ”

"Then don't worry about Jingkou, Jianye and Wu Jun will deal with it separately!"

At this time, Sun Quan nodded, he finally approved Zhang Zhao's plan, and he said to Lu Meng: "I understand the mood of Lu Dudu, the fall of Jingkou is not easy in anyone's heart, but we have to take into account the overall situation, we have to consider our affairs, we have insufficient troops, and we are weak to fight strong, in this case, we cannot fight against the enemy, we can not fight hard with the Han army, we can only concentrate our forces to deal with the main force of the Han army, regardless of victory or defeat, our success or failure can only be done in one fell swoop." ”

Lu Meng stood up and saluted: "Obey Wu Hou's order!" ”

"Good! You go and appease the generals, tell them why they can't immediately retake Jingkou, calm their feelings, and strictly defend Jianye! ”

"Obey the order!"

Lu Meng saluted and hurriedly went, Sun Quan said to Zhang Zhao again: "Moling is chaotic, the people's hearts are unstable, I have ordered General Xie to close the city gate, not to allow the people to enter and exit, the military division must arrange food rations, stabilize the hearts of the people in Moling." ”

"Please rest assured that Marquis Wu, the old minister will arrange it."

Zhang Zhao also got up and went, at this time, there were only Sun Quan and Cheng Pu in the room, Sun Quan glanced at Cheng Pu, and then said coldly: "I think it's very strange, it seems that the Han army knows the deployment of our army and accurately dispatches troops to Jingkou, I suspect that there are people among the high-ranking officials in Jiangdong who secretly communicate with the Han army, the old general said let, who will this person be?" ”

Cheng Pu's heart jumped suddenly, and he hurriedly got up and said: "Wechen doesn't know who it is, but Wechen assured Wu Hou that Wechen will never betray Jiangdong." ”

"Really?"

Sun Quan said lightly: "When the old general said this, I was relieved." ”

Cheng Pu quietly wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said: "Maybe no one betrayed the intelligence, but the Han army scouts are powerful, and Wu Hou is too worried." ”

"I also hope so, but Jiangdong is in adversity, and it is inevitable that some people will betray Jiangdong for their own interests, old general, we have to guard against it!"

Sun Quan said this, his eyes looked at Cheng Pu sharply, the deployment of the Jiangdong army, only five people knew the details, and the one he didn't believe in the most among these five people was Cheng Pu, after all, Cheng Pu had supported Sun Ben back then, and he had suddenly become active recently, which really made him suspicious, but Sun Quan had no evidence, he could only implicitly warn Cheng Pu.

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