Guangling,
While Sun Quan was reorganizing his army, he was anxiously waiting for news from Shouchun. As a result, after waiting for several days, he did not get the good news from Shouchun. Instead, he waited for news that Cao Cao was attacking Xuzhou.
"Is Shouchun still okay over there?"
Sun Quan frowned and said to Wu Jing.
Wu Jing shook his head and smiled bitterly,
"Yuan Shu has just perished. It is not easy to gather the remnants of the army. Besides, many of Yuan Shu's old troops are very capable. It is probably not that easy to use them to fight as soon as they come. Maybe those people are just dilly-dallying and wasting time. "Wu Jing sighed.
In this era, as long as you have soldiers and surrender on your own initiative, as long as you are not a person with a bad reputation, and as long as you are not stupid enough to surrender to someone who has a grudge against you, then no matter which side you defect to, you will definitely gain something. status. Since these people wanted to surrender from the beginning, it shows that they have no ambition to make achievements, so for them, they only need a medium-sized official and then be safe and sound.
The first reason for joining the Sun family was geographical reasons, and the second reason was that he was more optimistic about the future of the Sun family. Ultimately, these people just want a ride. Since it's just a free ride, why do you need to contribute on your own? Therefore, if there is trouble, you can hide away. If you lose your life as soon as you come, what is the talk of glory and wealth?
It can be said that this is a common characteristic of most people. Of course, it is also related to the corruption in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and Yuan Shu's governance. What works first and what works first, the reason why Yuan Shu fell so quickly was not only because of his own fault, but also because of the dissatisfaction of everyone under his command. Sun Quan did not originally intend to rely on Yuan Shu's old troops to defeat Lu Bu, but Sun Quan still did not expect that Yuan Shu's old troops would be so unreliable and could not even give Sun Quan a little prestige!
"Mediocre people will have a mediocre ending. Those people can't count on it, so don't wait for them." Sun Quan said in a deep voice.
Wu Jing was startled and said quickly,
"But how can we go head-to-head with Lu Bu with just a few people like us?! Even if Lu Bu is injured now, he still has many strong generals under his command."
"Don't worry uncle, if I was impulsive, I would have been impulsive a long time ago. How could I have waited until now." Sun Quan replied, "In the beginning, Shouchun's troops were indeed indispensable, but now, isn't Cao Cao here? We can't do that here. Ten thousand people, Cao Cao's side, let alone tens of thousands of troops. Who is a greater threat, Lu Bu can't tell? Xuzhou's main defense force will inevitably be concentrated on Cao Cao's side, and the rest will be left to us. On the side, we have 10,000 soldiers in Guangling, which is enough!"
"Then why don't we stand still and let Lu Bu send all the troops to Cao Cao?" Wu Jing couldn't help but said.
Sun Quan shook his head and smiled,
"Uncle, you really think Lu Bu is stupid. The more we stand still, the more wary he will be of us. In this way, we will really help Cao Cao. In contrast, we attack frankly and let Lu Bu take our side. The situation is clear, and now, the Xuzhou side is on the defensive and does not need to attack. Seeing that we only have 10,000 troops, it is not certain that Lu Bu will leave only 5,000 men to defend."
"Okay, Zhongmou, you have a point." Wu Jing sighed, but still insisted on saying to Sun Quan, "But Zhongmou, have you ever thought about it, even if we successfully break through the five thousand defense lines, Cao Cao and Lu Bu in the north will not care about the final outcome. Who wins and who loses? With our current military strength, we can't go any further. By then, we will expand our sphere of influence to Huaiyin and Huai'an at most, but that area is already very close to the core areas of Xuzhou such as Xiapi Pengcheng. Once we are attacked When it comes to attack, it is far less easy to defend than Guangling."
Behind Guangling is Jiangdong. Most people have to think carefully about attacking Guangling, because Guangling may welcome reinforcements from Jiangdong crossing the river at any time. But Huaiyin, Huai'an and other places are different. Once attacked, the distant water cannot save the nearby fire, and there is no danger to defend. It is really not a good place to serve as a frontline.
Therefore, Wu Jing's opinion is that either he should not fight at all and preserve his strength, or he should defeat Xiapi in one go and completely open up the coastal front line!
"Haha, uncle, from the perspective of the art of war, you are right. Huaiyin and Huai'an are indeed not battlegrounds for military strategists. But the situation is different now. Why did Cao Cao rush to attack Xuzhou? It was because he hoped to fight Yuan Shao during the decisive battle. , to avoid worries. Lu Bu is a threat to Cao Cao, but Lu Bu can be eliminated, so Cao Cao attacks Lu Bu. As for my Sun family, it is a greater threat to Cao Cao, but Cao Cao cannot eliminate my Sun family. So, I dare I guarantee that even if Cao Cao captures Xia Pi, he will never dare to attack Huaiyin and Huai'an that we occupy. And if we are lucky and we capture Xia Pi before Cao Cao does, then no matter how unwilling Cao Cao is, he will not dare to Seize Xiapi from us." Sun Quan smiled, it was precisely because he was sure of all this that he dared to take the risk to attack Lu Bu alone.
"But there are rumors recently that Cao Cao has signed an alliance with us. Cao Cao will take Xuzhou and we will take Jingzhou. Although I haven't got the exact news yet, I think this kind of thing can't be false. We just rashly tell Cao Cao Is it really good to rob Xuzhou?" Wu Jing asked.
"Uncle, please stop looking forward and backward. If anything goes wrong, I will be responsible for it. Even if this covenant is true, I will have my own way to explain it to Cao Cao. When the time comes, we will say that we borrowed Xuzhou from Cao Cao. I'll give it back to him in a few years." Sun Quan replied nonchalantly, fighting for the world, how can you do it if you don't have a thick skin? Moreover, this is not what Sun Quan himself thought, this is what he learned from Uncle Liu Huang. Sun Quan never had any mental obstacles to this kind of thing.
"I hope everything goes well." Wu Jing said with a bitter smile, "I come to Guangling with you this time, I don't know whether it is right or wrong."
In contrast, following Sun Ce, although the process may be more dangerous, it is not as mentally tortured as it was with Sun Quan. Wu Jing considers himself thick-skinned and thick-skinned. He can bear the physical pain and fatigue, but with his pounding heart, he may not be able to persevere.
Of course, Wu Jing had his own unique troubles with Sun Quan, but being with Sun Ce was far from as wonderful as Wu Jing imagined. Today is different from the past, and the people around Sun Ce today are not as innocent as they were earlier. After the Sun family gained power, some situations that did not exist before gradually emerged.
Regarding this point, Sun Quan has already begun to see clues in the letters Lu Meng wrote to him two days ago.
Some time ago, due to a card game, Lu Meng, who was far to the west, was also inexplicably deducted a blood. Sun Quan, out of concern, quickly asked about Lu Meng's situation. No, Lu Meng finally reported that he was safe. While Lu Meng reported that he was safe, he also described some situations to Sun Quan that could not be seen in the intelligence.
To put it simply, the generals under Sun Ce and following Sun Ce in his expansion to the west have formed three camps, and these three camps are still in opposition to each other.
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