"General Liu, do you think the words of Wang Zongshou and others are worth believing?"

After coming out of the Shu army camp, Kou Yanqing couldn't help but ask softly to Liu Yan, who was following him.

In the Shu army camp just now, Wang Zongshou and the others seemed to be extremely honest with Kou Yanqing and the others, but Kou Yanqing always felt that this person's words were a little unbelievable.

"The last general thinks that what Wang Zongshou just said is not enough to be fully believed, but many of the news should be true." Liu Yan pondered for a moment, frowned and replied.

After so many years, Liu Yan, the number one general under Wang Shifan in the past, has now completely integrated into the Liang army and has become an upstart general on the same level as Wang Yanzhang, and has a great future in the Liang army.

However, this time when he went south to Jiangling, Kou Yanqing was above Liu Yan in terms of both the troops he commanded and the position he led, so between the two, Kou Yanqing was still the main general, and Liu Yan was the deputy general.

Kou Yanqing nodded, he looked around, and saw that in addition to the guards they had brought over, there was another person who would follow them back to the Liang army camp.

This person was none other than Zhang Wu, and Wang Zongsheng went to the Liang army camp to act as a liaison between the two armies.

Of course, in fact, Wang Zongshou's arrangement did not mean to send Zhang Wu, a "not very peaceful" subordinate, away.

Kou Yanqing was worried that Zhang Wu was not far away, so after only whispering a word to Liu Yan, he didn't say anything more.

After returning to the camp of the Liang army, Kou Yanqing asked Zhang Wu to arrange a camp tent and send him down, and then he talked with Liu Jun in detail.

"General Liu thinks that what Wang Zongshou said just now is credible and what is not believable?"

Liu Jun muttered: "King Wu sent an envoy to the Shu camp, and persuaded the Shu army to retreat, as well as to provoke the relationship between our army and the Shu army, these should be true!" In addition, Wang Zongshou's basic position should not have changed, and our ally, at least for now, is extremely reliable. ”

Kou Yanqing nodded and said, "Yes, the general also feels that Wang Zongshou should not hide this point." So what does General Liu think he has to say? ”

Wang Zongshou said that when the Wu army attacked our army with all its might, they would definitely do their best to help our army share the pressure. Wang Zongshou may have the idea of weakening our army with the help of Wu Jun! Liu Yan said in a deep voice.

Kou Yanqing frowned, he also had the same premonition.

After all, if he were Wang Zongshou, he was afraid that he would make the same choice.

Let the Liang army and the Wu army fight to defeat both, and the Shu army will naturally be able to benefit from the fisherman.

This may be a bit unworthy of allies, but in the face of interests, the so-called allies are not worth mentioning.

"Wu and my Liang are mortal enemies, and the two have been at war for fifteen years, and this grudge can't be resolved!"

"What's more, the purpose of the Wu army is to capture Jingxiang, and with this purpose, the goal of the Wu army will choose our army and take our army as the primary target of attack!"

"It's a pity that this gives the Shu army a chance to reap the benefits!" Kou Yanqing sighed.

Liu Yan frowned and asked, "Does the general really think that the Wu army will take us as the primary target of attack?" ”

Kou Yanqing was obviously stunned for a moment, and then asked, "Isn't it?" Or, what else does General Liu think? ”

In his opinion, the Wu army wants to seize Jingxiang, and the Liang army wants to guard Jingxiang, which is the biggest contradiction between the two families at present; And the reason why Shu was mixed in was nothing more than the fear that Wu would threaten Shu after occupying Jingxiang.

As long as Wu would not be stupid enough to attack Xiangzhou instead of attacking Xiangzhou after occupying Jiangling, then it is most likely that Wu will take the Liang army as the primary target.

Liu Yan shook his head and said, "The last general has no other opinions, just ask casually!" ”

Kou Yanqing sighed, he thought that Liu Yan had other opinions.

The Wu army is strong, and the coalition forces need to add up to fight against it, and if it is alone, neither the Shu army nor the Liang army is the opponent of the Wu army.

If the Wu army concentrates its forces to deal with the Liang army, then even if Kou Yanqing and others are unwilling to fight hard with the Wu army, but the situation is forced, they can only let the Shu army take advantage.

Thinking of this, the two glanced at each other, and their eyes showed a kind of helplessness.

After a while, Kou Yanqing then asked, "In addition to what he just said, does General Liu think that Wang Zongshou's words are anything else to be believed?" ”

Liu Jun thought for a while, shook his head and said: "The last general thinks that other generals should be able to rest assured, that Wang Zongshou is not a fool after all, he will not really watch us being defeated by the Wu army and be indifferent." So when it's time to fight, let's try to focus on defense, and as for the offensive side, let's try to let the Shu army do it! ”

Kou Yanqing nodded, lowered his head and pondered.

Since the Wu army wants to take the Liang army as its primary goal, then the Wu army will choose to gather the main force in the direction facing the Liang army; In the direction of facing the Shu army, the Wu army will naturally focus on defense, and the troops will not be too many.

If the Liang army can hold back the main force of the Wu army, and then the Shu army will launch a fierce attack on the weak links of the Wu army, this is also an excellent way to break the enemy.

The only flaw is that in this way the Liang army has to bear more losses, while the Shu army only needs to pay a smaller price to get the most credit.

However, in the current situation, Kou Yanqing and the others don't care about competing with the Shu army for any credit, as long as they can defeat the Wu army and ensure that the Wu army will not get involved in Jingxiang again in the next period of time, the two will be satisfied.

After a long time, Kou Yanqing suddenly raised his head and slowly asked Liu Yan: "The general came from Luoyang, can you know what is the current situation in Luoyang?" ”

Liu Yan frowned and was silent, of course he knew what Kou Yanqing meant, he was just asking him if there was any news about the succession to the throne.

It's a pity that although Liu Jun has been completely integrated into the Liang army after so many years, his status in the Liang army is not high, and where can he get those key news.

Seeing Liu Yan's expression, Kou Yanqing immediately knew that he had asked the wrong person.

He was not disappointed, but said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty's defeat this time has dealt him a big blow, but these things are not something that we need to worry about, let's let King Bo, King Jun and others take care of it." Let's discuss first, how to fight the next battle! ”

Liu Yan nodded, also worried.

Today's Liang State, with Zhu Wen seriously ill, the situation has reached the point of storm, and if one is not done well, the Liang State may fall into civil strife.

Now that there are big enemies like Jin and Wu peeping on the side outside Liang, and the internal situation is unstable, although they don't say it on the surface, who doesn't have worries in their hearts?

You must know that these generals, who lead the army, have been firmly tied to Liang Guo in terms of wealth and honor and disgrace: Liang Guo is prosperous, and they naturally enjoy happiness; When the Liang State declined, they naturally followed with bad luck.

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In the camp of the Wu army, the atmosphere of the generals was naturally much warmer than the worries of Kou Yanqing and the others; However, compared with the excitement of the Shu army, it is much colder.

After all, the big war is imminent, even if all the generals feel that Wu will win the final victory, but before the real victory, everyone must calm down and work hard to win.

At this time, Zhou Zong, who had returned from the Shu army camp, was telling what he had seen, and all the generals were listening carefully.

After a while, Zhou Zong finally finished: "King, this is how the minister sent the Shu camp this time!" ”

Yang Wu nodded, he didn't speak, but looked at the generals and asked them silently.

Zhu Jin first said: "King, it seems that the enemy army is very confident in victory!" It's no wonder that in the past few days, in the face of their step-by-step pressing, we have retreated step by step, and it is normal for them to have sufficient confidence. ”

"Before the Zhou Sheren finally left, they put forward the hope that the Shu army could properly indulge the attack of the Wu army on the Liang army, this time point is particularly well chosen, it is certain that after Wang Zongshou and others heard it, they will definitely think that this is our real purpose." Guo Chongtao looks at the problem from another angle.

The step-by-step retreat these days is, of course, intentional by Yang Wu and others.

It was not that he wanted the enemy army to become arrogant, but that he deliberately made the enemy feel that the Wu army had no certainty of victory.

In this way, when the Wu army launches a challenge, the enemy army will accept the challenge and start a duel; Instead of holding the camp, the two armies fought a long war of attrition.

Of course, another purpose of retreating step by step was also to allow the soldiers of the Wu army to accumulate more combat spirit.

The morale of the Wu army was already relatively high, and when the enemy army arrived in Jiangling, many generals took the initiative to stand up and ask for battle, but those requests were rejected by Yang Wu.

And every subsequent retreat will further accumulate this kind of fighting spirit, and when the decisive battle comes, the Wu army will release the fighting spirit accumulated in so many days, and it will inevitably burst out with the strongest strength.

In addition, the deliberate retreat allowed the enemy to cross the unknown river northeast of Gangneung Fortress, which could also further occupy the position; At that time, if the enemy army is really defeated, the small river that was not looked at by them before may become a moat to prevent the enemy army from escaping.

In short, after making up his mind to have a decisive battle with the enemy, what the Wu army did next was basically to make the decisive battle as favorable to the Wu army as possible.

And by this time, all the conditions have almost been prepared, and then it will be the real decisive moment.

Therefore, after confirming that it was correct, Yang Wu solemnly announced to the generals: "Gu has already decided, and he will fight the enemy tomorrow." Whether we can take Jiangling and strengthen the prestige of our Wu country, we will fight tomorrow! The generals must fight the enemy bravely, and there must be no fear. ”

"The last will obey! Fight your way to the enemy! The generals shouted in unison. 10