The first thousand two hundred and twenty-six chapters of this battle, bet everything
Chapter 1,226: This battle, everything is on the line
To defeat the enemy, Yi Xiaotian has countless ways.
One of the reasons why it has been delayed until the current stage where the battle is inevitable is superficial: he really intends to kill Liu Bei and others in one fell swoop this time.
But another reason is that Yi Xiaotian wants to compensate Sun Quan——
He had no intention of killing Zhou Yu, but the fact was that his actions indirectly led to Zhou Yu's death.
In the future, he will develop in Jiangdong. No matter what form Jiangdong will take in the future, Sun Quan is destined to be the widely expected lord of Jiangdong.
At the moment, Sun Quan doesn't seem to know his identity very well.
There is even a faint tendency to retreat into the background.
Regarding Sun Quan, Yi Xiaotian believed that he had mastered part of his character traits.
For example...if he has no goals, instead of letting Sun Quan make his own decisions, it would be better to let others push him forward.
With the help of others, Sun Quan is capable of doing what a ruler should do.
But if he is really allowed to make his own decision - in another time and space, Sun Quan in his later years, without the reminders of Lu Xun, Zhuge Jin and others, would become increasingly suspicious and ignorant.
That's probably going to be the case.
It can only be said that in order to make Sun Quan angry, Yi Xiaotian tried his best to find ways for him.
However, Sun Quan himself did not have deep feelings about these, and even felt that Yi Xiaotian had been harming him, which made no sense. Fortunately, Lu Su himself saw all this.
After calming down, maybe Lu Su can answer his doubts.
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In the courtyard, Pan Zhang and Zhou Tai were also there. They were not ready to leave yet, but they happened to see Yi Xiaotian returning.
After meeting Sun Quan, the two of them were extremely excited - except for the battle in Hefei, Sun Quan had almost never met on the front line in the past two years.
Sun Quan himself didn't know, but for Pan Zhang and Zhou Tai, everything was just as Lu Xun said just now - the effect of his personal visit to the front line was immediate.
Pan Zhang, who was still angry just now, threw himself in front of Sun Quan. Seeing that he was about to cry again, Sun Quan quickly warned him not to do anything fancy.
"By the way, what are you two doing here?
I heard that you are not responsible for Piling, right?"
Of course, Pan Zhang did not dare to tell Sun Quan that the two of them were originally going to make trouble for Lu Xun... Seeing that Sun Quan was suspicious, Pan Zhang quickly laughed and ran out of the government office with Zhou Tai.
"baffling…"
Sun Quan was too lazy to pay attention to these two fools. He just followed Lu Xun's guidance and slowly walked towards the hall of the government office.
At this point, Yi Xiaotian, Sun Quan and others have also arrived at the front line. It seems that they are just waiting for Zhuge Liang and the others to start from Jianye. A battle that may be second only to Chibi in importance in recent years is about to begin——
——
Time flies.
Maybe it was because the battle in Jianye was too fierce, and the recent small fights have become calmer. Before the confrontation between the two sides, the daily casualties were infinitely close to zero.
As the saying goes, the storm is about to come...
The game between the two sides has actually already started on other battlefields.
Naturally, the first one to bear the brunt is Jingkou.
Even before Zhuge Liang captured Jianye, he had already realized in advance the key to their next victory - the Navy.
Yes, the advantage that should have belonged to the Jiangdong people...water warfare was put aside because of the previous confrontation between Zhang Zhao and Lu Xun and others.
For an army, the most regrettable thing is to become a victim of political struggle - the soldiers who should have returned to dust regardless of victory or defeat on the battlefield can only watch helplessly as they have no ability.
And nowhere to show it.
The result is that Jiangdong currently has no capital to fight Liu Bei and others on the water.
The reason why Yi Xiaotian used almost all the manpower and material resources of the current craftsman's workshop to forcibly build the early finished product of the chariot was just to make up for the lack of navy in Jiangdong.
He put all his treasure on land warfare.
However, under such an extremely disadvantageous situation, Lu Xun, as the frontline commander, made an extremely bold decision.
Even Yi Xiaotian only learned of Lu Xun's decision after Lu Xun told him this personally.
——Zhu Huan and others have led nearly half of the elite soldiers and horses in Jiangdong and rush towards Jingkou. They must intercept the navy on land and at the mouth of the river where Liu Bei may send to outflank Wu Commandery's rear.
Because I am not sure...after all, even if the opponent is locked in the attack route at the entrance to the sea, there will still be a water attack route along Zhenze.
So... on the other side of Yangxian, Quan Cong, Chen Wu, Han Dang and others led heavy troops to guard the passes of the two waterways.
Thus…
"Isn't Piling already an empty city?"
Yi Xiaotian was a little surprised. He was surprised that Lu Xun, who was commanding on the battlefield for the first time, could actually make such a bold arrangement——
Yes, Lu Xun has completely implemented the policy of secrecy mentioned by Yi Xiaotian. This arrangement is probably difficult for both his own side and the enemy to imagine - Piling, which obviously seems to be the most suitable place to deploy heavy troops, is indeed completely out of control at this moment.
An empty city.
If the enemy knows this news, as long as they concentrate their forces and directly defeat Piling before reinforcements from Yunyang or Yangxian directions arrive, the battle will basically be over.
And if this news is completely revealed to one's side - just like Pan Zhang and Zhou Tai came to hold him accountable before, Zhu Huan and others can actually understand Lu Xun's intentions.
But the problem is that if you talk about this kind of thing to ordinary soldiers, with limited understanding, military morale will easily be weakened.
Fear is an emotion engraved in human bones. Once it is shaken, the so-called military morale and so-called cohesion will disappear.
"Yes... that's it. If it weren't for sir's chariot, I wouldn't have adopted such a plan, right?"
Lu Xun rubbed his swollen eyebrows and sighed.
Yi Xiaotian was stunned for a moment, but then he smiled helplessly - in the end, the reason why Lu Xun did this was because he believed in his own tank.
This really put him under a lot of pressure.
However, after Lu Xun's explanation, Yi Xiaotian also expressed his understanding of his strategy. After all, the situation in Jiangdong is so dangerous now. If some extraordinary changes cannot be made, the future of this battle will really be uncertain.
The two sat face to face, cherishing the hard-won peace at the moment.
"Having said that, it would be great if General Gan was here - he still has the elite navy left by the former governor. It was really a mistake... In the end, he didn't dare to contact Liu Bei and others before they launched an attack."
"If I can win this battle and have General Gan's navy help me, even if it is not used in this battle, my subsequent plans will be more confident..."
Yi Xiaotian spread his hands and talked about the second half of his entire plan, but Lu Xun in front of him suddenly raised his head, as if he remembered something, slapped his thigh suddenly, stood up and ran out of the house, talking while running.
He said incoherently:
"I'm so busy! Where is the lord! Hurry... find him quickly!"
Seeing this scene, Yi Xiaotian naturally couldn't understand it. He quickly stood up and shouted to Lu Xun who was hurriedly outside the house:
"Bo Yan! Boyan, where are you going? What have you thought of?"
"Sir! It's General Gan! It turns out that was General Gan's message!"
