A fierce battle started at two o'clock at noon and ended at two o'clock at noon. In one hour, Yuan Shu's dominance and half his life's hard work were wasted on the bank of the Huaihe River.
The sky changes color, the land favors the wind, and all these changes lead to Yuan Shu's defeat, as if it was God's will!
Entering the city was too fantasy, and Fang Guang's planning seemed half less important.
Ji Ling and his eighteen cavalrymen had already fled to Shouchun in the south when Zhao Yun charged into the formation. Yuan's army was flanked by the cavalry and trapped in the rear. Very few of them were able to escape the encirclement.
Fang Guang did not wait for Cao Cao's order, and ignored Pang Tong's several hints. He gathered all the weapons and armor of these people, and only selected about five thousand strong men to enrich the headquarters. The rest were all sent home to work on the farm.
Since the world was fighting for hegemony, Dingkou was a top priority. Pang Tong felt so angry that his chest hurt when he saw Fang Guang squandering natural resources so violently, as if his own land was being stolen.
Feng Chu had a hot temper and did not speak to Fang Guang for three days in a row to show her anger.
Fang Datong was handsome, a high-ranking official, and his younger brother could fight. The more Qiao Rui saw him, the more he liked him. Lao Qiao, who had been fighting for half his life, suddenly felt that he no longer knew how to fight in front of Fang Datong, his son-in-law.
He decided to enjoy more family happiness and no longer get involved in metaphysical matters such as war.
But before retiring, Lao Qiao recommended himself to do more useful things for the people and his son-in-law.
He had a wide network of contacts in Yuan Shu's army. From the north of Guangling to Shouchun, many generals who defended the city were his old friends and subordinates.
Zhao Yun took Fang Guang, his father-in-law, all the way to Shouchun. Along the way, the counties and counties watched the wind fall. They saw the army advancing rapidly and getting closer and closer to Shouchun.
The news of Yuan Shu's Huaihe defeat spread throughout the world. Such a decisive battle, with so much fantasy color, quickly became the talk of the people of Kyushu and the world.
The leaders of the state herdsmen in various places saw the impact of this battle on the general situation of the world, and began to make calculations one after another.
In the meeting hall of Sun Quan's residence in Kuaiji, under the radiance of the Jiaozhou Night Pearl, Sun Zhongmou, who had grown a furry purple beard in just a month due to the nourishment of power, looked at the bamboo paper in his hand, his face becoming uncertain.
His three-no strategy of no response, no explanation, and no contact with Fang Guang had very unsatisfactory results.
The expected situation of Yuan Shu and Fang Datong losing both sides did not appear. In the battle of Huai River, the young man suffered very little losses and was approaching Shouchun. The army was fierce.
This made Sun Zhongmou, who was watching the tiger fight and waiting for an opportunity to go north to Xuzhou, feel very unhappy.
Sun Shiwan, who is above the history books, actually had great ambitions in Xuzhou in the north before he conquered Jingzhou. Hefei was still far away from this place. However, this huge cake in Shouchun was eaten by Fang Guang at a glance.
Today's Jiangdong civil and military meeting is to discuss this matter.
Zhou Yu and Lu Su were in Chaisang, but Sun Quan didn't bother to summon them, and they didn't bother to come. Most of the governors were not here today, and all the people in Sun Quan's hall were members of the aristocratic family.
How to deal with Fang Guangsheng is of great importance, and the eyes of the four major families in Kuaiji are all focused on Gu Yong.
The most famous scholar in Jiangdong sighed in his heart and slowly stood up from the crowd.
"My lord, Cao Cao has the ambition of a tiger and a wolf, Fang Datong is a beast in human form, and is brave and brave in the yellow turban. Coupled with Meng De's cunning, it is really difficult to deal with him!"
"Shouchun is the hub of the Huai River. If you want to defend the river, you must defend the Huai River. This city must not fall into his hands!"
Gu Yong said in a few words that Zhang Zhao, who had always been in harmony with him, had a different view on the geography of Xuzhou and Yangzhou because of his experience under Tao Qian's rule.
"My lord, Shouchun is important. This is indeed true. It's just that the Huai River crosses Henan, Xu Shuzhou, and Jiangdong want to pass through this place. They will immediately become Cao Cao and Liu Biao's enemies!"
"Huainan was poisoned by Yuan Gongdao, and the people had ten houses and nine empty houses. They wanted to return to Jiangdong's rule. No benefits were seen, but wars have already begun! This place is also the place of the Fourth War, and it is not Jiangdong's urgent priority at this time!"
"Although Yuan Shu later turned against the First Lord, in fact most of his subordinates' movements are related to the First Lord's Southern Movement!"
"The fourth and third prince of the Yuan family, Yuan Gongtou is ignorant, but his family's foundation in the hearts of the scholars is still there. My lord, what I should be thinking about now is Yuan Shu's connections, cities, etc., so let's leave them to Cao Cao and Lu Bu. Why not?"
After hearing Zhang Zhao's words, Sun Quan's eyes lit up, and everyone under his command also started talking about it.
As Sun Quan's most trusted general, Zhou Tai wanted to show his iron-blooded side and was the first to stand up and refute Zhang Zhao.
"Confucian Fang Guang, but it's too incompetent to bully Yuan Gongli's generals. My lord, just give me 30,000 troops to go north. I will make sure that the little thieves don't dare to get their hands on Shouchun, me!"
"Thirty thousand soldiers and horses? Now there are a total of ten thousand soldiers in Kuaiji City, and they are all newly recruited. The old soldiers are all in Jiaozhou, Nanhai, or Chaisang. Where did the lord come from with the thirty thousand soldiers?"
"General Zhou, the commander of our army, it is also a water war. The Huai River is inconvenient for ships. How can the general deal with Xuanfeng, the tiger and leopard cavalry from the north?" The first person to jump out to refute Zhou Tai was not Zhang Zhao, but
We had several meetings with the deaf and mute Lu Xun of the Lu family.
Lu Xun was just a young man now, and when he looked at Zhou Tai, the Jiangdong predator who was so impressive, he felt awe-inspiring in his heart.
"Bo Yan's words make sense. My lord, my lord's jade seal is still in Yuan Shu's hands. It is best to lead the troops to retrieve it and ignore Shouchun's incident!"
"Prefect Lingling is disrespectful to me Jiangdong. This is a good opportunity to eliminate the trouble here. Cao Cao fights his battle, and we have our own things to do!"
The person who helped Lu Xun was none other than Jiang Dong. Zhu Heng, who rarely had a clear understanding of this young talent.
The Zhu family was also a member of the Jiangdong family. When Zhu Heng opened his mouth, the Lu family, the Zhang family, and the Zhu family all disapproved of Gu Yong's plan to go north to Shouchun.
Sun Quan weighed it up and found that although he was changeable and cruel, because he lacked a sense of security as a young man, he was also sensitive to strength that ordinary people rarely have.
After all, everything you do under Yuan Shu's roof must be done based on your strength and background.
Sun Quan's instinct told him that now, going north to Shouchun, he would not be Fang Guang's opponent anyway, let alone Cao Cao.
Only by being able to endure can one stretch, this is Sun Zhongmou's motto.
The twelve-year-old boy with blue eyes and purple beard licked his lips, with a cold smile on his face, and waved his hand to signal everyone not to say any more.
"Yuantan, I think Zibu and Boyan's strategy is more reliable. Shouchun can be discarded, but the jade seal must be taken back!"
"As for Yuan Shu's prestige as the fourth generation and the third prince, doesn't he have a daughter who we played with when we were children and always laughed at my grandson's family and relied on others?"
"I remember that my name was Yuan Li'er. Back then, my father and Yuan Jiujiu had a matchmaking relationship. When I went to Shouchun, not only Yuxi, but also my sister brought me back to Kuaiji!"
"Lier is very beautiful. Now that I think of this girl, I still feel sad!"
The smile on Sun Quan's face gradually became unscrupulous, and he licked his lips gently, as if Yuan Shu's daughter was the most beautiful cake in the world.