After everyone calmed down, Lu Su held up his hands and took over the topic and said: "The ancients said that a arrogant army will be defeated! Cao's army has won consecutive battles and has already regarded the princes of the world as nothing... Such an army only needs to show its weakness to the enemy. , and if we take the opportunity to give a fatal blow, Cao Jun will be defeated!"
"Haha! Zijing said it very well!"
Before Lu Su finished speaking, a clear laughter suddenly came from outside the meeting hall.
Everyone turned around and looked outside the gate, only to see the heroic Zhou Yu leading several young generals in the army striding in like a meteor.
"Gong Jin!" Sun Quan saw a hint of joy on his face when he saw Zhou Yu coming back, "Why are you back?!"
Zhou Yu, Lu Meng, Ding Feng and other generals stepped forward and performed a military salute.
After Zhou Yu stood up, he said, "Go back to my lord, the last general is here to attack Cao Jun!"
"Wait...a crusade against Cao Jun?" Not to mention other civil servants, even Zhang Zhao couldn't help but be stunned, "Gong Jin, you mean, we still want to take the initiative to attack?"
"That's right!" Zhou Yu nodded firmly, his expression solemn but revealing a hint of excitement, "Cao Cao's subordinate Lu Yan is training the navy to build a war-like force; Guo Jia has been in charge of the intelligence organization for many years and has not been on the battlefield. Therefore, when Cao Cao's army goes out on an expedition, the five advisers are often the ones he relies on most.
But now Xun Yu wants to guard the entire rear, Jia Xu wants to guard Wancheng, and Cheng Yu wants to guard Yanzhou... Cao Cao's side is now only a Xi Zhicai and Xun You."
Zhou Yu paused for a moment and let Sun Quan and others digest it for a while before he continued: "Now that Jingzhou is in the hands of Liu Qi, and with Pang Shiyuan as his military advisor, he will definitely not be trapped in a lonely city like Liu Biao, and will definitely take the initiative to find opportunities to attack. Cao Cao!"
"As long as we reach a consensus with Jingzhou in advance and send troops to the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains when the time comes, Cao's army cannot take care of both ends and will be defeated by our coalition forces!"
"emmm...that's what you say..." Sun Quan frowned, stood up and walked back and forth on the steps, thinking, and then said: "But why do I always feel that this idea is too simple?"
Although Sun Quan did not trust Zhou Yu's proposal, Sun Quan did not want to upset the morale of the army due to the disagreement, so he changed the subject and asked everyone: "Zijing, how many soldiers do we have now and how many warships are there?"
Lu Su glanced at Zhou Yu and saw that Zhou Yu had no expression, so he had no choice but to stand up, raised his hands and said in a deep voice, "Your lord, our army has 150,000 navy, 100,000 infantry, and more than 2,300 large and small warships. ... Among them, there are 106 large-scale ships!"
When Sun Quan heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up and he sighed: "In just one year, our army has more than doubled! Gong Jin, Zijing, you are hiding so deeply!"
The corners of Zhou Yu's lips curled up slightly, and he and Lu Su cupped their hands and said, "The general has deceived the lord, please punish me!"
Sun Quan quickly ran to the center of the hall to help Zhou Yu and Lu Su, and said: "You two have worked hard for me Jiangdong, what crime are you guilty of? Please get up quickly!"
After helping Zhou Yu and Lu Su up, they also clearly felt that Sun Quan had much more confidence in speaking.
But Sun Quan still hesitated and asked: "Gong Jin, if our army takes the initiative to go north to fight Cao's army, what are the chances of winning?"
A trace of hesitation flashed in Zhou Yu's eyes, and then he looked into Sun Quan's eyes and said, "The battlefield situation is unpredictable, and the best way to use troops lies in one mind... Yu can only say that he will try his best to win this Northern Expedition. As for the odds of winning, it’s really hard to jump to conclusions.”
If Zhou Yu didn't say anything, Sun Quan wouldn't be able to ask further questions.
After pondering for a moment, Sun Quan looked at Lu Su and asked, "Zijing, is there an envoy from Jingzhou?"
Lu Su cupped his hands and replied: "Go back to my lord, don't drive Zhuge Ziyu away from Jingzhou. He is on his way to Jiangdong. I think he will arrive at Chaisang in three days."
"That's great!" Sun Quan nodded and walked towards his seat.
After sitting down again, Sun Quan continued: "Cao's army is troubled by the grassland barbarians to the north, and Han Sui is eyeing it to the west; now there are allies in Jingzhou who intend to forge ahead, so naturally we in the east of the Yangtze River are not willing to lag behind!"
Seeing that Sun Quan had made up his mind, the civil and military officials stood up and waited for Sun Quan's order, "Pass my order, all places in Jiangdong will enter a wartime state, speed up the gathering of grain and grass, and be ready to march against Cao at any time!"
"Subordinates take orders!"
"My lord is wise!"
...
Along the border, Xiliang has been prone to frequent wars; now Jingzhou and Jiangdong have made new moves one after another. This has made many knowledgeable people secretly smell the coming storm, and together with the princes under their rule
The number of caravans and people coming and going suddenly became much smaller.
In this depressing atmosphere,
On the third day of March in the ninth year of Jian'an,
Pang Tong, who was worshiped as the strategist general, hired Liu Pan as the chief general, Wen Huojun, and Fu Tong as the deputy generals, and personally led an army of 50,000 to the Northern Expedition!
Liu Pan was the son of Jingzhou shepherd Liu Biao. He was brave and good at fighting. Even Sun Ce from Jiangdong was afraid of him.
Huo Jun, courtesy name Zhongmiao, was from Nanjun.
His brother Huo Du gathered troops and went to Liu Biao. Huo Du died of illness, and Huo Jun took charge of the troops on his brother's behalf.
In history, Huo Jun rejected Cao Cao's solicitation and defected to Liu Bei, and followed Liu Bei into Shu as a Zhonglang general.
When Liu Bei attacked Liu Zhang from Jiameng Pass, Huo Jun was left alone to guard Jiameng Pass.
Jiameng Pass is an important stronghold in Liu Bei's rear area.
At that time, Huo Jun only had a few hundred troops in hand, but Liu Zhang sent tens of thousands of people to attack Huo Jun at Jiameng Pass.
But the result was that Huo Jun not only defended Jiameng Pass, but even defeated Liu Zhang's army in a counterattack. Later, Liu Bei specially separated the vassal state of Guanghan and named Huo Jun the governor of Zitong County in recognition of Huo Jun's achievements.
Huo Jun also had a son named Huo Ge, who was also a descendant of Liu Chan's crown prince in history. Before the fall of the Shu Han Dynasty, Huo Ge was General Annan and actually commanded the counties in South Central.
When he heard about Deng Ai's crusade against Shu, he originally wanted to send troops to rescue Chengdu, but Liu Chan refused, and the Shu Han Dynasty later fell.
Another deputy general in the Northern Expedition, Fu Tong, was from Yiyang. When he was young, he gathered his troops and defected to Liu Biao. Later, he also defected to Liu Bei and became one of the most loyal and brave generals under Liu Bei.
Historically, Lu Xun burned the camp, Liu Bei broke out to the west, Fu Tong and others led troops to respond, and the combined troops retreated to Ma'anshan.
Lu Xun's troops besieged Ma'anshan. The situation was critical. Fu Tong fought bravely to protect Liu Bei and retreated to Baidi City.
Liu Bei was able to escape after being separated from Fu Tong, but the Wu army surrounded Fu Tong's army from all sides.
Wu general Ding Feng saw Fu Tong's loyalty and bravery, and they expressed sympathy and persuaded Fu Tong to surrender.
But Fu Tong cursed loudly: "I am a Han general, and I am willing to surrender to Wu Gou!"
So he was exhausted and died of vomiting blood when surrounded by the Wu army.
Not only did Fu Tong die fighting for the Shu Kingdom, but his son Fu Qian also died fighting when the Shu Han was destroyed. It can be said that Fu Tong and his son had given everything for the Shu Han.
Although Huo Jun and Fu Tong are not up to the level of famous generals, they are at least capable of being great generals and fierce generals.
After Pang Tong and Zhuge Jin took office, they began to promote a large number of capable civil and military officials. Huo Jun and Fu Tong, who had never been reused in the past, were able to leap from a no-name captain to a no-name general.