Chapter 268: Zhang Gu's Polemic

Who knew that after listening to Gu Yong's words, Tai Lieutenant Zhang Zhao came out to sing the opposite, he thought that Lu Xun could not escape the blame for this loss of his teacher and humiliation of the country, and he should have been locked up and brought to justice, but because the war on the front line was in full swing now, it was not appropriate for General Yi to be punished for the time being, and let him continue to be guilty in the army and make meritorious contributions.

Zhang Zhao thinks that Lu Xun is a quasi-sinner, and now it is the court that decides the life and death of the country, and he should not ask this quasi-sinner, and Lu Xun's repeated defeats have fully proved his incompetence.

If there is a disagreement, there will be an argument, so the Eastern Wu court argued all day about whether Lu Xun should be summoned back to ask about the plan, and wasted a day without arguing about the reason.

In the days that followed, there were debates in the court about various issues, the most critical of which was what would happen to Soochow in the future. Zhang Zhao proposed to surrender to Shu Han, anyway, the Han Dynasty was originally orthodox in the world, and it was not a bad thing to join the Han Dynasty to complete the unification of the world.

If we stand from the perspective of history and the country and the nation, Zhang Zhao's remarks are not only not wrong, but also very "lofty" and have the consciousness of "taking into account the overall situation and understanding the general situation." In order to maintain the unity of the country, reduce the disaster of war for the people, and contribute to the preservation of more vitality of the Han nation.

But judging from the situation at that time, from the position of Soochow and the interests of the Sun family, he was a complete capitulation faction and traitor. It is not surprising that Zhang Zhao put forward the idea of surrender, and during the Battle of Chibi that year, Zhang Zhao also advocated surrendering to Cao Cao, and he was originally an old surrender faction. Obviously, at this time, his old ~ problem was committed again.

Of course, Gu Yong didn't agree with his idea, and hurriedly spoke out against it: "Taiwei Zhang's words are wrong, I think that my Wu Kingdom has gone through three generations, and countless people with lofty ideals have shed their blood for it to have the current situation, how can it be said that it will be surrendered." The king has just been seriously ill, you don't think about how to support the prince to ascend the throne, you don't think about how to retreat from the enemy to protect the country, but you blindly advocate surrender, what is not a traitor? ”

The more Gu Yong spoke, the more angry he became, and when he got to the back, he became a little excited, and what he said became difficult to sound. Zhang Zhao was so angry by his sentence of "traitor" that he blew his beard and glared at him, pointing at him so much that his gray beard trembled with excitement, and he couldn't say a word for a long time. Finally relieved himself and said:

"Vertical, a fool who can't see the shape clearly, now the army of Shu is sweeping the world and invincible, and our army is fighting less and less, without tasting a victory, how long can this situation be maintained? Even if it doesn't fall, won't people come to pick it up? Do you think that once the army of Shu arrives, the remaining remnants of the defeated army will be able to stop the tiger and wolf army of Shu? ”

"Humph! No matter how strong the Shu army is, what about it? No matter how strong it is, is it as strong as Cao Cao's million-strong male division back then? Cao Cao's million-strong division was still defeated by our army, and in the battle of Chibi, our army attacked more with less, and the million-dollar Cao army was wiped out, have you forgotten? Back then, you were also blindly clamoring to surrender Cao, how are you now? Where is Cao Jun? Gu Yong said.

"Today is different from the past, although Cao's army was huge, but Cao Cao coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and he was not a righteous teacher. Those who have attained the Tao help more and those who have lost the Tao have little help, but my Dongwu and Liu Yuzhou have cooperated sincerely, and the morale of the soldiers on both sides is high, coupled with the strategic planning and clever design of Zhou Dudu, which led to that great victory.

Now if the shape of the Han dynasty is reversed, Shu Han adheres to the orthodox status of the Han family, and the little emperor Liu Chan has deceived many people to follow him under the banner of recovering the Han family and saving the people. And I, Dongwu, has always been a country of courtiers, today the king is coming to conquer, and the people are separated from Germany, what do we do to resist?

Besides, although the number of the current Shu army is small, its combat effectiveness is more powerful than that of the Cao army back then. May I ask if our army has fought against the Shu army many times in recent years, has it ever won victories? Now the comparison of the military strength of the two countries ~ is more disparity than the comparison of the military strength of the Cao army and our country ~ back then. May I ask if the Shu army attacks on a large scale, how to resist it? Who can lead the troops to resist? You? You? ”

Zhang Zhao pointed at Gu Yong and asked two in a row, "Are you?" Gu Yong lowered his head in shame, although he was too punctual when he was acting in Huiji, and he also led troops to get rid of the thieves, but he was always a literati and was not very familiar with martial arts. Let him go to the crusade~ It's no problem to kill a few bandits, but in a war like this kind of national war, I'm afraid he will be weak before he goes.

Think about it again, there is no one in the court who can lead troops to fight, the famous general of Eastern Wu, the most famous is Zhou Yu, but unfortunately Zhou Yu died early, and his successor is not as good as a crab. Lu Su is too upright, but he is not good at scheming, such a person is no problem for you to ask him to train the army, and it is barely okay to keep it.

But he is not competent at all in a real big war, the so-called soldiers are treacherous, and people who are too upright and do not know how to be flexible will definitely be more auspicious and less auspicious to lead troops to fight, and there are no bones left in the calculation.

Of course, if his army is many, much stronger than the enemy's, and the difference in strength between the two sides is so great that no conspiracy can make up for it, then he can use the brilliant army to push it over, and he can defeat the enemy in a dignified manner without any military art or trickery.

Lu Su's successor, Lu Meng, is a bit of a city government, but after all, he is not a brilliant person like Zhou Yu, Zhuge Liang, and Sima Yi. Moreover, Lu Meng's family was poor since he was a child, relying on his brother-in-law to live, and he had no opportunity to study, so his knowledge was shallow and his knowledge was not wide. Later, under the persuasion of Sun Quan, he began to study hard.

Although he worked hard and gained a lot, he was already an adult after all, and he missed the best opportunity to learn, and no matter how diligent he was, what he could learn was limited. Therefore, it is always difficult for him to become a first-class player.

Of course, in history, he became a well-known figure in the world because of the "white-clothed crossing the river" sneak attack on Jingzhou City, which led to the failure of Guan Gong's Northern Expedition. But in this time and space, he not only failed in the sneak attack on Jingzhou, but was also scolded to death by Liu Hou, leaving a laughing stock in vain.

When Lu Xun took over as the governor of the capital, Lu Xun's talent was indeed comparable to Zhou Yu. Lu Xun not only gave advice in the "Crossing the River in White" incident, but also burned the company camp and defeated Liu Bei's 800,000 army in the Battle of Yiling, which can be described as a great success.

However, in this time and space, he led his troops to fight Liu Hou three times and five times, all of which ended in a crushing defeat. The Eastern Wu court and the upper and lower ranks of the Eastern Wu army had lost confidence in him. The so-called confidence and trust are based on the premise of victory again and again, if you always lose the battle, no matter what you say, no one will believe you anymore, because facts speak louder than words.

Looking around the Dongwu court, the veterans are old, dead, the younger generation has not yet grown up, and they can't take on heavy responsibilities, Dongwu is the same as Cao Wei, facing the embarrassing situation of talent shortage. Lu Xun, the only one who can fight, was also beaten out of temper, at this time, who else can lead troops to resist the army of Shu?

And the problem is that even if there is a famous general, there are no soldiers to bring him now. At present, the domestic national strength of Soochow is empty, and this emptiness not only refers to the aspect of property, food, and straw, but also includes the aspect of military strength. After a series of battles, the strength of Eastern Wu was almost exhausted to Liu Hou's Hong army, and the 200,000 sailors who went to attack Jingzhou before were almost the last troops of Eastern Wu.