Overlord!

Chapter 138 Jiangdong Strategy
Faced with Lu Su's generous words, Sun Ce immediately sat upright and listened attentively.

He specially hosted a banquet today and invited Lu Su to come here, in order to discuss the state affairs of the world with him.

In ancient times, the monarch and his ministers discussed state affairs together, all day long, and even talked at night in the same bed.

What for?Isn't it for setting the strategic direction of the entire force?

Seeing this, Lu Su was invigorated and continued to say: "As the general said, Liu Bei is magnificent and has the strategy of being a king. With tens of thousands of people gathered, how can Xuzhou be safe?"

Lu Su's prediction was based entirely on the analysis of the current situation.

Although Sun Ce has a history cheat, he still feels that the analysis is not as clear as that of Lu Su.

Yuan Shu may have mediocre military ability, but using conspiracy to instigate rebellion against the enemy general and win over the enemy general to rebel is simply playing tricks.

After all, he is really powerful and wealthy.

Lu Bu's rebellion was caused by Yuan Shu's promise to give him 20 shi, grain and grass, and then Lu Bu attacked Xiapi and defeated Zhang Fei.

But just as Lu Su analyzed, in Liu Bei's situation in Xuzhou, even without Lu Bu's rebellion, Yuan Shu could still bribe Zang Ba's Taishan Army and Cao Bao's Danyang Army.

He competed with Yuan Shu, just as Chen Qun asserted, once someone attacked him, although the general won Xuzhou, nothing would happen.

But Liu Bei has the spirit of a hero, and he is not just a dog.Even if he was attacked in the rear, and the soldiers in the camp were of the same size, the soldiers were still willing to follow him.

Sun Ce clearly remembered that after he attached himself to Lu Bu in history, he garrisoned Xiaopei, and the scattered soldiers immediately reunited, and the army regained its strength of ten thousand.

Lu Bu even felt like a light was on his back, so Lu Bu, who had just accepted Liu Bei's attachment, led his troops to defeat Liu Bei the next month and captured his wife and daughter.Liu Bei had to defect to Cao Cao.

This is Liu Bei's defeat by Lu Bu twice in just two months, and he lost his wife and daughter each time.

Of course, Sun Ce doesn't care whether Liu Bei returns in a big defeat or whether he loses his wife and daughter.

It is worth noting that Liu Bei's spirit of not being arrogant in winning, not discouraged in defeat, and fighting repeatedly will cause the whole of Xuzhou to fall into chaos, and there is an opportunity to take advantage of it.

Lu Sunai said solemnly: "With Liu Bei, Lu Bu, Zang Ba, Yuan Shu and others fighting for the front, Xuzhou will be uneasy. This is my opportunity in Jiangdong! I think the general should follow the example of the king of Yue and go north, and Xuzhou will form an alliance."

The King of Yue went north, that is, King Goujian of Yue went north to seek hegemony after he destroyed Wu.

In the land of Wu and Yue in the south of the Yangtze River, after the unification, going north to fight for hegemony is one of the most important directions. The southern countries specially built a north-south canal Hangou for this purpose, and the starting point is in Guangling County.

Therefore, the first step of the Xuzhou League is to attack Guangling County.

The Beifu army formed by Xie An, the commander Xie Xuan is also stationed in Guangling County.

But the army will attack Xuzhou to the north, or attack Jingzhou to the west, which involves the strategic direction of the entire force!

Sun Ce looked solemnly, and asked: "Jiangdong is now unified. Don't take advantage of the war in the north, and use the entire Yangtze River to unify Jingyang? Besides, Liu Biao and Huang Zu are my enemies. At this time, if you don't take revenge, how can you be a son of man?" ?”

Besides, Sun Ce remembered that Lu Su's suggestion to Jiangdong was not to stand in Jiangdong to watch the world's quarrels, wipe out Huang Zu, attack Liu Biao, go to the extreme of the Yangtze River, take it according to it, and then establish the title of emperor to map the world?
Why is the suggestion he made to himself completely different from history?
Lu Su asked unhurriedly: "Is the general trying to take revenge, or is he trying to make a false name for revenge?"

"Of course it's for revenge!" Sun Ce replied without a doubt.

Lu Su immediately said: "If the general really wants revenge, he should not rush to attack Liu Biao for the sake of a temporary name. Instead, he should expand the land in Xuzhou and build up his army. After Wangba's foundation is completed, he will march westward."

Conclusively speaking, Lu Su explained to Sun Ce: "Now the land of Jingxiang is as solid as gold. Liu Biao ruled the nine counties, with a large number of soldiers and one hundred thousand soldiers. His rulers and ministers, civil and military, work together to make the defense line as strong as a copper wall and an iron wall. , impeccable."

"Let the general send [-] troops westward to attack Jiangxia Huangzu. Jingxiang defended. Huang Zu led [-] people to defend the city, and Liu Biao led [-] people as backup. Fortify the city and fortify it to wait for the opportunity. How can the general lay down Jiang Xia? And when the army is under the city, once the vigor dissipates and there is chaos, the enemy's [-] people will take advantage of the situation and fight hard, and the career of the general may be overthrown."

"Unless the north is settled, or there is civil strife in Jingxiang, otherwise, attacking Jingzhou directly is a bad strategy and it will be difficult to succeed."

Although the situation analyzed by Lu Su did not happen, Sun Ce felt that it was too familiar.

Isn't this a replica of the Battle of Hefei?

Why can't Sun Quan beat Hefei?

Because of Zhang Babai?
But Sun Quan's six sieges to Hefei failed, and Zhang Liao's battle with Sun Quan was the only battle in which he won his record.

In the other five times, without Zhang Liao, Sun Quan failed to capture Hefei City.

What's more, even Zhang Liao's battle of Xiaoyaojin, which shocked Jiangdong, did not have much effect on the battle of Hefei.

To say that he played Wushuang against the [-] troops is completely making fun of Sun Quan.

In fact, Zhang Liao was a fighting general, and Gan Ning played the role.In the Battle of Xiaoyaojin, he just defeated the vanguard of the Soochow Army.It was not the Chinese army that besieged Sun Quan.It was Sun Quan who was good at cooking and loves to play. He ran to the vanguard to supervise the battle and attack the city, and he personally served as the rear for the army when retreating.

But the fact is that this was just a surprise battle by Zhang Liao, and it had no fundamental impact on the battle situation.Zhang Liao was besieged by the Wu army. After breaking through and returning to the city, the Wu army besieged the city for more than ten days, and the attack was unsuccessful.

What really affected the outcome of the battle was Cao Wei's reinforcements from the north.

If there is no reinforcements, no matter how strong Zhang Liao can fight, and no matter how strong Hefei is, it will have to be broken after being besieged for a period of time.If you can't fight for more than ten days, then fight for a hundred or so days, and if you can't fight for a hundred or so days, then fight for one or two years, and sooner or later the siege can be broken.

The land of Jingxiang is as solid as gold, and Jiangxia, as an important military town, has built a high city and deep pools, which is completely an enhanced version of the Hefei battlefield.

Huang Zu defended the city with 2 people. Even if there was no reinforcements, the 2 Jiangdong Army might not be able to attack it for many years.

What was even more troublesome was that Liu Biao was stationed about a hundred miles west of Jiangxia with an army of [-]. He did not fight with the Jiangdong army, but just stared at it and made provocations from the sidelines.

Once the Jiangdong army failed to attack the city and there was chaos, they immediately took advantage of the situation and attacked fiercely, and the [-] troops pressed up.

Even if Sun Ce is the god of war in the world, he can't resist it.

So if Sun Ce wants real revenge, instead of seeking a false reputation for revenge, he should wait for the opportunity.Then during this period, expand the territory and strengthen the power.

Lu Su's completely different opinions to Sun Ce and Sun Quan are exactly the embodiment of his strategic planning master.

Because Sun Ce and Sun Quan are facing completely different situations.

When Sun Quan succeeded to the throne, the north had been set, and attacking the relatively weak Jingzhou was his best choice.

And Sun Ce pacified Kuaiji in advance, and the current situation he faced was completely different from that of Sun Quan and even the little overlord.

This necessarily makes strategy distinct from any trajectory in history.

If the ordinary traversers of later generations think that they can become a counselor in the late Han Dynasty by memorizing a few strategies, it is simply a fantasy.

If you don't have the ability to judge the situation, even if you are familiar with Longzhong's countermeasures and the best strategies on the couch, it will be a mere imitation. In the eyes of the princes, you are just a boastful and unrealistic ignorant person.

Adviser?It would be nice not to have your head chopped off.

The Xuzhou League strategy proposed by Lu Su is obviously the most suitable strategic plan for Jiangdong after judging the situation.

During the Northern Expedition, the army attacked the Jianghuai area. Taking advantage of the melee among the princes of Xuzhou, they quickly captured the south of the Huaihe River and expanded the territory of Jiangdong to the Huaihe River.

Sun Ce naturally recognized this point very much.

The guard Jiang first guarded the Huaihe River, and brought the Huaisi area into the territory of the forces, which had enormous strategic significance.

Not only the Jianghuai water network can block the northern regime layer by layer.And defending the Huaihe River means that Yuzhou and Xuzhou have become strategic buffer zones, which greatly weakens the national strength of the north and strengthens the power of the south.

Of course, for the current Jiangdong, defense is not the key point, but the second point is the key point.

After incorporating the Huaisi area into the power map, Sun Ce's power will be greatly expanded, and the Northern Expedition will unify the whole country. The probability of success will increase from at least [-]% to [-]%.

After all, the difficulty for a regime south of the Yangtze River to unify the world is very different from the difficulty for a regime that controls Huaisi and Jiangnan.

If the territory and population of the Huaisi area are successfully obtained, the army can start from the Huaihe River and go north for several hundred miles to attack Yanzhou and Yuzhou.

This saves nearly a thousand miles of travel compared to attacking from the south of the Yangtze River!
The people who currently occupy the Huaisi area are the princes Yuan Shu, Liu Bei, and Lu Bu who are fighting in the melee.

It can be said that it vividly demonstrates what it means to take advantage of opportunities.

Compared with the monolithic nine counties of Jingxiang, it is as solid as gold.Liu Biao's armor is one hundred thousand, and he is of one mind.Here in Xuzhou, not only are they fighting each other, but their forces are even weaker.

In particular, Liu Bei, who was the most cohesive, was destroyed, Yuan Shu, the richest, was determined to become emperor, and Lu Bu was brave and foolish, cunning and repeated, and mercenary.

Sun Ce commanded his troops to enter Xuzhou, and it was difficult to think about it.

As far as Lu Bu's [-] troops are concerned, it may be okay to beat Yuan Shu.To compete with Jiangdong's tens of thousands of troops, it is absolutely necessary to strike a stone with an egg.

If there is no change, Sun Ce will win Guangling first, and it will be no problem.

However, this is only if!
Because in reality, there are bound to be changes.

Whether it is the Xiapi Chen family or Yuan Shu's conspiracy, they will provoke the tyrants and clan thieves in Jiangdong to create chaos in the rear.

Even Sangoshi might rebel from time to time without provocation.

Now Danyang and Yuzhang are under control, these two counties plus Kuaiji County, the south is a place where mountains and rivers are criss-crossing.

The Shanyue rebellion in any county may spread in all directions, making the rule of several counties unstable.

It can be said that the overcrowding of the mountains is the biggest hidden danger of the Jiangbei Expedition.

It is even as threatening as the Xiongnu and Xianbei.

But Cao Wei in the north could give up Youzhou and Bingzhou, and a large number of counties and states were given to the Hu people.

Jiangdong's land is so big, there are only four counties in total, and it is impossible to abandon any of them, leaving it to Shanyue for nothing.

Therefore, how to deal with Shanyue and prevent it from causing chaos in the rear during the Northern Expedition is also the top priority of the Jiangbei Expedition strategy.

Sun Ce said to this: "Jiangdong was decided at the beginning of this year, and it has only been a few months now. Yuzhang and Danyang have not been stabilized. At this time, Jiangdong is waiting for prosperity, and the people of Shanyue have not returned. Is it appropriate to make a large-scale northern expedition at this time? It is clear that once Yuan Shuyin ties up Jiangdong's heroes and initiates a rebellion, it may threaten the great cause of the Northern Expedition."

And this involves the governance of Jiangdong, regardless of the fact that Sun Ce now has four counties in his hands.

But for the autumn harvest in July this year, only Wu County and the northern part of Danyang County can provide the government with a large amount of taxes and money.

Kuaiji was exempted from taxes for one year by Sun Ce, while Yuzhang County has been in war and could not develop production at all.

More importantly, if Jiangdong wants to promote the currency to these four counties, it will require a lot of wealth to invest.
At this time, whether the focus is on production or military development is also an extremely important consideration.

Fortunately, Lu Su has already thought about this issue, and said: "The general needs to focus on resuming production and stabilizing Jiangdong if he wants to save the situation. However, it is enough to appoint one important minister for Jiangdong's government affairs."

"Then the general personally raised an elite army, crossed the Yangtze River north, and captured Guangling."

"This can be likened to Cao Cao in Yanzhou. He first established Yanzhou, and began to farm under the advice of his advisers. He personally commanded elite soldiers and pulled several counties to Yuzhou."

"Now Guangling is still in Liu Bei's hands. Liu Bei and Yuan Shu are facing off at Xutai. If Liu Bei is defeated, it is a good opportunity for the general to take the east of Xutai and the south of Huaihe River!"

Sun Ce was completely moved by Lu Su's proposal.

This year is 196, and it is also the year when Cao Cao started farming.His meritorious Cao Mao Jie has also presented him with the strategy of "serving the emperor to order but not ministers" and "cultivating farming and planting, raising military resources".

Counting the time, Cao Cao's entire Yanzhou will also usher in a bumper harvest.

While Xun Yu presided over the internal affairs for him, Cao Cao personally led a small number of elite soldiers to defeat the Yellow Turban Army in the Yingchuan and Runan areas in February of the first year of the new year, and expanded the territory of power to the Yuzhou area.

In terms of territory, Cao Cao's territory may not have Sun Ceguang.

But in terms of prefectures and states, he had seven and a half of the eight prefectures in Yanzhou, among which half of the prefecture Dongjun was ceded to Yuan Shao, in exchange for Yuan Shao's support for his food and grass, and continued to fight against Lu Bu.Adding Yingchuan and Runan, he would have nine counties, twice as many as Sun Ce.

And they are all the essence of the Central Plains, there are no swamps and miasma forests, and there are no Shanyue barbarians.It can be said that the strength grows extremely fast.In a few years, the Cao Cao in the population will have to become Duke Cao.

Cao Cao is expanding rapidly, and Sun Ce can't stand still.

Liu Biao in the west, with one hundred thousand armour, and nine counties in Jingxiang, is as solid as gold.

Yuan Shu in the north is currently numbering [-], with many soldiers and generals.

This is not something that Sun Ce's [-] men can easily attack.If there is a war with these two forces, Jiangdong must mobilize a large number of troops and mobilize a large number of troops and wealth, which is not in line with Jiangdong's current strategy of developing production.

However, Guangling was empty at this time, and Sun Ce only had to bring two or three thousand elite cavalry to enter, and he would be able to conquer the battle and reach the Huaihe River.

When they reach the Huaihe River and take Guangling into their pocket, it will be the day when Yuan Shu proclaims himself emperor next year.

There is no doubt that this move will cut itself off from the world.It will attract princes from all directions to attack it.

Sun Ce happened to be able to form an alliance with Liu Bei, Cao Cao, Lu Bu and others in Xuzhou, reach an agreement, and have no worries.

Then the main force moved westward from the two fronts of the Huaihe River and the Yangtze River, and quickly captured Yuan Shu's Huainan.

If all the lands of the Jianghuai River and Huaihe River are brought under control, then Sun Ce will be able to achieve great success!Jin Ke competes with Cao Cao and Lu Bu for supremacy in the Central Plains.Tuikexi attacked and attacked Jingxiang, and tried his best to stabilize the rear.

(End of this chapter)