"What goes up must come down!"
"In the old days of Jiangdong, there was a tiger in the mountains, hiding in the forest, quietly watching the people fighting at the bottom of the mountain. He was the most terrifying hunter. Everyone might be bitten by his throat. At this time, the tiger came down the mountain, Although the crisis has come, it has also exposed himself, Jiangdong will become the target of public criticism, and anyone can shoot an arrow at him."
On this day, I heard that Sun Quan had come to the front line of Xudu in person. In the city of Xudu, Xun Yu was discussing matters with his ministers.
"Master Xun, don't worry about him. We just ask, how to stop Sun Quan?" The following asked directly.
Xun Yu was not in a hurry,
"I revealed to you a few days ago that the answer lies in Xuzhou."
"Lord Xun, there is no need to tell lies here. You and I both know that Xuzhou has many soldiers with women and children, how can they surround Wei and save Zhao?" One person sarcastically said.
Xun Yu smiled and responded,
"Besieging Wei and rescuing Zhao is a good thing to say. Then you should also know that besieging Wei and rescuing Zhao is not the state of Zhao trying to save itself. It is the state of Qi that sends troops to besiege Wei."
"Master Xun, does he mean Yuan Shao?"
Before Xun Yu could speak, someone immediately questioned,
"How is that possible! Not to mention that we are at war with Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao has no reason to help me. Just say that Yuan Shao's eldest son Yuan Tan is still in the hands of Sun Quan, how can Yuan Shao send troops to Jiangdong!"
"Yuan Shao loves his son, but it doesn't mean that everyone in the north wants to protect Yuan Tan. No matter what the purpose is, there are many people who want Yuan Tan dead!" Xun Yu said with a cold smile, "Besides, don't be too cautious. He underestimated Yuan Shao, and Sun Quan didn't return Yuan Tan for one day. Could it be that Yuan Shao has always been controlled by others? This is probably because Yuan Shao deliberately turned a blind eye and wanted to test Sun Quan's reaction. The more Yuan Shao showed he cared, the more Sun Quan became. Will use this as a bargaining chip, and the lion will open his mouth. Look at Sun Quan himself, how has he ever shown he cared about Sun Deng?"
"Everyone, do you know what this means? This means that Sun Quan is about to face a three-front or even a four-front battle. As for Yuan Shao, he has also divided his troops into two groups and is preparing to fight on both sides. Within a month, not only will the crisis in the capital be resolved, We will also usher in the greatest turning point! By then, you will all be the mainstay in times of crisis!"
Here, Xun Yu said a month, but in fact, Sun Quan, who arrived at the front line of Xudu, had to withdraw his troops as soon as possible.
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Outside Xudu City, Jiangdong Army Camp,
The arrival of Sun Quan immediately calmed down the panic in the frontline camp. Regarding the food and grass issues and the enemy in Xuzhou, it’s not that they thought it was fake, but that the soldiers absolutely believed in the God of War in their minds. With Sun Quan here, there is no battle that cannot be won!
However, these did not affect Sun Quan's decision.
"You mean, you temporarily transferred a batch of grain and grass that was originally shipped to Jingzhou?!" Sun Quan's face was extremely gloomy. If it wasn't Qiao Xuan who was standing here, he would have wanted to kill him!
A mediocre and mediocre minister is not to be feared. What is to be feared is that someone with a high position is self-righteous and behaves randomly! Confucianism advocates moderation, which is quite reasonable!
"My subordinates were about to send out troops at that time, and there happened to be food and grass passing by here. I thought that there was no war in Jingzhou, and this must be the arrangement of my lord, so..." Qiao Xuan explained quickly, seeing that Sun Quan looked bad. , He knew that it was useless to say this now, and immediately said, "But my subordinates have informed Yizhou of this mistake as soon as possible. I think there should not be any preparations there. If you save some money... ..."
"Frontline soldiers who are fighting, how can you save them!" Sun Quan snorted coldly, "Also, when is your first time?"
Qiao Xuan lowered his head, his forehead covered with sweat, and replied weakly,
"That's when my subordinates knew that there was also a war in Yizhou."
Yes, if Qiao Xuan hadn't received the news about Zhou Yu's sudden attack on Yizhou, which made Qiao Xuan realize that this batch of grain and grass might really be prepared for Jingzhou, how could he have realized his mistake? !
"Retreat immediately!" Sun Quan made a decisive decision, "Supply all the food and grass here to the Yizhou front, and send another army to support!"
After saying that, Sun Quan was still angry and glared at Qiao Xuan fiercely.
"I've never seen you trick your son-in-law like this!"
You must know that it was not only Zhou Yu who attacked Yizhou at this time, but also Sun Ce! If it were not Qiao Xuan this time, but someone else, Sun Quan would really doubt whether he had harmful intentions. When the eighteen princes jointly attacked Dong Zhuo, Sun Quan changed history and saved Sun Jian from the crisis of being deprived of food. But in the end, it came full circle. His Sun family still couldn't escape this disaster?
At this moment, Sun Quan could only pray, praying that Sun Ce and Zhou Yu would not be too impulsive and leave no way out for him. In fact, in terms of character, Sun Quan is really worried, because his elder brother Sun Ce has always been the impulsive type. But fortunately, this time he is attacking Yizhou, and Liu Zhang is not a strong opponent. Even if he suffers the loss of food, If the frontline was defeated, it probably wouldn't be possible for someone to take advantage of the victory and pursue him, or even lose his life.
"What about Xuzhou?" Qiao Xuan asked bravely.
Sun Quan obviously focused on the Yizhou battlefield, but Xuzhou also had strong enemies.
"Let Cheng Pu and Han Dang go. Although there are no elites in Xuzhou now, there are two veteran generals with stable military morale. There will be no problem in defending for a while." Sun Quan said.
As a result, just when Qiao Xuan was about to give the order to retreat, a soldier hurried over.
"Report to my lord, Sir Zhang Zhao and all the officials signed a letter!"
For a moment, everyone in the audience looked a little bad. It's just a letter from Zhang Zhao. He signed a letter with hundreds of officials. Apparently Zhang Zhao thought that he was putting pressure on Sun Quan by saying he was not convinced!
Sun Quan took the letter, read it over, smiled coldly, and gave the order with great determination,
"retreat!"
In fact, what Zhang Zhao said in his letter was very reasonable, his tone was gentle, and he didn't mean to force the emperor into a palace at all.
From ancient times to the present, whenever we go to war, why do we raise a big flag? To win the hearts and minds of the people! This time "Sun Quan" sent troops to Xudu, Jiangdong received the news. Although they also complained that Sun Quan did not inform them in advance and left people unprepared, under the leadership of Zhang Zhao, various operations were still carried out in an orderly manner.
What operation? Of course it is the operation of the publicity mouth. First of all, they asked scholars to list dozens of crimes against Cao Cao, saying that Cao Cao was extremely evil and even worse than Dong Zhuo, saying that he had coerced the emperor and wanted to rebel against him and become emperor. Then, he spoke highly of Sun Quan, saying that Sun Quan was noble and great, not afraid of dangers, life and death, and personally went to the front line to command, just to rescue the Han Emperor and save the common people. Then, they went to the public to publicize and guide public opinion. In short, everyone in Jiangdong gave their full support to Sun Quan's attack on Xudu.
Therefore, conquering Xudu will win the hearts of the people. This does not include other benefits after welcoming Emperor Xian.
In contrast, the attack on Yizhou was a war of aggression. For ordinary people, it had only disadvantages but no benefits, and it was an act that lost the support of the people.
Similarly, for the officials, welcoming the Han Emperor and being promoted to a higher rank brought many benefits and full motivation. They will definitely serve Jiangdong more seriously in the future.
Of course, Zhang Zhao didn't ask Sun Quan not to attack Yizhou, he just stopped attacking "temporarily". Everything has a sequence. After welcoming Emperor Xian and the emperor's order, wouldn't it be justified to attack Yizhou again?
