After Chen Mu's army arrived, this place was already an empty city.
However, it is not accurate to say that it is an empty city, because there are still a large number of people in the city, not even a single person who has fled.
After many years of benevolent government and publicity, Liu Bei and Chen Mu had a very good reputation. People rushed to tell each other that the imperial army was coming to regain Nanyang. The people were very happy to welcome Master Wang.
For the people of the world, it does not matter who is the emperor. What is important is that there are no bandits roaming around, robbing homes and killing people without batting an eye to disturb their lives.
In history, even if Cao Cao massacred the city, except for hundreds of thousands of people from Xuzhou and Jianghuai who fled, not many people fled Cao Cao's rule with their families.
Chen Mu ordered Chen Qun to serve as Bowang Ling, and asked Zhuge Liang and others to assist him in pacifying the people and governing the place. He also sent troops to exterminate the nearby mountain bandits and improve public security. He also sent people to Duyang, Zhixian, Luyang, and Juancheng.
Wait for surrounding cities to stabilize the situation in each county.
During this time, Zhang He's vanguard army had already crossed the Feishui River, successfully captured Xi'e County, and then continued to march to Sunset Juxiang, about 30 miles southwest of Bowang and 20 miles northeast of Wancheng.
, stalemate with Zhang Xiujun.
Xi'e County and Bowang County are across the river. Chen Mu sent 10,000 elite troops to station here. Wancheng is to the north of Feishui River. To the north are Xiyang Township and Xi'e County. Looking at the entire map, from the west of Feishui River
Attacking from the front is best.
However, Chen Mu did not send all his troops to the other side of the river. Instead, he launched a two-pronged offensive. One was led by Wu Anguo and was located in Xi'e County. The other was led by himself and was located in Nanjiuxiang on the east bank of the Feishui River.
This is equivalent to a very conventional pincer offensive, with 20,000 people attacking Wancheng from two directions. Once Zhang Xiu chooses to fight out of the city, he will be caught between two sides.
Fighting is actually not a mysterious thing. Sometimes you just need to fight it openly, using the morale of the soldiers, appropriate tactical planning, and the correct attack route. Unless the gap in numbers is too large, conspiracy and conspiracy will often appear.
Somewhat redundant.
After handling the deployment of troops and pacifying the local area, Chen Mu focused on another matter. At the county government residence in Bowang County, official documents from the court and intelligence from the Military Intelligence Department arrived at almost the same time.
on his desk.
After Chen Mu read through the official documents, a smile appeared on his face. Chen Qun, who was reporting work to him, asked curiously: "What makes Master so happy?"
"Sun Jian wrote to the court, saying that Liu Biao asked him to make a peace alliance and rebel against the court together. He wanted to refuse sternly and asked to join the court in sending troops to Jingzhou, but there was a counselor named Lu Su next to his son, who persuaded him to agree to Liu Biao's request.
Paralyzing Liu Biao, Liu Biao was happy to start a rebellion, thus allowing the imperial court to gain righteousness."
Putting the official document in his hand on the desk, Chen Mu said with a smile: "Sun Wentai is still a little naive. His son is very ambitious, and there are Lu Su, Zhou Yu and others around him. I'm afraid this move is not necessarily to paralyze Liu Biao."
Chen Qun thought for a moment: "Master, what you mean is that Sun Cezhi is in Jiangdong?"
"What else could it be?"
Chen Mu said: "Liu Biao deployed tens of thousands of troops in Jiangxia and had planned to capture Jiangdong before. At that time, Cao Cao had almost defeated Yuan Shu. As a result, Lu Budong fled to Xuzhou and occupied Cao Cao's Huaibei. Cao Cao had no choice but to go back to rescue him.
Allowing Yuan Shu to escape, Huang Zu was forced to retreat. But Jiang Xia's army has always wanted to go down the river to capture Yangzhou, so Liu Biao may not die."
"I have always been curious. Liu Biao seems to have never used his troops externally. Why would he want to attack Jiangdong?"
Chen Qun was surprised.
Liu Biao's reputation was actually very good at the time. Jingzhou had never fought many foreign wars, so it always created a peaceful scene for people, causing many people in the Central Plains affected by the war to flee to Jingzhou.
Chen Mu smiled and said: "Liu Biao really doesn't have any enterprising ideas, but Yuan Shu is rebellious, and Jiangdong is an unclaimed land. There is a piece of fat next to you, do you want to take it?"
"That's true."
Chen Qun nodded, showing no intention of forging ahead. The food is already in your mouth, so just opening your mouth is not that difficult after all.
In fact, Liu Biao did not seem to have any idea about hegemony in history, but in fact it was not that he did not want to, but that his strength did not allow it. He carried more than 100,000 men in armor, which seemed very strong, but an army of more than 100,000 men was basically no different from a rabble.
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During the Great War in the Central Plains, he was defeated in several battles with Cao Cao in Nanyang and returned home defeated. Even his own general Deng Ji was captured and had no ability to go north to the Central Plains.
Then Liu Biao wanted to attack Yizhou again. Taking advantage of Liu Yan's death, he sent people to instigate some generals in Yizhou and sent troops to attack Xichuan. However, Liu Zhang's Dongzhou soldiers were beaten back, and the idea of plotting against Yizhou failed again.
Later, he wanted to march eastward to Yangzhou. At that time, Sun Ce also had the same idea as him and tried to seize Jiangdong as his foundation. The two fought in Yuzhang and other places. As a result, the general Liu Biao sent out, Huang Zu, was beaten by Sun Ce and was unable to find the north. Not only did he lose his troops but also lost two generals.
Ten thousand, even Huang Zu's wife and children were captured, which can be said to be a loss of blood to his grandma's family.
Finally, he wanted to get involved in Jiaozhou. Before the imperial court sent the governor of Jiaozhou, Liu Biao himself sent a man named Lai Gong, the governor of Jiaozhou, and also sent another subordinate Wu Ju. As a result, Wu Ju and Lai Gong killed their own people.
When the fight broke out, Wu Ju was ambitious and drove away Lai Gong. He became the king and hegemon in Jiaozhou. The sky was high and the emperor was far away, and he never talked to Liu Biao again.
So it wasn't actually that Liu Biao didn't want to cause trouble, but that except for Jiaozhou, which was a barren country at the time, Liu Biao couldn't attack either from the north, east or west. He had more than 100,000 troops under his command, and the decorations
It makes no difference. In the end, I can only be trapped in Jingzhou and cannot go anywhere.
But now it is different from history. In history, Liu Biao's eastward attack plan was pushed back by Sun Ce. Now Yangzhou is occupied by Yuan Shu, a traitor recognized by the world. Yuan Shu has lost his people and his original army of more than 100,000 has been scattered.
, only 10,000 or 20,000 people were trapped in Danyang.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Including Yuzhang and other places today have become unclaimed lands. No matter how stupid Liu Biao is, he still knows to take advantage of the fact that other forces have not yet intervened in Jiangdong.
When the time came, he took the opportunity to capture Yangzhou, so even if the front line was tight, he did not want to transfer Huang Zu back.
Chen Mu continued: "Sun Wentai's side is quite interesting. Yuzhou Mu was loyal to the court, and as a result he gave birth to an ambitious son. It seems that Yuan Shu is not far from death."
Chen Qun muttered: "I'm afraid that not only Sun Ce is eyeing Jiangdong, Cao Cao is also plotting against Jiangdong. Sun Ce's advisers asked Sun Wentai to pretend to form an alliance with Liu Biao. In fact, they wanted the court to go to war with Liu Biao, so that they could use their hands and feet to attack Jiangdong. No.
We need to be wary of Jiang Xia's navy going east, Master, is there any way to defeat it?"
Chen Mu reminded: "Sometimes you should not look at problems from your own position. You have to learn to look at problems from a high point. Over the years, I still see Sun Jian's performance in my eyes. At least he does look like a loyal minister, but how can he
I don’t think anyone knows. But with his meritorious service and serving the country for many years, I’m afraid he deserves the position of Ninth Minister.”
Chen Qun's eyes widened: "Master Shijun means... to let Sun Jian be transferred to Luoyang as the Jiuqing?"
"Last month, the Weiwei resigned due to illness, and there is still a shortage of one of the Nine Ministers."
Chen Mu smiled.
Transfer Sun Jian to Luoyang, a loyal official in the imperial court, to blackmail Sun Ce. If he doesn't go, he will be a traitor, and he will send troops to attack him, which will give him no excuse to deal with Sun Cao of Henan.
Sun Jian recognized the imperial court. If he left, Sun Ce would probably continue to lead Yuzhou. If Sun Ce defeated Jiangdong and seemed powerful, the imperial court would commend him in the future, then make him a general and transfer him to the north.
If Sun Ce doesn't come, what a good guy, he rebels against the imperial court and doesn't care about his father's life and death, and loses both the people's morale and the morale of the army.
You must know that Sun Jian is the backbone of the Sun family army. The four veteran generals all obey him. Sun Ce is at best a rising star. Once Sun Ce dares to rebel, will the four veteran generals listen to Sun Ce or Sun Jian?
Therefore, transferring Sun Jian to Luoyang was a killer move against the Sun family.
Regardless of whether Sun Jian comes or not, he will fall into the trap of the imperial court. Even if Sun Ce really rebels in the future, he may not be able to send Sun Jian to crusade in person. All he needs to do is not give Sun Jian military power. When the time comes, he will hold Sun Jian hostage and stand in front of the battle.
It is estimated that most of the Sun Army would have to surrender at that time.
Moreover, this trick can be used against Cao Cao in the future. Cao Cao will definitely not come. If he doesn't come, he is rebellious, and the court will have an excuse to use troops against Yanzhou. So sometimes the righteousness of occupying seems useless, but it is actually very satisfying to use. No wonder Cao Cao
Like to do this.
Chen Qun looked at Chen Mu with admiration. His master had never let him down. Sometimes when looking at problems from his own perspective, it is easy to have limitations. But from another perspective, the thinking can always be clear.
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After reporting his work, Chen Qun left the county government office and went out to handle county affairs. After Chen Mu left, he picked up the intelligence sent by the Military Intelligence Department, scanned it, and then burned the official documents.
"Sun Wentai is still loyal to the court. According to Lao Cao, he still can't restrain his vigorous ambition."
Chen Mu sighed.
The content of the intelligence was very simple. Cao Cao also submitted an official document to the court, claiming that he had formed a false alliance with Liu Biao, but in fact he was intensifying his troops. A large number of troops gathered in Guangling. I am afraid that he had the same idea as Sun Ce and wanted to
Taking advantage of the opportunity of the war between the imperial court and Liu Biao, he seized Jiangdong.
Sun Ce and Cao Cao almost sold Liu Biao, which was expected.
However, Sun Jian stated in the official document that he hoped that the court would allow him to bring his troops to Nanyang to join Liu Biao's army, pretending to come to aid Liu Biao, but in fact he was attacking Liu Biao's army.
This is what a loyal minister should do.
Cao Cao and Sun Ce, on the other hand, were acting in an overt and treacherous manner, shouting slogans, but their real goal was another piece of territory. They even coveted each other's population and land. However, they suffered from the fact that they were about the same strength and were afraid that internal strife would cause the court to take advantage of the situation.
Li Cai has never dared to start a war.
From this point of view, both of them are the same kind of people.
It's just this that makes Chen Mu feel pity. Even though Lao Cao has fallen into such a big dilemma, he still wants to dominate. It seems that he still hasn't killed him in these years. Maybe it's time to teach him a painful lesson.
You will understand what the general trend is.
Chen Mu rubbed his chin and thought. The purpose of this aggressive attack on Nanyang was to get this strategically important place in advance. When Liu Bei comes back from Youzhou, he can officially use troops against Jingzhou, Henan and other places.
The Sun family can use Sun Jian to achieve their goals, but Cao Cao may have the only way to force a war.
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Xiapi County, Xiapi State, Xuzhou, the county government residence.
Everyone is having a meeting to discuss.
Cao Cao's life is very difficult now. The most important thing is that he still can't find any way out.
The Sun family can at least go to Jiangdong, but they are surrounded by people in the southeast, northwest and northwest.
So Cao Cao, Guo Jiaxi Zhicai, Cheng Yu, Chen Gong and other advisers thought about it, and after much discussion, they decided that the only way out now was to seize Yangzhou from Sun Jian!
But taking Yangzhou meant that the two families started to fall out. However, now there is not much difference in strength between the two families, with about 40,000 to 50,000 troops.
Once a war begins, no one is sure that they can defeat the other, so the two sides have been reluctant to fight.
The most important thing is that although Liu Bei was competing with Yuan Shao for the north at that time, both Liu Bei and Yuan Shao were giants to Sun Cao. Once Sun Cao started a war, it would be easy for Yuan and Liu to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight.
Therefore, due to various reasons, Sun Cao could only maintain a joint attitude and continue to use troops against Lu Bu and Yuan Shu. Both sides wanted to capture Xuzhou and Yangzhou.
To some extent, after years of hard work, they are at least half successful.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Sun Ce occupied Lujiang and Jiujiang, Cao Cao took Xiapi and Guangling, and both sides took parts of Xuzhou and Yangzhou. Only the other part of Xuzhou was occupied by Liu Bei
, Cao Cao did not dare to provoke him, so he could only peek at Yangzhou.
They had restrained each other before, because not only the other party was eyeing Yangzhou, but Liu Biao of Jingzhou also coveted this sacred land, so Sun Cao did not dare to be the first to go.
Whoever is the first to send troops will have to fight desperately against Yuan Shu. The other two parties take advantage of one party being held back by Yuan Shu and immediately send troops to occupy Yangzhou. They will then become wage earners. Therefore, under such a competition between the three parties, Yuan Shu actually
He changed his destiny against the will of heaven and died in 199 in history and lived to be 200 years old.
But it's almost the end now, because Sun Cao and Liu have obtained the information. Recently, the arrogant Yuan Shu seems to be unable to accept his fate of being able to hide in Danyang. He vomits blood every day, just like his brother Yuan Shao.
fall sick.
Yuan Shu fell ill, and his army was in disarray. Except for some powerful separatist forces from local aristocratic families, there was no big prince in the entire Jiangdong, so it naturally became a piece of fat that Sun Cao and Liu coveted.
Just at this time, Liu Biao presented a good opportunity. He actually tried to ally with Sun Cao to fight against the imperial court. Sun Ce and Cao Cao decisively sold Liu Biao and began to use troops against Jiangdong.
At this moment, Cao Cao looked around the people in the hall and said loudly: "Everyone, Yuan Shu is in danger and Jiangdong is about to be left without an owner. This is our great opportunity. The children of the Sun family will never miss this opportunity. Yangzhou is too remote, but
We must not let the Sun family get it. This battle is to eliminate Yuan Shu and the Sun family in one fell swoop! Gentlemen, please fight hard!"