But Zhang Zhao's ambitions go far beyond that. Zhang Zhao's sentence "It doesn't matter who's there" refers not only to Cao Zhi. Zhang Zhao had already mobilized Sun Ce to leave Yuan Shu and go it alone.
But Sun Ce still had doubts. He thought that he was young and ignorant, and now he was just bearing the legacy of his father. There were still some old subordinates who were willing to follow him, but his wings were not strong enough at this time. If he rebelled against Yuan Shu, he would have to face Cao Cao.
Zhi and Yuan Shu were two powerful enemies. He thought it was not the right time to break away from Yuan Shu and go it alone.
On the fifth day of November in the second year of Xingping, Wanling County Prefecture in Danyang unexpectedly received a letter from Liu Yao and a peace request sent by Sun Ce. Mi Heng was surprised, and after accepting Liu Yao, he immediately forwarded the letter to Liyang.
After Cao Zhi, who was supervising the war in Liyang, read Sun Ce's peace request letter, he just smiled and asked Jia Xu to reply to Mi Heng: Liu Yao took him into custody, ordered Lu Su, and Jiang Qin immediately captured Ruxuwu.
Cao Zhi will never be merciful to the future tiger in Jiangdong, not for anything else but to live a better life for himself.
On the tenth day of November, the defenders of Ruxuwu were attacked by Cao's army in Danyang. Many waterways in Ruxuwu were suddenly occupied by Cao's navy. The defenders of Ruxuwu immediately reported to Sun Ce who was attacking Wancheng.
This action of Cao Zhi shocked all the forces in Yangzhou. What they couldn't understand was that Cao Zhi left Yuzhang Zuorong and Wujun Xu Gong without fighting, but first attacked Danyang who was not attacking him.
Sun Ce takes action, and taking action against Sun Ce is tantamount to taking action against Sun Ce.
Yuan Shu was completely an enemy. Many people didn't understand why Cao Zhi did this. Many people in Danyang were worried about Cao Zhi's move, but Cao Zhi trusted Jia Xu's strategy in this matter and insisted on it.
To capture Lujiang, we must first destroy Sun Ce's troops.
Sun Ce was also shocked when he received the emergency call from Ruxuwu. Since Cao Zhi had taken action, he also decided to personally increase his troops at Ruxuwu and hold the position directly into Wancheng.
At this time, Zhang Zhao stood up again. He prevented Sun Ce from returning to rescue Ruxuwu and asked him to concentrate his forces to capture Wancheng and control the remaining Lujiang counties in the shortest possible time. Zhang Zhao persuaded the aggressive Sun Ce
"General, we have been preparing for the Battle of Wancheng for many years. Lu Kang has been besieged by us for six months. He is about to
But the city can be broken. It is really not a wise move to give up at this time. Cao Zhi wants Ruxuwu to avenge his subordinates, but it is just a show. If he wants Ruxuwu, give it to him. We are not brave with him at this time.
When fighting fiercely, our target in Wancheng is most of the Lujiang River behind us. The general should weigh the pros and cons and think twice before acting!"
Whether a person is wise and able to make a difference does not actually depend on how capable the person is, but on whether he is good at distinguishing and accepting the opinions given to him by others.
Sun Ce's reputation in history lies in his ability to accept the opinions of his subordinates very well, and he can always distinguish those suggestions that are beneficial to him and those that are not applicable to him.
It was Zhang Zhao who proposed to abandon Liu Yao and temporarily ease the relationship with Cao Zhi. Sun Ce accepted it and did it. However, he did not gain Cao Zhi's friendship, but instead attacked his Ruxuwu in advance. At this time, Zhang Zhao again
When Sun Ce wanted to give up Ruxuwu, many people questioned his proposal: they had already given up Hefei and Shuicheng, and they had retreated again and again.
After retreating, half of the Lujiang River gained through blood and sweat was almost given to others, and now they have to give up Ruxuwu. Ruxuwu was the barrier after they captured Wancheng and gained the Lujiang River. Without it, the enemy could use the waterway
Drive straight into Wancheng. If they happen to have not taken Wancheng yet at that time, they will face a two-sided attack by Cao Zhi and Lu Kang.
Most of the opponents were military generals, Cheng Pu, Han Dang, and counselors. At this time, there were also some counselors who had different opinions from Zhang Zhao, and Zhang Hong was the leader. Many of these opponents were trying to seize the water city, Hefei.
I have shed blood and sweat. At that time, for the sake of the overall situation, I just gave up and let it go. Now the old man Zhang Zhao still wants to
Sun Ce abandoned Ruxuwu. If the five thousand soldiers guarding Ruxuwu did not receive timely reinforcements, they would be completely wiped out. Ruxuwu was originally a continent like an isolated island, surrounded by water on three sides, and access was basically by ship.
, now Cao Jun relies on the powerful navy to block the waterway of Ruxuwu and does not go to rescue, leaving it to the defenders there to break out.
Not only did Han Dang argue with Zhang Zhao over whether to reinforce or abandon Ruxuwu, he even knelt down and asked Sun Ce for a fight, and he led his troops to reinforce Ruxuwu.
Most of the soldiers guarding Ruxuwu belonged to Zhou Yu. At this time, Han Dang was so anxious that he knelt down, but Zhou Yu was very calm. The decision he made was also amazing. He actually supported Zhang Zhao's opinion and advocated concentrating his troops.
, capture Wancheng and Lujiang as soon as possible instead of sending troops to reinforce Ruxuwu.
Han Dang, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and other Sun family veterans were all shocked. Han Dang got up, shook Zhou Yu's shoulders and reminded: "Xu Sheng and Ding Feng who guard Ruxuwu are all your generals.
Most of the people there are also your subordinates, you, are you...are you crazy..."
Zhou Yu said with tears in his eyes: "General Han, those who achieve great things sometimes...have to...give up..." Zhou Yu said with tears in his eyes.
With tears in his eyes, he looked firmly at Sun Ce and asked him to express his determination.
Under the persuasion of two important ministers, one civil and one military, Sun Ce finally overcame all opinions and issued an order to Xu Sheng and Ding Feng, the defenders of Ruxuwu, asking them to hold on and defend to the death. Sun Ce himself immediately led his troops to intensify the siege of Lujiang.
Wancheng is the administrative center.
########Lu Kang has been fighting Sun Ce, a junior, for several months. After he lost Ruxuwu, he held on to Wancheng for several months without giving an inch. Although the soldiers in the city were loyal, none of them rebelled and surrendered.
But Lu Kang saw that because he had no foreign aid, the city was about to run out of food and grass.
.This time Sun Ce besieged Wancheng from summer to late autumn now. Lu Kang knew that autumn harvests were taking place everywhere outside Wancheng, but he had no way to collect grain. Seeing that the grain and grass in the city were decreasing day by day, he understood that the grain and grass were exhausted.
On this day, they were defeated and the city was broken.
Lu Kang had been exhausted physically and mentally for several months in order to defend Lujiang, and his hair had turned white. He only slept for two or three hours a day. When Sun Ce's army came to attack the city, he had to get up immediately to direct the battle. At this time, his eyes were sunken, and
It was covered with bloodshot eyes, and not only had I lost weight, but I also looked a lot older.
Lu Jun took his young brother Lu Ji and knelt in front of Lu Kang. He said to Lu Kang in agony: "Father, it's all the child's fault. The child really has no face to survive in this world. The failure of Shuicheng was because of the child's negligence.
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The loss of Ruxuwu was because my father was threatened by Sun Ce, because the child was in his hands. Today, it seems that Wancheng cannot be saved. Father, please take Lu Ji and Xiao'er (Lu Jun's son Lu Xun) and leave quickly. This Wancheng will be blocked by the child!
"
Lu Kang burst into tears and helped his son up, saying: "Jun'er, the world is so big, how can there be a place for our father and son? It's also because my father is too arrogant in his daily work, and he ended up in this situation today.
!You did nothing wrong, the only thing you did wrong was being a father!"
After Lu Kang finished speaking, tears could not stop flowing down his eyes. When Lu Kang cried, it affected his two sons, and the whole family hugged each other and burst into tears.
Lu Jun, who had been crying for a while, suddenly thought of something. He wiped his tears and said to Lu Kang: "Danyang, let's ask Cao Zhi. He has always had a good relationship with us and is still an ally. The loss of Lujiang is also a big threat to his Danyang."
, let’s beg him to send troops to relieve our siege, he won’t just sit idly by and ignore us!”
Lu Jun was full of joy and thought he had grasped a life-saving straw, but then Lu Kang shook his head and said: "He can't even save himself. I heard that he and Yuan Shao had fallen out with each other in Jizhou. He doesn't know whether he is alive or dead now. His Danyang
We are being besieged by Liu Yao now, so come and save us!"
Unexpectedly, Lu Kang's family was crying at this time, and things took a turn for the worse. Lu Kang had just received the news that Cao Zhi had returned to Danyang and defeated Liu Yao. Since Wancheng had been besieged for a long time, he did not know much about the outside information, so he received the news at the same time.
The information about Cao Zhi's return to Danyang and his defeat of Liu Yao actually happened almost half a month ago.
Lu Kang quickly wiped his tears with his dry hands and said softly: "Cao Zhi is back!"
"What?" Lu Jun quickly got up and came to Lu Kang's side to read the letter.
"Father, let's ask Governor Cao to send troops to rescue us!" Lu Jun held the letter in his hands happily and shouted loudly.
Lu Kang didn't answer and muttered: "He may not be willing!"
Lu Jun was stunned, and then he thought that when Danyang was attacked by Sun Ce, he had sent people to ask them to send troops to suppress Ruxuwu and prevent Sun Ce from expanding. But at that time, Lu Kang first came because his son Lu Jun was in Sun Ce's hands, and the second was that he had sent troops to suppress Ruxuwu and prevent Sun Ce from expanding.
In order to protect Mingzhe, Laiye rejected the request to join forces with Danyang. Now that they were in trouble, how could Cao Zhi be willing to send troops to help him.
"I'll go!" Lu Jun shouted righteously, "If you can't persuade Cao Zhi, the child will die in front of him!"
"Jun'er..." Lu Kang stood up excitedly when he heard that his son was about to live or die.
Lu Jun ignored his father's concern and knelt down and said: "Father, the child is to blame for the loss of Shuicheng. The child is going to go to Cao Cao to plead guilty. As long as he is willing to send troops to Lujiang, the child will be punished even if he is punished!"
When Lu Jun said this, he had a resolute look on his face, as if he was ready to die heroically and rush to the execution ground. Lu Kang burst into tears again when he saw this, and even his twelve-year-old brother Lu Ji, who was beside him, also knelt down.
He hugged Lu Jun on the ground and cried like a little tearful person.
"Father, let me go. We have all dealt with Cao Zhi. This man values friendship and will never forget his old friendship!"
Lu Jun's comfort moved Lu Kang's heart. Lu Kang was an extremely conceited person and would never bow to others, but at this critical moment of life and death, he had to put down his arrogance and find a way to survive for himself.
Later, Lu Kang wrote a letter and gave it to Lu Jun to take with him. Before leaving, he suddenly changed his mind and asked Lu Jun to take away his younger brother Lu Ji and his grandson Lu Xun who had just turned three years old. He also asked: "If Cao Cao
If Zhi refuses to send troops to Lujiang, then none of you will come back!"