Zhang Fei said again: "Dangyang has been captured, but I see that the people in the city seem to have a deep misunderstanding of our army, and they hate our army very much, this is not good, in the future, this Dangyang City will be my Yizhou's territory, how can the people's hearts not be towards us?" And after a period of time, we will be trapped in this city, blocking the Jingzhou army from moving south, if the war starts, the people in the city make something happen, it will not be conducive to our army to defend the city, the top priority, we must find a suitable person to serve as the county commander, as soon as possible to stabilize the situation in the city, and reverse the people's perception of our army. ”

Li Dian said: "The general's words are reasonable, but when Yangyuan County Commander Xu Yangmo General has already talked to him, he has a straw bag ......."

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "Even if he is a talent, in this situation, I don't dare to let him continue to be the county commander, in case he makes something wrong, it will be a big deal......

Li Dian said again: "But please ask the lord to send someone to come, and the time will definitely be too late!" ”

Zhang Fei said: "Man Cheng doesn't have to worry, isn't there a ready-made candidate in front of him?" ”

Li Dian's eyes lit up and said, "What does the general mean Bohou?" ”

Zhang Fei smiled: "Not bad! ”

Du Ji hurriedly said: "Two generals, the villain is sparse and shallow, it is difficult to take on this big task, the villain still continues to stay in the army to serve, please choose another sage for the two generals!" ”

Zhang Fei shouted: "What is the shallowness of learning, it's all an excuse, I don't know your kid's talent, being a county commander is definitely a condescending talent, if you want me to say, it's not an accident to be a county guard, assassin history or something, now you are temporarily serving as a county commander, do a good job, the lord will not lose you!" ”

Li Dian also said: "It is indeed very appropriate for Bohou to take this position, you don't have to be modest, this county order belongs to you, as the so-called master is good in the world, Bohou has this talent, would rather hide pearls in the grass than help me and the general share worries and ask for the people's lives?" ”

Du Yi hurriedly said: "The general's words are serious, since the two generals look at the villain differently, the villain should do his best, but he wants not to live up to the trust of the two generals!" Thank you two generals for your support! ”

When Zhang Fei captured Dangyang, Jiangling's feint attack continued.

Liu Zhang personally commanded 40,000 elite soldiers, regardless of the main attack and feint, and deployed 5,000 elite troops in the southeast, northwest and northwest to attack Jiangling. He sat in the west of the city, with 20,000 reserves in case of any surprise.

After today's first tentative attack was repulsed, Liu Zhang did not order a new attack that day, and the Yizhou army suffered less than 100 casualties in the half-hour attack, and this price was still acceptable.

That night, Liu Zhang convened the generals again to discuss the military situation, and the focus was naturally how to capture the city when the day of the general attack came.

Zhang Liao was responsible for commanding the attack at the East Gate, and when Liu Zhang asked everyone to put forward his opinions, he was the first to fight, and said: "My lord, Jiangling is an important town in Jingzhou, and there is a moat with a width of five zhang and a depth of two zhang around the city, and the river is almost flat with the bank, and it is difficult to flow through. Each gate has a strong arrow tower, the arrow stacks are even more innumerable, the defenders or hide in the arrow towers or behind the nest arrow stacks, condescending to pose a major threat to our army, but our army is difficult to effectively kill and injure the enemy hiding behind the arrow towers and arrow stacks, and also have to fill the moat with the enemy's arrows and rolling wood and stones...... If a strong attack is launched, it will surely inflict immeasurable casualties on our army! ”

Guan Hai said loudly: "If you don't attack, will you wait for the enemy army to go out of the city and surrender?" If Jiangling fails to capture in time, as soon as the enemy's reinforcements arrive, our army will suffer from the enemy, and the situation will be even worse, so the lord, in order to capture Jingzhou as soon as possible, the last general thinks that he should immediately launch a fierce attack on Jiangling City, even if he bears some costs, but as long as he can capture Jiangling, it is still worth it! "Back then, Guan Hai took tens of thousands of farmers with sticks and hoes from time to time to fill the characters of the city with human lives, and he didn't care too much about the casualties of the soldiers. Although this mentality has begun to change after joining the Yiju Army, he immediately regained his true face knowing the importance of Gangneung, and prepared to pile up corpses to make a smooth path into Gangneung.

Unless the situation is sinister, Liu Zhang is unwilling to let the soldiers die in vain, obviously Jiangling at this time, or Jingzhou has not made him feel that kind of situation, and he naturally will not agree to Guan Hai's "crazy" tactics. However, he did not immediately object, he convened this meeting to gather wisdom and let everyone express their opinions in order to come up with the best plan, and if others came up and he began to oppose it, who would dare to express their opinions easily?

Liu Zhang is not good at speaking against it, but some people can, so they can only listen to Manzhong: "No, Jingzhou has 10,000 soldiers and horses, and there is a strong city to rely on, if our army blindly attacks, I don't know how many lives of my Yizhou men will be sacrificed, even if it is captured, if our army suffers heavy losses, it will outweigh the losses." In this battle, I Yizhou sent the elite, if the troops in Jingzhou were consumed in large quantities, and Chang'an Dong Zhuo took advantage of the situation to attack Hanzhong, how could our army protect the safety of Yizhou? ”

Guan Hai admired Manzhong very much, and he didn't dare to make a mistake when he heard the words, and said respectfully: "Then what should Mr. mean?" ”

Full Favor said: "In my opinion, if you besiege but not attack, until the food in the city is exhausted, the enemy will surrender without a fight!" ”

Xi Zhicai shook his head and said: "Jiangling is an important town in Jingzhou, and it has always hoarded a large number of combat materials, and the water system in the Jiangling area is developed, which is conducive to agricultural products, and the people are extremely solid, and the people have a lot of surplus food, if our army wants to wait until the defenders run out of food, it must be ...... for months or even years" The latter words Xi Zhicai did not say, but everyone understands that it is impossible for them to put tens of thousands of troops in Jiangling for a few months or even a year without doing anything, Yizhou can't afford to consume, Liu Zhang can't afford to wait!

"Since the assault suffered heavy casualties and the siege took a long time, should our army outwit it?" Gong Du whispered.

Liu Zhang looked at Gong Du with some surprise, he had always thought that this guy was a reckless man, but it seemed that he underestimated him, so he said, "I don't know what tricks you have?" ”

Gong Du scratched his head and said, "The last general is a rough man, how can there be any way, just say it, the way still has to be thought of by the gentlemen, right?" ”

Liu Zhang glanced at Gong Du, it turned out that he really didn't misunderstand him.

Xun You said: "Can you postpone the attack and choose to launch a night attack on a dark day in January?" ”

Guo Jia shook his head and said, "Han Song in Jiangling City is extremely intelligent, he has already expected this, since General Gan besieged the city, he has ordered people to set up more torches on the city wall every night......"

Fa Zhengdao: "Why don't our troops withdraw from one gate and launch a strong attack on the other three gates to deter the enemy, force them to flee, and then annihilate them in the wild?" ”

Xun You said: "It is indeed a clever plan to encircle Sanqueyi, but our army has completely besieged the city, if a force is withdrawn for no reason, the enemy will definitely understand that there is a deception, and I am afraid that he will not leave the city easily!" ”

Zhang Liao said: "If the ground can't be attacked, can our army start from the underground and dig through the tunnel to break through this city?" ”

Full pet said: "I'm afraid this plan is also difficult to work, Jiangling here is a dense water network, the underground water system is developed, the people dig wells to get water, often only need to sink half a zhang to get water, if the tunnel is attacked, the tunnel will inevitably be full of water!" ”

Xu Huang said: "Now the main difficulty facing our army is the moat, as long as our army fills the moat, the army is approaching the foot of the city, with the combat effectiveness of our army, it is not difficult to climb the city wall, but I don't know how many soldiers our army needs to sacrifice to fill the moat......"