Sun Quan was very pleased, but Zhu Ran couldn't be happy.
When the Supreme asked you if you are sure that you can defend Jingnan and Jiangxia, how can Zhu Ran, as the herdsman of Jingzhou in Dawu, answer? !
You can’t say enough, can you? !
Speaking big words at this time is not only to show your determination, but also to cheer yourself up. It is normal to answer like this.
Generally speaking, in this case, the master should not say something like "It is a good thing to have confidence, but you should not be careless", and then start to arrange some support for yourself, or ask yourself if you need any supplements? !
Good guy, as soon as he said this, the Supreme nodded with great satisfaction, and then there was nothing more.
The more Zhu Ran thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. What does this mean? !
If this matter had been left in the past, Zhu Ran could still ask Zhou Yu to see what method he should use to make amends in this situation. But now the governor is gone.
There was no other way, Zhu Ran could only go to Ding Feng to discuss it. After all, Ding Feng was still an old man of the Huaisi Group, and he was also a general with considerable battle experience, so it would be a good idea to ask him for his ideas.
But Ding Feng is a man. He is capable as a general, but he is not even as good as Zhu Ran as a commander.
Therefore, Ding Feng had no other better advice than giving a comforting message of "prepare for war with all your strength and do your best."
To some extent, Zhu Ran also noticed some changes. It turned out that the general was no longer there, and the entire Huaisi Group could not find even a decent and strategic general.
In desperation, Zhu Ran could only return to Baqiu and think hard about how to defeat the enemy.
After swiping back and forth to see how many troops he could mobilize, Zhu Ran discovered that he actually had quite a few troops.
There are 20,000 infantry in Changsha, 20,000 Baqiu navy, 15,000 infantry in Wuling, 10,000 infantry in Lingling, and 5,000 infantry in Guiyang. In total, there are 70,000 combined land and water troops.
As for Jiangxia, Zhang Cheng still has 20,000 naval troops, and Zhuge Ke still has 30,000 infantry, adding up to 50,000.
There are a total of 120,000 troops, which is really not small.
It's no wonder that the Supreme has no intention of giving him reinforcements. With such a large number of troops, if he can't defend Jingnan, it will be a bit embarrassing to tell him how much.
But, Zhu Ran also has his own troubles.
Jingnan's 70,000 troops seemed to be a lot, but they were distributed among four counties, and the strength of each county was not that large.
Once the Shu thieves launch an attack, they will definitely attack with a focus. If hundreds of thousands of troops attack any place together, they can form a ten-to-one strength ratio in a short period of time.
The troops are too spread out.
But if we want to concentrate our forces against the Shu thieves, it is possible for the Shu thieves to focus on attacking anywhere along the Yangtze River defense line.
Wuling County, Changsha County, or even concentrating troops to attack Jiangxia County are all possible.
Zhu Ran had too many places to guard against. As long as he could not predict the Shu Han's main attack direction in advance, he would rush to gather troops and might give the Shu Han an opportunity.
After much thought, Zhu Ran finally decided. Strengthen the defense of Wuling and Changsha counties.
In fact, it is mainly the defense of Wuling County.
Judging from the previous battles between the two sides, the main battlefields are basically concentrated in Wuling County, so the probability that the Shu Han will attack the Public Security Bureau from Jiangling this time and enter Wuling is still very high.
Wuling County, including the police, currently has only 15,000 troops for defense, which seems a bit weak.
For this reason, Zhu Ran still mobilized troops from Guiyang. In addition to retaining the necessary county troops to maintain public security, the remaining four thousand county troops, led by Lu Ju, headed north as soon as possible to support Wuling.
Of course, relying on this little reinforcement alone is of little use. For this reason, Zhu Ran sent a message to Zhuge Ke in Jiangxia, asking him to divide 15,000 soldiers and go south. After arriving in Jiangxia, Zhu Ran assigned generals to lead them to reinforce Wuling. .
In this case, even if Wuling County, which is guarded by more than 30,000 infantry, is still no match for the Shu thieves, it can at least hold on until reinforcements from other places arrive.
As for Changsha, Zhu Ran is not worried about this place.
On the one hand, there are 20,000 Soochow Navy troops in Baqiu. The Jiangling Navy's capabilities are not enough to threaten the Soochow Navy, and it is impossible for the Soochow Navy to escort too many soldiers across the river to attack Changsha under the defense of the Soochow Navy.
On the other hand, the distance between Changsha and Jiangxia is still quite close. Even if the war is unfavorable and they are besieged by the main force of Shu thieves, if they ask for help from Jiangxia, it will probably take less than ten days to get the support in place.
Changsha itself has 20,000 army guards. No matter how poor they are, they can still hold on for ten days.
As for Jiangxia's defense, Zhu Ran felt that there was no need to worry too much. After all, even if Jiangxia dispatched 15,000 infantry to support Wuling, there would still be 20,000 navy troops and 15,000 infantry, for a total of 35,000 people. Jiangxia is more than enough.
Zhu Ran felt that it was very possible to defend Jingnan by dividing the troops and garrisoning them like this.
However, the plan to mobilize troops had just been formulated, and before the war started, Zhu Ran received a blow on the head, and this blow was given by one of his own people.
Zhuge Ke refused Zhu Ran's order to mobilize troops from Jiangxia and was unwilling to divide his troops and go south to support Wuling County.
Zhuge Ke asked Zhu Ran, saying that if he was ordered to mobilize the Jiangxia garrison south to support Wuling, but the Shu thieves pretended to attack Baqiu, attracting him to rescue Baqiu, and then the Shu thieves divided their forces to attack Jiangxia, what would Zhugejun do? !
Zhu Ranxin said, do you take me for a fool? !
The Shu thieves only have so many people. If I hadn't judged that the main force of the Shu thieves was to attack Changsha, would I have ordered you to come from Jiangxia to provide support? !
Besides, even if my judgment is really wrong and you bring the remaining 15,000 troops to Baqiu for support, doesn't Zhang Cheng still have 20,000 Xiakou troops? !
The 20,000 navy troops cannot be said to be useless. They can't even defend a few key nodes and wait for our counterattack, right? !
At first, Zhu Ran thought that Zhuge Ke was inexperienced in leading troops and was thinking too much, for fear that something would go wrong. Therefore, Zhu Ran kindly wrote back to Zhuge Ke to explain the reasons for doing so. But Zhu Ran turned around and said, He received Zhuge Ke's impeachment letter.
In the letter, Zhuge Ke impeached the navy general Zhang Cheng for neglecting military affairs and being lazy, so he was not a suitable candidate to commander the navy.
Zhuge Ke suggested that Zhang Cheng's command of the navy could be taken away, and Zhang Cheng could lead 15,000 soldiers to Wuling County to support him, while Zhu Ran could send another trustworthy person to command the navy.
Only then did Zhu Ran think about it. Is this Zhuge Ke trying to seize power? !
First find a way to get Zhang Cheng away and control the Jiangxia navy for a period of time, and then let yourself parachute a navy commander. Unless the navy commander you appoint has extremely high prestige, otherwise, in the territory of Jiangxia, a navy commander Can the airborne navy commander still affect the command authority of Jiangxia Governor Zhuge Ke over the Jiangxia navy? !
It seems to be an impeachment of Zhang Cheng, but Zhu Ran thinks that Zhuge Ke wants to take sole control of Jiangxia's land and water armies? !
What does this thing mean? !
Considering the status of Zhuge Ke's father, Zhuge Jin, in Soochow and his relationship with Prince Sun Deng, Zhu Ran did not doubt whether Zhuge Ke wanted to support his own troops or directly defect to his uncle. But this This approach made Zhu Ran feel uncomfortable to some extent.
In the early years, I heard some rumors that Zhuge Ke thought very highly of himself. When he attacked Jiangling last time, he didn't even seem to be too convinced by the general. Did this guy take himself too seriously? !
Really, if he really has this ability, then Zhu Ran has nothing to worry about. Zhu Ran is just afraid that this Zhuge Ke is just a man with high ambitions and low hands.
If this is really the case, it will cause serious damage at a critical moment.
Zhu Ran deliberately wanted to reject Zhuge Ke's request, and then force Zhuge Ke to obey the military orders, but he still said the same thing. Zhuge Ke's father was named Zhuge Jin, and he had a close relationship with the prince Sun Deng.
With Zhu Ran's current status, he is not afraid of offending Zhuge Jin and Sun Deng. However, there are two different things between having to offend Zhuge Jin and Sun Deng when serving the country and offending them for no reason.
Besides, what if Zhuge Ke really has this ability? ! Can he command the navy better than Zhang Cheng? !
If this is the case, then it shouldn't be a bad thing to let Zhuge Ke control the land and water coalition.
After careful back and forth, Zhu Ran decided to act according to Zhuge Ke's idea first, let Zhang Cheng lead troops to support Wuling County, and send a veteran general to Zhuge Ke to "command" the Jiangxia navy.
Although it is true that Zhu Ran does not have the kind of navy generals who can intimidate the entire army, he does have some veteran generals who have been in the army for many years and have a certain prestige in the army.
For example, Sun Sheng.
Although Sun Sheng's ability is not very high, he still has the ability to command the navy. The most important thing is that Sun Sheng is obedient. He will definitely follow military orders and will not make his own decisions.
If Zhuge Ke is really unreliable, then Zhu Ran can also indirectly control the Jiangxia navy through Sun Sheng, and complete his combat orders through Sun Sheng.
In addition, Sun Sheng has been in the army for more than ten years and is a clan general. Even if you, Zhuge Ke, don't give face to others, you should still give Sun Sheng the face of a clan general, right? !
Well, Zhu Ran really didn't know about some of the things that happened under Jiangling City, and Sun Sheng also felt embarrassed, so naturally he wouldn't tell anyone about it.
Otherwise, Zhu Ran would never send Sun Sheng to Jiangxia to lead the navy.
(End of chapter)
