three kings

Chapter 335 Set the Central Plains to attack Niuzhu, and cross the waste rock secretly

As soon as these words came out, Shang Nan's face suddenly became ugly, and his expression was also very complicated.But this time, he didn't pay attention to his little lieutenant general.

Sun Can smiled after hearing Zhang Liao's words.Zhang Liao's intelligence and courage have always been his most important arm, and there are very few people in the entire army who can compare with him in terms of talent.That's why I handed over the most important rear line of defense to him. Sun Can was completely assured of his defense.

Instead of asking for details, he went directly to the map and studied it carefully.

After watching for a while, Sun Can looked at Guo Jia and asked, "How is Sun Cejun's defense?"

Guo Jia knew that Sun Can was asking if there were any loopholes in the opponent's defense, so he shook his head and said, "Sun Ce is worthy of being the Queen of the Jiangdong Tigers. There are heavy troops in every fortress and landing point. The defense is impenetrable and extremely difficult to conquer." He took out a map from his pocket and said, "This is the defense line south of the Yangtze River. My lord can take a closer look."

Sun Can took the map and drew clearly on the map where is the food and grass, where is heavily guarded, where is the mountain, and where is the water, "This..." Sun Can looked at Guo Jia curiously. , this military map is very hard to find, especially a map with such detailed records.

Sun Ce is a domineering man. As soon as he captured Danyang County, he blocked the defense line of the Yangtze River.No matter who it is, they are not allowed to cross the river, and they are not allowed to stay nearby. If there is any suspicion, they will be thrown into the dungeon immediately, and those who resist will be executed on the spot.

Therefore, it was even more difficult for his spies in Jiangdong to transmit news, and it was even more difficult to detect the terrain. It took him a long time to get the news of everything Sun Ce did in Jiangdong.

Therefore, Guo Jia's map marking the dangers of the Yangtze River is extremely precious.

Guo Jia explained with a smile: "The key to the confrontation with Sun Ce is the landing on the Yangtze River. Our army is unparalleled in land warfare, but we are not familiar with water warfare. If we want to defeat the enemy, the Yangtze River is an extremely difficult gully for our army to cross. In order to know everything well, before Sun Ce conquered Danyang County, his subordinates went to Jiangdong to swim the Yangtze River in person, and drew this map."

At this moment, Sun Can had no time to blame Guo Jia for his risky behavior.Because, all his eyes were attracted by the map. As Guo Jia said, the most important thing to go south to Jiangdong is to break through the defense line of the Yangtze River. A difficult thing.

Everything is ready, I only owe Zhou Lang.

Sun Can smiled and said, "As soon as Gongjin arrives, our army can easily invade Jiangdong."

Three days later, Zhou Yu led [-] Jianghuai navy to Wan County.

Sun Can immediately summoned his confidants to discuss a plan to defeat the enemy.

He handed the map to Zhou Yu, and said with a smile: "Gongjinshui battles the world's unparalleled, this is the map of the Yangtze River defense line, how can we get our army through this natural danger."

Zhou Yu looked at the map, and after a while, he laughed loudly: "Didn't my lord already know about the wonderful plan to defeat the enemy? With this map, how difficult is it to break through the natural dangers of the Yangtze River?" Crossing waste rocks'."

Sun Can smiled knowingly. Niuzhu is an important stronghold of Sun Ce's army on the Yangtze River defense line. It is guarded by Zu Mao, one of the four elders of the Sun family. It is built by the water, easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is one of the fortresses that the army going south must conquer. .

The waste rock beach is a shoal dozens of miles west of Niuzhu. The terrain there is dangerous, with cluttered rocks and countless hidden reefs.Large and small ships cannot move freely here, but the assault ships in our own army can easily cross because of their fast speed and low draft.

The only flaw is that it is easy to be spotted by the opponent's patrol ship when it lands. Therefore, it must be covered in order to land safely and achieve the effect of a surprise attack.

The attack on Niuzhu obeyed this principle and completely made up for the shortcomings.

Because the waste rock beach is within the patrol area of ​​Niuzhu, as long as Niuzhu is attacked, they will not be able to release the patrol boats. Without patrol ships, they will naturally not be noticed by the enemy when they cross the waste rock beach secretly.As long as you land on the waste rock beach, you can enter Niuzhu from the side.At that time, Zu Mao's attention was all on Zhou Yu in the north, and the defense in the west would be much weaker, as long as he attacked Niuzhu himself.Under the pincer attack of his own and Zhou Yu's two armies, Niu Zhu was undoubtedly defeated.

Niuzhu is the gateway to Jiangdong. Once Niuzhu falls, the land of Jiangdong will be in the eyes of his own army.

The north wind was howling, and Zhou Yu was standing on the bow of the boat. When the river wind blew, the bright red cloak danced against the wind. Under the sunshine, his extremely handsome face seemed to have a brilliance swimming above it, soft yet strong. Deputy Confucian general demeanor.

Looking at the south, he gradually fell into deep thought. He thought of his childhood, when he was 12 years old and became famous in the capital. In the name of a child prodigy, he became a disciple of Confucius, a great Confucian in Luoyang.

Confucius is a famous teacher in the world, and there are more than 200 students under his school, all of whom are of excellent moral character and excellent qualifications.They are either the children of prominent families, or the upstarts of the wealthy side of the society, and a few people from poor families can be like a fish in water with their talents and hard work.From the day he stepped into the door of Confucius, he kicked open the door of wealth and fame, and he can be reused there after he succeeds in his studies.

At that time, he could memorize hundreds of Confucian classics backwards and forwards, and was regarded by Confucius as the most proud student.He is extremely intelligent. It can be said that he can draw inferences from one instance, know everything from what he hears, understand by analogy, has profound thoughts, and rich associations. He is not at all like a 12-year-old boy.

Later, there was an accident.He went out with Confucius, and accidentally left Confucius and lost his way.As an underage child, he suffered a lot when he had no relatives, and he also deeply understood the pain of the lower class.

At that moment, Zhou Yu was confused.

Suddenly he felt that Confucianism was not as great as he had imagined. After that, he couldn't eat and couldn't sleep at night.Until one day, he bumped into an old gentleman outside the mansion.

The man was amiable, and when he knew his name was Zhou Yu, he pulled him as if seeing Bao and started chatting.

The old gentleman was very knowledgeable, and he couldn't help pouring out the troubles in his heart to the old gentleman.

The old man heard this and told him a story about Confucius. Confucius lived 73 springs and autumns, and he often took his disciples to travel around the world. He would also be besieged, and even almost starved to death once, just like a "bereaved dog", ending his life in loneliness.

Confucius was respected by the princes of all countries, but he could not be reused by the princes of all countries. This is not because the princes and kings have no eyes, but because Confucius' thoughts do not work in troubled times.

In a peaceful and prosperous age, the common people live a stable life and are willing to abide by the norms of Confucianism.But in troubled times, everyone is in danger, who would care about other people's affairs?If everyone doesn't care about external affairs, Confucian ideological norms lose their binding force.Confucianism can only defend the world, not conquer it.

To govern the world, Gaozu's rule of inaction and Huang Lao's theory are the best theories, but in troubled times, only the military theory is really useful.

These are Zhou Yu's experience from the old gentleman's story, and from that moment on, he decided to abandon Confucianism, learn the art of war, and abandon his pen to join the army.

The boredom of the past few days was swept away, and the first thing he wanted to do was to worship the old man as his teacher, but the old man refused, leaving behind only the Three Strategies and a name that he dare not forget - Liu Zijing.

"If it weren't for Mr. Zijing, I, Zhou Yu, might not be able to achieve what I am today." Zhou Yu looked at the river and thought to himself.

Then, his thoughts drifted to Shu County again, and he thought of his good friend Sun Ce, who was about the same height as him and who exudes a domineering aura.

Sun Ce has an extremely contagious charm, like a fire in winter, which always warms the hearts of those who approach him. After only a few days of friendship, he added a large house in Lunan, his home, to Sun Ce to live in.

Both of them are both civil and military. The difference is that Zhou Yu was born in a scholarly family and studied under a famous teacher. He is talented, but his martial arts are not high, and the art of war is only on paper, not deep.

Sun Ce, on the other hand, was born in a military family. He was a descendant of Sun Wu, a military sage in the Spring and Autumn Period. He was also the son of the famous general Sun Jian.

Zhou Yu gave up writing and joined the army, and listed military strategy as his main subject in the future. He happened to ask Sun Ce for advice, and Sun Ce also knew that he was not talented enough.

The two complement each other and benefit a lot, and their relationship is like biological brothers.

Thinking of this, Zhou Yu couldn't help showing a sad look on his face, Bo Fu, you and I love each other like brothers, we still have to meet each other on the battlefield after all, what a twist of fate.

"Governor, the figure of the enemy army has been spotted ahead." Gan Ning came to Zhou Yu's side at some point and interrupted his meditation.

Zhou Yu regained his calm demeanor, took off the binoculars from his waist and looked at his eyes, and saw hundreds of warships coming towards him in the distance, and the flags of Zhou and Jiang were hung on the battleships.

"Is it Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin?" Zhou Yu smiled.

"It's very possible," Gan Ning said, "Sun Ce has just won Jiangdong, and the naval army was established not long ago. All of his troops are generals, but Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin were former water thieves, good at water warfare."

Zhou Yu asked again: "How are their skills?"

Gan Ning replied: "Ning had dealt with them when he was a water thief. Jiang Qin was good at defending, and Zhou Tai was good at attacking. When fighting against the enemy, Zhou Tai was always at the front and Jiang Qin was at the rear. It is worth mentioning that Zhou Tai was good at attacking. Tai is known as a "crazy man". When facing the enemy, he fought fiercely and did not know how to back down. Once they were surrounded by officers and soldiers and were trapped in a heavy siege. Zhou Tai insisted on killing and retreating nearly a thousand people with more than 50 people. In this battle, he chopped off twelve first ring knives and suffered more than [-] knife wounds. I thought he would die, but he miraculously survived."

(End of this chapter)