Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 437

Three months later, Li Song vowed to set off, and the army came all the way to Jiangxia Ferry in Jingzhou, crossed the Yangtze River on a naval warship, and headed for Jiangdong.

Lujiang County, Wancheng.

"Greetings, Your Majesty." General Zhang Liao and others paid their respects to Li Song. Li Song was seated on the throne, with Xu Chu and Li Yuanba guarding him.

After Li Song was proclaimed king, he set up official positions in the Tang state, and established the nine-rank and eighteen-level system, changing the original personal guard battalion to Jinyiwei.

"The purpose of coming here this time is to unify the world as soon as possible and conquer the Sun family in Jiangdong, and secondly, to grant you official positions in the Tang Kingdom." Li Song said.

This is an endorsement for them!After all, they also worked hard for their own hegemony, and they were their staunch supporters.

"Thank you for your grace!" Zhang Liao and others prostrated themselves on the ground again. They had been waiting for this moment for a long time, and being awarded the official position of Tang State meant that they were recognized by this circle and this team.

Standing aside, the servant who had been waiting for a long time immediately stepped forward. When the Tang Dynasty was established, the Ministry of Internal Affairs was established in the same way as the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and all eunuchs were called servants.

The servant cleared his throat, and said: "The king of the Tang Dynasty ordered Zhang Liao to be a general of the third rank, Gan Ning to be the commander of the third rank, and Xu Huang to be the third rank..."

This time Zhang Liao and others were awarded official positions in the Tang State, two of them were of the third rank, four of them were of the third rank, and the rest were all given the command of the fourth rank.

"Minister Zhang Liao (Minister Gan Ning, minister Li Shunchen...), take the edict to thank you! Long live the king!" Zhang Liao and others took the order to thank Zhang Liao and others. After the servant handed the edict to Zhang Liao and the others, they stood back.

After receiving the edict from King Tang, Zhang Liao and others got up and stood aside waiting for Li Song's instructions.

"Tell me about the current situation in Jiangdong. You have been in Jiangdong for so long, and you are already very familiar with this place." Li Song said.

They fought against the Wu army in Jiangdong, so they were naturally the people who were most familiar with the Wu army, and they had a good idea of ​​the level of strength of both sides.

General Zhang Liao came out of the line, clasped his fists and saluted, "My lord! Now our army occupies Lujiang County, Yuzhang County, and Luling County among the six counties in Jiangdong, and Sun Quan occupies Wu County, Kuaiji County, Danyang County, and the entire Jiaozhou. Fortunately, Sun Quan's navy has been wiped out by our army, so our army can gain a firm foothold along the river."

Judging from what Zhang Liao said, Jiangdong's strength should not be underestimated. Although Zhang Liao and others commanded only 6 troops, their equipment and combat effectiveness were equivalent to that of an army of more than [-] troops.

And the strength of the Wu army in Jiangdong is no worse than that of Zhang Liao and others. That is to say, the Wu army has at least 20 troops. Otherwise, it would be impossible to draw a tie with Zhang Liao and others. Li Song still has confidence in this point. of.

"What do you think is the best way to eliminate Jiangdong forces in the shortest time?" Li Song didn't waste too much energy on the strength of both sides, but instead asked Zhang Liao and others about countermeasures.

"My lord! I think that we can send a large army to cut off the connection between the Wu army and Jiaozhou, and then divide the troops into three groups, and launch an attack on the remaining three counties at the same time." Yu Jin said out.

Yu Jin wanted to do this early in the morning, but he didn't have enough soldiers and horses. After all, at that time, Li Song still had to deal with the Ma Chao coalition forces in Xiliang, and Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, and at the same time coveted the land of Shu. Can't draw troops.

It was used to reinforce him and do this for him, so this matter was shelved, and now it's all right, Li Song came with an army of 80, which happened to give Yu Jin a chance.

"Oh! Wen Ze, tell me about your specific plan!" Li Song was very interested in Yu Jin's proposal. If he used it properly, he could win without a fight.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I think so, the first step we should do is to do this..." It took Yu Ban almost half an hour to express all the plans in his heart.

"Okay! Ha! Ha! Ha!" Li Song burst into laughter, appreciating Yu Jin's proposal.

"Xue Tong, Tan Daoji, and Zhang Yun, order the three of you to lead the troops to Kuaiji County to cut off the road to Jiaozhou, so that the Wu army has no support. This matter is of great importance, but you must be extremely careful." Li Song arranged for Xue Tong to go Cut off the connection between Jiaozhou and Sun Quan.

This link is of great importance. Once the connection is cut off, the strength of Wu Jun will be greatly reduced. In front of the 80 strong army, there will only be annihilation.

"The last general will obey the will of the king!" Xue Tong and the three took the order and left.

"The next step is to arrange military operations against the Wu army. Generalissimo Xue Rengui..." Li Song laid out his action plan one by one, and divided his troops into three groups, only one of which was to invest a large amount of troops to attack the enemy.

The remaining two routes are mainly to attract the attention of the Wu army, contain part of the Wu army, greatly weaken the combat effectiveness of the Wu army, and then defeat them one by one. In this way, Jiangdong is at your fingertips.

"No!" All the generals immediately saluted with fists in their hands, and took the order to leave. After Xue Tong and the others cut off the connection between Jiaozhou and Jiangdong, they immediately launched an attack on the remaining three counties.

"Your Majesty, why don't you write a letter to Zhang Zhao, asking him to persuade Sun Quan to submit to the imperial court and move to Xuchang to live with the Son of Heaven." After all the generals retreated, Jia Xu offered advice.

"The lonely king has also thought about this matter. I'm afraid it's useless. The first two times Zhang Zhao persuaded Sun Quan to surrender. What a pity! But Sun Quan was not persuaded. Even if I write another book now, it will be of no avail." Li Song smiled. Dao, it's not that he didn't think about it, but he was rejected by himself in the end.

"Because of this, Your Majesty should do this all the more. With this letter, he will provoke the relationship between Zhang Zhao and Sun Quan, so that there will be a gap between them, which is beneficial to our army." Jia Xu said, pointing out the serious relationship.

Li Song suddenly realized!It turned out that Zhang Zhao was in charge of Wu Jun's food and grass dispatching, and he was also an important figure in Wu Jun. If he could provoke them to fight among themselves this time, he would undoubtedly lose one of Wu Jun's assistants.

Just because Zhang Zhao persuaded Sun Quan to surrender twice, Sun Quan and others felt that Zhang Zhao would definitely persuade Sun Quan to surrender for the third time, which would greatly affect Sun Quan's attitude towards Zhang Zhao.

As long as he operated secretly, Sun Quan would definitely be wary of Zhang Zhao. After Zhang Zhao saw that something was wrong, he might take reckless risks.

"Okay, let's do what Wen told you. The Gu Wang appoints you as the Gu Wang's envoy, go to Wu Jun, meet Zhang Zhao, and give him the Gu Wang's letter." Li Song wrote while speaking.

After he finished speaking, the letter had been written, folded and handed over to Jia Xu, who ordered him to go to Wu County as an envoy.

(End of this chapter)