"General Zuoshuang! Don't you know that the sharpest offense is the best defense? Unexpectedly, Zuo Shuang insisted on defense so much, Su Muzhi couldn't help but start questioning.

Hearing this, Zuo Shuangzheng said: "Having said that, the last general thinks that although Hedong County has now been ceded to Zhang Guo by Ding Rui, the people under its jurisdiction are still my people, therefore, Zhang's army is not considered to be fighting in the homeland, and the 300,000 troops transferred from its country should be away from the country to fight, and its army will travel long distances and cannot last, and must want to fight quickly, so in the art of war, our army should take defense as an attack and wait for work." ”

"General Zuo Shuang's words, I really don't dare to agree, as the general said, Hedong is the old land of our Feng Country, the Zhang army is equivalent to an expedition, and our army is fighting on the mainland, occupying the right time and place, why should we be afraid of the Zhang army?" Su Muzhi said again.

Zuo Shuang said: "General Su misunderstood, the meaning of the last general is not to say that our army is inferior to the Zhang army, but to say that our civil strife has just been calmed down now, when we accumulate strength, we should not fight a hard battle, if according to General Su, even if our army defeats the Zhang army, then by then, our 450,000 army will definitely lose more than half!" Over the years, although our country has only competed with Zhang for hegemony, and has friendly relations with Chu in the south, but after this war, if our country's military strength is insufficient, and the national strength is lacking one after another, in this case, if Chu State comes again, it will be overstretched. Therefore, the last general still suggested that our army should be defensive, let Zhang's army retreat at the minimum cost, preserve strength, and then, when the national strength recovers in the next year, try to recover Hedong. ”

Su Muzhi suggested that his side change defense into offense and take the initiative to attack, while Zuo Shuang suggested that he should focus on defense on the grounds that the country had just been pacified, so as to avoid unnecessary loss of troops.

Su Muzhi is good at making surprise strategies, and his strategies are all based on offense, and Zuo Shuang, a person who is a defensive general.

At this time, the two of them disagreed and argued, seeing this, Lu Chen looked at Xiao Wang again and asked: "Xiao Wang, according to your opinion, General Su Muzhi and General Zuo Shuang, whose opinion is more appropriate." ”

Although he was asking Xiao Wang, he had already made a decision in his heart, and the reason why this was so was that Lu Chen wanted to hear if other people would have any better suggestions, so as not to make a mistake in his judgment.

Xiao Wang arched his hand and said in embarrassment: "My lord, what the two generals said has its truth, the last general, the last general does not dare to make a decision. ”

In the entire Feng Army, Xiao Wang, Su Muzhi, Zuo Shuang, these three people can be said to have their own strengths, and Lu Chen also values the three of them the most.

At this time, the three of them, one said offense, one said defense, and one centrist, after Lu Chen listened, he didn't show any indecisiveness, nor did he show any dilemma, but directly pointed to Zuo Shuang and said:

"General Zuoshuang, you have been suggesting that our army defend, but there is a detailed strategy."

"My lord, please see." When Zuo Shuang heard this, he immediately walked to the sand table and said, and with his movements, the other generals in the tent also surrounded him, and Lu Chen also bypassed the handsome case and was in the middle of the generals.

Zuo Shuang pointed to the city pass of Longshan on the sand table and said: "Here, it is the county seat of Longshan. ”

As he spoke, he followed his fingers to the east, and said, "And here, is the junction of Longshan and Hedong, called Yehu Mountain." This is the only barrier on the eastern line of Longshan Mountain, and it must not be lost! Therefore, the deployment of the battle must be foolproof, and the lord can order the soldiers to build three barriers here. ”

"The first road, built on the north side of the Wild Fox Mountain, here more than 60 miles from north to south, there is only one trail in the center, this mouth is a cliff on the left, a steep stream on the right, only a small road in the middle can lead to the east and west, our army can be stationed here with 100,000 troops, even if there are hundreds of thousands of people in the Zhang army, if you want to forcibly break through here, you will pay a heavy price."

"The second road, built on the southeast side of Yehu Mountain, is a horn with the north side of the defense line, and can garrison 100,000 troops. On this front line, our army can fight with the Zhang army first! If the Zhang's offensive is fierce, our army can save its strength and retreat to the north at the right time, and if the Zhang's army pursues, it will hit the ambush on the north side of our army, and if it does not pursue, let it pass. ”

"The third road is the county seat of Longshan, and our army can take advantage of the geographical advantages of Longshan's many mountains to repel the Zhang army! Lord, please see, this city, surrounded by mountains and the confluence of three rivers, is the fortress of our army's first two lines of defense and supply, which can be said to be a natural barrier! Here, the White River, if the Zhang army crosses this river at the cost of breaking through the second barrier of our army, it is equivalent to putting itself in a desperate situation, our army is in the county town, but it can hold on without fighting, and at the same time lock the first two barriers and cut off its supply line! ”

"If the Zhang army wants to pull out the first and second two barriers of our army first, it must attack two places at the same time, otherwise, the two walls of our army are in the shape of horns, one side is affected by the enemy, and the other can assist at any time, and if the Zhang army is divided into two places, its strength is not enough, it is absolutely impossible to break through our army's defense line!"

When Zuo Shuang explained his own defense, he also pointed back and forth on the sand table with his hand, and the people in the tent were the most unfortunate generals who could command tens of thousands of people, so after Zuo Shuang finished speaking, people also began to look down at the sand table, and passed Zuo Shuang's strategy in their minds.

At this time, even Su Muzhi had to admit that Zuo Shuang was indeed extremely talented, and his set of strategies for using troops could be said to be comprehensive, offensive in defense, and offensive in defense. If he really does what he says, then his own soldiers can thwart the main force of Zhang's army at the lowest cost.

Lu Chen also carefully pondered Zuo Shuang's strategy in his mind, and then nodded secretly, he did not finalize it immediately, but looked at Su Muzhi and asked, "General Su, what do you think?" ”

"My lord, the last general thinks that General Zuo Shuang's strategy is feasible." Su Muzhi arched his hand and said. After he is a famous general, he is also the commander of an army, if he doesn't even have this little belly, then he doesn't need to lead troops.

Lu Chen looked at Xiao Wang again, and without him opening his mouth, Xiao Wang had already taken the initiative to say: "The last general also thinks that General Zuo Shuang's deployment is extremely appropriate. It's just that if the main force of the Zhang army arrives and delays the attack, then our national strength will not be able to last long. ”

When Lu Chen heard this, after thinking about it for a while, he no longer hesitated, and immediately said categorically:

"Although our country is located in a barren land, this official believes that in order to resist the Zhang army, the people of our country will definitely help! And in this battle, this official will also do everything he can, and he will definitely beat Zhang Guo! ”

After saying that, he immediately ordered: "Listen to the order!" How to deploy this battle is the sole responsibility of General Zuo Shuang! ”

"The last general commands!" Left double shock loop. He is a general, and the reason why he is like this today is because he really feels that now that the Wind Country has just pacified the civil strife, after the war, his own national strength and military strength are not as good as other countries, and it is not appropriate to fight a big war at this time.

The second is that he feels that he has just surrendered not long ago, and now he urgently needs to establish some meritorious deeds to serve the public.

(End of chapter)