Overlord!

Chapter 81 What is a Genius!
The name Zhou Zhang is not very famous, but another person related to him is a well-known official in the late Han Dynasty.That is, Chen Deng, the prefect of Guangling.

As for the reason why Chen Deng has such a great reputation, ninety-nine percent of his achievements are all done by Zhou Zhang, or blown out.

How high a person's historical status and reputation in future generations is, the key point is whether he will promote himself.

For example, Chen Deng is a typical example in this regard. He is a typical talent that is hard to evaluate, but his talent is definitely the best in the world.

When he helped Liu Bei take control of Xuzhou, he made a bold statement: "Today, I want to ride a hundred thousand in order to make the king walk together. At the top, I can help the people and become the cause of the five hegemons. At the bottom, I can cede the land and guard the territory, and write the merits of bamboo and silk."

As far as Sun Ce observed, it would be good if half of his rhetoric was realized.

Of course, there is nothing wrong with helping the princes to cheer up.Sun Ce's group of civil servants almost all encouraged Sun Ce, saying that Bizhou is rich and rich, if the general can occupy Jiangdong, he will be able to have millions of people, lead one hundred thousand soldiers, and compete in the world.

But in fact, Sun Ce now has the support of the two counties of Danyang and Wujun, so he can only pull out more than [-] cavalry.

So it's understandable for Chen Deng to talk big in this regard.But the point is that other people are not like Chen Deng, who just won the favor of Jiang and Huai, so they have the ambition to swallow Jiangnan.It seems that Sun Ce is just a child of Huangkou. Even if there are ten times as many people in Jiangdong, if he dares to go north to Guangling, he can swallow it for Duke Cao.

And the reason why he has such a reputation is that there are even rumors of two defeats to Sun Ce.That should be attributed to Zhou Zhang.

In 199, during the Battle of Kuangqi, Chen Deng was besieged by Zhou Zhang in Kuangqi City.While Chen Deng sent his meritorious officer Chen Jiao to break out of the encirclement for help, he ordered his subordinates to secretly go out of the city ten li to set up camp, and then gather firewood at the place where the rescuers must pass, and pile it up every ten steps, in a vertical and horizontal row, neatly arranged, and then light it up at night near and far.

Zhou Zhang's troops were overwhelmed by the fire, while Chen Deng reined in his troops and ran after them.

It was such a simple battle without even a fierce battle. One side saw the torches collapse, and the other side sent troops to chase and kill them.

After Chen Deng waved his hand, the good news became that Chen Deng defeated Sun Ce and beheaded more than ten thousand people!

His reputation, Chen Deng, became famous in an instant, and he was able to behead tens of thousands of heads of Sun Ce's army, which is simply a peerless hero.Then this battle must not defeat at least 2, or even 3 of Sun Ce's subordinates in one battle?

But in fact, Sun Ce has never fought a battle of wealth in commanding more than 3 people in his life.

In 199, Sun Ce was gathering all the main forces, and prepared to attack Lujiang.His cousins ​​Sun Ben and Sun Fu led 13 troops to garrison Poyang Lake to guard against the Yuzhang Army in the south. He and his most famous general Zhou Yu commanded [-] main forces to attack Wancheng with all their strength. More than ten thousand people.The big bridge and the small bridge were accepted by Sun Ce and Zhou Yu in this battle.

As soon as Lujiang was captured, Huang She, the son of Huang Zu, the prefect of Jiangxia, led an army of more than [-] people to rescue, and Sun Ce led the army westward again, defeating Huang She.Then he continued to attack Jiangxia, defeated Liu Biao and Huang Zu's allied forces, beheaded Liu Biao's general Han Xi, captured Huang Zu's wife, and captured [-] warships. Huang Zu escaped alone.

He fought in the west for a whole year, and then led his army south into Yuzhang County the next year. He sent his big treasure, Yu Fan, as an envoy, and forced Hua Xin, the prefect of Yuzhang County, to surrender.

Under such circumstances, how could Sun Ce have the energy to allocate [-] to [-] troops to Zhou Zhang, and let Chen Deng cut down tens of thousands of ranks in one go.And the most important thing is that when the [-] army was divided, there were no other famous Jiangdong generals, and only Zhou Zhang was in command.

In fact, Sun Ce suffered from not being able to brag. The war between him and the Chen brothers Chen Yu and Chen Deng actually lasted for a long time.

For example, just after Sun Ce went to the west, Chen Yu sent people with more than 30 seals to the commander-in-chief Zulang, Jiao Ji and Wu Jun in Danyang, Xuancheng, Jingxian, Lingyang, Shi'an, Yixian, Shexian and other places. Cheng Yan, Baihu and others asked them to respond internally, and as soon as Sun Ce's troops moved out, they immediately attacked Jiangdong counties.

Defeating these troops was nothing worth mentioning in Sun Ce's view, so Sun Ce sent Lu Fan and Xu Yi to lead the army to fight directly across the sea, and went straight to Haixi, defeated Chen Yu, and captured his official wife 4000 people.

Haixi is at the northernmost and northeast corner of Guangling County.Connected with Donghae County.Donghai County is very small, covering only a few hundred miles.To be more precise, the distance between Haixi County and Langya Kingdom in Shandong is less than a hundred miles.Go a little further north and go to Qingzhou.And Chen Yu also abandoned the army decisively after the defeat, and ran to Qingzhou to join Yuan Shao.

Lu Fan has never been known for commanding troops, and Xu Yi is not a first-class general under Sun Ce's command.In this way, he was able to lead a partial division across the sea to attack the city, and Chen Deng's cousin Chen Yu, who was beaten, lost his wife and son, and left the army and old officials to go away alone.

According to Chen Deng's boasting, Xu Yi would have to behead at least [-] ranks in this battle, surpassing Zhou Yu, Cheng Pu and others in one fell swoop, and becoming the top famous general in Jiangdong.In fact, Xu Yi is also a hero in Jiangdong, but Xu Yi's reputation is not as good as Ling Cao's.

It can only be said that the battle report will deceive people, but the battle line will not!As soon as Chen Deng finished the battle, he was transferred from Guangling to serve as the prefect of Dongcheng, hundreds of miles away.If he really has the ability to defeat Sun Ce's army, Cao Cao will transfer him from Guangling if he is crazy.

In fact, according to the virtue of Zhou Zhang's subordinates, it is obvious that Sun Ce used the same method as the Chen brothers to instigate the rebellious Guangling tribe to disgust and contain Guangling, so as to prevent them from going south to attack Wujun during his westward expedition.

This method is indeed not very clever, but it can't stand the fact that all generals in this era love to use this method.For example, Guan Yu attacked Xiangfan, and later instigated a large number of Cao Wei rebels to echo him.The rebels even appeared near Xuchang, scaring Cao Cao almost to move his capital.

The Chen brothers instigated a large number of tyrants and Zong Shuai in Danyang and Wujun, and Sun Ce naturally had to instigate a group of Qu Shuai and Hao You in Guangling.

So when he heard Zhou Zhang say that he was from Xuzhou who lived in the Jianghuai area, Sun Ce looked him up and down a few times very seriously.

With this kind of background, he should know many JAC heroes.But this guy actually left his career behind and came here just because he opened a warehouse to release food.

This made Sun Ce almost...hate him for not fighting.You gave up your ambition and ideal just for a few bowls of rice?Where is your toughness?What about your military battlefield?Is it really fragrant in a blink of an eye?
And I heard Sun Ce ask him if he knew the old friends of heroes in the Jianghuai area.

Zhou Zhang's eyes lit up immediately, and he asked, "Does the general want to recruit heroes? There are bandits everywhere in the Jianghuai area, and there are countless people who support their own interests. When I was wandering in Jianghuai, I met many old friends. If I am famous as a general, I will openly supply food and grass. , I can recruit a large number of troops for the general, and help the general prosper the king's hegemony."

Sun Ce was even a little dumbfounded, that's right, what good advice can you expect from Cao Mang, who was born as a bandit?All they can think of is to lure bandits and gather in the green forest.

Sun Ce originally wanted to drive him out and let him go to Huainan and Guangling to organize people and get to know the rebel army, not to mention conquering half of the country like Princess Pingyang, at least form a rebel army that can be used to echo his Northern Expedition.

But now it seems that if this guy goes to Jiangbei in his own name, he will only gather a group of bandits and rogues, whizzing through the mountains and forests.

So Sun Ce said, "General Liyang is doing the job of attracting the people of Jianghuai. Have you ever considered returning to Xuzhou?"

"Xuzhou?" Zhou Zhang was stunned for a moment. He had been away from Xuzhou for more than ten years, and now he has been living in the south of the Yangtze River, and his heart for returning to Xuzhou has almost faded.Now being mentioned by the general about his hometown, he really felt a little nostalgic for his hometown for a while.

Sun Ce said: "I know that your family is settled in Wu County, but Xuzhou and Wu County are only separated by a river, especially Jiangdu and Guangling counties can be seen across the river. I hope you can go to this area to attract a group of real people. Heroes, not bandits and bandits."

Jiangdu was once the capital of Wu Wang Liu Bi. Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty even lingered here, and almost regarded Jiangdu as the second capital of Dasui.

In later generations, this place was renamed Yangzhou, and it became an inherent impression in the hearts of people in the Central Plains to wear a hundred thousand guan and ride down to Yangzhou on a crane.

Sun Ce never thought of sticking to the south of the Yangtze River. In any case, bringing Yangzhou under his command is the most reasonable strength plan.

More importantly, there are many generals in Xuzhou!

For example, Xu Sheng.

The phrase "Anyone who violates the territory of Great Wu, Sheng will destroy it" almost made the name of Dabao known all over the world.

Zhou Zhang thought about it for a while, and replied with cupped hands: "I heard that since the Ruorong Rebellion, Guangling has died. General Yuan and General Liu are fighting in Guangling again, and the people's hearts are uneasy. If the general wants to, I would like to sneak into Guangling and serve as the general. Influence."

"Good! Very good!" Sun Ce clapped his hands excitedly: "Nowadays, there are a lot of refugees in Guangling, and there are a lot of fish and dragons. You will not attract attention if you sneak into it. I will also promote you to the Sima of the other division of the navy. You can form your own trilogy, build to facilitate Xuzhou scholars and people entering Jiangdong."

In fact, the ideas of the lords of all parties are roughly similar, and what I like most is to only give them a name and let them develop one side by themselves.

For example, Yuan Shu only gave Sun Ce a name and hoped that Sun Ce would help him conquer the entire Jiangdong.

Sun Ce also only gave Zhou Zhang a name and dozens of parts, hoping that he would help him manage a huge force that would affect the entire Jiangbei.

Sun Ce believes that Zhou Zhang should have this ability.After all, he pulled out a trilogy that claimed to be ten times as numerous, and besieged Chen Deng, the prefect of Guangling, in Kuangqi City.

Now Sun Ce doesn't need Zhou Zhang to lead the army to attack Chen Deng. As long as he can manage Jiangbei well, Guangling City will be taken first by himself!
Sun Ce's military deployment is bound to be different from Sun Quan's.

But thinking about this question now is a bit far away, and the top priority is to win Wu Jun.

So after arranging Zhou Zhang, Sun Ce looked at Deng Dang and said with a smile: "If I want to wipe out Wu County, the combination of Zhengqi and Qi will be indispensable to quickly defeat the enemy. Your idea of ​​fighting lightly and fighting lightly this time is actually It's amazing, unlike the idea that warriors like these two would come up with, whose suggestion is it?"

Deng Dang hesitated for a moment, then cupped his hands and said: "I heard that Neiju doesn't avoid relatives, and I don't want to hide it from the general. This idea is my brother-in-law Amon's strong suggestion."

"Amon?"

The next moment, a small soldier with a thick head and a thick head, with the wild gaze of a country boy in his eyes, stood up and responded with a loud voice.

"General, I am! My surname is Lu, my first name is Meng, and my name is Ziming."

Lu Meng!

While the others laughed, Sun Ce took a deep breath and looked at this wild young man.

Lu Meng!After three days of farewell, be the protagonist who admires each other.

One of the 5000 most outstanding generals in the Central Plains since 72 years ago.

Moreover, he is one of the generals who are capable of writing and martial arts, and have strict military discipline.

Later generations always thought that Lu Meng defeated Guan Yu by relying on a surprise attack before entering the Wu Temple.

In fact, this underestimated Lu Meng too much. Lu Meng had countless military exploits in his life.

He also fought with Guan Yu more than once.When Guan Yu was guarding Jingzhou, Lu Meng led an army of [-] to take Changsha, Lingling, and Guiyang from Guan Yu with thunder.

Of course, since Lu Meng and Guan Yu had never confronted each other head-on and fiercely, the question of whether they are stronger or weaker is basically the same as Chen Deng, and the comparison depends entirely on their reputation.

But what Sun Ce appreciates about Lu Meng is that he is very compatible with his own ideas.

Whether it is strict military management, solemn military appearance, or strict military discipline, it is very in line with Sun Ce's military philosophy.

Especially for the latter, during the battle to capture Nanjun, Lu Meng had a sergeant under him, who was the Lu Meng Township Party, who came from the south of Runan County just like Lu Meng.He took a bamboo hat from the folk family to cover the armor of the government.Lu Meng believed that although the armor is a public artifact, it is still a violation of military orders to take the folk hats without permission.Beheaded him with tears.So the army trembled, so that the road did not pick up the lost things.

Therefore, it has never been difficult to enforce military discipline, it only depends on whether the generals are willing to strictly enforce military discipline.

Just looking at this little guy, Sun Ce remembered that when he was young, he was Amon of Wuxian County.

How come he now knows the art of war that is just to win by surprise, to surprise the enemy, and to attack the enemy by surprise?
Sun Zhizhi was slightly surprised and said: "Amon, you have such insight before you become a weak crown. Wouldn't it take a few years for you to be the governor of my subordinate and supervise all the ministries?"

After hearing Sun Ce's important talk, the generals who were laughing at Lu Meng were all surprised.

Who?
This little guy who has to shout his name and name so as not to be looked down upon as a child?And supervise the generals?

If that's the case, what's the deal when he gets promoted smoothly?Don't you want to become a famous player like a champion?

Lu Meng was really confused at the moment.

Even he himself didn't think so highly of himself.

The ultimate he can imagine is General Sun.In the year of the weak crown, he commanded an army of tens of thousands, with thousands of troops under his command.

But General Sun's expectations for himself were even higher than this, and he supervised all the generals!

The same is true for Da Sima Huo Qubing.

After a long time, he reacted in a hurry, cupped his hands and said: "When my brother-in-law is teaching the art of war in the army, I will listen to it. It's lively. That's why I have some insights today, and I dare not pretend to have knowledge."

This is the template of genius.The same course, others may not be able to understand it after formally listening to it.He watched the excitement from the sidelines, and he could comprehend it after listening to a few sentences.

Sun Ce asked: "Then I will test you, how do you think I want to quell the Wuhui?"

To Sun Ce's surprise, Lu Meng blurted out without hesitation: "Construct water conservancy, open up wilderness, and the army and people are abundant, and Jiangdong will be settled!"

(End of this chapter)