The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

The reason why Wu Jingzhu came to Zhongmou from Sun Jian was to capture Hanoi. When Zhu Jun was unwilling to join forces with Sun Jian, Gong Qiucheng, Wu Jing and other civil and military officials had persuaded Sun Jian to march alone. Now Sun Jian has finally decided Beitu, everyone has no objection.

Gong Chou said: "Uncle Zhang Zhi is prepared, it is not easy to cross the river, and if you hit hard, the casualties will be not small. It is said that it is best not to force the crossing."

Sun Jian agreed and asked the generals, "Can you have a good plan for crossing the river?"

Sun Ce was designated by Xun Zhen as the captain of the cavalry, and he was also the eldest son of Sun Jian. Although he was young, he was above the generals.

He looked at all the people in the tent, saw the generals and schools, including the public hatred, for a while, he seemed to have no attitude to express his opinion, so he did his part, stood up and sat down, and said loudly: "Father, you have a plan."

Sun Jian looked at Sun Ce with a smile on his face, and asked, "What is my son's plan?"

Sun Ce said: "The year before last, Dong Zhuo attacked Wang Kuang, pretending to be the main force in Pingyin, but sneaked across from Xiaopingjin, circled around to Wang Kuangbing, and attacked suddenly, almost annihilating his entire army. Ce's humble opinion: Father Hou Ke took this battle as an example, When we attack Hanoi today, we will also use the sound of the east to attack the west.”

Pingyin, the Mengjin of later generations. Xiaopingjin and Mengjin are both important crossings of the Yellow River in Yin, Henan. In the first year of Zhongping, the Yellow Turbans revolted, and the eight states were connected with great momentum. To guard the safety of Kyoto, Emperor Ling set up the commanders of the eight gates, including Mengjin and Xiaopingjin.

The tactic of "sounding the east and attacking the west" has also been thought of by the public resentment, but due to his consideration, he thinks that this tactic may not work. He twisted his beard and said worriedly: "Dong Zhuo's attack on Wang Kuang happened two years ago, very close to now. The so-called 'Yin Jian is not far', Zhang Zhishu, a veteran, I'm afraid he won't be fooled."

Sun Jian asked Sun Ce, "Does my son agree with what Chang Shi said?"

Sun Ce first smiled at the public hatred, then turned to Sun Jian, and replied, "If Uncle Zhang Zhi thinks like Chang Shi, then this plan will work."

This was a bit of a mouthful, but everyone in the tent understood what he meant.

Sun Ce was saying: If Zhang Yang and Gong Qiu had the same idea, and both believed that because "Yin Jian is not far away", Sun Jian should not follow the wisdom of Dong Jun's crossing the river, then Sun Jian chose to adopt this strategy, which is exactly " Attack the enemy by surprise", will be successful.

Gong Qiucheng and other people in the tent heard it, and they all thought about it, and they all thought that Sun Ce's words were reasonable.

Sun Ce said to Sun Jian again: "Sun Ziyun 'attacks his unpreparedness and surprises him'. My teacher handwritten three battle examples, King Xiang Pengcheng won a great victory, one, Gaozu secretly crossed Chengcang, two, Geng Bi attacked Linzi, three. Uncle Zhang Zhi. Although the old general is known as a brave man, but looking at his past, he was unable to attack the Huguan, and he was captured by Fuluo, so it is clear that he was ignorant! This brave and ruthless man will be defeated when he strikes!" Xiao Xiao said to the public hatred and others, "Although Uncle Zhi is two thousand stones, he will be a prisoner when he is bound!"

"My Master's Handwriting Three Cases of War" Yunyun, but when Cheng Jia was envoy to Yuzhou, he was ordered by Xun Zhen to bring a gift to Sun Ce and Sun Quan, respectively, which were handwritten by Xun Zhen and handwritten by Xun Yu. .

In this handbook, Xun Zhen selected some corresponding battle examples and wrote them on the side as part of the notes, in order to enhance the reader's understanding of Sunzi's original text. After Sun Ce received this book, he couldn't put it down, and read it day and night. So far, he has been able to memorize Xun Zhen's handwritten notes, including the battle examples.

Sun Ce's beautiful appearance, when he smiled, made his heart even more happy. Under the influence of Sun Jian, he usually speaks and laughs freely, and sometimes tells jokes, which makes people feel close. Therefore, although the opinion of the public hatred was opposed by him, the public hatred was not at all unpleasant.

Sun Jian stroked his beard and nodded his head, and asked the people in the tent, "Do you agree with what my son said?"

Gong Qiucheng and Wu Jing were both persuaded by Sun Ce.

Everyone said: "What the commander said is very true."

As a result, Sun Jian made a decision to follow Sun Ce's plan and use the method of attacking the east and attacking the west to cross the Yellow River in the north.

Sun Ce invited the battle and said, "Ce please be the vanguard of your father, and defeat the enemy and capture the prisoners for your father!"

Zhang Yang, Zhang Liao, and Lü Bu were all once Ding Yuan's vassals. At that time, Zhang Yang and Zhang Liao were recruited by Ding Yuan as the state for their bravery, while Lü Bu was Ding Yuan's chief clerk. All three were from Bingzhou. Just like Lü Bu, the elites in Zhang Yang's troupe were all warriors from Bingzhou, and they came from the borderlands of Bing and Liang. Therefore, although Zhang Yang was described by Sun Ce as "courageous and incompetent", Sun Jian's battle strength against his troops But he didn't underestimate him, and he was reluctant to use Sun Ce as the vanguard. He smiled and said, "My son has few soldiers and is not enough to start. It's okay for me to be in the Central Army."

After all, Sun Ce was young, and Sun Jian assigned him not many minions, only a few hundred people, which was indeed not enough to be a pioneer to cross the river and strategize.

Sun Jian gave Wu Jing, Cheng Pu and other 5,000 soldiers, and ordered them to go out of Zhongmu to Pingyin County, collect ships in large numbers, pretend to be crossing the river by Mengjin and Xiaopingjin, and lead 2,000 soldiers with Sun Ce, Han Dang, Zu Mao and others. Sneak to Gong County.

There is a ferry in Gongxian County called Wushejin. In the last years of Xinmang, Zhu Tun, the main general of the Xinshi army, stationed in Luoyang. Taking advantage of Hanoi's lack of troops, he wanted to attack and take it, so he sent his generals north, that is, the Yellow River crossed by Wushejin. Later, Guangwu sent Jia Fu to attack Yan in the south, and Jia Fu also crossed the Yellow River through the five societies. This place is also an important Yellow River ferry in Henan Yin territory.

Pingyin is far from Zhongmu, and Gongxian is close to Zhongmu.

Sun Jian led his troops to Gongxian County first. He ordered the battalions to quiet down and lie outside Gongxian City, and then ordered Gong Qiucheng and others to secretly purchase mugwort. This was a method used by Han Xin when he crossed the river to attack the leopard of Wei in the past. Poppy is a wooden container with a big mouth and belly. A certain number of poppies are tied together and placed on the water, which can be used as a raft.

Under the banner of Sun Jian and claiming to be 30,000 cavalrymen, Wu Jing and others marched to Pingyin. While collecting ships, they let out wind noises, saying that they would cross the Hebei within five days and attack Heyang and other places on the other side of the river. Zhang Yang heard the report, and sure enough, he had a plan, and he rushed to dispatch troops. He ordered Yang Chou as the main general, commanding more than ten thousand troops, and stationed in Heyang.

When Wu Jing and the others arrived at Pingyin, Sun Jian and his troops had been lurking in Gongxian for two days. After another day, they had collected enough wood poppies, bundled them into rafts, and sent troops to cross in the dark that night.

On the other side of Wushejin, Wenxian in the west, Pinggao in the east, and Zhouxian in the opposite direction, and within a hundred miles to the east of Zhouxian and Pinggao is Huai County, the county seat of Hanoi. Zhang Yang is now sitting in Huai County. . Unprepared, Sun Jian's troops easily crossed the river and reached the other side, but he neither attacked Wen, nor Pinggao and Zhou.

How did the guards in Pinggao, Zhouxian and other places think that Sun Jian actually crossed the Yellow River from Wushejin? After Sun Jian crossed the river, he faked the flag, and although there were only 2,000 soldiers, he claimed to be 10,000. The guards in these two counties did not dare to block the attack, and they urgently reported to Huai County.

Zhang Yang was shocked when he heard this, and his chief Xue Hong said: "Sun Wentai, a titan of Jingzhou, is being used by him to cross the river. There are less than 3,000 guards in Huaicheng, and it may be difficult to resist. Soldiers back to help."

Some people objected to Xue Hong's suggestion, saying: "An Zhi Sun Wentai's troops are not suspicious soldiers? If the troops stationed in Heyang are transferred back because of this, the soldiers from Yuzhou on the other side of Mengjin and Xiaopingjin can easily cross the river. Until then, my county will be in danger!"

Xue Hong said: "Sun Wentai, the lord of Yuzhou. The proverb says 'the son of a thousand gold cannot sit down in the hall', what about the shepherd of Yizhou? Since he dared to attack Huai County, I expect that the main force of Yuzhou's soldiers will be led by him. , the enemy of Mengjin and Xiaopingjin must be a suspicious soldier!"

He went down to the hall of worship and said eagerly to Zhang Yang: "General, the tiger general of Wentai, all the people are attacking the offender, like a divine soldier descending from the sky, and the soldiers and people inside and outside Huai County are shocked. Once the county falls, how much more will my county be in danger? Hanoi will no longer be owned by the general! The matter is urgent! Make a quick decision."

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