Soldiers come to the world

At the same moment when the Han army attacked Yuzhang County and expelled the Jiaozhou forces, Cao Cao led an army of [-] to Hefei. So far, the Cao army in Hefei had reached [-] troops, and the sword pointed directly at Jiangdong.

Zhenjiang Shuangque, these are two high-rise buildings on the north bank of Ruxukou to enjoy the scenery of the Yangtze River. It was Wenyuan Shuangque in recognition of Zhang Liao's achievements in defeating the Jiangdong Army, but Zhang Liao did not dare to accept it, and quietly changed the name of Shuangque to Zhenjiang Shuangque.

At this time, on the Shuangque high platform, Cao Cao stood with his hands behind his back, staring at the vast river in front of him, with a lot of thoughts in his heart. Cao Cao decided to rush to Hefei after receiving Sun Ben's secret request for help. Jiangdong is about to be in chaos, and this will be his chance to unify Jiangdong.

Although Cao Cao has signed an armistice agreement with Liu Jing, it does not mean that Cao Jun will completely put his swords and guns into storage and release Ma Nanshan. Cao Jun still needs to train and find opportunities for war training. Sufficient, the national power can be restored to a certain extent, which gave Cao Cao great confidence. Even if they no longer fight the Han army, they can still fight the Jiangdong army and the northern nomads.

For Cao Cao, the strategic importance of Jiangdong is self-evident. Once he takes Jiangdong, he will gain the benefits of the navy and can compete with the Jingzhou navy, which will reverse the biggest weakness of Cao Jun, but Cao Cao also knows in his heart , it is not so easy to destroy Jiangdong.

It was late autumn at this time, the river wind was strong, and the chill was penetrating, and the military flags at the four corners of Quetai were crackling in the wind. Cao Zhang, the second son who followed his father to the south, stepped forward and persuaded: "Father, the river wind is cold, why don't you return home?" camp!"

The reason why Cao Zhang followed Cao Jun to the south this time was because Cao Zhang’s father-in-law was Sun Ben. Cao Cao hoped that his son would participate in exerting influence on Sun Ben. I have forgotten all my troubles, do you feel this way?"

There were few responses, only the voices of a few generals. Cao Cao was slightly surprised. He turned his head and looked at the counselors. He saw that a dozen counselors headed by Cheng Yu were shivering from the cold, their faces were pale, and their lips were blue. Unable to bear the cold wind in the river, Cao Cao immediately apologized and said: "The wind in the river is cold, everyone go down!"

Everyone was relieved and stepped down from Quetai one after another. Cao Cao stared at the Yangtze River for a while, then turned around and walked down Quetai, returning to the military city at Ruxukou.

Cao Cao's 3 troops were stationed in two places. One was in Hefei City, with 5 troops, and the other was in Ruxukou, with [-] troops. Built by Zhang Liao, it is a city completely used for garrisoning troops. The barracks and warehouses in the city are all brick and stone structures, which have a good fire prevention function. Outside the east gate of the city is a training ground covering an area of ​​thousands of acres, which can For cavalry training, there is also a school field covering an area of ​​[-] mu in the city, which is used for formation training.

Before Cao Cao arrived, the entire southeast army was under the command of Zhang Liao, and Zhang Liao was named General Zhendong. Back in the hall, Zhang Liao ordered someone to serve ginger soup to the counselors to dispel the cold. Cao Cao took a sip of ginger soup, pondered for a moment and asked Said: "Is there any news from Jingzhou?"

Zhang Liao set up a secret intelligence point in Pengze County. There were spies to spy on information about Pengze Lake. Zhang Liao immediately reported: "I just received a pigeon letter from Pengze County this morning. In the future, the fleet will pass through Ruxukou."

"What about the news about the Han army?" Cao Cao asked again.

Zhang Liao knew Cao Cao very well, and knew that he was actually concerned about Liu Jing's news. He smiled and said, "Liu Jing should be in Chaisang now. I heard from a lowly position that Jiangdong and Jiaozhou envoys went to Chaisang at the same time a few days ago. Now the Jingzhou navy is making a big move. Send troops to Chaisang."

Cao Cao nodded and sighed: "This is called a battle between cranes and clams. The fisherman wins. Jiangdong and Jiaozhou fought to the death for Yuzhang County, but in the end it was nothing but Liu Jing. If I'm not mistaken, this is Both Sun Quan and Liu Bei fell into the trap set by Liu Jing."

Speaking of this, Cao Cao found that Cheng Yu hesitated to speak, so he asked with a smile, "What does Zhong De want to say?"

Cheng Yu put down the ginger soup bowl, cupped his hands and said, "Reporting to the Prime Minister, I think that for Liu Jing, the important thing is not necessarily Yuzhang and Poyang County, but Lujiang County in the north of the Yangtze River."

Cao Cao frowned, "Why did Zhong De say that?"

"It's very simple. If Liu Jing wants to take this opportunity to completely wipe out Jiangdong, then it is necessary to capture Yuzhang and Poyang County. However, judging from Sun Benxin's description and Liu Jing's current army deployment, the Han army has not been wiped out. Jiangdong's plan is to split Jiangdong and completely weaken Jiangdong. From a strategic point of view, keeping Jiangdong will help contain the front line of Xuzhou. More importantly, destroying Jiangdong now will make the Han army fall into a quagmire and find it difficult to extricate themselves. It can only be said that the timing I'm still immature. In this case, the importance of Yuzhang County and Panyang County will not be revealed. On the contrary, capturing Lujiang County will directly threaten Hefei. Its strategic significance is much greater. I think Liu Jing knows very well. .”

Everyone looked at each other in dismay, and they all thought Cheng Yu's words were unthinkable but reasonable, at this moment Zhang Liao clasped his fists and said, "Prime Minister, what Cheng Junshi said is very true, when Liu Jing sent Gan Ning to attack Hefei, Gan Ning once said that he would come back sooner or later, I think this is not Gan Ning's casual talk, but Liu Jing's ambition to capture Hefei, and the Han army will probably use this opportunity to exchange Yuzhang County and Poyang County for Lujiang County."

Cao Cao pondered for a moment and said, "What Zhong De said is reasonable, and what Wen Yuan said is also true, so what should we do? Shall we seize Lujiang County before the Han army?"

At this moment, Liu Ye stood up and said, "Prime Minister, I think it's just a guess now. Although Cheng Junshi's words are very insightful, if I send troops to Lujiang just because of a guess, I think it's inappropriate, and instead let Liu Jing attack Lujiang." Now we should focus on Jiangdong and not be easily distracted."

Cheng Yu explained: "Mr. Liu is right. The situation in Jiangdong is delicate now. We should make a decision before moving. Now we should focus on calm and observation, and it is not appropriate to use weapons rashly."

Everyone expressed their opinions, and there was a whisper in the hall. At this moment, a guard outside the hall reported: "I want to report to the Prime Minister, there is a messenger outside, saying that there is urgent information from Pengze County."

Zhang Liao hurriedly said, "This must be a pigeon letter from Pengze County. It should be news from the Han army."

Cao Cao nodded, "Submit it quickly!"

After a while, a guard walked up to the lobby quickly, knelt down on one knee, and presented a tube of red pigeon letter. Red indicates an urgent or serious situation. A guard took the pigeon letter and passed it to Cao Cao. Cao Cao slowly unfolded the letter on the table. After reading the letter, he squinted his eyes and looked helplessly in his eyes. He smiled wryly and said to the crowd: "Sure enough, as I expected, Liu Jing led the Jingzhou navy to defeat Guan Yu's army north of Nanchang County. The army was wiped out."

This news shocked everyone in the room. Although everyone expected it to happen, it was still hard to accept for a while. After a while, Cheng Yu sighed and said, "Now, Jiangdong will be even more lively!"

The protagonist of the Jiangdong Rebellion is undoubtedly Sun Ben. In order to stabilize the situation in Jiangdong, Sun Quan did not kill them all. This gave Sun Ben a chance to turn around. With the help of He Qi, Sun Ben finally gained a firm foothold in Kuaiji County up the heel.

Taking advantage of Sun Quan's western expedition, Sun Ben visited various places in Jiangdong, and invited many Jiangdong elders who supported him back then to Kuaiji County, including Zhu Zhi, Han Dang, Cheng Pu and other elders.

At the same time, Sun Ben recruited troops, bought horses, and forged weapons. In just one month, he recruited more than [-] people. Including He Qi's [-] troops, they had [-] troops.

Although they already have the conditions to raise troops, the best time has not yet come. In the inner hall, Sun Ben was discussing with He Qi, Zhu Zhi, Chen Jiao and others about raising troops. Chen Jiao was sent by Cao Cao to assist Sun Ben. When Sun Ben rebelled last time, Chen Jiao was the mastermind behind the scenes. Unfortunately, he was arrested and replaced by Cao Cao. This time, Cao Cao sent him again as Cao Cao's plenipotentiary representative.

Chen Jiao had already learned the lesson from the last failure, and slowly said to everyone: "We failed last time because we didn't have territory and an army in our hands, but this time we have Kuaiji County and our own army, but I think, It is not enough just to have Kuaiji County, and the number of [-] troops is too small, we should seek Wu County, Kuaiji and Wu County are combined, and we have occupied half of Jiangdong."

Sun Ben pondered for a moment and said: "Sun Shao has the support of the Sun family and is planning to replace Sun Quan. Now I don't know how they are going. Can we use the excuse of joining forces with Sun Shao, or the other way around, to put down Sun Shao's rebellion and let us march in?" Wu County."

Speaking of this, Sun Ben glanced at Zhu Zhi. He has lived in Wu County for a long time and knows the situation in Wu County very well. Zhu Zhi is a veteran of Jiangdong. He is nearly sixty years old this year and has extremely deep experience in the officialdom. Gently stroked his gray beard and smiled: "Sun Shao is only 17 years old, and his intelligence is immature. How can he have the courage to stand on his own against Sun Quan? Sun Shao is just a puppet. The real planners behind the scenes are Sun Jing and his son, but Sun Jing is old. Gao, lived in seclusion, there are rumors that he has passed away, the truth is unknown, but the next son, Sun Yu, is ambitious, and thinks he is a great talent, can replace Sun Quan, if I am not mistaken, Sun Yu is the mastermind of Wu County's uprising."

At this time, He Qi, who had been silent all this time, said, "Sun Quan never allowed the Sun's children to take over the military power. Although Sun Yu was named General Fenwei, it was in vain. However, Sun Yang, the captain of Wu County, used to be Sun Jing's General, he should be loyal to Sun Yu, so I think Sun Yu has the military power in Wu County."

"General He, can you tell me how many troops there are in Wu Jun?" Chen Jiao asked again.

He Qi smiled and said: "Wu Jun has 5000 troops, of which Gongsun Yang controls [-] troops, and Huang Gai trains the militia in Wu Jun, and has [-] militia troops in his hands. As far as I know, Huang Gai once fought with Gongsun Yang turned against him because of the food supply, so Huang Gai often went to Piling County to farm, and he also served as Piling Diannong Xiaowei. If Sun Yu raised an army in Wu County, Huang Gai would not follow him."

Chen Jiao's eyes became anxious, and he said hastily, "If we can contact Huang Gai and ask to join forces with Huang Gai to suppress Sun Shao's rebellion, will Huang Gai agree?"

"I don't know about this, but I can ask Han Dang to persuade Huang Gai. After all, Huang Gai was also excluded due to factional issues and was ignored by Sun Quan. We can give it a try."

While discussing, a guard walked quickly to the hall and reported: "My lord, Prime Minister Cao Jiangbei has an urgent message!"