No. 496 Cao Sun is not afraid (2)

Sun Quan wanted to stretch out his claws, so he slashed them off.

In the future, Cao Cao wanted to stretch out his claws and kick over.

The above is Wei Dongsheng's attitude.

Forced by the current situation, Wei Dongsheng is willing to temporarily side with Cao Cao or Sun Quan, but Cao Cao and Sun Quan will never want to get Wei Dongsheng's sincere allegiance.

Perhaps in order to welcome the arrival of Song Qian and Pan Zhang, Zhou Yu rearranged the frontline positions and put on an active offensive appearance. On the eve of Song Qian and Pan Zhang's arrival in Lu'an, Zhou Yu wrote, directed, and acted in a tragic siege battle, classifying the ordnance given to Lu Kang free of charge as attrition during the siege, indirectly expressing his attitude: "It's not okay, it's really can't." ”

Zhou Yu refused to launch a new offensive on the grounds of heavy casualties, and Song Qian and Pan Zhang did not have the confidence to conquer Lu'an, which had a well-established defense system, in one fell swoop, so they had to camp on the spot and supervise Zhou Yu and Lu Kang's Lu'an offensive and defensive battles for a long time. Three days later, Lu Su secretly came to Lu'an City to report on Song Qian and Pan Zhang's movements: "Song Qian seeks stability and is willing to besiege and win; Pan Zhang was anxious, full of ideas of making meritorious contributions, relying on General Sun's favor, and constantly urging Zhou Gongjin to continue to attack the city. ”

Wei Dongsheng sighed: "Sure enough, it's Sun Quan's cronies." ”

Wei Dongsheng understood Pan Zhang's impatience.

Sun Jian's early death and Sun Ce's assassination directly led to Sun Quan's very weak political foundation. Although Sun Ce is annoyed that a group of powerful soldiers will go their own way, it is one thing to think about releasing military power with a glass of wine, and it is another thing to think about whether he has the ability to release military power with a glass of wine. Sun Quan dared to ignore the real environment and suppress that group of powerful generals with strong means, Jiangdong would inevitably be on fire in an instant, and there would be rebels everywhere. If he wants to secure the position of hegemon in Jiangdong, Sun Quan must compromise and cooperate with the powerful generals and the clans behind the real power generals.

Sun Quan had his political wisdom, and after thinking about it, he came up with a private soldier system, allowing all counties in Jiangdong to "have a trilogy of famous clans". By 209, the private soldier system of Eastern Wu in real-world history had already taken its first shape, and Sun Quan greatly allowed the famous clans to raise private soldiers, and strictly controlled the size of the private soldiers of each general with reference to certain standards, so as to strengthen the ability of the central government to mobilize generals. Taking Song Qian and Pan Zhang as examples, Pan Zhang actually led more than 800 troops, and Song Qian actually led 2,000 troops.

Now is the time for Sun Quan to establish rules, who is willing to obey Sun Quan's dispatch, who can make great contributions, and whose private army is larger and whose political status is higher.

Pan Zhang is Sun Quan's confidant, as long as Pan Zhang can make undoubted military exploits in time, Sun Quan will definitely not be stingy with rewards.

Pan Zhang only lacks military exploits now.

On the other hand, Song Qian, he was born in Sun Ce's old department, and he had not completely won Sun Quan's trust at this time. Even if Song Qian worked hard to conquer Lu'an and made great achievements, it would be difficult for him to be rewarded by Sun Quan for his military exploits, and perhaps because of his good fighting, he would attract taboos. Hiding such concerns, Song Qian would rather cooperate with Zhou Yu to live a foolish life than pursue military exploits like Pan Zhang. However, Song Qian was afraid of Sun Quan's trust in Pan Zhang, and if Pan Zhang insisted on attacking the city, Song Qian probably would not dare to insist on his own opinion, and there was a high probability that he would choose to send troops to cooperate.

Briefly introducing the difference between Song Qian and Pan Zhang, Lu Su concluded: "If Pan Zhang insists on attacking the city, Zhou Gongjin can only delay for ten days at most, and ask the Lord of Wei to make preparations as soon as possible." ”

Wei Dongsheng said lightly: "It's only been ten days and a half months." A few days later, Pan Zhang will have to go back to Jiangnan. ”

Lu Su was surprised: "How do you say this?" ”

Without waiting for Wei Dongsheng to answer, Lu Su had already given a guess: "Reinforcements are coming?" ”

Wei Dongsheng nodded: "Yes." ”

Hearing Wei Dongsheng's confirmation, Lu Su still couldn't believe it: "I actually mislooked Cao Cao, his heart is not black enough." ”

There is a reason why Lu Su commented on Cao Cao so much.

Sun Quan had been besieging Hefei for several months, but Cao Cao's reinforcements had been delayed. According to the official documents, Cao Cao heard that Sun Quan was besieging Hefei, and the next day he sent Zhang Xi to lead the Runan soldiers to rescue Hefei. If you don't know the details of Zhang Xi, you may misunderstand that Cao Cao is very concerned about the safety of Hefei. But who is Zhang Xi? Zhang Xi is only a local general, and there are only more than 1,000 cavalry under his command, so it is a joke to let him gallop thousands of miles to help Hefei. Zhang Xi also knew that the result of his rescue in Hefei must be to deliver food, so he played various tricks to delay time, and has not crossed the Huai River so far.

Why is Cao Cao unwilling to rescue Hefei in the first place?

Lu Su maliciously speculated that Cao Cao might be taboo about the hearts of the people in Huainan County.

From 200 to 208, Liu Fu operated in Huainan for nine years, and can be regarded as a quasi-warlord without a reputation as a warlord. Cao Cao's main forces are concentrated in the direction of Jingzhou, and if he wants to rescue Hefei, he must transfer the garrisons of Yuzhou, Xuzhou, Yanzhou, Qingzhou and other places, and if Liu Fu's old department and Sun Quan secretly jointly arrange a large net in Huainan to swallow the garrisons of Yuxu, Yanqing and other states, the eastern gateway of the Central Plains will be out of control in an instant. Instead of taking the risk to save Hefei, it is better to condone Sun Quan to consume the potential of the two counties of Huainan.

When Sun Quan and Liu Fu's old army fought each other until they lost together, Cao Cao gathered troops to kill Huainan again, so that he could truly control the two counties of Huainan. Cao Cao's rescue of Hefei was slow, and his mind was to hope that Sun Quan would defeat or wear down Liu Fu's old department.

Therefore, Lu Su said that Cao Cao had a black heart.

Lu Su speculated about Cao Cao with the greatest malice: "I thought that Cao Cao would delay coming to the rescue of Hefei in June and July (the fourteenth year of Jian'an)." ”

Wei Dongsheng smiled and said, "Cao Cao is also afraid of self-defeating." ”

If Sun Quan's combat effectiveness is higher, he can push the front line to the Huai River in just two months, and then it will be Cao Cao's turn to cry. It's a pity that Sun Quan spent several months, and he couldn't even beat Hefei, so how could he threaten the entire Huainan.

Lu Su asked in detail: "Where are Cao Cao's reinforcements?" ”

Wei Dongsheng: "Cao Cao is gathering troops in Peiguo County, catching up with light boats and training sailors. The water river on the side of Qian County is connected to the Huaishui River, and Cao Cao may come along the Henan River at any time, do you say that Sun Quan dares to fight Cao Cao Cao in Hefei without conquering it? ”

Lu Su shook his head: "Taking the fierce battle of Jingzhou as an example, the southern soldiers are in the boats and crossbows, and the northern soldiers are in the elite cavalry assault. General Sun can't win Cao Cao in Jingzhou, and he can't win Cao Cao in Hefei, as the Lord of Wei said, General Sun should retire. ”

Wei Dongsheng: "Cao Cao is not easier to deal with than Sun Quan, when Cao Cao raises troops to recruit Huainan, I hope you can also cooperate with me." ”

Lu Su didn't say anything: "I'll tell Zhou Gongjin when I go back." ”

Wei Dongsheng thought about it for a while, and then said, "There is one more thing. The geographical location of Lujiang County is awkward, in order to prevent Cao Cao from coercing Lu Kang to move to other counties, we had better show some strength in advance. Well, didn't Pan Zhang want to brush up on his exploits in Lu'an? We simply gave him a dismissal. Zijing, can you get the defense map of Song Qian and Pan Zhang? ”

Lu Su instantly understood what Wei Dongsheng meant: "The Lord of the Wei Sect wants to attack Pan Zhang at night? ”

Wei Dongsheng was noncommittal: "Say hello to him." ”

Lu Su didn't dare to rashly agree to Wei Dongsheng: "This matter needs Zhou Gongjin's approval." ”

Wei Dongsheng didn't insist on it: "Okay, I'll wait for good news in Liujing." ”

After communicating about other issues for about an hour, Lu Su took advantage of the night to return to Zhou Yu's camp.

In fact, the Lu'an defense system and Zhou Yu's main defense system are relatively rigorous, and it is difficult for ordinary scouts to cross layer after layer of obstacles to travel between the two places. However, these superficially rigorous defenses are based on ordinary humans, and they are effective at intercepting regular scouts, but they cannot stop the Immortals from attacking. Lu Su was promoted to a level 1 immortal by refining a strange treasure a few years ago, and now he can fly off the wall with a slight jump, and his martial arts are beyond the imagination of regular generals such as Song Qian and Pan Zhang. Even if Song Qian and Pan Zhang both sent troops to patrol the camp, they couldn't help Lu Su.

This is also the consensus of Wei Dongsheng and Zhou Yu.

The two deliberately took advantage of the supernatural power of the immortals to maintain contact, and specially dug pits to wait for Song Qian, Pan Zhang and other foreign soldiers to jump. Those generals who were active outside Lujiang County would most likely doubt the authenticity of the immortal seeds because of what they had seen and heard, and they would accidentally step on the trap deliberately arranged by Wei Dongsheng and Zhou Yu.

The next day, Lu Su visited again, bringing the good news that Zhou Yu was willing to cooperate with the battle.

According to Lu Su's relay, Pan Zhang relied on Sun Quan's favor in Zhou Yu's camp in recent days, kicking his nose and face without giving Zhou Yu any face, and the angry Zhou Yu's cronies were eager to kill him as soon as possible. Think about it, if Zhou Yu was willing to give up the immortal seed temptation and lead the army back to Wu County for the funeral, he would have a high probability of replicating the history of the real world and becoming an auxiliary minister alongside Zhang Zhao, and Pan Zhang's current status can be described as: one in the sky and one on the ground. If it weren't for Zhou Yu's nostalgia for Lujiang County and Sun Quan's hostility, Zhou Yu's mixed up in this life would not have been Pan Zhang's turn to shout. At least Sun Jian's relics at the level of Cheng Pu can dare to rely on the old and sell the old and not dump Zhou Yu.

As the saying goes, the Lord humiliates his ministers to death.

Even if Zhou Yu was tolerant and forgave Pan Zhang's arrogance, he had to appease his subordinates.

Hearing what Pan Zhang had done, Wei Dongsheng couldn't help laughing. Wei Dongsheng can also understand Pan Zhang's arrogance. Pan Zhang's arrogance is not necessarily due to his character, he is Sun Quan's cronies, and he was ordered to come to Lu'an to supervise the battle, and some arrogant words may not be on behalf of Sun Quan to test Zhou Yu's bottom line.

It's a pity that Sun Quan has Sun Quan's thoughts, and Zhou Yu's subordinates also have the thoughts of Zhou Yu's subordinates. Lu Su was obviously also angry with some unexpected incidents, and cursed hatefully: "The master of the Wei Sect had better behead Pan Zhang." ”

Wei Dongchang smiled and said: "Since this is the case, I will teach Pan Zhang a good lesson for Gongjin." ”

Not long after Lu Su left, Wei Dongsheng called Lu Xun: "How are the night owl special operations forces prepared?" ”

Owls, i.e. owls.

The total number of immortal seeds is increasing every year, and the future growth trend is suspicious of the terrible exponential power growth. The thousand-year-old killing world is inseparable from the immortal seed, and the future is also very likely to be the world of the immortal seed, so Wei Dongsheng attaches great importance to the political and military practice of the immortal group. Considering that the Level 1 Immortals had been able to break through the limitations of the human body through the internal strength and qi sense bonus, Wei Dongsheng simply gathered the disciples of the Absolute Holy Sect and experimentally formed a unit with the characteristics of the Immortals, one of the templates was the Night Owl Special Operations Force.