Chapter 134: Sit and reap the benefits of the fisherman
Sun Ce was only one day behind Liu Bei and learned the news that Cao Cao led 50,000 troops to attack Xuzhou. For him, this was great news.
He immediately set up camp and moved to five miles outside Juchao City to set up camp. As soon as Liu Bei left, he could immediately enter the city and occupy Juchao, and then lead his troops to pursue Liu Bei.
However, just when Sun Ce was proud and thought he was going to avenge Wu Jing, Sun Bi and others, Sun Jing persuaded him not to pursue Liu Bei.
"Why can't we chase?"
"Chasing it is harmful but useless." Sun Jing replied, stroking his beard.
Sun Ce was greatly puzzled: "What's the explanation?"
"Why did Liu Bei retreat?" Sun Jing asked without answering.
"Of course it's because Cao Cao sent troops to conquer Xuzhou and he was in a hurry to return. That's why we have to chase him and hold him back so that he can't return to Xuzhou."
Sun Jing asked again: "Do you want Cao Cao to seize Xuzhou?"
"Yes, if Liu Bei loses Xuzhou, he will not be able to fight with me again." Sun Ce replied.
"Hey, Bo Fu, you're wrong." Sun Jing sighed.
Sun Ce was a little confused, thinking that what he thought was right, why did Uncle Cong say that he thought wrong.
He looked at Sun Jing, waiting for her to continue.
Just listen to Sun Jing say again: "If you really drag Liu Bei here and prevent him from returning to rescue Xuzhou, thus losing Xuzhou. Then have you ever thought about it, if Liu Bei really loses Xuzhou, he will do his best to save Xuzhou."
Fight for the Lujiang River, and take the two counties of Jiangxi as the foundation. You fight with Liu Bei, but Cao Cao reaps the benefits. Is this what you want?"
The words woke up the dreamer. Sun Ce was also a smart man. After hearing what Sun Jing said, he immediately understood the pros and cons.
"Uncle Ji's intention is to let Liu Bei go back and let him fight with Cao Cao. Let's recapture Jiujiang first and then take the opportunity to capture Guangling?"
"Yes, Cao Cao personally led 50,000 troops to fight against it. As I expected, Liu Bei will definitely mobilize all his troops and horses to come back to rescue Xuzhou. Xuzhou is its foundation and must not be lost. Let's take back Jiujiang and take advantage of the time when he and Cao Cao are fighting.
, we can advance from Jiujiang and Dantu, seize Guangling, and have all the land in Huainan. In this way, if we want to capture the two counties of Kuaiji and Yuzhang, it will be as easy as picking something out of a bag."
Sun Ce said happily: "Thanks to Uncle Ji's words, Ce almost made a mistake. However, I am afraid Liu Bei will not abandon Jiujiang easily and will definitely keep troops to garrison."
"Zhou Ping, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu have all returned to Xuzhou. If you want to take Jiujiang, what's the problem?"
Sun Jing knew that the people Liu Bei relied on were mainly Zhou Ping's plan and Zhang Fei and Guan Yu's courage. Now that Xuzhou is in trouble, all three of them will definitely go back. The only one who can stay to guard Jiujiang is Taishi Ci.
However, with the power of Tai Shi Ci, it would not be difficult at all to withstand the two-sided attack of Sun Ce and Zhou Yu and recapture Jiujiang.
Sun Ce was happy and his confidence doubled. Not only was he confident in recapturing Jiujiang, he was also confident in capturing Guangling.
He sent out scouts to keep an eye on Liu Bei's retreat.
Liu Bei had already asked Li Jia to retreat from Xiang'an. Li Jia only had 3,000 soldiers and the light army retreated. Xu Kun also knew that Li Jia was a scheming person and did not dare to pursue him.
After Zang Ba also left Juchao, Liu Bei asked Lu Su to lead his troops to leave first and retreat to Liyang, and at the same time asked Guan Yu to retreat from Liyang to Hefei.
Now, Liu Bei only has more than 14,000 soldiers and horses left in his residence.
Liu Bei asked Cao Cheng to lead three thousand soldiers to escort the grain, grass and baggage. He followed closely with Zhang Fei, and Chen Dao led two thousand soldiers to the rear.
Before leaving the city, he grabbed Zhou Ping's hands and repeatedly told him: "Sir, you must be careful when you go to Jingzhou. If you can persuade Liu Jingzhou to send troops and make the capital, then you can. If you can't,
Sir, you can return quickly, and I will order Yunchang to lead the troops to return for reinforcements. Jiujiang can be abandoned, but Xuzhou must not be lost."
"My lord, lead your troops back to rescue. As long as you hold Xiapi, Cao Cao will not be able to capture Xuzhou. If I can't persuade Liu Jingzhou, I can go to Yecheng and persuade Yuan Benchu to lead his troops to Xuzhou. If Yuan Benchu is unwilling to send troops, my lord, now
It won’t be too late for General Guan to lead his troops back to Xuzhou.”
Zhou Ping had long thought that Liu Biao might not be willing to send troops, but it was possible for Yuan Shao to send troops. If Liu Biao couldn't be persuaded, he would persuade Yuan Shao.
Liu Bei was surprised and said: "Why would Yuan Benchu send troops to attack Xu? He and Cao Cao are allies and old friends, and they have a close relationship. I'm afraid this is not possible."
"Not necessarily. Cao Cao coerced the emperor to order Yuan Shao. He had previously appointed himself as the general and Yuan Benchu as the Taiwei. However, Yuan did not want it, so Cao Cao quickly gave up the position of the general and became Sikong. It seems like this
, there is a gap between Yuan and Cao, and there is an opportunity to take advantage of it. However, I still go to persuade Liu Jingzhou first, if I can't go to Jizhou again."
"That's fine, sir, be careful on the road!"
Liu Bei waved goodbye to Zhou Ping and led his troops to leave Juchao on the road.
Zhou Ping sent Liu Bei away and took Zhang Wu back to the south gate tower. He looked outside the city, but he didn't see Sun Ce leading his troops to the city, nor did he see Sun Ce leading his troops to pursue Liu Bei.
I was wondering why Sun Ce didn't chase him.
Soon, they saw Sun Ce leading his troops to the city.
Sun Ce didn't want to chase Liu Bei, but he didn't forget to take back Juchao.
Therefore, after the scouts reported that Liu Bei had led his troops to leave, he led his troops to the city and wanted to enter the city.
Unexpectedly, when they arrived at the city, they saw a man standing on the city with a wine gourd hanging on his waist, and behind him stood a man with a bow and an arrow on his back.
If this isn't Zhou Ping and his guards, who are they?
Could it be that Liu Bei didn't even want to lose Juchao and kept Zhou Ping to guard Juchao?
Sun Ce was puzzled, so he rode his horse to the bottom of the city, looked up the city, and shouted loudly: "Zhou Wen'an, Liu Xuande has left, why are you still here?"
Zhou Ping replied loudly: "My lord is afraid that General Sun will lead his troops to pursue my lord, so I leave me to lead the troops to guard this city, in order to stop the general from chasing my lord."
There are truths and lies in what he said. The truth was that he was really trying to stop Sun Ce from pursuing Liu Bei. The lie was that he did not have an army in command and only had eighteen guards besides him and Zhang Wu.
Sun Ce laughed and said: "Hahaha... You can rest assured that I will not chase Liu Xuande. You can leave Juchao, and I will not chase you."
"Why? Does General Sun also know not to stop when he returns to the army?"
"To be honest, if Xuzhou is in the hands of Liu Xuande or in the hands of Duke Cao, it will be disadvantageous for me. But now that Duke Cao has led his troops to fight against it, I let Liu Xuande go back to fight with Duke Cao, but it is beneficial to me. Why should I go
Chase him."
Sun Ce was also sincere and expressed his true thoughts.
Conversation between smart people, uu reading www.uukanshu.com It is useless to talk too much. The only way is to tell the truth and let the other party weigh the interests and harms and make a decision.
Zhou Ping did not expect that Sun Ce would have such thoughts. If he had known that he would think so, he would not have to stay here and waste time.
"General Sun can think like this, which shows the general's wisdom. Don't worry, I will only stay here for three days. I will leave after three days. You can enter the city by then. Therefore, General Sun, please go back to the camp and wait."
Sun Ce believed what Zhou Ping said. He must have stayed in Juchao just as he said, just to prevent himself from pursuing Liu Bei.
Now that he didn't want to chase Liu Bei, he was not in a hurry to seize the nest. According to Zhou Ping's words, he would return to the camp and wait. He would just send people to guard outside the city every day and pay attention to what was going on in the city.
Three days later, Liu Bei had retreated to Shucheng, took Shucheng's troops with him, and continued to retreat north.
At this time, Zhou Ping was also convinced that Sun Ce would not pursue him, so he left Juchao with Zhang Wu and eighteen guards, first walked north and then turned west, heading for Xiangyang.
Liu Bei led his troops to retreat to Hefei first, and then to Xuzhou.
At this time, Cao Cao led his troops to cross the Liang Kingdom, entered the territory of the Pei Kingdom, and were about to reach Pengcheng.
Tian Yu had already learned in Pengcheng that Cao Cao was leading troops to attack, and together with Pengcheng Prime Minister Xiao Jian, he made preparations to defend the city and resist the enemy.
