Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 768 Great Opportunity

A disciple of Wujun Dan.

Sun Quan was processing paperwork in his official residence when he heard the guards coming in and saying that Mrs. Wu was here. He quickly got up and went to the door to greet her.

When he saw Mrs. Wu waiting at the door, he quickly welcomed Mrs. Wu in and said, "My child is unfilial, how dare I work so hard for my mother to come here?"

After Mrs. Wu sat down, she said calmly: "No, Quan'er is very filial. He was afraid that I would have to work hard, so he did a lot of things for me. How can he be said to be unfilial?"

Sun Quan listened to Mrs. Wu's words, and there was a hint of blame. He smiled and said: "My mother said this, but it is a shame for the child. My brother is newly deceased, and the situation in Jiangdong is unstable. Everything depends on my mother to control the overall situation, otherwise Sun Quan Our home has long been in danger.”

After hearing this, Mrs. Wu said aloud: "Everything refers to those trivial things, right?"

"Sending troops to Lujiang, but Quan'er did it all on his own, which is quite a generous move."

Sun Quan thought to himself that Mrs. Wu was really worried about this matter, and said with a smile: "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. While the fierce tiger is entangled with Cao Cao, I have no time to look south. If I don't take this opportunity to take back the two counties of Lujiang and Jiujiang, It will be difficult from now on.”

"Take it back?" Mrs. Wu said angrily: "Since when did the two counties belong to Jiangdong?"

"Neither my father nor my brother took possession of these two counties when they were alive, right?"

"In that case, how can we get it back?"

"Aren't you afraid of backlash when you do this?"

Sun Quan said in a deep voice: "I know what my mother means. Jiangdong had to hide his capabilities and bide his time for several years before he was confident enough to do such a thing."

"But this opportunity is really good, and the fierce tiger will definitely become a big problem in the future. He is suppressing Jiangdong in Lujiang. It is difficult for us to defeat Jingzhou, so how can we win the world?"

"So for reasons and reasons, I have to fight this battle, and it may actually open up the situation for Jiangdong!"

Mrs. Wu was silent for a while and then said: "But if you do this, you are breaking up with Fierce Tiger. He is not a simple person!"

"If you anger him, can Jiang Dong resist it?"

After hearing this, Sun Quan asked, "How does my mother know?"

Mrs. Wu's expression remained unchanged, "When I was in Youzhou, I saw his cavalry and infantry. Their soldiers and horses are strong and strong, far beyond the Jiangdong soldiers."

"Jiangdong's strength lies in water warfare. Can these soldiers attack the city and resist the fierce tiger's soldiers?"

Sun Quan hesitated and said, "If you don't try it, who will know?"

"Maybe it's just a fierce look but a soft heart!"

"Besides, I have Zhou Yu leading the army and all the generals coming out. Although I may not be able to capture Shouchun, I can always retreat safely."

Mrs. Wu sighed: "Quan'er, you are risking the lives of Jiangdong soldiers."

"What's the benefit of falling out with a fierce tiger?"

Sun Quan said in a deep voice: "Of course there is."

"Without taking the two counties, Jiangdong cannot take the Jianghuai area, and there is no way it can go on!"

"Hasn't Mom seen it clearly? Fierce Tiger's territory is in direct conflict with us!"

"If he doesn't die, Jiangdong will never be able to succeed!"

Mrs. Wu said coldly: "That's true, but that's only after the fight has passed."

"I don't think you are qualified to stand in front of him now."

Sun Quan felt uncomfortable for a while, "My mother is so partial to Fierce Tiger. Did she make some kind of deal with him while being imprisoned by him?"

Mrs. Wu's face turned red with anger, she pointed at Sun Quan and said: "You"

Sun Quan quickly bowed his head and said, "Mom, I made a mistake."

"But this battle is related to Jiangdong's future, and I have to fight."

"And I think the chances of winning are still very high. Fierce Tiger is now surrounded by enemies on all sides, and it is impossible for him to mobilize most of his troops to deal with Jiangdong."

Mrs. Wu's enthusiasm was waning, "Forget it, just do whatever you like."

"But you had Li Shu killed, and you completely fell out with Xiu Hu, leaving no room for relaxation for both parties. I don't know why you did this."

Sun Quan said solemnly: "Because Li Shu not only protected the nobles who fled Jiangdong, but also gave them to the fierce tiger!"

"I must set an example and kill the chicken to scare the monkeys. Otherwise, people in Jiangdong will become unstable and more and more people will surrender."

"In short, I will not miss this opportunity. I have sent Zhang Zhaobei to attack Guangling and open up the line of Han River. If I can succeed, not only Yangzhou but also Xuzhou will be in my hands!"               This is the two points proposed by Zhou Gongjin In the world, in this territory, I, Jiangdong, will definitely take over Jianghuai, no matter who is the final winner in the north, I, Jiangdong, can also occupy half of the world!"

Mrs. Wu sighed, a large part of the reason why Sun Quan was so extreme was because of Zhou Yu's judgment.

He believed that the fierce tiger would be destroyed sooner or later, so Jiangdong should take this opportunity to encroach on the fierce tiger's territory. This attack on Wankou and the northward march to Shouchun was also Zhou Yu's work.

Mrs. Wu didn’t understand why Zhou Yu’s hatred for the fierce tiger seemed to be greater than that of Sun Quan, but the two hit it off. Although Mrs. Wu was nominally supervising the internal and external political affairs of Jiangdong, when all members of the Sun family and the Wu family agreed with Sun Quan, , still failed to stop Jiangdong from sending troops.

Thinking of this, she became a little disheartened, stood up and said, "Now that Quan'er has grown up, I have no use anymore."

"Just go with it."

She didn't say anything about Sun Shangxiang, and it's not like Sun Quan didn't know about it, but since she did it, it proved that he didn't care about the life of a younger sister?

This was indeed the right decision for a qualified lord, but Mrs. Wu was not happy.

Looking at Mrs. Wu's leaving figure, Sun Quan felt a fire burning in his heart.

My father and brother were all powerful in the world. If they can do it, so can I!

Sooner or later, he will prove that he is not inferior to them. When the time comes, he will not only take over Jiangdong, but even the whole world!

In Guangling City opposite Dantu, Chen Deng was handling political affairs.

After Liu Bei escaped and Yuan Shu was defeated, except for Langya County, which was still in the hands of Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi had actually gained Xuzhou, and Chen Deng was also exercising the duties of the governor of Xuzhou.

Years ago, Yuan Xi had asked Taishi Ci to bring Yinshou, the governor of Xuzhou, from Youzhou and hand them over to Chen Deng, so Chen Deng was free to coordinate Xuzhou affairs.

He appointed Zang Hong as the governor of Donghai and asked him to recruit local troops to fight against Yuan Tan's army, which was about to move.

Facts have proved that Chen Deng's guess was right, because the news was received the day before yesterday that the Taishan thief Zang Ba led tens of thousands of soldiers and went south from Langya to raid the East China Sea!

Zang Hong had already taken precautions. Although his newly recruited soldiers were a little lacking in terms of morale and experience, Zang Hong himself was extremely experienced in defending the city. He dispersed his troops from Dongjun to defend the major cities in various counties in the East China Sea. Zang Ba's Taishan bandits fought in several cities, but returned without success, and the two sides began to confront each other.

However, from the letter sent back by Zang Hong, Chen Deng deduced that Zang Ba was actually not so willing to attack the East China Sea, and his current aggressive appearance seemed to be a show-off.

But Qingzhou sent more than just Zang Ba's army.

There is news that Lei Bo and Chen Lan, who had previously rebelled against Yuan Shu and now surrendered to Yuan Tan, entered the vicinity of Qinghe County in Jizhou from the plains, obviously threatening Wei County.

There is also a Qingzhou army under Yuan Tan heading north to the Bohai Sea. Its destination seems to be Yuyang, Youzhou, where there is the most important Piaoyuyi dock in Youzhou. I heard that Tian Yu, who was establishing a stronghold on the Liaodong Peninsula, has rushed back to mobilize troops. Defense.

This is not the most troublesome thing. At this time, the real main force of Yuan Tan is moving unknown!

Chen Deng guessed that Yuan Tan's real purpose was, first, to enter Yanzhou and assist Yuan Shang in attacking Cao Cao, and second, to take the same route as last time, borrowing the road from Pengcheng State, with the purpose of obtaining Shouchun!

The possibility of the former is slim, because everyone knows that Yuan Tan and Cao Cao are not clear about it, and it is unlikely that they will fall out at this time.

But the latter is even more terrifying. If it becomes a reality, it will prove that Yuan Tan completely breaks with the Yuan family and becomes Cao Cao's eagle dog.

However, this possibility is not small, because this change will seriously affect the war between Yuan Shang and Cao Cao in Guandu.

If Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang are defeated, and Cao Cao and Yuan Tan join forces to capture the Central Plains, it will be a foregone conclusion!

Chen Deng couldn't make a decision on this, so he could only send all the information to Yuan Xi in Shouchun and let him make a decision.

At the same time, Chen Deng was too busy to take care of himself, because Jiangdong sent troops to Wankou, which also put a lot of pressure on Chen Deng. Recently, he even sent two generals, Huang Gai and Zhou Tai, to tentatively attack the Han River outlet of Guangling.

Although Chen Deng led his troops to repel them, he also saw how difficult the two generals were. Fortunately, this time they had a supervisor, Zhang Zhao, on top of them.

Although I don’t know why Zhang Zhao was appointed as the supervisor of the army by Sun Quan despite being a civil servant, but compared to his expertise in internal affairs, Zhang Zhao is obviously not suitable for commanding military affairs. Under the harassment of many small fleets sent by Chen Deng , Zhang Zhao was at a loss, and soon suffered a big loss and was forced to retreat.

Chen Deng guessed that Zhang Zhao was defeated this time when he established a new ruler in Jiangdong. This was a severe loss of Sun Quan's face, and he would definitely feel uncomfortable after returning.

I heard that he had a high prestige in Jiangdong before. Is his reputation damaged this time?

Chen Deng had previously heard that Zhang Zhao was a core figure among people in Jiangbei, and there was a vague tendency to fight against Zhou Yu, the leader of the Jiangdong gentry. If Zhou Yu succeeded in conquering the city at Wankou, the limelight would overwhelm Zhang Zhao, and the political situation in Jiangdong, I'm afraid big changes will happen.

Chen Deng's guess is quite reliable, because Zhou Yu in Wancheng also learned about the failure of Zhang Zhao's attack on Guangling.

He couldn't help but feel great, showed the letter to his left and right, and said with a smile: "With the help of Huang Gai and Zhou Tai, we can't defeat Chen Deng. I'm afraid Zhang Changshi underestimated the enemy."

Everyone agreed, but Lu Su remained silent. Sun Quan sent Zhang Zhao to send troops to attack the city, which was a bit unreasonable. Zhou Yu may not be aware of the deeper meaning, so he should not be so frivolous.

However, after Sun Ce's death, although Zhou Yu was still under the leadership of Sun Quan, a large part of his power was actually taken away.

You must know that when Sun Ce was alive, although he was very respectful to Zhang Zhao, he did not give him much real power. As soon as Sun Ce died, Sun Quan immediately asked Zhang Zhao to lead the army, obviously he valued him more.

Although Zhang Zhao failed to live up to expectations and did not stand up, as Zhou Yu, who was the second-largest figure in the army when Sun Ce was alive, this undoubtedly touched his fundamental interests. It is no wonder that Zhou Yu's mentality was somewhat unbalanced.

Thinking of this, Lu Su was a little confused. Between the Jiangbei gentry and the Jiangdong gentry, which side did Sun Quan prefer?

Or should we use checks and balances between the two parties?

(End of this chapter)