Chapter 417: Yuan Shu's Calculations
The main reason why Yuan Shu dared to accompany Lu Kang here was that Yuan Shu knew that Lu Kang had no reinforcements.
And even if Lu Kang can call some reinforcements, if the number is small, it is useless, Yuan Shu's 30,000 troops are guarding here, if there is no same number of men and horses coming, it will not be able to defeat Yuan Shu.
And the reinforcements that Lu Kang can call are none other than Liu Xuan in Shouchun, if he goes to Liu Xuan for help, Yuan Shu is not afraid at all.
Not to mention that Liu Miao doesn't have enough troops now, he can be sent to support Lu Kang, even if Liu Miao has, it is impossible to come up with 30,000 troops at one time.
Therefore, Yuan Shu was not afraid of Lu Kang at all, so he could have the courage to kill Lujiang.
Half a month has passed.
Lu Kang is still insisting, and he can't go out of the city to surrender.
Yuan Shu's Chinese army tent.
"Lord, then Lu Kang has not surrendered, and continues to defend in the city, now half a month has passed, if it is delayed any longer, I am afraid that the soldiers and horses he sent out to ask for help should also find reinforcements, and they should be about to arrive in Lujiang in the next few days."
Yang Hong, as an important strategist under Yuan Shu, stepped forward to give Yuan Shu advice at this moment, wanting Yuan Shu to conquer Lujiang as soon as possible.
But after Yuan Shu heard Yang Hong's words, he was not worried.
"Yang Hong, you are too worried, this Lu Kang, what kind of character, he went to ask for help, who can he find for help, it is nothing more than looking for Taishou who is good friends with him around him, or Liu Xuan, who is shrinking in Shouchun at this time."
"These people, the war with Liu Zheng ended not long ago, especially Liu Xuan, at this time the loss of troops is huge, and they are hiding in Shouchun to recuperate, where are the extra troops to support Lu Kang, the old thing, and Yan Baihu in the south is still eyeing the tiger, and he needs troops to defend at any time, Liu Xiang himself is too busy to take care of himself, and he will not send people over, so we don't need to worry about Lu Kang having any reinforcements at all."
In the past half a month, Yuan Shu has knocked down most of the county towns in Lujiang, and basically only this county town is still holding on.
And in the past half a month, Yuan Shu has lost some soldiers and horses, especially when attacking Lujiang County, under Lu Kang's desperate resistance, the loss of troops is very large, so if Lujiang City is stormed, he will continue to increase the loss of troops, which Yuan Shu does not want to see.
He finally recruited these horses, if in this battle in Lujiang, the losses were exhausted, it was not what he wanted to see.
Therefore, in the face of what his advisers said about attacking Lujiang, Yuan Shu was actually not very willing.
"My lord, even if there are no reinforcements, it will be disadvantageous for us to delay it like this."
"Actually, it's not completely impossible."
"Is there anything you can do to break the city?"
During this time, Yang Hong was also thinking about how to break this Lujiang City at the lowest cost.
"My lord, since we want to break the city as soon as possible, and we don't want to let the soldiers and horses suffer too much loss, it is definitely not possible to attack head-on. We can take another approach. ”
"The other way, what way?"
"These days, I observed the vicinity of the Lujiang River, in the city of Lujiang, the moat is not deep, we can cut off the river, and then send someone to dig the tunnel, it only takes a few days to dig through the gate of Lujiang City, and then at night while the defenders of Lujiang are asleep, sneak directly into the city, when the time comes, the gods are unaware, and they can use the minimum price to kill into the city and break the city gate."
Yang Hong's method is not very good, but it is very much in line with the current situation and Yuan Shu's thoughts.
"Clever plan, Yang Hong, you deserve to be my most valued strategist, just do what you say."
"Of course, this clever plan still needs further planning, lord, I have already observed before, the city wall in the west is soft and the soil is the most suitable for excavation, and in order to cover the manpower in the west, we must increase our forces in the east and put the attention of Lu Kang in the city on the east side, so that the things we plan in the west will not be easy to be exposed."
After Yang Hong saw that Yuan Shu agreed to his request, he immediately added a few more words, and Yuan Shu nodded again and again.
"Okay, everything is according to what you said, I will let General Lei Bo cooperate with you."
Yuan Shu quickly ordered all of this next.
But he had just promised Yang Hong, and Yang Hong's plan had not yet begun to be implemented, and in the big tent of the Chinese army, Ji Ling hurriedly walked over.
"Lord, there is an emergency military situation!"
"Ji Ling, what's wrong with you coming here in a panic, what's the military situation?"
"Our scouts have received news from the south that there is a force of soldiers and horses that are rapidly approaching Lujiang City."
"What!"
After Ji Ling told the scout the news to the people present, it immediately caused everyone's surprise, especially Yuan Shu.
Yuan Shumeng's face changed, and without hesitation, he asked Ji Ling directly.
"Who is the other party and how many people are there?"
For the first time, Yuan Shu wanted to know who this group of people was, how many people there were, and whether they had come to support Lu Kang.
He was also convinced just now that Lu Kang couldn't find reinforcements, but not long after, a reinforcement appeared, which made Yuan Shu a little nervous.
"The leading people are not who they are, and the scouts don't dare to get too close, but the number of people on the other side, we have found some, and the estimated number is around 10,000 people."
"What! 10,000 soldiers! ”
When Yuan Shu heard this, there were actually 10,000 troops, and his face became even more ugly, but fortunately, the soldiers and horses of 10,000 people did not make Yuan Shu feel scared, but he felt that there were some tricks.
After all, if these people cooperate with the defenders in Lujiang City, if they are added together, they can really pose a certain threat to Yuan Shu's men and horses.
"I didn't expect that this guy Lu Kang would really be able to find reinforcements, from the south, could it be the soldiers and horses of Yuzhang County? But Yuzhang County, can you gather an army of 10,000 people? ”
"Lord, Yuzhang is too obedient to Zhoushu, but he is just a sick old man, he and Lu Kang are indeed good friends, but with his ability, he can't muster 10,000 troops at all, although these people are from the direction of Yuzhang, they shouldn't be Zhoushu's talents."
As soon as Yang Hong heard Ji Ling's words, he immediately frowned, and denied Yuan Shu's view that these people were from Yuzhang.
"Since it's not Zhou Shu's old thing, who else would it be?"
"No matter who they are, they will never be able to get close to Lujiang, we must kill them outside Lujiang City, otherwise it will be a big trouble for us to let him unite with Lu Kang in the city."
"That's right, that's right, Ji Ling, immediately lead 10,000 elites and go to kill those reinforcements."