Shu Chen

Chapter 345 Supplements
"Reporting to Your Majesty, there are three reasons for the old minister."

In the urging voice of Emperor Wei Cao Rui, Man Chong's old and hoarse voice slowly sounded, claiming that it was not feasible to continue the previous plan to attack Lujiang for three reasons.

First, Sun Quan personally led the army out of Chaohu to Hefei and led Luoyang Zhongjun to Huaiyou.From the fact that he kept Zhu Huan, a former Wu general who was famous for his combat skills, guarding Ruxuwu and guarding the Jianye gate, it can be inferred that Lujiang also had soldiers and horses staying in the town.Even if Cao Rui insisted on following the previous plan and suddenly went down the river to attack the farmland outside the city and succeeded, he would not be able to capture the city and affect the overall situation of the war.

Secondly, if things go wrong, there must be demons.

Man Chong, who is familiar with the affairs of the Jianghuai River, analyzed the past wars between Wei and Wu, and deduced that Sun Quan's plan this time may be serious.

When Wenpin guarded Jiangxia earlier, Shiyang became famous for being hard to pull out of the city!Now under the siege of Sun Wu's army, it is no problem to stick to it for two or three months and wait for reinforcements.

Therefore, it is impossible that Sun Quan tried his best to divert the tiger away from the mountain just to trap Shi Yangyue for more time, right?
He must have other plans!

As for what he planned, Man Chong couldn't be sure, but he privately thought it was because of the mutual alliance between Wu and Shu.

Bashu and Jiangdong have been allied for many years, and there has never been a move to send troops at the same time, which may be due to their different strengths or other reasons.

But to attack Jingxiang, it is possible to send troops together.

As far as Wu is concerned, the attack on Jingxiang will be supported by Bashu sending troops to the three eastern counties; and Bashu will definitely send troops gladly in order to relieve the pressure on the Longyou front.

It is just a temporary expedient measure to go to Shangyong County with the Tuntian Ke pretending to be Luoyang Zhongjun!
Can you still deceive Ni Shu for a few months?
Not to mention too much, Ni Shu only needs to send more than a thousand soldiers and horses to test it out.

The so-called conspiracies above tactics are all time-limited.

Again, it was Wei Guodu who had just changed the commander of Jingxiang.

Although Wang Chang, the general who conquered the south, had a long career, he had never participated in the war before and did not have much record. It was inevitable that he would be underestimated by Sun Quan. It was also inevitable that he would attack Jingxiang with a large army when the commander in chief changed.

After talking about the three reasons, Man Chong was a little bit exhausted, and he tried to remonstrate, "Your Majesty's army has come from a long distance, and the horses and horses are exhausted. Why don't you settle down a bit to ease your mind. In a few days there will be an army from Jingzhou to take revenge."

"Your words, great kindness."

After Cao Rui listened to it, he pondered for a while, but in the end it was just what he thought in his heart.

Seeing the tiredness on Man Chong's face again, he couldn't help feeling pity in his heart, and held up his hands to comfort him, "Qing is the fence of the country, and the ear of Wu's heavy weapon to guard against thieves! You should add a meal to hope that Xi Lianpo will be strong, and Ma Yuan will occupy the saddle." I'm so strong, I won't say anything about asking to return to Luoyang when I grow old. I don't have a Qing in the Huai River, so I can't sleep or eat in peace!"

After all, he went away on the grounds of not disturbing Man Chong's rest, and gave a lot of property and orders to accompany the army butcher to deliver meals later.

But he didn't know that when Man Chong bowed to thank him, his eyes flickered several times.

Because there is another reason why he didn't reveal it.

He is not optimistic about Sima Yi's plan to use Hexi to control Longyou and regain Liangzhou.

Because although Guanzhong is known as a closed place, Xiaoguan and Dashanguan are now in the hands of Ni Shu, so Longyou is a place of victory for Ni Shu!

Not to mention that in the past ten years, Wei Guo has lost countless soldiers in Longyou, and the morale is worrying.

The weather is uncertain, the geographical advantage and the harmony of people are not on Wei's side, how can we arbitrarily mobilize the army to fight against it?
Therefore, he also advised Cao Rui to suspend the dispatch of troops, so that Huaiyou and Jingxiang could be stable, in case Wei's war in the northwest was not going well and the bandit Wu would come back to invade the bandits, and Luoyang would have no soldiers to come to help.

As if to verify Man Chong's assertion, Jingzhou's military emergency came one after another within three days.

Yan Sun Wu originally besieged Lu Xun and Zhuge Jin's troops in Jiangxia. After Sun Quan led the army, they moved to the camp set up by Zhu Ran. All the generals in Jingxiang of Wei State thought that their intention was to contain the Nanyang garrison. When Xiangyang defended and rushed to help Jiangxia, Zhu Ran led more than [-] people and went west to attack Meifu, the king of Yi in the middle of the river.

Unprepared, Umeshiki, who hastily faced the battle, suffered a disastrous defeat and only escaped with his own body.

Zhu Ran pursued him so quickly that Mei Fu dared not return to the tribe, but went to Xiangyang City to ask Wei Guo to send troops to rescue him.

But by the time Xiangyang City got the news, discussed the decision, and came to rescue with the whole army, Zhu Ran's tribe had already plundered more than ten thousand Jingman households and returned seven or eight out of ten.What's more, [-] soldiers were sent to protect the captives and return with luggage, and they supervised more than [-] soldiers to return slowly from the back of the palace, so that Wei Guo did not dare to pursue them.

It's not that Wei's generals lack courage, nor is it that Zhu Ran's reputation makes the enemy dare not force him.

Instead, Zhu Ran was slowly heading towards the place where Lu Xun was stationed. If they rushed after them and fought rashly, what if Lu Xun had already led the army to the side of the road?

Accompanied by Sun Quan personally supervising the army and rushing to Jingzhou, the military strength of Wu State is already stronger than that of Wei State.

If they were ambushed and lost countless soldiers, they might be chased into Xiangyang City by Wu Jun.At that time, it will not be Shiyang City but Xiangyang that will be besieged!
Coincidentally, at this time, Wang Chang, who was coming from the governor of Wancheng, also sent someone to pass the general order.

All the generals will lead those who enter the battle without authorization, behead!
Gaiyin Wang Chang had to ask for help from Suchun County urgently: General Quan Cong of Wu Wei, who supervised about [-] troops, left Lujiang County in the west to attack, intending to break Suchun and join forces with Sun Quan in Jiangxia.

Calculated in this way, Sun Wu sent troops to Jingxiang this time, and there are already nearly [-] people!

Wang Chang, who was outnumbered, dared to let the generals rush out of the city to fight before Luoyang's central army arrived?
Cao Rui was stunned immediately after many military intelligence gathered in Huaiyou.

In any case, he never imagined that Sun Quan, the son of a bandit who had fled in a hurry when he heard the arrival of the rescuers, had such courage this time - he dared to form an army on land, and was going to fight fiercely with Wei!
Yes, fierce battle.

After Zhu Ran plundered Yi Wang Meifu's countless tribes and assets, he still transferred his army to join forces with Lu Xun, cut off the Wei State and rushed to help Jiangxia County; Sun Quan still trapped Shiyang City as before.

If Man Chong hadn't advised him not to go ahead with the old decision, I'm afraid he would have sent half of Luoyang's Chinese army deep into Lujiang at this time, delaying the rescue of Jingxiang!
"What Qing deduces is almost the same!"

After ordering Xiaoqi General Qin Lang to lead the [-] Chinese troops to Jingzhou to calm people's hearts, Cao Rui held on to the favored hand and was deeply moved.

Without waiting for Man Chong's humble rebuttal, he continued to ask, "You are guarding the land of Huaiyang, and I don't have any worries, so I intend to supervise the rear army and rush to Jingzhou in three days. Before leaving, I wonder if you have a good plan and advice?"

"The old minister dare not take the words of His Majesty and the teaching."

Hearing this, Man Chong hurriedly spoke modestly, and replied without hesitation, "That thief Wu is a fool! If your majesty comes in person, you will flee away in fear, and the old minister has something to say! But if you talk too much about two things, it may be worth it for your majesty." Supplementary items. One is to increase the number of troops, and Shangyong must send troops against Shu; the other is to be cautious before the bandit Wu, and the Guanzhong troops attack against Shu, so as not to fall into the country and fight."

(End of this chapter)