Chapter 233: What to Choose
Zhou Yu stretched out his hand and pointed to a point on the map, and said: "Look, everyone, now Yuan Yao has personally led 15,000 soldiers and horses to the fist city, if the fist city is lost, then the door of my Wu County will be wide open, and Jiangdong will be in danger!" Fortunately, General Ziyi personally led and garrisoned here, and Yuan Yao's troops and horses could only retreat to the village, and they had not yet attacked the city. ”
"Outside of the first time,"
Zhou Yu swiped his finger on the map, and finally pointed to the location of Wucheng City, and then said: "There are still 10,000 enemy troops stationed in Wucheng City, Wucheng County is not far from my Wu County, and there is a waterway between the two places. Wu County is the fundamental place of my Jiangdong, if this place is lost, then my Jiangdong will be in danger! Therefore, before sending troops to rescue Danyang County, we must first pull out the two nails at the door of our house, only in this way, our army can send troops to help with peace of mind! ”
"There are only two ways in front of my army, one is to send troops to the fist city and directly fight with Yuan Yao's main army; The other way is to send troops to Wucheng County from the waterway, as long as Wucheng County can be captured, the flank of Yuan Yao's soldiers and horses is threatened, and then Yuan Yao can only retreat and return to Huiji, and my Wu County's soldiers and horses can be completely revitalized. ”
After listening to Zhou Yu's words, the Jiangdong generals knew that this battle was a matter of life and death in Jiangdong, and if they could be defeated, Jiangdong would be able to take a breath at that time, and maybe there would be a chance to come back to life, but if this battle failed, they would completely lose the opportunity to rescue Danyang County, and they could only sit back and watch the 60,000 soldiers and horses of Danyang County be wiped out, and in the end, what was waiting for them could only be death if they did not surrender!!
None of the generals dared to be careless, and they all stared at the map and began to think about the advantages and disadvantages of sending troops from this route.
After everyone pondered for a moment, Jiangdong General Xu Yi first bowed his hand and said, "Metropolitan Governor, the last general thinks that we should send troops from the waterway to attack Wucheng County!" ”
Zhou Yu saw that someone had finally spoken, and asked, "What does General Xu mean by this?" ”
Xu Yi stretched out his hand and pointed to the location of Youquan County, and said: "Metropolitan Governor, look at it, there is only one intersection in the direction of Quan City to send troops, Yuan Yao is old and spicy, and he will definitely not give our army a chance to sneak attack, if our army sends troops from here to fight a decisive battle with Yuan Yao's army, we can only send troops to fight in a big way!" ”
"Although Yuan Yao's army only has 15,000 soldiers and horses, everyone knows that as long as Yuan Yao appears, then the 10,000 personal guards of his department will definitely appear at the same time, so there must be 10,000 of his personal guards here among the 15,000 soldiers and horses!"
"Yuan Yao's 10,000 personal guards are all elite soldiers selected from more than 100,000 Jianghuai soldiers and horses, and it may be an exaggeration to say that all of his soldiers and soldiers can be one as ten, but to say that all of his soldiers and soldiers have the ability to be five and three with one, this is not an exaggeration."
"Although our army is numerous, in addition to the soldiers and horses who have to hold on to all sides and stay in Wu County, it is already all our strength to be able to send 25,000 troops, and most of our army is foot armor, among which there are not many cavalry, but only more than 2,000 iron cavalry; And Yuan Yao's army, only among its 10,000 personal guards, there are 5,000 elite iron cavalry, and among these 5,000 elite cavalry, there are 1,000 heavy armored iron cavalry, if our army and its army fight in formation, the enemy's 5,000 elite cavalry and 1,000 heavy armored iron cavalry, what will our army use to resist? ”
"Although Yuan Yao's army seems to be small, its combat strength is equal to or even slightly exceeded the 30,000 soldiers and horses of my Wu County, if it is a decisive battle with his army, the victory rate of our army is extremely low, even if it can win, I am afraid it will be a miserable victory! There are only 35,000 soldiers and horses in the land of Wu County, if these new forces suffer heavy losses, even if our army wins, what will we do to support Danyang County? ”
"Most of the governors must not ignore this, and if our army had set off from the waterway, the situation would have been completely different!"
"Garrisoned by General Ziyi of the Boxing City, the terrain of the Boxing City is dangerous, the city is strong, and it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, even if Yuan Yao's army is attacking the city, it will be difficult to break through the Boxing City guarded by General Ziyi, after all, most of the combat power of the army under Yuan Yao's command comes from the five thousand elite cavalry, and Yuan Yao can't let the cavalry dismount and go to attack the city."
"If the fist city is not broken, our army will not have to worry about the safety of the back road!"
"As for the defenders of Wucheng County, the predecessor of its army was the remnants of Sun Wei's army and the soldiers of Huiji County, and the 10,000 soldiers and horses of his department were just some rabble, which was not worth mentioning at all compared to the elite soldiers of our department; Moreover, the Wucheng guards Qin Song and Sun Wei are even more discordant, and their troops and horses are divided into two divisions, which are full of contradictions, which is far inferior to our army uniting as one! ”
"The two armies of the enemy and us are formally even more open and dark, as long as the Metropolitan Governor can grasp the advantageous opportunity, if you want to capture Wucheng, it is just a matter of backlash!"
"In addition, if the Metropolitan Governor sends troops to attack Wucheng County, there should be unexpected gains!"
Zhou Yu didn't expect Xu Yi to be able to see so far, and said in surprise: "Oh? I wonder what the windfall will be? ”
Xu Yi stroked his beard and smiled, and then said: "The enemy guard Sun Wei is also a disciple of my Jiangdong Sun family, he was just unaware of it for a while, and he was used by traitors. This will not only reduce the difficulty of our army to attack the city, but also "
"If the fist city is not broken, our army will not have to worry about the safety of the back road!"
"As for the defenders of Wucheng County, the predecessor of its army was the remnants of Sun Wei's army and the soldiers of Huiji County, and the 10,000 soldiers and horses of his department were just some rabble, which was not worth mentioning at all compared to the elite soldiers of our department; Moreover, the Wucheng guards Qin Song and Sun Wei are even more discordant, and their troops and horses are divided into two divisions, which are full of contradictions, which is far inferior to our army uniting as one! ”
"The two armies of the enemy and us are formally even more open and dark, as long as the Metropolitan Governor can grasp the advantageous opportunity, if you want to capture Wucheng, it is just a matter of backlash!"
"In addition, if the Metropolitan Governor sends troops to attack Wucheng County, there should be unexpected gains!"
Zhou Yu didn't expect Xu Yi to be able to see so far, and said in surprise: "Oh? I wonder what the windfall will be? ”
Xu Yi stroked his beard and smiled, and then said: "The enemy guard Sun Wei is also a disciple of my Jiangdong Sun family, he was just unaware of it for a while, and he was used by traitors. This will not only reduce the difficulty of our army to attack the city, but also "