Chapter 873: Upper, Middle and Lower
"It seems that our strategy is working very well..."
Jiang Zhuo glanced at the list of loot and the number of battle damage, and his heart was also a lot more comfortable. With the spoils of war in Shixin County and Liyang County, the gang will not need to use working capital to buy war materials for at least the next three days.
Some are game merchants, who will automatically bring a large number of war materials and trade war dividends such as equipment, props, and materials with [Lingyun Palace].
Although a large number of game merchants will take away a lot of information, there must be many spies of forces, and there are also many people who work part-time as news dealers, but in general, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, and the logistical pressure of [Lingyun Palace] has weakened a lot.
After capturing Shixin County, Jiang Zhuo set up a heavy army in Yexiangtun, northeast of Shixin County, and then [Lingyun Palace] was not in a hurry. More than 120 miles east of Yexiang is Tonglu County in Wu County, where Sun Cefang's 10,000 troops are hoarding, cutting off the connection between the Yellow Turban Army and the [Lingyun Palace], and at the same time, it is also deterring the [Lingyun Palace].
Jiang Zhuo was not in a hurry to deal with the 10,000 army, but had to wait for Sun Ce and the Yellow Turban Army to continue to consume, and at the same time wait for the progress of Lu Kangjun.
This time, Lu Kang didn't listen to Hua Xin's words anymore, but according to Jiang Zhuo's order, he entered Danyang County eastward, and already occupied half of Danyang County. The Lu family suffered too much damage in the battle of Lujiabao, and Lu Kang must avenge his clansmen, otherwise his clansmen's loyalty to him will decline.
At the same time, the strength of the family suffered a heavy blow, and Lu Kang had no background and advantages when facing Hua Xin, Tai Shici and other Liu Xuan's remaining military generals. So Lu Kang had no choice, he could only choose to hug Jiang Zhuo's thigh, save the minister more than the lord, and let Hua Xin grasp the right to speak in the Lujiang army.
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Speaking of the Yellow Turban Army, when the [Lingyun Palace] army was dispatched, Bo Cai's resentment towards Jiang Zhuo was also calmed down a little.
Because of the successive falls of Liyang City and Shixin City, Sun Ce also slowed down his assault on Wucheng. At this time, Zhou Yu had already arrived in Wucheng County, and he made Wu Anguo unable to complete the task assigned by Jiang Zhuo.
The five thousand Yellow Turban beast soldiers under Wu Anguo's command were defeated by Zhou Yu in one go after more than a dozen consecutive night attacks, and then Wu Anguo could only retreat, rushing to Yashan Township to join Jiang Zhuo and send troops to Xindu County.
Of course, Zhou Yu also has a price to do this. More than 8,000 players who fought with him were killed, and he and Lu Dai combined had a total of 5,000 soldiers and horses, leaving more than 2,000 people left.
Now there are fewer and fewer elite red-armored soldiers under Sun Ce's command, from 50,000 all the way to a sharp decrease, and now there are only 38,000 left. Zhou Yu gave a suggestion to dispatch county soldiers and county lieutenants from all over the country to fight, and let [Chop Chi You] take over the position of county lieutenant in more than a dozen counties, on the condition that the people of [Chop Chi You] must replenish the county soldiers themselves.
Of course, [Chop Chi You] is happy to do this, with the official position of county lieutenant and the right to recruit troops independently, those dozen or so counties are equivalent to the private territory of [Chop Chi You].
"The Yellow Turban Army was only suffering from scabies, and when Bocai was in Huiji County, he chose the combat method of encircling the city from the township, occupying the townships of the whole county, isolating the counties and counties and then taking them.
Now we can also do the same, driving the Inhumans to go around and kill the Yellow Turban Army's men and horses in various towns and villages, as well as the grain raiding regiments and scouts in the field, and at the same time send [Chopping Chiyou] heavy troops to besiege the city, and it is enough to isolate Wucheng.
As for us, we can directly assemble heavy troops to attack Xindu County. As long as Hanjiang is defeated alone, Lu Kang will not dare to act rashly, and then we will have time to clean up the mess in Wu County. ”
Zhou Yu gave the most reasonable advice, but Sun Ce did not agree. His family is in Wu County, and now Wu County is surrounded by the Yellow Turban Army, he must break through Wucheng and lead heavy troops to relieve the siege of Wu County.
As for why he didn't bypass Wucheng County and go to Wu County to relieve the siege first, he was mainly worried about Jiang Zhuo. If Sun Ce took the Red Armor Army away, even if there were two million players left, he would not be able to resist Jiang Zhuo's defeat.
When the time comes, the [Lingyun Palace] and the Yellow Turban Army will unite together, and the Inhuman army in Sun Ce's camp will also be defeated and lose confidence, Sun Ce will not only lose his troops, but will also be blocked in the northeast of Wu County, and finally be forced out of Yangzhou step by step. This is a matter of grand strategy, and Sun Ce cannot do this.
[Chopping Chi You] took the lead and rushed to Wu County with 150,000 horses and 300,000 vassal players from their headquarters, and the Yellow Turban Army outside Wu County at least did not dare to attack the city with all their might.
Sun Ce shook his head, "My mother is in Wu County, and if I don't personally lead the army to rescue at this time, it is unfilial, how can I turn around and leave?" ”
Zhou Yu sighed helplessly, when he gave the suggestion, he knew that Sun Ce would refuse, but as a strategist, he should still say the right strategy. After saying it, the lord didn't accept it, and he couldn't help it.
"In that case, I have three strategies for you to choose from."
"Oh? Let's take it into detail! Sun Ce's eyes lit up with a depressed face, he felt a little helpless, but he didn't expect Zhou Yu to have three strategies for him.
"The best policy, give up Wucheng and make a detour to Wu County to relieve the siege of Wu County." Although Zhou Yu's tone was firm, he was actually unsure in his heart, "What you are worried about, Bo Fu, is just that the Yellow Turban Army and Han Jiang have successfully united and trapped us in the northeast of Wu County.
But the enemy is actually a combination of three forces, and if we are defeated, what will happen to them after they achieve the results? ”
Sun Ce thought thoughtfully, "Gong Jin, do you mean that the enemy will start infighting?" ”
"Not bad." Zhou Yu nodded, "And that's inevitable." The Yellow Turban Army is rebellious, and Bo Cai will not have a sense of security in the face of Hanjiang Solo and Lu Kang. With fear, it is very likely that the Yellow Turban Army will take the initiative to take advantage of it, and we can also add fuel to the fire.
Secondly, the strength under Lu Kang's command is not much weaker than that of Zhi Hanjiang alone, but one of them is a county guard and the other is a thorn in history, so let Lu Kang be subordinate, is he willing? ”
The strategy is very good, to retreat as advance, to show the enemy to be weak, to wait for the opportunity.
But Sun Ce shook his head, weakness and avoidance were not his style.
Sure enough, Zhou Yu smiled slightly, he knew that Sun Ce's character was too rigid, but this was also his personal charm. If it weren't for his iron-blooded style, there wouldn't be so many people gathered around him, so Zhou Yu didn't persuade but introduced Zhong Ce, "Zhong Ce, go all out to attack Wucheng!" ”
"How?" Sun Ce frowned, the reason why he was helpless was that he felt that Hanjiang alone gave him the feeling of being on his back. If he attacked Wucheng by force, in case Han Jiang led the elite light troops to break through and attack the Yellow Turban Army on both sides, they would inevitably suffer a crushing defeat.