Chapter 195: Gan Xing's tyrant's nature does not change
Liyang.
When he heard that Liu Bei was leading 30,000 troops south to attack Shucheng, Sun Ce wanted to immediately lead troops to rescue him, but Zhou Yu persuaded him to stop him.
"General, don't worry. The general is in Liyang. Logically speaking, Liu Bei should come to attack Liyang. Why did he abandon Liyang and attack Shucheng?" Zhou Yu asked.
"I have 30,000 soldiers and horses here. Maybe he knew it would be difficult to defeat me, so he turned to attack Shucheng."
Although Sun Ce suffered losses from Zhou Ping and Ling Cao, he believed that his force was very strong and his soldiers were brave and good at fighting. If he fought with Liu Bei, he might not be defeated.
"Although it is difficult for Liu Bei to defeat generals, he once defeated Cao Cao, killed Cao Cao's generals, and had many troops. He would not be afraid of us and dare not attack. He abandoned Liyang and attacked Shucheng, perhaps because he was afraid that we would seize the city and seize the city.
Shou, deliberately led us away from Liyang to fight with him."
"Even if I fight him, why should I be afraid of him!" Sun Ce said proudly.
Zhou Yu continued to advise: "General, Zhou Ping is good at setting up ambushes. If we lead troops to aid Shu City, they will set up an ambush to wait. Moreover, if the troops from Hefei follow us again, we will be attacked from both sides, so we may not be able to win easily."
Sun Ce nodded slightly, but he was worried: "What does Gong Jin mean, do we want to sit back and watch Shu City be destroyed?"
At this time, Sun Ce did not know that Sun Jing was abandoning the city and retreating to Juchao.
Zhou Yu replied: "Have the general forgotten what happened between Uncle Wu and Boyang? In any case, Liu Bei raised a large army to attack, and Shu City can no longer be defended. In the current urgent situation, we should immediately send people to Shu City and let Sun Youtai lead it.
The troops retreated to Juchao and handed over Shucheng to Liu Bei."
"Give Shucheng to Liu Bei?" Sun Ce asked in surprise.
"Yes, if Liu Bei's troops advance again, they can give up their nest and gather in Wancheng to defend Wancheng. If they fight, General Yuan will not be able to defeat Liu Bei. If he defends the city, Wancheng will have many soldiers and abundant food and grass.
Defend for a long time. Even if Liu Bei captures Shucheng and Juchao, Wancheng cannot be broken, and his troops will be unable to move."
Zhou Yu continued: "Liu Bei has always regarded himself as benevolent and righteous. He only harvested half of the rice and wheat from the people, and he could not collect all the food from the people. We sent another group of cavalry to disturb his grain roads and make it difficult to transport grain and grass in Hefei.
There is not much food and grass in Shucheng's nest, and there will be a shortage of food for a long time, and then the troops will retreat."
"Even if he captures Wancheng, if General Yuan is destroyed, it will be beneficial to the general..."
Zhou Yu meant that Yuan Shu now had some control over Sun Ce and appointed Yuan Yin as the governor of Danyang without authorization to seize Sun Ce's power. If Yuan Shu dies, Sun Ce will have no one to control him.
Although Yuan Shu's death will have an impact on Sun Ce, it will not have a big impact. After all, Yuan Shu is of no use to Sun Ce now and will only be a constraint.
Sun Ce thought about it carefully and then said for a long time: "You are saying that if we stand still, Liu Bei's troops in Hefei will not dare to move, and Liu Bei's troops going south are only 30,000. If General Zhang Xun and Youtai return to Wancheng to defend Wancheng,
There will be more than 30,000 troops and horses among them, more than enough to defend the city. Although Liu Bei can capture two cities, it will be difficult to advance further. If he stays for a long time, he will be short of food, and if he is short of food, his troops will retreat."
"That's right. Cao Mengde of Yanzhou is always keeping an eye on Xuzhou. Even General Yuan Benchu may send troops to capture Xuzhou. Liu Bei must not stay in Lujiang for a long time. When he retreats, maybe we can still pursue him.
Later, just as he pursued Cao Cao, hahaha..."
Zhou Yu thought of Liu Bei's defeat of Cao Cao and couldn't help but laugh when he thought that Liu Bei might be defeated as badly as Cao Cao in the future.
The more Sun Ce thought about it, the more he felt that what Zhou Yu said was reasonable, and he immediately laughed in unison: "Hahaha... If this is true, Liu Bei will be destroyed!"
He sent a letter to Sun Jing to inform Sun Jing, asking him to abandon Shucheng and return to Juchao. If Liu Bei attacked again and Zhang Xun had no intention of defending, he could abandon Juchao and return to Wancheng to defend with Yuan Shu.
As long as he defends Wancheng, Liu Bei will return without success just like Cao Cao's attack on Tao Qian. Moreover, Liu Bei may also be attacked by Cao Cao again just like Cao Cao's attack on Yanzhou.
However, the day after Sun Ce sent someone to Shucheng, he received a letter from Sun Jing.
It is more than two hundred miles from Liyang to Shucheng. No matter how fast the people he sent out are, they may have just arrived in Shucheng now, and there is no way they have already received a reply.
Therefore, the people sent by Shucheng may have been sent by Sun Jing to ask for help.
However, after reading the letter, Sun Ce realized that Sun Jing had the same idea as Zhou Yu, which was to abandon Shucheng and retreat to Juchao. He could even abandon Juchao and retreat to Wancheng.
The two people had almost the same idea. The only difference was that Zhou Yu did not expect that Sun Jing would also transport all the food in the city, take away many people, burn down some houses, and leave Liu Bei with an abandoned city.
"Gong Jin, I didn't expect Uncle Youtai to have the same idea as you. In this case, your proposal is right. We can't send troops to rescue Shucheng!" Sun Ce said happily.
Zhou Yu was also overjoyed: "There is no food in Shucheng now. If Juchao also transports all the food back to Wancheng, Liu Bei will be even more helpless! General, you must form a cavalry team as soon as possible to harass Hefei's transportation of food and grass to Shucheng, so that Liu Bei can't
Food is edible. If it is lacking, the morale of the army will be chaotic. When we retreat, it will be easier for us to pursue and win."
Sun Ce raised his head and said: "I personally lead the troops to attack, and they will not be able to transport a grain of food to Shucheng."
"No, the general is the commander-in-chief. For such a trivial matter, you can just dispatch the general. The general must also prevent the enemy from Hefei from attacking." Zhou Yu quickly advised.
Sun Ce thought about it, he still had to guard Liyang in case Guan Yu, who was staying in Hefei, suddenly led his troops to attack.
"Then let Zhou Youping lead five hundred cavalry and station them in the Chaohu area. Youping can also bring the Chaohu thieves with him to harass Liu Bei's grain team at any time."
Zhou Tai was from Jiujiang, and he had some connections with the thieves gathered in the Chaohu area. He might be able to persuade them to go together to raid Liu Bei's grain and grass.
Sun Ce called Zhou Tai and gave him instructions, giving him five hundred cavalry to command. He also asked him to try his best to persuade the thieves in the Chaohu area to attack together, and all the food and grass he received could be distributed to them.
Zhou Tai accepted the order and led his troops away.
Sun Ce, Zhou Yu, Huang Gai and others stayed at Liyang, asking the soldiers to pay attention to defense, and sent out a large number of scouts to always pay attention to the movements of Hefei and Liu Bei.
Liu Bei led the army into Shucheng.
Gan Ning arrived first. Although he obeyed Liu Bei's order and did not kill the people indiscriminately, he set up an army and robbed some people.
As soon as Liu Bei entered the city, many people came to complain after hearing about Liu Bei's reputation for benevolence and righteousness.
"General Liu, we heard that the general is loyal and righteous, and treats the people like his sons. But as soon as the general's men entered the city, they robbed our food and money. How can we survive? General, you have to make the decision for us.
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Several old men knelt in front of Liu Bei and cried.
Liu Bei hurriedly stepped forward to help him up and said: "Come on, fellow villagers, we are here to raise troops. We are here to help the people, not to harm them. The sergeants of our army have robbed the people of their property and food, which is beyond my ability. I will not bear this matter."
I will give you an explanation!"
When several old people heard this, they knelt down again: "We heard that General Liu is benevolent and righteous. We didn't believe it before, but now we see it and we know it is true. As long as the general orders his subordinates to stop robbing, we will thank him for his great kindness!"
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Liu Bei promised: "Don't worry, this matter will never happen again in the future. If it does, you can come and tell me."
After seeing off a few old people, Liu Bei looked at Zhou Ping and asked: "The tyrant nature of the tyrant has not changed, sir, how do you think we should deal with it?"
"Brother, Gan Xingba has violated the law by killing prisoners indiscriminately before. He must not be leniently spared this time!" Zhang Fei shouted.
Zhou Ping was also in a difficult situation and didn't know how to deal with it for a while.
