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- In the military mansion, everyone's eyes lit up because of Lu Su's words.
Right now, Shouchun is in panic and morale is low. The reinforcements that have been redeployed from Xiapi are still on the way.
To the south, Yan Liang's 50,000-strong army was coming in force. At this time, what could be more gratifying to the generals present than delaying Yan Liang's attack.
Although Zhou Yu's spirit was lifted, he was calm on the surface, and there was even a bit of disapproval in his eyes, as if he didn't believe that Lu Su could come up with any good ideas even though he couldn't do anything about it.
"Zijing, do you have any good ideas?" Guan Yu was quite excited. Moreover, as both were former ministers of Jiangdong, Guan Yu's attitude towards Lu Su was much kinder than that towards Zhou Yu.
Lu Su then stroked his beard and smiled and said: "All along, we have been thinking about how to repel Yan Liang's attack. Su actually thought that we had fallen into a misunderstanding. Why don't we change our minds and think about how to get Yan Liang to withdraw his troops on his own initiative? ¡±
"Taking the initiative to withdraw the troops? Huh, Zijing, you can figure it out. With Yan Liang's current strength, unless he died of a sudden illness, how could he have taken the initiative to withdraw the troops unless he was mentally dizzy."
Zhou Yu snorted coldly, showing considerable disdain for what Lu Su said.
It is obvious that although Zhou Yu is now nominally on the same front as Lu Su, he is still forced to do so because he is still full of hostility towards Lu Su in his heart.
"General Zhou, Zijing hasn't finished speaking yet. Why do you have to reject it outright? General Zhou, don't you have a better plan?" Guan Yu looked displeased and immediately responded with words.
Now Lu Su has surrendered to Liu Bei and is Guan Yu's adviser. Zhou Yu's satire on Lu Su was tantamount to satirizing himself, as the saying goes, "When beating a dog, it depends on the master." The aloof Guan Yu would naturally not allow it.
Zhou Yu was choked by Guan Yu and couldn't help but snort coldly: "Okay, I would like to hear what clever plans you have, Zijing."
Being ridiculed repeatedly by Zhou Yu made Lu Su feel uncomfortable. But on the surface, he was calm and unfazed at all.
"Actually, it's not a clever plan. Su was just thinking. Not long after Yan Liangfang took Jiangdong, he moved to Huainan. There must not be many troops left in Jiangdong. Since there are such flaws, why don't we make good use of them." Lu Su The tone was somewhat mysterious.
Zhou Yu¡¯s brows moved slightly, as if he guessed what Lu Su meant, and immediately showed disdain.
"The generals in Jiangdong died and surrendered. The Yan thieves also abolished the system of private soldiers. The powerful generals in Jiangdong no longer have private soldiers. Zijing, you want to provoke the rebellion of Yan Liang in Jiangdong. They have no soldiers in their hands, but they can What a stir."
Faced with Zhou Yu¡¯s denial. Lu Su smiled lightly and said: "Gong Jin was wrong. Although Jiangdong's powerful forces have no private soldiers, Gong Jin should not forget that there is another force that can be used in the land of San Wu."
Another force?
Zhou Yu was suspicious for a moment, and his eyes suddenly moved, "You mean, are you trying to incite the Shanyue people to rebel?"
Lu Su nodded slightly, with a somewhat proud look on his indifferent face.
Zhou Yu understood. In his eyes, there was a little less irony towards Lu Su, but a little more recognition.
The Shanyue people are indeed a chess piece that can be used.
The composition of the Shanyue people is actually very complex. In addition to the indigenous pure-blood Shanyue people, there are also many escaped slaves, farmers who did not want to become refugees after bankruptcy, and some lesser powerful people who were suppressed by the local wealthy families and fled into the mountains. .
These people fled to the mountainous areas of Sanwu and mingled with the Yue people. Over time, they became the current Shanyue people.
For many years, the Han court has been trying to turn the Shanyue people into registered households in the country, but the Shanyue people have always refused to surrender.
At the beginning, Yan Liang used heavy sums of money and promises of empty promises to induce the Shanyue people to rebel, forcing Sun Quan to end his first invasion of Jingzhou.
Nowadays, although Yan Liang has captured Jiangdong, his policy towards the Shanyue people is the same as that of Sun Quan, trying to make the Shanyue people surrender in order to enrich his own population.
Therefore, in the eyes of the Shanyue people, both Yan Liang and Sun Quan are the ones they want to resist.
Now that all Yan Liang's troops are in Huainan, there are not many troops left in the Sanwu area. This is indeed an opportunity for the Shanyue people to rise again.
Zhou Yu¡¯s thoughts were racing in his mind. Having lived in Jiangdong for a long time, he knew the Shanyue issue very well. Lu Su¡¯s strategy indeed gave him a lot of inspiration.
"General Zhou, I don't know what happened in Jiangdong, and I don't know who the Shanyue people are. You were once the governor of Jiangdong. What do you think of Zijing's plan?" Guan Yu asked.
Zhou Yu, who had been silent for a long time, raised his headIn the end, he nodded reluctantly and said: "This plan can be tried, but it requires a powerful lobbyist to sneak into Jiangdong with huge sums of money."
Zhou Yu agreed with Lu Su's strategy, but did not praise Lu Su at all, as if this strategy was the same as Lu Su's.
At this time, Kan Ze stood up, cupped his hands and said: "When Ze was an official in Jiangdong, he had many interactions with the Shanyue people. Those Shanyue people also had a good impression of Ze. If Ze is willing to go to Jiangdong, he will be convinced." The Shanyue people raised their troops and caused chaos in the rear of the Yan bandits."
Kan Ze is very resourceful. When he stood up like this, Zhou Yu and Lu Su both nodded slightly.
At that moment, Zhou Yu agreed to Kan Ze's request and ordered him to take a huge sum of money, disguise himself as a businessman, and sneak into Jiangdong via a detour.
At the same time, Guan Yu transferred another five thousand soldiers and horses from Xuzhou to reinforce Shouchun, preparing to defend the city and fight Yan Liang to the end.
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Three days later, Yan Liang's 50,000-strong army by land and water crossed Shaopi and marched to the south of Shouchun City in a mighty manner.
At this time, Ling Tong's troops also captured Lu'an, which was weak in strength, eliminating the threat on its flanks, and led 10,000 troops to attack Shouchun.
Yan Liang, who had reached the front line of Shouchun, chose a dangerous location ten miles southeast of Shouchun City to build a stronghold, forming a north-south confrontation with the Zhou and Liu coalition forces.
At this time, there were still 6,000 Zhou troops in Shouchun City, and the Guan Yu dry camp in the east of the city had increased its troops to 10,000.
With 16,000 men fighting against Yan Liang¡¯s nearly 60,000 men, in terms of sheer strength, the Zhou and Liu coalition forces were at a considerable disadvantage.
However, Zhou Yu and Guan Yu have the advantages. But it lies in having a strong city like Shoucheng as their greatest reliance.
Since Zhou Yu captured Shouchun, Sun Quan wanted to capture Shouchun City. To create a base for his northward march into the Central Plains, he mobilized manpower from Huainan to reinforce and repair Shouchun City.
After several years of construction, Shouchun City is as strong as any fortified city in the world. The unreachable city wall alone is stronger than the original Moling City. One-third higher.
With the strong city as a support and Xuzhou as its back to the north, there is endless food and grass. A steady stream of water comes south from Sishui and is transported to Shouchun by the Huaihe River.
¡°Obviously, Zhou Yu was determined to defend Shouchun just because he had calculated these advantages.
certainly. Zhou Yu had no choice. If Shouchun is lost, he will have no choice but to follow Guan Yu and flee to Xuzhou, besides living or dying with the city.
And Zhou Yu, who has lost his territory, will have no choice but to become a general under Liu Bei.
How could the arrogant Zhou Yu be willing to become a subordinate of a man who weaves mats and sells shoes? Even without Guan Yu's assistance, he would definitely defend Shouchun.
Zhou Yu and Guan Yu put into a defensive posture. Yan Liang was in trouble now.
Although morale is high, the number of troops is several times that of the enemy. But facing the enemies who were defending Yicheng, Yan Liang had no good solution.
After the camp was set up, Yan Liang launched several attacks on Guan Yu's dry camp with superior force. However, Guan Yu successfully repelled Yan Liang's several attacks by relying on the strength of the camp and his excellent ability to command troops.
When Guan Yu couldn't hold on, Yan Liang resorted to provoking the generals, trying to induce Guan Yu to go out of the camp to fight in a rage.
But after experiencing the last failure, Guan Yu learned the lesson this time. He simply tore up the challenge letter sent by Yan Liang to avoid getting angry after reading it.
Regarding Yan Liang¡¯s provocation outside the camp, Guan Yu could only pretend not to see it, and held back his breath, like a frightened tortoise, but refused to fight.
Unconsciously, at the end of autumn and the beginning of winter, the weather was getting colder, and the fierce battle in Shouchun had lasted for nearly a month.
In the past month, the situation in the north has also been undergoing drastic changes.
Han Meng's surrender allowed Liu Bei to capture Luoyang without any effort. Surprised, Liu Bei immediately raised his troops to the west and dispatched tens of thousands of troops into Henan County and Hanoi County on the other side.
Liu Bei stole Luoyang and blocked Cao Cao's eastward advance route. Cao Cao was very angry and sent troops to Hanoi County and launched several tentative attacks.
Liu Bei, on the other hand, showed no weakness and stationed Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun at key points to counterattack the invading Cao Cao.
The two sides, Cao and Liu, formed a tense situation in Luoyang.
At this time, Yuan Tan in the north concentrated his army and launched a more violent attack on Yuan Shang who was trapped on the front line of Julu. Yuan Shang lost consecutive battles and his territory was shrinking day by day.
Cao Cao and Liu Bei had a conflict, which Yan Liang was naturally happy to see.
Now Liu Bei is restrained by Cao Cao, and all the main forces are gathered hereIt was convenient and he had no time to look south, so Yan Liang had enough time to take care of Zhou Yu and Guan Yu.
But at the military meeting that day, an urgent report came from Jiangdong, which suddenly hit the high spirits of the generals present.
According to Xu You's urgent report, the Shanyue people who had been entrenched in the mountains and had been silent for many years suddenly rebelled. Tens of thousands of Shanyue troops came out of the mountains and launched attacks on Danyang, Poyang, Kuaiji and other counties.
Although Wei Yan and Lu Xun's troops who stayed in Jiangdong launched a resolute counterattack against the Shanyue army, they were unable to cope with it for a while due to insufficient troops and the wide range of counties attacked by the Shanyue people.
"My lord, there is absolutely no room for loss in the hinterland of Jiangdong. We must send troops back to support as soon as possible." Ling Tong said anxiously.
Zhu Huan also said: "It's winter now. Our southern soldiers are not suitable for the cold winter in the north. There is no progress in the Shouchun battle. Shanyue in Jiangdong has rebelled again. According to the general's opinion, it is better to return to Jiangdong for the time being to put down the rebellion and wait until next year. When spring is warm and the flowers are blooming, it¡¯s not too late to capture Shouchun.¡±
Zhu Huan¡¯s proposal received support from many generals, especially those from Jiangdong.
At this time, Yan Liang turned his attention to Pang Tong, "Military advisor Shiyuan, what do you think of the sudden rebellion in Shanyue?"
"The commander-in-chief thinks that the rebellion of the Shanyue people at this time was probably secretly instigated by Zhou Yu. It would indeed be a headache for this group of Yue people to rebel, but"
Pang Tong changed the topic, and a sly smile flashed in his eyes, "But Tong secretly believes that Shanyue's rebellion also gave the lord an excellent opportunity. Now, it is time to implement the lord's plan."
After being reminded by Pang Tong, Yan Liang, who was as calm as water, was slightly shocked.
After pondering for a moment, Yan Liang's stern face revealed a cold and sly smile just like Pang Tong's. (To be continued.) - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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