Chapter Ninety-Four: Whipping and Breaking the Stream
However, it was said that Sun Quan gathered hundreds of officials to discuss the strategy of the imperial Shu soldiers. Suddenly, the deputy envoy cried and entered, kneeling down and reporting: "Cao Zhang, the king of Wei, beheaded Dr. Zhao, and threatened to take the opportunity to conquer Wu in the south to avenge the humiliation of the red cliffs in the past. ”
Sun Quan was shocked, sweating unconsciously, and said in shock: "There is Cao Zhang in the north and Liu Bei in the west, how can this be good?"
Bu Qi said: "The people Liu Bei hates are Lu Meng, Pan Zhang, Ma Zhong, Mi Fang, Fu Shiren, Fan Jiang, and Zhang Da, and now in Eastern Wu. Pan Zhang and Ma Zhong are my Wu generals, why not capture the remaining four, and Zhang Fei's head, send the envoy back, hand it over to Jingzhou, send it back to his wife, ask for peace on the table, and meet again to destroy Wei, then the Shu soldiers will retreat. If the Shu soldiers retreat, we will go all out to resist the north. ”
Sun Quan followed his words, then had an agarwood box, stored the flying head, tied Mi Fang, Fu Shiren, Fan Jiang, and Zhang Da, and imprisoned them in the car, and ordered Cheng Bing to be the envoy, write the book, and ask Liu Bei for peace.
At this time, Liu Bei commanded the troops, and even the strong enemy, had already attacked Nanjun, entered the Yaoting, and beheaded Pan Zhang, Ma Zhong and other generals, with a momentum like a rainbow.
Hearing that Sun Quan had the intention of seeking peace, at this time Liu Bei had been stunned by the successive victories, as well as the desire for Jingzhou, coupled with the hatred of Guan and Zhang's second brothers, and heard that Ye Ke, the king of Wei, had begun to lead his troops south, taking advantage of the situation to destroy Wu, at this moment, of course, he would not stop the pace of attacking, so he refused: "I cut my teeth and enemies, it is Sun Quanye." If you make peace with it today, it will be the alliance of the second brother that day. Destroy Wu first, and destroy Wei next. ”
When Sun Quan heard the news, he was terrified, and at this time Que Ze recommended Lu Xun to lead the troops to resist Liu Bei.
Sun Quan said: "Que Deyan recommended Lu Boyan to lead the army to resist Liu Bei, who can block the soldiers in the north for me?"
Before the words were finished, a person came out from the squad headquarters and said: "Although the minister is not talented, he is willing to unify the army to be Cao's army." If Cao Zhang personally crossed the river, the ministers would capture the lord and sacrifice the lord; if he did not cross the river, he would also kill most of the Cao army, and now the Cao army will not dare to face up to the Eastern Wu. ”
Sun Quan regarded it as the Jianwu general Xu Shengye. Daxi said: "If you have to defend the area south of the Yangtze River, why worry about being lonely! It's just that Cao Zhang's courage is superb, and he has the power to pull out mountains and destroy villages, so he should not be underestimated." ”
Xu Sheng said: "Why should the lord raise the morale of others and destroy his own prestige. If Cao Zhang's light troops break through, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no encounters under and under Pi!
I am a Jiangdong warrior, who has been deeply favored by Wu Hou, has experienced killing, is not afraid of life and death, and in the past, Chibi and Mao Xu fought several times, all of which made it difficult for the northern soldiers to move an inch!
Therefore, the time, place and people are all in my hands, and the ministers will fight with the troops, and the Cao army will be broken. ”
Ding Feng took a step forward and said: "What General Jianwu said is extremely true, the ministers and others have fought with Cao Cao many times with the lord, on water and land, and they have never met Cao Zhang, you must know that Jiangnan is not the place where Cao Ziwen is wild!"
Suiyuan General Zhang Zhao is the hope of Jiangdong, although the battle of Chibi has the heart of surrender, but at this time saw Ye Ke kill him Jiangdong famous soldier Zhao Zhi, his heart was very angry, hearing the words of the two generals, he couldn't help but say: "What the two generals said is very true, Cao Zhang'er, I think I have learned a little fur, I think that the world is invincible, but I don't know that a monarch should be able to control the heroes, drive the sages, how can he gallop on the battlefield, and be brave before the two formations? Now there is General Jianwei to lead the troops to resist, and he will definitely be able to capture Cao Zhang alive and break the Central Plains!"
Sun Quan was overjoyed when he heard this, so he named Xu Sheng as the general of Anton, and the governor of the town was Jianye and the southern Xu army. Xu Sheng thanked him and retreated, that is, he ordered the officers and soldiers of the sect to set up more equipment and flags, as a plan to protect the riverbank.
However, it was said that Ye Ke personally led the army all the way south and drove a big ship to Guangling, and Cao Zhen, the general of the Chinese army in the front, had led his troops to line up on the bank of the river. Ye Ke asked, "Who is the commander of Dongwu on the other side?"
Cao Zhen said: "The previous detailed report came to report, Sun Quan named Xu Sheng as General Anton, and the head of the town was the governor of Jianye and the Southern Xu army and horses, resisting our army, and this person was honest and courageous. The first king came out of the wet beard, and every time Sun Quan chose a fighter, this Xu Sheng was always in front. ”
Ye Ke nodded and said, "It wasn't Lu Xun who met in the first battle, it seems that Sun Quan didn't take Lone in his eyes." By the way, how many people are on the other side?"
Cao Zhen paused for a moment, not understanding why Ye Ke valued Lu Xun so much, wasn't he a Confucian student.
replied casually: "Looking from afar, there is no one in sight, and there is no banner camp. ”
Ye Ke smiled: "This must be a trick." Look at the reality alone. ”
Ye Ke took a giant boat into the river and looked at the south of the Yangtze River, but there was no one in sight.
At this time, Jia Xu, Guo Jia, Sima Yi, Liu Ye, Jiang Ji and other ministers, Cao Zhen, Xiahou Shang, Zhang He and other military generals were all behind him, Ye Ke asked: "And seeing that there is not a single soldier in the south of the Yangtze River on the other side, what do you think?"
Liu Ye replied: "The art of war is real and false. When the other party saw that the army was coming, how could he not make preparations? Wait for three or five days to see its movements, and then send a pioneer to cross the river to explore its reality. ”
Guo Jiadao: "I heard that people at the time commented on Xu Sheng, saying that he was 'loyal and diligent, and had courage and strategy', which shows that the other side of the strait must be a strong soldier and a strong general, and he should not be careless." ”
Ye Ke nodded and said: "Gu naturally knows that Sun Quan is also a hero, and his subordinates and military generals have a lot of vehicles, for example, Zhang Zibu has popularity, but the north is the prime minister, this Xu Sheng's ability can also be the governor of ten thousand people." But even so, when the lone teacher came, it depended on what tricks this Xu Sheng could change in the palm of his lonely hand. ”
Everyone behind him echoed, but Sima Yi bowed his head and remained silent.
Ye Ke smiled and asked, "What is Zhongda's opinion?"
Sima Yi solemnly said: "The forces of Eastern Wu are weak, but according to the danger of the Yangtze River, now we are pouring our troops south, which will inevitably force them to unite, so the ministers think that they cannot be underestimated." ”
Ye Ke laughed: "Zhong Da's words are naturally reasonable, but Lone once said that in the face of absolute power, any conspiracy and trickery will disappear." ”
He pointed to the big river under his feet and said with a smile: "Now I have the plans of the princes, the generals are brave, with 200,000 armor, as long as the whip is thrown into the river, it will be broken." Soochow children, what a foot. ”
When many advisors heard Ye Ke's last few words, they were all shocked and looked at Ye Ke incredulously.
The eight words "throw the whip into the river, and cut off its flow" are so domineering! How mighty! How to show the hero's magnificent confidence!
Ye Ke has been the king of Wei for a long time, and he knows that although he is not a scholar looking for chapters and sentences, he is capable of being virtuous and wise, and he has little spare time, reading books and biography, reading historical books, and adopting his main purpose, which is definitely not what people say when he stayed in Youzhou to train troops.
And he endured for 20 years, and decisively struck a blow to the throne at a critical moment, which reflects his superb political insight.
This kind of heroic lord of Wen Tao and Wu strategy is afraid that he is an excellent candidate who can carry forward Cao Cao's career!
Thinking of this, the military generals of Wenchen looked at Ye Ke with their eyes, full of admiration!