Lukou and Baqiu were lost one after another, and the situation of the Wu army was in danger in an instant.

Xiakou is connected to the main roads of the Yangtze River such as Chibi and Xunyangkou.

Baqiu is located on Dongting Lake, controlling the confluence of the Yangtze River and Xiangshui, and the mouth of the land is located downstream of Chibi, directly cutting off the water and land transportation southeast of Chaisang.

Judging from the current situation, Lu Meng's tens of thousands of sailors have been completely blocked in the public security, and the transportation arteries back to Jiangdong have also been completely cut off and trapped here!

Now, if Wu Jun wants to break the situation, his only hope is to be able to break through one of them and use it as a breakthrough.

Of course, since Guan Ping had painstakingly planned this strategy, would he easily let Wu Jun leave safely?

In other words, the Wu army took advantage of the Northern Expedition of the Jingzhou Army to betray the alliance and sneak attack, and now that the sneak attack is attempted, how easy is it to evacuate safely?

Public Security Office.

At this moment, Lu Meng was sitting precariously, at the top, his eyes were staring, and he was staring at the generals below.

Half-loud kung fu.

After the guards informed the generals of the news of the loss of Lukou and Baqiu one after another, Lu Meng waved his hand to stop the commotion, his face was dark, and he said expressionlessly: "Everyone, according to the current situation, the Jingzhou army has controlled the entire water and land passage in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and cut off all the roads for our army to withdraw to Jiangdong. ”

"I wonder if you have a clever way to break the game?"

A seat of words, slowly settled.

After hearing the news, the advisor Zhuge Jin thought for a moment, then slowly stood up and arched his hand: "Since General Huang Lao led the people of Changsha to take the two counties in the west, resulting in the emptiness of Baqiu, the Jingzhou army took advantage of its unpreparedness and led the elite to attack and take it, which is understandable!" ”

"But Lukou is an important town of our army, and there are successively Lu Du Governor and Dadu Governor stationed troops here to operate, and its garrison business can be said to be readily available, plus there are also 3,000 troops to garrison this place."

"Jin can't figure out why Guan Ping can easily capture Lukou."

A seat fell.

The rest of the generals also showed doubts on their faces, and couldn't help but realize this problem, so they all looked at Lu Meng who was at the top of the head, with solemn eyes.

They are indeed very suspicious, with only a few thousand soldiers in Guan Ping, they can occupy the garrison in a short period of time, and the garrison is not weaker than the important town of the Jingzhou army?

"Alas!"

It's just that after hearing the words of the generals, Lu Meng was full of sadness, and said helplessly: "According to the intelligence, after Guan Ping took the opportunity to attack Baqiu, he immediately made a decision to let his own soldiers change into our army's battle armor, and led the surrendered sergeant to lie about the reinforcements in the direction of Baqiu, but took the opportunity to open the city gate. ”

"Under the chaotic battle, the enemy army was brave and good at fighting, and it was difficult for our army to match, so in the end the land pass was lost."

The voice slowly settled, but all the generals under the rank were shocked.

This time, many Wu generals were panicked and looked panicked!

The most important thing is that their retreat has been cut off, and if the whole army learns of this news, it will inevitably cause turmoil in the morale of the army, and the morale of the army, which has been appeased with great difficulty, will float again.

After a long groan, Zhu Rancai, a general wearing a vermilion robe, strode out, looked around, and said in a loud voice: "Governor, generals, at this stage, the main water and land routes for our army to retreat to Wu have been controlled. ”

"In the future, only by doing all our best to recapture Baqiu and Lukou can our army break this deadlock and regain the initiative in our hands."

"Otherwise, under the premise that our tens of thousands of troops are trapped internally and externally and cut off contact with the Wu side, they will be trapped by the enemy and die in public security."

"The last general seconded."

"I'll second."

As Zhu Ran's voice slowly fell, during this period, the generals led by Song Qian and Ling Tong expressed their positions one after another to agree with this policy.

Merely.

At this time, the veteran Han Dang looked puzzled and muttered: "Why do you go all out to recapture Baqiu and Lukou, instead of the important town of Xiakou City?" ”

"You must know that from Xiakou, you can go east along the river, you can kill Chibi and Xunyangkou in ten days, and the troops will come to the hinterland of my Jiangdong, if you want to talk about threats, Xiakou is the top priority!"

"But why did General Zhu give up fighting for Xiakou alone?"

As soon as these words fell, Han Dang also thought for a while, and couldn't understand it.

After hearing this, Zhu Ran looked at Han Dang with both eyes, smiled, and said with a smile: "Old General Han only knows one thing, but he doesn't know the other. ”

"It is precisely because the important town of Xiakou is related to the safety of our Jiangdong, so as early as after Guan Yu led the crowd to attack the city, according to intelligence, the main force of his army has been stationed in Xiakou City."

"Now, there are about 20,000 main forces of Jingzhou sitting in Xiakou, plus the high walls of Xiakou City are thick and as solid as a rock, which can be described as easy to defend and difficult to attack.

After a pause, he exhaled a long breath of turbidity and said sharply: "In this case, it takes time and effort to capture Xiakou, why should our army be reluctant to seek near and far, and not recapture Baqiu and Lukou first?" ”

A seat fell.

Without waiting for the generals to react, Zhuge Liang on the side also took over the conversation, and in the face of the crowd, he slowly added: "What General Zhu said is extremely true!" ”

"Xiakou City, the Jingzhou army will never be stationed for a long time, and it will still be returned to our army at that time, but it is Baqiu and Lukou that are related to whether our army can still gain a foothold in Jingzhou in the future."

"Otherwise, even if our army can return to Jiangdong safely this time, but it has lost its strategic foothold in Jingzhou, how can our army talk about going against the west and taking Jingzhou again?"

At this moment, without waiting for Zhuge Liang to speak, Song Qian couldn't help but ask slowly: "Mr. Ziyu, why did you say that Guan Yu would return Xia Kou to our army?" ”

"Such an important town is by no means so easy to capture, how can he return it to our army?"

"Hehehe."

"General Song doesn't have to worry, it's still certain."

Hearing this, Zhuge Jin had a relaxed face and smiled softly.

"According to the current situation, although Guan Yu flooded the Seventh Army on the Xiangfan front line and broke Cao's army, it can be said that the army is strong, but in fact, Cao Cao's strength is still the best in the world, far better than our two."

"If Guan Yu doesn't want to suffer from the enemy on his back and suffer a joint attack by our army and Cao's army at the same time, then Xiakou City, he will definitely give it up."

"The most critical point is that although Hanzhong, Xiangfan, Liu Bei, and Guan Yu Junchen have successively defeated Cao Cao and won, they have also suffered heavy losses, and Jingzhou's military rations have almost been exhausted."

"In this case, even if Guan Yu is domineering, it is whimsical to lead the crowd down the river and destroy my Jiangdong!"

"Since it is impossible to destroy our army in one go, it is no longer a good thing to insist on occupying Xiakou, but it will be a constant trouble, and the most important thing is that the battle line of the Jingzhou army will be extremely extended, and the troops will be greatly dispersed."

The voice fell.

Zhu Ran's face was worried, and he couldn't help asking: "That Mr. Ziyu, according to what you said, why does Guan Yu still attack Xiakou, isn't this asking for trouble?" ”

"Huh."

"General Zhu hasn't figured out his intentions yet."

"This is exactly Guan Yu's cleverness!"

For a while, Zhuge Jin's face was full of red light and smiled.