Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 208

"Report!"

At this moment, a soldier came outside the door to report: "Young Master, General Shen, Zhou Yu has sent another letter."

"Bring it in."

Shen Chen sat cross-legged on the mat without moving.

When the soldiers came in, they handed the letter to Liu Qi who was seated at the head seat. After Liu Qi read it quickly, he immediately handed it to Shen Chen: "It's a letter from Sun Quan and Zhou Yu."

Shen Chen took it and took a look.

Sun Quan said in the letter that Zhang Hong was his teacher and hoped that Shen Chen would not hurt him. Then he told him that they had captured Huang Zu. If possible, he would give up the revenge of killing his father and exchange Huang Zu for Zhang Hong.

Zhou Yu's letter was still full of threats. It told him that if Marquis Wu did not want to save the lives of Zhang Hong and his son, he would never let him go. Now if he agreed to their conditions and exchanged Zhang Hong and his son for Huang Zu, he could No attack for fifteen days.

"Ha ha."

Shen Chen smiled and said: "It seems that Zhang Hong still has a lot of weight in Sun Quan's heart. In order to save Zhang Hong, he can even refuse to avenge the killing of his father. But it must be an act of buying people's hearts. If he If it is done, the Jiangdong scholars will definitely serve him to death."

"Yes."

Liu Qi sighed: "This Sun Quan is still very courageous, and he also has the appearance of a master. People in Jiangdong heard that he was able to let go of the revenge of killing his father like General Huang for the sake of his subordinates. I am afraid they will all be grateful for him."

Shen Chen pondered and said: "It's good for Sun Quan to intervene in it. This will buy us enough time and make it easier for me to make plans."

Liu Qi asked, "Ah Chen, what exactly do you want to do?"

Shen Chen pointed to the north side of the map on the table and said: "It's very simple, I want Zhou Yu to suspect that I plan to cross Jingxi, go to Anwu, Jingxian, and Xuancheng, go all the way to Wuhu, and then go to Zhongjiang from Wuhu to arrive Zhen Ze, let him think that I am going to attack Qian Tang!"

"This"

Liu Qi was dumbfounded, and felt that this plan was simply unconstrained and completely unexpected.

You must know that although Qingshui is connected to Jinghu Lake, Jinghu Lake can go all the way to Wuhu County through Jingshui, and at the same time, it enters Zhenze from Zhongjiang, another tributary of Dajiang, and finally flows into the East China Sea.

But this plan is to go deep into the hinterland of Jiangdong and go to Sun Quan's lair, which is too risky!

How can this work?
However, Shen Chen's face remained unchanged, he didn't feel that there was anything wrong with the boldness of this plan at all, and he was still thinking secretly in his heart.

The geographical environment of the Han Dynasty was somewhat different from that of later generations. For example, the Qingyi River originated in Yi County, flowed into Taiping Lake from Yi County, then went north to northwest, passed through Wuhu City, and finally flowed into the Yangtze River.

But in the Han Dynasty this river flowed into Zhongjiang, a tributary of the Yangtze River.

The Zhongjiang River originated from the Yangtze River. According to the "Shui Jing Zhu", this river is a very large medium-sized river. It flows from the Wuhu section of the Yangtze River to the east, and flows into Zhenze through Yongping and Yangxian.

So that is to say, the Qingyi River at that time did not go northwest after going north, but went east.

Later, due to some reasons, the Yangtze River no longer poured into the Zhongjiang River, the water system of the Zhongjiang River was cut off, and the Qingyi River entered the Yangtze River along the original course of the Zhongjiang River.

With this basic condition, the waterway that later generations could not go through could be realized in the Han Dynasty.

Therefore, the whole route Shen Chen arranged was also simple. Follow the Qingtong River of the later generations down south, enter Taiping Lake, then go north and then enter Zhongjiang River along Qingyi River, and finally go east from Zhongjiang River to Taihu Lake Basin, and rush to Qiantang.

This plan sounds very bold and unrealistic, but it can be implemented in the Han Dynasty, because the Han Dynasty has one more Zhongjiang River than the later generations!
It's just that Liu Qi still felt that it was risky, and persuaded him, "Ah Chen, this plan is too dangerous, isn't it sending you to death?"

Shen Chen smiled and said: "So I plan to send someone to tell General Liu Pan to send an army from Yi County to Haiyang immediately, and go east along the Zhejiang River."

"Report!"

Just as he was talking, another person came in from outside the door and said: "Young Master, General Shen, there are people from Shanyue outside the county government asking to see you."

"Let them in."

Shen Chen said.

"only."

The soldiers immediately went out again.

After a while, two Shanyue people came in wearing black linen, which was completely different from the Central Plains robes.

When Shen Chen saw one of them, he stood up and said with a smile, "So it's Chen Zongshuai."

This Chen Zongshuai's name is Chen Dang, and he is the younger brother of Chen Pu, the leader of Shanyue who occupies Linli Mountain in the south of Yi County.

The leaders of Shanyue are named Shuai, Dashuai, Zongshuai, Dazongshuai, etc., so to call the leaders of Shanyue, you can call a certain handsome or a certain Zongshuai.

Chen Dang said in fluent Chinese: "General Shen, I am here this time to tell you something."

"Could it be Yunxi?"

Shen Chen asked.

Yunxi is the later Qiupu River in Chizhou, Anhui, which connects Yixian County on the Yangtze River.

He had guessed this as early as when Chen Pu Chendang's brother took him to find Yunxi in the northwest of Yi County.

Chen Dang nodded and said, "That's right. These days we sent people to guard the coast of Yunxi, and we found that Jiangdong's ships were coming to Yi County along Yunxi. My elder brother asked me to inform General Shen immediately."

"Um"

Shen Chen pondered and said: "As I expected, Zong Shuai, there are more than 20 stones of grain and grass in Lingyang City, I want to use these grains and grass to hire you, and Zu Da Zong Shuai and the others to do something, is it possible? "

Chen Dang's expression brightened immediately, but then he waved his hands again and again and said, "It's impossible to ask us to help deal with Jiangdong. They are powerful, and we dare not provoke them easily."

Shen Chen smiled and said, "It's not that troublesome, you just need to do a few things, and this should be very simple for you."

"really?"

Chen Dang hurriedly asked: "Didn't you fight with Jiangdong people?"

"Absolutely not."

"Well, I promise you."

"So, you are so and so."

"it is good."

"Thank you Chen Zongshuai."

"polite."

"Zong Shuai goes to rest first, and I will arrange someone to follow you to Yi County."

"it is good."

Chen Dang clasped his fists and left.

Shen Chen arranged for someone to reserve a place for them.

After he left, Liu Qi hurried up and said, "Too bad, Chen, the back road has been cut off."

"It's okay."

Shen Chen smiled and waved his hands: "Everything is under planning."

"What is your plan?"

Liu Qi was dying of anxiety, he jumped up and said, "Tell me first."

Shen Chen pointed to the map and said, "Didn't I just say that? I intend to make Zhou Yu suspect that I am attacking Jiangdong."

"and then?"

Liu Qi asked.

Shen Chen said: "If the eldest son is Zhou Yu and suspects that I am going to surprise Jiangdong, what will you do?"

"this."

Liu Qi hesitated and scratched his head: "I will send someone to chase after him?"

Shen Chen shook his head and said, "No, Zhou Yu isn't that...uh."

"Not so what?"

Liu Qi looked at him suspiciously, he seriously suspected that what Shen Chen was going to say was not that stupid.

"Not that smart!"

Shen Chen changed his words and said, "Zhou Yu and Lu Su must suspect that I have another purpose, so the main force will definitely stand still and move forward slowly. At the same time, they will order the army of Yi County to go north along the river to search for our footprints."

Liu Qi thought for a while and said: "Since they have already cut off our retreat in Yi County, why did they go north? Wouldn't it be better to just pursue with the main force?"

"Because General Liu Pan's army is here."

Shen Chen smiled and said: "There are clouds in the art of war, and the truth is true. There can never be many troops in Yi County. When General Liu Pan's army comes, they will also be afraid that I will pretend to go north, but actually go south, so that the army in Yi County will be flanked by us. So the best way is to join forces from the north and the south to move to the middle at the same time, pinching our troops!"

The current situation on the entire battlefield is that everyone is active in the Huangshan Mountains in the eastern hills, and the army from north to south is Zhou Yu's Department-Shen Chen Department-Lv Meng Department-Liu Pan Department.

And Shen Chen's troops are the easiest to change, because Taiping Lake is behind him, and he can go north from Taiping Lake and run directly to Jiangdong through another waterway.

So the question Zhou Yu has to consider now is, in what way will Shen Chen choose to leave Lingyang?

Two ways.

One goes south to Yi County and then to Nanchang.

The other is to go north to Wuhu and attack Jiangdong Qiantang.

If Zhou Yu guessed that Shen Chen was going north, then he would definitely mobilize Lu Meng's troops.

Because he guessed that if Shen Chen went north, he would definitely mobilize the army to chase north. If Shen Chen chose to go south, Lu Meng's troops would be very dangerous and would face the double attack of Shen Chen and Liu Pan.

So it's not as stable as Zhou Yu and Lu Meng's attacking Shen Chenlai on both sides.

But there is a problem here.

That is, what if Zhou Yu didn't guess that Shen Chen would go north, but thought he would go south?
Liu Qi also thought of this, and asked the key to this question. He said, "But where are we going? Is it going south?"

"Yes, once the army in Yi County moves north, we can take advantage of the opportunity and go south to Yi County."

"Then what if Zhou Yu sees through our strategy and chases south?"

"So we have to deceive him by setting up suspicious arrays."

Shen Chen said in a deep voice: "This is the ultimate purpose of the whole strategy. If he sees through the strategy, there is nothing he can do."

"Then what are we going to do then?"

Liu Qi turned pale with shock.

Shen Chen smiled and said: "It's okay, even if we are seen through, we still have a way out, and with the help of the Shanyue people, once the Jiangdong Army in Yi County is not mobilized, but continues to garrison Yi County, Zhou Yu comes to chase, then we can still abandon the big ship Just take another river and go south to She County to join General Liu Pan."

"That's it."

Liu Qi breathed a sigh of relief, as long as there is a way out.

Shen Chen said again: "Now we have to find a way to arrange suspicious soldiers and deceive Zhou Yu."

Liu Qi asked, "Then how can we fool Zhou Yu?"

Shen Chen laughed and said: "Tomorrow I will send Qu Gan to attack Anwu, Jing County, and Xuancheng. You, Mr. Chang, will follow Chen Dang to Yi County. If the plan succeeds, the Jiangdong Army in Yi County will be dispatched." Going north, the young master will immediately urge the Shanyue people to do this."

Liu Qi nodded again and again: "Okay, okay, okay."

"Young master, please do it."

Shen Chen cupped his hands and said, "Whether I can show my Jingzhou Shenwei in this battle depends on whether the eldest son can complete it within the time limit."

"Leave it to me!"

Liu Qi got up seriously and saluted Shen Chen: "I will never let Ah Chen down!"

"Thank you sir."

Shen Chen bent down to salute.

"I am leaving."

Liu Qi got up and went out without hesitation.

After he stepped out of the hall, Shen Chen stood up and turned to look at his leaving back.

Until this moment, he sat down on the table with a sigh of relief.

This strategy can be said to be quite energy-intensive, and it took more than ten days to wander around Taiping Lake, Yi County, Jing County and other places.

It was designed by observing the topography, waterway changes, river width and current water flow speed.

So now the whole person is very tired, and the energy and spirit are also consumed a lot.

But it's all worth it.

Because his plan can be said to take advantage of the right time, place and people.

The weather was the torrential rain for the past two months, and the light rain was still falling in the Huangshan area, which caused the water level of the rivers to rise sharply, making it easier for boats.

The geographical advantage is that the terrain of Huangshan Mountain is steep and it is easy to set up an ambush. They are the team withdrawing troops, and it is better to ambush and pursue them.

People and nature are the local Shanyue people who have enmity with Jiangdong and choose to help them instead of Jiangdong.

So under such circumstances, the designed strategy is absolutely seamless, with almost no flaws, and it will definitely give Zhou Yu a huge surprise.

It's just that Zhou Yu and Lu Su are definitely not kind. Lu Su is already very difficult to deal with. Can Zhou Yu, who is a little stronger than him, be able to see through it?

Shen Chen sat cross-legged on the mat, looked up at the ceiling and began to think carefully.

According to his guess, the person who can see through this terrible trick is either extremely stupid or extremely smart.

It's easy to understand how stupid you are to the extreme, you're just a B-gram master, you don't play cards according to the routine, and let your schemes change ever-changingly, I will be reckless to the end, forcing Shen Chen to take the path.

When the intelligence reaches the extreme, it becomes much more complicated. Both sides need to see each other's tricks and fight wits and courage, so as to show the extreme wisdom of human beings.

So Zhou Yu and Lu Su, are they extremely stupid or extremely smart?

Presumably it should be the latter.

But are they really that smart?
Shen Chen couldn't help but guess.

My own strategy can be described as a series of series, one life two two begets three, three begets all things.

Seeing through the first strategy is nothing, because there are more behind.

And it doesn't matter if the second strategy is seen through, because there is a third strategy behind it.

Such a chain of links can be called a chain plan!
If Zhou Yu could see through all the schemes, he would not know what to do.

Thinking that if they really reached that point in time, he could only sigh "Sheng Chen, He Shengyu".

But fortunately, he is already invincible.

Even if the trick is seen through, the two sides will at most have a tie, and there will be no loss.

Shen Chen thought in his heart.

Yes.

In his opinion, no matter whether the opponent is extremely stupid or extremely smart, the two sides will at most end up with a tie, and neither will suffer.

Because he has a retreat.

Once found out, just take the trail back to Nanchang, there is no need to entangle with Zhou Yu.

There are many tributaries in Taiping Lake.

The two largest rivers are Qingshui and Jingshui, namely Qingtong River and Qingyi River in later generations.

The Jiangxia navy has four large boats and four warships, which can navigate medium-sized rivers like Qingshui and Jingshui.

But Xiaohe can't do it.

So if Zhou Yu sees through his strategy, the worst result is that they give up going down the big river and choose other small rivers to go down.

More importantly, the relationship between the Shanyue people living in the mountains and the Jiangdong is very bad, and the two sides fight every day.

With the support of the Shanyue people, it is natural to know all the surrounding terrain.

Under the leadership of the local Shanyue guide, he has found out that in addition to the largest Qingyi River in the south of Taiping Lake, there are seven or eight rivers, large and small, such as Yangxi River, Puxi River, Machuan River, and Wuxi River.

All these rivers can go south to one place - Taiping County.

Although there was no Taiping County in the Han Dynasty, this place was the territory of the Shanyue people, and She County can be reached from here.

In this way, with the help of the Shanyue people, even if his strategy fails, he can retreat calmly without any loss.

only.

It took me so long to arrange a series of tricks, and it was designed at the right time, place and people. If it is really seen through, then his young and handsome face will not know what to do. where to put it.

And more importantly, Zhou Yu, who saw through this kind of trick, is probably far beyond the imagination of human beings.

So Shen Chen kept thinking about this question in his heart.

Can he really see through it?

Will this battle be won by me or by you?
Presumably at that time, it is the time when the wisdom of human stars shines!
Shen Chen looked to the north with deep eyes.

Zhou Yu, Lu Su!
I am looking forward to your performance.

With you taking such a huge advantage, will you be able to accept my last move?

　Recommended by my good brother Luo Xiaoming, the wind rises in the late Ming Dynasty.

　　The hair is like a leek, cut it back to life, the head is like a chicken, cut it and sing again!
　　Officials don't have to be feared, and ordinary people should never be taken lightly!
　　In troubled times, people are like ants, and their lives are like worthless things.

　　The torrent of the times engulfs the destiny of individuals.

　　The destiny that is engulfed by the times can only rise and fall with the times.

　　The situation in the world is heading for collapse. The once powerful Ming Empire is now at sunset.

　　Chen Wang, the frontier soldier, looked up at the fragmented Shenzhou, and clenched the Yanling Saber at his waist.

　　


(End of this chapter)