Wang Zheng did not know about Zhou Yu's uncle's and nephew's study exchanges.
However, after an in-depth conversation with He Hong, the fear and doubts he had about Zhou Yu due to his prediction of history were somewhat dispelled.
After all, he had also met Zhou Yu with his own eyes. Although the future governor was still young and had not yet accomplished much in his career, he seemed to have great courage and high character. Combined with the image of Zhou Gongjin in history,
This allowed Wang Zhengyi to make a preliminary judgment in his mind.
Such a person, even if he is against his own family, will probably choose an upright and aboveboard approach.
On the second day, Wang Zheng personally led part of the Heavenly Army to the top of the city and observed it carefully. After half a day, he found that Sun Ce's army outside the city was behaving very strangely. Most of them besieged but did not attack. Occasionally they would retreat at the slightest touch when they attacked.
, doubts can’t help but arise in my heart.
There are generally only two situations when sieging rather than attacking. One is because the defender's defense is too solid, such as at Xiangyang Pengcheng.
To win, the siege team will choose to besiege rather than attack. They will first remove the strongholds near the city one by one, turning it into an isolated city, and then besiege it heavily, with the intention of exhausting the defenders' food and fodder, and causing chaos without fighting.
The other is to encircle a point and recruit reinforcements. It is clear that the city can be captured, but it deliberately slows down the pace of the attack, hoping to lure reinforcements from the defenders to ambush them.
Hefei has the North Gate Waterway. Even if Yuan Shu sends people to help, they will almost always choose to take the waterway and enter Hefei through the North Gate, so the second scenario is basically impossible to realize.
Similarly, there is sufficient food and grass in the city, and Sun Cejun must also know this, so this kind of siege is actually useless?
So what are the intentions of the enemy generals outside the city?
In other words, what was Sun Ce's strategy of arranging a force to attack Hefei when he was still at Linhu?
After staring at the thick enemy troops below the city for a while, Wang Zheng made some estimates and found that the number of enemies was about four to five thousand, and he couldn't help but become more puzzled.
This number is not too large. On the contrary, it is more suitable for a powerful attack rather than spreading it out in all directions, encircling rather than attacking, because the range of the encirclement line will not be too large, and it will not be able to completely block...
Just as he was thinking about it, a burst of cheers from the soldiers suddenly came out from behind. Wang Zheng's heart was moved, and he had already guessed who was coming. It was not until there was a steady and powerful sound of footsteps behind him that he turned around to face a man in a brocade armor with a crown of feathers.
The majestic Zhou Yu smiled and said: "Brother Gongjin, how many days has the enemy been acting like this?"
Zhou Yu said calmly: "Since the first raid failed, it has been like this for most of the time."
"oh."
Wang Zheng nodded and looked at Zhou Yu's handsome face with great interest. While secretly sighing, he also asked probingly: "Brother Gong Jin, don't you think it's strange?"
Wang Zheng never believed that he could figure out the clues in half a day, but Zhou Yu would remain unsuspecting for such a long time!
Hearing Wang Zheng's words, Zhou Yu looked at Wang Zheng's tiger-like eyes and suddenly started laughing, but he answered the question unintentionally:
"The sage said that if he is not in his position, he will not seek political power. Now Tian Tian is the Prime Minister of Hefei County. His responsibility is to protect the city of Hefei and appease the people in the city. During this period of time, the military situation, Yu will send people to the city every two days.
Send the letter to Linhu and General Chen will consider what the enemy is trying to do and how to deal with it."
Wang Zheng raised his sword eyebrows when he heard this!
Zhou Yu's words clearly meant that he had seen through it, or that he had already known about Sun Ce's plot...
But similarly, even the current frontline Yangzhou coach Chen Lan and Zhou Yu have not told him directly, so it is useless to ask yourself!
only...
Can't I guess it if you don't tell me?
Wang Zheng nodded slightly to Zhou Yu, then suddenly his expression straightened, and he said in a deep voice: "Zhou County Prime Minister, I want to arrange a military meeting at noon today. All the generals in the city and above must be present."
Zhou Yu was startled at first, then sighed secretly, cupped his hands slightly and said, "Here!"
Hefei was not within Wang Zheng's sphere of influence, and Zhou Yu was not Wang Zheng's vassal. Logically speaking, even if the other party was the highest official of a state, and he, Zhou Yu, was just a minor official in the county, logically there was no need to obey orders.
However, Wang Zheng came to assist Yuan Shu this time. Yuan Shu had naturally given orders to the important personnel of the major cities on the front line. Although there were key instructions to act according to the situation, on the surface, he had temporarily granted military and political power to Wang Zheng.
"Here!"
.....
At noon, the heat in June is at its peak, and the sunshine is extremely intense.
When this time was approaching, the offensive and defensive sides almost formed a tacit understanding, and after a small-scale battle, they would withdraw their troops and stop fighting. When He Hong came to the military camp, the soldiers on the city were changing their guards. At a glance, he could see that
I saw many heavenly troops wearing black armor also participating in the defense, so the scene that should have been full of red armor suddenly turned into red and black, clearly distinguishable.
What surprised He Hong the most was that the order displayed by the Tian army was actually very orderly, not inferior to the defenders of Hefei. You must know that Zhou Yu was very strict in managing the army. After half a year, the defenders in the city were completely different and behaved in a disciplined manner.
, even made He Hong think for a time that in terms of combat power, his own garrison company might not be ranked high among the Yangzhou army, but compared with the strict military discipline, even among the princes in the world at this time, there may not be many capable ones.
Comparable to it.
It seems that Wang Zheng also pays great attention to military discipline...
While thinking about it, He Hong walked towards the camp with several subordinate officers. When he arrived in front of Zhou Yu's camp, he just stepped in when he heard a clear voice saying: "He is here, Mr. He? Just in time."
"Meet Wangzhou Mu."
When He Hong entered, he found Wang Zheng and Zhou Yu sitting in front of the case, with wine glasses in front of them, as if they were discussing something. After giving a brief salute, He Hong asked happily: "I heard that Zhou Mu just held a military meeting. What's going on in the city?"
All the generals and above are present, but what can I do?"
Hearing this, Wang Zheng shook the wine glass in his hand slightly, smiled and said: "It's not a big deal, it's just that I watched the city for a long time today, and asked Zhou County Prime Minister, and found out that Sun Ce's army had been besieging the city for more than ten days.
Come on, hey...the attack is too soft."
soft?
He Hong was startled when he heard this, thought for a while, and suddenly laughed and said: "It must be that the enemy has been unable to attack for a long time. He found that the soldiers and civilians in our city were united, and Gong Jin commanded him well. Knowing that victory was difficult, he decided to retreat.
However, because General Sun Ce had not issued the order, he wanted to retreat but was unable to do so, and was in a dilemma, which is why he behaved like this."
Hearing He Hong's words, Wang Zheng had no reaction, but Zhou Yu's hand holding the cup on the side trembled slightly, and then he raised his head and glanced at He Hong with a strange look in his eyes.
Isn't it very difficult to work with a Shangguan who has no knowledge of military affairs but loves to talk on paper?
General Wang Zheng on the side had a panoramic view of this scene and couldn't help but laugh secretly. On the surface, he didn't show his expression. He just coughed and said: "What He Hong said... Hey, it's possible, but I have another one."
guess."
Facing He Hong's questioning gaze, Wang Zhengdao said: "He Gongbo has a strong memory, so he should know about the Battle of Yique, right?"
He Hong nodded when he heard this and said: "I have heard about the famous battle of Wu'an Lord of the Western Qin Dynasty. In this battle, he led the Qin army to raid and forcibly captured five cities in a row, beheading more than 200,000 Han and Wei armies, and more
Capturing the Wei general Gongsun Xi will be a real achievement in the annals of history!"
At this time, Zhou Yu's divine light flashed and he suddenly interjected: "In fact, the greatest result of the Battle of Yique was the Wei Wuzu founded by the military saint Wu Qi. The last remaining 8,000 troops were also wasted in this battle.
They will be killed and destroyed, leaving no trace behind."
"Every drink and every peck has a certain number." Wang Zhengdao said: "It was precisely because Wu Qi and Wei soldiers destroyed 500,000 Qin troops in the Yin and Jin Dynasties in one battle that it triggered "the princes belittle the Qin", which led to the five-year
Later, the Qin army launched a mutiny, deposed Qin and raised his son to welcome Duke Xian of Qin, Ying Shixi, as the king of Qin.'
"yes."
Zhou Yu said with emotion: "Subsequently, Qin Xiaogong, the grandson of Qin Xiangong, used Wei Yang to carry out reforms and rewarded farming wars. Since then, the country has become stronger and more famous generals of the Ming Dynasty have emerged in an endless stream. Moreover, because of the disastrous defeat caused by Wei's soldiers, only when they know their shame and become brave can they be brave.
Qin Ruishi suddenly emerged, and then under the leadership of Sima Cuo and Bai Qi, the once powerful enemy Wei Wuzu was first defeated and then destroyed!"
"Xunzi's "Yi Bing" said: Qi's martial arts cannot meet the soldiers of Wei, and the soldiers of Wei cannot meet the warriors of Qin." He Hong also echoed: "But why is the governor of the state talking about the battle of Yique today?"
"The valley where the Battle of Yique took place has dangerous terrain, and there is a Korean army as a barrier. As long as the Koreans don't defect, it will be difficult to be broken through. Therefore, Gongsun Xi, the chief general of Wei at that time, thought that the main force of the Wei army was very safe, but he did not know that Lord Wu An sent troops
Pretending to attack Yique Fortress, they deliberately created smoke in the rear formation, increased cooking smoke during cooking and bonfires at night. They had only one purpose: to make the enemy mistakenly think that this was the main direction of the Qin army's attack, and to despise Bai Qi, thinking that he was just an ignorant and reckless person.
young people."
Having said this, Wang Zheng glanced at Zhou Yu who was standing aside, smiled and said, "Come to think of it, Sun Ce seems to have this image in the eyes of many people now."
Zhou Yuyun smiled lightly and said nothing, but He Hong became more and more confused: "What Zhou Mu means is that Sun Ce is using Bai Qi's old trick, and Sun Ce's army under Hefei City is the old one."
To spread suspicion, in fact, he has already escaped with the main force Jin Chan, but he plans to outflank us and launch a surprise attack at our rear?"
Wang Zheng waved his hand and said with a smile: "Although Hefei is important, it is not a place where the Yangzhou Army gathers heavy troops, so there is no need to outflank it."
That's the old suspicion formation.
He Hong nodded: "But what is the purpose of the old suspicion array?"
Wang Zhengdao: "In this regard, I have two guesses."
"Whenever Sun Ce's army encountered slight disadvantages in attacking the city, they immediately retreated. This was obviously a feint to contain the attack. The first possibility was naturally to recharge their batteries and wait for the end of the war in Xiang'an and Linhu, or
After the reinforcements from the rear of Danyang arrived, they came out again and again in an effort to conquer Hefei in one fell swoop, even wiping out all the troops and horses in the city."
At this time, Zhou Yu on the side smiled and shook his head: "If Sun Cejun really thinks this way, Zhou Mu should celebrate."
"Although Hefei is surrounded by plains on three sides, there is Chengde on the east and west sides. The two cities of Jundao and I are at odds with each other, and supplies are transported by water. Even if they attack from all three directions, it is absolutely impossible.
Turn Hefei into a so-called isolated and helpless city!"
He Hong nodded repeatedly after hearing this, and was about to speak in agreement when he heard that Wang Zheng was staring at Zhou Yu with all his concentration at this time, and said word by word: "Then there is only the second possibility."
"Sun Cejun's original intention was not to capture Hefei City in a short period of time, but the strategic value of Hefei City itself is very important. Once the troops approach the city, there is obviously no danger of the city being destroyed, and Mr. Yuan and my general do not dare to take it lightly.
We will definitely put our attention and most of our troops on Hefei. Hey, Sun Bofu made a good plan."
"With four thousand men and horses, several times the force was contained here, but he took the opportunity to use the main force to sweep away the counties in Lujiang!"
"If my prediction is correct, Sun Ce is not in Linhu at this time, but he is no longer in Xiang'an!"
As soon as he said this, Zhou Yu's hand moved again, almost knocking over the wine glass.
Wang Zhengdeng was immediately convinced, knowing that he had guessed it right!
But He Hong's demeanor changed drastically. He stood up abruptly and said, "Wangzhou Mu, why do you make this judgment?"
"Although I have only met Sun Ce once, I think I don't know much about him." Wang Zheng said coldly: "Xiang'an is newly attached to Linhu, Shuxian has not yet gone down, and there is no Jing'an in Lujiang.
Under such circumstances, why would he use a lone army to march hundreds of miles deep and directly attack the city of Hefei with its back to the river and the river?"
"So what if we take it?" Wang Zheng asked: "Just now, the Prime Minister of Zhou County also said that Hefei has Chengde and dredged roads in the east and west. Shu County is in the south, and the entire Jiujiang County is behind to support him. So let him
The surprise attack was successful, can Mr. Yuan just sit back and watch Hefei fall into Sun Ce's hands and ignore it? He will definitely rush out to rescue him under the starry night!"
"A city that cannot be saved immediately after it is captured, no matter how important it is, there is no reason to capture it, so it is really puzzling that Sun Ce would spend so much time on it."
"Sun Ce led an army alone last year, and he is a genius. In addition, his Sun family is in Wu County, and Danyang has a solid foundation. In just two years, how many people can he gather? Even if he does not include the general, he
Army, is it really more than Yuan Gong’s hundreds of thousands of Yangzhou troops?”
Wang Zheng sneered and said: "If I were Sun Ce, the most important thing to do at this moment is to consolidate the rear area and the newly acquired land. Conquering the city is not just about many cities, but about the fine ones. It is more important to capture and defend one city. Xiang'an is the first priority.
This is a place that must be captured and defended. If this city is intact, neither the general nor Duke Yuan's army will be able to cross the river westward!"
"In addition to Xiang'an, all counties in Lujiang County must be cleared out. After all the people and wealth in the four counties are obtained, Sun Ce should consider gathering an army to go north to Jiujiang. Only then will Hefei become his must-win destination!"
"And at this time..."
Wang Zheng stood up and shouted in a deep voice: "Definitely not!"
"Therefore, I dare to assert that Sun Ce's army came to invade Hefei to create suspicion and make us all focus on the safety of Hefei, but he wants to attack from the east to the west... Hey, it should be said that he attacks from the north.
South, I'm afraid that the opponent's main force has been dispersed to Lujiang counties and is not here!"