As a potential Ming Dynasty leader, Sun Quan also has his own shortcomings, which is "hesitation" when faced with problems. That is to say, the more important decisions he encounters, he will always find it difficult to choose between two completely opposite ideas.
and judgment.
"Even if I are willing to surrender, Cao Zhi may not accept it. Our current situation is just like..."
"As long as the lord has made up his mind, Zhang Hong will have his own way to make Cao Zhi stop the army and negotiate!"
When Zhang Hong saw Sun Quan expressing his willingness to surrender, he moved his knees on the narrow deck and approached Sun Quan and said.
But Sun Quan, who was sensitive and attentive, immediately noticed the flaw in Zhang Hong's words. Cao Zhi now had the upper hand. Even if they surrendered now, whether Cao Zhi would accept it or not was still a question. However, Zhang Hong still claimed that he wanted to negotiate with Cao Zhi.
How to start?
In fact, not only Sun Quan noticed Zhang Hong, but those around him, such as Lu Fan and Lu Meng, all thought that Zhang Hong had said the last two words wrong.
"How can a defeated general come to negotiate? How can we have the capital now?"
After Sun Quan said this in frustration, Zhang Hong immediately straightened up and pointed to the sky and shouted, "Yes!"
#######The sparks in the brazier were still crackling and dancing, reflecting Cao Zhi's deep face. Everyone in the tent was silent and looked at Cao Zhi quietly.
Three days have passed since the Battle of Chibi between the Petroleum Burning River and the Fire Battalion. Cao Jun temporarily suspended all pursuit and encirclement and suppression operations. Strictly speaking, they have achieved a complete victory in this battle.
But at the last moment, whether due to the fire or other reasons, after Cao Zhi received a letter from the enemy, he announced that he would no longer pursue the pursuit and round up Sun Jun.
The fire burned for three full days before it was gradually extinguished. When Cao Jun's warships and soldiers were able to sail on that section of the river again and patrol the river banks and hills, they discovered that this terrible man-made fire had spread from Chibi to the east.
Everything in Wulin was burned down, and countless burned and twisted corpses made the post-war clean-up work very difficult. Sun Quan, who escaped with his life, and his approximately 8,000 soldiers who had their armor removed did not escape.
They were driven out by Cao Jun, but before the fire completely burned the river, under the guidance of Cao Jun, they walked out of the fire belt encirclement and are now placed on two isolated islands thirty miles away from Chibi.
It is called resettlement in name, but in fact they are still surrounded by restricted freedom. They are only one step away from becoming prisoners of war. A large number of Cao Jun's navy, army and horse have now surrounded the counterattack road to the west. Not long ago, Wenpin and Gan
Ning led another group of navy, army and horsemen from Jiangxia, completely blocking the possibility of Sun's army retreating and escaping eastward.
When Sun Quan saw Wenpin and Gan Ning's flags appearing in the lower reaches of the river, Sun Quan knew that even if he tried his best to break out, he would be dead. Cao Zhi had already made arrangements to encircle and annihilate him.
Sun Quan was glad that he finally listened to Zhang Hong's suggestion and retained part of his strength. Now he could still use Zhang Hong's painstaking arrangement to bargain with Cao Zhi. After Sun Quan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, he sent out several confidants to investigate
He contacted the situation of several of his base camps to see what other forces could be mobilized, and actively discussed with his subordinates where there were loopholes that they could take advantage of under the iron and copper walls created by Cao Zhi.
Cao Zhi's sudden act of kindness puzzled many of his subordinates, but soon news came out that Sun Quan had one last trump card that he hid until his most critical moment, so Cao Zhi did not order an encirclement and annihilation in the end.
He and the soldiers didn't know the specific situation. They only knew that Cao Zhi was really playing a trick on Sun Quan's trump card.
The low-level officers and ordinary soldiers outside were speculating about what trump card Sun Quan had that would enable their wise and mighty lord to finally let them out of the sea of fire. He was still waiting for the envoys to come to negotiate. But being able to sit in Cao Zhi's room already
Everyone who moved to the big tent at the original Sun Army's Wulin camp now knows that it is not Sun Quan who has some trump card that threatens Cao Zhi, but Zhang Hong, the number one counselor around Sun Quan now, who has the trump card that makes Cao Zhi throw the rat into the trap.
Of course, these subordinates at the top of the pyramid did not dare and would not ask about the specific content of Zhang Hong's threat to Cao Zhi, but the bits and pieces of news that inevitably spread gave them a certain understanding of the truth.
The matter is related to the eldest daughter of the Qiao family, that is, the current Sun Ce's widow Qiao Ying and her son. The generals and counselors who have followed Cao Zhi for many years soon discovered that Cao Zhi and the Qiao sisters were in Shouchun.
The romantic affairs heard and witnessed are linked together. Then it is not difficult to imagine that Zhang Hong can take advantage of it and really make Cao Zhixiong short of breath.
It was Guo Jia who first broke the silence at this meeting: "Sun Quan still wants to protect himself now because we haven't solved the troubles in Yuzhang, Kuaiji and Wujun yet, otherwise he would have no power to challenge us.
Got it!"
"That's right." Zhuge Liang also followed up: "The immediate priority is to solve the rear bases that Sun Quan thinks he relies on, and the second is to step up the recovery of Baling, Lingling and other places, as well as the remaining enemies in the middle and lower parts of Jingzhou.
, quickly send people to take over and station troops and horses to garrison these areas, so that Sun Quan and his counselors will not have the opportunity and thoughts to cause chaos in our rear areas!"
"Sigh... The Sun family's power has been in a stalemate for many years. At this moment, the situation has taken a turn for the worse. The balance of victory has tilted infinitely towards our army. Can't I completely solve this problem?" With a long sigh, he turned around.
Cao Zhi, standing on another level, expressed his worries about the current situation.
After they completely defeated Sun's army militarily, Sun Quan, the current leader of the Jiangdong forces, was forced to withdraw from the front. Now Cao Zhi could not go all the way eastward without ceremony and take over the entire Jiangdong stretch from Jingzhou to Yangzhou.
All areas once controlled by the Sun family should be a matter of course, but because Zhang Hong showed Cao Zhi the trump card that Qiao Ying and her son had in his hand, Cao Zhi was short of breath and worried about gains and losses.
"Order Cao Ren to lead troops to quickly detour the flanks of Baling and Lingling, completely recover our lost territory, and then advance directly to Yuzhang. We also order Zhangzha, Deng Ai, and Lu Su to lead the armies on the eastern front to face Yuzhang from the front.
Zhang and Wu commanderies quickly launched a strong attack and ordered Yue Jin and Li Dian to use the water to attack the cities in the western part of Chaisang. They must capture these places in a short time. I want to give Sun Quan and Zhang Hong some clues, and follow them.
Even if I bargain, you have to go with me!"
"As you command!"
While everyone responded to Cao Zhi's order, those who were interested began to wonder about the content of Cao Zhi's order in their hearts.
There are many things to note in Cao Zhi's order. First, Cao Zhi's order expresses and strengthens Cao Zhi's determination to resolutely suppress the hostile forces in Jiangdong. It can be seen from his method of intimidating Sun Quan's remaining forces in various places.
.But for Zhang Hong's trump card, Cao Zhi still gave Sun Quan room to prevent Sun Quan from being defeated. Cao Zhi seemed to have left Kuaiji alone in the order and did not ask for recovery in the short term. This is what Guo Zhi will do next.
Jia, Zhuge Liang needs to pay attention to what he needs to pay attention to when drafting the various orders just issued by Cao Zhi.
Under the guidance of the orders received in the next few days, Cao Jun's eight armies currently active in Jing and Yangzhou began to send troops to attack quickly and powerfully. Sun Jun, who had lost all support, could not compete with Cao Jun head-on.
, was forced to continuously shrink and gather, and gradually gave up large areas of occupation.
On November 30th of the fourth year of Jian'an, a full month after the Battle of Chibi, Cao Ren launched a liquidation campaign against Baling, Lingling and other places. He personally killed many Sun Jun remnants stationed in these areas. After being defeated, he was originally captured by Jiangdong.
Sun's forces penetrated and invaded all the counties in Jingzhou, and all counties were declared to be under the rule of Cao Zhi. Cao Ren's army continued eastward from Lingling to the outside of Yuzhang, and joined Cao Zhi's army in Chibi on the other side.
On the first day of the twelfth lunar month in the fourth year of Jian'an, Lejin and Li Dian received support from Lusu and Zhangja from Lujiang in front of Yuzhang, and from the back road of Lingling. They cleverly defeated Chaisang and finally captured it.
Throughout Yuzhang, the local forces of the Sun family from Shanyin down in Kuaiji were in panic.
On the eighth day of December in the fourth year of Jian'an, Deng Ai personally marched westward and marched to several places in Wu County, dividing Zhu Zhi's army in Wu County into two parts. One part was led by Zhu Zhi and retreated to Qiantang and Jiaxing, and the other
The troops were led by Zhu Zhi's adopted son Zhu Ran and retreated to the Fengqiao area. Deng Ai gathered together Du Yi, Zhou Cang, Yuan Yue, Yang Che and other generals, divided his forces into two armies and attacked the two areas of Wu County, starting the Battle of Chibi.
After the victory, Cao's army faced its most difficult battle. Zhu Zhi and his son were more stubborn, stronger and more difficult to deal with than anyone imagined. Although their troops were not as strong as Deng Ai's side, they fought tenaciously and were able to use various terrains to defeat Deng Ai.
He quickly eliminated the remaining enemies in Jiangdong and completed the unification of Yangzhou, which caused a lot of trouble. In the end, Deng Ai had to give up his barbaric attack and once again resorted to his mastery of capturing the king, asking Zhou Cang to lead a surprise force to attack the enemy's rear.
After Zhu Zhi was killed in one fell swoop, the situation of the battle was greatly improved.
By December 18th, Zhu Ran led more than a thousand remnant troops to retreat to the Songjiang area. At this time, they had no way to retreat. As long as Deng Ai and his generals did not make big mistakes, then Songjiang would become the Wu Commandery.
The final resting place of the remnants.
It was only then that Deng Ai could truly breathe a sigh of relief. As the authentic governor of Yangzhou, it was a bit shameful for him to complete the task at the end. But he finally completed Cao Zhi's order and prepared for the final eastern front when Cao Jun joined forces to encircle Kuaiji Mountain.
Yin City has opened up all roads. In other words, at this time, Cao Zhi's army has already won the battle of Chibi, and has further achieved a decisive victory over the entire Jiangdong power controlled by the Sun family. Now as long as Cao Zhi finally
With one order, Sun Quan and the Sun Group could be wiped out from the new historical process created by Cao Zhi.