No. 498 Cao Sun is not afraid (4)

Jiang Jizhi is a high-ranking official, while Lu Kang and Liu Ye are aiming for longevity.

Lu Kangcai would not leave the outstanding Lujiang County for the sake of assassinating Shi Shi, he directly handed Cao Cao's appointment document to Wei Dongsheng: "Shall we refuse with a tough attitude, or with a tactful attitude?" ”

Wei Dongsheng asked Lu Kang rhetorically: "What do you think is better?" ”

Lu Kang replied: "Cao Cao sits on You, Ji, Hebei, Qing, Yan, Henan and other prefectures, and there are many and strong soldiers, and it is very difficult for Lujiang County to stop its troops. Since our side is weak, we should not rashly show strength. ”

Wei Dongsheng did not agree with Lu Kang's opinion: "Cao Cao aims to sweep the world, what he wants is for us to bow down and be subordinate, how can it be different because of his euphemistic attitude?" Whether it is tough or tactful, Cao Cao will not allow us to continue to occupy Lujiang County. However, in order to occupy a moral advantage and win the hearts and minds of the people in all counties of Lujiang, we might as well show weakness. ”

Wei Dongsheng immediately convened the high-level leaders of the Absolute Holy Gate to unify their thoughts and study how to face Cao Cao who came with the crowd.

Before the meeting was over, the Dianbing Hall suddenly reported that Zhou Yu and Lu Su had come together.

There is a way that a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, since Zhou Yu was semi-warlordized and seized Lujiang County in the south, he basically no longer met with Wei Dongsheng alone, and all cooperation and exchanges were transferred by Lu Su. Zhou Yu suddenly visited in person at this moment, obviously realizing that the pattern of Huainan would undergo major changes. As Wei Dong's business expected, Zhou Yu talked about the changes in the pattern of Huainan when they met: "Lu Jining and Liu Ziyang are unwilling to leave Lujiang County, right?" ”

Wei Dongsheng smiled and said, "Of course." ”

Zhou Yu: "With Cao Cao's temperament, I'm afraid he won't tolerate Lu Jining continuing to occupy Lujiang County." ”

Wei Dongsheng relayed the results of the high-level meeting of the Absolute Holy Gate: "Lu Kang is ready to confront Cao Cao in a soft way and refuses to go to Jingzhou. ”

Zhou Yu smiled helplessly: "Sure enough." Since Brother Dongsheng suggested that Lu Jining Zhishi, I am afraid that I will also have to resign from Zhishi. ”

Wei Dongsheng didn't stupidly ask why Zhou Yu was like this.

Wei Dongsheng understood Zhou Yu's choice.

In Kyushu as a whole, Lujiang County is too small and weak after all. Wei Dongsheng and Zhou Yu were able to occupy Lujiang County in the past because Sun Quan was afraid of attracting Cao Cao's hatred, because Cao Cao gave priority to annexing Yuan Shao's remnants in the north, and because there was still a buffer zone between Sun Quan and Cao Cao, Liu Fu, the assassin of Yangzhou. Now, with tens of thousands of troops under the command of Sun Quan besieging Hefei, and then tens of thousands of troops under the command of Cao Cao to garrison Hefei, Huainan has officially become the forefront of the fierce struggle between the two major military groups of Cao Cao and Sun Quan.

This year's battle, next year's battle, even if it is some war that affects the pond fish, it can easily deplete the savings of Lujiang County.

It's a pity that neither Wei Dongsheng nor Zhou Yu can stop this.

If the immortals want to enjoy the benefits of the seeds of immortality, they have to endure the suffering of living in Lujiang County for the time being.

Zhou Yu left disappointed.

A few days later, Zhou Yu, the Taishou of Lujiang in the south, and Lu Kang, the Taishou of Lujiang in the north, chose Zhishi almost at the same time. Lu Kangtuo resigned from his old age and refused to move to other counties, so Cao Cao asked Gao Ming to make up for the vacancy of Jingzhou Thorn Shi and Lujiang Taishou; Zhou Yu excused himself from being seriously ill and dedicated the southern Lujiang County to Sun Quan, and the political pattern of Huainan changed dramatically.

Of course, neither Wei Dongsheng nor Zhou Yu took the initiative to admit defeat. Zhou Yu left Lu Su as an idle man in Lujiang County in the south, and transferred the local real power of Anhui County and Juchao County to Lu Su. If Sun Quan was open-minded, Lu Su would inherit Zhou Yu's career and continue to live in Anhui County with a low degree of freedom; If Sun Quan is not open-minded enough, Lu Su will also hang up the seal and leave, and follow Zhou Yu to choose a new owner. Wei Dongsheng's disobedience was even more explicit, and on the day Lu Kang announced his resignation, he ordered several generals directly under the Absolute Holy Gate to erect anti-flags.

As mentioned earlier, the Absolute Holy Gate is the superior department of the Lujiang County Government in the north.

Wei Dongsheng drew on the history of the Three Kingdoms expedition in the real world, and had a clear understanding of the embarrassing position of Lujiang County very early, and made full preparations in advance to deal with the political and military threats from Sun Quan and Cao Cao. When Liu Fu was in charge of Huainan, Wei Dongsheng cut Lujiang County into two parts along the foothills of Dabie Mountain, and the plain area allowed Lu Kang's Lujiang County Government and Zhou Yu's Lujiang County Government to stand side by side, and the mountain area was directly managed by the halls of the Absolute Holy Gate. In terms of specific cao, the generals under the direct management of the Absolute Holy Gate are collectively referred to as bandits and bandits, and then Lu Kang recruited rebels in the name of Sikong Cao Cao, Yangzhou Assassin Liu Fu, and Lujiang County Government.

The Lujiang County Government has never directly managed the Dabie Mountain Range from beginning to end, and at this moment, the "bandits and bandits" suddenly heard that Lu Kang had become a leader for the second time, and it was reasonable to re-erect the anti-flag. In order to make the bandit rebellion look like that, Wei Dongsheng picked up a non-existent thief commander, which means "rebellious Zhang Jiao", and simply named it Fan Jiao.

There is no thief named Fan Jiao in the Dabie Mountain Range.

However, because the soldiers and generals directly under the jurisdiction of the Absolute Holy Gate all tacitly held high the banner of Fan Jiao, Fan Jiao's prestige between the Jianghuai and Huai River instantly chased Zhang Yan, the leader of the Black Mountain Thieves who was entrenched in the Taihang Mountains in the past.

The Absolute Holy Gate's control over the Dabie Mountain Range was much stronger than Zhang Yan's control over the Taihang Mountain Range. Wei Dongsheng gave an order, and the Dabie Mountain Range instantly became the territory under the jurisdiction of Fan Jiao, the leader of the bandits, and the thief army was like a zombie out of the cage, roaring the county and plundering the treasury.

Lujiang County in the north was originally Wei Dongsheng's territory, and Fan Jiao's thieves were originally Wei Dongsheng's generals, and they robbed themselves by themselves, and the efficiency was naturally high. Moreover, as early as when Sun Quan led the army to besiege Hefei, Wei Dongsheng began to consciously transport the savings of various counties in Lujiang County to the hinterland of Dabie Mountain for storage. At this time, Wei Dongsheng ordered the soldiers to hold the banner of Fan Jiao and roar the county, mainly to cover up the favoritism of the day by legal means, and to empty the grain and weapons transported by Lujiang County to the hinterland of Dabie Mountain, and throw it to the black pot of the thief Fan Jiao.

Killing people and setting fires and other recruitment, this is Wei Dongsheng's counterattack that is different from Zhou Yu.

How does Cao Cao make a move?

Cao Cao's politics was unchanged in response to all changes, neither approving Lu Kang's Zhishi, nor urging Lu Kang to go to Jingzhou. In terms of military affairs with the most obvious advantages, Cao Cao chose to take the initiative and ordered Xiahou Yuan to supervise Yu Ban, Zang Ba, Zhang Liao, Zhang He and other generals to crusade against the non-existent thief Fan Jiao.

Whether it is Cao Cao, Wen Hui, Liu Fu, or Sun Quan and Zhou Yu, none of them are stupid. Cao Cao only needs to interview the local bureaucrats in Huainan to clearly understand that behind the thief Fan Jiao is the Absolute Holy Gate. Cao Cao Cao's refusal to associate Lu Kang with the Absolute Holy Gate and the thief Shuai Fan Jiao is mainly due to political strategy, not that he is really blind and deaf. In the actual execution, Xiahou Yuan did not hesitate to use Longshu County as the base of the thief Shuai Fan Jiao, and killed Longshu County in the name of crusading against the thief Shuai Fan Jiao.

Wei Dongsheng resolutely returned to Xiahou Yuan and made a move to clear the field.

The mountain troops holding the banner of Fanjiao withdrew as quickly as possible, and immediately easily "captured" the county seat of Longshu County, using the fortresses around Longshu County to resist Xiahou Yuan's attack. However, the trend of the Lujiang defense battle is not optimistic, and the Lujiang mountain troops, which suppressed some bandits and bandits at most, are not at all the opponents of veterans such as Yu Ban, Zang Ba, Zhang Liao, and Zhang He. For example, Xiaojiagang Mountain Fort, facing the river in the south and backed by mountains, is the gateway of the river defense system, and its strategic significance is extremely high. As a result, before the support of the Lujiang mountain troops was in place, Zhang Liao led the crowd to storm Xiaojiagang Mountain Fort, ignoring the high casualty rate and conquering Xiaojiagang Mountain Fort in one fell swoop.

The elite of a hundred battles is worthy of being the elite of a hundred battles, and a few encounters quickly defeated the Lujiang mountain troops.

Fortunately, Wei Dongsheng's preparation was sufficient.

The mountain forts lost on the front line were occupied or destroyed by Cao's soldiers, and Wei Dongsheng concentrated on relying on the terrain advantages to defend in order, and methodically consumed the morale of Zhang Liao, Zhang He, Yu Ban, Zang Ba and other fierce generals. When the morale of Cao's soldiers declined slightly, Wei Dongsheng suddenly sacrificed the night owl special operations unit and black powder weapons to burn their logistics materials.

To this day, Wei Dongsheng still has not reproduced firearms such as firearms. The reason is very simple and selfish, the tactics of the firearms era are more dependent on the comprehensive strength of the country than the tactics of cold weapons, and if they indirectly guide Sun Quan and Cao Cao to install early firearms on a large scale, it will be disastrous news for Wei Dongsheng. Wei Dongsheng subjectively reproduced high and new technology based on the advantages of the Absolute Holy Gate, and the military use of black powder was limited to a few uses such as explosives bags and ignitions. Although these high-tech military technologies have limited frontal battlefield effects, they can bring considerable benefits if they are combined with the Immortals' outstanding personal qualities to launch a night attack.

Just like Pan Zhang's defeat, no matter how rigorously he governs the army, it is difficult to resist the night attack of the immortals and explosives packs.

Soon, veterans such as Xiahou Yuan, Zhang Liao, Zhang He, Yu Ban, and Zang Ba all went to Pan Zhang's footsteps, and the logistics materials were successively burned by the night owl special operations forces. During this period, Wei Dongsheng also occasionally rushed to the front line, with his light skills and agility comparable to Yue Buqun in the early days, he patrolled layer after layer of patrols and threw explosive packets, and then never came back to see the explosion, and went away.

Boom, boom, boom, The fire lit up night after night.

Since the princes discussed Dong, the Central Plains has been fighting for many years, and grain and grass have always been in short supply. In last year's battle for Jingzhou, not to mention who won and who lost, the consumption of food and ordnance must be a bottomless pit, and Cao Cao did not have the confidence to squander logistics materials at this time. After Xiahou Yuan and others burned the logistics materials prepared before the war, Cao Cao either collected money on the spot and looted the people of Jianghuai, or traveled thousands of miles from Henan, Yan, Qing, Xu and other prefectures, no matter which plan was not an easy task.

There is a shortage of arrows and ordnance, how can soldiers fight?

The grain was burned to ashes, how could the fierce generals attack the city?

After the continuous fighting of the night owl special operations force, the offensive and defensive situation of Longshu County quickly changed. Zhang Liao, Zhang He, Yu Ban, Zang Ba and other fierce generals who had lost all their logistics, although they were very unwilling, had to retreat to Hefei in embarrassment.

At the same time, Zhou Yu's arrangement also had an effect.