Jiangdong, Danyang County, Danyang City, Taishou Mansion.

The messenger sent by Wu Jing discussed with Zhu Zhi again, and after the Danyang soldiers and horses sent troops to Xuancheng to attack the Chaisang Sailor under Gan Ning's department, they immediately bypassed the Chaisang Sailor camp and went straight to Danyang City, and the messenger traveled all the way to Danyang City in a starry night and finally returned to Danyang City in the middle of the night.

After Wu Jing's messenger entered the city, he hurriedly came to meet Wu Jing, Wu Jing estimated in his heart that this time was not enough for the messenger to go back and forth from Wanling City, and also realized that something might have happened on the way, while getting up and dressing, he instructed the waiter: "Bring the messenger into the front hall first, and then immediately send someone to invite Mr. to the front hall, I will arrive later." ”

"No!"

The waiter bowed down and hurriedly went to arrange what Wu Jing had ordered.

After Wu Jing got dressed, he hurriedly came to the front hall to meet the messenger, Wu Jing's staff lived in the wing room of the side courtyard of the Taishou Mansion, and he had already rushed to the front hall at this time.

"I'll wait to see Ming Gong!"

Wu Jing's messenger and staff hurriedly saluted when they saw Wu Jing coming.

"No need to be polite."

Wu Jing nodded slightly at the staff, looked at the messenger and asked, "Have you ever rushed to Wanling City in such a short time?" Could it be that there was some accident on the way? ”

Wu Jing's messenger replied repeatedly: "Back to Ming Gong, his subordinates really didn't feel Wanling City, at this time Wanling City had already sent troops, General Zhu Zhi led 15,000 soldiers and horses down the river, and at this time it had reached the area of Xuancheng County. However, Yuan Yao's general Gan Ning had already led 10,000 Chaisang sailors to cut off the waterway of the Shuiyang River here. When his subordinates arrived in Xuancheng County, General Zhu Zhi had already led the army back to Xuancheng County, and after his subordinates learned of this, they did not continue to Wanling City, but turned around and went to Xuancheng County to meet General Zhu Zhi, so they would return so early. ”

Wu Jing didn't expect that Wanling's soldiers and horses would send troops so quickly, let alone that Yuan Yao's army would be prepared for this matter, after hearing this, he was slightly stunned, frowned and asked: "Then what did General Zhu say, is he sure that he will defeat the Chaisang Sailor to open up the waterway?" ”

Wu Jing's envoy replied: "The Chaisang Sailor and the pass to build a camp, if you want to capture the Chaisang Sailor Battalion from the south, it is difficult to climb to the sky, but the north of the Chaisang Sailor Battalion is relatively gentle, if there can be two troops and horses to attack on both sides, the Chaisang Sailor will inevitably be broken." General Zhu Zhi wanted Ming Gong to send troops to Xuancheng, and after Wanling's soldiers and horses contained the main force of the Chaisang Water Division, he would raid the camp of the Chaisang Water Division from the rear, defeat the Chaisang Water Division first, and then our two armies would join forces together to meet Yuan Yao's army in the Spring Valley area with a great victory. ”

Wanling County is an important town in Danyang, the second largest city in Danyang County, Wu Jing, as the Taishou of Danyang, is naturally familiar with the terrain near Wanling, and even the pass of the garrison of Gan Ning's troops and horses, Wu Jing has also passed through here several times. After listening to the messenger's words, Wu Jing began to think about it, the terrain there is indeed as the messenger said, if the army is used according to Zhu Zhi's strategy, the odds of victory are indeed not small.

However, Wu Jingnai is a cautious person, although he has made a decision in his heart, he still does not make a decision easily.

"You have worked very hard all the way, so go down and rest first, and after I make a decision, you will send troops with me!"

"No!"

The messenger bowed down and retreated, Wu Jing looked at the staff and said, "The messenger has already explained the situation, I don't know what Mr. has to say about the dispatch of troops?" ”

Wu Jing's staff pondered for a moment and said: "The art of war is cloudy: if there are no reinforcements outside, the city cannot be defended, and the code will be defeated!" Although Danyang City is high and deep and the city defense is strong, but after the soldiers and horses of the Spring Valley Camp and Wanling City are contained, my Danyang City has become a lonely city, and this is not a place to stay for a long time. ”

"How should I send troops in Danyang City, there are only three directions."

"First, Ming Gong can lead the army through Dangtu and Wuhu to take the Spring Valley Camp, and Gan Ning's troops and horses will garrison Xuancheng County, so that the Yuan Yao army in the Spring Valley Camp is only 40,000 at most, and there are already 10,000 county soldiers under the command of Ming Gong, and thousands of village warriors can be recruited again, if they can successfully reach the Spring Valley area, as long as they are properly handled, they will be able to defeat the enemy army with Lu Meng's troops and horses!"

"However, the danger of this strategy lies in whether my Danyang army can successfully reach the first line of Spring Valley, and now Li Siye's troops and horses are still missing, and his most likely position is to go to the first line of Wuhu, so this strategy is the most risky strategy, and Ming Gong cannot take it easily."

"Second, Ming Gong can lead the army through Lishui, Gaochun line straight to Xuancheng County, as the messenger said, the south of the Chaisang water division camp is easy to defend and difficult to attack, the north is easy to attack and difficult to defend, as long as our army can successfully reach Xuancheng County, you can and Wanling soldiers and horses before and after the defeat of the Ganning Division. As long as the Chaisang Naval Division is defeated, our army and Wanling soldiers and horses will no longer be contained, and then the two armies will join forces and then rush straight to the Spring Valley with a great victory, and they will be able to destroy Yuan Yao's troops and horses across the river and turn the tide of the war. ”

"However, the danger of this strategy is still in the unknown Li Siye's troops and horses, in addition to the Tu to Wuhu line, Li Siye's troops and horses are most likely to appear in Lishui to Gaochun line, our army rushed to Xuancheng, it is easy to be ambushed by the enemy, the risk and opportunity of this strategy are half each, Ming Gong can take it."

"In addition to these two directions, the last way out for my army is to go straight to the northeast to the area of Qu Adantu, if my army arrives here, it can be connected with the army of Zhou Yu of Zhujun Wu County, and now my Jiangdong has reached the point of life and death, although Cao Cao still has to fight Yuan Shao, but he will not sit back and watch my Jiangdong defeat and ignore it. After our army arrived, we could ask Cao Cao for help, and ask him to order Xuzhou soldiers and horses to send troops to Jiangdu to respond to our army, so as to ensure that the land of Wu County was safe and sound. ”。

"This strategy is better than safety, if Cao Cao is willing to send troops, he should be able to protect the land of Wu County. However, if the Ming Duke adopts this strategy, the 30,000 water divisions of the Spring Valley Battalion will lose reinforcements and will inevitably be in danger of being wiped out, and the Ming Duke will be tantamount to giving up the land of Danyang County, and in the end, even if Wu County is preserved, I am afraid that the lord will not escape the infamy of the world! ”

When Wu Jing's staff said this, he bowed down and said: "Jin is shallow in learning, and he can only come up with such three strategies for Ming Gong, as for how I should send troops in Danyang City, please think twice before I !! ”