"Commander, here's the question... Ma Chao led the Qiang people to cooperate with the Yang family in Nanzheng three hours ago. Nanzheng has just fallen, Ma Chao is sorting out the city affairs, and Zhang Lu is suspected to have escaped at the beginning of the night attack."
Less than ten miles outside Nanzheng City, Sun Kuang reported to Sun Ce who had disembarked.
When Bai Tu first met Sun Kuang, he was still a fat little man who looked dull, but now he is a company commander of the cavalry division.
This time Sun Kuang's cavalry company was attached to the Wuchang First Division Guard Regiment, which was the personal regiment of Sun Ce, commander of the Wuchang Military Region.
Although he was Sun Ce's third brother, Sun Kuang still inherited the fine tradition of the Sun family in the army and only called each other by their military positions.
Sun Kuang just went to investigate the situation first and found some defeated troops coming out of Nanzheng. He captured a middle-level general alive and asked about the situation.
"Aren't you on a stable footing..." Sun Ce looked at the direction of Nanzheng City, and then ordered: "Those who will land later will camp on the same spot along the water. The engineering battalion will leave two auxiliary camps, and the artillery company will also leave two
Beware of incoming attacks, the others will come with me and rush to Nanzheng!" Sun Ce thought for a moment and then made a decision immediately.
Take advantage of Ma Chao's unsteady footing to attack first, but there are still half of them who have not landed. If you have to wait, it will be a waste of time. Give the enemy a chance to breathe, so you can stay and set up camp first. In case they are not defeated, there are still camps available.
return.
Zhou Yu was at the side at this time, but he did not stop Sun Ce. During this period... Sun Ce also glanced in the direction of Zhou Yu many times, and finally seemed to give up something.
After Sun Kuang went to deliver the order, Zhou Yu "floated" to Sun Ce, covered his eyes with his feather fan, and whispered: "There are really not enough cavalry!"
"Yes... Well, it's not enough. After all, our tactics are different! Hahaha..." Sun Ce wanted to agree at first, but then he suddenly remembered something and changed his tune.
Zhou Yu glanced at him speechlessly.
Sure enough, if it weren't for the lack of cavalry, Sun Ce might have wanted to attack Nanzheng with a small group of cavalry first!
Unfortunately, it is difficult to transport cavalry by water. Moreover, except for three independent cavalry regiments, Chu's cavalry is now divided into "cavalry companies" like artillery, ensuring that each brigade has a cavalry company.
But it is only used as an auxiliary functional unit, not the main force on the battlefield.
Otherwise, given Sun Ce's prodigious energy, he would dare to head over to the 800 cavalry...
However, now there were only scattered cavalry companies in each brigade, and the training they received were not the same tactics as the old cavalry's collective charge, so Sun Ce had no choice but to give up his thoughts.
Of course, Sun Ce without cavalry is still Sun Ce. Nanzheng was not far from the landing place. Since he knew that the enemy's foothold was not stable, Sun Ce of course led his troops there immediately, hoping to seize the opportunity to capture Nanzheng first!
In fact, the timing is a bit unlucky. If Zhang Lu persists for one more day, Hanning's army and Chu's army will now attack Ma Chao...
However, Zhang Lu's escape also has the advantage of escaping. If he and Zhang Lu defeat Ma Chao, even if Zhang Lu doesn't mention it temporarily, he will definitely whisper in his heart - the purpose of building the Hanshui Weir in conjunction with your Chu State is
Want to bring troops here?
Zhang Lu has been operating in Hanzhong for so long, and Chu will be the guest and Zhang Lu will be the host. After the foreign enemies leave, there will definitely be many conflicts and even conflicts. After all... the Chu army is indeed not here to "send troops for public welfare"!
However, Zhang Lu had just escaped and Ma Chao had not yet fully grasped Nanzheng. This timing caused some difficulties from a tactical perspective, but from an overall perspective, it was convenient.
"Bo Fu, do you remember what I told you about what Han Xin did during the Chu-Han conflict and the ambush from all sides?" Zhou Yu asked Sun Ce on the way to Nanzheng.
Sun Ce thought for a while and then said: "Drilling the crotch?"
Zhou Yu:……
The word "well" appeared on Zhou Yu's forehead visible to the naked eye, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Sure enough, you don't remember it at all, right?"
"Ahem, let me think about it again..."
"Don't think about it! It's Chu songs! In order to defeat the morale of the Chu army, Han Xin ordered the Han army to learn to sing Chu songs!" Zhou Yu reminded while rubbing the red spots.
"Chu Ge? Many people can do this... No, if we are now, we should sing... Qiang minor tunes? This is a bit biased..." Sun Ce scratched his head and said, "Where can I find people who can sing Qiang songs at this time?"
The people's song "people go" look.
"Of course it is not for the Qiang people. Although they fought hard all night, the Qiang people in Nanzheng are just more than us now, not less than us. Singing Qiang people's songs will not arouse their homesickness, or make them think that their homeland is gone.
Lost! What I mean is... we can let the defeated troops of the 'Tianshi Dao' that we found before quickly go and teach a few teachings of the Tianshi Dao step by step." Zhou Yu rolled his eyes.
After Sun Ce was reminded, he thought about it and understood. He couldn't help but smile and said: "Hahaha, it's Gongjin you are worthy of!"
Yes, the Qiang people's hearts are not disturbed when they sing Qiang songs now, but... the teachings of Tianshi Tao can inspire the rebel consciousness of believers in the city and make them think that the troops outside the city are "one of their own."
Ma Chao's foothold is not stable now. As long as there is another chaos in the city and another wave of resistance from Tianshi Dao, Sun Ce's success rate will be higher to take advantage of the chaos to retake Nanzheng!
Although Zhang Lu had escaped, which greatly demoralized the remaining Tianshi Dao soldiers in Nanzheng City, most people probably didn't know what happened. However, the Qiang people and the actual situation told them that Zhang Lu had already
Escaped.
At this time, if someone outside the city shouts the teachings of Tianshi Dao, it can still inspire their loyalty to Tianshi Dao, and even imagine that Zhang Lu will bring people back to save them...
"But in this case, after we occupy Nanzheng, will we be dragged down by the Celestial Master Dao?" Sun Ce thought for a moment, which made Zhou Yu very pleased.
Although Sun Ce's words seemed to have defeated Ma Chao, which was a bit arrogant, but... at least Sun Ce was thinking!
"No, after entering the city, we can naturally tell them about Zhang Lu's escape, and then commend those generals of Tianshi Tao for their spirit of defending the people in the city to the death, and execute those who colluded with the Qiang people.
traitor……
The remaining troops in Nanzheng must be resolutely and quickly integrated, and the armed forces that do not conform to the laws of Chu must be resolutely banned. However, the influence of Tianshi Tao must be gradually weakened.
Besides... Zhang Lu is most likely to flee to Hanchang now. If nothing else happens, General Zilong should have arrived too, right? If Zhang Lu is controlled, this won't be a problem at all." Zhou Yu analyzed step by step.
Sun Ce nodded repeatedly after hearing this, and then said with a silly smile: "Hahaha, but now we still have to defeat Ma Chao first. Gongjin, you are a little too impatient! Hahaha..."