A few days later,
Yizhou,
Zhang Ren was sitting in the camp, deep in thought. The people below were discussing fiercely.
"In the past few days, Zhou Yu's reaction has been a little unusual."
"Isn't Jiangdong's army out of food? Why not only did they not retreat? They also became more courageous as they fought?"
"Is it possible that you lied to us when you said there was no food?"
"There is no need to panic." Zhang Ren spoke, interrupting his subordinates' unreasonable panic, "If the lack of food is a ploy, then there will definitely be false defeats and false surrenders, but when did you see Jiangdong's army retreat? So, The food shortage must be real. At this time, Zhou Yu is either fighting a trapped beast or..."
"General, is that news true?" The person below suddenly said weakly.
"How is that possible?!" Zhang Ren was furious, "More than 10,000 people disappeared just as they were told. Do you believe it? Don't disturb the morale of the military here again!"
For a moment, everyone was silent. However, everyone present was familiar with Zhang Ren, and they knew very well that if he didn't really care about the news, Zhang Ren would never have such a big reaction.
Of course, what these people don't know is that in addition to worrying about this, there have been recent changes in the Southern Barbarians, which is also what Zhang Ren is worried about. If they can't get out of here in time, there's no telling what trouble the Nanman will cause. In order not to affect the morale of the military, this matter was kept secret for the time being.
At this time,
"General! There's urgent news!"
"How to say?"
"Sun Quan broke them into pieces, dispersed more than 10,000 soldiers among the people, and is lurking towards us!"
"What?!"
Zhang Ren stood up suddenly,
"Is this serious?!"
"Absolutely true!"
••••••
Jingzhou,
The outer gate of Cihang Jingzhai,
"I'm afraid Sun Quan is playing tricks."
"oh?"
"He broke the army into pieces. Some of them stayed near Xudu to disturb the public and the public, while the other part sneaked into our Jingzhou. If we hadn't arranged for an inside line in advance, we probably wouldn't have discovered it."
"This Sun Quan really wants to capture Yizhou. He has no intention of actually attacking Xudu!"
"Yizhou? Xudu? Sun Quan divided his army into two. One half is near Xudu, north of Jingzhou, and the other half has penetrated deep into Jingzhou. How can you be sure that Sun Quan's target is not us?" an elder suddenly said.
"?!"
"How dare he!"
"Sun Deng is still in our hands!"
"The news just came from Jiangdong. A maid from the Sun family is pregnant and Mrs. Wu took her to take care of her."
"Sun Quan's?"
"It's hard not to think so."
"Then what should we do now?"
"First let all localities stand firm and prepare for war. At the same time, conduct a strict internal investigation and find out the people first!"
••••••
Guandu, Caoying,
"I heard that Sun Quan broke his soldiers into pieces and scattered them around Xudu. Xudu has become an isolated city."
"Now, none of us can grasp Sun Quan's movements. We can only get some sporadic information. If we support Xu Du from any direction or transport food to Xu Du, we may be intercepted by Sun Quan!"
"Yes, this is the most difficult part right now. Visible enemies are not scary, but invisible enemies are the most scary. I'm worried that Xu Du has lost contact with the outside world and will collapse soon. And Xu Du As soon as he surrendered, Sun Quan scattered his people everywhere, and it was definitely not without purpose. It is estimated that soon, with the defeat of Xudu, and under the pretext of imperial edict, Jiangdong Army will be able to take over the entire vicinity of Xudu immediately!"
"The most worrying thing is the instability in the rear, and the soldiers on the front line are panicked."
"...Xu Du, even if there weren't these things, we wouldn't be able to take care of them, so we should believe in Xun Yu. Again, as long as there is no internal chaos in Xu Du, it will take a few more years for Sun Quan to capture Xu Du. Months!" Cao Cao said, "So, the most important thing now is our military morale issue, and the food and fodder issue!"
Yes, Cao Cao is also facing a food problem now. In fact, Cao Cao's camp as a whole should not be short of food at the moment. However, Xun Yu originally provided backup support for Cao Cao in the rear. Now Xun Yu has no time to take care of himself. Cao Cao's camp has no center. If grain and grass from various places cannot be collected and transported to the front line in time, there will be a shortage of food.
"Lord, there is someone outside the camp asking to see you."
"who?"
"Say he's your old friend from the north."
••••••
Xuzhou,
"General, there are just a bunch of new recruits on the other side. We are about to defeat them. Why did you suddenly recall me?"
On the surface, the Yuan family is led by a young general this time, but in fact, it is Yuan Shao's general Yan Liang who calls the shots in the dark. Therefore, no matter what the situation of the battle ahead is, the young general will not dare to disobey Yan Liang's orders.
Yuan Shao is not stupid. Maybe he took the risk to attack Jiangdong for his son Yuan Tan. But since he has already borrowed the road, why doesn't Yuan Shao backhand and directly take Xuzhou?
In Guandu, the stalemate with Cao Cao continued, and Yuan Shao naturally secretly came up with the idea of attacking from the side. In order not to attract the attention of Cao Cao and Sun Quan, Yan Liang led a group of elite soldiers and pretended to be logistics, hiding in this inconspicuous team.
"Look at this." Yan Liang handed a piece of information to the young general.
When the young general took it and took a look, his expression suddenly changed.
"Sun Quan is coming to Xuzhou?!"
"Don't be nervous." Yan Liang stood up and patted the young general on the shoulder, "Just because there is a trend, it doesn't mean people will come."
"But now that there is a trend, besides us, who else here in Xuzhou is worthy of Sun Quan doing this?" The young general was puzzled.
Yan Liang preached,
"You don't understand. What Sun Quan is best at is overwhelming others with force. If you fight too hard, he may come over at any time. On the contrary..."
The young general's eyes lit up,
"On the other hand, if there is a stalemate here, Sun Quan will think that Xuzhou has nothing to worry about, so he will not bring troops here!"
"Boys can be taught." Yan Liang smiled slightly and patted the young general's shoulder. In terms of military use, the Yan family is not necessarily worse than the Sun family!
"Don't be impulsive when encountering trouble, slow down a little, and be prepared for a protracted battle. Sun Quan's ability to overwhelm others with force also means that we can in turn contain Sun Quan for our lord. We have just practiced our skills recently. Once Sun Quan relaxes his vigilance, This is our real chance to take action!”
"yes!"
••••••
Jiangdong,
"Sir Zhang, some unknown people have been pouring into various places recently. We secretly checked and found out that they are the master's people."
Zhang Zhao frowned,
"You mean, my lord secretly sent back half of the soldiers on the front line in Xudu?"
"Then the lord really doesn't want to fight Xu Du?"
"Don't make assumptions!" Zhang Zhao's face darkened and he said seriously, "I would like to remind our people to talk less, do more, stick to their posts, and don't make unnecessary moves."
"clear!"
Although Sun Quan is always smiling, Zhang Zhao knows that Sun Jian is a ruthless person who kills decisively! This time hundreds of officials asked for orders, but Sun Quan was not going to agree. So Sun Quan secretly sent back the frontline soldiers without telling all the officials, including Zhang Zhao, for what purpose it was.
At this time, if there are still people who don't have eyes, they may have a knife put to their necks in their sleep!
Don't think that as soon as Cheng Pu and others led the troops away, Jiangdong became empty inside!
