Chapter 881: Xu Wu joined forces to perform a play
As Pang Tong analyzed. After the information of Sun Jian's "fraudulent death" was transmitted back to Crouching Tiger City, Zhao Xing did not appear to be so angry, but agreed to Sun Jian's secret request very readily, and he personally went out to ask Doctor Hua to go out of the mountain to save Sun Jian's trip to Wuzhou.
However, Zhao Xing's good temper is limited to this, he is not something that anyone can fool and doubt, don't say that this kind of thing is not repeated again and again, even if Sun Jian sees that he is going to marry a family with children, it is only this once, and it is definitely not an example.
If everyone thinks that King Pingxi can be fooled, and everyone follows suit, will Zhao Xing's prestige and face be gone? This time, it is because Sun Jian was indeed seriously injured by someone, and it also makes it easy for outsiders to associate with Jin Guo and Zhao Xing, otherwise King Pingxi would not bother to pay attention to this, let alone easily ask Hua Tuo to leave the country to rescue others.
To put it bluntly, the reason why Zhao Xing did not throw face at Jiangdong was for the sake of his own reputation, and second, there was no frontal war between the Xuzhou Army and Jiangdong. But even so, Zhao Xing still made a small request to Sun Jian through Xuzhou, that is, to take care of his youngest son, and stop causing trouble everywhere, otherwise in case Sun Quan causes a big disaster, I am afraid that Sun Jian will not be able to cover it.
Zhao Xing's attitude is very important, especially for Soochow today. After Sun Jian received the accurate news from Xuzhou, he was very relieved, so he began to arrange some measures against other forces.
There is no shortage of capable people and strategists in Dongwu, at first because of Sun Jian's unconscious, it was indeed a little chaotic, but since Sun Jian was rescued by Lang Zhong from Xuzhou, everyone began to actively make suggestions and work together to deal with the overt and covert threats against Dongwu. This is also the prestige that Sun Jian has formed in Wuzhou over the years, as long as he is still there, although everyone is divided into several small factions on weekdays, but in the face of major events that may threaten the survival of Jiangdong, they can still work together to overcome the difficulties.
Sun Jian is like Jiangdong's spiritual pillar, as long as he does not fall, everyone will cling to him, and once Sun Jian is not there, Jiangdong will fall into chaos and division.
The old minister Zhang Zhao offered advice, Jiangdong neither spread the false news that Lord Wu was "assassinated", nor did he confirm the true news that Sun Jian had woken up, so he dragged it on like this, naturally there were people who did good things to inquire, and even more people with bad intentions came to pay their respects.
Lu Su also agreed with Zhang Zhao's strategy, and was even bolder. He suggested that Sun Jian and Xuzhou reached a consensus, they might as well send tens of thousands of horses to cross the Yangtze River and invade the territory of Guangling County in Xuzhou, putting on a posture of being ready to fight desperately with the Jin State, and at the same time continue to let the second prince control the overall situation on the surface, and create the illusion that Jiangdong has actually fallen into chaos, and then see which forces will take advantage of the fire to rob.
Sun Jian is also a master who does big things, and he has no shortage of strategies and decisions, and he listened to the strategy of Zhang Zhao, Lu Su and others to "plan what is planned".
Sun Jian secretly contacted Zhang Liao, and was willing to exchange the ownership of the islands in the sea (Zhoushan Islands) east of Yin County, Wu County for an opportunity for the Jiangdong army to land in the area from Hailing to Guangling in Xuzhou. Sun Jian's concession was a real deal, and it definitely showed his sincerity in cooperating with the Jin State. Opening the islands in the east sea to the Jin navy was actually tantamount to letting the Jin army put the sword on Wuzhou's neck, which not only expressed Wuzhou's trust in the Jin state, but also made it clear that the Sun clan would not be an enemy of the Jin state in the future.
The reason why Sun Jian made such a huge concession was not only forced by the current situation, but also related to a letter sent back from the northeast by his eldest daughter Sun Ren not long ago. Sun Ren reported to his father in the letter what she had seen and heard in the past two years, and described the strength of the various armies of the Jin State, especially the Jin State Naval Division, Sun Ren unabashedly advised Sun Jian that if he did not want the family to embark on the road of destruction, then he must not be an enemy of the King of Pingxi and the Jin State, because the power and strength of the King of Pingxi are all-round, and if they do not see and experience it with their own eyes, outsiders will not be able to understand it at all.
Sun Ren mentioned something in the letter, which shocked Sun Jian after reading it. Sun Ren said that he once went to sea on a warship as big as a floor of the Jin State Naval Division, and personally watched the naval division dispatch eight large ships to meet the nearly 10,000 naval divisions of Gongsun Du of Liaodong, and as a result, in less than a morning, all the Liaodong naval divisions were captured without any damage to his own side.
Sun Jian, who had always felt that the Eastern Wu Sailors were powerful, was no longer calm after reading his daughter's letter, and simply made the decision to open the coastal islands to the Jin Navy. In doing so, you can not only show your sincerity, but also really see the strength of the Jin State Water Division.
If the Jin State Sailor is really as powerful as Sun Shangxiang said, then the gap between Eastern Wu and the Jin State is all-round. If the Yangtze River, which was originally relied on, is simply a small river ditch in the eyes of others, then Dongwu should wash and sleep as soon as possible, and never think about standing on its own in the southeast direction, otherwise it will just increase the laughing stock.
Zhang Liao saw that Sun Jian was so "on the road", so he no longer got angry with Sun Jian, and readily agreed to Dongwu's request, and said that he would definitely mobilize the army to cooperate with Dongwu to perform such a good show of "one is willing to fight, one is willing to suffer" for others to see.
With the strong support of the "Smiling Tiger", Jiangdong's plan this time is to be a great success. How could Zhang Liao have suffered losses over the years? This is precisely the reason why Lu Su boldly suggested that Sun Jian send troops across the river. Because everyone in the world knows Zhang Liao's character who refuses to suffer, as long as Jiangdong really sends troops to cross the river, it means that Jiangdong must be provoked by the Jin State, otherwise who will touch Zhang Liao's "moldy head", this product is a master who never refuses to suffer, and has two trump cards under his command, "Dragoon" and "Xiong Zhenjun"!
Because it was necessary to make a big drama vivid and lively, it was clearly ordered by Sun Quan, and there were still 30,000 Jiangdong troops under the command of Sun Jian in secret, who crossed the river by boat from Dantu in one day, and went straight to the two counties of Guangling and Hailing, which were defending the "emptiness".
Because Sun Jian's life and death are "unknown", the eldest son Sun Ce is still in the south to quell the rebellion, so the second son Sun Quan temporarily replaced the authority of Jiangdong, and the army that crossed the river north to Xuzhou was led by the first veteran Cheng Pu under Sun Jian, the veteran Han Dang and Huang Gai were the left and right generals, and the young generals Xu Sheng and Ling Tong were the left and right vanguards.
It is said that Sun Ce, known as the "Little Overlord of Jiangdong", is now leading the Pingnan army to the north as a backup for Cheng Pu and continuing to increase troops in the direction of Xuzhou!
At this time, all kinds of news about the enmity between Eastern Wu and the Jin State spread everywhere in the southeast of the Han Dynasty, so that people who didn't know what was going on shook their heads after hearing it, and they really couldn't figure out what it was for.