Liu Bei originally thought that Zhou Ping would hold the same opinion as Lu Su, but now he heard what he said, but it was completely opposite to everyone else.
If Lu Su's strategy is adopted and 20,000 people are left to defend Hefei, and then Shu County is attacked, Sun Ce will definitely come to rescue him.
Sun Ce has 30,000 soldiers and horses in Liyang, and at least 10,000 people should be left to guard the city. He will lead 20,000 people to rescue Sun Jing who is stationed in Shu City.
At that time, 5,000 men can block the enemy in Shucheng, and 25,000 men can be used to deal with Sun Ce. Judging from the current combat strength, he has a good chance of winning.
If Zhou Ping's strategy is adopted and the troops are concentrated to attack Liyang, and Sun Ce holds the city and fights, he has an advantage and has 30,000 troops, his chances of winning seem not to be that great.
Even if he wins, if Sun Ce holds the city and defends it, it will be difficult to break it. Just like Cao Cao's attack on Tao Qian before, he will eventually return without success.
Everyone was speechless. They felt that what Lu Su and Zhou Ping said were good strategies. Those who supported Lu Su before now felt that what Zhou Ping said made more sense.
"Sir, what if Sun Ce abandons Liyang and retreats to Niuzhu?" Liu Bei asked.
"If Sun Ce retreats to Niuzhu, it won't be too late for us to attack Shucheng again."
"Sir, what if Sun Ce divides his troops to defend? He has 30,000 troops. What if half of his troops retreat to Niuzhu and the other half retreat to Shucheng? Wouldn't it be more difficult for us to attack Shucheng?" Lu Su followed.
road.
Zhou Ping thought about this question and replied: "It is very difficult for us to cross the river now. If Sun Ce divides his troops to defend, we will also attack Shucheng. If we win the Lujiang River, crossing the river will be easy."
Liu Bei worriedly said: "If Sun Ce divides his troops to defend Shucheng, it will be difficult to attack again!"
There was no result from the discussion that day, so Liu Bei was very hesitant.
In his mind, he was more inclined to Lu Su's strategy of siege and reinforcement, and felt that this method had a better chance of winning.
However, since Zhou Ping followed him, he had almost obeyed his words and listened to all his plans. Now he wanted to abandon his plans, which made Liu Bei difficult to make a decision.
Everyone has dispersed, except for the three brothers Liu, Guan, and Zhang in the tent.
"Yun Chang, Yide, what do you think, as Mr. Lu Zijinghe said, should we attack Liyang, or should we attack Shu City and lay siege to the city for reinforcements?" Liu Bei asked his two sworn brothers.
"Brother, I think your husband is very resourceful and what he said must be right."
Zhang Fei answered first.
Liu Bei looked at Guan Yu, he wanted to hear Guan Yu's thoughts.
Guan Yu hesitated for a moment, gently stroked his long beard, and said: "There is nothing wrong with attacking Shucheng or attacking Liyang. With the power of my elder brother and the courage of his soldiers, Sun Ce can be defeated no matter what. But if we concentrate our troops and attack Liyang
, If Sun Ce defends the city without fighting, and the city is difficult to attack, it will be difficult for us to leave or stay. But if we attack Shu City, Sun Jing is Sun Ce's uncle. He will not sit back and watch Sun Jingcheng die, but will definitely lead his troops to rescue him.
At that time, my eldest brother can set up an ambush, and the troops left behind in Hefei can also attack from behind, and Sun Ce will be defeated."
Liu Bei nodded, obviously agreeing more with what Guan Yu said.
Zhou Ping always likes to use ambush tactics. If Sun Ce leads troops to rescue Shucheng, he can set up an ambush at that time. At the same time, he can also let the 10,000 soldiers and horses left behind in Hefei chase him from behind. Under the attack from both front and rear, there will be another ambush.
Sun Ce will be defeated.
"If you attack the city, you will save it. Siege the city and attack it with reinforcements. Such a good strategy, why didn't you think of it?"
This time, Liu Bei decided to go against Zhou Ping's wishes and work with everyone else.
Zhou Ping had already noticed that Liu Bei wanted to use Lu Su's strategy of siege and reinforcement.
This does not mean that Shucheng cannot be attacked, but relatively speaking, it will be easier to win by attacking Liyang.
With Sun Ce's character, even when Liu Bei came with an army of 40,000, he still had the courage to fight.
Liu Bei's army now has brave generals such as Ruyun, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Gan Ning, Gao Shun, Taishi Ci, Xu Chu and others.
As for Sun Ce, apart from himself, only Zhou Tai and Huang Gai were left. Jiang Qin was in Chungu, Cheng Pu was in Dantu, Han Dang, Chen Wu and Ling Cao had died in battle, and Dong Xi had not obtained it.
Several powerful generals belonging to the Sun family in Jiangdong, including Gan Ning Tai Shi Ci and Xu Sheng, were poached by Liu Bei.
With Sun Ce's strength, he would definitely lose if he fought with Liu Bei.
Once he is defeated, even if he defends the city, he will not be able to defend it for long. If he retreats to Niuzhu and Liu Bei leaves 10,000 men to guard Liyang and leads the rest of his troops south to the Lujiang River, he will be unstoppable and unstoppable.
But now Liu Bei, Lu Su, Guan Yu and others all believed that it would be better to siege the city and attack with reinforcements, and Zhou Ping had no way to oppose it.
Zhou Ping suddenly felt a little disappointed, because since he followed Liu Bei, he had almost never been opposed by Liu Bei.
Now that his proposed strategy was opposed, he still felt disappointed.
However, Zhou Ping also knew that as the lord, Liu Bei would definitely have his own judgments and decisions, and it was impossible for everything to go his way.
Take Cao Cao as an example. Strategies put forward by Xun You, Jia Xu and others were often rejected, but Cao Cao often regretted them later.
This time, I wonder if Liu Bei will regret it.
However, in Zhou Ping's heart, he also hoped that this time the siege and reinforcements would go smoothly.
While Zhou Ping was drinking alone in the tent, Zhang Fei came over laughing.
"Why don't you ask me to come with you when you're drinking?"
"General Zhang, you're here, just in time to have a few drinks with me."
Zhou Ping ordered Zhang Wu to bring a wine glass and pour wine for Zhang Fei.
"Sir, please don't call me that. It's better to call me Yide. Come on, sir, do it."
Zhang Fei is welcome, since he is already a regular customer anyway. He picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp. Still feeling that it was not enough, he quickly filled it up himself.
"Sir, are you unhappy?" Zhang Fei suddenly asked.
Zhou Ping looked up at him in surprise, as if looking at a monster, which made Zhang Fei confused.
"Sir, why do you look at me like this?"
"Did the Lord ask you to come?" Zhou Ping asked.
Zhang Fei smiled: "Hey, I can't hide it from sir. It was indeed the elder brother who called me here. But if he didn't call me, I would come to have a drink with him."
"What does the lord want you to say?"
"My eldest brother said that although your strategy is good, I just think it would be better to attack Shucheng and force Sun Ce to come to the rescue, then wait in ambush, and then send troops from Hefei to attack afterwards. My eldest brother told me not to think too much."
"My lord is overly worried. How could Ping miss the important event because of this, attack Liyang and Shucheng? Sun Ce will be defeated in the end no matter what. Whatever my lord decides, don't take into account my thoughts. Zhou Ping will definitely act as ordered. Yide
, you go back and reassure my lord, I won’t think too much about it.”
"Hahaha... I told my eldest brother that my husband is a generous person and I will not think too much about it. I also told my eldest brother that my husband is the same as me. Whatever my eldest brother decides, my husband and I will obey his orders.
Come on, do it."
Zhang Fei laughed and toasted.
Zhou Ping followed suit and had a drink, but still felt that he took himself too seriously.
He is just a counselor, only responsible for making suggestions. How to decide is the Lord's business. Since he is the Lord, of course he will not have to rely on his own plan for everything. People have their own judgment.
Liu Bei didn't use his own strategies. In the final analysis, he still failed to convince him. Liu Bei couldn't be blamed, and it wasn't that Liu Bei didn't value him.
If he didn't take it seriously, he wouldn't have asked Zhang Fei to comfort him.
After Zhou Ping figured it out, he felt comfortable and had a drink with Zhang Fei. The two talked and laughed. When the news came, Liu Bei also felt comfortable.
I have always been worried that he would be dissatisfied if he refused to adopt Zhou Ping's strategy. Now it seems that Mr. is still a very generous person. Zhang Fei really did not misjudge the person!
A few days later, Liu Bei gathered his generals again to discuss sending troops to attack Shucheng.
