Whether it is Qin Pei or Wang Maozhang, to be honest, Yang Wu is not completely at ease.

Although Qin Pei can also be regarded as a famous general, strictly speaking, his ability to command troops should be comparable to Kou Yanqing, and it is not easy to defeat Kou Yanqing.

As for Wang Maozhang, although he has a great reputation in the whole world, and his military exploits are also great, his ability to command troops is strong, and he is brave and good at fighting, but if he really wants to talk about it, if his ability is against Kou Yanqing, I am afraid that it will be difficult to completely gain the upper hand.

Of course, even if Yang Wu himself led the troops in person, he didn't dare to say that he would definitely be able to defeat Kou Yanqing.

But relatively speaking, Kou Yanqing is not the kind of general who wins by bravery alone, but a brave and resourceful general, like Wang Maozhang and Qin Pei, who are brave and resourceful, but afraid that it will be difficult to achieve benefits.

And his style of leading troops is obviously to win with wit, plus Zhu Jin and Guo Chongtao, two qualified "staff officers" on the side, help him plan, maybe he can defeat Kou Yanqing and the Shu army before they converge.

It's a pity that his illness has worsened, but it is difficult to lead the troops to fight, so he can only hand over the task of leading the troops to others.

Between Qin Pei and Wang Maozhang, Yang Wu was really difficult to make a choice, and the two were arguing with each other, and neither of them would accept anyone.

In the selection of generals who took on such a heavy responsibility, in the end, the decision was made by drawing lots, and as soon as Yang Wu said this decision, the jaws of the generals in the big tent were about to drop.

However, everyone has to admit that in the case that it is difficult to make a choice, it is the most appropriate way to make a choice in this way, otherwise if the two continue to fight, they may lose their harmony.

In the end, after drawing lots, it was Wang Maozhang who got this position, and he was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth.

And Qin Pei had no choice but to blame himself for his bad luck, but he didn't continue to make trouble.

After deciding to lead the troops with Wang Maozhang, the next step is to determine the specific strategy for using the troops.

Although there is no guarantee of what will happen in the future, the best thing to do is to improvise; However, some necessary preparations need to be made in advance.

This time, the Liang army went south, and according to the information found, the enemy army had a total of 40,000 troops; The specific strength of the Shu army has not yet been clarified, but it is estimated that it should be no less than 50,000.

If the Liang army is to be defeated quickly before the two enemy armies converge, then the Wu army cannot be too small.

However, on the Jiangling side, Gao Jichang should still have about 20,000 troops in his hands, so the Wu army must leave a certain army to contain Gao Jichang.

And the Shu army has a large number of troops, and it is necessary to leave enough troops to guard against the Shu army.

The Wu army has not fought with the Shu army, and I don't know what the specific combat power of the Shu army is, but judging from the record of the Shu army, their combat power should not be low, at least not worse than the Liang army, and not much worse than the Wu army.

If too many troops were sent to deal with the Liang army, then the Shu army might be able to drive straight into Jiangling City and defeat the remaining Wu army with Gao Jichang.

Even if the Shu army could not defeat the Wu army left behind, as long as the Shu army entered the city of Jiangling, the defense of Jiangling would be greatly enhanced, and the difficulty of the city that the Wu army wanted to break through would be greatly increased.

Therefore, while trying to defeat the Liang army, the Wu army also had to try to intercept the Shu army, at least not to let the Shu army easily reach Jiangling, let alone let them easily join the Liang army.

With so many restrictions, Yang Wu has not many choices in terms of specific troop allocation.

Guo Chongtao quickly analyzed a general plan for the distribution of troops.

"The king, the minister thinks that if the conditions just mentioned are to be met, then the strength of the Liang army to attack cannot be less than 40,000, and it is necessary to bring 3,000 cavalry."

"And to intercept the strength of the Shu army, it should be replied that it is possible to achieve more than 30,000; As for staying to contain Gao Jichang's troops, it doesn't take too much. Guo Chongtao simply said his opinion.

When the army was first dispatched, the Wu army had a total of 80,000 forbidden army infantry, 3,000 Yulin army, 3,000 Xiao cavalry army, and 8,000 naval army, a total of 94,000 troops.

After seizing Fuzhou, the Wu army left 5,000 forbidden troops to defend it.

However, after so many days of adjustment, now there is a 5,000-strong box army stationed in Fuzhou and has taken over the task of defending the city, so these 5,000 people have come to Jiangling City to join the main force.

In these more than ten days of siege battles, the losses of the Wu army, that is, the soldiers killed in the battle and the troops who have not recovered after being wounded, totaled more than 3,000 people.

In addition, Liu Yanying also took a thousand Lin troops to Qianzhou.

In this way, the Wu army can use about 90,000 troops, including 8,000 sailors, of course.

"General Wang Maozhang is responsible for attacking the Liang army, General Qin Pei is responsible for containing the Shu army, and Gu is staying to contain Gao Jichang." Yang Wu quickly made his first decision.

He has a serious cold now and can't go to the rain anymore, but it is still no task to stay in the camp and take command, and contain Gao Jichang.

The generals also have no opinion on this arrangement.

However, Yang Wu's next decision shocked everyone.

"In this battle, as long as there is one guard left here, five thousand forbidden troops, plus two thousand Yulin troops alone, it will be enough to contain Gao Jichang." Yang Wu first made arrangements for the remaining troops.

"What? Five thousand forbidden troops, plus two thousand Yulin troops, are only seven thousand? How is such a small number of troops enough? What if Gao Jichang takes the opportunity to fight back? ”

"With the body of the king, how can there be only 7,000 people around to protect him, and in the face of 20,000 enemy troops, this is too risky. The minister did not agree with the king's arrangement! ”

"Yes, it's too risky to leave only such a small number of troops, and I ask the king to take back his life!"

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The generals unanimously pleaded, but Yang Wu was indifferent.

He smiled and looked at the crowd: "What? Do you look down on loneliness or what? There are 7,000 people alone, and they are only responsible for containing Gao Jichang, what is the difficulty? ”

"However, it is extremely difficult to defeat the Liang army and contain the Shu army, and it should not be underestimated! So the remaining troops don't need to be too many, seven thousand people are enough! ”

Yang Wu had a firm attitude, but the generals were still persuading hard, after all, last time Yang Wu personally braved the rain to supervise the battle, but he fell ill, which made the generals worried, how dare Yang Wu take risks now?

But Yang Wu had obviously made up his mind, and no matter how much the generals persuaded him, he couldn't change his attitude.

"You don't need to persuade again, Lone's determination has been made and cannot be changed!"

"This time, Lone wants to see if Gao Jichang has the courage to launch a counterattack when Lone personally leads the troops to defend it!" He raised his voice to announce his decision to the crowd.

The generals were silent, and in the end they could only agree to the matter, but the worry on everyone's faces did not decrease in the slightest.

Seeing this, Yang Wu said with a smile: "Generals, don't underestimate Lonely, you should know that the three acropolis we have captured now can actually give up the one in the north city directly, so that our army only needs to hold on to the two acropolis." ”

"Before the army leaves, the Lone Society will move the camp five miles to the south, and set up a new camp there, which will not only make it easier to support the remaining two acropolises, but also better defend."

"With Gao Jichang's rabble, does he still dare to go out of the city with all his strength to attack Lone?"

After saying this in a row, perhaps because of the illness, Yang Wu coughed violently and did not get better for a long time.

He felt like his lungs were about to be coughed out, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart.

"It's just a small cold, and it caused such a big problem, and now I feel that it may have caused bronchitis. No wonder ancient people didn't live long, it is indeed a lack of medical technology! ”

After coughing for a while and drinking a little hot water, Yang Wu finally stopped.

The generals breathed a sigh of relief when they saw it, and after they listened to Yang Wu's previous words, they gradually calmed down at this time, knowing that they were a little concerned before.

With 7,000 elite soldiers to hold on, and although Gao Jichang has 20,000 troops, his combat strength is obviously far inferior to the Wu army, and just like Yang Wu just said, it is impossible for Gao Jichang to transfer all his troops out of the city to attack the Wu army's camp.

In this way, the Wu army actually has to face not too many enemy troops, and it is indeed not too difficult to hold on.

The generals figured out the details, so they calmed down and began to think about the forces needed to deal with the Liang army and contain the Shu army.

War is never easy, and in the three directions, Wang Maozhang's task is the heaviest, after all, what he needs is to defeat the Liang army, not to contain the Liang army.

To defeat the Liang army, it is more difficult than containing the Liang army, I don't know how many times, so the troops given to Wang Maozhang must be less.

After some discussion, Yang Wu finally decided to take Wang Maozhang as the main commander, Chai Zaiyong and Hou Zan as the deputy commanders, and Guo Chongtao as the army to join the army, leading 48,000 troops to deal with the Liang army.

Among the 48,000 troops, in addition to the 40,000 troops of Wang Maozhang's headquarters and Chai Zaiyong's headquarters, there were 5,000 guards from Lu Shizhou's right Wuxiang army, and 3,000 cavalry under the command of Hou Zhan.

On the side of the Shu army, Qin Pei was the main commander, and Lu Shizhou was the deputy commander, commanding 35,000 troops to contain it.

These 35,000 troops, including the 8,000 sailors under the command of Sima Fu, can also land and fight at the necessary time.

In this way, the division of labor among the various ministries has been clarified, and the next step is the time for concrete implementation.

Qin Pei's side, after all, is only responsible for containment, so although the number of troops is a little less, it shouldn't be a big problem.

On Wang Maozhang's side, in order to ensure success as much as possible, Yang Wu not only arranged a large number of troops for him, but also asked Guo Chongtao to go to give advice, which can be said to be extremely important.

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The writing is okay, it's a little slow to heat, and the new book is pink and tender, so if you're interested, you can take a look.