The First Military Division of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 352 Attack Jiangdong?
Chapter 360 Attacking Jiangdong?

"This is impossible." As soon as Chen Ziming's words fell, someone exclaimed. This person was Xu You. Seeing Liu Bei and others looking at him, Xu You hurriedly saluted and said, "Your Majesty, Prime Minister, Jiang Dong was shot by Sun Ce." , the generals in the army only obey the orders of Sun Ce. Most of the Jiangdong literati are from the Jiangdong clan, and now the Jiangdong clan has been purged by Sun Ce in large numbers, causing panic."

"Therefore, no matter where you look at it, Jiangdong is in chaos because of Sun Ce's death. No one can make Jiangdong stabilize in a short time."

After Xu You finished speaking, most people agreed, even Guo Jia nodded slightly in approval of Xu You's analysis.

"Hehe." Chen Ziming smiled slightly, and said: "Sun Ce's death, although it was found that Sun Ce's death was done by the disciples of the clan that Sun Ce destroyed, but there is no proof."

"Sun Ce is the lord of Jiangdong. He is skilled in martial arts and guarded by guards. How can he assassinate mere disciples?" Chen Ziming didn't believe what disciples did.You know, as the overlord of one party, Sun Ce, no matter how brainless he is, he would never do things alone.

Besides, not everyone can get close to Sun Ce's hunting place. The surrounding area is absolutely heavily guarded. How could so many assassins enter Sun Ce's hunting place without anyone noticing.

"What does the prime minister mean, is there an inside story about Sun Ce's death?" Ju Shou asked with a frown.

"I don't know." Chen Ziming shook his head directly. This is all his guess, but it is not easy to stab Sun Ce to death. Sun Ce's guards are definitely much stricter than the prime minister, he knows how strong the guards around him are. , it is conceivable that Sun Ce's death is absolutely full of doubts.

"Sun Ce is alive, and the suppression of some people is too great, which has harmed the interests of many people. Therefore, he must die." Jia Xu, who had not shown much, suddenly spoke, which made everyone stunned, and then his expression changed drastically.

Those who can sit here are not idiots, and quickly understood Jia Xu's meaning. If it is true that there was an inside story about Sun Ce's death, as Chen Ziming said, then only those high-ranking officials who hold great power can do this.

Most of the high-ranking literati in Jiangdong were from the clan. If they participated, it would be reasonable to succeed in stabbing Sun Ce to death so easily.

However, what changed everyone's face was the impact of this incident on them. If Sun Ce's subordinates could conspire to kill Sun Ce, then they, Liu Bei's ministers, could also threaten Liu Bei.

This can completely make Liu Bei suspicious of them, and even cause Liu Bei to weaken their power, which is what they don't want to see.

Of course, those who have such thoughts are those ministers of clan origin, such as Chen Deng of the Chen family in Xuzhou and others.

"There is no evidence for this matter, so don't talk nonsense." Liu Bei glanced at Jia Xu, and then comforted everyone.

Chen Ziming also looked at Jia Xu suspiciously. It stands to reason that with Jia Xu's character, he shouldn't say such outrageous words. You must know that Jia Xu's words will definitely cause dissatisfaction among many ministers from clans. This is a bit contrary to Jia Xu's way of self-protection.

"Now let's discuss whether to take advantage of this to send troops to Jiangdong." Liu Bei had to change the subject. In this era, it is absolutely taboo for a courtier to devour the lord, and no one dares to talk nonsense.

"At present, there are only more than [-] troops in Xuzhou, and they are all scattered in various places. There is also defense against Cao Cao in Yuzhou, and the navy is the same. If we mobilize a large army to go south at this time, it may be difficult to do it within a month." Guo Jia said: "If it is true As the prime minister said, Jiangdong will be stable within a month, so I think there is no need for the big man to send troops."

"Your Majesty." The well-known Zhuge Liang stood up and said, "As Mr. Feng Xiao said, even if the great Han sent troops to attack Jiangdong, it would take a month before Cao Cao was dissatisfied with Sun Ce's sudden withdrawal of troops during the last war. , hoarding a large number of troops in Jingzhou, and now Jiangdong is in chaos, after Cao Cao gets the news, he will definitely order Jingzhou's army to attack Jiangdong."

"What Kong Ming said is very true, don't let Cao Cao take the land of Jiangdong." Guo Jia immediately supported Zhuge Liang, and then said to Liu Bei: "When all the soldiers and horses are moved closer to Yanzhou, Cao Cao's soldiers and horses will not act rashly."

"Send the order...!" Seeing Chen Ziming nodding slightly, Liu Bei immediately sent orders to all the soldiers and horses to move closer to Cao Cao.

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"What, Sun Ce's child was assassinated and died!" Cao Cao received the news only one day later than Liu Bei. After hearing this, Cao Cao was shocked and immediately anxious to discuss the matter with everyone.

"Prime Minister, order General Cao Hong of Jingzhou to lead an army to attack Jiangxia immediately, and General Cai Mao to lead an army to attack Yiling and other places. Afterwards, Prime Minister lead an army to attack Jiangdong." Cheng Yu forgot about Sun Ce's assassination. Cao Cao offered advice.

"Prime Minister, be prepared for Liu Bei's attack." Seeing that Cao Cao was about to give an order, Xi Zhi hurriedly reminded Cao Cao.

"Huh?" Cao Cao heard Xi Zhicai's words, looked at Xi Zhicai suspiciously and said, "Zhicai, Jiangdong is in chaos now, Liu Bei should take the opportunity to attack Jiangdong like me, why did he attack me instead?"

"Prime Minister." Xi Zhicai stood up and saluted: "As far as I know, Liu Bei moved Xuzhou's troops to the north in order to appease Sun Ce's heart. Now there are only more than [-] Liu Bei's troops in Xuzhou, and we still need to guard against General Lejin of Yuzhou Soldiers and horses, if Liu Bei wants to attack Jiangdong, it will take at least one month before the army can go south."

"Liu Bei didn't want the Prime Minister to take Jiangdong, so he had to send the army to attack, so that the Prime Minister had no time to worry about it." Xi Zhicai quickly stated the key point, that is, Liu Bei was not as fast as Cao Cao, so he had to send troops to hold Cao Cao back , everyone, don’t go to Jiangdong.

"Damn it." When Cao Cao heard it, it was true. Liu Bei was really very likely to let soldiers attack him, but Cao Cao was also helpless. He was weak now, and when Liu Bei came to attack, he had to deal with it with all his strength.

"Prime Minister." Xun You stood up and said, "Although Liu Bei is powerful, there is no need to worry. You can order General Cao Hong and General Cai Mao to attack Jiangdong immediately. The two generals have invaded the Jiangdong area again, and they will definitely divide their troops to go south, so that the siege of Yanzhou can be solved."

If Liu Bei wanted to contain Cao Cao, he had to attack Yanzhou, which was besieged on three sides, and Yanzhou was the place where Cao Cao started, so it was very important to Cao Cao and must be rescued.

"Very good..." Cao Cao nodded after hearing this, and then it was reported that Cao Hong and Cai Mao split their troops to attack Jiangdong, while he himself led the army to Yanzhou.

On the way, Cao Cao received an urgent report from Yanzhou that Liu Bei's troops and horses attacked Yanzhou aggressively. Cao Cao was overjoyed when he heard that, because his troops and horses had already reached beyond Yanzhou, Yanzhou was no longer worried, and Cao Hong and Cai Mao had already captured several cities in Jiangdong. All are developing in a good direction.

(End of this chapter)