Yang Wu nodded, picked up the paperwork and looked at it carefully.

He already had a bad premonition in his heart, and after reading it, his face became even more unsightly.

After all, Qin Pei's side has fewer troops, and it is not easy to contain the enemy army for so many days, and Yang Wu will not blame him.

But on the Jingmen side, Wang Maozhang and others were suddenly defeated and lost, which made him a little annoyed.

Of course, after thinking about it carefully, he had to admit that Kou Yanqing's strategy this time was indeed outstanding, first confusing the Wu army with successive defeats, and then deliberately letting the Wu army capture a camp with a dug tunnel, and then taking advantage of the unpreparedness of the Wu army, he launched a counterattack and reversed the decline in one fell swoop.

Such a plan is that Yang Wu personally leads the troops, but I am afraid that it is difficult to predict.

So if you think about it carefully, Wang Maozhang can't be blamed for this defeat.

Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, even Cao Cao's art of war, everyone will inevitably lose the battle, and Yang Wu will naturally not be too harsh.

In his opinion, as long as he did not make some simple mistake that led to the defeat, he generally did not blame.

"The war on Wang Maozhang's side is unfavorable, I'm afraid that the Liang army may not be able to be eliminated in time, and Qin Pei's side will be difficult to hold off the Shu army for a longer time, if the Liang army and the Shu army are finally converging, will this time the attack on Jiangling end in failure?" Yang Wu was a little unwilling in his heart.

In today's situation, if the combined forces of Liang and Shu really arrived at Jiangling City, unless Yang Wu took the risk of a decisive battle with the enemy, the morale of the soldiers would be demoralized after a long delay, and it would eventually end in withdrawal.

In addition, there is another way, and that is to mobilize more troops to come.

There are still 40,000 garrisons in Jinling, although Yang Wu is confident that no one should dare to rebel under the current situation, but it is better to be careful, after all, people's hearts are unpredictable, in this troubled world, who can guarantee that there will be no accidents?

The best coping strategy is to be on guard at all times.

Therefore, it is impossible for Yang Wu to mobilize the 40,000 garrisons on the Jinling side.

Li Chengding's 20,000 troops are now stationed in various places from Liangzhejiang to Fujian, and before that, their task was to guard Liangzhejiang and Fujian, and at the same time guard against Liu Yan in Lingnan, and now their tasks remain the same.

What's more, after all, the station of Li Chengding's troops is too far away, and even if they are ordered to come all the way now, I am afraid that they will be exhausted and difficult to fight by then, and the time will be delayed for too long.

Of course, in addition to Li Chengding's troops, Liu Xin had just conquered Qianzhou, and now he was free, so it would be feasible for him to mobilize some troops over.

It's just that like Li Chengding's department, it is too far away, and it may not be in time for it; And after just experiencing the battle of Qianzhou, they also need to take a break.

After thinking about it carefully for a while, Yang Wu felt that out of prudence, he still couldn't mobilize more troops for the time being.

"Fighting on two fronts is indeed something that any force on either side needs to work hard to avoid!" He sighed in his heart.

Of course, at this time, he did not completely lose confidence, after all, Wang Maozhang was not completely hopeless to defeat the Liang army, and second, even if the Liang army and the Shu army converged and went south to Jiangling, the Wu army may not have no chance to defeat the enemy army.

In the final analysis, the Wu army is a large army led by Yang Wu alone, while the coalition army of Liang Shu is temporarily formed, and there must be some problems in the cooperation between them, as long as these problems are found and used, it is possible to defeat their coalition army.

Therefore, although Yang Wu was worried about the situation, he did not interfere with Wang Maozhang's command, but continued to sit in Jiangling.

Just then, war drums beat outside the camp.

Yang Wu looked in the direction of Jiangling City, and saw a large number of defenders lining up out of the city, and suddenly understood.

During this time, although the defenders of Gangneung did not go out of the city to fight the Wu army, they often sent troops to besiege the two acropolises occupied by the Wu army.

As long as these two acropolis were still in the hands of the Wu army, Gao Jichang could not rest assured, so he wanted to take advantage of the absence of the main force of the Wu army to recapture the two acropolis.

Naturally, the Wu army would not let the enemy recapture the two places, so the two armies were also fighting a lot these days.

However, unlike before, the army in the Wu army camp is no longer 7,000 people before, but has increased to 13,000 people.

The 1,000-feather forest army that was previously taken to Qianzhou by Liu Yanying naturally returned to Jiangling after successfully capturing Qianzhou; In addition, Yang Wu also mobilized 5,000 state troops from Ezhou to strengthen Jiangling's strength.

At this time, even if Gao Jichang's entire army came to fight the Wu army, Yang Wu was confident enough to defeat it.

As for Gao Jichang's action to recapture the two acropolis, Yang Wu was naturally more confident that he would defeat them.

After all, if it is just defense, the performance of the enemy army is not bad, but in terms of offense, the performance of the enemy army is too far worse than that of the Wu army.

This time, in the face of the enemy's attack, Yang Wu did not personally command, but decided to hand over the command to Li Zhang.

This 60-year-old veteran does have a hand in leading troops to fight, and his command is extremely calm and strict, and there are few loopholes.

This made Yang Wu sigh, Li Zhang is such a capable veteran, it stands to reason that he should have been reused a long time ago, so why is it that he is still just a commander until now?

Yang Wu didn't understand, and he didn't want to think about it, he only knew that he would give this Li Zhang more opportunities in the future, and as for which step he could do in the end, it would depend on his own ability.

Time passed, and eight days passed in the blink of an eye.

To the east of Changlin County, in front of the main camp of the Liang army, a fierce battle had just ended.

In the past few days, after getting rest, the Wu army launched an attack again, and it took five days to finally attack in front of the main camp of the Liang army.

By this time, the Wu army had already tried its best, and the soldiers of all departments were desperately fighting to be the first, trying to break through the main camp of the Liang army in one fell swoop.

For them, if they can take the enemy's camp, then these days of fighting will be considered a success; But if you fail to take the enemy's main camp, then all your previous efforts will be in vain.

It's a pity that Liang Jun's side is also desperate.

By this time, both sides knew that the battle situation had reached the most critical moment, and if they didn't work hard, they would die.

Although the training and equipment of the Liang army were inferior to those of the Wu army, in this era, morale and courage were the most important.

The victory some time ago had greatly boosted the morale of the Liang army, and now Kou Yanqing and other generals have taken the lead and fought in the front line in person, which greatly encouraged the courage of the Liang army.

With morale and courage, coupled with the fact that the Liang army is in a favorable position on the defensive, in this case, even if the Wu army has exhausted its strength, it is still difficult to make a breakthrough.

The withdrawal of troops has become the most suitable option.

At this time, the remnant sun is like blood.

Looking at the soldiers who slowly retreated in the distance, Wang Maozhang was in a heavy mood and remained silent for a long time.

This time he led the troops to attack the Liang army, which in his opinion should be an opportunity to make great contributions, but unfortunately in the end he failed to succeed; Kou Yanqing on the opposite side, although he led a group of rabble, finally firmly blocked the offensive of the Wu army, leaving him in vain.

At this moment, he felt his old wound faintly flare up again, and the sharp pain coming from his back made him feel sweat on his forehead.

"Maybe it's really time to go back to Jinling to recuperate, if the old wounds can't be healed, even the march and battle will be affected." He thought to himself as he was in severe pain with the ninja.

At this moment, Guo Chongtao rode over and said in a low voice: "General, since you want to withdraw the army, you might as well do it thoroughly, and let the defenders on the Changlin side and General Hou Zan who is attacking and harassing the enemy army on the Lexiang side also retreat together!" ”

Wang Maozhang's heart moved, recalling that Guo Chongtao had said a few days ago that there was a plan that might be able to defeat the Liang army, could it be that the plan Guo Chongtao said was related to the withdrawal of the army?

If this is the case, then Guo Chongtao didn't want to say it at the beginning, and he had to wait until now to say it, which is normal.

However, is the strategy related to the withdrawal of troops a plan to lure the enemy?

I'm afraid that the plan to lure the enemy will not succeed, right? This Kou Yanqing is cautious and resourceful, he shouldn't rush to pursue at this time, so that he was ambushed by the Wu army, right?

Wang Maozhang thought in his heart, but asked with joy on his face: "Guo joins the army, but what is the best way to break the enemy?" ”

When he asked this, other generals who were also worried also looked at Guo Chongtao.

Guo Chongtao smiled bitterly: "It's not a clever strategy, it's just a last attempt, if the enemy army is not fooled, then this plan is useless." In short, don't expect too much from the generals. ”

All the generals nodded with some understanding and didn't ask more.

At this time, the war had just ended, and it was better to withdraw the army and discuss it again.

That night, the congregation returned to the camp and began to deliberate on further proceedings.

At this time, Guo Chongtao naturally would no longer hide it, and immediately told the generals his plan.

"The next plan is that the main force of our army must be withdrawn, if it is not withdrawn, Kou Yanqing will not come to pursue, he is not a fool, if he can't determine the movement of the main force of our army, it is impossible for him to act rashly. So the withdrawal of the main forces is a must. Guo Chongtao said first.

All the generals nodded in approval.

Guo Chongtao continued: "However, in addition to withdrawing troops, our army can leave a small number of troops in secret, about 3,000 people are enough!" Of course, these three thousand men should be the most elite army, and at the same time keep the cavalry on standby, ready to attack! ”

It is naturally not easy to hide when there are many troops, but it is still possible to hide 3,000 people; But what role can 3,000 people play?

"Three thousand elites? Could it be that Guo Senjun planned to break the enemy with only 3,000 men? The generals were a little surprised.

Breaking the enemy with 3,000 men is somewhat impossible.

Guo Chongtao said with a smile: "If it is a normal means, it is naturally impossible for 3,000 people to break the enemy, but what if it is attacked with fire?" ”

"Fire attack?"

"Yes, it's been sunny these days, and the grass on the ground is dry and easy to ignite; Moreover, I have also observed the direction of the wind, which is basically blowing to the north, if it is launched at a critical time to launch a fire attack on the enemy, is it really impossible for 3,000 people to break through the enemy army? Guo Chongtao said in a deep voice.

"This ......" The generals were shocked, and one by one they lowered their heads and pondered.