Overlord!

Chapter 201

Under the city of Hefei, the Jiangdong army's boat divisions and water and land camps were vast.

After all, tens of thousands of people surrounded the city, and the military camps were extremely grand and neat.

Sun Ce, together with Zhang Hong, Liu Ye, Jia Xu, Qin Song and other conspirators, reviewed the map.

News of the great victory on the front line has been sent back, and the army marches straight in. The enemy troops look forward to the wind and lead an army alone. Zhao Yun, who has divided the counties and counties, has already reached Yangquan County, and further along the Ru River, he will reach Runan County.Next to Yangquan County is Xincai County in Runan.

The speed of this advance was even faster than Sun Ce and Jia Xu expected. After thousands of recalcitrants were killed, the enemy officers either abandoned the city or surrendered directly. Most of the counties had surrendered to the east of the Yangtze River.

However, this kind of capturing the city is meaningless once the main force of the army retreats.

If Sun Ce fails to capture Hefei and Shouchun, and once tens of thousands of troops withdraw from Huainan and return to Jiangdong, all these abandoned cities will be immediately taken back by Yuan Shu.

After all, he really has tens of thousands of troops in Shouchun City.

Moreover, there are still a large number of troops stationed in Runan, Lujiang, Peiguo, and Chenguo.

As long as he persists until the army that attacks him retreats, then the dispersed soldiers under his command from all directions will reunite, and they will immediately be able to regain the Huainan area that was captured by Sun Ce.

Sun Ce looked at the map for a while, sighed, and said, "The production technology of this map should really be improved. In today's map, the mountains, rivers, water conditions, and even the cities and pavilions are all misaligned, making it difficult to clearly see the situation in Runan."

The reason why Sun Ce is so concerned about the situation in Runan is because Cao Cao's troops are stationed in Runan!

In other words, the powers of Sun Ce and Cao Cao are about to overlap.

In theory, the two sides were already bordering each other, because Sun Ce appointed Sun Bi as the governor of Lujiang, and Cao Cao had also appointed the governor of Runan.These two counties are separated by a strip of water and are closely connected by the Huaihe River, Rushui River and Yingshui River.

To the north of the Huaihe River is Runan County.

But in reality, there is a Runan governor appointed by Yuan Shu in the southern part of Runan County.

Sun Bi, who was following Sun Ce, said: "It would be great if Bo Yi was here. He was in charge of Runan before and he knows the situation in Runan very well."

Boyi is the cousin of Sun Xiang, Sun Ce's elder brother. He was previously appointed as the prefect of Runan by Yuan Shu.

Sun Ce announced a crusade against Yuan Shu, and after he was ordered to quell the rebellion, all Sun Ce's relatives under Yuan Shu abandoned their official positions and fled south to the east of the Yangtze River.

For example, Sun Ben was appointed by Yuan Shu as the prefect of Jiujiang to lead the army in Shouchun.

But Sun Ben refused to take office. After hearing the news about Sun Ce, he climbed over the wall and ran away at night. He abandoned his wife and children and returned to the south of the Yangtze River to join Sun Ce's army.

However, as he abandoned his wife and children and fled south, Yuan Shu became increasingly wary of Sun's old tribe.Sun Xiang was unable to return because of the long journey.It is unknown whether he is still serving as the governor of Runan, or even whether he was imprisoned by Yuan Shu.

Sun Ce thought for a moment and said: "Send the order to the front line to stop advancing. The war will stop at the Huaihe River. Start gathering in various places to firmly control the Shaopi and Yangquan areas and pay close attention to Cao Cao's movements in Yuzhou."

Zhang Hong asked in surprise: "The general seems to be particularly afraid of Cao Cao's power?"

Sun Ce sighed, I can't help but pay attention.

Although Sun Ce's march went smoothly and he fought all the way to Huainan.It seems to be marching forward with great success.

But in terms of power and background, it is still far behind the Central Plains.

Even with Huainan, judging from the current situation, it is just an enhanced version of King Wu.The probability of unifying the world is still not as good as that of the Central Plains.

This situation is not unprecedented.The advantage of the 5000-year history of the Central Plains is that there are lessons to be learned from history for all situations.

The current situation between Sun Ce and Cao Cao is very similar to Yang Xingmi and Zhu Wen in the late Tang Dynasty.

Yang Xingmi also had Huainan and Jiangdong together, and then recruited the relics to disperse and rest with the people.It is an exact replica of Sun Ce, even the simplification of political affairs, which the people enjoy, is exactly the same.

Zhu Wen is very similar to Cao Cao. He also occupied the Central Plains, killed indiscriminately, raped and cannibalized, but was brave and good at fighting, thirsty for talents, valued agriculture, and suppressed the powerful.More importantly, the two were shaped from the same mold as they liked promiscuous wives. Both of them suffered heavy losses because of the betrayal of the generals caused by promiscuous wives.

The great men of the Celestial Dynasty also made similar comments: Zhu Wen was in a place where there were four battles, and he was similar to Cao Cao, but more cunning.

Under the current situation, Cao Cao was recuperating in the Central Plains to the north, while Sun Ce's Huainan was about to suffer from a serious drought and the land was thousands of miles away.

Now that Yuan Shu has not been eliminated, the war is still going on, and it is not known when the land of Huainan will be calmed down.War and drought will inevitably make Huainan even more dilapidated and its vitality will be almost cut off.

It is really difficult to compete with Cao Cao.

While Sun Ce was sighing, Jiang Qin entered the camp and reported: "General, Colonel Lu Meng has come from Liu'an and requested an audience."

Sun Ce's eyes suddenly lit up, Lu Meng is here?

He and Zhao Yun were the biggest contributors to this battle.

The army marched in three directions, with red flags raised side by side. None of them were as invincible as they were, advancing with great success and expanding thousands of miles.

Even the two main forces, Sun Ce and Xu Kun, were blocked by the fortified city.This also corresponds to what Sun Ce thought at the beginning. With so many famous generals and heroes, there must be someone who will make meritorious deeds for him.Open up the war situation.

Sun Ce immediately said: "Let Captain Lu come in, I want to personally commend this hero."

A moment later, Lu Meng, wearing a red brocade robe and fine black armor, strode in.This young general, freshly dressed and full of energy, opened the tent curtain and walked into the tent facing the sunshine, which made people feel energetic.

But after entering the camp, Lu Meng bowed his hands to Sun Ce very respectfully, and said: "Meng pays his respects to the general."

Lu Meng still knew very well in his heart that his military exploits could only be divided into counties, defeated [-] enemies, and captured three or two counties. Compared with the general's illustrious martial arts, there was a huge difference.

His current prestige, qualifications and achievements are all extremely immature in front of the general.So he didn't dare to escape at all.

Sun Ce didn't think much about it at all. With his prestige in the army, he wasn't worried about the threat posed to him by Lü Meng, a weak general.

Sun Ce went forward very happily, patted Lu Meng's strong arms with both hands excitedly, and said: "Amen, sir, this battle is a great achievement for isolation. We have something to rely on to defeat Liu'an, Chengde, and the battle of Huainan. I no longer have to worry about returning in vain from this campaign!"

When a large army is mobilized, what are you most afraid of?
Undoubtedly, there was no breakthrough and it was difficult to gain a foothold in the local area. As a result, it was difficult to supply logistics and the entire army had to retreat without success.

Lu Meng's victory in this battle was due to Jia Xu's strategizing, but he boldly bypassed Hefei, defeated Lu'an, Chengde, Anfeng and other military towns in one battle, and captured the Shapii area for Jiangdong. This completely laid the foundation for Jiangdong. The achievements of the Northern Expedition!

Jiangdong's army could station in the Shaopi area to stabilize the situation and prevent the war from being difficult and hasty. All three armies returned without success and were forced to withdraw from the Huainan line to the south of the Yangtze River.

Just like Cao Cao's attack on Xuzhou, he also had a smooth battle in the early stage. He marched in several directions and captured more than ten cities in a row, but it was difficult to occupy the captured cities.Once the main force of the army retreated to Yanzhou, all the cities captured by Cao's army were recaptured by Xuzhou.

Now the Jiangdong army, even if it cannot capture Hefei and Shouchun, can still have an army stationed on the Shapi line to ensure the stability of the cities captured by the army.

With this achievement, Lu Meng said excitedly: "This battle is all due to the general's martial talent, which shocked the enemy. The soldiers were brave and the colleagues worked together, so Meng was lucky."

Sun Ce smiled and patted his arm, and said: "Victory is victory, how can we talk about it by chance? If you can scare the enemy generals, this is to attack the heart first, which is the embodiment of your strategy in the art of war. Since ancient times, attacking the heart is the best, attacking is the best. The city is my subordinate! If you can make good use of the art of attacking the heart, you are already worthy of being a general. Gu appoints you as the general of the gangsters, hoping that you can live up to Gu's trust, carry forward the past and open up the future, and break the treason and overcome the rebels for Gu."

Lu Meng's excitement was evident in his words. He solemnly saluted and said, "Meng thanks the general. He will die loyally to repay the general's great kindness."

Sun Ce smiled and helped him up, led him to the map, and said, "Tell me how the situation is along the Shaopi line?"

Speaking of the front line, Lü Meng was very high-spirited and said: "In this battle, we defeated Yuan Shu's consort Huang Yi's 340 men in one fell swoop, captured all of Yuan's army's mansions and pavilions in Shaopi, and obtained more than [-] million shi of grain, solid military supplies, chariots and armor, and treasures. We have no chance of winning. , and it goes on for months and months.”

It would take months to complete, that is to say, it would take a month for the soldiers to move it and sort it out!
In the end, Yuan Shu in Huainan still wanted to be richer than Gongsun Zan in the bitter cold land of Youzhou.

And thanks to Huang Yi's frightened escape, all of this was not in flames.The granary near the capital of the Zhong family was once owned by Sun Ce!
After talking about the capture, Lü Meng began to introduce the situation on the front line and said: "General, although the Yangquan area is surrendered, it is only an expedient move by the defenders and officials. The main force of our army is gathered in Shaopi, and there are no heavy troops in other counties. Garrison and subdue the thieves, they may rebel again at any time.”

The place where Wangfeng descends is not big, probably only a few hundred miles in radius, starting from the four counties west of Anfeng.

Sun Ce looked at the map, frowning slightly. The place is not big, but Jiangdong has too many places to guard, and the area along Shaopi is also hundreds of miles away.

The two together add up to an area of ​​thousands of miles in radius. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, this was also a country of thousands of miles, with hundreds of chariots available!
However, Lu Meng and Zhao Yun only had a few thousand men under their command, and it was really difficult to defend this area.

Sun Ce looked serious and said: "There are more than 2 defenders in Hefei City. The defender is Qiao Rui, the general of Yuan Army. The defense here is very tight. Our army has [-] troops and wants to break through the [-]-strong city of Hefei. We cannot defeat it in a hurry. If we divide our troops to garrison in various places, I am afraid the war will be ruined. Do you have any suggestions?"

Lu Meng took the initiative to make suggestions at this time and said: "General, Yuan Shu used scattered people to resist our elite troops. His intelligence was dim and he was unable to understand the opponent deeply and judge the situation. Therefore, he mishandled the situation and advanced and retreated at a wrong pace. The way to deal with it was to abandon the city first. Go, that's the first plan. Use Shi Shui to block our army, that's the second plan. Sit down and guard Shouchun, and you'll be able to capture your ears."

"Now the enemy has taken the trap and is stationed in Hefei and Shouchun. They are just dead bones in the graves. The thieves have built high bases just to make our troops exhausted. If we besiege Hefei, divide the garrison area and enter it. Plan, this is the reason why this king's city is ashamed of Kunyang. The ancients said that although the enemy has high bases, those who have no choice but to fight with us must attack them and save them."

"With the masses of thieves here, the nest is empty. Our army should turn from defense to attack, give up the territory it occupies, gather the elite, take the road to Shaopi, and go straight to Shouchun. Then the thieves will have internal fear, be afraid, and seek a battle to break it. It must be done.”

After Lu Meng said this, everyone in the tent was shocked.

What should we do if the defensive pressure in the Yangquan and Shaopei areas is extremely high?
Then give up the defense, and the main force will bypass this place and go straight to Shouchun!After defeating the main force of Yuan's army and capturing Shouchun City, the pressure will be gone once!
Without Yuan Jun's tens of thousands of main troops on the side, there will no longer be any defensive pressure in Huainan.The surrendering thief is now isolated and helpless, and he will never dare to surrender and rebel again!
Even Hefei City, which Jiangdong's army has been unable to defeat, now has a solution!
The main force of Jiangdong's army bypassed the city of Hefei and went straight to Shouchun. I wonder if the defenders of Hefei should ignore it or ignore it?

Yuan Shu was defeated twice in succession, losing 3 people in Dongyang and Chen Guodu each. Now he has sent [-] troops to defend the important military town of Hefei. How many troops can he still defend in his capital Shouchun?
If the main force of Jiangdong's army besieged Shouchun, could Yuan Shu really be as stable as Mount Tai?Ordered Hefei not to allow rescue?
The Zhong family's granary in Shaopi had already been seized by Lu Meng. If Shouchun was besieged, with no food inside and no reinforcements outside, Yuan Shu would definitely not be able to sit still.He will order regardless of everything, and immediately send troops from all over the country to solve the difficulties of the capital.

Jia Xu thought about it for a moment, nodded solemnly, and said, "General, you need to know that giant cities are defenseless. Giant cities like Chang'an and Shouchun don't have tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of troops, so they can't be defended at all. Therefore, Li Jue went west to Chang'an , then the emperor will send troops to Xinfeng to resist them. If the army attacks the capital, even if there are defenders, it will be difficult to defend it."

Zhang Hong nodded and said: "Not only military offensive and defensive matters, Yuan Shu also needs to consider prestige and people's hearts. If he arrogates for less than half a year, he will be overthrown by the king's army, besieged Kyoto, and the sunset will be at the end of the road. How will his troops be able to do it? Are you at peace? I'm afraid that everything will collapse and fall one after another. I heard that Yuan Shu's general Mei Cheng and others have led the crowd to rebel, occupied Yanshan, and plundered one side."

Mount Yun is located in Yunxian County south of Lu'an. This is another impact of Lu Meng's attack on the Shaopi area, and the Lujiang River and Jiujiang River were separated.

Yuan Shu's prestige was no longer enough to deter those generals and commanders who were isolated from the local area.

If Shouchun is besieged again and his majesty is wiped out, local generals, county officials, and officials will all have different ambitions and surrender in fear.

It is almost certain that Yuan Shu could not sit back and watch Jiangdong's army march in and besiege Shouchun.

Whether he ordered the Shouchun garrison to go south to resist the enemy, or ordered the Hefei garrison to go north to rescue, this is a chance for the army to win!

Sun Ce decisively followed Shan Ruliu and said: "Since you all agree with this proposal, let's implement it like this. The army will immediately assemble and take the road to the west. With [-] infantry and cavalry, Zhao Yun will be the vanguard and go straight to Shouchun!"

(End of this chapter)