Chapter 286: Sun Ce's Jedi Counterattack
If you let the family design, Liu Bei's final battle to destroy Sun Ce will definitely be full of flowers, twists and turns, and climaxes.
But real history often doesn't make home as you wish.
Because Zhuge Jin and Guan Yu had besieged Moling for four or five months, they held each other, ran out of food, and consumed the enemy, in order to make Sun Ce unable to defend against the danger at the last moment, and had to go out of the city to fight in the field after the food ran out.
has done so much foreshadowing and spent so much time, if this plan can't be achieved in the end, and it has to be unexpected and dramatic with twists and turns, it can only show that Zhuge Jin's strategic IQ is not enough, and it is a kind of personality collapse.
Those who are good at fighting have no great achievements, and they will wear down the enemy and finally destroy them flatly, and the real war history is so simple and unpretentious.
At the beginning of November, after Zhao Yun went to Moling City for the first time to show off his might and attack the enemy's morale, he would change his tricks to humiliate Sun Ce every few days for more than ten days after that.
Then all kinds of displays, "Our army is not panicking, our army can afford to consume, our army has enough food, and we can only rely on eating the new rice harvested by the people of Danyang County in the autumn, and General Yuan is about to destroy the Cao thief in Guandu."
Once or twice, Sun Ce still has the energy to refute rumors and lies, but it doesn't matter if he gets tired later.
Huang Gai and other henchmen and veterans also repeatedly persuaded him to make a decision, and later, even Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, who were thieves and generals with no strategy, began to sigh and feel that the lord was aggrieved.
And Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong, Qin Song and other strategists who stayed by Sun Ce's side were also at a loss, they were more cowardly than those generals, and they had already moved the idea of persuading Sun Ce to surrender.
But he also knew that Sun Ce had resisted to this point, and he bet everything on "Sun Cao's alliance can turn the tables", and at this moment, he was desperate to vote, and at most he would not die, and he would definitely be stripped of all his positions of power by Liu Bei.
The title may not be taken away by Liu Bei, but it will definitely be imprisoned and guarded, or even exiled to a bitter cold place - this is also the political norm in the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong both knew Sun Ce too well, they knew that Sun Ce was young and vigorous, and his blood was strong, and he would not tolerate such a humiliating way of living, he would rather be vigorous.
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In the blink of an eye, in late November, Sun Ce also realized that this situation could not continue any longer, the food in the city was getting less and less, and the hearts of the soldiers were becoming more and more panicked, and he could not really wait until the day when the food was cut off before making a final decision.
Although Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong did not persuade him to surrender, he also reported the grain account to him every day, so that he knew how long the grain in Moling City was only enough to support him. Sun Ce knew very well the subtext of these two people, these people had become surrenderers, and they were not reliable at all, and they could not discuss with them a strategy to retreat from the enemy.
Sun Ce, who was on the verge of betrayal and separation, could only make a final plan with Huang Gai and Han as the henchmen and veterans left by their two fathers, as well as Lu Fan and other veteran strategists who couldn't jump ship and followed all the way from Yuan Shu.
On this day, Lu Fan may have been forced out of a little IQ by a desperate situation, and the dog jumped over the wall to help Sun Ce come up with a bad move.
He found Sun Ce privately and quietly offered advice: "Lord, now Zhao Yun is showing off his martial arts every day, the morale of the army is depressed, and the food in Moling City is only enough to support more than a month, and sooner or later he will run out of food."
If the lord has to bet that Cao Cao can win Yuan Shao, and then return to the army to attack Liu Bei and rescue our army, then he should also give up Moling and choose a place with abundant grain and grass for a long time. Although Moling City is stronger than other places, it has been besieged for half a year, and the goal of helping the lord to delay has been achieved. ”
Seeing that there was no one around, Sun Ce did not hesitate to show his worries and despair, and sighed in a low voice: "I don't know this truth, although the enemy army is not tightly besieged, and Jurong County, southeast of Moling, is specially left unattacked.
But with Zhao Yun leading thousands of cavalry on the side, Zhuge Jin clearly wanted to lure me out of the city to transfer, and then entangle me with Zhao Yun's marching speed like the wind, and then chase and encircle me with Guan Yu Taishi Ci's heavy troops to annihilate me! I break through now, even if I can get out of the city, I won't be able to reach Jurong. ”
Lu Fan suggested: "This point, the subordinates have also thought of this, so the subordinates have been thinking hard about it recently-it is better for us to make preparations with both hands, first on the pretext of the lack of food and grass in Moling City, drive the people out of the city, and drive the people to Zhuge Jin's occupied area, but they are not allowed to take the grain away."
In this way, the rate of food consumption in our city will be slowed down, and the remaining food can be eaten by the soldiers, and the holding time will be extended several times. On the other hand, driving the people to Zhuge Jin's side can also speed up the food consumption in his jurisdiction, thinking that it will be a drag.
Of course, using this trick will have a great counter-effect, which will cause the lord to completely lose the hearts of the people of Danyang. And if Zhuge Jin doesn't care about Liu Bei's reputation and the will of the people in the future, he can also refuse to accept these people. But Liu Bei has always been benevolent and righteous and loves the people, Zhuge Jin must have some scruples, and he also hopes that the rule of Danyang will be smoother in the future, so he should not be in the way. ”
When Sun Ce heard this, his heart couldn't help but beat violently a few times, he knew that this was a matter that completely lost the hearts of the people of Danyang County, and pushed the people to the enemy's side.
But after calming down and thinking about it for a while, he still felt that this trick was not helpful enough, and he was a villain in vain, but it was just to make the surplus food in Moling City last for two more months.
Even if Cao Cao wins Yuan Shao within two months, with the situation that he has lost the hearts of the people of Danyang County, he will not be able to turn the tables on the spot when Cao Jun comes, not to mention that Cao Cao will not be able to quickly kill Huainan controlled by Liu Bei.
"Although this method can support food for a longer period of time, compared with the loss of people's hearts, the benefits are still too small, and I don't think it's worth it." Sun Ce finally made a judgment.
But Lu Fan did not give up, and continued to describe his change of tricks step by step: "This is just one of the plans I envisioned, if the lord thinks it can't be done, there can be a change of tricks." ”
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Sun Ce raised his eyebrows: "How to change your moves?" ”
Lu Fan: "We can first throw stones to ask for directions, and test whether Zhuge Jin is willing to accept the people, such as releasing 20,000 or 30,000 people first and driving them to the opposite side." If Zhuge Jin hadn't blocked the people back and sent troops to cover up and drive them away, we would release more next time.
And once the enemy is used to what we are doing, they will not think much about it. When the time comes, the lord is willing to continue to stick to the moling, of course. If you don't want to live and die with Moling, but break through to Jurong, and then slowly retreat, to Wuxian or Qiantang to intercept Guan Yu and Zhao Yun, it is not impossible.
As long as our army takes advantage of a certain time when the people go out of the city, they use the people as a cover and quietly go out. Moling to Jurong is only eighty miles, and normal infantry can definitely walk there after a whole day of forced march. If it is done stealthily and suddenly, even if it is only for the enemy to discover it a few hours later, it will be enough to rush for dozens of miles.
At that time, even if Zhao Yun pursues, unless he dares to slaughter the people who fled and scattered, there will be people who will delay and block, and this time will be enough for us to get mixed up to Jurong. If you want to go elsewhere in the future, it's a breeze.
Although Wuxian and Qiantang are far less solid than Moling, and there is no depth, the local grain is rich after all, and this year's autumn grain is smoothly put into storage, and it may be possible to delay it for half a year. I really can't drag it out, and there is a way to go to sea to avoid it, which is more flexible than in Moling. ”
When Sun Ce heard this, he finally became solemn.
Indeed, if Lu Fan asked him to break through and give up Moling as soon as he came up, he always felt that "he had persisted for so long, and in the end he fell short like this", he was very uncomfortable in his heart, and he always wanted to be heroic directly.
But Lu Fan gave him a step-by-step method of cutting sausages, which lowered the psychological threshold of Sun Ce's resistance.
Driving the people out first, regardless of whether they abandon the city and break through in the end, will help to hold on for a longer period of time. So no matter what the future holds, this first step can be taken first.
Everything is difficult at the beginning, once you make up your mind and lower the lower limit, it will become easier and easier to be flexible later.
Sun Ce thought about it, and suddenly had an idea, ready to use this bait to test Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong.
He already knew that these two people could usually be said to be capable ministers of the world, but at this moment, they had no intention of working for the Sun family. Then let's see who is more unreliable, and throw it out as a bait to deceive Zhuge Jin.
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The next day, Sun Ce found Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong, and Qin Song, and then rebranded and packaged Lu Fan's plan yesterday a little, and told them - that is, "using the people out of the city as a cover, our army took advantage of the chaos to break through" This point was hidden, and only the first half was said.
Sun Ce doesn't trust Erzhang very much anymore, and he can only deceive the enemy by deceiving his own people.
“…… That's what I mean, there is a shortage of grain and grass in Moling City now, and if you don't drive the people out of the city, you won't be able to last even a month. If you let the people out, and forbid them to carry food with them, and leave all the food for the soldiers, then they will be able to eat for two more months.
Zhang Gong, I also know that at this point, you may not be willing to fight to the death with me, so who is willing to negotiate with Zhuge Jin and Guan Yu, lead the people out of the city, and deal with the enemy. This is also to avoid the subsequent death war, which will harm innocent people, if Liu Bei is benevolent and righteous, he should accept this condition. ”
Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong were embarrassed to directly say that they wanted to betray, but in the end, Zhang Zhao still put on a posture of "I am here to save the people", and after repeated reluctance, he said:
"Even so, the old man is willing to bear this infamy for the Lord and bear the sin of driving the people out of the city, but he can also save the lives of the people of Danyang."
Zhang Zhao did not doubt the truth of this strategy, in fact, in the melee at the end of the Han Dynasty, the defending side did not have enough food, so the people went out first to reduce food consumption, and it did happen.
In "Romance", it is written that when Yuan Shang and Xian were besieged by Cao Cao in Yecheng, they were besieged for too long and the food was not enough, so the people of Yecheng surrendered, and they also wanted to "follow him with soldiers and horses, and take advantage of the chaos to cover up and kill", but Cao Cao saw through Yuan Shang's attempt, and Cao Cao did not have to care about the life and death of the people, so after discovering that Yuan's army moved, he could directly kill through the formation of the people of Yecheng, drive the people to rush Yuan Shang's soldiers and horses, and kill Yuan Shang was defeated.
This matter is not accepted and recorded in the text of "Three Kingdoms", but others such as "Heroes" and "Wei Luo" have some clues.
However, none of this has happened yet, so if Sun Ce uses this trick in this time and space, it must be regarded as his originality.
And Liu Beijun definitely can't learn from Cao Cao to do this kind of thing that uses the people as a meat shield, after all, when he crossed the river with the people in history, Liu Bei did not abandon the people and escape in chaos. What's more, now, it is even more impossible to drive away and kill the people to disrupt Sun Ce.
Therefore, if this trick is used to kidnap Liu Bei, maybe he can really succeed and let Sun Ce take advantage of the chaos to break through, at least take advantage of the enemy's difficult reconnaissance to take advantage of the chaos to march quickly for dozens of miles.
There were only eighty miles from Moling to Jurong, and Zhao Yun's cavalry troops were slow to start at that time, and they might not be able to catch up and intercept Sun Ce before he arrived in Jurong. Guan Yu's infantry reacted and pursued even more slowly.
Sun Ce only had to kill Zhang Liao, who was patrolling between Moling and Jurong, and he would be able to escape.
And I heard that Zhang Liao was demoted to a general, and now the military power is not heavy, Zhuge Jin usually only gives him less than one or two thousand cavalry patrols to intercept the grain road between Jurong and Moling, and consume bloodletting for Sun Cejun. If Sun Ce killed Zhang Liao with the main force of the whole army, he felt that he would not be able to capture it!
Unless Zhang Liao can rely on his own strength and more than 1,000 cavalry to drag the main force of Sun Ce's army for half a day, and buy time for Zhao Yun to catch up, Sun Ce will not be able to lose! This encircled him suddenly!
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