Riding and cutting the imperial pirates of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 453 What a Sun Ce

When the two sat down again, they looked at each other again, feeling different, they were much closer.

However, Zhou Shang had just stated that he was obsessed with Huang Lao, and he was not very keen on losing his fame and fame. It was more of an expedient measure for Zhou Yu to recognize the king, so the two still used the same title.

Of course, since the titles of monarchs and ministers have been preliminarily determined, Zhou Shang inevitably has to offer a few words of advice. After all, if there is no accident, the Lujiang Zhou family will be in the same spirit as Wang Zheng in the future, sharing weal and woe.

"Zhou Mu valued Yu'er so much, I was naturally overjoyed and honored, it's just that."

Having said that, Zhou Shang paused, showing hesitation.

Wang Zheng knew that what Zhou Shang wanted to say might not be pleasing to the ear, so he smiled and waved his hands and said, "Duke Zhou has something to say, and Zheng is all ears."

Zhou Shangdao: "I heard before that when Zhou Mu and Tao Qian and Liu Bei hunted Xuzhou, every time they went to a city, in addition to reducing taxes and appeasing the people, they would issue a "recruitment order". I wonder if there is such a thing? "

Seeing Wang Zheng nod his head slightly, Zhou Shang suddenly looked solemn, and said solemnly: "There are so many talents in the world, and naturally not all of them are perfect, and no one is perfect. If there is something wrong with a certain talent, it is impossible to discard it. To obtain available talents. Therefore, even though talented people have some shortcomings and shortcomings, they cannot be discarded because of this."

"But on the other hand, virtue is indispensable. If a person is talented but not virtuous, they can share wealth but not share adversity. The state shepherd must pay attention."

Wang Zheng was speechless when he heard the words, Zhou Shang's words were simply the gentry version of "why not eat minced meat".

Of course, he also wants to find those heroes who have both talents and virtues. The problem is that at that time, his family's foundation was not stable, the climate was not yet established, and his subordinates were already in prosperity and prosperity. In terms of internal affairs and people's livelihood, no one could use them. How could he have the qualifications? Pick and choose?

Even now, Wang Zheng is quite self-aware, asking himself that he is still in the stage of "the minister chooses the master", and it will be difficult to turn into "the master chooses the minister" until the general trend is achieved.

Of course, although he didn't think so in his heart, he immediately put on a posture for Zhou Yu's face, stood up again, and bowed to Zhou Shang uprightly: "What Duke Zhou said is true, the king's government will definitely be like what Duke Zhou said, and it will be even more serious." Work hard, and then when recruiting talents, you will pay more attention to character, and you must choose what is lacking rather than what is indiscriminate.”

Ruzi can be taught, Zhou Shang nodded in satisfaction, and said, "I still have something presumptuous to say, I would like to ask Zhou Mu."

"Duke Zhou, please tell me."

"The so-called son of a thousand gold can't sit down. When the city gate was treating Zhou Mu's wounds, I once said that with Zhou Mu's current status, it is really inappropriate to take the lead and charge forward in person. Even speaking, Zhou Mu It is also quite inappropriate to personally lead troops to the old Yangzhou."

Speaking of this, Zhou Shang looked at Wang Zheng meaningfully, and said, "I wonder if Zhou Mu has other plans besides helping Yuan Gonglu put down the rebellion?"

Seeing something in Zhou Shang's words, Wang Zheng was startled for a moment, and soon after he came to his senses, he couldn't help but secretly smiled bitterly. I'm afraid Zhou Shang also thought of going with Guo Jia and Mi Heng. I thought I had such a plan.
It's just that he really didn't have this idea!
If you really want to say that there is no intention, it is nothing more than wanting to take advantage of this opportunity to kill Sun Ce, a very threatening enemy, as soon as possible.

"Why did Duke Zhou say that?" Wang Zheng sighed secretly, and said, "Zheng came to Yangzhou just to help Yuanzhou Mu put down the chaos. Besides, what else could be the reason?"

Zhou Shang smiled and said, "You know, Zhou Mu, but this is Yu'er's previous guess."

What Zhou Yu said?

Wang Zheng asked, "What did Brother Gongjin say?"

Zhou Shang smiled, and suddenly lowered his voice and said: "Yu'er said that Zhou Mu's troops are divided into two groups this time, and if he knows the army, he may have something wrong in his heart. Yang Hong thinks he's smart, and Yuan Shu lures wolves into the house, and he doesn't know it!"

Wang Zheng was silent for a long time, and said sternly: "To be honest with Duke Zhou, before the government set off, the military divisions under his command did make some suggestions, saying that Jiangdong is the foundation of hegemony. Self-reliance. It is a land that must be taken, and Zheng also deeply believes it, but... "

"Maybe Duke Zhou doesn't know that Yuan Shu and Zheng have formed an alliance for the second time. The first alliance in Linzi, when Zheng was forced by the situation, was considered a commitment to the alliance. This time, he really doesn't want to bear Yuan Shu again."

Zhou Shang was stunned when he heard this, at first he thought Wang Zheng could not trust him, but after watching for a while, seeing that his expression did not seem to be fake, he finally couldn't help but said: "Zhou Mu, if you want to achieve great things, how can you have the kindness of a woman?" , if Emperor Gao had not betrayed the alliance and attacked Chu in the past, how could he have the glory of the Han Dynasty for 400 years?"

"Zheng dare not claim to be benevolent and righteous, but if it is not necessary, people will not disappoint me, and I will not betray others."

This "if it is not necessary" is naturally when the interests of the family are not damaged and the safety is not threatened. For example, when Wang Zheng killed Chen Jiao that day, he hesitated and struggled. He still made the decision that he would rather kill the wrong than let it go. At that time, he directly threw the bottom line of such principles out of his mind.

Zhou Shang didn't know about it, and although he was a little disappointed when he heard it, he also admired it, and thought of a far-reaching level.

People don't let me down, I don't let people down.
If this son can be so benevolent and righteous to potential competitors, he must have good temperament. He is not the master of guessing like Goujian Gaodi, who looks at the wolf and cares about the wolf, who shares the suffering but cannot share the preciousness!
For me, the Lujiang Zhou family and Yu'er, it might not be a bad thing.

"It's rare for the state shepherd to have such a heart of benevolence and righteousness." Zhou Shangdao: "However, we still need to be careful. Even if the state shepherd has no intention of taking Jiangdong, it's hard to guarantee that Yuan Shu and his officials have such concerns."

"Now that Sun Ce's rebellion is peaceful, the guests and hosts are enjoying themselves. There is no doubt that if Zhou Mu replaces Yuan Shu with such a confidant and troubled queen."

Zhou Shang's words were quite reasonable, which made Wang Zheng's heart shudder.

People are harmless to tigers, but tigers are harmful to people!
It's just that my family has no intention of seizing Yuan Shu's foundation, but what if Yuan Shu is persuaded?
After all, the two live next to each other now, Xuzhou and Yangzhou are too close, if there is no accident, there will be a battle sooner or later.

"What Duke Zhou said is true, Zheng will secretly pay attention to it." Wang Zheng said: "But the most important thing right now is to take care of Sun Ce first."

"In Zheng's heart, this person is superior in martial arts, more threatening, and has old grievances with Zheng Su. If he doesn't get rid of him as soon as possible, he will really have trouble sleeping and eating!"

"That's right." Zhou Shang said with emotion: "Sun Bofu is indeed a young hero. If it weren't for this son, I would be very optimistic about his future. However, my family has a lot of connections with the Sun family of Wujun, and Yu'er and Sun Ce are even more so. The friendship between Shengtang and his mother may not be able to help Zhou Mu in this matter."

"This kind of difficult thing for a strong man is that Duke Zhou doesn't talk about it, and Zheng doesn't want to do it." Wang Zheng waved his hands and said, "However, Duke Zhou and Brother Gongjin are thinking about their old relationship, but Sun Ce may not be like this. Even Sun Ce is also thinking about the old days. The soldiers are fierce and the battle is dangerous, and not everyone of his subordinates may know that at this time, they know Duke Zhou and brother Gong Jin."

"It's not safe for the two of you to stay in Hefei after all."

But Wang Zheng pondered for a while, and continued: "Duke Zhou, what do you think of this situation? During this period of time, you can tidy up your belongings. Zheng will set off for Linhu in a few days, and leave a hundred loyal and brave men behind to wait for Gongjin." How about escorting you and Gong Jin to Xuzhou to avoid the chaos of the war since your brother has recovered from his injuries?"

Zhou Shang thought for a while, then nodded.

He also deeply agrees with Wang Zhengcai's words. From the first day Sun Cejun appeared in Hefei, Zhou Yu was in a dilemma, so he was frightened, and this time Zhou Yu was injured when he rushed to the camp, which made him want to retreat. This is also one of the reasons why Zhou Shang is so eager to recognize Wang Zheng as the main one.

It would be best for Wang Zheng to take the initiative to propose, and he can simply push the boat along.

Of course, the purpose of Wang Zheng's suggestion is actually ulterior motives, no matter how swear words are, there are risks after all, and once Zhou Shang and Zhou Yu go to Xuzhou, they will naturally be in his pocket, and it is impossible to escape.

The two discussed for a while, until it was almost dusk, and it was getting late. When Wang Zheng was about to visit Zhou Yu, he just walked out of the main hall, but he saw Wang Xiong, who had been waiting outside the door for a long time, rushing up directly, with a serious expression on his face. He said anxiously: "General, General Huang sent a messenger to Hefei."

Wang Zheng paused immediately: "What happened?"

"General." Wang Xiong said, "Just the day before yesterday, Sun Ce's army launched a large-scale attack on Linhu. It is said that a large number of siege equipment was used, and the defenders tried their best to defend the city. The inside of Sun Ce's army was opened, and Chen Lan, the guard, died on the spot!"

"What?" Wang Zheng raised his eyebrows: "Linhu has fallen?"

"Not yet." Wang Xiong said: "General Huang has now retreated into the inner city with the rest of the defenders!"

"Call a military meeting immediately!"

Wang Zheng secretly called out a fluke, but he also knew that the defense of any city's inner city was absolutely inferior to that of the outer city. No matter how capable Huang Zhong was, he couldn't hold on for too long. Immediately pack up, prepare luggage, and set off in two hours!"

The so-called unparalleled blessings, misfortunes do not come singly.

Bad news often comes hand in hand.

Before leaving, Wang Zheng naturally wanted to say hello to He Hong, the county lord of Hefei, but he received another piece of information from him, which confirmed Wang Zheng's previous guess.

Sure enough, Sun Ce was attacking west and east, and his main army had already moved south to attack Lujiang County.

While letting his general Cheng Pu continue to attack Linhu, Sun Ce personally led an army of surprise soldiers, who went out day and night, only took the mountain trails, and silently bypassed Juchao and Shu County in the northeast of the Lujiang River. , directly facing the capital of Lujiang County, Liu Xun's old nest, Wancheng, invaded massively!
If you don't move, it's astonishing. On the first day when Sun Ce's army approached the periphery of Wancheng, the first people to find them were the gentry in Wubao, and they immediately sent someone to notify Liu Xun, and Liu Xun heard that A strange army appeared in the territory, so naturally sentry cavalry went to investigate. Knowing that the opponent's army was only a few thousand, they ignored it and ordered the defenders in the city to take the initiative to attack.

The result is naturally a fiasco!
Afterwards, Sun Ce's army was as powerful as a broken bamboo, and within two or three days, all the Wubao, villages and towns around Wancheng were uprooted!
Seeing the soldiers approaching the city, Liu Xun finally became anxious, and immediately asked the counties in the county to rescue them. As a result, Sun Ce played a siege to fight for aid, and defeated all the government troops who came to the nearest Juchao and Tongxiang, and then launched a fierce attack on Wancheng However, Sun Ce, the commander-in-chief of the three armies, took the lead, but he was the first to climb the top of Wancheng, and he directly broke through the outer city of Wancheng on the first day of the siege!
Almost at the same time, the two important towns of Wancheng and Linhu fell to the outer city at the same time. In fact, it can be said that two thirds of the entire city fell.

However, Liu Xun did not make the same choice as Huang Zhong to return to the inner city. Instead, he led the remnant army to escape that night, and ran directly to Longshu County, north of Wancheng, to linger on his last breath.

After winning consecutive battles, Sun Ce actually created an impressive record of annihilating nearly 5000 enemies with [-] troops within half a month, which is really terrifying!
Just after occupying Wancheng, Huang Gai, Sun Ce's general, suggested to take advantage of the victory and go after Juchao. Sun Ce greatly appreciated it, and immediately allocated 2000 troops to Huang Gai. Gai marched five hundred miles from the sea and launched a surprise attack on Juchao under the cover of night!

The nesters who were worried about Wancheng a moment ago didn't even receive the news of Wancheng's fall, but they didn't expect that Sun Cejun, who had been inaccessible before, would come straight this time!

Unprepared, there was another defeat. Not to mention the fall of the city in the first battle, more than 2000 defenders escaped with less than a hundred people!
So far, Sun Ce has occupied the three cities of Lujiang!

throat nest
Xiang'an, the gateway to Linjiang
Wan County, the capital of a county.
It can be said that one is more majestic and richer than one, and one is more important than one!

Now that the nest has been laid, and the outer city near the lake has fallen, how many days can Shu County, which is located in the middle of the two towns, survive the foreseeable pincer attack in the future?
Hearing He Hong finish the information one by one, Wang Zheng was silent for a long time, watching him standing by the wall with his hands behind his back, staring at a map of Lujiang in a daze, and suddenly asked: "How many troops does Sun Ce have?"

He Hong smiled wryly when he heard the words, pointed to the picture and said, "Wang Zhoumu, just take a look at this."

Wang Zheng looked at the map and saw that the map was drawn in great detail. The mountains, rivers, roads, and even some higher mountains were all marked out. There were also some small triangular flags of various colors stuck on the map. After thinking about it, he asked: " He Gong, is this the map of the battle situation?"

Those triangular flags are pierced with small needles. At first glance, they look disorganized, but if you look closely, you can see that the blue ones are mostly distributed in the south, and the white ones are mostly in the north. As for the red ones, there are only two pieces, both of which are at the bottom of the map. To the north, the most three small flags are in the direction of Hefei City, which naturally indicates the current battle situation and the current three-party forces in Jiangdong.

Wang Zheng has roughly guessed that the white ones are Yangzhou Army, the blue ones are Sun Ce's Army, and the red ones are his Xuzhou Army, needless to say.

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Wang Zheng calculated silently in his mind, and muttered to himself: "I have only 5000 troops in the Heavenly Army to Yangzhou, and there are only five red flags. Does that mean that each side represents 1000 troops?"

A look of admiration flashed across He Hong's eyes: "This is what I did in my own spare time. Wang Zhoumu is really smart and has a quicker reaction, and he can see the meaning of it at a glance, it's just..."

Having said that, he quickly took off ten white flags on the map, and sighed: "My Yangzhou army has lost nearly ten thousand soldiers in less than half a month. What can I say, the little overlord Sun Ce, really Brave and fierce."

Wang Zheng didn't have time to respond to his sighs. Instead, he counted the blue flags on the wall. The more he counted, the more solemn his expression became: "Sun Ce has 5000 troops stationed in Xiang'an, and another 5000 troops under Linhu City. personally led the 5000 troops who captured Wancheng, plus the 6000 troops from Hefei"

He Hong nodded: "Zhou Mu is doing well, Sun Ce has at least [-] soldiers and horses that have surfaced!"

"how is this possible!"

Wang Zheng was in disbelief, and there were [-] people when they surfaced. How much is the total number?Thirty thousand, or even forty thousand?
"How long has he been on his own, how can there be so many horses?!"

What an international joke, if Sun Ce really has [-] to [-] troops, even after Wu Sheng joins forces along the way, Wang Zheng also feels that the chances of winning are not great.

After all, not everyone in his 5000 Mali is a system soldier.

Even if they are all system soldiers, this battle is not easy to fight!
(End of this chapter)