The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 564 563 The Burning Yangtze River (3)

Wuling is very close to Changsha, and the envoy sent by Guan Yu could arrive within a day, but when the envoy arrived in Wuling, Zhang Fei was not there.

It turned out that it had been more than half a month since Zhang Fei and Xiang Lang went to Sichuan to invite Fazheng, and there was no news so far. Wuling Lai had Jinxuan in charge and Lingling had Liu Du in charge, but fortunately nothing major happened.

Jinxuan, the prefect of Wuling, received the envoy sent by Guan Yu. After learning of Guan Yu's intentions, he asked the envoy to return to Changsha first. He would immediately send someone to contact Zhang Fei. When there was a result, he would send someone to Changsha to inform Guan Yu. .

The envoy had no choice but to leave a letter and go back to report to Guan Yu.

Zhou Yu, who was stationed in Chaisang, also knew about the news of Jingzhou's change of ownership. He immediately wrote to Sun Quan to inform him of the matter, and hoped that he could send troops to Jingzhou as soon as possible. Fist.

However, different from Guan Yu's method of dispatching troops, what Zhou Yu suggested was that he launch the main attack on Jingzhou, and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei led the army in Jingnan to support it.

Zhou Yu's envoy and Guan Yu's envoy arrived at Nanchang City almost at the same time. When the two envoys brought two letters to Sun Quan's desk at the same time, Sun Quan opened them one by one and frowned.

The contents of the two letters are basically the same. They both want to attack Jingzhou when Jingzhou has changed hands and Zhang Yan's foothold is not stable. This is to strike first.After all, after Zhang Yan got Jingzhou, he would definitely get Longwangshu, and the next step would definitely be to destroy Jiangdong.

It can be said that both Guan Yu and Zhou Yu were very accurate in predicting the war, but the difference is that both of them will be the main attack this time. Guan Yu suggested sending troops from Jingnan to attack Nanjun, the place where money and food are gathered in Jingzhou, and let Zhou Yu be the main force. Auxiliary attack, bluff, contain the enemy in Jiangxia and Lujiang.

However, Zhou Yu believed that the Jiangdong navy was invincible and invincible. Zhang Yan's navy and Jingzhou's navy were inferior to him. He should be the lord and lead the Jiangdong navy to gallop in the Yangtze River and deal a severe blow to the enemy. , Let Guan Yu and Zhang Fei lead the Jingnan soldiers to support them and attract land forces.

After Sun Quan read these two letters one after another, he fell into deep thought. Whether it was Guan Yu or Zhou Yu, what they said was very reasonable, which put him in a dilemma for a while.

Sun Quan was not sure, so he sent someone to call Lu Fan over. Like Zhou Yu, Lu Fan was an important minister entrusted to him by his elder brother, and Lu Fan was also very resourceful, so he would definitely be able to resolve this dilemma. He picks out a suitable attack strategy.

After a while, Lu Fan, the prefect of Nanchang, came in from the outside. As soon as he entered the hall, he bowed to Sun Quan: "See my lord! I don't know why my lord summoned me in such a hurry."

Sun Quan handed the two letters in his hand to Lu Fan, and said, "You should read these two letters first, and everything will become clear."

Lu Fan took the two letters from Sun Quan, opened them one by one, and skimmed through them quickly, and he already knew why Sun Quan called him here.It turned out that Sun Quan was not sure about the content of the two letters and asked him to come over to give him an idea.

Lu Fan put down the letter, clasped his fists and asked, "My lord, do you think Dudu Zhou or General Guan is right?"

"It's all reasonable. They have a good grasp of the situation of the war. If it were me, I would do the same. Instead of being beaten passively, it is better to take the initiative to attack by surprise, to attack unprepared, and to strike first. But, where will I chose the main battlefield, but I encountered difficulties and could not make up my mind, so I called you here to discuss and discuss, and I want you to come up with an idea for me." Sun Quan said.

Zhou Yu and Lu Fan were both Sun Ce's good friends during his lifetime. Zhou Yu was good at strategy and Lu Fan was good at making decisions. At the beginning of Sun Ce's uprising, the two were Sun Ce's right-hand men.Before Sun Ce died, he entrusted Zhou Yu and Lu Fan to Sun Quan, and asked Sun Quan to take on important responsibilities, because these are the talents he had accumulated.

Sun Quan did not fail to live up to Sun Ce's instructions, and did reuse both Zhou Yu and Lu Fan. Zhou Yu commanded the army outside, and Lu Fan commanded all the officials, and the two also became Sun Quan's right-hand men.Moreover, Sun Quan's mother once told Sun Quan that Zhou Yu should be asked about foreign affairs, and Lu Fan should be asked about internal affairs, so Lu Fan also received the same treatment as Zhou Yu.

Sun Quan lived in Nanchang, and Nanchang became the most important place, and Lu Fan was appointed by Sun Quan as the prefect of Nanchang, which gave Lu Fan the power he should have.

Hearing what Sun Quan said, Lu Fan pondered for a while, and then slowly said: "Actually, what Zhou Yu and Guan Yu said makes sense. But what makes sense is what makes sense. My lord should also consider the actual situation. Alright. Chaisang, where Gongjin is stationed, is the gateway of our army. Now that Jingzhou is in the hands of Zhang Yan, then Jiangxia and Lujiang will encircle Chaisang, and Zhang Yan's army still occupies Jinling. In the county, if Gongjin leads the navy to attack Jiangxia, Lujiang's army will take advantage of the opportunity. They are powerful, but the enemy is not stupid, knowing that the battle on the water is not as good as ours, they will definitely not fight easily, but hide in the water army camp. In this way, the water army will lose the effectiveness of attack."

Speaking of this, Lu Fan paused for a moment, and saw that Sun Quan was listening intently, and continued: "And Jingnan itself is the place of Jingzhou, and Nanjun is the place where Jingzhou's money and food are gathered. The troops of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are far away from Nanjun. There is only one river across, and as long as they cross this river, the army can directly reach the county town of Nanjun. Moreover, Jingzhou's army is not as good as before. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are the most powerful generals in the world. He will lead the army to attack Nanjun. Even if it is unsuccessful, it will cause heavy damage to the enemy. But if it succeeds, our army can plunder the large amount of food and money hoarded in South County to build more armor, weapons and arrows, and equip more troops , This is to support war with war."

Listening to Lu Fan's eloquent talk, Sun Quan nodded his head like pounding garlic, feeling that Lu Fan's analysis was very good.

Lu Fan continued: "My lord, I thought that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei could lead the army to attack Nanjun from Jingnan. Regardless of the outcome, it would have no effect on our army. If Gongjin's army is used, it will be mobilized at once. It is hard to guarantee that the enemy will not take advantage of the situation. It is better to continue to let Gong Jin stick to Chaisang and actively defend himself. Once encountering the enemy, he can quickly take counterattacks. In addition, we must strengthen the Eastern Front. Defensive force, in order to prevent Zhao Yun from attacking from Jinling, but also actively prepare for war, actively build armor and weapons, in case of emergencies.”

After Sun Quan listened to Lu Fan's suggestion, he finally made a psychological decision. He decided to adopt Lu Fan's suggestion, let Guan Yu and Zhang Fei take the lead, and Zhou Yu's troops would serve as auxiliary attackers, bluffing, and containing Jiang Xia's enemy.In addition, Sun Quan even sent Tan Xiong, Pan Zhang, and Ling Cao to lead the army and horses of the headquarters to Jingnan again, to cooperate with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's attack, and to listen to their orders at any time to make up for the shortage of troops.

After the order was issued, Sun Quan personally wrote a letter to Zhou Yu, politely rejecting Zhou Yu's suggestion to send troops, and hoped that Zhou Yu could actively cooperate with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's actions in Chaisang to attract Jiang Xia's enemies.

But Sun Quan was afraid that Zhou Yu would get angry, so he hesitated for a long time after writing the letter, but never sent it out. In the end, he tore up the letter and sent Lu Fan to Chaisang to persuade Zhou Yu to avoid emotional fluctuations.

Naturally, Lu Fan was obliged to do so. With Sun Quan's verbal orders, he set off, took a carriage, and rushed to Chaisang.

At the same time, Sun Quan sent an envoy to Changsha with his handwritten letter to deliver the reply to Guan Yu.

In the letter, Sun Quan not only agreed to Guan Yu's suggestion to send troops to Nanjun, but also highly praised Guan Yu's resourcefulness, and persuaded him with kind words, hoping that Guan Yu could play a triumphant song, and said that he was waiting for the good news from Guan Yu in Nanchang.

At the same time, Zhang Fei took Xiang Lang and went through untold hardships to finally arrive at Fuling County in Berkshire, Yizhou.

The road to Shu is difficult, and it is difficult to go to the blue sky. This is the description of the road to Shu by the great poet Li Bai in the Tang Dynasty. In the ancient era when the road was not developed, there was no complete road, even the so-called official road. It was hindered by the high mountains in the Shu region, so the mountain road was difficult to travel. Zhang Fei and Xiang Lang set off from Wuling half a month ago, and it took more than half a month before they arrived in Fuling County.

The Fuling County at that time was somewhat different from the current Fuling County. The current Fuling County was called Zhixian County in this era, but the county called Fuling now belongs to Pengshui County.

Fuling County is located in the Wuling Mountains, on the lower reaches of the Zangjiang River (now the Qianjiang River). It is separated from Wuling County by many mountains, and there are no roads in the mountains. Big circle, so it took Zhang Fei and Xiang Lang half a month to arrive here.

Along the way, Zhang Fei and Xiang Lang finally arrived in Fuling County after eating and sleeping in the open. However, upon careful inquiry, Fazheng was no longer the county magistrate here, and had just been transferred to Jiangzhou, the county seat of Berkshire, two months ago. Go to work.In desperation, Zhang Fei and Xiang Lang had no choice but to head towards Jiangzhou, the county seat of Berkshire. Since they came here after all the hard work, how could they leave without seeing Fazheng?
Moreover, Zhang Fei has also made a decision on this trip, he will never leave the land of Shu unless Fazheng is brought back to Wuling!
Zhang Fei and Xiang Lang paused in Fuling County to buy some food and water, and then they prepared to leave Fuling and go to Jiangzhou.

The two stayed temporarily in an inn that night, preparing to have a good rest for the night before leaving tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)