Guangling,

While reorganizing the army, Sun Quan anxiously waited for news from Shouchun's side, but as a result, he waited for several days, not waiting for the good news from Shouchun's side, but waiting for the news of Cao Cao's attack on Xuzhou.

"Shouchun's side isn't okay yet?"

Sun Quan said to Wu Jing with a frown.

Wu Jing shook his head and smiled bitterly,

"Yuan Shu has just perished, and it is not easy to gather the remnants of the army, besides, many of Yuan Shu's old troops are proficient, and they want to use them to fight as soon as they come, so it is estimated that it is not so easy. Maybe those people are just deliberately wasting their time. Wu Jing sighed.

In this era, as long as you have soldiers in your hands and then take the initiative to surrender, as long as you are not a person with a bad reputation, as long as you are not stupid enough to surrender to someone who has an enemy with you, then, no matter which side you defect to, you will definitely gain a certain status. Since these people thought of surrendering from the beginning of the fight, it means that they don't have any great ambitions to make meritorious contributions, so for them, they only need a small official, and then they can be safe and stable.

defected to the Sun family, firstly, for geographical reasons, and secondly, he was more optimistic about the future of the Sun family. At the end of the day, this group of people just wants to get a ride. Since it's a ride, why do you have to do it yourself? Therefore, if there is trouble, you can hide, if you give away your life as soon as you come, what kind of glory and wealth are you talking about?

It can be said that this is the common feature of most people, of course, it is also related to the decay of the late Eastern Han Dynasty and the governance of Yuan Shu. The reason why Yuan Shu fell so quickly was that in addition to his own self-inflicted suffering, there was also a large part of the reason why the people under his command were not angry. Sun Quan originally didn't plan to rely on Yuan Shu's old department to defeat Lu Bu, but Sun Quan still didn't expect that this Yuan Shu's old department would be so unreliable, and he couldn't even give Sun Quan a little more prestige!

"Mediocrity will have its own mediocre end, and those people can't count on it, so don't wait for them." Sun Quan said in a deep voice.

Wu Jing was taken aback and hurriedly said,

"But just with us as people, how can we have a tough fight with Lu Bu?! Even if Lu Bu is injured now, there are still many fierce generals under his command. ”

"Don't worry, uncle, if I was impulsive, I would have been impulsive a long time ago, how could I wait until now." Sun Quan replied, "At the beginning, the troops on Shouchun's side were indeed essential, but now, isn't Cao Cao here?" There are only 10,000 people on our side, but what about Cao Cao's side, let alone tens of thousands of troops, who is the greater threat, Lu Bu will not be able to tell the difference? The main defense force of Xuzhou is bound to be concentrated on Cao Cao's side, and the rest left for us is 10,000 soldiers in Guangling, which is enough! ”

"Then why don't we hold our troops and let Lu Bu send all the troops to Cao Cao's side?" Wu Jing couldn't help but say.

Sun Quan shook his head and smiled,

"Uncle, you really be Lu Bu's stupidity, the more we stand still, the more he will be wary of us, in that way, it will really help Cao Cao a lot. In contrast, we attacked frankly, so that Lu Bu could see the situation on our side clearly, and now, the Xuzhou side is on the defensive and does not need to attack. Seeing that we only have 10,000 troops, Lu Bu may only leave 5,000 people to defend it. ”

"Okay, it's still reasonable for you." Wu Jing sighed, but still insisted on saying to Sun Quan, "But Zhongmou, have you ever thought that even if we succeed in breaking through the 5,000 defense line, no matter who wins and who loses Cao Cao and Lu Bu in the north, with our current strength, we will not be able to go further." At that time, we will expand our sphere of influence to Huaiyin and Huai'an at most, but that area is already very close to the core of Xuzhou such as Xiapi Pengcheng, and once it is attacked, it is far less easy to defend than Guangling. ”

Behind Guangling is Jiangdong, and ordinary people have to weigh it carefully if they want to attack Guangling, because Guangling may usher in reinforcements from Jiangdong at any time. But Huaiyin and Huai'an are different, once attacked, the far water can't save the near fire, plus there is no danger to defend, it is really not a good place to be a front line.

Therefore, Wu Jing's opinion is that either he will not fight at all and save his strength, or he will knock down Xiapi in one go and completely open the coastal line!

"Haha, uncle, from the point of view of the art of war, you are right. Huaiyin and Huai'an are indeed not a battleground for soldiers. But now the situation is different. Why did Cao Cao rush to attack Xuzhou? It was he who hoped that when he fought a decisive battle with Yuan Shao, he would be free from worries. Lü Bu was a threat to Cao Cao, but Lü Bu could be eliminated, so Cao Cao attacked Lü Bu. As for my Sun family, it is a greater threat to Cao Cao, but Cao Cao cannot eliminate my Sun family. Therefore, I can guarantee that even if Cao Cao is allowed to take Xiapi, he will never dare to attack Huaiyin and Huai'an, which we occupy. And if we are lucky, we will rob Cao Cao before Cao Cao and capture Xiapi, then Cao Cao will be unwilling, and he will not dare to snatch Xiapi from us. Sun Quan said with a smile, it was precisely because of all this that he dared to risk attacking Lu Bu alone.

"But recently there have been rumors that Cao Cao has signed an alliance with us, Cao Cao will take Xuzhou, and we will take Jingzhou. I haven't gotten any definite news yet, but I don't think this kind of thing will be fake. We just rushed to snatch Xuzhou with Cao Cao, is it really good? Wu Jing asked.

"Uncle, don't look ahead, if something goes wrong, I'll be responsible. Even if this covenant is true, I have my own way to explain it to Cao Cao. When the time comes, it will be said that we borrowed this Xuzhou from Cao Cao, and we will return it to him in a few years. Sun Quan replied unconcernedly, competing for the world, how can he be honest? Besides, this is not what Sun Quan thinks about himself, this is what he learned from Uncle Liu Huang. For this kind of thing, Sun Quan will never have a mental obstacle.

"Let's hope everything goes well." Wu Jing smiled bitterly, "I came to Guangling with you this time, and I don't know if it's right or wrong." ”

In contrast, following Sun Ce, although the process may be more dangerous, mentally, there is no such torture on Sun Quan's side. Wu Jing thinks that his skin is thick and his flesh is thick, and his body is a little tired, he can stand it, but this little heart, plopping, may not be able to persevere.

Of course, Wu Jing has his own unique troubles by Sun Quan's side, but following Sun Ce is far from being as beautiful as Wu Jing imagined. This time is different from the past, and Sun Ce's side today is not as simple as it was earlier, and after the Sun family gained power, some situations that were not there before were gradually revealed.

Sun Quan has already seen the first hints of this from the letter written to him by Lü Meng two days ago.

Some time ago, because of the card game, Lu Meng, who was far away in the west, was also inexplicably deducted a blood, Sun Quan was worried, and hurriedly asked Lu Meng about the situation, no, Lu Meng finally reported that he was safe. While reporting his safety, Lu Meng also described some situations to Sun Quan that could not be seen in intelligence.

To put it simply, at present, under Sun Ce's command, the generals who followed Sun Ce's westward expansion have formed three camps, and these three camps are still opposed to each other.

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