In the fifth year of the first peace, there were many people who had not been at home in the New Year, and the princes were fighting everywhere, no time, and no mood, Wang Yu was in Youzhou, Cao Cao was in Nanyang, and Sun Ce was in Chaisang to welcome the coming of the New Year.

For Sun Ce, there was a rather noisy start to this year, and everything originated from Cao Cao's flying pigeon and the military intelligence in northern Xinjiang. Sun Ce did not discuss with Zhou Yu, a military advisor, like Cao Cao, but took advantage of the ministers to come to celebrate the New Year.

"Cao Mengde has sent news from the north, I see, what is saved is not a good intention." Zhou Tai was born as a water thief, has a straightforward temperament, and does not beat around the bush when he speaks.

"What else can you have? It's nothing more than letting us fight harder. Chen Wu pursed his lips and said indifferently: "Now he is very embarrassed in Nanyang, if we hadn't beaten Huang Zu, I can't imagine that Liu Biao has already sent troops north." But there's no way to let him get cheaper, in public and private, we have to clean up Liu Biao first. ”

When it comes to the old feud between the two families, the veteran Han Dang is deeply touched: "But Liu Jingsheng is not easy to deal with, although he is weak to attack, but the defense is step by step, we have fought so many long victories, but it has always been difficult to achieve a breakthrough quickly, and the city that is easy to capture is burned with grain and grass, which is the tactics of the strong wall and clear the field, difficult, difficult!" ”

Back then, Sun Jian fought Jingzhou, Liu Biao was defeated in every battle, and in the end he could only shrink out, Rao is Sun Jian's soldiers were sharp, but there was no way to take this turtle. Later, Huang Zu's conspiracy had an accidental factor, but even if Sun Jian avoided the ambush, it was unlikely that he would capture Jingzhou, and in the end, he could only retreat with all his food.

In the final analysis, Liu Biao, who was supported by the wealthy family in Jingzhou, was good at defense, and now Jiangdong is strong and strong. But against Shangjingzhou, there is still no overwhelming advantage, and it is really difficult to say whether it can take revenge.

"What else else?" As the topic shifted, more and more people joined the debate, and Lu Dai shouted: "Ignore the enemy and cross the river to attack Yuan Shu or Guangling?" Now Chen Qi's father and son are still allies with us, and if we attack it, it may not be what will happen. If they are betrayed after crossing the river, then everyone will not have to die without a corpse? ”

He is a native of Hailing, Guangling. Originally a county official in the county, he later avoided Jiangdong because he offended the strong and powerful in the county, and after Sun Ce crossed the river, he was quickly reused before joining the army. Although it is a blessing in disguise. But when it comes to the old things and enemies of the year, he is still angry, and his enemy is none other than Chen Qi.

"Ladies and gentlemen, my Jiangdong has a geographical advantage, and I can defend it according to the danger. Calmly passing through Jingnan and Jiangdong, recuperating and recuperating, and letting the Central Plains heroes fight each other, it is he who is strong and he is strong. I stand still. When the sky changes from time to time, and when the enemy is at ease, wouldn't it be more secure to take advantage of the situation and try to do it? Why rush for a while? ”

Seeing that the topic is getting more and more biased. Even personal grievances were about to be involved, and Zhang Zhao couldn't sit still. He is now in his forties. In Sun Ce's shogunate, he is very old, and when he says it, he is naturally a steady and steady statement.

He didn't say this all for the sake of a round, but from the heart.

Since Sun Ce and Wang Yu were defeated in the battle and Zhou Yu designed to take Jiangdong, there has been an unsettling atmosphere within the Jiangdong Army, at best it is determined to forge ahead, at worst, it is impetuous.

Sun Ce himself was okay, after that battle, although he was silent for several days, which made everyone worried, he quickly returned to normal. What is especially gratifying is that the setback is like a whetstone, grinding away the feared sharpness of this young hero, and replacing it with a calm bearing.

From this point of view, it can be regarded as a blessing in disguise.

But the generals are far from being calm, following Ling Cao died on the spot, Deng Dang and Sun Gui were seriously injured, and after a few months of recuperation, although they saved their lives, they were all disabled, Sun Gui lost an arm, and Deng Dang could no longer stand up.

Although the general inevitably died in battle, Sun Ce was not stingy, and rewarded the families of Ling and Deng Erjiang with great mercy and gratitude, and also promoted Deng Dang's wife and brother, Lu Meng, a wealthy man who was only sixteen years old, to take over Deng Dang's position, but the colleagues who fought side by side were either dead or disabled, and the generals must have felt uncomfortable.

Hatred not only brought high fighting spirit, but also made everyone's eyes firmly focused on Qingzhou, but put Jingzhou, the opponent, in a secondary position.

This is a very dangerous signal, in fact, counterattacking Jingzhou from Jiangdong is not dominant. Water warfare is more dependent on geographical advantages, and Jingzhou has the advantage of going down the river to Jiangdong, and this advantage has always existed.

Even if it has the upper hand for a while, the Jingzhou army does not dare to take the lead, but if you relax your vigilance, something big will still happen, Liu Biao is not the kind of opponent who kneades casually, Sun Jian back then has verified this with his own life.

Zhang Zhao was calm by nature, and originally did not agree with Sun Ce's strategy of going north to the Central Plains and competing with Wang Yu.

"Zibu is reasonable, the ancients talked about guarding the world, and said: The soldier is also a murder weapon, and the saint must not act rashly, and said: It is better to guard the danger than to keep the virtue, I have natural dangers in Jiangdong, if I cultivate the virtue and politics again, wait for the territory to be peaceful, the mountain is not a disaster, and then raise troops to the north, how can it not be as powerful as a bamboo?" The person who quoted the scriptures was Gu Yong, a famous scholar in Wu County.

Speaking of which, this person has something to do with Wang Yu, he studied under Cai Yong, his knowledge is excellent, after Cai Yong arrived in Qingzhou, he once asked someone to send a letter to him, inviting him to go to Taishan Academy to do learning.

But Gu Yong learned the teacher's knowledge, but he didn't learn the latter's indifferent and far-reaching mentality, and devoted himself to his career, successively serving under Zhou Xin, Xu Gong, and Sun Ce.

"Since the war between Jiangdong and Jingzhou, the soldiers have been killed and wounded, and the people have been displaced, but they have gained nothing more than the enemies of Exian, Xiapheasant and other counties. If you can't get land and settle people's livelihoods, what good will it do if you win all battles? Therefore, in Yongzhi's opinion, if you send an envoy to Xiangyang, the two families will strike the army and make peace, if the lord is unwilling, he can ask Liu Yuanjun for money and food, he is embarrassed and poor, and there is no reason to allow it. ”

"Yuan sighs that this is very good." Zhang Hong flicked his long beard and echoed it: "In this way, the concerns of the generals can also be eliminated, and if our army does not move lightly, it will naturally not be used by others." Just as the Western Qin was sitting on the risk of being in danger of the Kuo and the Han, sitting and watching the six countries weaken each other, and finally gaining the momentum of the world, the lord thought about it carefully. ”

The opinions of Wenchen's side were basically the same, and they all agreed to strike the war and make peace, and to recuperate.

In this regard, Jiangdong and Qingzhou are relatively consistent. It's no coincidence that in the war, Wenchen didn't have much room to play. Unless large swathes of new territory can be quickly occupied, that's a different matter.

The battle between Jiangdong and Jingzhou lasted for half a year, and although the advantages were obvious, they were never translated into the ground, but on the contrary, there were signs of instability within Jiangdong, which had just settled down. Mountains everywhere are ready to move. The rest of Yuan Shao's department, the former Danyang Taishou Zhou Xin was also active.

The three brothers of the Zhou family all worked for Yuan Shao, Zhou Ang and Zhou Qiao all played a certain role in the battle between Cao Cao and Yuan Shu, Gongsun Yue died in the hands of the former, although the latter was defeated by Sun Jian and Yuan Shu, but bought a certain amount of time for Cao Cao. After the latter was able to completely defeat the Black Mountain thieves, he calmly faced the invading Yuan Shu.

Zhou Xin lasted longer than his two younger brothers, and his opponents changed from Sun Jian and Yuan Shu to Sun Ce, and he was still defeated repeatedly. If at first you don't succeed, try try again. Before Sun Ce pacified Jiangdong, he was originally attached to Wang Lang, but after the latter climbed the high branches, he simply abandoned Huiji County. Zhou Xin could only flee on his own.

There was already no sound, but after Sun Ce pacified Jiangdong. Without waiting for a break, he immediately waved his army to attack Jiangxia, so he gave Zhou Xin a chance to breathe, I don't know who he got help, and now this person has signs of resurgence.

There are many others like Zhou Xin, he is just the most famous and the most dynamic.

After a long period of external attack and internal worries, the civil servants generally believed that it was time to repair internal affairs.

Of course, the generals were very dissatisfied with such remarks, but compared to eloquence, they were far inferior, and they really couldn't argue with each other. And they are not worried, because they have a rather domineering lord, let this group of sour people talk wildly, only the lord said: "I have made up my mind, there is no need to discuss it again." "It's just a matter of keeping your mouth shut.

Therefore, they didn't argue, they just set their eyes on Sun Ce, expecting the lord to show his domineering again. On the side of Wenchen, led by Zhang Zhao, they also looked at Sun Ce with expectant eyes, hoping that he could make the right decision.

Under the expectation of everyone, Sun Ce was uncharacteristically silent, the hearts of the generals suddenly sank, and the ministers were happy.

"This discussion will be put on hold for the time being, let me think about it, and you will disperse." After a long time, Sun Ce raised his head, waved his hand, and signaled that the military discussion would end here and the meeting would be adjourned.

Everyone looked at each other, but they didn't dare to disobey his will, so they could only salute and retreat, all of them wondering what the lord was making trouble this time.

But there were also a few people who noticed that while Sun Ce signaled everyone to retreat, his eyes kept staring at his side, and it was none other than the military advisor Zhou Yu who was standing in that direction.

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"People say that I am full of talents in Jiangdong, but only when I am in the bureau do I know that Zhang Zibu, Gu Yuanxian and others are not worthy of their names, or they are talents of a county, but they are far from Wang Zuo. The courage of the generals is commendable, but they owe consideration, and they can't see the general trend of the world clearly, so what good is it to be brave in vain? ”

Sun Ce sighed deeply and said: "If Wang Pengju's ministers are also like Zhang Zibu, how can there be the Hebei War that day, and the feat of riding down Xuzhou and Jianghuai?" If you can't attack Jiangxia today, you will only have a corner of peace in the future, and you will have to survive, but this Jiangxia ...... It's hard to attack, can Gongjin teach me? ”

Zhou Yu bowed his hand and replied calmly: "In the office, Yu, as a military advisor, should be the main public to relieve sorrows, in private, you and I are righteous and married to Jinlan, how can we divide each other?" After Yu saw the letter, he already had a thought in his chest, but he didn't know what the lord's determination was, so he didn't dare to speak, and now Bo Fu asked, Yu dared to ask: Does my brother really want to compete with Wang Hussar for the Central Plains? ”

Zhou Yu changed his title three times in a row, and his tone was sharper and sharper each time, Sun Ce was not angry but happy, held Zhou Yu's elbow, and laughed loudly: "Others don't know my heart, how can Gong Jin not know the reason?" Life for 100 years, who has to die? Wang Pengju, the hero of the world, can compete with him for the Central Plains, a duel, and it is very fast. A certain one has no plan to break through Jiangxia quickly, why worry about the future victory? If you have a plan, you can only come through the pipe! ”

Zhou Yu also let out a long laugh, grabbed Sun Ce's wrist with his backhand, and praised: "If you are worthy of being a brother, you will be proud of your brother, and Yu's painstaking achievements will be in vain!" ”