Ji Ling is the general of Shouchun, but he is the two who are on a par with Zhang Xun, and this is definitely a situation unique to Shouchun, after all, he and Zhang Xun have been fighting for many years, not to mention that water and fire are incompatible, but it is certain that they look down on each other, the person who will play a decisive role in this battle now must be Zhang Xun, and Ji Ling, who is bound to fall behind, must do something if he wants to recover his disadvantage, and as far as the current situation is concerned, in addition to after the victory in Lujiang, In fact, there is no good result to reverse the unfavorable situation of Shouchun.

It's just that he also understands that in his current situation, he doesn't have such an appetite at all, and if he eats the Xuzhou army in front of him, but if he can't eat it, it doesn't mean that he can't eat, and if he can't completely eliminate it, it doesn't mean that he can't defeat them.

Total annihilation is a victory, repulsion is also a victory, the war is not necessarily a victory only if the enemy's entire army is destroyed, defeated and repulsed, maybe the battle will be ugly, but as long as it can be won, it will be stronger than anything else, of course, if it is just to defeat the Xuzhou army, this will not satisfy Ji Ling's appetite, he is thinking that he will turn the tide, this time, if he can solve the Xuzhou army before Zhang Xun, and then go north to deal with Cao Cao with Zhang Xun, so as to get a piece of the pie, then the first merit of this battle must be his, And he can also use this to crush Zhang Xun.

But now it seems that these thoughts of his may be a bit wishful thinking, but yesterday's stop made him see hope, this peach blossom flood, but not that the next two or three days will be a torrential rain is the peach blossom flood, but that a period of time will be a frequent rainy season, this time his sneak attack seems to be unsuccessful, but as long as the Xuzhou army does not retreat, then he has a chance, and this time, he will take advantage of it, he has considered it before, but because he is afraid of the people and gave up, but now it has become a fact, the people have suffered, Then he naturally doesn't have so many worries at all, this time he wants to let the Xuzhou army taste the true power of the flooded camp and drown them all.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that he will not miss no matter what.

When discussing the feasibility of this plan with Liu Xun, there was a sudden news that Zhang Jaw and Zhang Liao came to Lujiang City with thousands of soldiers to provoke, this is obviously not a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, if you really go out of the city to meet the enemy, it is likely to be ambushed by the enemy, so Liu Xun directly ordered to go down, don't pay attention to it, if the Xuzhou army attacks the city, then report it separately.

However, in a quarter of an hour, there were soldiers outside the hall who came quickly, of course the Xuzhou army did not attack the city, but it was a flying arrow shot by Tai Shici, and the flying arrow carried a letter, which was addressed to Ji Ling, after getting such a news, Liu Xun let the defenders enter the big tent, he bowed and saluted, and presented the arrow shot by the Xuzhou army to Liu Xun, "This is the letter from the enemy general, the captain has read the content of the letter, because the matter is serious, he dare not slack off, so he sent the last general." ”

"Oh?" Ji Ling began to be curious, what was the seriousness of the content of this letter? The corners of his mouth gradually curled too high, revealing a disdainful smile, and Liu Xun, who was on the main seat, completely disappeared from the smile on his face after reading the content of the letter.

"What's wrong?"

"See for yourself." Liu Xun handed the letter to Ji Ling, who quickly looked at the content on it, and soon his smile disappeared, and then he looked at Liu Xun and said, "How likely do you think this matter is?" ”

"The lord has not reacted, and Zhang Jaw is so convinced, I think there is at least half a chance." Liu Xun was skeptical of the above content, after all, Cao Cao wanted to kill Zhang Xun easily, no matter how he thought about it, it was a bit unrealistic, but the Son of Heaven never replied to their request for help, which made him feel that this matter was very strange, so there were only two possibilities for this matter, either the Xuzhou army was disturbing the morale of the army, or it was really happening, so the lord had no news for a long time.

In this matter, the two people's thoughts are the same, but they are both inclined to the latter, Zhang Xun died on the battlefield, so the disdainful smile on Ji Ling's mouth disappeared in an instant, and said: "I think this matter is mostly true, otherwise the lord would have given us the news a long time ago, it can be seen that the lord is already in chaos, so even he doesn't know how to deal with it, but in this situation, no matter what the truth is, first of all, I think you and I can't mess up, and we can't let the Xuzhou army succeed, obviously, They just want to influence the hearts of our army through this incident, and if we mess with ourselves, then it will really be as they wish. ”

"Having said that, if Zhang Xun is really defeated, then shouldn't we think about retreating earlier?" Zhang Xun was defeated, what did they still have to insist on, even if they blocked the Xuzhou army, or even repelled Zhang Jaw, in the end, when the Cao army arrived, it was not inevitable that they would be defeated, since Shouchun had already been defeated, it was better to think of a way back for themselves as soon as possible.

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Zhang Jaw and they returned to the barracks, although Tai Shici's idea was very good, it was difficult to say whether it could disturb the morale of the Shouchun army, but because of his attempt, when the three of them discussed going to Shouchun, almost all of them wanted to stay for a few more days, and if it didn't work, it would not be too late to leave at that time.

For them, this news was a little too late, and it was obtained at the same time as going to Shouchun, if they could have learned earlier, or if the order of the lord to change to Shouchun arrived later, it might have been much better, but now since they have to postpone for a few days before leaving, then the news of Zhang Xun's death in battle has played a role, although the effect is not known if it is obvious, but in their past experience, the possibility of taking Lujiang is very high.

In the past, I had never encountered the experience of not losing the city that was held by the main force after learning that the main force was wiped out, whether it was Ji Ling or Liu Xun, after learning such news, no matter what their reaction was, their mentality would definitely change, this is an indisputable fact, and they may even consider the way back.

The reason why the siege war failed was because there was too much consideration, the thinking was not unified enough, some people wanted to defend, and some people wanted to walk, it was very simple, why the siege of three queyi, didn't it make the defenders feel that there was still a way to live, this truth actually has the same effect.

When they are looking forward to Zhang Xun coming to support, they will definitely defend Lujiang, but once they learn that Zhang Xun died in battle and the main force of the Shouchun army is defeated, will they still defend Lujiang, definitely not, because even if they defend it, they will not wait for rescue in the end, and the city will inevitably be broken, so since Lujiang will be captured by others sooner or later, why not get out early?

Under normal circumstances, anyone who sees the content of the letter will have such an idea, of course, maybe Ji Ling and Liu Xun will not, they must be considering the authenticity of the content of the letter now, so the two will definitely not leave easily, but they will definitely ask Shouchun for the accuracy of the news as soon as possible.

Ji Ling is the general of Shouchun, but he is the two who are on a par with Zhang Xun, and this is definitely a situation unique to Shouchun, after all, he and Zhang Xun have been fighting for many years, not to mention that water and fire are incompatible, but it is certain that they look down on each other, the person who will play a decisive role in this battle now must be Zhang Xun, and Ji Ling, who is bound to fall behind, must do something if he wants to recover his disadvantage, and as far as the current situation is concerned, in addition to after the victory in Lujiang, In fact, there is no good result to reverse the unfavorable situation of Shouchun.

It's just that he also understands that in his current situation, he doesn't have such an appetite at all, and if he eats the Xuzhou army in front of him, but if he can't eat it, it doesn't mean that he can't eat, and if he can't completely eliminate it, it doesn't mean that he can't defeat them.

Total annihilation is a victory, repulsion is also a victory, the war is not necessarily a victory only if the enemy's entire army is destroyed, defeated and repulsed, maybe the battle will be ugly, but as long as it can be won, it will be stronger than anything else, of course, if it is just to defeat the Xuzhou army, this will not satisfy Ji Ling's appetite, he is thinking that he will turn the tide, this time, if he can solve the Xuzhou army before Zhang Xun, and then go north to deal with Cao Cao with Zhang Xun, so as to get a piece of the pie, then the first merit of this battle must be his, And he can also use this to crush Zhang Xun.

But now it seems that these thoughts of his may be a bit wishful thinking, but yesterday's stop made him see hope, this peach blossom flood, but not that the next two or three days will be a torrential rain is the peach blossom flood, but that a period of time will be a frequent rainy season, this time his sneak attack seems to be unsuccessful, but as long as the Xuzhou army does not retreat, then he has a chance, and this time, he will take advantage of it, he has considered it before, but because he is afraid of the people and gave up, but now it has become a fact, the people have suffered, Then he naturally doesn't have so many worries at all, this time he wants to let the Xuzhou army taste the true power of the flooded camp and drown them all.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that he will not miss no matter what.

When discussing the feasibility of this plan with Liu Xun, there was a sudden news that Zhang Jaw and Zhang Liao came to Lujiang City with thousands of soldiers to provoke, this is obviously not a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, if you really go out of the city to meet the enemy, it is likely to be ambushed by the enemy, so Liu Xun directly ordered to go down, don't pay attention to it, if the Xuzhou army attacks the city, then report it separately.

However, in a quarter of an hour, there were soldiers outside the hall who came quickly, of course the Xuzhou army did not attack the city, but it was a flying arrow shot by Tai Shici, and the flying arrow carried a letter, which was addressed to Ji Ling, after getting such a news, Liu Xun let the defenders enter the big tent, he bowed and saluted, and presented the arrow shot by the Xuzhou army to Liu Xun, "This is the letter from the enemy general, the captain has read the content of the letter, because the matter is serious, he dare not slack off, so he sent the last general." ”

"Oh?" Ji Ling began to be curious, what was the seriousness of the content of this letter? The corners of his mouth gradually curled too high, revealing a disdainful smile, and Liu Xun, who was on the main seat, completely disappeared from the smile on his face after reading the content of the letter.

"What's wrong?"

"See for yourself." Liu Xun handed the letter to Ji Ling, who quickly looked at the content on it, and soon his smile disappeared, and then he looked at Liu Xun and said, "How likely do you think this matter is?" ”

"The lord has not reacted, and Zhang Jaw is so convinced, I think there is at least half a chance." Liu Xun was skeptical of the above content, after all, Cao Cao wanted to kill Zhang Xun easily, no matter how he thought about it, it was a bit unrealistic, but the Son of Heaven never replied to their request for help, which made him feel that this matter was very strange, so there were only two possibilities for this matter, either the Xuzhou army was disturbing the morale of the army, or it was really happening, so the lord had no news for a long time.

In this matter, the two people's thoughts are the same, but they are both inclined to the latter, Zhang Xun died on the battlefield, so the disdainful smile on Ji Ling's mouth disappeared in an instant, and said: "I think this matter is mostly true, otherwise the lord would have given us the news a long time ago, it can be seen that the lord is already in chaos, so even he doesn't know how to deal with it, but in this situation, no matter what the truth is, first of all, I think you and I can't mess up, and we can't let the Xuzhou army succeed, obviously, They just want to influence the hearts of our army through this incident, and if we mess with ourselves, then it will really be as they wish. ”

"Having said that, if Zhang Xun is really defeated, then shouldn't we think about retreating earlier?" Zhang Xun was defeated, what did they still have to insist on, even if they blocked the Xuzhou army, or even repelled Zhang Jaw, in the end, when the Cao army arrived, it was not inevitable that they would be defeated, since Shouchun had already been defeated, it was better to think of a way back for themselves as soon as possible.

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Zhang Jaw and they returned to the barracks, although Tai Shici's idea was very good, it was difficult to say whether it could disturb the morale of the Shouchun army, but because of his attempt, when the three of them discussed going to Shouchun, almost all of them wanted to stay for a few more days, and if it didn't work, it would not be too late to leave at that time.

For them, this news was a little too late, and it was obtained at the same time as going to Shouchun, if they could have learned earlier, or if the order of the lord to change to Shouchun arrived later, it might have been much better, but now since they have to postpone for a few days before leaving, then the news of Zhang Xun's death in battle has played a role, although the effect is not known if it is obvious, but in their past experience, the possibility of taking Lujiang is very high.

In the past, I had never encountered the experience of not losing the city that was held by the main force after learning that the main force was wiped out, whether it was Ji Ling or Liu Xun, after learning such news, no matter what their reaction was, their mentality would definitely change, this is an indisputable fact, and they may even consider the way back.