Chapter 307: Lu Meng's Plan
Zhou Yu and Zhang Zhao hurried to Sun Quan's mansion again.
The moment the two saw each other, they could basically conclude that Sun Quan was going to make a major decision.
Otherwise, you won't call both of them at the same time.
And Sun Quan did not disappoint Zhou Yu and Zhang Zhao, and released a bomb as soon as he came up - he was going to turn his face with Liu Bei and attack Jingzhou.
Zhou Yu and Zhang Zhao were brought in to analyze the pros and cons of this matter.
Zhou Yu and Zhang Zhao glanced at each other, and their hearts were unhappy for a while.
You, the lord of the house, have already made a decision, and asked us to analyze the pros and cons and analyze the yarn.
Can you listen to it after the analysis?!
Over the years, Sun Quan has been making various arrangements.
In the army, Sun Quan let the generals of the clan hold important positions, and promoted many young generals to take on important responsibilities, reducing Zhou Yu's influence in the army.
Government affairs, Sun Quan's cooperation with the Jiangdong family promoted many people from the Jiangdong family to serve as county officials, and diluted the power in Zhang Zhao's hands.
Zhang Zhao and Zhou Yu can understand that this is a change made by Sun Quan in order to strengthen his control over Jiangdong, and these two people do not have the ambition to monopolize power, so Sun Quan did this, and the two did not have any dissatisfaction, on the contrary, they cooperated with Sun Quan.
But in this current situation, Sun Quan has already made a decision, and it is already a bit arbitrary to ask two people for advice.
Sun Quan, who was humble and asked for advice at the beginning, has become less and less rare in recent years.
Therefore, Zhang Zhao and Zhou Yu were very dissatisfied with this, and even Zhang Zhao directly gave up his hand and said to Sun Quan, "Now that the lord has made a decision, he still needs to ask the old minister what he has done?!" β
After speaking, Zhang Zhao turned around and left directly, without giving Sun Quan any face.
Sun Quan was also taken aback, his face changed uncertainly, but in the end he did not stop Zhang Zhao and directly let Zhang Zhao leave.
Zhou Yu saw that Sun Quan had this attitude towards Zhang Zhao, and the words he wanted to say in his heart immediately swallowed back and rearranged it.
Sun Quan did not keep Zhang Zhao, but he warmly entertained Zhou Yu, and called Lu Meng out to meet Zhou Yu.
As soon as Zhou Yu saw that Lu Meng actually appeared in Sun Quan's mansion, he immediately knew that today's incident was done by Lu Meng again.
Sometimes, Zhou Yu doesn't know what this Lu Meng thinks, whether he has an enmity with Liu Bei, why is he so obsessed with turning his face with Liu Bei?!
But Zhang Zhao's matter is right in front of him, Zhou Yu probably understands Sun Quan's mind now, and some words can no longer be said to Sun Quan too bluntly, and methods must be paid attention to.
One thing to say, Zhou Yu doesn't like this way, but in the current situation, there is really no way.
And after Lu Meng appeared, under Sun Quan's signal, he explained to Zhou Yu why he wanted to backstab Liu Bei and how good the timing was.
Zhou Yu listened patiently, and then desperately slandered Lu Meng in his heart, is he brainless, and he actually thinks that now is a good time to backstab? !
Guan Yu is not a brainless and reckless man, that Zhang Xi is even more difficult, the two of them went north to attack Xiangfan, will they not make proper arrangements for their back roads?!
How could Lu Meng come to the conclusion that Guan Yu and Zhang Xi went north to attack Xiangfan at the same time, and that the garrison of Nanjun was empty, and the two of them had no time to take care of him?!
The public security officer, Xu Shu of Wuling, are you sure that Lu Meng will be able to beat it?!
In Zhou Yu's view, now is not the best time to backstab Jingzhou at all, on the contrary, it should be the best time to attack Hefei in the north.
Indeed, now Sun Huan and Sun Yu, the two clan generals, have not made much progress in Hefei, and are resisted by Zhang Liao and Le Jin outside Hefei, but these two people are still able to lead the troops well, and they have not suffered any big losses, and the military structure is still complete.
Now Cao Cao is trapped in Chang'an on both sides, neither dare to support Hanzhong on a large scale, nor dare to easily attack Guan Yu in the south, he is in a rather embarrassing situation, he has no way to lead a large army to support Hefei like last time.
In today's situation, in order to prevent Guan Yu from attacking Xudu, Cao Cao estimated that even the soldiers of Runan would not dare to transfer out easily, and the only one who could support Zhang Liao was probably Zang Ba in Xuzhou.
But Zang Ba has never been too peaceful, and in Xuzhou, there is a faint meaning of separating one party, this kind of person will not easily work for Cao Cao.
At this time, it is only necessary to send a naval army to attack Guangling from the waterway, then Zang Ba will inevitably use the excuse that Xuzhou is unstable, and then refuse to send troops to rescue Hefei.
At this time, Hefei is really isolated.
And once Hefei is defeated and there is a passage out of the north, then it is only necessary to stick to Hefei, train the soldiers, and sit and watch the battle of Cao Liu.
As for Jingzhou, don't move for the time being, the time is not yet right.
First, to maintain the alliance with Liu Bei, and at the same time to break Liu Bei and Guan Yu's vigilance.
You must know that the two families have just met each other a few years ago, and it would be pure nonsense to say how much Liu Beifang trusts Jiangdong now.
But if Jiangdong didn't backstab Jingzhou even when Liu Bei sent troops on both sides, this could establish some initial trust, and then send people to tie up Liu Bei and Guan Yu, slowly relax their vigilance, and if they want to attack Jingzhou in the future, it will definitely be easier than now.
Second, once Guan Yu takes Xiangfan, in order to defend Xiangfan, Guan Yu will definitely shift the strategic center of gravity to the north, and Jingnan will naturally become empty and defenseless.
And when Guan Yu gained a firm foothold in Xiangfan, and even sent troops from Xiangfan, continued to go north to Wanluo, and occupied Nanyang or even Luoyang, Guan Yu had to use his mind to fight for hegemony in the Central Plains or to respond to Liu Bei's capture of Guanzhong, and Jingzhou at that time would become the rear, and he would be even more defenseless.
Jiangdong will attack Jingzhou again at that time, wouldn't it be twice the result with half the effort?!
As for the Sun-Liu Alliance, if Guan Yu occupies Nanyang or even Luoyang, and Liu Bei hasn't played Hanzhong yet, then really don't think about the Sun-Liu Alliance, take advantage of the time when Liu Bei and Guan Yu are cut in half, attack Guan Yu as soon as possible, and then attack from Xiangyang and Huainan, and pacify the Central Plains as soon as possible.
If Liu Bei has already conquered Hanzhong and can already send troops to Longyou or Guanzhong, then quickly send an envoy to make peace with Liu Bei, promising to help Liu Bei attack Guanzhong Chang'an in exchange for Liu Bei to give up Jingzhou.
At this time, in order to occupy Guanzhong as soon as possible and open up the connection with Guan Yu, Liu Bei will most likely agree to this request.
As for Cao Cao, if he did not solve Guan Yu, who was entrenched in Nanyang or even Luoyang, he would not dare to attack Xiangyang easily;
In this way, Jiangdong can avoid the situation of being attacked by the Cao and Liu families at the same time.
This is the most beneficial way to play for Sun Quan.
This is Zhou Yu's new strategy for Sun Quan after thinking about it during this time.
Indeed, as Liu Bei went north to Hanzhong and Guan Yu conquered Xiangfan, Liu Bei's strength would only get stronger and stronger, and Zhou Yu didn't want to see this.
Backstabbing is OK, but how to backstab, how to maximize benefits, and how to resist the pressure from Cao Cao and Liu Bei at the same time after backstabbing must be taken into account.
Originally, Zhou Yu planned to tell Sun Quan these things privately at an appropriate time, but now it seems to be a little too late.
Sun Quan seems to have been moved by Lu Meng and is going to backstab Jingzhou, so Zhou Yu must consider whether his strategy can still move Sun Quan's heart.
And if you want to move Sun Quan's heart, you must first convince Lu Meng If you don't convince Lu Meng, Sun Quan will be persuaded by Lu Meng sooner or later to continue to attack Jingzhou.
So, Zhou Yu pondered for a moment, bowed his hand to Lu Meng, and asked, "What strategy does the unknown general want to use to attack Jingzhou?!" β
Ask about the strategy first, so that you can prescribe the right medicine.
LΓΌ Meng looked at Sun Quan first, and after getting Sun Quan's approval, he got up and saluted Zhou Yu, came to the map, and began to explain his strategy for attacking Jingzhou.
To put it simply, the current defense of Jingzhou actually has three key points, and as long as these three key points are broken, it is not difficult to capture Jingzhou.
The first point is Xu Shu in Wuling County.
Xu Shu is a person who is outstanding in governing the local area and can also lead troops to fight, which Lu Meng deeply understands.
At the beginning, Lu Meng was blocked in Xiangtan and could not advance an inch, so that Lu Meng could not capture the people of the four counties of Jingnan in one fell swoop, and Lu Meng could not be impressed.
So, the strategy to deal with Xu Shu is
"Meng has sent people to secretly contact the barbarians of Wuling, and ordered them to attack Wuling County after the autumn, Xu Shu will raise troops to conscript, and I am afraid that I will not be able to support Nanjun in the short term."
The strategy to deal with Xu Shu was to let him mobilize the soldiers of Wuling County first, and it would be enough to delay him for a month.
The second point is the appointment of public security guards.
Wen Pin was originally a famous general in Jingzhou, although he has guarded one side over the years and has not made much merit, but as a person who has fought with Wen Pin, Lu Meng does not dare to be careless about Wen Pin.
Although the public security guard Wen Ping is both wise and brave, but the public security is not a strong city, and the naval army was transferred north by Guan Yu to attack Xiangfan, and Wen Ping only has thousands of soldiers to guard the public security city Chier. And Xichuan Liu Jiyu, hated Liu Bei for taking away his foundation, and now Liu Jiyu is also in the public security city, and there are thousands of tenants under his command, and Liu Jiyu loves Zhang Ren, and is now the deputy general of public security. Meng has sent someone to secretly meet Liu Jiyu, saying that when our army attacked the public security, he would be able to do nothing, although he was able to do so, he would be unable to do anything about it, and in this way, the public security would be broken. β
The third point is Gangneung.
Jiangling is the seat of the southern county, the city is strong, and it is difficult to break through for a while, as long as the defenders hold on and delay the time to wait for Guan Yu to return to the division, it should not be a problem.
"Although Jiangling is a strong city, it is discovered that its guards are only Ma Liang, Wang Ji and other generations, although these two people are good at government and strategy, but they do not understand the military, do not know how to defend the city, and there is no general in their hands. The lord can secretly order Sun Huan, General Sun Yu led the troops to retreat from Hefei, go to Jiangxia to rest, and take our army to break through the public security, and then send troops from Wulin to attack Yingxian!! β
Even LΓΌ Meng, who was the least important Lingling County, made arrangements.
"Lingling Pan Jun, Yu has an old age, and he has not accepted Guan Yu for a long time, he only needs a certain letter to persuade him to surrender. Even if he does not surrender, the lord can also order Lu Dai to go out of Guiyang, contact Jiaozhou Shixie, and attack Lingling on both sides. Although Pan Jun is a little familiar with military affairs, he is not good after all, so he can be broken from both sides, so it is not a matter of concern. β
"If Lingling is broken, our army can go north to attack Wuling, and even if Wuling Xu Shu quells the barbarian rebellion, he will not dare to leave Wuling lightly. When we break through Jiangling and take all the southern counties, the land of Wuling is no longer a matter of concern. β
(End of chapter)