The Jagged Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 817 Crazy Attack ([-])

After Sha Moke checked the situation of Zhang Cheng's army, he felt very surprised.

He originally thought that the new army of the Jiangdong Army had only been formed for no more than two months. Regardless of the quality and discipline of the army, it must be so bad that it couldn't be worse.

After all, I have never heard of an army that can immediately enter the battlefield with strong combat effectiveness without sufficient training, and can defeat the enemy and win the victory on the battlefield.

Maybe such a thing can only be done by heavenly soldiers and generals?
But looking at the momentum and state of the current formation of the army in front of him, it doesn't seem to be like a newly formed army, but more like the performance of an army that has been trained for a long time.

Their army array was arranged very neatly, and every soldier was full of fighting spirit, and there was no sign of timidity.

The armor and weapons on them are all so shiny!It shows the mental outlook that a lion should have all the time!
After seeing all this, Shamoke's brows were immediately frowned: Such an army should be regarded as an elite unit of the Jiangdong Army, right?
Sha Moke couldn't help scolding Deng Ai in his heart, did he make a mistake in the investigation of the enemy's situation, or did he deliberately inform himself of false information so that he could go out to fight, let him take the opportunity to leave here, and take his own men and horses to escape ? !
The anger in Sha Moke's heart can be seen from this.He even hesitated a little, whether he did the right thing in today's hasty face-to-face confrontation.

In fact, Sha Moke did misunderstand Deng Ai. He neither had any problems with the investigation, nor did he intentionally mislead Sha Moke to let him lead the Wuxi barbarian army to attack.

Because the Jiangdong army in front of us is easily a new army temporarily formed by the four major families in Wu County.Even their designations and the commander of the army, Zhang Cheng, had just been appointed by Sun Quan.

If such an old army is not a new army, it would be hell.

But the elite army with a well-organized formation that Sha Moke saw actually existed, and it was indeed the army standing in front of Sha Moke.

There seems to be a contradiction between the two, but in fact there is no contradiction at all.

Because the army that Sha Moke saw now was actually the vanguard of the Jiangdong New Army, and they accepted the command of the forward general Liu Zan.

Moreover, the current composition of this part of the people has also changed a lot from before.

Just last night, when Zhang Cheng summoned Liuzan to discuss the next day's attack arrangement, Liuzan stated his views to Zhang Cheng.Moreover, Liu Zan's point of view did have a major impact on Zhang Cheng's decision-making, causing Zhang Cheng to rearrange the structure of the army under his command.

Liuzan believes that it is absolutely impossible for a newly formed army to have sufficient combat effectiveness and cohesion, unless they want to use large-scale recruits who died in battle to make the army gradually mature.

But this way of fighting is a very cruel method, which is completely equivalent to the soldiers of the temporary pull-in army. Those who die in future battles are often those newly drawn-in soldiers.This is a countermeasure that was taken out of necessity when the warlords fought in a melee.

In addition, most of the soldiers in this army today are voluntary, and they are the few remaining new forces in Wu County, because Wu County has always been the most important source of troops for the Jiangdong Army. Conscription in the local area has already caused the depletion of local troops.If this new army suffers another heavy casualty, it will deal a very fatal blow to Wu County.

Zhang Cheng didn't expect that this praise, who looks like a warrior, would care so much about the people's livelihood, and express such profound insights, he is really a person not to be underestimated.

Zhang Cheng's emphasis on Liuzan suddenly increased a few points, and he respected Liuzan even more in his heart.

Zhang Cheng bowed his hands to Liu Zan, and asked: "General Liu's words are very reasonable, so since our army wants to fight against Shamoke's Wuxi barbarian army quickly, how should we arrange tomorrow's battle?"

Liuzan is a straight-talking person, his character is indeed straightforward, and he never turns around when speaking.It was because of such a straight-forward character that he won the appreciation of Lu Ji and Gu Yong's family from the very beginning, thus entrusting all their private soldiers to him to command.

Liu Zan still did not change his personality at this time, and immediately said bluntly: "General Zhang, excuse me, if you don't adjust the composition and structure of our army accordingly, my family will be defeated in tomorrow's battle." Defeat is certain!"

As soon as Liu Zan said this, Zhang Cheng's usually gentle face frowned.

As for the other generals under Zhang Cheng's command, there was a commotion after that, and there was a lot of discussion, some were in favor of Liu Zan's opinion, and some accused Liu Zan of what he said in a low voice, they really didn't know what to say.After all, the battle is imminent now, how can one's own general say such a thing, it is clearly to increase the enemy's ambition and destroy one's own prestige!

But it should be said that Zhang Cheng is deeply learned from his family, and his personal cultivation is still very good.He took a deep breath calmly, suppressing the displeasure in Liu Zan's words just now, and asked in a very gentle tone: "What did General Liu say? Please explain in detail for this general." reason."

Seeing Zhang Cheng's good demeanor, Liu Zan couldn't help but feel a little moved. Obviously he is not a fool, knowing that what he said just now might cause Zhang Cheng to turn against him on the spot.Zhang Cheng was obviously unhappy, but he held back his temper unexpectedly.

Zhang Cheng is now the supreme commander of an army of [-] people, he is not an ordinary scribe or playboy who misses the market, and his temper is still so good.This was indeed a bit beyond Liu Zan's expectation, and it was also the reason why he was a little moved.

Therefore, Liu Zan felt that this Zhang Cheng was indeed a leader worthy of his help, and he should do his best to relieve his worries and labors.

It can be clearly seen from here that leaving praise is really very meaningful, and it can even be said to be very loyal.

And in history, he is indeed such a person.After he was used by Sun Quan, he gained great trust from Sun Quan because of his upright and loyal character.Sun Quan always likes people who can't play tricks, so even if Liu Zan often contradicts him, he will not be punished.

This incident happened to Zhu Ju, the later prime minister of Eastern Wu.According to Zhu, this person took over the position of Prime Minister Bu Ying at that time, and he was also from Wu County.

Zhu Ju was framed by the treacherous official Lu Yi, and was almost sentenced to death.Liu Zan and Zhu Ju were actually not familiar with each other, but Zhu Ju, who was a god friend, knew that Zhu Ju was framed.He really dared to go directly to the place where Zhu Ju was kneeling with his sword, and protected him, so as not to let Sun Quan's personal soldiers take him away.

Such a "stupid thing" is not something that ordinary honest people can do.

Of course, Lu Yi also sued Liu Zan and a man named Zheng Zhou afterwards.But because Liuzan was deeply trusted by Sun Quan, there was nothing wrong with him, but Zheng Zhou was miserable, and of course he was imprisoned immediately.

(End of this chapter)