Chapter 318 Calculating Guan Yu
That's right, Beihai is really a key place to change the world.
As early as the beginning, Sun Quan analyzed to Guan Hai that the north of the Beihai is Gongsun Zan's territory and the south of the Beihai is Tao Qian's territory. The Beihai is in the buffer zone among the two major princes, and the position is very awkward. The reason why no one beats it is entirely because of Kong Rong's reputation and Kong Rong's ambition to expand externally. As long as he does not take the initiative to provoke others, others will not take the risk of being criticized for provoking him.
From this perspective, Beihai, which has no support from any great princes, no enemies or allies, is indeed a good target for the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans. The reason why Sun Quan was so concerned about the Battle of the Beihai was that this battle would be related to Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Taishi Ci.
But in fact, is the Battle of Beihai really only related to Liu Bei and Taishici? Don’t forget that the other protagonist of this stop is the Qingzhou Yellow Turban!
Just imagine, once Guan Hai led the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans and really defeated Kong Rong and took down the Beihai, what does this mean? This means the failure of Liu Bei who sent troops to rescue him, which means that the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans has a real base. Similarly, this also means that Cao Cao will have no chance to recruit the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans in the future!
My God, the Wei and Shu countries in the future may suffer significant losses directly or indirectly here. Can Cao Cao rise smoothly without the Qingzhou army? As for Liu Bei, if Guan Yu is compensated in this battle, can he still have the confidence to fight again and again?
On the surface, Sun Quan seemed to have given Qingzhou Yellow Turbans a base for nearly one million homeless poor people to survive. But in fact, Sun Quan began to plot against his two biggest powerful enemies in the future early.
If Sun Quan's earliest purpose was to win over Taishi Ci in advance and verify the new game, then now, Sun Quan has set his sights on Guan Yu! Even if Guan Yu is a enemy of ten thousand people, in this early stage where Liu Bei has few soldiers, Sun Quan can only design properly and fight for help, even if he uses a pile of people, he can kill Guan Yu!
In this world, the most terrifying thing is not the assassination from the enemy, but the plot of a person who has no grudges against you.
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In less than two days,
Guan Hai gathered the elite troops of the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou and launched a new round of plunder belonging to the Yellow Turbans. I don’t know if other forces have installed undercover agents in this era. If so, everyone in the nearby princes would definitely be in danger. Although the combat effectiveness of the Yellow Turban Army is no longer as good as before, no princes are willing to chew this tough bone. After all, it is simply not profitable to win such an army.
At this time, it was generally believed that the Qingzhou Yellow Turban either wanted to enter Xuzhou. Because Xuzhou was rich, it would be the same as anyone who was fighting, so why not fight a rich man? Or, it was fighting Yanzhou, which Cao Cao had just gained a foothold in Yanzhou for a while, and his foundation was unstable, and perhaps he could have room to take advantage of. Few people knew that the Qingzhou Yellow Turban was going to fight this time, which was a low-key descendant of Confucius who rarely caused trouble, Kong Rong, the Beihai!
If the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans had an inconspicuous trend, then the situation in Jingzhou was the world's attention. The more people paid attention to it, the more transparent the situation on the front line appeared. Sun Quan soon learned that he thought he was just going to feint attack Yuan Shu, who responded to Sun Ce, actually launched an attack on Wancheng, the gate of Jingzhou. Of course, Sun Quan was not too surprised. Sun Quan knew very well that Yuan Shu was extremely ambitious. If he had the chance, he would definitely want to capture Jingzhou. Not to mention the possibility of making a big move, even if he only attacked Wancheng, it would open the gate of Jingzhou and could always come to Xiangyang City in the future. If he could cooperate with Sun Ce in the inside and outside and attack Wancheng, it would be a rare opportunity for Yuan Shu to do so.
However, what surprised Sun Quan was that in the face of the encirclement of the important city of Wancheng, Jingzhou was not the first to send troops to help. The troops sent by Jingzhou actually bypassed Wancheng and went to Yuan Shu's base camp Runan. This move would definitely rescue him. Surround Wei and save Zhao, which was deeply understood by the essence of military strategists. There are capable people in Jingzhou, which is not surprising. Sun Quan was surprised that the news came so quickly. Yuan Shu had just attacked Wancheng, but the back foot was rumored that Jingzhou soldiers arrived in Runan. Sun Quan was not at the scene. He did not know the specific time of the war, but was the Jingzhou army really so fast? This feeling was like when Yuan Shu sent troops to attack Wancheng, Jingzhou also sent troops to attack Runan. Both sides thought of going together, but they had not encountered it on the road. This strange coincidence gave Sun Quan a bad premonition, and intuition told Sun Quan that Yuan Shu probably was a cheat this time. On the other hand, some signs in Yanzhou also made Sun Quan care a little.
Cao Cao is still very friendly with Yuan Shao. In other words, Cao Cao can also be counted as the alliance between Yuan Shao and Liu Biao. If Cao Cao cooperated with Liu Biao's military operation this time, then Yuan Shu would not be able to save people, and the probability of himself being compensated would be very high!
what to do?
Sun Quan frowned. He didn't care about Yuan Shu's life or death, but the safety of his elder brother Sun Ce, the entire Jiangdong Army's elite and elders could not be damaged here. In any case, Sun Quan would not allow any mistakes at this time. So, should the Yellow Turbans of Qingzhou be directed to Yanzhou and divert Cao Cao's attention?
In the end, Sun Quan decided to hold on for the time being.
First of all, it is not clear what Cao Cao in Yanzhou wants to do. Cao Cao is also an ambitious person. Instead of cooperating with Liu Biao in Jingzhou, he might as well take advantage of the time when others have no time to take care of him and develop and grow secretly. When Cao Cao did not make clear his movements, there was no need for Sun Quan to take the initiative to wade into the muddy waters.
Secondly, how to convince Guan Hai not to attack Beihai and to attack Cao Cao is also a big problem. Guan Hai is not stupid, and the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans are not the soldiers under Sun Quan's hands.
Again, if Cao Cao had no movement and stayed honestly in the Yanzhou base camp, Sun Quan would not think that this Qingzhou Yellow Turban could gain a advantage in Cao Cao's hands. Only when Cao Cao led his troops to leave and the rear was empty, could the Qingzhou Yellow Turban have an opportunity to take advantage!
So, while paying attention to the battlefield in Jingzhou, Sun Quan paid attention to the undercurrents in Yanzhou, he followed Guan Hai's Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army to Beihai. With the advantage of the number of people in Qingzhou Yellow Turbans, he successfully surrounded the Beihai firmly.
On the first day, Kong Rong sent a general to fight against the enemy, and Guan Hai personally came to the battlefield and repelled the opponent. Since then, the gate of Beihai has been closed. No matter how hard it is outside the city, no one in Beihai County has opened the gate and went out to fight. Guan Hai is also happy to see that it is accomplished. His purpose is to surround Beihai. If he can't fight, who is willing to fight?
I just don’t know whether the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans were impatient first, or whether Kong Rong in Beihai City could not hold on.
As a result, what surprised Sun Quan and Guan Hai was that on the next day, Kong Rong's letter of truce was sent out in Beihai City. Beihai was willing to exchange food for the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Retreat. This made Sun Quan very stunned. The famous scholar Kong Rong was so easy to be cowardly?
Chapter completed!