Chapter 1,171 Those who understand current affairs
"This is natural. Their navy is now guarding Cao Cao in the north - at least this is what Zhu Huan thinks. Our biggest advantage now is not only the advantage of our own military strength, but also the gap between the opponent's civil and military forces.
As long as there is something wrong with Zhang Zhao and as long as Zhu Huan stands still, we will have this absolutely advantageous situation."
Zhuge Liang concluded this, and most people around him agreed.
"The only problem is... we really don't know if Lu Xun and the others, who have been shrinking, have any other options..."
"Based on my experience in cooperating with the Jiangdong people, they will never give away their advantages so easily - the representative of the negotiation is naturally Zhang Zhao, but if Zhang Zhao is taken down, the remaining
You can imagine the attitude of those people.”
"Jianye must be captured as soon as possible. As long as Jianye is captured, the Jiangdong people's escape route will be cut off. For us, this battle should not be delayed for too long."
Zhuge Liang continued speaking, and he emphasized to Liu Bei beside him:
"I told Shi Yuan before that it would be great if we could kill Lu Xun and others in one fell swoop. As long as Lu Xun and others are defeated, everything will be easy for Zhu Huan."
This is a very mature idea of Zhuge Liang - for people like Zhu Huan, the concept of aristocratic family is rooted in his heart. If the situation in Jiangdong is over, they can make some promises to Zhu Huan to ensure the continuation of the power of the Zhu Huan family. If enough
If everything goes well, Jiangdong, the last obstacle, can be conquered without any bloodshed.
Liu Bei nodded while recalling memories about Zhu Huan.
But...he suddenly realized that from the last time he came to Jiangdong to the time he finally escaped from Jiangdong in danger, Zhu Huan had never shown his face from beginning to end...Does this mean...
But seeing that Zhuge Liang was so confident, Liu Bei didn't express his conjecture. After all, it was just conjecture...
"However, we must also be prepared not to be able to capture Lu Xun and the others."
Zhuge Liang was still very pragmatic. Although he didn't feel anything strange about Liu Bei, he was still explaining to the people around him:
"If we fail to capture Lu Xun and the others together, we still have to give up Jianye. The preliminary plan I have envisioned is to release a large area of land from Jiangxia to Qichun and Jiujiang, and we only need to transfer the last
The important area of Poyang is captured, and the area from Poyang to Xindu, and from Jian'an to Jiaozhou can be easily defended due to the dangerous mountains and rivers."
"In this way, whether we face the remaining Lu Xun and others, or Cao Cao in the north, we will have enough confidence to advance or retreat."
The so-called three-part world was Zhuge Liang's original idea.
But even he, how could he have imagined that Jiangdong would be in this situation?
As soon as Zhou Yu died, Sun Quan's people turned him upside down.
Zhang Zhao's rise to power was the biggest surprise.
But in Zhuge Liang's view, Zhang Zhao was definitely not someone who could support a force to the end.
Sure enough, after Zhang Zhao also disappeared, Jiang Dong was completely disbanded - at least in his opinion.
Three-point world is a long-term strategy to maintain the stability of three legs despite its own disadvantages.
Now that one of the three legs is lame, if they still expect someone to help restrain Cao Cao and share the pressure for them, it can only be said to be too true.
In short, after coming to the conclusion that Jiangdong was hopeless, Zhuge Liang instead borrowed the two-divided world that Zhou Yu had insisted on during his lifetime.
——You can still make a living without entering Shu.
But, will things really go as smoothly as Zhuge Liang thought?
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Jianye.
For people in Jiangdong, the existence of Jianye is actually more like the importance of Xiangyang to Cao Cao.
Located between Yangzhou and Danyang, it is an important military town and gateway to the northeast of the Yangtze River.
It can be said that as long as Jianye is still there, neither Cao Cao nor Liu Bei will be able to easily penetrate into the hinterland of Jiangdong.
It was precisely because Zhuge Liang understood this that he chose to attack Jianye first - as long as they could capture Jianye, their surprise attack on Jiangdong would have a 90% chance of winning.
Under this premise, after leaving Xindu, it only took about two days to go down the river, pass through Ruxukou, and soon arrive at Wuhu.
Similarly, Wuhu, although it assumed a very important hub task when Jiangdong and Cao Cao were at war with each other, later, until Sun Quan's army withdrew from Hefei, Wuhu had insufficient potential due to excessive expenditures.
Wuhu was quite fertile back then, but due to neglect of management and Zhang Zhao's various strategies in the past six months, Wuhu has never recovered.
The clues can be seen just from the resistance Liu Bei and others encountered.
Under the attack of Liu Bei's army on both sides of the waterway, Wuhu City, which had nearly 5,000 defenders, could only hold out for less than two hours before being easily captured.
Zhuge Liang did not doubt the behavior of the opponent's city guard abandoning the city and fleeing. He believed that abandoning the city was a reasonable choice under such circumstances - but if he could get the news from Pang Tong, maybe he would pay more attention to it.
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But sometimes things are just so "almost".
Zhuge Liang, who had been unprepared until now, looked at the great situation in front of him, and actually began to fantasize that after success, the army would occupy the entire Jiangdong situation in one fell swoop.
Liu Bei and others did not stay in Wuhu for too long. They left a thousand people behind as the rear army and quickly launched an attack on Jianye.
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Also informed of the imminent arrival of Liu Bei's army was Zhu Ran, who was now completely tied up in Jianye.
Yes... As the number one general under Zhang Zhao (after Lu Meng's betrayal), Zhu Ran has always been a person who is free from plotting.
When Zhang Zhao was arrested, Zhu Ran was on his way back to Wu County from Poyang.
It can be said that he was humming a little song when he was suddenly rushed to pieces by a cavalryman led by Zhu Huan in the middle of the road.
Before he could even react to what was going on, he was easily subdued by several tough men descended from the sky.
"Pan Zhang? Zhou Tai? Zhu Huan?"
"…Lu Meng??"
"You? You..."
"Yi Feng, would you like to come with us?"
Lu Meng knelt down and said this to the confused Zhu Ran - this was Zhu Ran's last memory of that dreamlike day.
What happens next is very simple.
Zhu Ran learned that Zhang Zhao had been arrested, and after learning his movements from Zhang Zhao's men, Zhu Huan and others easily intercepted him halfway.
Even the ten thousand elite soldiers under his command were subdued.
As for the elite soldiers who had little relationship with Zhu Ran, after learning that Zhu Huan had chosen to cooperate with Lu Xun and others, they successfully integrated in without any resistance at all.
Under such circumstances, Zhu Ran made a very wise decision——
"I will join Zhang Zhao. I made this decision only after his coercion and inducement. If you don't mind, there is no problem in letting me, Zhu Ran, be the vanguard!"
Yes, Zhu Ran is a real person who understands current affairs.
