Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2657 Sun Zhongmou escaped from birth, 35 Chu troops attacked Wu

Chapter 2653: Sun Zhongmou escaped from birth, 35 Chu troops attacked Wu

After Sima Yi took care of the brothers Xie An and Xie Xuan, he did the same thing and told Zhu Ran that Sun Ce killed his younger brother Zhu Cai, which completely cut Zhu Ran's mind to fall to Sun Ce.

After that, Sima Yi wanted to win over generals who held military power, such as Pang Juan, Tian Ji, Sun Chengzong, Xu Sheng, Dong Xi, and Sun Kuang, but the effect was not obvious.

Sun Quan is not here, and the generals who were once loyal to Sun Quan have now become a piece of loose sand.

Pang Juan, Tian Ji and others will see no hope of bringing down Sun Ce, so naturally they will not act rashly, and it is only a matter of time before they fall to Sun Ce.

Although he failed to win over generals such as Pang Juan and Tian Ji, Sima Yi was not disappointed. With Xie An and Zhu Ran, and Sun Quan's diehard Zhou Tai, the combined strength of these three men might not be Sun Ce's opponent, but It's barely enough for self-defense.

"The news has already spread, I hope Liu Xiu's reaction can be quick, otherwise when Sun Ce completely stabilizes the situation, it will be difficult for Chu to destroy Wu." Sima Yi murmured.

After Sima Yi received the news of Sun Quan's capture, he knew that Sun Quan's situation was very thorough, and unless a miracle happened, it would be impossible to make a comeback, so he resolutely betrayed Sun Quan, and secretly passed the news of the internal strife in Soochow to Chu State.

Liu Xiu did not disappoint Sima Yi either. After receiving the news, he held a meeting overnight. Although he finally decided to destroy Wu with all his strength, the process was very tortuous and not as simple as it appeared on the surface.

In fact, Liu Xiu had already formulated a plan to destroy Wu. After all, under Sun Quan's coquettish manipulation, the internal contradictions in Wu had reached the extreme. Even if Sun Ce did not come back, civil war would break out sooner or later.

Liu Xiu is actually waiting for Sun Ce to come back and become the fuse to ignite Wu's internal struggle, so that he can take advantage of Sun and Wu's internal strife and unable to concentrate on facing foreign enemies, and attack Wu on a large scale, thus destroying Wu at the lowest price .

But what Liu Xiu never expected was that Sun Ce's coup d'état came too suddenly, and it only took half a day from the beginning to the end.

Before the state of Chu could react, Sun Ce's coup was over, which also made all Liu Xiu's arrangements go to waste, so Liu Xiu was almost going crazy.

"Waste, Sun Quan is simply a waste. With such a great advantage, he didn't even hold on for a long time, but was caught by Sun Ce. No wonder Sun Jian never considered letting him succeed."

Regarding Sun Quandao's poor performance, Liu Xiu was also angry and speechless, but soon realized something was wrong.

Sun Quan may be like Sun Ce, but he will never be so unbearable, so Sun Ce can win Sun Quan so quickly, there must be expert support behind him.

Liu Xiu ruled out all the people on Sun Ce's side, and finally found that the most important person among them was Sun Bin, whom he had always ignored.

"It's really not easy for Sun Bin to be able to set up a sure-kill situation for Sun Ce next time."

Liu Xiu frowned, and said to himself, "Sun Ce's coup plan this time can be said to be closely linked, and there are almost no flaws. If you are not careful, you will fall into the trap.

Even if they are aware of it, those who are not highly resourceful will not react in a hurry.

It seems that Sun Quan was defeated by Sun Bin, and those who lost and lost did not complain. "

But soon Liu Xiu realized another problem, that is, Sun Bin is such a great talent, and he is also a member of the Sun family. Why don't Sun Jian and Sun Quan reuse him?

It can be explained that Sun Quan didn't use Sun Bin. After all, Sun Bin was a member of Sun Ce's lineage, but Sun Jian didn't use Sun Bin either, which is somewhat unreasonable.

Liu Xiu instinctively felt that there must be something wrong with Sun Bin, otherwise, with Sun Jian's ability to know people, how could he let such a big man like Sun Bin be ignored.

"In addition to Sun Wu, Wu Zixu, Lu Su and Sun Ce, this Sun Bin is also qualified to be my king's opponent."

From Liu Xiu ranking Sun Ce after Sun Wu, Wu Zixu and Lu Su, it can be seen that Liu Xiu does not value Sun Ce very much, but cares more about the other four.

Liu Xiu never underestimated his opponents, and judging from Sun Bin's performance in this coup, Sun Bin was even more threatening to Chu than Sun Wu.

Sun Wu's ability to command the army is unparalleled in the world. Except for being cheated once by Tao Qian and captured alive by Zhu Yuanzhang, he has never been defeated again.

But no matter how Sun Tzu can fight, he is just a soldier.

In addition to military duels, political games are equally important in the struggle between countries.

Sun Wu has almost never lost a battle against Chu, but Chu has become stronger and stronger. No matter how many times he loses, he will not be completely defeated by Wu.

On the other hand, the state of Wu is getting weaker and stronger, and after Jiangxia's disastrous defeat, the gap with the state of Chu has been completely widened, and the state may perish if it is not careful.

The main reason for this situation is that Liu Xiu, the monarch of Chu State, is much stronger in politics and governance than Sun Jian and Sun Quan of Wu State.

Even if Wu has an undefeated general like Sun Wu, who can repeatedly defeat and weaken the Chu State to offset Wu's disadvantage in the monarchy, but as long as Liu Xiu is still in Chu State, it will not collapse.

However, under Liu Xiu's governance, the state of Chu became more and more stable, its national strength became stronger and its talents increased.

At this time, even if it is Sun Wu, if he still wants to defeat Chu State, it will not be an easy task.

This is also the main reason why Sun Wu couldn't beat Chu later, because Wu was still the same Wu, but Chu was not the original Chu.

Now Chu State has completely surpassed Wu State in terms of military affairs.

As for military commanders, although Chu still does not have a top commander at the level of Sun Wu, there are also many famous generals such as Guo Ziyi, Ma Yuan, Wei Zhang, and Cao Shen.

Although Chu State was inferior to Wu State in terms of commander quality, it also surpassed Wu State in terms of quantity.

What's more, in addition to this, Chu State has another biggest advantage, and that is its political advantage.

Liu Xiu, the king of Chu, is one of the most wise monarchs in the world, and he hardly makes mistakes. However, Sun Quan of Wu State is always confused, and there are many internal contradictions in Wu State under his governance.

Therefore, as long as Sun Quan is still the king of Wu, the gap between Wu and Chu will only increase, and this is Liu Xiu's greatest reliance.

But the appearance of Sun Bin changed all of this, making Chu's greatest advantage disappear in an instant, which made Liu Xiu not afraid of Sun Bin.

"Sun Wu's rule and Sun Bin's wisdom are rare for hundreds of years, but they were born in the Sun family at the same time. God really loves the Sun family."

Thinking of this moment, Liu Xiu felt envious of Sun Jian. If he had Sun Wu and Sun Bin as his assistants, he would have unified the south long ago, and then went north to compete with Ying Hao. How could he have wasted so many years in Jingnan.

But what about Sun Jian?Not only Sun Wu and Sun Bin, two outstanding talents, but also Wu Zixu, Lu Su, Lu Meng, Xie Xuan, Xie An, Pang Juan... and many other rare talents in the world.

Wu Guo obviously has so many talents, but he can't make good use of them. If the country is not subjugated, then it is really unreasonable.

It is nonsense to be blunt, if the state of Wu does not fight among itself, it only needs to let its own talents make the best use of them. Even if there is no top general, the state of Chu has no chance of destroying Wu.

But Sun Quan happened to be born in the state of Wu, which made the state of Wu, which was originally a piece of metal, leak everywhere, which gave Liu Xiu the hope of destroying Wu.

Liu Xiu is well aware of the importance of talents in troubled times, and if he wants to compete with Da Qin, he must destroy Wu in order to collect the talents from Jiangdong and use them for himself.

But now Sun Quan has been captured by Sun Ce, and Sun Ce has completely gained the advantage. If Chu State sends troops to attack Wu at this time, there is a high probability that it will stimulate Wu State to unite for self-protection and concentrate its forces on the outside.

If such a situation really happened, it would actually help Sun Ce gain power.

If Sun Ce were to completely control Wu's military power, and if Sun Wu, Wu Zixu, Lu Su and others were allowed to regain military power, then the difficulty of Chu's destroying Wu would be more than ten times greater.

In addition, the situation in the Central Plains was also a major reason why Liu Xiu did not dare to send troops easily.

Daqin had already declared war on the Ming Kingdom, and they sent a full 33 troops in just the first round of probing, which also showed that their calculations were wrong.

Although both the Wei and Song Dynasties have issued a document denouncing Great Qin, and openly formed an alliance with the Ming Dynasty, the three countries jointly resisted Great Qin, but the strength of Great Qin is unfathomable, even if the three countries of the Central Plains join forces, they may not be able to parry it.

If sending troops would surely destroy Wu Guo, then Liu Xiu would naturally not hesitate too much, but at this time the overall internal situation of Wu State had been settled, even if Chu State sent troops, it would not be able to completely destroy Wu State.

On the contrary, once the Chu State sent troops to attack Wu, there would be no spare power to intervene in the war in the Central Plains.

Once Great Qin destroyed the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains, but Chu failed to destroy Wu, it would be a disaster for Liu Xiu, and he would no longer be able to prevent Great Qin from dominating the world.

At this time, the state of Chu fell into a dilemma. Even if it could win by defeating Chu, it might not be able to destroy the state of Wu. On the contrary, it could not support the three kingdoms of the Central Plains.

Regardless of whether to attack Wu or not, each has its own advantages and disadvantages, and each has its own disadvantages, so Liu Xiu can't help but think carefully, because if he is a little careless, he will fall into disaster.

Pang Tong, Kuai Yue, Kuai Liang, Liu Ba, Liao Li, Zhu Fuyan, Hong Rengan, Meng Gongwei, Shi Guangyuan, Jia Chong and other counselors looked at Liu Xiu who was frowning and hesitant, and they didn't know what to do. Introduce words to solve doubts for the monarch.

The current situation is too complicated, and they don't know what to do in Chu State.

The high-ranking officials of Chu State, including Liu Xiu, were extremely hesitant about the attack on Wu. After all, the current situation is still unclear and there are too many variables.

But not long after, a piece of news came suddenly, which made Liu Xiu make up his mind and decisively decided to throw all the troops of the whole country to attack Wu.

And the news is that Sun Quan was rescued.

"The order of the general of the king is passed on, and 35 troops will be raised immediately, and the troops will be divided into four groups to attack Wu."

"Order Guo Ziyi as the chief general to lead Jiangxia, Nanjun, and Lujiang counties, with a total of [-] troops from Beilu County, marching from Jiangbei to attack Lujiang County in Wu State."

"Order Ma Yuan as the main general to lead the two prefectures of Jiaoguang and Jiaoguang. A total of [-] troops will be called the South Route Army. They will march from Nanhai County and attack Wu Guoji County."

"This king personally led Jingzhou to communicate with the three prefectures of Guangzhou, with a total of 20 troops as the Central Route Army. Changsha and Guiyang jointly dispatched troops to attack the two counties of Yuzhang and Panyang in the state of Wu respectively.

The king personally led an army of 15 to attack Yuzhang County, and Cao Shen, as the general of the partial army, led an army of [-] to attack Panyang County. "

The state of Chu has a total population of 570 million based on the three prefectures of Jing, Guang, and Jiao. After the extreme expansion of the army, the total army strength has skyrocketed from 20 to 42, an increase of 22 troops.

Now the total strength of the Chu State is 42, and Liu Xiu directly dispatched 35 to attack Wu, leaving only [-] troops to guard the three prefectures of Jing, Guang, and Jiao. The risk is not insignificant.

This also shows that Liu Xiu is going all out, and if he doesn't make a move, it will be fine. Once he makes a move, he will use up all the soldiers in the whole country. There is no room for maneuver, and he will not give up until Wu Guo is destroyed.

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Wu Guo, Jianye, Xicheng Daying.

Sima Yi, Xie An, Xie Xuan, Zhu Ran, Zhou Tai, Zhu Huan, Xue Zong, Gu Ti and other members of Sun Quan's lineage were gathering together to discuss what to do next.

Xue Zong, Gu Ti and other aristocratic family members felt that if Sun Quan really couldn't come back, then there was nothing wrong with supporting Sun Ce, but the premise was that Sun Ce would keep his promise and not touch the interests of the aristocratic family.

Xie An and Zhu Ran didn't agree with anything. After all, one of them lost their father and the other lost their brother, and they both died at the hands of Sun Ce. How could they submit to their enemies?

Just when the two sides were in dispute, a person suddenly broke into the tent, and this person was the imprisoned Sun Quan.

Everyone, including Sima Yi, was completely dumbfounded.

(End of this chapter)