Chapter 672: Stalemate
The siege of the city must be tedious, cutting down trees and building equipment, even if the Lu army sped up, it was also delayed for several days.
Lu Congshou also waited for the dragon ring for a few days, but the dragon ring was no news.
"Ming Gong, Longhuan is either dead, or he hasn't won Guo Jia's trust yet, and now it seems that there is only one way to attack."
A strategist suggested to Lu Congshou.
Lu Congshou frowned slightly, obviously he also had a headache for the incomparably strong Pule City, there was no good way, there was only one way to attack, and now the rear was not very stable, as long as he could defeat Pule, on the one hand, he could let the Han army know that he knew his strength, and on the other hand, he could also stabilize the rear.
And that Guo Jia...
If he is caught, he can't be killed, it is said that Guo Jia is very favored in front of Liu De, but if he is killed, it will intensify the contradictions between the two sides and not in his own interests.
When the Han army can't take Jiangzhou, he will be a vassal in the last book, and he may have a high chance of becoming an independent prince in Jiangzhou.
Liu De's general trend of gaining the world is no longer stoppable, although Lu Congshou has an enterprising heart, but he is tormented by a series of things behind, and now he has lost his prestige.
Therefore, today's Lu Congshou is not thinking about winning the world, but trying to find ways to become the king in Jiangzhou.
Someone is going to ask?
In today's situation, Jiangzhou is not as dangerous as Yizhou, nor is it as dense as Nanzhou, where miasma and beasts are dense, what does Lu Congshou do to defend Jiangzhou?
As long as Liu De doesn't die suddenly, it won't take a few years to capture Jiangzhou.
But after a person really tastes the taste of power, he will never give up easily, even if he knows that the consequences of not giving up are very tragic, then he will try his best to toss and keep his power.
If you surrender, the best result is just an empty title, in that case, it is better to let Lu Congshou die.
"Siege tomorrow morning! We don't have much time to splurge. β
Lu Congshou said, and then added: "Don't worry about the dragon ring for now." β
"Yes!"
Several generals hurriedly lined up to answer.
...
There are a total of five small battalions in Lu Congshou's camp, Lu Congshou led 10,000 Chinese troops according to the middle camp, the front camp was his close general Sun Fu led 20,000 soldiers and horses to confront Pule City, and his brother Lu Congjian led 10,000 horses to guard the rear camp.
There are 10,000 soldiers and horses in the left battalion, and the main general is named Xu Zhen.
There are 10,000 soldiers and horses in the right battalion, and the main general is named Li Yang.
are all Lu Congshou's cronies.
Li Yang received the military order, and then returned to his own position, and continued to urge the soldiers to continue to cut down transportation trees and make siege equipment.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Liao, who only had 3,000 soldiers and horses in his headquarters, including only 1,000 cavalry, suddenly attacked, Li Yang did not expect that Zhang Liao would dare to attack at this time, and Li Yang, who was supervising the cutting down of trees next to the woods, did not even react, and was directly killed by Zhang Liao on the spot.
When Lu Congshou's Chinese army and the generals of the rear army led the troops to support, all they saw was the fire of the camp and the corpses everywhere.
The soldiers who fled could not even be counted for a while, so they had to wait for the soldiers to return and regroup.
"Before breaking the city, you must kill Zhang Liao first!"
Lu Congshou was extremely angry, but he was helpless against Zhang Liao for a while, so he roared in vain, and his momentum was exhausted.
"Ming Gong, Tao Zheng is asking to see!"
Lu Congshou was dizzy, but he was resting on his forehead, but now when he heard the report, he was stunned for a while: "Who is Tao?" β
The strategist on the side said: "It's a cronie of the dragon ring." β
"A cronie of the Dragon Ring? Let him in! β
When Lu Congshou heard that it was Longhuan's cronies, he didn't want to see him, but after thinking about it, he asked the guards to call this person in.
Now that Lu Congshou has nothing to do, maybe this person has a way to make a breakthrough in the situation?
"Caomin Tao is visiting Ming Gong!"
Tao Zhengnai is Longhuan's personal staff and does not serve in Jiangzhou, so he calls himself a grass people.
Lu Congshou held his forehead with his hand and didn't raise his head, but suddenly asked, "Is there any news from Longhuan?" β
Tao Zheng arched his hand and said: "No, my general Long is either imprisoned or dead now, but the grass people came today for something else." β
"What?"
"Dare to ask Ming Gong, do you have to win a battle?"
Lu Congshou still didn't raise his head, slightly irritable: "Of course." β
"Dare to ask Ming Gong, can Pule City be abandoned even if it is captured?"
"That's right!"
Lu Congshou became more and more impatient.
Tao Zheng said: "Then why do we have to attack Pule County?" β
Lu Congshou suddenly opened his eyes, "What do you mean?" β
Tao Zheng arched his hand and said: "We still have nearly 60,000 troops, although some losses are lost, morale is a little low, but we can still fight, since the siege is not good, why not follow the ancient times to encircle the point to send reinforcements, ambush the Han army that supports Pule?" As long as it succeeds, the Han army will be frustrated, and it will definitely not be able to recover in three or five years! β
Lu Congshou was suddenly, his whole body trembled, and he said after a while: "Good!" β
"Tao Zheng, I didn't expect you to have such a unique vision, the dragon ring is just a horseman, and you are really not worthy of Mr.'s ability, Mr. is willing to be an official under me?" Lu Congshou said to Tao Zheng.
"Now General Long is a military general under the command of Duke Ming, and of course the grass people are also ministers of His Royal Highness Duke Ming."
Tao Zheng's words made Lu Congshou open his mouth, and he didn't know what to say.
He smiled and said, "Now that the situation is in crisis, please help me." β
Tao Zhengdao: "General Long doesn't know life and death now, if things can be done, I hope that Ming Gong will rescue him." β
"Of course, of course."
Lu Congshou nodded in agreement.
Whether it's true or not is only known to Lu Congshou himself.
After discussing with Tao Zheng, Lu Congshou's heart had a bottom, but then a shout of killing outside woke up Lu Congshou who was still thinking.
"What happened?"
Lu Congshou hurriedly asked.
"Qiyu Ming Gong, it was that Zhang Liao who led his troops out again, and this attack is still our right battalion."
A sentry hurriedly replied.
"Let General Han lead the troops and horses of his headquarters to come over to support immediately."
Lu Congshou shouted.
"Yes!"
By the evening, when the losses were counted, the right army lost hundreds more, and not many of them were killed by the Han army, most of them were stampeded by fright, and died at the feet of their own people.
And now the right army has a feeling that all the grass and trees are soldiers, and a sound may cause the bombing of the camp, Lu Congshou personally went to the camp to appease, and the soldiers were a little better.
"This won't work, if you don't wait for the siege, I'm afraid the right army will be abolished!"
In desperation, LΓΌ Congshou had to order the right army and the rear army to change defenses, of course, during the change of defense, LΓΌ Congshou sent the front army to stare at Zhang Liao's department, as long as Zhang Liao dared to come out, he would shoot arrows to kill him.
It was quiet in Zhang Liao's camp.
Obviously, Zhang Liao was not fooled.
It took nearly a day for the right army and the rear army to change their guards, and when the change of defense was over, the front army, which had been stalemate for a day, was relaxed.
At this time, the door of Zhang Liaoying was wide open...