Abnormal Three Kingdoms

Chapter 309 Zhou Yu's troubles

Jiangdong, Moling, back in time a few days.

It was the fifth day since Sun Quan led the army to go out on the expedition, and Zhou Yu came to the river to fish as usual.

"Captain." Xu Sheng came to Zhou Yu with a bucket and sat down, threw the fish from the fish basket into the bucket, looked at Zhou Yu with a calm face, opened his mouth, hesitant to speak.

"En." Zhou Yu moved his waist, stretched his muscles and bones, nodded and said, "Wen Xiang is here, I'm tired."

Then, as if he didn't see Xu Sheng's hesitant expression, he continued to look back to fish, followed by an hour-long silence. Xu Sheng didn't know how to speak, and wanted to wait for Zhou Yu to start, but Zhou Yu didn't say a word. Not to mention, on the bank of the river, there are only the sound of the waves being rolled up by the wind blowing on the river, and the occasional sound of Ye'er splashing into the bucket when Zhou Yu catches fish.

Sun Quan's army went out for five days, Zhou Yu sat outside Moling City for five days, and spent every day fishing, Xu Sheng also came to accompany Zhou Yu for five days, every day he wanted to say something, but every day he was caught by this This strange atmosphere forced him to speak, and it looked the same today, but the words were held in his heart, and he couldn't vomit quickly. The longer the time, the stronger the desire to confide.

Seeing that Zhou Yu remained silent as in the past, Xu Sheng knew that as long as he did not speak, Zhou Yu could never mention this matter for the rest of his life, but this matter was not fair at all. As a fledgling hot-blooded young man, looking at Zhou Yu's appearance , Xu Sheng finally made a decision against Zhou Yu's will!

"The governor is the governor of the three armies. My lord has no experience in leading troops. This trip to Jianghuai is related to Jiangdong's strength. Even if my lord wants to lead the army in person, I shouldn't leave the governor here!" Xu Sheng felt aggrieved by Zhou Yu's cold reception by Sun Quan. It's about Jiangdong's future luck battle, but Zhou Yu, who is the most able to fight and has the most ability, is left behind to raise food and grass. Is this because the brain has been caught by the door! ?
This time Sun Quan decided to send troops to recapture the two counties of Jianghuai, but Zhou Yu opposed it. Although Jiangdong’s troops did not suffer much, Jiangdong’s general suffered heavy casualties in the first battle of Guangling. It is far from enough. What Jiangdong should do at this time is to recuperate and accumulate strength.

And Sun Quan had just stabilized the regime in Jiangdong, so it was too risky to send troops at this time, if he could win, it would be fine, he could establish Sun Quan's military prestige and become the third hero after his father and brother.

But what if you miss?
Even if Jiangdong does not recover from this setback, he will lose the qualification to compete in the world in the next few years. If he wins, he will only win the land of Jianghuai, but the risk of losing is Jiangdong's future. Although the probability of losing is indeed small, it is not impossible. The main reason why Zhou Yu didn't want to fight this battle was that he couldn't afford to lose, no matter how great the odds of winning were.

And on the other hand, although the dispute between Cao and Lu is indeed an opportunity in Zhou Yu's view, it may also become the key to bringing down Jiangdong. At least it is not the biggest opportunity. The huge regime in the land of the three states, and Jiangdong taking down Jianghuai at this time, will become a thorn in the side of the final winner.

At that time, Jiangdong will have to invest a lot of manpower and material resources into Jianghuai. It seems that the territory will expand, but there will be less time for development,

But this is not the key point, the key point is Yuan Shao in the north, there must be a battle between the two regimes, and that is the best time for Jiangdong to make a move, and participate in the game of princes' competition too early.

If in the end Cao or Lu, after winning the Central Plains, wants to pull out the threat of Jianghuai at any cost, causing Jiangdong to lose a lot of energy, and when the two northern regimes fight, Jiangdong will lose the best opportunity to rise. If they don't make a move, no matter who wins in the end, in order to meet the decisive battle with Yuan Shao, the strategic center of gravity will move northward, and they will win the Jianghuai River without any effort.

Although there are also risks, the latter is less risky, and the benefits of success are obviously greater, so Zhou Yu opposes sending troops at this time.

However, Zhou Yu's objection obviously failed to stop Sun Quan, and even had a faint stimulating effect, which made Sun Quan more determined to send troops. After comforting Zhou Yu, Sun Quan decided to send troops and arranged for Zhou Yu to guard the rear.

Sometimes seemingly stupid decisions have considerations unknown to others. For example, when Sun Quan sent troops this time, taking down the Jianghuai River was actually secondary. Zhou Yu's influence on Jiangdong is removed, and Jiangdong will only have the lord Sun Quan in the future, and Zhou Yu is only a general in Sun Quan's hands, not a commander of the three armies!
"Wen Xiang." Zhou Yu naturally understood these issues, so he didn't want to talk about this issue, which is why he used this method to force Xu Sheng to be speechless these days.

It's a pity that he couldn't resist in the end and let him talk. Zhou Yu could only sigh, then looked at Xu Sheng earnestly and said, "Jiangdong is the lord's Jiangdong, and the three armies are also the lord's three armies. There has never been a commander of the three armies. I am just a commander."

Xu Sheng was an outsider who escaped disaster from Xuzhou to Jiangdong in his early years. He was young at the time and hadn't yet made his mark. He was unremarkable in Sun Ce's army. The young and talented generals like Xu Sheng gradually emerged.

Perhaps because of the long time with Sun Ce, Xu Sheng was closer to Zhou Yu, but Zhou Yu knew that if this closeness was not dealt with in time, Xu Sheng might be killed in the future, so he made a point at this time.

As for myself, I have nothing to complain about. Now that Sun Quan is in power for the first time, he is definitely going to suppress him, an important minister of the former court. He said that Zhou Yu's influence is a threat, and it has nothing to do with your attitude towards him. Before Zhou Yu's influence is not cut off, it is impossible for him to feel at ease with Zhou Yu.

How can it be possible to say that there is no resentment in my heart?Zhou Yu is also a human being, how could he have no resentment after being targeted like this?But he could also understand Sun Quan's actions, plus he felt somewhat guilty towards the Sun family, and felt that he was responsible for Sun Ce's death, so Zhou Yu never expressed any dissatisfaction with Sun Quan's various weakening and suppression.

Xu Sheng was obviously a little unconvinced, and was about to say something, but saw a fast boat coming from the river in the distance, and soon arrived at Zhou Yu's place.

"Captain!" The soldiers on the clipper came close, jumped off the clipper and landed on the shore, and said to Zhou Yu, "My lord, let me send a message to the commander."

"Oh?" A smile appeared on Zhou Yu's face: "How is the battle going?"

For Zhou Yu, since Sun Quan could not stop his troops, it would be better if he could win. Although this would make Sun Quan look like a clown, but what about it?It doesn't matter.

As long as he can win this battle and seize the land of Jianghuai County, Sun Quan will have a military power not inferior to Sun Ce. By then, he will truly be in charge of Jiangdong, and he believes that Jiangdong will get better and better.

As for the counterattack against Cao Cao or Lu Bu, after that, as long as Yuan Shao starts to make some moves after holding on for a while, it is naturally impossible for them to put all their energy here!

"Returning to the governor, our army broke through Ruxukou yesterday. The Jianghuai army tried to stop our army several times on the river, but was defeated by our army. Now it has retreated to Hefei. My lord has led the army to land today. Prepare to capture Hefei." The messenger bowed.

"Go ashore!?" Zhou Yu keenly sensed something wrong: "My lord has been fighting the enemy for four days. Have you ever remembered how many enemy troops you killed?"

"This..." The soldiers shook their heads blankly. This is really unrecorded, but since Sun Quan entered Ruxukou, it is an indisputable fact that he has won consecutive battles.

"Inform the lord, and say that our army's advantage lies in water warfare, and land warfare...forget it, and come back with me, I want to write to the lord, and you will return the letter after I return." Zhou Yu got up with a serious face, and took The soldier went to the nearby two tents, and after taking the bamboo slips, Zhou Yu quickly wrote a letter, dried the ink, and handed it to the soldier: "Send it to the Lord as soon as possible."

"Here!" The soldier agreed, took the letter and left.

Zhou Yu walked all the way to the shore, until the clipper boat disappeared from sight, and he didn't move for a long time.

"Captain, why are you so concerned?" Xu Sheng looked at Zhou Yu in confusion. He didn't hear anything wrong. The main force of the Jianghuai army had already moved north. Isn't it normal for Sun Quan to advance triumphantly after entering Ruxukou?

"I don't have much experience with Chu Nan, but judging from the method he used to wipe out Jianghuai last year, he acted quite steadily. Even if he wants to send troops, it is impossible for the rear to be completely unprepared, and he should even be fully prepared."

Zhou Yu thought it over and said, "I wouldn't be surprised if the lord wins with difficulty, but now he's advancing all the way, which always makes people feel a little uneasy!"

Having said that, Zhou Yu sighed and said, "I hope it's me who is suspicious, but Wen Xiang."

"Here!" Xu Sheng quickly looked at Zhou Yu, and said solemnly, "Please order from the governor."

"That's what Chu Nan said is true. Everything is counted as victory before it is counted as defeat. You go and gather as many soldiers as possible and prepare the boats. I will teach you a simple water formation in the next few days. This formation is matched with some strange ones. Although it is not as powerful as Qimen Dunjia, it is most suitable for water battles, if you can master it, looking at the world, there will be very few opponents in water battles."

Xu Sheng knew that Zhou Yu was worried about the safety of the front line, but he didn't want to arouse Sun Quan's suspicion, so he didn't dare to send troops rashly, so he planned to gather a group of troops here to support Sun Quan at any time under the pretext of military training.

"Here!" Xu Sheng accepted the order loudly, even with a sense of joy. After all, Zhou Yu's ability is the best in Jiangdong, and being taught by him, even if it is only a half-movement, is enough for him to benefit from it.

Now, according to Zhou Yu's request, Xu Sheng mobilized [-] elite soldiers and [-] walking boats in the name of military training to practice naval battle formation on the river bank.

(End of this chapter)