Soon, a man appeared from the enemy army on horseback. He looked quite elegant and did not look like a battlefield general at all. I saw the other party holding up an imperial edict and shouting,
"I am Chen Deng, the prefect of Guangling who was appointed by the imperial court! What is your intention of leaving the Sun family without guarding Jiangdong and crossing the Yangtze River privately? Could it be that you are just like Yuan Shu and have treason?"
"Chen Deng. That's it."
The corners of Sun Quan's mouth gradually curled up. No wonder, no wonder he dared to take action against his Sun family. I didn't expect Chen Deng to take office so quickly! but. . . . . . Sun Quan looked around at the soldiers behind Chen Deng. Chen Deng only brought this small force. He must have not yet established a firm foothold in Guangling. Guangling County is willing to listen to him, especially those who are willing to risk following him and offending the Sun family. There shouldn't be many yet.
I have to say that although Sun Quan came a little late, it was still timely. Otherwise, after Chen Deng implemented benevolent policies in Guangling and won a lot of people's support, it would be difficult for the Sun family to attack Guangling again. At least for now, no one would have high expectations or favorable impressions of the newly appointed Guangling Prefect.
"Hey, what a coincidence, I am also the prefect of Guangling granted by the imperial court. Do you think this is strange? The imperial court would never appoint two prefects of Guangling at the same time, right?" Sun Quan said with a smile.
"you?!"
Chen Deng's eyes widened. He thought that no matter what the other side said, he could be the first to clear his name. In this situation of confrontation between the two sides, as long as the morale of the other side's troops was shaken, Chen Deng could successfully lead the troops to leave.
This time, Chen Deng first came to Guangling to take office. Chen Deng actually defected to Cao Cao. On the surface, he was still Lu Bu's man, so he could only have two enemies in Guangling - the first was Yuan Shu, and the second was Sun Ce. Compared with Yuan Shu, who was almost desperate, Chen Deng believed that the Sun family in Jiangdong would be his real enemy in Guangling County. Therefore, as soon as he took office, Chen Deng would first attack the southernmost area, closest to the Yangtze River, and closest to Jiangdong. town.
Chen Deng wanted to stabilize the situation here first, and then observe the trends in Jiangdong. As a coincidence, he happened to bump into Sun Quan coming to attack. Even though Chen Deng was a civil servant, he was also very skilled in military matters. From the beginning of this attack, Chen Deng had no intention of defeating Jiangdong's army. Chen Deng, who had just arrived, had very few troops at his disposal. Even if he suddenly attacked Jiangdong's army on its way across the river and caught the enemy by surprise, it would only be a temporary small victory at most and would not affect the overall situation.
In this case, since Chen Deng never thought about causing much damage to Jiangdong's army from the beginning, why did he take the risk to attack?
It's simple, because this is Chen Deng's psychological warfare!
Chen Deng was very smart. He guessed Sun Quan's motive for secretly crossing the river here. Sun Quan wanted to use surprise troops to unknowingly arrive at Guangling City. By then, Guangling, which was unprepared and had no one in charge, would probably have no choice but to open the door and welcome Sun Quan as the leader. This was the only option. In this case, the Sun family can capture Guangling without any bloodshed.
Sun Quan's strategy lies in "strangeness" and "quickness".
Therefore, Chen Deng wants to break Sun Quan's "wonder" and break Sun Quan's "quickness"! When Jiangdong's army crossed the river and attacked, Chen Deng wanted to tell Sun Quan: First, you have been discovered and are no longer considered a surprise force; second, we have made it clear that we will fight against your Sun family.
Once Sun Quan really thinks this way, he will no longer take the risk of rushing to march, but will choose to move step by step and move steadily. Every time he advances a certain distance, he will first send scouts to explore carefully to prevent attacks and ambushes. In this way, it successfully slowed down Jiangdong's advance and gave Chen Deng enough time.
During this period of time, Chen Deng could seize the time to persuade the Guangling nobles, speak powerfully, stabilize the morale of the army, and control the situation. At the same time, Chen Deng could quickly find Cao Cao and Lu Bu for help. Both Cao Cao and Lu Bu knew very well that once the Sun family occupied Guangling and obtained the gateway to Xuzhou, the consequences would be disastrous!
By then, even if Sun Quan had already reached the city, Chen Deng would only have to hold on and wait for reinforcements to arrive. Jiangdong Army would eventually have no choice but to retreat.
However, what is surprising is that Chen Deng had planned everything well, but he did not expect that in this situation, Sun Quan would dare to catch up alone! This guy is so impulsive and reckless, isn't he afraid of being ambushed?
Chen Deng understood that for his plan to be realized, there must be two key points: first, he must successfully bluff the opponent; second, Chen Deng himself must return safely.
As a result, now, the other party seems to be a reckless man, not afraid at all, and directly chases him, and Chen Deng almost misses the opportunity to escape.
The battlefield is so changeable. Even if Chen Deng tried his best, he never thought that he would encounter such an opponent who didn't play by common sense.
"Who are you? How dare you falsely pass on the imperial edict!" Chen Deng glared at the young general opposite and yelled angrily.
"I am Sun Quan, the Minister of Selected Affairs appointed by the imperial court. The Holy Emperor has asked me to concurrently serve as the prefect of Guangling. The imperial edict was just delivered to Jiangdong not long ago. All the famous people in the world who are visiting Wu County can testify." Sun Quan replied calmly, "This time I came to Guangling to take office, and you stopped me without telling me, and even fabricated the imperial edict. You are very courageous! Chen Deng, I believe you should not dare to commit such a crime that implicates the three clans. Tell me, who is it? Did he send you here? Lu Bu?"
"You're talking nonsense!" Chen Deng held the imperial edict high in his hand and said emotionally, "This is the edict personally prepared by the current emperor. You must not confuse the public with your monstrous words!"
"Hahahahaha!" Sun Quan suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, "A wise man doesn't tell secret words, Chen Deng, we are all smart people. You and I should know that the current emperor is controlled by Cao Cao, but for Cao Cao, it is a matter of making friends at a distance and attacking close by. Would he not understand such a simple truth? As we all know, you Chen Deng is a member of Lu Bu, and your father Chen Gui is still in Xiapi to advise Lu Bu. Do you think Cao Cao will give Guangling to Lu Bu and let Lu Bu continue to be powerful? Or? Give me the Sun family and let us help contain Lu Bu? I know Lu Bu wants Guangling, and I also know that Cao Cao wants our two families to fight. We are all sensible people, and I don’t care if you fabricated the imperial edict and wanted to exonerate you. , why do you pretend to be confused while pretending to understand!" Sun Quan said loudly.
For a moment, the lower-level soldiers in the lineups on both sides may have been confused, but some generals and adjutants who understood the situation in the world nodded repeatedly. This is what Sun Quan said. At this time, no one knew that Chen Deng had secretly defected to Cao Cao, including the soldiers led by Chen Deng opposite, who all believed that Chen Deng was Lu Bu's man. Now hearing what Sun Quan said, they couldn't help but doubt the authenticity of the imperial edict in Chen Deng's hand. After all, who would dare to read such an edict? Even if you really dare to look at it, no one has ever seen it, so who can tell whether it is true or false?
Could it be that Lu Bu sent Chen Deng to take over Guangling, but Chen Deng forged the imperial edict and said that it was the Han Emperor who conferred the title on him? Lying depends on one mouth. This time Chen Deng comes back from Xu Du as Lu Bu's envoy. Chen Deng can say whatever he wants, right?
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