In the middle of July of the seventh year of Zhangwu, Xiangyang, Anle Hou Mansion.

It is the early autumn season, the south is still a little hot, the sun is fierce, and the people of Xiangyang are all sad and sad when the south is mourning.

Only An Lehou, the owner of An Lehou's mansion, is as refreshing as drinking iced black tea in summer.

"Hahahaha, God help me."

Sun Quan laughed heartily.

In the morning, he went to the palace to offer incense to Liu Bei, and when he returned to the mansion in the afternoon, he blossomed in the back garden.

Liu Bei died, which must have been a huge impact on the south.

Sun Quan intends to cooperate with Cao Wei to recapture his Jiangdong, so he must be unstable in the south, and now isn't this a godsend?

Therefore, he smiled at the moment, and felt that the success rate of his plan had increased by a large margin.

Fu Jun, the housekeeper of the Hou Mansion, saw that he was very happy, so he smiled and said, "Wu Hou, in addition to Liu Bei's death, there is also good news. ”

"Oh?"

Sun Quan hurriedly asked, "What's the good news?" ”

Fu Jun said: "General Gu replied that they had secretly built more than 20,000 blades and hundreds of armors. ”

"Great, great, the odds of solitary victory are a little more certain."

Sun Quan patted his thigh and applauded again and again, the expression on his face was simply happy, and he was extremely excited.

If he had been armed with this bit of weaponry before, he would definitely not have paid attention to it.

Sitting on the entire Jiangdong, the total number of troops once exceeded 200,000, and the weapons and equipment were even more than hundreds of thousands.

Although his armor was insufficient at that time, there were still quite a few small armors used by ordinary soldiers, and they were far more generous in terms of armament than they are now.

But I can't stand it.

More than 20,000 blades were enough to equip 10,000 soldiers and hundreds of officers to launch a small and medium-sized campaign.

The most important thing is that it is secretly built under Liu Bei's nose, which is not easy.

As long as you can arm 10,000 or 20,000 soldiers, you can defeat the Han Dynasty soldiers stationed in Jiangdong and quickly occupy Jiangdong, which is already great news for the current Sun Quan.

When Sun Quan learned the good news, he slowly walked under the corridor, stroked his beard and nodded slightly: "Now it's up to Cao Pi to take advantage of Liu Bei's death, if he can launch an offensive while Liu Bei is dead, then we can secretly run out of Xiangyang according to the plan, and then go back to Jiangdong to set off the great cause of retaking Jiangdong." ”

"Whether Wu Hou's great cause can succeed or not is in the near future, just."

"Just what?"

"It's just that we can't put all our hopes on Cao Pi."

Fu Jun persuaded: "Wu Hou thinks about it, he contacted us just to use us to break through Huainan and defeat Guan Yu. If he succeeds, who knows if he will occupy Jiangdong next? ”

"Hmm"

Sun Quan groaned and said, "These orphans naturally know it, but they think it's unlikely. ”

"Why?"

"There are two points, one is that even if he defeats Guan Yu, where will the ships go south immediately? The second is that Cao Pi attacked Huainan, and Liu Chan would inevitably send people to rescue, and he had no time to take care of Jiangdong. ”

"Will Liu Chan go to the rescue?"

Fu Jun said: "What does Wu Hou mean? ”

"Lone means that when they are fighting, Lone will sit at the mouth of the river and watch them fight, take advantage of this opportunity, Lone will recruit troops on a large scale, build weapons and equipment, and guard against their attack, no matter who wins, Lone has the strength to fight."

"Cao Pi is powerful, there are many soldiers and horses, what if Cao Pi wins?"

"Huh."

Sun Quan said with a smile: "If Cao Pi wins, it would be good to recapture Huainan, and it is unlikely that he wants to go south and continue to send troops to Jiangdong." ”

"But what if Liu Chan wins?"

Fu Jun asked again.

Sun Quan laughed and said, "Isn't there still a lonely? Cao Jun already has more soldiers and horses than Liu Chan, if he can't beat them, Lone can still take the opportunity to sneak attack their rear. ”

Fu Jun gave a thumbs up and said, "Wu Hou Yingming." ”

"It's just that there is one thing that has to be guarded against, if Cao Pi really doesn't follow the agreement, he takes Huainan and Jiangdong alone, and has the idea of destroying us together, I'm afraid he will frame Gu."

Sun Quan frowned.

"Framing Wu Hou?"

Fu Jun wondered: "How to frame it." ”

"If he sends troops to Huainan, fights with Guan Yu, and causes trouble in the rear alone, what will happen to Cao Pi at this time when he deliberately puts Guan Yu back?"

Sun Quan asked rhetorically.

"Deliberately put Guan Yu back?"

Fu Jun was even more puzzled and said, "Is Cao Pi crazy? Obviously, you can unite with us to exterminate Guan Yu. ”

Sun Quan said in a deep voice: "Guan Yu learned that something happened in the rear, he must be shocked and return to the division to rescue, Cao Pi let Guan Yu go, let Guan Yu go back to Jiangdong to attack Gu, while we are fighting with Guan Yu, he stepped up to build a boat, and then crossed the river to wipe us out, what do you say?" ”

Fu Jun was shocked: "This is unlikely, Cao Pi should know that it is impossible for our forces to compete with Guan Yu, if we let Guan Yu's main force come back, wouldn't we be defeated again soon?" Can he plot to get to Koto? ”

Sun Quan shook his head and said, "Don't forget, there is also Guangling." Cao Jun can march from Huainan Guangling two roads, after Guan Yu goes back, Guan Yu will directly take Wu County to crusade against me, at this time Cao Jun all the way from Huainan to seize Jianye, the other way from Guangling south to contain Guan Yu, what they want is to fight with Guan Yu, as long as we fight with Guan Yu, he can sit on the benefits of the fisherman. ”

"This"

Fu Jun let out a cold sweat and said, "Wu Hou, if Cao Pi is really like this, then what should I do?" ”

"Hmm"

Sun Quan walked back and forth in the courtyard a few steps, also frowning.

It's a tricky thing to do.

He was fooled once.

Cao Pi of Dog X.

When Liu Bei attacked Jiangdong, Cao Pi said well that he would send troops to rescue.

As a result, he sent thousands of Cao Chun over, and was killed by Zhao Yun in Dongxing, and the whole army was annihilated, and even Cao Chun was beheaded.

Jiangdong was isolated and helpless, and was finally eliminated by Liu Bei.

Now I want to unite myself again.

Although Sun Quan thought to himself that this might be his last chance, he had to fight no matter what.

But Cao Pi's villain behavior, he also had to guard against it.

In case Cao Pi really has the idea of annexing Jiangdong in one fell swoop, he will not help Sun Quan wholeheartedly, but will only drive Guan Yu to fight with Sun Quan, even if Sun Quan's troops are not as good as Guan Yu, but the defense of the city will definitely be barely able to fight, Cao Pi will take advantage of their defeat, and he can annex Jiangdong in one fell swoop.

Sun Quan thought for a long time before he said, "No matter what, this matter really has to be considered. Lone will not be on Cao Pi's hands again, this time before Cao Pi's army and Guan Yu are in full battle, Lone will never cause trouble, we will wait for news in Xiangyang first, and wait for the situation in Huainan to come over, and then make a decision. ”

Fu Jun thought: "What if Cao Pi urges us to start an uprising first, and use the excuse to cause chaos in Guan Yu's every inch?" ”

"No matter!"

Sun Quan said without hesitation: "No matter how much Cao Pi urges, we don't care." ”

This is the absence of a rabbit and a hawk.

As the saying goes, if you eat a trench and grow wise, and then you want Sun Quan to be the wronged leader, Cao Pi doesn't think about it.

Having made up his mind, Sun Quan planned to sit and wait in Xiangyang.

And just when Cao Pi and Sun Quan had their own plans, at this moment in the Mingguang Hall of the Xiangyang Palace, Shen Chen and Zhuge Liang were also discussing things.

Both of them were wearing filial piety clothes, sitting cross-legged in the right side of the hall, and only Ma Liang was in the room.

Liu Bei's five major strategists, Jia Xu has died of illness, and Pang Tongfa and Xu Shu are all on the front line, so Zhuge Liang can strategize at present.

The rest of the second-line strategists below, such as Ma Liang, Yang Yi, Dong He, Zhou Budo, Jiang Wan, Lu Xun, Zhuge Jin, Huang Quan, Zheng Du and others, are also of great use to Ma Liang, Zhou Budo and Lu Xun.

It's a pity that Lu Xun has not yet entered the core power layer, and Zhou Budo is now cooperating with Xu Shu in Nanyang and taking on the role of transporting grain and grass for the Henan front, so when doing deep-level strategies, only Ma Liang can keep up with Shen Chen and Zhuge Liang's ideas.

At this moment, Shen Chen sat on the seat, thought about it and said: "Cao Pi's strategists are not bad, they won't not have expected that we plan to withdraw the soldiers and horses from Henan, we have to think about what they have planned now." ”

Zhuge Liang muttered: "It's nothing more than two points, one is to take advantage of the death of the first emperor to immediately send troops." The second is to retreat and go back, recuperate, or Kouluo Guanzhong and Huainan. ”

"Hmm."

Shen Chen nodded thoughtfully: "I don't think they will send troops to Nanyang too much, in the field battle, everyone can't tell the winner, not to mention that he dares to go deep into Nanyang to fight with us?" This is not good for them, Cao Pi should not be so stupid. ”

"So Xiaoqing thinks they plan to withdraw and go back?"

Zhuge Liang asked.

"It is definitely true to retreat and go back, but Cao Wei has now lost Guanzhong and Huainan, and he must want to take it back, I don't think they will necessarily stop there, and while our main force retreats to Nanyang to recuperate, it is very likely that they will launch an offensive against Guanzhong and Huainan."

Shen Chen gave his own judgment.

This is from the overall strategic point of view, Cao Wei's side has lost the strategic opportunity, if Guanzhong and Huainan are not recaptured, they will fall into a situation of passive beating.

Nanyang and Chang'an are connected by Wuguan, and Xiangyang is connected by Hanshui and the Yangtze River, and Huainan can be rushed to Huainan in more than ten days.

At that time, the entire south will be connected, and the speed of the Han army's army mobilization, grain and grass transportation, and material escort will be doubled, and Cao Wei's annexed states, Runan, Xuzhou and other places may be attacked by the Han army at any time, and Cao Pi could not have imagined this.

Therefore, if Shen Chen put himself in Cao Pi's position, he must want to regain Chang'an and Huainan as his own, which is to maximize the benefits of Liu Bei's death this time.

Zhuge Liang said: "Xiaoqing is right, I think the same way. Chang'an was snatched back by Cao Wei, and the Wuguan passage was closed. As soon as Huainan is lost, he will be able to cut off the river and attack Jiangdong. We can't do it all the way, and that's what he does. ”

Shen Chen said in a deep voice: "We have accumulated strength for three years, and it took so much cost to grab Guanzhong and Huainan, if we are recaptured by Cao Wei, we will have to accumulate at least three years, and we must not let Cao Pi succeed." ”

Ma Liang said: "Why don't we ambush the men and horses in Shangluo, once the Cao army wants to take the opportunity to recapture Guanzhong, they will suddenly kill and defeat them?" ”

Shen Chen said with a smile: "How can Ji Chang determine when the Cao army will attack?" ”

"This"

Ma Liang pondered, "Isn't it this year?" ”

"It may be this year, or it may be next year, they want to take advantage of the chaotic situation after the death of the first emperor to take advantage of the opportunity to make profits, but they will not be unexpected, and we will definitely be very vigilant during this time."

Shen Chen shook his head and said, "So if we ambush the people in advance, they only need to wait for the opportunity, but it will make us add some unnecessary losses." ”

Historically, Cao Wei did not actually deploy heavy troops in Guanzhong and Huainan in the early days, and Cao Pi and Cao Rong's soldiers and horses were mainly concentrated in Luoyang, and once there was a war between Guanzhong and Huainan, they would send people to deal with it.

This is done in order to firmly grasp the soldiers and horses, and the second and most important point is to save national strength.

If you put too many troops on the front line, it will be a trouble to transport grain and grass, so it is better to put a small number of troops to defend the important cities of Guanzhong and Huainan, and wait until the time of war to send troops to support.

So there is an example of Chen Cang Hao Zhao's less than 2,000 people repelling Zhuge Liang's tens of thousands of troops, and Xincheng Zhang Te's 3,000 people repelling Zhuge Ke's 200,000 troops.

Therefore, to a certain extent, arranging the army in advance to wait for an enemy who does not know when it will come is obviously a matter of increasing losses, which is really an unnecessary loss for the southern Han Dynasty, which has consumed a lot of national strength due to the first Northern Expedition.

Zhuge Liang agreed with Shen Chen's point of view and said: "Xiaoqing once said that there is only a thousand days to be a thief, and there is no reason to prevent thieves for a thousand days. This is the same, so we must think about how to counter Cao Wei's mobilization of troops against Guanzhong and Huainan. ”

Shen Chen said: "In Guanzhong, I plan to attack instead of defending, compete with Cao Wei in Hedong, and start a local war. If I lose, my brother will come to my aid. ”

"Hmm."

Zhuge Liang nodded: "After that, what we have to consider is Cao Wei's march into Huainan." If I'm right, maybe I already know Cao Wei's thoughts. ”

"Oh?"

Shen Chen was surprised: "How did my brother know?" ”

Zhuge Liang smiled: "Actually, this year, I intercepted Cao Pi's letter to the Jiangdong Shi clan, and I knew that he planned to win over the Jiangdong Shi clan and start a rebellion in Yangzhou. ”

"That's a good idea."

Shen Chen said with a smile: "But now the Jiangdong Shi Clan is just a group of people who are struggling to survive, what strength can they have?" ”

Zhuge Liang said: "Even if their strength declines, but after all, there are as many Jiangdong Shi clans as a cow's hair, and it is still easy for each family to produce hundreds of people and gather tens of thousands of troops, although it is a rabble, it may also set off some chaos." ”

Shen Chen wondered: "Aren't they crazy, isn't it easy to be exposed if they engage in tandem on such a large scale?" ”

"So they have to find someone to communicate with secretly."

Zhuge Liang said: "As far as I know, the way they contact is the same as Xiaoqing's internal contact, which is a one-line contact, and the families don't know who is involved." ”

"And such characters?"

Shen Chen frowned, and after a moment, he said in surprise, "It can't be Sun Quan." ”

If you really want to follow Zhuge Liang's statement, then this person must be familiar with the situation of all the families in Jiangdong.

Otherwise, according to historical records, there are hundreds of large and small families in Yangzhou, and each family may not necessarily have friendship with each other, and may not even know each other, how can it be connected?

And the only one who knows this, who else is besides Sun Quan?

Zhuge Liang smiled: "Exactly." ”

"Good fellows."

Shen Chen sneered and laughed: "This guy is a thief with an immortal heart. ”

Zhuge Liang said: "Cao Wei colluded with Sun Quan and conspired with the Jiangdong Shi clan to launch a rebellion, probably at this time to raid Huainan, so that the general suffered from the enemy on his back, and wanted to take Huainan back, Xiaoqing thinks, how should he respond?" ”

Shen Chen glanced at Zhuge Liang and said, "Since my brother already knows what Cao Wei and Sun Quan think, then I must have already had a way to deal with it." ”

Zhuge Liang shook the feather fan lightly and said with a smile: "There is a plan, and the plan will be calculated." ”

"Could it be that my brother is trying to lure the enemy deeper?"

"I was guessed by Xiaoqing again."

"Hahaha, my brother has a big appetite."

Shen Chen laughed and said, "Then sit back and wait for my brother's good news." ”

"Hmm."

Zhuge Liang looked at the north with deep eyes, and said softly: "Withdraw the troops first, as long as you resist Cao Wei's offensive this time and stabilize the situation in the rear, it will not be too far from the next Northern Expedition." ”

(End of chapter)