three kings

Chapter 351 Determination of the Central Plains Wangjing Building Fire (Part [-])
If in normal times, Pang Tong had a clear mind and insight as before, he might still be able to see something tricky.But these days, he has long been exhausted.The strategies of Sun Can, Liu Hua, Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Zhou Yu, Lu Xun and others are not very clever, but they are not obvious at a glance.Every time he breaks the plan, he needs to spend a lot of time researching and pondering.Six people can keep him busy for several days.Therefore, after he learned the whole story, he didn't realize those potential dangers.And Sun Ce is not good at strategy, especially Lu Xun's kind of strategy that is calculated through layers of calculations, and it is not his forte, so he didn't realize the mystery.The rest of the ministers were frightened and terrified because they were reprimanded by Sun Ce for asking for peace with Sun Can for the benefit of the family.All of them looked like they were about to get a big win, and they didn't have the mood to take care of others.On the contrary, the seasoned Cheng Pu sensed something was wrong, and said, "If the other party wants to use water, why did they delay until now? Besides, what is Sun Can and the others doing day and night to really attack fake pictures?"

What Cheng Pu said made sense, and Pang Tong's expression moved, but Sun Ce interjected, saying, "It must be that Sun Can and the others didn't know the terrain of Moling before, so they didn't think of this plan!"

Seeing Sun Ce's behavior, Pang Tong nodded in approval. Almost all the civil servants and generals under Sun Can's command are from the north, and some Jiangdong people are not familiar with everything about Moling. go down.After thinking for a while, he said, "My lord, since Sun Can plans to deal with us by flooding, we must make preparations in advance. This flooding strategy is an absolute plan, and one mistake will destroy the entire city." The possibility of people suffering. While ensuring their safety, relative preparations must be made so that casualties can be minimized in the future.”

Then, Pang Tong proposed a series of policies to Sun Ce regarding the water attack.He said: "First, in densely populated areas, dig wells to get water, and solve the water problem first. Second, the river has dried up, causing panic among the people in the city, and rumors are spreading. We must plan ahead and inform our army of these in advance. Unfavorable news and rumors are all suppressed to avoid turmoil. Third, all strategic materials and food and grass should be transferred to high ground, especially food, kerosene, rockets, arrows and other sharp weapons for city defense must be placed in safe places. Any mistakes. As long as these points are done well, casualties should be minimized."

Sun Ce agreed one by one without hesitation, and finally he asked: "Where can we put Wanchun food and grass and most of the strategic materials in Moling? It must be a high ground, even if the enemy's flood is fierce, it will not be able to reach the place."

Zhang Zhao, who is most familiar with the topography of Moling, replied: "There is a floor in Moling Nancheng, named 'Wangjing', which was built by Fuchai, the king of Wu. It is five feet high and extremely magnificent. It is enough to store all materials."

Pang Tong has also been to the Wangjing Tower to watch the scenery, and knows that it is indeed a good place to store food and armaments, but the problem is that the place is too small, and if an accident occurs, only groups of people are allowed to go up to the tower to rescue, and the large The troops can only wait and see under the tower, to no avail.If the matter is serious, it is too late to rescue.Although he was exhausted physically and mentally, he did not lose the precautionary spirit that a counselor should have.Therefore, Pang Tong did not intend to put the material in the watchtower.

He said: "Although the Wangjing Building can store a large amount of materials, it is not conducive to transportation and rescue, and it is not a good place."

This meeting stumped Zhang Zhao. He said awkwardly, "Only the Wangjing Building in Moling can store tens of thousands of grains and many strategic materials. Why don't we store these things separately."

"How can that be done!" Sun Ce refused, "If we hide separately, we won't be able to guard them, and we will be easily missed by thieves. Besides, how can we have so many soldiers guarding them one by one?" After thinking for a while, he said helplessly, " Since there is no place to put it, we can only put it in the watchtower. At worst, send more guards and block all the watchtower. Stop anyone who approaches the watchtower within five feet. Those who approach the watchtower will be driven away by force ; Those who disobey will be killed without mercy. In this way, no one enters the watchtower, and the materials in the tower are naturally preserved."

There was no place to put it, so Pang Tong had no choice but to say: "That's the only way, but the generals guarding the Wangjing Tower need to be carefully selected, and the subordinates recommended Ding Feng as the position. Although he is not as brave as Zhou Tai and Chen Wu, Not as resourceful as Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, and Tai Shici, but he is cautious and conscientious in dealing with things, and he doesn't like drinking, so he is the best candidate."

Sun Ce nodded in agreement.

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January 26.

As the sun set and the sky was dim, Sun Can came to the upper reaches of the Xunyang River. At this moment, the original wide river was no longer there, and instead it was a large lake with a radius of several miles.

Sun Can said with emotion that in order to implement the "flooding plan", he spent nearly a month with [-] soldiers to dig a deep pit with a radius of several miles here.Then divert all the meanders that flowed into Moling, and let the water flow to this deep pit.And block the entrance with countless sandbags.

After a day of water storage, the deep pit was almost full. In order to make the water have a more violent impact, the soldiers still kept sandbags on the embankment.

At that time, after the plan is implemented, the dam built will be destroyed.The water power of this vast lake is enough to form a torrent that can annihilate thousands of troops, and more than ten miles below is Moling, where the confrontation between his army and Sun Ce's army is. Once the flood flows away, Moling must be exhausted. No, and the prepared one's own army will not suffer any losses.

Sun Can suddenly felt a little hesitation in the artificially formed lake. The ten thousand hectares of flood water would not only hurt Sun Cejun, but also more than [-] people in the city.Casualties in war are unavoidable, but the people are innocent.When this flood occurs, how many families will be destroyed.

Thinking of this, Sun Can felt uncomfortable. He started his army with the intention of seeking a better place for the people, but he has been accompanied by killing for many years.

Sighing sadly, he read the eight words Liu Hua taught him: "If you don't break, you can't build, break first and then build."

Lu Xun, who was standing behind Sun Can, heard these eight words, and knew that Sun Can was worried about the people in Moling, so he comforted him: "My lord, Lu Xun was not willing to use this trick at first, but Mr. Wen He told him in the end. Come out. At first, I felt a little unhappy, and then Mr. Zijing came to my tent. He said that the sword is a murder weapon, and it exists to hurt people. But hurting different people has different meanings. And flooding will indeed hurt people , but it is the most effective way. Sometimes, in order to achieve the goal, some kind of compromise must be made, because there is no such thing as everything in the world.”

Lu Xun sighed: "Mr. Zijing's words made him feel a lot. Sun Ce is strong and brave, and he will never admit defeat. Even if he fights to the last one soldier, he will not surrender. Only by destroying him in one battle can we be defeated." Really save the people in Jiangdong. Otherwise, let him escape from Moling and return to his hometown of Wu County, then it will be another fierce battle, and more people will be killed or injured."

Ever since Lu Xun revealed his plan to defeat the enemy that day, Sun Can knew his talent.At this moment, although he is not as experienced as Zhou Yu, but as long as he exercises, he will definitely not be inferior to Zhou Yu.

Of course, Sun Can would not just look at the talents and not accept them. Lu Xun originally wanted to go to Sun Can to revitalize the Lu family. After meeting him, he was even more moved by his desire to seek talents, so he joined Sun Can's account as a matter of course.

After listening to Lu Xun's words, Sun Can laughed at himself. In fact, he knew all these things, and he didn't care about using time to kill and make decisions, but he always felt a little embarrassed and uncomfortable before and after the event.

Knowing that he couldn't change his plan, he changed the subject and said, "Bo Yan, how are you doing? Did you follow the plan?"

Lu Xun replied: "My subordinates don't know, but this plan must not leak a little bit of information. After the subordinates arranged to return everything, they cut off all connections with the dead men. But the lord can rest assured, those dead men have sneaked into the Wangjing Tower beforehand. Top, the other party will definitely not pay attention."

Sun Can nodded solemnly, looked at the time, and said in a low voice: "There are still three hours, and the victory or defeat is determined at one stroke."

In the dead of night, above the Wangjing Tower, eight dead soldiers of the Lu family, wearing dark night clothes, climbed down from the top of the Wangjing Tower lightly.

The cold wind roared, but it did not hinder their actions.

They placed the fire starter on their waists and groped their way downstairs step by step.There was no fire in the tower, it was pitch black, and the only bright spot was a little bit of moonlight penetrating through the air holes in the tower.It can be said that they can't see their fingers, but they had already kept everything in the tower in their hearts before they performed the task, and that little bit of faint light was enough for them to walk.

Because the Wangjing Tower has been in disrepair for hundreds of years, the buildings in the tower are prone to fire, not to mention flammable materials such as kerosene and grain.Therefore, after searching carefully, Sun Ce ordered the watchtower to be closed, and no one was allowed to patrol at night.

Originally, Sun Ce was afraid that the patrolling soldiers would cause accidents while carrying torches, but he did not expect that this action would just help the dead soldiers of the Lu family, making them walk slowly in the tower without hesitation.

They will send a person to wait on each next floor until they reach the last floor.

There were only four of eight people left.One of the four of them went to set fire to the center of the tower, and the other three poured their own kerosene on the stairs on the second floor.

(End of this chapter)