The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Chapter 437 Volume Remove the fuel from under the cauldron!

Jiangdong,

Wu County.

"Yuan Tan has become king."

"Ah."

Zhou Yu was dressed in elegant plain clothes, with a guqin placed in front of him.

Opposite him was Sun Ce, who was wearing a golden mask with a carved eye.

"Then can we take action?"

"..."

After several years of hardships, Zhou Yu began to have many concerns.

"The situation in Jingzhou has been thoroughly understood."

"Wen Pin leads 10,000 Jingzhou soldiers to guard Jiangling, and Gan Ning's navy is stationed in Gong'an, ready to set out at any time to control the waterway."

"In addition, if the situation changes, Guan Yu in the Central Plains, Zhang Liao in Nanyang, and the troops in Yizhou will also support Jiangling as soon as possible."

"It's actually not easy for us to capture Jingzhou."

Sun Ce asked again: "What about Guangling?"

"Guangling Governor Chen Deng has always been brave and courageous. After he died of vomiting worms not long ago, Cao Cao asked Cao Ren, a general from the royal family, to take over Chen Deng's position."

"In addition to gathering Chen Deng's original troops, Cao Ren also seems to have brought some Tiger and Leopard Cavalry and stationed them in the Jiangdu area."

After Zhou Yu finished explaining the situation on both sides, he couldn't help but ask, "Bofu, do you really want to attack both sides at the same time?"

If Zhou Yu's words were to get out, it would probably cause an uproar!

Sun Ce actually wanted to attack the Han Dynasty and Cao Cao at the same time!

"Ah."

Sun Ce responded calmly.

"Jingzhou is extremely important to Jiangdong. Similarly, Huainan and Guangling are also very important to Jiangdong."

"Now that Yuan Tan has been bewitched by those Confucian scholars, he will surely draw most of the court's attention."

"Cao Cao has always been treacherous. He will definitely not let go of this opportunity, so he will definitely head towards the Central Plains."

"In other words, Jingzhou and Cao Cao's rear will definitely be very empty! This is our last chance!"

Attack on both sides!

It has always been a taboo for military strategists!
But once done properly, both sides will benefit!

The mantis catches the cicada, and the oriole is behind.

Jiangdong is now ready to become the final jackal!
"In this case, some things should be arranged in advance."

Zhou Yu glanced outside the room and nodded to the waiter next to him.

Soon, someone walked in from outside.

Li Ru, Li Wenyou.

"Greetings, my lord. Greetings, my governor."

Li Ru called him "Lord" very affectionately, but this intimate name sounded extremely harsh to Sun Ce's ears!
Zhou Yu did not exchange pleasantries with Li Ru and chose to get straight to the point.

"You can tell the emperor that Jiangdong is willing to cooperate with the court and send troops to attack Cao Cao!"

"You stayed in Jiangdong to deliver news to the court."

"Now I want you to make an appointment with the court to attack Cao Cao together with Jiangdong!"

……

After listening to Zhou Yu's words, Li Ru bowed slightly.

"I will report the governor's intention to the court."

"But if the governor decides to send troops, what should we do in Jiangdong?"

Zhou Yu: "What do you mean?"

"Although the governor and the lord are in a fierce battle, their foundation is not as deep as that of the imperial court."

"How can the governor guarantee that Jiangdong will not be in turmoil once he leaves with his troops?"

Li Ru's words were sincere.

If Zhou Yu did not know Li Ru's true identity, he would have really thought that Li Ru was sincerely considering Jiangdong.

Just when Zhou Yu was about to answer, Sun Ce suddenly spoke up: "My brother Sun Quan will stay in Jiangdong to take charge, so Wenyou doesn't have to worry about Jiangdong."

Li Ru understood what was happening and praised Sun Quan for his intelligence and Sun Ce for his wisdom. He then sent a letter to Chang'an according to Zhou Yu's instructions.

But Li Ru's letters consisted of two letters, one obvious and one hidden.

The Ming letter, according to Zhou Yu's words, explained that Jiangdong intended to attack Jingzhou with the court.

The dark one was Li Ru's own speculation.

"If we were only attacking Cao Cao, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu would never send troops together."

"But now Sun Ce said that he would let his brother Sun Quan take charge, which means that Sun Ce and Zhou Yu will definitely not be in Jiangdong at the same time."

"Therefore, there is a high probability that Sun Ce will send troops from Jingzhou and Xuzhou to seize the two places."

Li Ru sent the two letters to Chang'an together, and Liu Xie immediately summoned Jia Xu, Xun Yu, Yang Xiu, Sima Yi, Zhuge Liang and others.

The first person to react was Yang Xiu.

It was the first time he knew that Li Ru was actually a spy for the imperial court, and an open spy at that.

After Chunyu Qiong revealed in Luoyang that He had tampered with the will of Emperor Xiaoling, Li Ru's reputation had actually been restored a lot.

After all, there is a big difference between killing a deposed emperor and killing a traitor.

Therefore, Yang Xiu had previously proposed to the emperor whether to recall Li Ru from Jiangdong to Chang'an.

But every time the emperor heard it, he just smiled and said nothing.

I just found out today that Li Ru has actually been on the emperor's side for a long time?
"What about Yuan Shao's side in the past?"

"Yes." "What about when you were with Yuan Shu?"

"Yes."

"So you are with Sun Ce now?"

"Yes."

Yang Xiu asked the emperor in a low voice: "Li Ru is like this, isn't he afraid of death?"

It would be bad enough if he was a traitor, but now Sun Ce and Zhou Yu had already known his identity?

This is never the way to commit suicide!

But Liu Xie looked at Xun You, who was also educating Yang Xiu, a rough young man.

"In the past, when the Han Dynasty was not strong, it was nothing for Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu to call Li Ru a "spy."

"But now that the Han Dynasty has recovered the ten states, what should Sun Ce call Li Ru at this time?"

Yang Xiu scratched his head and asked uncertainly, "Is Li Ru now... most likely Sun Ce's father?"

Although the metaphor is a bit crude, the situation is indeed not much different.

Li Ru went to Jiangdong with his true identity revealed, and instead became a great god in Jiangdong.

As long as Sun Ce is not determined to turn against the imperial court, Li Ru can have whatever he wants in Jiangdong.

Even now, Zhou Yu has to pass on his message to the emperor through Li Ru!

"Tsk tsk, a spy like this is probably no different from Su Qin and Zhang Yi back then!"

Yang Xiu admired Li Ru's courage, but was somewhat skeptical of the words in his letter.

"Sun Ce must be crazy to attack Jingzhou and Xuzhou at the same time?"

"Jiangdong has always been a small and poor place. How dare he provoke the Han Dynasty at this time?"

Yang Xiu thought that his words would be recognized, but neither the emperor nor Jia Xu, Xun Yu, Sima Yi, and Zhuge Liang expressed any agreement.

"Dezu."

Sima Yi spoke at this moment.

"you are so brilliant."

Yang Xiu was stunned at first, then he smiled and shook his head: "No, no."

Unexpectedly, Sima Yi immediately said: "It is precisely because you are too smart that you cannot understand many things."

"With your intelligence, you can easily analyze which side is stronger, the Han or Jiangdong. You also think it is unreasonable for Sun Ce to provoke both sides at this time... But sometimes, it is better to be a little stupid when doing things."

“If you know you can’t do something, then don’t do it. This is certainly the way smart people think, but sometimes, your cleverness may backfire.”

Sima Yi asked the emperor to unfold the map and demonstrate it from above.

"This future war will surely be very chaotic."

"Because whether it's Yuan Tan, Cao Cao, or Sun Ce, they all know that this battle is their last chance."

"Now that Yuan Tan has declared himself king, he wants to follow the prophecy and cause unrest in Hebei. At the very least, the troops of Gao Shun and Zhao Yun, the two pillars of the state, cannot be moved lightly."

"General Xu Rong, who is in Liaoxi and guarding against Gongsun Du, cannot move lightly."

"The only one who can attack Qingzhou is Zhang Fei's troops who are currently in Bohai."

"But most of General Zhang Fei's soldiers are new recruits with weak fighting power. Obviously, we cannot take Qingzhou with just one army. At least we need to mobilize one or even two pillars of the state to attack Qingzhou."

"Apart from the troops in Hebei that I just mentioned, there are also the troops under General Guan Yu in the Central Plains. The only troops that the court can mobilize are those of the five pillars of the country, Niu Fu, Lu Bu, Zhang Liao, Zhang Xiu, and Xu Huang."

"General Niu Fu is now the Minister of War and needs to stay in Chang'an."

"General Zhang Liao has already gone to Nanyang and is ready to support the Central Plains battlefield at any time."

"The only ones left to call upon are Lü Bu, Zhang Xiu, and Xu Huang."

"If Qingzhou fails to be conquered for a long time, and a pillar of the state is held back, and Cao Cao suddenly attacks the Central Plains, does Dezu think that Sun Ce really has no chance?"

Only at this moment did Yang Xiu realize the seriousness of the problem.

Today's Han Dynasty is indeed powerful, but at the same time its battle line has been stretched to a terrifying level.

It extends from Liaodong in the north to Jingnan in the south.

The distance between the two is more than ten thousand miles.

If we fail to mobilize our troops carefully and appropriately, I'm afraid Sun Ce might really take advantage of us!
Zhuge Liang also stood up at this moment.

"But fortunately, although the current situation is chaotic, the initiative is still in the hands of the court."

"Cao Cao was waiting for the imperial court to send troops to attack Qingzhou so that he could send troops to the Central Plains."

"While Sun Ce was waiting for Cao Cao to send troops to attack the Central Plains, he could catch the mantis while the cicada was waiting."

"In other words... even if they had this plan, they were planning it based on the certainty that "the imperial court would attack Qingzhou first"!"

"What if the court doesn't follow their plan?"

Zhuge Liang, apparently wanted to cut off the source of the problem!
Whether it was Cao Cao, Sun Ce, or even Yuan Tan himself, they all thought that the imperial court would attack Qingzhou first. After all, Yuan Tan was the most excited now and was making moves to declare himself king.

In that case, why not just shatter this "premise" directly!

Sima Yi was the first to react among everyone present.

At this moment, he seemed to have a telepathic connection with Zhuge Liang, and instantly guessed Zhuge Liang's plan -

"Kong Ming's meaning is, don't attack Qingzhou, attack Cao Cao first!"

Yes!

Although Yuan Tan is the one making the most noise now, everyone can see that the ones who are really dangerous are Cao Cao and Sun Ce!
Sun Ce's Jiangdong has the natural barrier of the Yangtze River, so it is unlikely that he could just push forward.

But Cao Cao's Xuzhou was flat and could be taken over with a strong army at lightning speed!

Take the fire out of the cauldron!

Take a break!

Yang Xiu also quickly followed the two's thoughts and immediately joked, "If Sun Ce knew that we attacked Cao Cao first, would he still dare to fight on both fronts according to the original plan?"

(End of this chapter)