Gao Jichang and Liang Zhen were able to analyze the person hidden behind Li Zhang through just a few simple details, and this ability is indeed clever.

However, it was precisely because of the analysis that there were other people behind Li Zhang, Gao Jichang and the others were even more jealous of Wu Jun's strength, and even doubted whether Wu Jun had any conspiracy this time.

After all, although the main force of the Wu army left, and according to the analysis, they should have gone to deal with the reinforcements, but who can guarantee that the Wu army did not leave some troops in secret?

If the Wu army secretly hid its strength, and when the Jiangling defenders went out of the city to fight, they suddenly launched a surprise attack, and a rout was possible at that time, and even Jiangling City could be captured by the Wu army.

Thinking of this result, Gao Jichang and the others shuddered.

Liang Zhen even asked: "General Ni, I heard that the camp of the Wu army is very small, and it can only accommodate 3,000 troops under normal circumstances, plus the 2,000 troops in the two acropolis, a total of 5,000 troops, is that the case?" ”

Ni Kefu nodded and replied, "Yes, according to the information found by the scouts, this is indeed the case. ”

Liang Zhen said slowly: "Since this is the case, it is even more difficult to go out of the city to engage the enemy army!" ”

Ni Kefu asked: "Sir, do you think that the enemy army deliberately created an appearance of empty troops to lure our army out of the city for a battle?" ”

"Not bad! The old man felt that Wu Jun should think so. Liang Zhen nodded.

But then, he said: "But it is also possible that contrary to our speculation, if the enemy army is indeed not many, but it is deliberately so, so that we are worried and dare not go out of the city to fight, this is also possible!" ”

"Empty city?" Gao Jichang asked.

Liang Zhen nodded and sighed: "The virtual is real, the real is virtual, the virtual is real, no one can figure out the actual strength of the enemy army!" ”

Gao Jichang's face was also a little gloomy.

They talked a lot to Zhou Zong before, but among the news they got, some of them seemed to indicate that the Wu army had fewer troops, and some of them were just the opposite, indicating that the Wu army had a large number of troops.

It was precisely because of this that they were not sure what the strength of the Wu army was.

On the side, Ni Kefu couldn't help but ask: "Marshal, since you can't figure out the reality of the enemy army, why don't you send troops to test it?" ”

After thinking about it, Gao Jichang shook his head and said, "Try?" Easier said than done! If we send too many troops out of the city, we may be taken advantage of by the enemy; If there are not many troops, it will be difficult to achieve the purpose of temptation! ”

According to the previous analysis, the strength of the Wu army should be six or seven thousand people, and the strength of the Wu army is all elite forbidden army, and the combat power is much stronger than that of the defenders.

In this way, if you want to achieve the purpose of temptation, then the defenders must send at least 10,000 troops to make it possible.

But if the Wu army really has any traps, then 10,000 people are worth the Wu army's shot, after all, the total number of defenders is about 20,000.

The lack of troops is the biggest problem Gao Jichang is currently facing.

Gao Jichang's eyes flickered, and he pondered for a long time, but he couldn't make a decision.

But then, he arched his hand to Liang Zhen and said: "Senior, Ben Shuai really doesn't know how to decide, and I ask my predecessor to teach me!" ”

Liang Zhen smiled bitterly: "Why isn't the old man like this? ”

He thought carefully for a long time, and then said: "Jie Shuai, let's analyze it like this: In the current situation, there is a great possibility that the enemy army has traps or not. ”

"If the enemy army is indeed empty, and our army does not attack the enemy army, then the impact on us is not great, and the reinforcements of our army may have a certain impact, but it will not be too big."

"After all, even if the enemy army is small, we may not be able to force the enemy army to come back."

Gao Jichang nodded in approval, and listened carefully with a serious expression.

"On the other hand, if the enemy army does have a conspiracy, and our army steps into it, then our army will lose its troops at the least, and even Gangneung may be lost at the worst!" Liang Zhen said slowly, although his tone was flat, but very calm.

Gao Jichang understood what he meant, it was nothing more than the difference in the benefits and risks of the two.

If they fall for the enemy's scheme, they will suffer heavy losses; Conversely, even if they defeat the enemy army, the gain will not be great.

After understanding what Liang Zhen meant, Gao Jichang finally made a decision.

"In the first battle three days later, on the grounds that our army was not ready, we directly refused! Let's still hold Jiangling honestly and sit back and watch our reinforcements fight with the Wu army! Gao Jichang looked at everyone and said in a deep voice.

Although the generals were still a little unwilling in their hearts, Gao Jichang had already made a decision, and they themselves were not sure to defeat Wu Jun, so in the end they could only accept the boss's arrangement.

The next day, Gao Jichang sent people to the Wu army camp to inform the Wu army of his decision.

In the face of Gao Jichang's envoy, Yang Wu did not come forward directly, but asked Li Zhang to meet on his behalf.

After learning of Gao Jichang's final decision, Yang Wu showed a "I knew so" expression on his face.

Zhu Jin and the others asked curiously: "King, I don't know if the enemy army really goes out of the city to fight our army, the king has a way to win?" ”

They couldn't help but be curious, after all, although Zhou Zong deliberately told Gao Jichang some specious news according to Yang Wu's instructions, so as to make him feel confused, so that he would not dare to go out of the city to fight easily.

But who can guarantee that Gao Jichang really won't dare to go out of the city to fight?

If the defenders really send troops in a big way and prepare to have a dignified battle according to the war book issued by the Wu army, the Wu army will have a headache at that time.

If it is really a battle with the enemy, then it is obviously a bit risky to fight against an enemy force that may be twice as large as 7,000 troops.

But if they don't engage the enemy, although in that case, as long as the Wu army retreats to the camp, the enemy can't help them, but Yang Wu's face will be lost.

You must know that this is a war letter that Yang Wu took the initiative to order, but in the end, he avoided the battle, and after it was passed out, he would definitely be laughed at by the world.

Especially this is a decision made by Yang Wu himself, and now the news of Yang Wu here is still a secret, but it will definitely spread in the future, and it will not only be Yang Wu himself who will lose face at that time, but also Wu Guo will be disgraced because of this.

However, since Yang Wu dared to go to the war letter, then he should have some certainty, but unfortunately he didn't say what he relied on.

At this time, in the face of the generals' questions, Yang Wu still did not answer, but said with a smile: "You will understand in the future!" ”

Other than that, he wouldn't say anything more.

……

South of Jingmen County, surrounded by forest stations.

After three days of marching, the Wu army on the North Road led by Wang Maozhang finally arrived here.

At this time, it was already dark, and there was still a certain distance from Jingmen County, so Wang Maozhang did not order to rush overnight, but decided to rest here for the night and continue the march tomorrow.

Regarding this decision, Hou Zhan, Guo Chongtao, Chai Zaiyong and others did not object.

The Liang army went south from Xiangzhou to Jiangling, and there were two roads to take.

The first is to go west and go south through Dangyang.

Liu Bei took this road back then, but after Cao Cao learned the news, he immediately led the tiger and leopard cavalry to launch a three-hundred-mile pursuit, and finally caught up with Liu Bei at Changban Slope in Dangyang, and defeated him.

It's a pity that in later generations, such a classic cavalry pursuit battle became a place for Zhao Zilong and Zhang Fei to be able to do so in the romance, as if Liu Bei was the real victor.

In addition to taking the road of Dangyang to the south, the other way is to go south from Jingmen.

According to the information found, this time the Liang army went south as the second route chosen.

The reason why Kou Yanqing chose this way should be related to the relatively rugged route of Dangyang.

Because he had to pass through the continuous mountainous areas of the Jingshan Mountains, Kou Yanqing was worried that the Wu army would guard the main road with a small number of elite troops to block the southward advance of the Liang army, and continue to attack the city with the main force.

In that case, if the Liang army could not break through the blockade in time, then Jiangling might be broken by the Wu army in advance.

If you take the Jingmen route, the terrain will be much flatter, the marching speed will naturally be faster, and it will not be easy to be intercepted.

Of course, Kou Yanqing's choice of this route was also good news for the Wu army, after all, the flat terrain was not only conducive to the enemy's march, but also conducive to the cavalry of the Wu army.

At this time, after settling down in the camp, Wang Maozhang and other generals gathered together and began to discuss the military situation.

First of all, it was naturally Fan Yu who opened his mouth to report, as the commander of the Long Sword Capital, this time he was also personally responsible for the intelligence.

"Our current location is in Weilinyi, thirty-five miles away from Jingmen County, with our marching speed, we should be able to reach Jingmen tomorrow."

"As for the enemy army, according to the news just inquired, the enemy army should have arrived in Lexiang at this time, and it should be seventy-five miles away from Jingmen County."

"Judging from the size of the enemy army, the enemy's strength should be roughly around 43,000 people, of which the number of cavalry is unknown."

……

Fan Yu clearly and briefly introduced the military information he had discovered, while the generals stared at the map one after another, marking some of the military information they had just introduced on the map.

Near Jingmen, there are also some mountains and rivers, and some areas are more dangerous, which is not conducive to the attack of the Wu army.

Moreover, less than twenty miles northwest of Jingmen, there is another county seat, called Changlin County, if it is occupied by the Liang army, it will also become much more difficult to defeat the Liang army at that time.

After carefully analyzing the situation, the faces of the generals were a little solemn.

(I have some headaches today, so there are only two shifts, and I will continue to watch four shifts tomorrow)