Chapter 22: The Courage of Xu Du

The sound of the city's drums continued to reach Zhang Xuan's ears from afar.

Ma Guangyu said with a bit of flattery: "General, I will preach day and night, and I have prepared an arrow book, which will be shot into the city from today." Let the loyal battalion be used by the general. ”

"Okay." Zhang Xuan patted Ma Guangyu on the shoulder and said, "Only if I can attract the loyal camp to surrender, I will definitely repay Your Majesty, and your credit is indispensable." ”

Ma Guangyu said happily: "Thank you, general, thank you." ”

After Zhang Xuan appeased Ma Guangyu, he didn't care too much.

On the battlefield, after all, it is necessary to rely on strength to speak, and these small tricks may be able to play a big role when they occupy an absolute advantage. But now, even if it can break the hearts of the loyal battalion. But before Zhang Xuan broke through the Yueyang city wall. It's useless.

As soon as Zhang Xuan returned to the camp, he heard Zheng Lian say: "General Xu has been waiting for the general for a long time. ”

Zhang Xuan said: "Please." ”

A moment later, Xu Du came in. After the salute. Zhang Xuan asked, "What happened to General Xu?" ”

Xu Du said: "The subordinates came to offer advice. ”

"Oh." Zhang Xuan said: "What is General Xu's opinion? ”

Xu Du said: "Gao Jian doesn't dare to be, the art of war is cloudy, and it is controlled by others, not by others." Yueyang City is high and deep, the soldiers are good and the food is sufficient, and the attack is not enough to overcome, and it will inevitably suffer a lot of losses. The southern expeditionary army was only 50,000 people, although it was an elite soldier. However, there were many Ming troops, and the soldiers were under Yueyang City, and the veteran soldiers of the division were tired, so they were also under the strategy. ”

Zhang Xuan was not surprised at all, the so-called heroes saw the same thing.

It's not surprising that many of the problems can be seen. But the solution to the problem reveals that everyone's personality is different.

Regarding the current situation, Zhang Xuan also has a draft, but it has not been finalized yet, so he is naturally willing to listen to what Xu Du has to say.

Zhang Xuan said: "What does General Xu think? ”

Xu Du said: "Abandon Yueyang, attack it and save it, and behead it." ”

Zhang Xuan listened, seemed to think of something, and said, "Tell me specifically." ”

Xu Du said: "Yes." ”

Xu Du walked two steps and came to the map. This map is just a simple map, Zhang Xuan just marked a few cities on the map, among which the terrain is high, the river situation, and the official road, these information are not very comprehensive. There are large blank spaces.

Most of the maps of this era are like this. Even though Zhang Xuan tried his best to innovate the way of mapping. But Hunan is also a strange place for Zhang Xuan, so there are no maps drawn in advance, and these maps are either maps of his predecessors

, or hearsay is aggregated on a map. Coupled with Zhang Xuan's impression of his previous life, how accurate it is, Zhang Xuan is not very clear.

However, people in this era seem to have a high tolerance for maps, and the accurate map in their eyes is not the same concept as the accurate map in Zhang Xuan's eyes. Such a map is already very good in their opinion.

Xu Du's eyes focused on Yueyang City on the ground, and then went down, along Dongting Lake, Xiangjiang River, and saw Changsha. He pointed his hand on Changsha City and said, "The last general thinks that General Zhou has defeated the Ming army's naval division, and we can attack here against the current." ”

"Sure enough." Zhang Xuan said secretly in his heart. He smiled lightly and said: "People say that Jiang Wei is as bold as a fight, and I think General Xu's courage is not inferior to Jiang Wei at all." ”

"General Miao praised." Xu Du said.

Zhang Xuan said: "No, ordinary people don't think about it at all. ”

Xu Du said: "The general is not an ordinary person. ”

Zhang Xuan didn't expect Xu Du to pat himself on the back, and it was also a set. However, Xu Du's idea, he really thought about it. But he denied it by himself, for no other reason, it was too risky.

It has always been taboo for soldiers to go deep alone, even if they are placed in later generations, there is no rear to fight. It's also the one that the general would dare.

However, since Zhang Xuan has considered it, it proves that this idea is actually feasible.

Reading pictures is the basic quality of an officer in later generations.

But how to read a map, first of all, depends on the traffic terrain and even the capacity of the road.

On this map, from Chengling Mountain to Changsha, it looks like it will cross hundreds of miles, and there are several cities in between. But in fact, if you go up the Xiangjiang River, you can almost go directly to the city of Changsha. It's not an obstacle at all.

However, Zhang Xuan understood that the attack on Changsha was not an end that could be ended by assaulting Changsha City. Even hitting Changsha City is the beginning of things.

It is not possible to conquer Changsha City before the arrival of Changsha reinforcements. I'm afraid that I will be hit by reinforcements from all directions.

And Yueyang City is a strong city, isn't Changsha City a strong city?

Changsha has always been an important town in Hunan, the reconstruction of the city wall during the Hongwu period, the replacement of the city brick city, the scale of the city, still under the city of Yueyang. On the verge of the Xiangjiang River, I am afraid that the depth of the moat is not under Yueyang City. The only good news is that Zhang Xianzhong conquered Changsha City and once wanted to take Changsha City as the capital. Later, he had no choice but to give up Changsha City. But Lao Zhang was stubborn, and he didn't want others to get what he couldn't get, so he destroyed some Changsha city walls.

However, building the city wall is a hard work, and tearing down the city wall is not a good task. Unless a large amount of gunpowder is used, the walls will simply be torn down, and the foundations will still be there. It's easy to fix. In addition, Longwu takes Changsha as its capital, even with its toes

Thinking about it, rebuilding the Changsha city wall should be something that Longwu will definitely do.

Now Longwu has been in Changsha for half a year, and even if the Changsha city wall is not restored, it will not be the same as before.

Advancing hundreds of miles south through the waterway, leaving nearly 100,000 horses in Yueyang City behind. There are so many issues to consider.

First of all, there are 100,000 troops in Yueyang City.

Although these 100,000 troops have such and such problems, but the scale is here, when Zhang Xuan's army confronts it, it is in a situation of mutual containment.

You must know that Changsha is empty, but there are not too many garrisons in Wuchang.

Zhang Xuan's southern expedition is essentially a preemptive containment action, as long as the main force of the Southern Ming Army can be contained, so that he does not harass the Wuchang area, after the spring of next year, after the preparation of materials and troops, he will make a large-scale southern expedition.

It can be said that Zhang Xuan couldn't attack Yueyang City, and he only confronted Yueyang City for half a year, which was a great achievement.

Not to mention, assault Changsha City. The odds are a few points. Such actions alone are suspected of adding to the problem.

Everyone knows the story of painting snakes, but they don't know that painting snakes and adding feet itself comes from a lobbyist who persuaded Chu General Zhaoming to withdraw from the army. At that time, Chu general Zhaoming invaded the eight cities of Weide, and there were transfer troops to attack Qi, Qi people sent lobbyists to Zhaoming, first said the fable of painting snakes, and then said that Chu punished the generals of the defeated army very severely, and now the general has high merit, after returning to the division, there will be a heavy reward, even if he continues to attack Qi and win, it is nothing more than that. However, once the defeat is lost, the eight cities of Wei may not be able to protect it. After returning to the teacher, there will be a heavy send, which is called snake foot.

Zhang Xuan's current form, such as Chu, will be different. But the truth is the same. He has already achieved the purpose of sending troops, so his best choice is to maintain the current situation, rather than fight for a big victory with the survival of the whole army.

Such a move is a little too risky. It's also unnecessary.

Therefore, Zhang Xuan just thought about it, so he gave up the idea here, and prepared to divide his troops to land from the south of Yueyang City, and set up camps in the north and south to besiege Yueyang City. forced the people in Yueyang City to go out of the city to fight. If they weren't ready to leave the city, Zhang Xuan would prepare for a half-year-long siege.

There are very few cities in the world that can last half a year. It is not a question of the strength of the army, but of material reserves.

If the Ming army can't hold its breath, with the support of the naval division, it can quickly maneuver and besiege the city to send reinforcements. gave full play to the elite and daring attitude of Zhang Xuan's headquarters, so that the Ming army could not form a joint force. Fighting a war like this, even if there is an accident, is easy to deal with. High fault tolerance.

It's like Luo Rucai commented on Zhang Xuan's style, maybe he won't win a big victory, but he won't lose a big way. And Xu Du's strategy is really bold.

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