Sun Lin is the nephew of Sun Quan, the grandson of Sun Jian's eldest brother Sun Qiang, and the son of general Sun Bi. At the age of nine, he inherited his title and acted as the prefect of Yuzhang, becoming the youngest county governor in the Three Kingdoms.
(Note: Most of the information on the Internet records that Sun Ben died in 219. The author has a different view. After extrapolation, he believes that it was 210. There are three reasons.
First, Sun Lin was born in 202. He inherited the title at the age of nine, and the year was 210. Second, Gu Shao became an official in the same year as Sun Lin became the heir, and succeeded him as the prefect of Yuzhang. Gu Shao served for 5 years and died in 214. , the backward calculation is also 210 years; thirdly, according to the records of the Three Kingdoms, "Cao Cao paid homage to Sun Ben as general to conquer the captives in 208, led the county as before, and died in the official position for eleven years." Sun Ce pacified Yuzhang in early 200, and made Sun Ben the prefect. The years 200 to 210 are exactly 11 years.
To sum up, it is speculated that a certain data editor did not conduct research and directly added 11 years from 208 to 219, and the latecomer even pasted and copied the quote.)
Sun Ce died soon after he conquered Jiangdong. Sun Quan's hasty succession to the throne was not stable. Sun Qiang's two sons, Sun Bi and Sun Fu, both looked down on Sun Quan. Even though the two counties of Yuzhang and Luling belonged to the Sun family in name, in fact they were already in the middle of the country. country.
Before Red Cliff, Sun Ben had a secret conspiracy with Cao Cao, and Sun Fu tried to trick Cao Cao into attacking him. Unfortunately, the conspiracy was exposed and Sun Quan was exiled.
Sun Fu was exiled to the barbaric land and died in depression. Sun Ben died of illness shortly after the battle of Chibi. Only then did Sun Quan regain control of Yuzhang and Luling.
Gu Shao (Gu Yong's eldest son) died young, and there were many Sun Ben's old subordinates in Yuzhang. Sun Quan still regarded Sun Lin as the governor of Yuzhang.
Sun Lin and his son had been conducting military operations in Yuzhang for twenty years. Four great governors, Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Lu Meng, and Lu Xun, who had stationed in Chaisang successively, all respected the father and son very much.
Lu Fan did not have the psychological pressure of others, and regarded Sun Lin as an ordinary junior member of the clan. In addition to being Sun Quan's absolute confidant, he also held the absolute power of Soochow at this time.
After Sun Lin clasped his fists and saluted, he pointed to the map hanging in the tent and said: "Yuzhang borders Jiangxia and Changsha. The most direct threat is Ganning from Wuchang, where there are tens of thousands of Jingzhou navy troops;
Secondly, soldiers were recruited in Changsha last year and were sent to the front line of Jingbei at the beginning of the year. There are only more than 10,000 troops currently stationed in the county. As for Lingling, Guiyang, and Wuling, it seems that Guan Yu has drawn troops several times. Even if there are There shouldn’t be many garrison troops either;
In addition, according to horse exploration reports from Ai County and Yichun, Lantian has been in Changsha County recently. "
"Isn't Lantian Jiaozhoumu? Why did he go to Changsha?" Zhang Cheng looked curious.
Lu Fan took up the topic and answered: "Zhong Si doesn't know. Although Lantian is the pastor of Jiaozhou, he oversees the counties in Jingnan. I heard that this man is good at farming. Changsha is the main grain-producing area in Jingnan. He is now the Are you going to supervise the summer harvest?"
"The general is absolutely right." Sun Lin nodded.
Lu Fanxu stroked his beard with his eyes and said coldly: "The battle in Jingbei is fierce. It is said that in the last month alone, the two armies fought dozens of small-scale battles, with nearly 20,000 casualties. Not long after Xiangyang of Nanjun was controlled by Guan Yu, the frontline military supplies Mainly supplied by Jingnan, Lantian personally went to supervise the summer harvest, which shows that Guan Yu's food supply is also very tight."
"General Ziheng, just tell me how to fight. I've heard that the mysterious owl is cunning and cunning. I'm willing to be the vanguard to defeat the enemy." Jianwu General Xu Sheng clasped his fists and asked for military service. He was originally unhappy with the transfer from Ruxu to Chaisang. , but after listening to the intelligence from Lu Dai and Sun Lin, he felt that the western battlefield was promising, and that he could gain more military exploits than the defense at Ruxuwu.
Lu Fan's next words directly chilled Xu Sheng's heart.
"Now Lantian is like a toothless tiger and there is nothing to fear. Sun Taishou has just made it clear that the biggest threat to Chaisang is Gan Ning in Wuchang. Zhongsi (Zhang Cheng) has no previous experience in commanding a navy. Wen Xiang ( Xu Sheng) stayed in Chaisang to assist Zhongsi in defending Gan Ning."
Xu Sheng felt like sitting on his back after hearing this. Zhang Cheng was first appointed as Ruxudu, his immediate superior. Xu Sheng was very unconvinced at first, but he was relieved when he was transferred to Chaisang to obey Lu Fan.
From the analysis of Lu Fan's intention just now, it is obvious that Xu Sheng was asked to be Zhang Cheng's deputy. After going around and around, he still failed to escape his fate, but he could not disobey the commander-in-chief's will.
"Wei." Xu Sheng lowered his head and clasped his fists, speaking out the word with difficulty.
Lu Fan nodded with satisfaction, and then continued to give instructions to Lu Dai: "Although there are currently 50,000 troops stationed in Chaisang and Yuzhou, 20,000 of them are used to defend Gan Ning. I will allocate the remaining 30,000 to How about ten thousand for you? With thirty thousand soldiers to deal with three thousand barbarians, even if we are blocked by Xi Zhen in Guiyang, we should have enough soldiers to rush to Guangzhou."
"The general understands."
Lu Dai said in his heart that ten thousand counts as ten thousand. He was not afraid of Xi Zhen in Guiyang, but worried that Shamoke would aid Guangzhou by water. His deeds were spread throughout the mausoleum and other places, and the people in Jiangdong also confused Shamoke with Zhang Fei, who killed Huang Bing and attacked Jiangxia.
Lu Fan heard the dissatisfaction in Lu Dai's tone and reasoned, "When the army leaves Luling, there will be no waterways to transport food. If there are too many soldiers, it will be difficult to provide logistics. You have to deal with the corvee work in Luling yourself. In addition, The soldiers and horses in Luling are only responsible for Pingjiao Prefecture, and the rest of the soldiers and horses will also attack Changsha and seize the four counties of Jingnan and Jiangxia, so the help will definitely be greater."
"Wei." Lu Dai's tone immediately became sincere.
Lu Fan immediately sent He Qi, Dai Liang, Chen Shi, and 10,000 troops to go south to Luling with Lu Dai. He also ordered Sun Lin to seize the time to recruit civilians to prepare for the upcoming war in Jingnan.
After all the troops from Jiangdong counties gathered at Chai Sang, Lu Fan planned to divide his troops into two groups to attack Changsha and capture Lan Tian. At this time, Lan Tian was indeed in Linxiang, the administrative center of Changsha.
The Changsha Prefecture where Mi Fang is located is home to many old faces from Jingzhou. Hao Pu, the prefect of Lingling, and Xizhen, the prefect of Guiyang, all came to Changsha secretly.
When he came to Changsha this time, Lantian inspected Xia Shuang to deceive others. He wanted to use his body as a bait to attract Jiangdong's "backstab" and planned to destroy Sun Quan's family fortune in one battle.
Lan Tian did not bring any trapped troops, nor were Gao Shun, Samoko and other fierce generals. Apart from Wu Ban and Song Chen, the only accompanying generals and troops were Lan Ji, the 500-year-old battalion, and the more than 100 cavalry detectives from the reconnaissance battalion. Several prefects felt a little guilty when they saw this lineup.
"Fu Jun, although the three counties of Lingling, Guiyang, and Changsha can muster 40,000 troops, they are far from the fighting strength of the trapped army, and they lack a commander like General Gao. You can leave him in Guangzhou and command him. Three thousand barbarians, are there some hidden secrets? After all, there is such a big movement in Soochow," Xi Zhen asked worriedly.
"Don't you believe me? When have we ever suffered a loss? Just rest assured and do your best." Lan Tian smiled knowingly, then turned to ask Song Chen: "How is the situation over there with General Guan? Jingbei is the center of the whirlpool of the war. Point, if there is a big change over there, I won’t dare to give it a try.”
Song Chen cupped his fists and answered: "There was heavy rain around Luoyang a few days ago. It is said that countless houses were washed down. The war in Jingbei also stopped due to the rain. Cao Xiu's plan to weaken the army was forcibly terminated."
"It's raining well."
(End of chapter)
