The attack on Huainan will naturally not be delayed by the news of Pan Jun's death.
But it made Sun Quan feel a little uneasy.
He suddenly remembered that before he decided to launch an army in Huainan last year, Yin Li, the prefect of Lingling, wrote to him and proposed another battle plan.
Yin Li, courtesy name Desi, was born in Danyang.
He was a confidant promoted by Sun Quan himself.
He once accompanied Zhang Wen on his mission to the Han Dynasty to communicate and re-establish an alliance between the two countries.
Prime Minister Zhuge Liang met with him and had a detailed discussion, and he spoke highly of his talents.
He said: "Among the wild reeds of the Eastern Wu Dynasty, there are such extraordinary and magnificent people", and "Yin De inherited the talented people, and today's overseas Chinese are also the poor ones".
And he himself is equally worthy of these compliments.
In the table above, he claimed that this year's Northern Expedition should focus on the Jingxiang front, not Huainan.
There are three reasons.
One, of course, is to take advantage of the opportunity.
Wei Guo mobilized the Wuhuan Tuqi, who were stationed in Yuzhou, and the 20,000 troops led by Xue Ti and Xiahou Ba returned to the pass, and also separated several troops and horses stationed on the Jingxiang front. It was a time when the defense was weak.
At a time when the Yongliang army of the State of Wei was restrained by the Han army and unable to enter Jingxiang for rescue, the attack was carried out by "taking advantage of the fire" who was well versed in the art of war.
The most important thing is the strategic significance.
Han and Wu have been in alliance with each other and have agreed to jointly attack the Wei Dynasty for many years, but they have never attacked at the same time.
This time the Han army has entered Guanzhong to confront Wei Wei, so Jiangdong should move north to Xiangfan at the same time, hoping to support each other in the fight.
For example, both countries can send troops to attack the three eastern counties!
Secondly, it is due to politics.
War is a continuation of politics, and a reasonable distribution of power and interests can make Jiangdong more cohesive.
He believed that Pan Jun was seriously ill at that time and feared that he would die soon. He concluded that the counties and counties in southern Jingzhou would be difficult to pacify, so he advised that the northern expedition should be to capture Jingxiang and distribute the benefits of this war to the wealthy families of Jingzhou to resolve the increasingly sharp conflict.
contradiction.
In any case, the previous undercover attack on Hefei was successful only if tens of thousands of soldiers were killed and injured in Jiangxia and Jingshan.
Among them, the Jingnan aristocratic family was the hardest hit!
For both emotional and rational reasons, we should march into Jingxiang at this time, seize the paintings of counties and counties in northern Jing, and give them to the wealthy families in southern Jing to alleviate their resentment.
Thirdly, it is the virtual and real way of the art of war.
After capturing Hefei New City, Wei could not have expected that Jiangdong would place its main offensive battlefield in Huainan and would also take complete defenses.
It is about three hundred (Han) miles from Chaohu to Shouchun. The advance from Jiangdong will inevitably encounter the pain of transporting grain and fodder and the vague danger of being "lureing the enemy deep". In addition, Shouchun City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it will be difficult to go all out.
Make meritorious deeds.
If we march into Jingxiang, although there are still many difficulties, there is a river that can reach directly to the foot of Xiangyang City, so we can advance and retreat freely. It is easier than marching into Shouchun.
And now Wei's defense on the Huainan front is much tighter than that on the Jingxiang front.
If soldiers from Jiangdong invade Jingxiang, they will do so unexpectedly!
After Yin Li explained the reasons, he also attached his own battle plan.
Instead, Sun Quan was asked to personally supervise the troops to attack from Guangling City and march towards Xu and Qing prefectures; while Lu Xun also marched into Huainan.
But both of these are feints.
In order to confuse the Wei State, thinking that the main offensive and defensive line in Jiangdong is still in Huainan, let the Luoyang Central Army who rebelled against the Wei rush to Huainan to rescue!
The various ministries in Jingnan who originally responded to the battle turned imaginary into reality. For example, Lu Dai, who was stationed in Wuchang, could cross the river to contain the garrison of Xia County in Jiangxi Province in the opposite direction; Zhu Ran, who was stationed in Jiangling City in northern Jingzhou, and Zhuge, who was stationed in Gongan,
Jin went straight up to besiege Xiangyang City, and sent Zhuge Ke and Chen Biao to lead their headquarters to the three eastern counties along Jingshan Mountain (accessible by road, Bashan North Road), and all the garrison troops and horses on the Jingxiang-Xiang front of Wei State were
Attract away.
The real main force is led by Commander Quan Cong.
They entered the Han River (Mian River) directly from the river and went upstream, cutting off the connection between Xiangyang and Fancheng, and making a move northward to Wanluo, causing all the troops on the Jingxiang front of the Wei State to rush back for reinforcements.
In this way, in the chaos of focusing on one thing and losing another, the Wei army will inevitably be at a loss!
Because there were powerful Han men holding Wei's Yongliang army at bay, the Luoyang army rushed to Huainan. Even if they wanted to rescue them, they would not be able to arrive in such a hurry.
In other words, as long as Jiangdong can seize this situation, he can lead the entire Northern Expedition to achieve success by "pointing out the noodles"!
Sun Quan looked at Yin Li's proposal and agreed without discussing it with anyone else.
Even if he thinks this plan is a good one.
But from his perspective, Yin Li's plan could not be put into action.
Before seizing Hefei New City, he had already promised the interests of the entire Huainan to the powerful Wu family!
If he changed his tune before taking Shouchun City, those Wu family members who were finally willing to work hard for Jiangdong's foundation would feel that he was getting rich by breaking his promise...
Will be resentful!
It will cause greater harm than the Jingnan wealthy clan!
After all, most of the generals and generals who control the military power in Wu are from Wu.
Even if the wealthy families in Jingnan rebelled, he was still confident that he could bring peace. But if the wealthy families in Wu rebelled, then the state of Wu might not be the foundation of the Sun family!
Yes, it's not that Yin Li's plan was bad, but that he couldn't implement it.
However, what he didn't know was that when Supervisor Lu Xun arrived at Shouchun City, he also had the awareness that this Northern Expedition might not be successful.
But he said that Wu’s plan for the Northern Expedition was as follows.
Sun Shao and Zhang Cheng in Guangling City were still serving as partial divisions to contain the forces of Qing and Xu states of Wei.
Zhu Ju, who was once again re-instated, led more than 10,000 people to march to the Lu'an area, and set up camp near the water to contain Wei's Yuzhou troops and horses, and to curb the possibility of Wei's diagonal insertion into the Lujiang River.
As the deputy governor, Quan Cong, with the escort of elite navy troops, directed 20,000 troops to enter Shaopei and intimidated Wei Taiwei Man Chong's garrison. With the strategic significance of opening up the channel from Shaopei to the Huaihe River, Man Chong was unable to send troops.
Go rescue Shouchun City.
Liuzan, Zhugeke, Chen Biao and others who had made a big splash in the previous series rushed to Bagong Mountain to the north of Shouchun City with the help of Ding Fengce, who was in charge of the cavalry, intending to cut off the connection between Shouchun City and Huaibei from the rear.
, and see if there is any possibility of sneaking into the city and stealing it.
As for the Grand Governor Lu Xun, he took 50,000 Chinese troops and marched north to besiege Shouchun.
The remaining scattered units are responsible for garrisoning the old and new cities of Hefei and Ruxuwu, and transporting grain and crops.
Before the war even started, it encountered setbacks.
Liuzan and Zhuge Ke, who had traveled the farthest and were the first to reach Bagong Mountain, sent messengers back to report that Sun Li, the governor of Yangzhou in Wei State, had already set up camp on Bagong Mountain!
The Wei army was in a commanding position, with a camp to rely on, and Sun Li was known as a good fighter. Therefore, Liu Zan and other troops did not try to attack by force. With the Wei army taking the lead, there was no possibility of them breaking through, and there was no need to increase the number of soldiers and casualties.
damage.
In response, Lu Xun did not demand that they not fight vigorously, but instead recruited them all to return to the Chinese army.
Because Quan Cong who entered Shaopi also came to write a book!
