Zhang Zhao had been to Hefei several times, and his impression of Long Xiang was not too bad, but he couldn't suppress the other party after asking himself, so he made an excuse and replied: "My lord, is it too early to persuade him to surrender at this time?" Long Xiang has had several experiences in defending the city, and now I am afraid that he will not easily bow to us, and the old man thinks that it will not be too late to persuade us to surrender when the army is really coming to the city. ”

"Makes sense, too."

Sun Quan turned around and watched, only to see warships from all over the country docking in Xiaoyaojin one after another, and then showed off to Sun Ben, who was on the expedition.

"Boyang fought with my brother in the past, have you ever seen such a big scene?"

"No, never."

Sun Ben shook his head indifferently in response, looking absent-minded.

Zhou Yu died of poisoning after attending a banquet in Nanchang, and because he had a high reputation in both military and civilian circles, conspiracy theories about this matter were extremely heated among the people.

Among them, a perfect inference was born, that is, Sun Ben made a feud because Zhou Yu did not save Nanchang, and then because Zhou Yu asked for Luling military rations, the conflict between the two intensified and caused a tragedy.

From Zhou Yu's burial to the fermentation of public opinion, Jiangdong has been fighting against Jingzhou, and Sun Quan also went to the Jiangxia front, so this matter can only be lost to the people.

Because the matter involved the patriarch of the Sun clan, no yamen dared to judge Sun Ben, and even the bitter master of the Zhou family, who was wronged, could only go to Sun Quan's wife Xu to cry and euphemistically exert pressure on the Sun family.

The crowd is full of gold, and the bones are destroyed.

Sun Ben sat in Nanchang, and the pot came from the sky.

Although conspiracy theories could not be put on the table, all the spearheads were pointed at Sun Ben, making him look down on him as far away as Yuzhang County.

Sun Quan knew better than Sun Ben that he had been wronged, after all, the initiator was Sun Quan himself.

Seeing that the goal of making a stinky cousin had been achieved, Sun Quan sent someone to let Sun Ben participate in the Battle of Hefei, and said that he had a way to return his innocence.

Sun Ben's relationship with Sun Quan had become estranged and cold because of Sun Fu's affairs, but he couldn't help but grasp the life-saving straw.

After all, the lord of Jiangdong is willing to come forward, and no matter how powerful the rumors are, they can be suppressed.

Sun Ben took his subordinates to Huainan to make an appointment, only to know that Sun Quan was not helping in vain.

Sun Quan gave Sun Ben two choices, either to lead the team to attack the city as a vanguard, or to give all the troops to Sun Yu, no matter which one is cutting the power of the army.

In return, Sun Quan will put the crime of murdering Zhou Yu on Huo Chun, who fell into the water and died, and then raze his three clans to block Youyou's mouth.

Huo Chun, as Zhou Yu's chamberlain, had the time to commit the crime but had no motive to commit the crime, and he disappeared after Zhou Yu's death.

Although Sun Quan was able to settle everything, Sun Ben was always skeptical.

The war is imminent, and Sun Ben must make a choice as soon as possible.

Seeing Sun Ben's cold response, Sun Quan turned his head to ask Lu Meng, wanting to take the opportunity to beat Sun Ben again.

"Ziming, all the 100,000 troops are assembled ashore, how long is it estimated to take?"

Lu Meng clasped his fists and said: "It will take a day to say the least, we can first choose a good place to camp, and then launch an attack after being fully prepared." ”

"What to choose? Just outside the city of Hefei, camp about two miles. ”

Sun Quan confidently made the final decision, and explained to the generals: "This can cause psychological pressure on the defenders, Long Xiang was able to prevent his brother from attacking the city before, because there were few soldiers and insufficient preparation at that time, I heard that there were not even decent siege equipment, we have everything this time, such as catapults, ladders, nest cars, and wells, I don't believe that Long Xiang can stop it." ”

"Yes, yes, yes."

Except for Lu Meng's compliment, the generals next to him only nodded slightly.

For the battle of Hefei, Sun Quan specially rushed to build a lot of siege equipment, which used raw materials such as wood, metal iron, and raw cowhide, which were already very expensive, and the construction period increased the cost.

A lot of the money apportioned by officials at all levels in Jiangdong was used for siege equipment, so everyone's reaction was so strange.

Crowdfunding in disguise to attack the city, Sun Quan also set a precedent.

Zhang Zhao is in a high position in Jiangdong, although he pledged to donate a year, but because his family is not bad, he is not as heartbroken as others.

When he saw that everyone's response was not very positive, Zhang Zhao hurriedly changed the topic.

"Lord, the camping site can't be too casual, there are old and new cities in Hefei, we must first determine the direction of the main attack, and we must prevent Long Xiang from counterattacking with the momentum of the horns."

"Horn wrestling?" Sun Quan stroked his purple hair and laughed: "I have 100,000 people, Long Xiang doesn't stick to it obediently, and he dares to go out of the city to fight back?" I can't ask for it! ”

Zhang Zhao hurriedly reminded: "Don't underestimate the enemy, remember the battle of Guandu in the past, Yuan Shao's troops were far superior to Cao Cao, but in the end he was defeated by Cao Cao. ”

"At this time, at that time, Yuan Shao's failure was the burning of Wuchao, and the failure was caused by the exhaustion of morale, and the waterways we took to transport all the grain, and the grain ships were also stopped in Chaohu Lake, even if Long Xiang wanted to cut off my grain route and burn my grain boat, how could he have a navy and a warship"

The more Sun Quan spoke, the more energetic he became, but he found that Zhang Zhao's face had deteriorated, so he immediately suppressed his arrogance and whispered: "I don't know what Zhang Gong's opinion is?" ”

"What can I say? It's just a staff for the lord, and in the end, the lord and the governor need to take the idea. ”

Zhang Zhao is deeply valued by Sun Cetuo, although he is loyal to Sun Quan, he has always treated the other party as a child, and often uses words to collide or put on a bad face.

Sun Quan had great respect for Zhang Zhao on the surface, but he was not used to Zhang Zhaoyi's commands in his heart, so he secretly cultivated Bu Qi, Zhuge Jin and others, and planned to replace these old ministers with newcomers in the future.

"I would like to hear and teach."

Seeing Sun Quan smiling and asking for advice, Zhang Zhao analyzed and said: "The two cities of Hefei have their own advantages and disadvantages, the advantage of the old city is that the city is small, and the defensive command can be comprehensive, and the disadvantage is that the city is small and the defenders are few, and the military food and material reserves are also small, and it is also relatively close to the water, which is more convenient for our army to attack;

The advantage of Hefei New City is that it is large-scale, there are many defenders, and there are equally many food and military reserves, but the disadvantage is that the city is too large, once the defense is weak somewhere and is breached, it is easy to affect the overall defense, and the difficulty of defensive command is greater than that of the old city;

We can break the trend of Hefei twin cities by encircling the points to help, but the specific city to surround is decided by the lord. ”

"Needless to say? Nature is near first and then far, where you lost your dignity before, you can get it back from now. ”

Sun Quan is full of beautiful words, but he is bullying the soft and afraid of the hard, he thinks that the old city of Hefei is easier to fight, and he is reluctant to think deeply with his brain.

The big boss is arbitrary, and no one advises.

According to Zhang Zhao's suggestion, Lü Meng commanded all the troops to find a place to camp and assemble two miles away from the old city.

The camp was only two miles away from Hefei, and even if Zhang Liao did not have a clairvoyant mirror, he could see the location of the enemy's main tent.

The Jiangdong soldiers who arrived slowly one after another were like hermit crabs washed ashore by the tide, densely packed with countless people.

Looking at the scene outside the city, Zhang Liao couldn't help but swallow his saliva, he was waiting for a battle with great anticipation, but he didn't expect this to be the case.

Originally, I wanted to learn from General Guan to make a name for himself, but the enemy seemed to be a little too much.

(End of chapter)