Qinglong Three Kingdoms

Chapter 438 The Situation in Jiangdong (2)

Thanks to Hua Xin's timely mobilization of troops, Danyang City was already prepared for defense before Sun Ce attacked Wu County and mobilized troops to attack Danyang City.

Zhang Ying brought back 7000 troops from Liyang and Niuzhu camps, plus Liu Yao already had more than [-] troops stationed in Danyang City, Hua Xin also gathered [-] troops in Danyang City. Guarded by about a thousand troops.

Even though the combat effectiveness of Liu Yao's soldiers is not very strong, with these trained and regular soldiers, plus some young men recruited temporarily, there is still some foundation for guarding Danyang City.

As for the defense lines of Liyang Army Town and Dangli, Hengjiang, and Niuzhu camps, they were handed over to Liu Yao's generals, General Pan and Chen Heng, to guard them, lest Yuan Shu take the opportunity to attack Jiangdong as well.

Of course, Hua Xin also knew that Zhu Wei, who had a powerful army on Yuzhang's side, was also a subordinate of Liu Yao in name.

Therefore, after getting the news of Sun Ce's attack on Danyang City, he sent a letter asking for help to Yuzhang in the name of Liu Yao at the first time, and this was the situation in which the news was later conveyed to Zhu Wei.

After that, Sun Ce really led troops to attack Danyang City, that is, he wanted to capture Danyang and control Liu Yao before Zhu Wei on Yuzhang's side could react, so that even if Zhu Wei reacted, Sun Ce would be able to Use Liu Yao to restrain Zhu Wei.

However, Danyang City was prepared. Even though Liu Yao was seriously ill, Hua Xin was able to help transfer affairs. In addition, Zhang Ying was in charge of guarding the city, so that Danyang City has not yet been destroyed by Sun Ce. Take it down.

This is almost the intelligence information that Wang Yuyan can know. Because there is no Zhu Wei's Three Kingdoms game system to directly investigate Sun Ce's military situation, Wang Yuyan can only use other methods to slowly investigate Sun Ce's military situation.

But what happened to Danyang City now, Wang Yuyan is not very clear, Sun Ce's army has completely cut off the external communication of Danyang City, maybe now Danyang City has been captured by Sun Ce, maybe Danyang City is still struggling to support.

These can only be known by Sun Ce himself.

Well, let's take a look at the situation on Sun Ce's side. Of course, Sun Ce is aware of his current situation.

This time Sun Ce crossed the river to attack Jiangdong, but he also brought more than 8000 elite troops that he had previously recruited and trained in Guangling County. Much better.

But he can only use these 8000 elites, and there is no way to gather more troops along the way as he went east like the original history.

Therefore, with the help of Yan Baihu, after Sun Ce crossed the Yangtze River from Guangling County and entered Wu County, he could only rely on the method of coercing more than 2 young people from Wu County to expand his army. Zhuang is basically a mob, so he can only follow suit and help Sun Ce gain momentum.

At the same time, these coerced young adults are also a great burden on the consumption of food, grass and materials for Sun Ce's army.

Even though Sun Ce defeated Xu Gong, the prefect of Wu County in Wu County, and seized some food and supplies from Wu County controlled by Xu Gong, it still made Sun Ce feel a little nervous.

After all, it was not only Sun Ce who captured Wu County, but also Yan Baihu who was Sun Ce's ally. Naturally, Yan Baihu had to share some of the captured ones.

After that, Zhou Yu finally used the Zhou family's background in Danyang County to contact some local nobles and powerful families, and obtained some private soldiers and food supplies, and also added more than 5000 troops and soldiers with some combat experience to Sun Ce. Grain supply.

But in fact, Sun Ce's reputation in Jiangdong now can't be compared with the original history. In the original history, Sun Ce used Yuan Shu's name to conquer Jiangdong, so he can have a echoing effect.

But now that Yuan Shu has proclaimed himself emperor, Yuan Shu's name has become less useful in Jiangdong. Originally, many Jiangdong nobles and powerful families were willing to rely on Yuan Shu, but they just thought about the heritage of the fourth generation and the three princes of the Yuan family. In this way, they turned to the Yuan family in anticipation. In the future, those who can rely on the big tree of the Yuan family can obtain an official position in the court and maintain their status as a noble family.

But now that the Yuan family has been manipulated by Yuan Shu and turned into a traitor in the world, and now the Han Dynasty is still the vane of the people's hearts, these noble families and powerful families in Jiangdong are naturally hesitant in their choices.

What's more, Sun Ce didn't use Yuan Shu's name now, and Sun Ce himself had already separated himself from Yuan Shu, indicating that he would not support Yuan Shu, a traitor, so Sun Ce could only rely on his Sun family's reputation in Jiangdong.

Of course, Sun Ce's father, Sun Jian, did have some prestige in Jiangdong. Coupled with the secret influence of Zhou Yu's Zhou family in Danyang County, these factors also gave Sun Ce great convenience when Sun Ce attacked Jiangdong in the original history.

But it's different now, Sun Ce was defeated in the first battle in Liyang, but Zhu Wei rose up in Jiangdong Xinxin, so the Sun family's prestige in Jiangdong has lost a lot.

In addition, under Zhu Wei's reminder, Liu Yao also suppressed the influence of Zhou Yu's uncle Danyang prefect Zhou Shang in Danyang, so the Danyang gentry and powerful families who had some connections with Zhou Yu could not help but wait and see.

Zhou Yu can also help Sun Ce obtain these manpower and supplies of food and grass, which is already considered Zhou Yu's connections and ability to do things.

So in fact, even if Sun Ce crossed the river and entered Jiangdong this time, there are very few gentry and powerful families who can respond to Sun Ce in Jiangdong. More people are still watching the wind direction and the situation, and will not end their investment so soon.

So Sun Ce was even more eager to capture Danyang City.

Only in this way can Sun Ce re-establish the banner of the Sun family in Jiangdong and climb on Liu Yao's name, so that the noble families and powerful families in Jiangdong can be attracted by his strength and give him more support and help.

In fact, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu also found out that Liu Yao was seriously ill and could not take charge of the affairs before, so they dared to set up a beheading tactic to attack Danyang. In their view, there is no one in Danyang City who can take charge of affairs, and it is a place that can be taken by surprise. fruit.

Unexpectedly, Liu Yao hired Hua Xin to take charge of affairs, and then Hua Xin actually recruited Zhang Ying to lead troops back to protect Danyang City.

Therefore, Sun Ce's attack on Danyang City encountered obstacles at the beginning, and it was much more difficult than he originally imagined. However, Sun Ce was still planning to continue his Jiangdong strategy and forcefully capture Danyang City at any cost. Take up the banner of the Sun family.

Although Sun Ce also knew that Liu Yao had stored a lot of weapons, food and grass at the Niuzhu camp, it was a pity that he did not have many troops at his disposal. If he divided his troops to attack the Niuzhu camp, it would be even more difficult to attack Danyang City. .

Besides, relative to his current location, Niuzhu Camp needs to bypass Danyang City and continue deep into Danyang.

At the same time, Liu Yao still retained some guarding forces at the Niuzhu camp, so Sun Ce sent fewer troops, so he might not be able to defeat them, and sending more troops would not be enough to pose a threat to Danyang City.

Therefore, Sun Ce wanted to concentrate all his efforts to capture Danyang City. After controlling Liu Yao in this way, Niuzhu Camp, Jiangbei Hengjiang, Dangli Ferry, and even Liyang Army Town, which originally belonged to Liu Yao, may all be handed over and surrendered. .

In this way, Sun Ce can take over all of Liu Yao's foundation, and then face Zhu Wei's possible counterattack...

(End of this chapter)