The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms - Vol 10 Chapter 319

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Xun Zhen said gently: “Bo Fu, you must get up before you speak.”

Sun Ce, however, refused to get up, still bowed down to the ground, and said, “Duke Ming, the revenge for killing my father is not shared. I have asked Duke Ming several times to attack Lu Bu and avenge my father. However, the crusade against Yuan Shu is the bigger picture. , In order not to invalidate Duke Ming’s alienation strategy, I obeyed Duke Ming’s orders. But now Wan County has been broken, Yuan Shu has died, and Lü Bu has become a turtle in a urn. Go ahead and seek revenge for my father!”

Speaking of which, Sun Ce was already choked up, his face full of tears. As he spoke, he kowtowed to the ground and knocked the floor through.

Without hearing Xun Zhen’s answer, Sun Ce heard footsteps sounding from the main seat, and gradually came to his side, followed by a pair of warm and strong arms, grabbed his arms, and helped him up,—— It was Xun Zhen who helped him up.

Xun Zhen patted Sun Ce’s arm, led him to the front of the table, and told him to sit down. Then, Xun Zhen did not return to the main seat, but paced the hall with her hands behind her back, and said to Sun Ce, “Bo Fu, My father and I are brothers. I told you before that he was unfortunately killed by Lv Bu. Not only do you want to take revenge, but I also want to take revenge for Wentai, but have you ever thought about it? ?”

“Dare to ask Duke Ming, what’s the problem?”

Xun Zhen said: “As you said, Wan County has been destroyed, Yuan Shu has died, and Lü Bu is now the turtle in the urn. If you and I attacked him, it would be easy to capture and kill him, but killing Lu Bu is easy. But after killing him, how will Pingchun and other four counties deal with it?”

“What does Duke Ming mean?”

Xun Zhen said: “The four counties in Pingchun belong to Jiangxia County, which is under the jurisdiction of Jiangxia County. After Lu Bu is destroyed, Bo Fu, do you think it’s better for you and me to garrison troops in these four counties, or not to garrison troops?”

“If Lü Bu was destroyed by our army, then since it was our army who destroyed him, then after Lü Bu is destroyed, the Duke Ming of these four counties can of course keep troops and horses.”

Xun Zhen nodded and said, “Yes, I can definitely stay in the army, but Huang Zu, the prefect of Jiangxia, do you know him?”

Sun Ce was not familiar with Huang Zu, so he hesitated and said, “I only heard that he is from the Huang clan in Jiangxia, and he is quite strategic and popular, but the rest is not very clear.”

“Besides what you said, Bo Fu, there is another point, that this person has a strong personality.”

Hearing this, Sun Ce had already guessed what Xun Zhen meant, and asked, “Isn’t Duke Ming worried that if he stays in the four counties of Pingchun, Huang Zu might send troops to capture it?”

Xun Zhen said: “He may not necessarily send troops to attack directly, but what is certain is that he must be reluctant to hand over these four counties to you and me… You don’t need me to tell you the importance of Jiangxia County.”

The area at the junction of Jiangxia and Runan counties is a mountainous area. There are four counties in Pingchun. Except for Pingchun, the other three counties are located in this mountainous area. In other words, these counties are the key to preventing the southward invasion of Runan County in northern Jiangxia.

If these counties are owned by Jiangxia County, then the hinterland of Jiangxia County will be relatively safe by relying on the barrier of the mountains, but if these counties are obtained by Runan County, then it is equivalent to Jiangxia County opening the door to Runan County , From this four counties sent troops, Runan’s troops and horses can be unimpeded, all the way to the hinterland and south of Jiangxia County.

——Now Lu Bu only occupies these four counties

Huang Zu had to be in a very passive position because there was no danger between these four counties and the hinterland of Jiangxia. Just imagine, if these four counties fell into the hands of Runan County, the follow-up reinforcements of Sun Ce and Xun Zhen would But it is far from being comparable to Lu Bu, and it is even endless, so how can Jiangxia County come to guard?

Therefore, in this case, I am afraid that no matter who will be the prefect of Jiangxia, he will not be willing to give up these four counties to Runan, and he will definitely do everything possible to get these four counties into his own hands, and then he will feel at ease.

Xun Zhen didn’t need to say anything about this, Sun Ce knew it too.

He said: “These four counties belong to Pingfan in the northern part of Jiangxia, and their status is very important to Jiangxia County.”

“Exactly, Bo Fu, since these four counties are so important to Jiangxia County, and Huang Zu is strong by nature and is not willing to give in, I would expect that even if he is afraid of your strong army, he will not send troops directly. Come and grab it, but he is from the Huang clan in Jiangxia, and he has a high reputation in Jiangxia, but he will definitely think of other ways to make the four counties uneasy.”

“Any other ways?”

Xun Zhen said: “For example, he provoked the tyrants of the four counties to oppose the county magistrate appointed by the imperial court, or, for example, he might even gang up with bandits and start a civil strife in this county… In this situation, what do you think should be done?”

“Huang Zuruo dared to provoke civil strife, and wished to lead troops to suppress it for Duke Ming!”

Xun Zhen paced to the entrance of the hall, glanced at the sky outside the hall, turned around, smiled and shook her head at Sun Ce, and said, “Bo Fu, it’s nothing, you can kill it all at once. It is difficult to win the hearts and minds of the soldiers and the people with military might. On the contrary, if the killing is too high, it may lead to bad reputation of you and me in Jingzhou, which will be detrimental to the future.”

“Then what should I do with Duke Ming’s high opinion?”

Xun Zhen said, “I have discussed this matter with Fengxiao, but there are only two strategies.”

“Dare to ask Duke Ming, which two strategies?”

Xun Zhen said: “One strategy is to find an opportunity to give someone else to be the prefect of Jiangxia, and the other strategy is…” Xun Zhen returned to the case and dug out two letters from the case on the case. In front of Sun Ce’s seat, he handed him the two letters and said, “Look at it.”

Sun Ce hurriedly got up, and respectfully caught the two letters, put one on the desk, opened the other, looked at it three times, looked at it twice, and then his eyes fell on the side of the letter. The signature is Song Xian; he put this letter down and picked up the other one to look at it. After reading the contents, the name at the end of this letter is Wei Xu.

After reading the two letters, Sun Ce was suspicious and delighted, looked at Xun Zhen, and said, “Ming Gong, is this?”

Xun Zhen said, “Didn’t Lv Bu send me a letter a while ago? Not long after his letter came, I received two letters begging for surrender from Song Xian and Wei Xu. Bo Fu, Feng and I The other strategy that Xiaoxian negotiated was to accept Song Xian and Wei Xu’s request to surrender, and then after the settlement of Runan, when attacking Lu Bu, Song Xian and Wei Xu should respond inwardly. Wentai takes revenge, and after acquiring these four counties, Song Xian and Wei Xu can be left to guard them, that is, these four counties can still be under your control.”

Hearing this, Sun Ce was a little confused, and he said: “But Duke Ming, if according to Duke Ming, Huang Zu must take these counties into his hands, then even if it is replaced by Song Xian and Wei. If they continued to stay in these four counties, wouldn’t the result be the same, would Huang Zu still plan for these four counties?

? ”

Xun Zhen nodded and said, “Yes, Huang Zu will definitely seek these four counties, but keeping Song Xian and Wei Xu stationed in these four counties is different from the fact that you and I keep troops stationed there.”

“different?”

Xun Zhen returned to the main seat and sat down, stroked her short mustache, and said with a smile, “Yes, it’s different. Bo Fu, think about it.”

Sun Ce thought about it for a while, and roughly understood, and said: “Yes, if Song Xian and Wei Xu were to stay in these four counties, Duke Ming would be equivalent to staying out of the way, and relatively speaking, he would take the initiative. ; and if our army stays, it means being in it, and if something happens, it will fall into passive.”

Xun Zhen patted the table lightly, and smiled, “Yes, that’s right.”

In exchange for Song Xian and Wei Xu staying in the four counties of Pingchun, if there is any problem in the four counties of Pingchun, Xun Zhen will have a lot of room for change in the choice of countermeasures because he “stays out of the matter”. When things get old, you can also send troops to intervene. In this way, not only has the purpose of controlling these four counties been achieved, but the entire county of Jiangxia can be taken from the south of these four counties at any time to threaten the flank of Xiangyang, and at the same time, it will not lead to the resistance and resistance of Jiangxia and even Jingzhou scholars against Xunzhen. On the other hand, it is also convenient for Xun Zhen to handle the relationship with Liu Biao.

Xun Zhen asked Sun Ce and said, “Bo Fu, what do you think of this strategy?”

“Ming Gong’s strategy is wonderful, and he is extremely admired.”

Xun Zhen said: “Bofu, if you think this strategy is available, then you might as well suspend the attack on Pingchun. I have sent Song Xian and Wei Xu a letter, and I will wait for the decision on accepting and surrendering them. After ~www.mtlnovel.com~ and Nanyang are generally settled, it is not too late for you to attack the spring, how about it?”

Sun Ce bowed to the ground again and said: “If Duke Ming can use this strategy, not only will Ce’s father get revenge, but also the problem of garrisoning troops in the four counties of Pingchun can be solved, and Ce should follow the orders of Duke Ming. ”

After coming out of Xunzhen’s camp and returning to his own camp, as soon as Sun Ce entered the tent, Cheng Pu and other generals came one after another upon hearing the news.

Cheng Pu asked Sun Ce, and said, “Ming Gong, what did the chariots say?”

“To discuss Lu Bu’s matter, the chariots have been allowed. However, I am waiting for the plan to seize the four counties of Pingchun and then take Yangzhou from the east, but I am afraid that it will not work.”

Cheng Pu asked, “What does Duke Ming mean by this? Why can’t it be done? After the annihilation of Lu Bu, the four counties are owned by our army, so can’t our army take Yangzhou east at any time?”

Sun Ce then told him that Song Xian and Wei Xu begged to surrender, and Xun Zhen planned to wait until after Lu Bu was destroyed, leaving Song Xian, Wei Xu, etc. stationed in the four counties of Pingchun, and told Cheng Pu and others exactly.

Cheng Pu and the others looked at each other after hearing this.

After a while, Cheng Pu said, “Unexpectedly, this accident happened! Duke Ming, what should we do?”

It is very important to kill Lu Bu and avenge Sun Jian. Taking advantage of the opportunity of eliminating Lu Bu, it is also important to control the four counties in Pingchun, thinking that in the future, when the time comes, it is also important to take Yangzhou east to make advance preparations.

Even the latter thing is more important than the former. Because the latter matter is related to the future and way out of all of them, including Sun Ce. But now the latter thing has changed, and it seems that it cannot be achieved. This is indeed a big trouble.

Sun Ce is also a countermeasure in this regard.

Everyone is in the tent, you look at me, I look at you, all in a daze.