Chapter 242: Just Death
"General Hui, there are not many defenders in Suizhou City, there are only two or three thousand people in total, as long as we step up the attack, we will definitely be able to take it within two days," a general hurriedly said, "If it weren't for the fact that there are still many ······ in the city."
"These old men don't want to know." Chun Yuliang directly interrupted his words, although this was his own trusted general, but he did not have the slightest mercilessness, "The old man can only give you one day, and you must take Suizhou within one day, and at this time after twelve hours, the old man will stand on the gate of Suizhou!" ”
The surrounding generals were stunned for a moment, with a stunned look on their faces, the old general had clearly said before that they were just attacking along Suizhou as a partial division among the partial divisions, and they played a role in holding back the defenders of Xiangyang, and it didn't even make much difference whether they took it down to Suizhou, why did they suddenly become anxious now?
Because of the letter for help from Zhangshan County?
"General, this ······" The general was a little embarrassed and wanted to explain.
And Chun Yuliang glared at him fiercely: "Why, you can't do it?" ”
While speaking, Chun Yu Liang pressed his sword and walked straight forward: "If you can't do it, then the old man will personally lead the crowd to attack the city!" ”
"General, the last general will not fail in his mission!" The general hurriedly agreed, as a close general of Chun Yuliang, he knew the old general's physical condition, not to mention that with the old general's age, even if there was no physical problem, it would be impossible for him to personally lead the crowd to attack the city, in that case, let alone how to explain to the court at that time, where would everyone's face go?
"General, this is really important in Suizhou, why do we suddenly have to step up the attack?" In addition, the brave general couldn't help but ask, you must know that Chun Yuliang had repeatedly said that Suizhou could be won or not, but now he suddenly changed his mind, which made everyone feel incredible.
What's more, the generals have also been stationed in this Suiying land for a long time, and they are all clear about the surrounding situation, Suizhou on the southwest side and Xizhou on the northwest side together constitute the gateway to Xiangyang City, and if it is not for the attack on Xiangyang, it seems that taking down this portal does not seem to have much effect.
And with Chun Yuliang's current troops, attacking Xiangyang is delusional.
"Take Suizhou, arrive in Shunzhou with a partial division in the north, and then the main force will cross the water with the old man, press Fancheng to the north, and Wuquan County to the west, deter Wei Chi Yuan's flanks, and even directly cut off his back road!" Chun Yuliang obviously didn't plan to hide his intentions anymore, "There are not many defenders in this Shunzhou area, and there is the Huainan garrison to contain it, Wang Liang may not be able to get out of the rescue, as long as he can monitor it, what the old man needs is to make Wei Chi Yuan feel the fear of not being able to withdraw his troops!" ”
The generals subconsciously looked at the map spread out by a personal guard at the right time, and suddenly couldn't help but take a breath of cool air.
Wuquan County is the gateway to Xiangyang, guarding the road from Xiangyang to Zhangshan County in the south, in other words, when Wei Chi Hui's army came to the city of Zhangshan County, Wuquan County was his most important back road, once Wuquan County was captured, it was equivalent to completely cutting off the connection between Xiangyang and Zhangshan County, and to another extent, it was also equivalent to directly turning Wei Chi Yuan's army into a lone army like the Jiangling defenders.
Even the defenders of Jiangling still have one of the best fortified cities in the world such as Jiangling to rely on, and Wei Chi Yuan can only fight a decisive battle with the Nanchen army in the wilderness at that time.
Therefore, there is a world of difference between attacking Wuquan County to the west and now making a small fight at the edge gateway of Xiangyang such as Suizhou, and it stands to reason that this should not be a partial division, but a work that the main force should do.
Before, these generals had some opinions on letting them be partial divisions, but although they received little credit for being partial divisions, they were also happy to be idle, at least they didn't have to lick blood like Li Xinchen, Xiao Shilian or the rest of the generals who attacked Jiangling City.
However, now the old general is unusual, and instead of participating in this big war, in the eyes of many generals, this is not asking for trouble.
These local soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty guarding Suizhou, and those elites under the command of Wei Chi Yuan, how can they talk about the same day, dealing with Wei Chi Yuan is far more dangerous than harassing the border of the Northern Zhou Dynasty here, and the slightest carelessness will wipe out the entire army.
What's more, the old general is very old, and he has already sat in the position of the general of the expedition to the west, although he is not as good as Sikong Wu Mingche and Xiao Maha, who is now actually in command of the Nanchen army, but who mentions the name of Chun Yuliang, doesn't he have to have some respect? The old general has no lack of merit or fame, why should he take such a risk with a partial division?
As if sensing the doubtful gazes around him, Chun Yuliang said coldly: "Now that the entire Jiangling battle situation has reached the most stalemate time, whether we can take Jiangling or not depends not on how many defenders and food stocks there are in Jiangling City, but on whether we can block the reinforcements from the north, so that there is no fighting spirit in Jiangling City." ”
After a pause, Chun Yuliang sighed and said: "Nine years ago, it was because of the Northern Zhou barbarians who went south, we returned with a feather, is it possible that after nine years, the old man will still watch our Dachen repeat the mistakes of the past?" All the old man can do is to knock on the side and do his part. ”
Hearing the old general say this, the generals suddenly showed a look of shame, they are still young, it stands to reason that they should be the age of fighting on the battlefield and moving forward bravely, this consciousness of loyalty to the country is not as high as an old general!
And Chun Yu Liang does not mean that the rest of the generals spoke, and said with emotion: "What's more, the old man is old, and he doesn't have too many needs and pursuits, but you are still different, most of you have been with the old man for a long time, and the old man can't sit idly by." Although the battle of Gangneung is now stalemate, at least Xiao Yue has fallen into our hands, and as long as we can win Gangneung, it will definitely be a merit in the annals of history, and such a feat will definitely fall back on the heads of everyone involved. ”
The generals subconsciously glanced at each other, and they all understood that Nan Chen wanted the land of Xiliang for more than a day or two, when Wu Mingche took Huainan, Chen Ji rewarded the scene of the army, they still remember, if he won Xiliang, not only to expand the territory, but also to be a shame, double merit and significance are enough for Chen Ji to give all the generals who participated in this war a lot of rewards.
More importantly, with the gradual withdrawal of veterans such as Wu Mingche and Chun Yuliang, it is now the time when the Southern Chen Army is in short supply, so Chen Ji is likely to take this opportunity to overtake some up-and-coming generals.
That alone is enough to make everyone's eyes hot.
What moved the generals even more was that the old general did not hesitate to risk his reputation and life, and it was to a large extent for their consideration, which made everyone more and more ashamed at the same time, and admired the old general even more.
The old general has a life, and everyone is just dying.