In this way, the attack and defense of this letter show the following situation:

The Liaodong Army bombed, the Yuan army withdrew from the city, the Liaodong Army stopped the bombardment, sent troops to attack the city, and the Yuan army returned to the city again to defend the city!

In this way, only the first few explosive packs caused a large area of damage, but later, there may be some casualties when leaving the city, and the rest of the time, under the correct command of the senior cadres, the number of casualties is minimized.

"Collect the troops!" Although helpless, Zhang He still made a decision, Xindu City, it seems that it is not suitable for such a siege method!

"What should we do now? The first city in the south is in such trouble, how can we take the city? In the evening, Zhang He discussed countermeasures with several people in the big tent.

After hearing this, all of them were silent, yes, it was really unpleasant to encounter such a big trouble in the first battle of the south!

In fact, it is possible to fight a war of attrition with the high-ranking cadres in the city, that is, to attack directly, but in that case, it can be said that even if the Liaodong soldiers have strong combat power, because they are the besieging party, they will inevitably have a casualty ratio of one for one.

This means that if he wants to capture a fortified city guarded by 50,000 people, he must at least take the lives of 50,000 soldiers, which is really not cost-effective for him, so Zhang He decisively abandoned this idea.

But in addition to attacking, what other methods can be used to break the city, at this moment, even Zhou Yu and Xi Zhong have no way.

"Let's do this today, let's attack the city today, everyone is very hard, let's go back and rest first, and we'll discuss it tomorrow!" There was silence for a full quarter of an hour before Zhang He spoke.

Hearing Zhang He say this, everyone still didn't speak, and left the Chinese army tent one after another.

After everyone left, Zhang He also left the big tent, although it was very late, but he was distraught and naturally had no intention of sleeping, and came to a vacant lot in the barracks, where he could see a vague outline of Xindu City.

Looking at the Xindu City from afar, Zhang He clenched his fists hatefully, how should this fortified city be captured?

"You're really here!" Just when Zhang He was stunned, Xi Zhong's voice suddenly came from behind him.

"It turned out to be Mr. Zhicai!" Zhang He turned around and greeted Xi Zhong.

"General Jun Yi is still thinking about how to break the city?" Xi Zhong smiled slightly.

"Yes, this Xindu City is really difficult to break!" Zhang He sighed, and until this moment, Zhang He's fists were still clenched.

"Actually, there is no need for General Jun Yi to worry about this at all!" Xi Zhong smiled mysteriously.

"Why is that?" Zhang He was puzzled, when he encountered such a problem, why did Xi Zhong still say that he didn't have to worry? Could it be that Xi Zhong has already thought of a plan?

"What is Yuan Shao's strength, you should know very well, right? Even if he has recruited more soldiers and horses over the years, Yuan Shao is still not the opponent of the lord, even if our army is stuck in this place, the rest of the army will definitely not have this problem! Especially Huang Zhong Ganning all the way, they should recover Qingzhou soon and come to our side to help! Xi Zhong analyzed, "As long as Huang Zhong leads his troops to attack Jizhou, he will definitely converge with our army, and then our army can be flanked back and forth, so that they can't take care of each other, and the letter can be placed!" ”

"This ......" Zhang He frowned slightly, according to what Xi Zhong said, he was able to break the city, but that kind of victory was not what he wanted, he wanted to capture Xindu with his own ability, not by joining forces with others!

"Hehe, of course, Zhong just said a possibility, in fact, Zhong knew what General Jun Yi was thinking, and he would definitely not choose this way to capture Xindu!" Seeing Zhang He's expression, Xi Zhong immediately smiled, and then, Xi Zhong's words changed, "General Junyi, Zhong has a plan to take Xindu by surprise!" ”

"Oh? Please also ask Mr. Zhicai to solve your doubts! Zhang He hurriedly asked Xi Zhong for advice.

"This letter is a moat, called the letter river, we can attack the city with water! When the water level drops in the fall, even if the water level drops a lot, Gao Gan will not notice it. Xi Zhongdao.

"Huh?" After listening to Xi Zhong's strategy, Zhang He's eyes lit up, this is indeed a good plan, "What a wonderful plan!" ”

"No!" Xi Zhong shook his head, he didn't think that his plan was a good plan.

"Why is Mr. Zhicai like this?" At this moment, Zhang He doesn't understand, isn't this a ploy that Xi Zhong said, how can he still have self-denial?

"Have you ever thought that once the water attacks, what will it mean for the people in the city and the unharvested crops on the outskirts of the city?" Xi Zhong asked.

"What does that mean?" Zhang He frowned, and then suddenly realized what Xi Zhong meant.

"That's right, I guess General Jun Yi also figured it out, that's why, just now Zhong didn't put forward this strategy, once the water attack, then it can be said to be a big disaster for the people of Chengzhong and the crops outside the city!" Xi Zhong nodded to confirm Zhang He's conjecture, "Now, the general is still going to attack the city like this?" ”

"Is there no other way?" Zhang He asked with a hint of luck.

"Besides, it's too difficult to capture this Shin Capital City!" Xi Zhong shook his head.

"This ......" Zhang He fell into a dilemma again, not knowing what to do.

"Hehe, actually, General Junyi, what you need to think about is the post-disaster reconstruction work, if it is really a water attack, then after the water attack, how should we help the people rebuild their homes?" Xi Zhong looked at Zhang He playfully.

Hearing Xi Zhong's words, Zhang He was puzzled again, what does this Xi Zhong mean, is this strategy used?

"Everything depends on how General Jun Yi thinks in his heart, if General Jun Yi wants to capture this city with his own strength, there is only one way! If General Jun Yi doesn't want to prove himself in a hurry, then he can wait for Huang Zhong to come here, and when the time comes, if our 300,000 troops attack back and forth, it should be very good to break through this city! Xi Zhong gave Zhang He a multiple-choice question.

In fact, this multiple-choice question is very difficult to choose, no matter what Zhang He chooses, he is psychologically uncomfortable, and he chooses the former, so even if he captures Xindu City, even if he proves his strength to Yuan Shao and the world, Zhang He's heart is not condemned by conscience.

If he chooses the latter, then his opportunity to prove his worth to Yuan Shao or the world will pass him by again! He is still the coward who betrays the Lord and seeks glory in the eyes of the world, and he is still the dispensable general in Yuan Shao's eyes!

With such a dilemma, how will Zhang He choose?

(End of chapter)