At noon on the 22nd day, Zhang Xiu finally recruited the Jiangdong Navy under Jiang Qin's subordinate to Yunpao, but Jiang Qin refused to surrender. This is also expected by Zhang Xiu, Sun Jian's generals, if they surrender easily, Zhang Xiu's suspicion will be aroused. It seems that the Wen Ping and Yu Ban who were captured alive before. Wenpin also dared to use Liu Bei when Liu Bei was killed and Liu Biao came forward. As for Yu Ban, Zhang Xiu didn't dare to use him until now, at most, he just let him train the troops in the rear.

Therefore, Zhang Xiu directly imprisoned Jiang Qin, and at the same time ordered that no abuse was allowed, and that good wine and meat should be served every day. And when Zhang Xiu collected Jiang Qin's navy, Wei Yan also collected his troops and returned to the city. When Jiang Qin's army was exhausted and the water village was empty, Wei Yan naturally succeeded in the battle, and he also collected a lot of useful news from the water plug.

At this time, in the palace of Nanchang City, Zhang Xiu and everyone were discussing the future of the army.

I only heard Zhang Xiu say first: "Through the news received by Wen Chang from the water village and the confession of the soldiers, this time to send troops to attack Nanchang City was completely done by Jiang Qin, and Ding Feng persuaded him before the war. Although the rudder outside the city was burned by Ziyi, the enemy general Ding Feng escaped. And the one who controls the defense of the entire Yuzhang County is the Jiangdong general Lu Meng, who is deeply trusted by Zhou Yu and cannot be underestimated. ”

For Lu Meng, Zhang Xiu is naturally familiar, the third generation governor of Jiangdong in history. Although its wisdom is not as good as that of the first two generations of Zhou Yu and Lu Su, it is not as good as the successor 6. It's just that in terms of courage and courage, it is better than Lu Su and 6 Xun. It has won the trust of Zhou Yu and Lu Su, and it can be said that it is a relatively big stumbling block in Zhang Xiuping Jiangdong.

At this time, Li Ru arched his hand and said: "According to what the soldiers around Jiang Qin said, as well as the letters that Wen Chang found from the water village. Lü Meng's order to Jiang Qin was that if Nanchang City was lost, he must immediately go to Chaisang to consolidate the defense. ”

When Fa Zheng, Zhang Quan, Tai Shici and others heard this, they all said: "This Lu Meng is not simple. ”

Zhang Xiu listened, nodded, and said, "Indeed." After speaking, he turned his head to Jia Mu and Li Han and said, "Take the sand table, I'll wait and deduce it first." When Jia Mu and Li Han heard this, they immediately left.

This sand table is something made by Ma Jun according to Zhang Xiu's opinion, of course, this sand table is not too fine, it is still relatively rough. Despite this, it does not prevent Zhang Xiu from using it to deduce.

When Jia Mu and Li Han commanded the troops to carry the sand table to the middle of the hall of the Taishou Mansion, everyone left their seats and surrounded them together. Zhang Xiu said in a condensed voice: "Jia Mu, you listen to the instructions to move our army, and Li Hanru moves the Jiangdong army." The two of them listened and nodded in agreement.

Zhang Xiu pointed to the side of the Jiangdong army and said: "If Jiang Qin's army did not attack Nanchang, but went north to defend Chaisang. At this time, our army should be"

Zhang Xiu's words were not finished, but Fa Zheng pondered for a while and then continued: "Our army will attack Chaisang according to the original plan. However, due to the army of Wen Chang, I inquired last night. Knowing that there is a water village in Jiangdong nearby, our army will also leave part of its troops in Nanchang. ”

Jia Mu and Li Han heard Zhang Xiu's and Fa Zheng's words, and immediately moved the small blue flag representing Zhang Xiujun and the small red flag of Jiangdong Army.

At this time, Li Ru opened his voice and said: "If I were Lu Meng, I would definitely send a naval army to Nanchang City to test it at this time and determine who the enemy army was." At this time, the lord's army arrived at the foot of the city of Chaisang, because of the return defense of Jiang Qin's army, the city of Chaisang could be defended first, and I would let the navy sneak attack the grain route of the lord's army from Nanchang to Chaisang through Peng Duze. In this way, while sticking to Yuzhang County, he asked Sun Jian of Wu County and Sun Ce of Lujiang for help. ”

Zhang Xiu heard this, frowned, and said: "In this case, even if our army captures Chaisang, Sun Jian's army will also be dispatched, and at the same time, it will also buy Sun Ce and Zhou Yu time to counterattack." And after our army captures Chaisang, we have to return to the division to attack the Jiangdong army stationed on the other side of Xiakou, and the road back to Jingzhou will be opened in the future, so we need to divide the troops again, otherwise, Chaisang may be attacked by Sun Jian. ”

Tai Shi Ci listened. Shaking his head, he said: "It's really right for Zhou Yu to leave Changmeng in Yuzhang this week!" Just surrendering Chaisang's hand is enough to defuse the advantage of our army's surprise attack. ”

Li Ru shook his head and said, "I'm afraid this arrangement is not what Lu Meng thinks alone, and Zhou Yu should also be involved." ”

At this time, Zhang Xiu inserted the small flag on the sand table back to its original place, and said with a smile: "But the current situation is not going according to Lu Meng and Zhou Yu's thoughts. Since Jiang Qin was attracted by the Wen Wei design, and the whole army fell here, the defense of Chaisang City was far less solid than Lü Meng and Zhou Yu originally envisioned, and our army still had a chance. ”

At this time, Zhang Quan picked up the small blue flag and planted it in Chaisang City, and then said: "If our army attacks Chaisang City at this time" After speaking, he looked at Li Ru.

I saw Li Ru smile indifferently, picked up the small red flag, and said: "Ding Feng fled, if the lord attacked Chaisang, Lu Meng should already know that it was the lord's army." At this time, the Jiangdong Army camp on the other side of Xiakou should be firmly held, and at the same time ask for reinforcements from Wujun and Lujiang, and wait for the reinforcements from the two routes to encircle Chaisang City. At the same time, as soon as the reinforcements arrive, the navy can be dispatched again to invade our army's grain route along Peng Duze. While speaking, Li Ru is moving the small flag.

Fa Zheng also picked up the small blue flag at this time and said: "In this way, let the Xingba Navy cross the river from Xiakou and attack the Jiangdong Army's water fortress, and at the same time order the Ming Department to also cross the river and enter the Jiangdong Army from Jingnan, and the main prince's army will also send troops after taking Chaisang." Attacking from the east, west, and north. ”

Tai Shici heard this, but shook his head and said: "In this way, it has become a tough battle compared to the previous deduction." It's just that the location has changed from Chaisang to the Jiangdong camp on the other side of Xiakou. Moreover, our army must also be on guard against the army on the side of Wu County and the division on the side of Lujiang at any time. ”

Li Ru smiled and picked up a small red flag again. said: "Although it is good to advance on three sides, I am Changmeng and only need to guard the camp." While waiting for Sun Jian of Wu County to raise troops to rescue, this is just as Ziyi said. And after Zhou Yu of Lujiang County learned the news, he would also lead the navy to go up the river and fight with the Xingba navy in Chibi for one more battle! In this way, it is difficult to break the camp with the cavalry of Ling Ming's department alone. If Xu Rong's troops also cross the river, then Sun Ce's troops can cross the Han River from Jiangxia to attack Nanjun and Xiangyang, and at the same time join forces with Xuchang Cao's army to attack Nanyang,"

When everyone heard this, their faces changed, if according to what Li Ru said, Zhang Xiu would have to retreat and return to Jingzhou. If not, the war will fall into a stalemate, and in either case, it will be unfavorable to Zhang Xiu.

At this time, everyone lowered their heads in unison and pondered. After a long time, Li Ru and Fa Zheng raised their heads at the same time and smiled. The two of them spoke at the same time

When Zhang Xiu saw it, he laughed and said: "Since Wen Wei and Xiaozhi think together, let's do it together and see if you think the same."

Hearing this, the two looked at each other and smiled, and at the same time grabbed a small blue flag, which was planted on the north and south banks of the Yangtze River in the east of Zhangduze almost at the same time.

Zhang Quan saw it, thought about it, and then said: "The place that Mr. Wen Wei refers to should be Wankou in Jiangbei, and Mr. Xiaozhi should be referring to Hulin in Jiangnan."

Li Ru and Fa Zheng glanced at each other, but laughed in unison: "Wen is worried and filial piety is good at scheming. But it's even better to do both! Tai Shici heard this, and asked with some puzzlement: "Wen Wei and filial piety, what do you mean?" ”

Seeing Li Ru's signal, Fa Zheng smiled and said: "Actually, what Wen Wei and Zheng think are the same, but not to attack Chaisang, but to take the downstream town to the east. These places are important because they are all hinterland, but there are not many defenders, and our army has a strong force to capture in one fell swoop. In this case, whether it is Sun Ce and Zhou Yu in Jiangbei or Sun Jian in Wu County, they must send troops to capture the important towns taken by our army downstream. However, both Zheng and Wen Wei thought a little one-sidedly, our army has now captured Jiang Qin's warship, and it is completely possible to cross the river to take down Wankou and Hulin, so that Sun Jian's army in Wu County and Sun Ce and Zhou Yu's army in Jiangbei can be brought here

Zhang Xiu listened and couldn't help nodding, and at the same time kept thinking in his mind. If you follow the strategy of Fa Zheng and Li Ru, you will take Wankou and Hulin. Sun Jian of Wu County naturally wants to take back the Tiger Forest, otherwise. Zhang Xiujun can also point directly at Moling and then attack Wu County. And Sun Ce and Zhou Yu in Jiangbei were the same, Wankou was captured, if he did not send troops to capture Xiao Zhang Xiu's army, he could calmly attack Lujiang City and Hefei. Raiders Huainan. Moreover, Zhang Xiu has placed the army here, whether it is Sun Jian, Sun Ce or Zhou Yu, there is no reason not to come.

Zhang Quan heard it and muttered, "Wouldn't this be too risky." The Jiangdong Navy is powerful. If the connection between the two is cut off, wouldn't the army in Jiangbei be in danger? ”

Fa Zheng heard it, but he smiled and said, "The eldest prince only knows one thing, but he doesn't know the other." In fact, in addition to attracting the two armies of Sun Jian and Sun Ce, we also wanted to attract Lu Meng."

Just when Fa Zheng just wanted to continue to explain, Zhang Xiu said: "Okay, filial piety, it won't be interesting to say everything." Ben General has already understood your intentions, Benshan Ben will leave 5,000 soldiers with you to guard this city, and at the same time those chariots are imprisoned here, and you must guard this city to ensure the food supply of our army. ”

Cao Xing heard this, and immediately replied loudly: "No! ”

Zhang Xiu turned his head and said to Tai Shi Ci: "Ziyi, go and order troops, the army will come out in an hour, and the target is Hulin!" At the same time, he said to Zhang Quan: "Zhang Quan, Ru and Gan Yang, Ma Qiu carried 10,000 troops to attack Anhui with captured Yu ships, and Xiaozhi Ru was the military division of the army. ”

After Zhang Quan and the others heard it, although they were still puzzled, they promised to leave loudly. In the end, Zhang Xiu instructed Fa Zheng again, wrote a few letters, and sent people to Gan Ning and Pang Tong.

An hour later, Zhang Xiu's army divided into two routes and went to Wankou and Hulin.

Here, after Zhang Quan's army left Peng Duize and entered the Yangtze River, he asked several guards to go on a small line and send Zhang Xiu's letter to Gan Ning, who was stationed at Xiakou.

When Gan Ning received the letter sent by Zhang Xiu, he hurriedly brought down Jiangxia County, which had already beaten down Jiangxia County east of Hanshui, and Pang Tong, who was now stationed here, and Pang Tong, the military division of the army, to come. Gan Ning and Pang De fought together when they were in Jiangzhou, and knew that Pang Tong was powerful, and after seeing that the two of them came, he first handed the letter to Pang Tong and said, "Shiyuan, this is the letter of the lord."

When Pang Tong heard this, he raised his eyebrows and said in surprise: "The lord finally has a letter?" After speaking, he immediately took the letter handed by Gan Ning and opened it to watch.

Gan Ning and Pang De noticed that Pang Tongyi was frowning as he looked at the letter. When Pang Tong put down the letter, Gan Ning asked, "Shiyuan, what's wrong, but there's a problem?" ”

Pang Tong shook his head and said, "No, it's just that I think Zhou Yu won't fall for it so easily."

Gan Zi heard it, and said hurriedly: "What does that Shiyuan think?" ”

Pang Tong smiled and said, "It's okay, first do what the lord instructs, if there are variables, let's see the move." As long as the naval army is not lost, our army will not be defeated for a day. And in addition to the lord's way, Hansheng and Gongyi should also enter Huiji County. They will play a role as a surprise soldier in due course, don't worry

Pound listened, nodded, and said, "That's right." Gongming came with news that Cao Cao in the Central Plains had moved. And Gongming's spies who stayed in Xuchang reported that Cao Cao decided to move the capital to Xuchang, and at the same time, the Son of Heaven made the lord a national thief, and we were all accomplices, and cut off the lord's official title and title. ”

Pang Tong heard this, let out a light "oh", and said: "It seems that Yuan Zhi and Guan Yu have arrived in Xuchang and told Cao Cao about Jingzhou Speaking of this, Pang Tong frowned and said: "But Cao Cao's hand is not used at the right time, if it is used before the decisive battle with our army, our army's heart will be shaken a lot." ”

Gan Ning replied, "This time it was not Cao Cao's plan. It is really the personal act of the Son of Heaven. Moreover, there was also news from Mr. Wenhe that Xiahoudun in Handcheng had made some changes, and he was afraid that he would attack Hanoi. ”

Hearing Gan Ning's words, Pang Tong's brows furrowed even more, and he muttered, "The personal act of the Son of Heaven? What tricks was Cao Mengde playing, Pang Tong and the others were not present, and they couldn't guess the situation even if they wanted to, so Pang Tong thought it was Cao Cao's trick.

Seeing that he couldn't figure it out, Pang Tong shook his head and said: "Don't think about it, now that the situation in the world has come to this, the Son of Heaven has cut the official position and title of the lord, which is the opportunity to give the lord the title of king." The lord has already ruled half of the world, and the people support him, and at this time he is called the king, and he can occupy the name of righteousness to rule the world. ”

After finishing speaking, Pang Tong shook his head to himself, and said: "You don't need to think about this matter, I'm afraid that Jia Xianjiu has already made arrangements After speaking, Pang Tong raised his head, looked at Gan Ning and Pang De and said, "Now we will obey the order of the lord and immediately wave the army across the river."

Gan Ning laughed when he heard this: "Okay! Lao Tzu has been waiting for this moment for a long time, and the order is sent down, and the whole army is ready to fight! ”

Pang De smiled slightly: "De also went to let Lei Qi prepare for crossing the river." After saying that, he bowed his hand and went out.

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