Han Xiang

Chapter 511
Zhang Zhao had been to Hefei several times, and his impression of Long Xiang was not too bad, but he couldn't hold back the other party when he asked and debated himself, so he found an excuse and replied: "My lord, is it too early to persuade him to surrender at this time? How many times has Long Xiang With the experience of defending the city for the first time, I am afraid that he will not easily bow to us now, the old man thinks that it will not be too late to come forward to persuade the surrender when the army really approaches the city."

"It makes sense."

After Sun Quan said that, he turned to wait and see, and saw warships from all over the country were docking at Xiaoyaojin one after another, and then they showed off to Sun Ben who was on the expedition.

"Boyang fought with my brother in the past, have you ever seen such a big scene?"

"Never."

Sun Ben shook his head calmly in response, looking absent-minded.

Zhou Yu died of poisoning after going to a banquet in Nanchang. Since he had a high reputation in both the military and civilian circles, conspiracy theories about this matter were discussed fiercely among the people.

Among them, a perfect inference was born, that is, Sun Ben became enmity because Zhou Yu did not save Nanchang, and later because Zhou Yu asked for Luling army rations, the conflict between the two intensified and led to tragedy.

From Zhou Yu's burial to the ferment of public opinion, Jiangdong has been fighting against Jingzhou, and Sun Quan also went to the front line of Jiangxia, so this matter can only go to the people.

Since the patriarch of the Sun family was involved, no yamen dared to try Sun Ben. Even the bitter master of the Zhou family who had been wronged could only go to Sun Quan's wife, Xu, to cry and tactfully put pressure on Sun.

All the mouths of gold, accumulating and destroying bones.

Sun Ben was sitting in Nanchang, and the pot came from the sky.

Although the conspiracy theory could not be put on the table, all the blame was directed at Sun Ben, making him look down upon as far away as Yuzhang County.

Sun Quan knew better than Sun Ben that he had been wronged. After all, the perpetrator was Sun Quan himself.

Seeing that the purpose of discrediting his cousin had been achieved, Sun Quan sent someone to let Sun Ben participate in the Battle of Hefei, and said that he had a way to repay his innocence.

Sun Ben's relationship with Sun Quan had become estranged and indifferent because of Sun Fu's incident, but he had to grasp at the straw.

After all, the Lord of Jiangdong is willing to come forward, and no matter how powerful the rumors are, he can suppress them.

Sun Ben took the trilogy to Huainan to attend the appointment, only to realize that Sun Quan was not helping for nothing.

Sun Quan gave Sun Ben two choices, either lead the team to attack the city as a vanguard, or give all the parts to Sun Yu, no matter which one is reducing military power.

In return, Sun Quan will accuse Huo Chun of murdering Zhou Yu on Huo Chun, who fell into the water and died, and then the Yiqi clan will block Youyou's mouth.

As Zhou Yu's servant, Huo Chun had time to commit crimes but no motive for committing crimes, and had disappeared after Zhou Yu's death.

Although Sun Quan was able to settle everything, Sun Ben was always skeptical.

With the battle imminent, Sun Ben must make a choice as soon as possible.

Seeing Sun Ben's cold response, Sun Quan turned to Lu Meng and asked, wanting to take the opportunity to beat Sun Ben again.

"Ziming, how long will it take for all the [-] troops to go ashore and assemble?"

Lu Meng clasped his fists and said, "It will take a day to say the least. We can choose a place to camp first, and then launch an attack after we are fully prepared."

"Which one should you choose? We camped about two miles outside Hefei City."

Sun Quan confidently made the final decision and explained to the generals: "This will put psychological pressure on the defenders. Long Xiang was able to prevent his brother from attacking the city before because he had few soldiers and insufficient preparations. I heard that even a decent siege There are no equipment, we have everything from catapults, ladders, nest carts, and well rails this time, I don't believe Long Xiang can stop it."

"Yes Yes Yes."

Except for Lu Meng who complimented each other, all the other generals just nodded slightly.

For the Battle of Hefei, Sun Quan rushed to build a lot of siege equipment. These equipment used raw materials such as wood, metal iron, and raw cowhide.

Many of the money apportioned by officials at all levels in Jiangdong was spent on siege equipment, so everyone's reaction was so strange.

Sun Quan also set a precedent for crowdfunding in a disguised form to attack the city.

Zhang Zhao has a high position and authority in Jiangdong. Although he pledged to donate his salary for one year, because his family is not bad, his heartache is not as painful as others.

Seeing that everyone's reaction was not very positive, Zhang Zhao quickly changed the subject.

"My lord, the location of the camp can't be too random. Hefei has two cities, the old and the new. We must first determine the main attack direction, and prevent Long Xiang from counterattacking by taking advantage of the corner."

"The momentum of the corner?" Sun Quan stroked his purple beard and laughed: "I have a crowd of one hundred thousand. If Long Xiang doesn't obediently stick to it, he dares to go out of the city to fight back? I can't ask for it!"

Zhang Zhao quickly reminded: "My lord, don't underestimate the enemy. I remember that in the battle of Guandu in the past, Yuan Shao's military strength was far superior to Cao Cao's, but in the end he was defeated by Cao Cao. Now that Longxiang is in a favorable position, we still need to be cautious."

"At this moment, at that moment, Yuan Shao's failure was due to the burning of Wuchao, the depletion of food and the depletion of morale. The failure was caused by the waterway we used to transport food, and the food ships were all stopped at Chao Lake. Even if Long Xiang wanted to cut off our food road and burn our food How can he have a navy and a warship?"

Sun Quan spoke more and more vigorously, but found that Zhang Zhao's complexion turned pale, so he immediately suppressed his arrogance, and asked in a low voice, "I wonder what Mr. Zhang thinks?"

"What advice can I have? It's just a counselor for the lord. In the end, the lord and the governor need to make up their minds."

Zhang Zhao was deeply attached to Sun Ce's support for his loneliness. Although he was loyal to Sun Quan, he always treated Sun Quan as a child, and often confronted him with words or made bad faces.

On the surface, Sun Quan respected Zhang Zhao very much, but in his heart he could not get used to Zhang Zhao's domineering, so he secretly trained Bu Zhi, Zhuge Jin and others, planning to replace these old officials with new ones in the future.

"I would like to hear from you."

Seeing Sun Quan asking for advice with a smile, Zhang Zhao made an analysis and said: "The two cities of Hefei have their own advantages and disadvantages. The advantage of the old city is that it is small, and its defense command can cover everything. In addition, it is relatively close to Shishui, which is more convenient for our army to attack;
The advantage of Hefei New City is that it has a large scale, many defenders, and a large amount of food and military reserves. The disadvantage is that the city is too large. Once a weak defense is breached, it will easily affect the overall defense. The difficulty of defensive command is greater than that of the old city;

We can break the trend of the two cities of Hefei by encircling and fighting for aid, but the specific city to encircle will be determined by the winner. "

"Needless to say? Naturally, you should get close first and then far away. Wherever you lost your dignity before, you can find it now."

Sun Quan was full of beautiful words, but he was bullying and fearing hard. He thought that the old city of Hefei was easier to fight, and he didn't want to think deeply.

The big boss Qiankun is arbitrary, so no one persuades him.

According to Zhang Zhao's suggestion, Lu Meng commanded all the troops to set up camp two miles away from the old city.

The camp was only two miles away from Hefei, and Zhang Liao could see the position of the enemy's main tent even without a binoculars.

Jiangdong soldiers arrived one after another, like hermit crabs washed ashore by the tide, there were countless people.

Looking at the scene outside the city, Zhang Liao couldn't help swallowing. He was full of anticipation for a battle, but he didn't expect this to happen.

Originally, I wanted to learn from General Guan and become famous, but there seemed to be too many enemies.

(End of this chapter)