Chapter 521: Lujiang Conference
It was said that the Lujiang Military Conference had just begun, and Zhuge Liang's first question silenced everyone. Cao Mengde's seven armies attacked Hefei City. Why were only these five armies surrounding Lujiang?
Cheng Pu pressed his hand on the military map and recalled: "At that time, the seven groups of soldiers sent by Cao Mengde included Xiahou Dun's 50,000 Qingzhou soldiers and Xu Chu's 30,000 black armored soldiers. To say that they included two generals and eight It seems far-fetched to have ten thousand elite soldiers stay in Hefei City."
At that time, in the battle of Hefei City, Cheng Pu was the right commander appointed by Sun Ce. After a fierce battle, he was forced to abandon Hefei City. Naturally, he knew the enemy's strength at that time. After hearing this, Sun Ce asked: "Gong Jin, do you have the latest information?"
Zhou Yu was the newly appointed governor-general of the left, and his position was above Cheng Pu. Because of this, Cheng Pu was very unconvinced and had conflicts with Zhou Yu in everything. Before Zhou Yu could speak, Cheng Pu had already muttered: "If it weren't for the fact that intelligence work couldn't keep up, how could Hefei City be lost so easily?"
Zhou Yu was in charge of intelligence work. He didn't seem to hear Cheng Pu's muttering at all, and answered Sun Ce: "The situation in Hefei City is really not clear, and I can't answer Kong Ming's question for the time being. The latest intelligence is from the investigation posts around Lujiang River. The cavalry brought them back, Cao Cao's army is busy building the camp fortifications, and seems to be preparing for a protracted war, and no abnormal movement has been noticed for the time being."
Cheng Pu immediately asked: "Where is Cao's army's food route? Who is responsible for transporting food? Where is the place where food and grass are stored?" The three armies have not moved, and food and grass go first. The soldiers cannot fight when they are hungry, and the same goes for robbing food. The most common and effective method of fighting at that time. In the Battle of Guandu in official history, Yuan Shao suffered a big loss from being robbed of food by Cao Cao.
Zhou Yu shook his head and said: "Old general, you want to rob food again! Don't forget how you defeated the battle at Hefei? Cao Mengde is most accustomed to robbing people's food roads, how could he not have heavy troops to protect his food and grass?" It turns out that Cheng Pu If he could not hold out in Hefei City, he would not have lost the city so quickly. However, because he led his troops out of the city to rob food and grass, he was ambushed by Cao Mengde's trick and was picked by Xiahou Dun as a general. As a result, he was defeated and retreated all the way to Lujiang River. Only then did the city stand firm. When Zhou Yu said "Old General", Cheng Pu immediately jumped up in anger, and Han Dang quickly stood up to separate the two.
Lu Su also stood up to persuade him, but Cheng Pu sat down bitterly, still angry. Sun Ce spoke up at this time: "Let Zijing and Kong Ming laugh! But the soldiers are worried about Cao's army's strength. It seems that Lujiang can only avoid fighting behind closed doors and guard the city walls. As for the battle on the outside, I'm afraid it will take a long time. The strange troops handed over to the Qinglong Army started firing first."
Zhuge Liang saw that everyone's eyes were turning to him, and he knew that in the battle to defend Lujiang City, Jiangdong Sun Ce had pinned his hopes on the Sun Long Alliance. He smiled and said, "Have Cao Cao's invincible generals already made all the generals in Jiangdong afraid?" As soon as he said this, the commanders below Sun Ce immediately frowned collectively.
Zhuge Liang pretended not to see it and continued: "My lord Chen Long has a deep hatred for Cao Mengde. He agreed to join forces with Jiangdong today because he hopes to fight Cao Mengde to the end with General Sun. Originally, even without Jiang Dong as an ally, my lord Chen Long would have It’s just that the time has not come for a decisive battle with Cao Mengde. According to my lord’s plan, before the decisive battle with Cao’s army, Jiangdong must be captured first.”
These words were very harsh. Sun Ce stood up angrily, pointed his halberd and shouted: "Zhuge, why did you say this? You are so arrogant!" Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan and said: "My lord Chen Long, for the welfare of the people of the world, is to The world is unified. How can Jiangdong be an exception?" Sun Ce was so angry that he kicked over the seat next to him and shouted: "Come here, tie Zhuge Liang!"
When Zhou Tai heard Sun Ce's order, he immediately strode over and raised his hand to capture Zhuge Liang. Unexpectedly, a palm stretched out from beside him and said: "Wait a minute."
Zhou Tai turned his head and saw that the person speaking was Sun Quan. He couldn't help but hesitate slightly, and continued to stretch his hand towards Zhuge Liang's neck. Ling Tong, who was next to him, suddenly took action, resisted Zhou Tai's palm, and said, "General Zhou! Didn't you hear General Sun asking you to stop?"
Sun Quan glanced at Zhou Tai, turned to Sun Ce and said, "Brother! Although Kong Ming's words are reckless, I'm afraid he has a deeper meaning. I, Jiangdong, and the Qinglong Army have a grudge against killing my father, but my brother personally gave me Huang Zhong feather arrows, so that I can The purpose of resolving the great feud between the two sides is to fight against Cao's thieves together. Kong Ming just said a few words of truth today, so why get angry? Let's wait for him to finish."
Sun Ce was furious. After listening to Sun Quan's words, he shouted: "Let this stupid young man finish his words! If he doesn't speak well, he will be killed today! Chen Long is here, and I will greet him with the Overlord Spear!"
Zhuge Liang said proudly: "Since ancient times, soldiers have come to block them, and water has come to cover them up. Wu Hou has only wanted to hold on and wait for the Qinglong Army to move. Isn't it timid? If the morale is like this, why should the Qinglong Army cooperate with Jiangdong Army? It would be better to let Cao Mengde and Wu Hou The fight will end in defeat for both sides. The Qinglong Army will recharge its batteries and come back to clean up the mess." Zhou Yu heard this and looked at Sun Ce, who nodded slightly. Sun Ce finally waved away Zhou Tai, sat down slowly and said, "You tell me! The plan will be settled. out?"
Zhuge Liang said: "Since the defeat of Hefei, the morale of the Jiangdong Army must have been low. They have always thought that the Lujiang River is the last line of defense in the north of the Yangtze River, so all kinds of strategies are for defense, hoping to defend until a miracle occurs and Cao Cao retreats on his own. But he does not take the initiative to make progress. , how can we win a victory to improve morale? Even if Wu Hou and Gong Jin came to Lujiang to command in person, the morale of Jiangdong Army is still low."
"So, for Cao's soldiers near the Lujiang River, Marquis Wu asked to organize a surprise attack force to harass, especially at night, so that Cao's soldiers could not set up their stronghold with peace of mind and delay the time for Cao's army's five-pronged victory. He sent scouts disguised as civilians to conduct a large number of Conduct reconnaissance in order to discover the weaknesses of Cao's troops and use their familiarity with the terrain to plan and destroy the enemy."
After hearing this, Zhou Yu shook his head slightly and said: "Kong Ming, what's so special about what you said? It's just an ordinary trick. I can accurately draw you the location of Cao Jun's camp now."
Zhuge Liang shook his head and said: "Gong Jin, the focus of this battle is not on Lujiang, but on Hefei. All harassment, resistance, and small-scale battles in Lujiang will affect Cao Jun's energy and divert Cao Jun's attention. If Jiangdong Army in Lujiang can fight After winning several battles, Xiahou Dun and Xu Chu's troops guarding Hefei City can even be mobilized to reinforce Lujiang, so as to create the best opportunity for a surprise attack on Hefei City. Once Hefei City is captured, Cao's army's supply route will be truly controlled. , trapping 200,000 Cao troops to death between two fortified cities."
Zhuge Liang pointed to the map and said: "The area between Lujiang and Hefei has the inaccessible Dabie Mountains to the west, Chao Lake and endless swamp hills to the east. Hefei City is the only retreat channel for Cao's army. If Hefei City is A surprise attack by the Qinglong Army ensured that Cao's army would fall into a state of food shortage and chaos, and would be completely wiped out by Sun Long's coalition forces. The main force of the surprise attack on Hefei was our Qinglong Army's Zhao Yun Army, Huang Zhong Army, and Gan Ning Army, a total of nine An elite force of more than 10,000 people.”
Sun Ce murmured: "Jiangdong Army took the initiative to attack with the purpose of bringing out the Hefei defenders? It sounds reasonable. Gong Jin, what do you think?"
Zhou Yu glanced at Sun Quan with wise eyes and said: "Sun Long's alliance is of far-reaching significance. It seems that the Marquis of Xiangyang is indeed sincere in cooperating. In this case, Jiangdong Army will formulate a battle plan according to Kong Ming's strategy." At this time, Na Na had been watching with cold eyes. Yu Fan suddenly said: "I see that Cao Jun's camp on the edge of Chao Lake is low-lying. Maybe it can be attacked with water!"
Seeing that everyone was gradually getting ready to fight Cao Jun, Sun Ce became happy and said, "I understand what Kong Ming said. I heard from Zhongmou that the main force of the Qinglong Army on both sides of the Yellow River will also make a plan to attack the east and west. On the south bank of the Yellow River, Launch a large-scale military exercise. If this is possible, it is better to directly attack Cao Cao's lair in Taishan County. In the future, the Qinglong Army will have a decisive battle with Cao's Army in the Central Plains. Our Jiangdong Army is willing to become the division of the Qinglong Army's first brigade and lead the Jiangdong Army northward to destroy Cao. After that, we can It is enough for me to keep the land east of the Yangtze River. I would like to respect the Lord Qinglong as the head of the ministers and support the Han Dynasty together."
After listening to Sun Ce's words, Zhuge Liang nodded slightly and said: "What Wu Hou said is finally aspirational! However, all of this has a premise. The Qinglong Army must first destroy Huang Zu of Queyue City, so that the 90,000 troops can successfully emerge from Macheng. Lu'an, surprise attack on Hefei. After the incident is completed, Queyue City will belong to the Qinglong Army and will no longer be owned by Jiangdong. What does Wu Hou want?"
It turns out that Zhuge Liang made a half circle and wanted Sun Ce to promise Queyue City to the Qinglong Army in person. Lu Su smiled secretly and listened to Sun Ce say with difficulty: "If the surprise attack on Hefei is successful, let the Qinglong Army destroy Queyue City!"
If you want to know what happens next, listen to the explanation next time.
