Chapter 1010 Guangling County

"Oh? Come and listen." He asked with his jaw open.

"Now that Cao Ren and Cao Xiu are heading north to Huainan, Cao's army in the Huainan area has been replenished, and Cao's navy can rely on Chaohu for defense. Even if our army goes north to join forces with Liu Bei, it will only be two to three times as powerful as Cao's army. , it is still difficult to capture Hefei City in such a hurry." Gao Chong said leisurely.

He opened his jaw and seemed to understand something: "You mean Xuzhou?"

"Yes! Our army can send a naval force to Chaohu with great fanfare to attract the enemy's attention, and actually lead the main force to surprise Guangling County!" Gao Chong said decisively: "As long as we can capture Guangling County, we can echo the general from east to west. Moreover, we can take the opportunity to make a surprise attack on Xiapi, and if we can catch the false emperor, this will be a great achievement!"

Among the Three Kingdoms, Soochow Wu attacked Hefei many times. The most famous one was that after the Battle of Chibi, Sun Quan led an army of 100,000 to attack Hefei. However, he was defeated by Zhang Liao with 8,000 men. He killed Chen Wu and almost captured Sun Quan. , thanks to the protection of Lu Meng, Gan Ning, Pan Zhang, Jiang Qin and others, he escaped from death.

After that, Sun Quan still wanted to penetrate Hefei, and later led his army to attack it many times, but he never succeeded. Instead, he made Man Chong, Tian Yu and others famous.

But in fact, Soochow has not always set its sights on Hefei. It has also chosen other strategic directions, namely Guangling County in the south of Xuzhou.

Launching the navy from Wu County and going north to attack Guangling County, this started from the time of Sun Ce. However, Chen Deng, the governor of Guangling County at the time, was proficient in military strategy and good at defense, and he had a Danyang army of tens of thousands. The Danyang soldiers were extremely elite. Coupled with Chen Deng's strategy, Sun Ce never succeeded.

After Sun Ce's death, Sun Quan also sent troops to attack Guangling County, but he still suffered a bloody blow in Guangling County.

Liu Bei borrowed Jingzhou from Sun Quan to stay temporarily. Later, Liu Bei attacked west and captured Yizhou. Sun Quan asked Liu Bei for Jingzhou. When Liu Bei refused, Sun Quan sent Lu Meng to capture the three counties of Changsha, Guiyang and Lingling. Later, With the Xiang River as the boundary, Lingling County was returned and reconciled with Liu Bei's army.

At this time, Sun Quan asked Lu Meng: "How about our army attacking Xuzhou north?"

Lu Meng, who replaced Lu Su as the governor-general, believed: "Cao Cao's attention is now focused on the north. If our army sends troops to attack Xuzhou, there is a nine out of ten chance that it will succeed. But once Cao Cao reacts and mobilizes heavy troops, even seven out of ten will succeed." It is difficult to hold an army of 80,000, so it is better to attack Guan Yu and occupy all south of the Yangtze River."

It can be seen that it is absolutely possible to attack Xuzhou from Soochow.

After listening to Gao Chong's suggestion, Zhang Jia couldn't help but his eyes lit up: "Bo'an, what you said makes sense."

After that, he stood up with his jaw open, paced back and forth in the hall a few times, and said, "Wenpin is mature and prudent. We can order him to lead 10,000 naval troops north to Chaohu to respond to Liu Bei. Zhu Huan will be left to guard Jiangdong and appease him. In the hearts of the nobles, you and I will lead 50,000 water infantry troops to go north to Xuzhou and make a surprise attack on Guangling!"

"Okay, I'll go down and make arrangements right now!"

Xuzhou, Guangling County.

Chen Deng was processing official documents in the county magistrate's mansion. There were chaotic footsteps outside the hall, which made him frown.

"Father, father!"

"Why are you panicking? You can't keep calm when something happens. How can you do anything important if you continue like this?" Chen Deng scolded his son Chen Su.

"Father, the famous Xiliang army generals Zhang Zha and Gao Chong led an army of one hundred thousand! They are preparing to attack our Guangling County!" Chen Su said in a panic.

"Um?"

Zhang Jia and Gao Chong actually only led an army of 50,000. The 100,000 was a false claim to scare Cao's army.

"Impossible. The main force led by Liu Ye is no more than 100,000 people. Zhang Jiao and Gao Chong's South Route Army is a partial force, and there must be some losses along the way. How can there be 100,000 people?" Chen Deng shook his head.

"Where are the enemy troops?" Chen Deng asked. In Guangling County, the administrative center is to the south. If the enemy troops land from the sea, they will soon be able to drive all the way north.

"The enemy seems to have reached Tanglin."

"Immediately order the Danyang troops to assemble in the direction of Guangling and be careful of enemy raids!" Chen Deng ordered.

"Here!"

Chen Deng gave an order, and 20,000 Danyang elite troops immediately gathered in the direction of Guangling. In fact, Xuzhou's soldiers are not weak, but they lack good generals. If a famous general like Chen Deng is allowed to lead Danyang's elite troops, it is natural to imagine the combat effectiveness that can be unleashed.

"Father, do our troops really want to go head-to-head with Zhang Jaw?" Chen Su worriedly asked: "Now that the general has achieved great success, Cao's armies from all walks of life have suffered setbacks. Although Prime Minister Cao has great talents and strategies, he may not be able to save the situation."

"Are you planning to ask me to surrender?" Chen Deng looked at Chen Su.

Chen Su was a little frightened by his father's gaze. He lowered his head and said, "That's not what I meant. I was just preparing for a rainy day and thinking about my father and family."

The Chen family is also very influential in Xuzhou, especially the 20,000 Danyang soldiers, which are almost equivalent to the Chen family's private soldiers. Cao Cao cannot mobilize them. The more aristocratic the family, the less impulsive they can be. Once the political gamble fails, , it is very likely that we will face a disaster.

"However, what you said makes sense."

"Let's do this. Send someone to deliver a letter to Zhang Jia."

After saying that, Chen Deng immediately sat in front of the desk, polished his pen, and in a moment wrote a letter and handed it to Chen Su.

"What did father write in the letter?" Chen Su asked curiously.

"It's nothing, it's just an appointment with Zhang Jia." Chen Deng said slowly.

"Ah? What! No, this is too dangerous. What if Zhang Jian leads his army and takes his father away?" Chen Su shook his head hastily and rejected Chen Deng's suggestion.

"What are you afraid of? Our army will also lead its troops and wait nearby. And don't worry, Zhang Jaw is a famous general under Liu Ye's account. He is both wise and brave. He will not do such a thing. You can just send a dead soldier to deliver the message. That's it." Chen Deng said slowly: "If nothing happens, we should be able to avoid the disaster of weapons this time."

Can a letter avoid the disaster of weapons? Chen Su couldn't believe it, but his father Chen Deng's wisdom was indeed unmatched by others. Chen Su nodded, took the letter and walked out to find the dead man to deliver the letter.

"Alas, Su'er is a loyal and honest child. If he were to serve as a county magistrate, county guard, and parent officer in the peaceful years, it would be considered Qingming. However, in troubled times, being too honest is not a good thing."

Chen Deng sighed and murmured to himself: "I hope Liu Ye can end this war as soon as possible. When the world is at peace, I won't have to worry about the Chen family."

"Cough cough cough"

Chen Deng suddenly turned red and coughed.