Chapter 318: Calculating Guan Yu
That's right, Beihai is a key place to change the world.
As early as the beginning, Sun Quan analyzed for Guan Hai, the north of Beihai is Gongsun Zhan's territory, the south is Tao Qian's territory, Beihai is in the buffer zone among the two princes, the position is very awkward, the reason why no one fights it is completely because of Kong Rong's reputation, plus Kong Rong has no ambition for external expansion, as long as he does not take the initiative to provoke others, others will not take the risk of infamy to provoke him.
From this point of view, Beihai, which does not have the support of any great princes behind it, has no enemies and no allies, is indeed a good target for the Qingzhou Yellow Turban. And the reason why Sun Quan paid so much attention to the Battle of Beihai was because this battle would be related to Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Tai Shici.
But in fact, is the Battle of Beihai really only related to Liu Bei and Tai Shici? Don't forget, the other protagonist of this stop is the Qingzhou Yellow Turban!
Just imagine, once Guan Hai led the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, really defeated Kong Rong and took Beihai, what would it mean? This means the failure of Liu Bei, who sent troops to the rescue, which means that the Qingzhou Yellow Turban has a real base of its own, and it also means that it will be difficult for Cao Cao to have another chance to incorporate the Qingzhou Yellow Turban in the future!
My God, in the future, the two countries of Wei and Shu in the Three Kingdoms may suffer heavy losses here, either directly or indirectly. Cao Cao can still rise smoothly without the Qingzhou Army? As for Liu Bei, if Guan Yu is compensated in this battle, will he still have the confidence to be defeated again and again?
On the surface, Sun Quan seems to be out of pity and wants to give the Qingzhou Yellow Turban a base for these nearly a million homeless poor people to survive. But in fact, Sun Quan began to calculate his two biggest enemies in the future early on.
If Sun Quan's earliest purpose was just to win over Tai Shici in advance and verify the new game by the way, then now, Sun Quan has set his sights on Guan Yu! Even if Guan Yu is an enemy of 10,000 people, in the early stage of Liu Bei's lack of soldiers at all, as long as Sun Quan designs it properly, encircles the points and sends reinforcements, even if he uses a pile of people, he can pile Guan Yu to death!
The most terrible thing in this world is not the assassination of the enemy, but the calculation of a person who has no grudge against you.
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Within two days,
Guan Hai gathered the elite troops of the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans and launched a new round of plundering belonging to the Yellow Turbans. I don't know if other forces have planted undercover agents in the Yellow Turban Army in this era, and if so, the nearby princes will definitely be in danger. It is true that the combat effectiveness of the Yellow Turban Army is not as good as before, but there are still no princes who are willing to gnaw this hard bone. After all, it is simply not profitable to win such an army.
At this time, it is generally believed that the Qingzhou Yellow Turban either wants to enter Xuzhou, because Xuzhou is rich, and who is not the same as fighting, so why not fight a local tyrant? Or, it is to fight Yanzhou, which Cao Cao now occupies, Cao Cao has just gained a foothold in Yanzhou, and his foundation is unstable, so he may be able to exploit loopholes. Few people know that this time the Qingzhou Yellow Turban is going to fight a descendant of Confucius who is a low-key person and rarely causes trouble, Beihai Kong Rong!
If it is said that the Qingzhou Yellow Turban is an inconspicuous movement, then the battle situation in Jingzhou can be called the attention of the whole world. The more the world paid attention, the more transparent the situation on the front line became, and Sun Quan soon learned that Yuan Shu, who he thought was just going to feint to meet Sun Ce, actually launched an attack on Wancheng, the gateway to Jingzhou. Of course, Sun Quan is not too surprised by this, Sun Quan knows very well that Yuan Shu is extremely ambitious, and if he has the opportunity, he will definitely want to capture Jingzhou. Not to mention the possibility of making a big move, even if it is just to break through Wancheng, it will also open the door of Jingzhou, and troops will be able to come to Xiangyang City at any time in the future. This time, if he can cooperate with Sun Celi and attack Wancheng on both sides, it will indeed be a rare opportunity for Yuan Shu.
However, to Sun Quan's surprise, in the face of the siege of the important town of Wancheng, Jingzhou did not send troops to help at the first time, and the troops sent by Jingzhou actually bypassed Wancheng directly and went to Runan, the base camp of Yuan Shu. There are capable people in Jingzhou, this Sun Quan is not strange, Sun Quan is strange that this news came so quickly. Yuan Shu on the front foot had just hit Wancheng, and the back foot spread that the Jingzhou soldiers had arrived in Runan, Sun Quan was not at the scene, he didn't know the specific time of the war, but was the Jingzhou army's reaction really so fast? This feeling is as if Yuan Shu sent troops to fight Wancheng at the same time, Jingzhou also sent troops to fight Runan, and the two sides thought of going together, but they haven't met on the road yet. This strange coincidence made Sun Quan have a bad premonition, and his intuition told Sun Quan that Yuan Shu was probably a pit this time. On the other hand, some signs of Yanzhou also made Sun Quan a little concerned.
At present, Cao Cao is still very friendly with Yuan Shao. In other words, Yuan Shao and Liu Biao's alliance, Cao Cao can also be counted in it, if Cao Cao cooperates with Liu Biao's military action this time, then Yuan Shu can't save people, but the probability of losing himself is very high!
What to do?
Sun Quan frowned, he didn't care about Yuan Shu's life or death, but the safety of his eldest brother Sun Ce, the elite and elders of the entire Jiangdong Army, could not be damaged here. In any case, Sun Quan could not allow anything to go wrong at this time. So, should the Qingzhou Yellow Turban be lured to Yanzhou to divert Cao Cao's attention?
In the end, Sun Quan decided that it would be better to stay put.
First of all, it is not clear what Cao Cao of Yanzhou wants to do, Cao Cao is also an ambitious person, instead of cooperating with Liu Biao's actions in Jingzhou, it is better to take advantage of the fact that others have no time to take care of him and secretly develop and grow. When Cao Cao did not have a clear movement, Sun Quan really did not need to take the initiative to wade into troubled waters.
Secondly, how to persuade Guan Hai not to attack Beihai and to attack Cao Cao is also a big problem. Guan Hai is not stupid, and the Qingzhou Yellow Turban is not a soldier in Sun Quan's hands.
Again, if Cao Cao didn't make any moves and honestly stayed in the Yanzhou base camp, Sun Quan didn't think that this Qingzhou Yellow Turban would be able to take advantage of Cao Cao's hands. Only when Cao Cao leads his troops away and the rear is empty, can the Qingzhou Yellow Turban have a chance!
So, while paying attention to the Jingzhou battlefield and the Yanzhou undercurrent, Sun Quan followed Guan Hai's Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army to Beihai, and successfully surrounded Beihai firmly by virtue of the numerical advantage of the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans.
On the first day, Kong Rong sent a general to fight to meet the enemy, Guan Hai personally went down and repelled the opponent, since then, the gate of Beihai was closed, no matter how tossed outside the city, no one in Beihai County opened the city gate and went out to fight. In this regard, Guan Hai is also happy to see it, his purpose was originally to encircle Beihai, if he can not fight, who wants to fight.
It's just that I don't know if the Qingzhou Yellow Turban is impatient, or Kong Rongxian in Beihai City can't hold on.
As a result, to the great surprise of Sun Quan and Guan Hai, only on the second day, Beihai City actually sent Kong Rong's truce letter, and Beihai was willing to exchange grain for the Qingzhou Yellow Turban to withdraw from the army. This made Sun Quan very dumbfounded, the dignified and famous man Kong Rong, so easy to coward?