Chapter 33: Expected? Unexpected

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There was nothing to do all the way, and after showing Liu Bei's military order, Fu Shiren happily handed over the command of the military horses in the city, and Liu Pan, the Taishou of Changsha, also temporarily handed over the handling of all government affairs to Ma Liang.

Of course, this does not mean that I can make everyone obey me now as long as I have Liu Bei's military order, because I found that when handing over the rights, whether it is Fu Shiren or Liu Pan, their eyes are on Ma Liang.

Only at this time did I fully understand why Kong Ming would let Ma Liang come with me, the Ma family is a big family in Jingzhou, Ma Liang's prestige, talent and the attention he received from Liu Bei are the guarantees that I can successfully deliver all the military affairs in Changsha this time.

However, although I am a little unwilling, this is also a fact, at my current age, being able to be the commander of the army already shows that Liu Bei and Kong Ming trust me. It's just that Kong Ming asked me to come to Changsha this time to set up defenses, will it really be as simple as he said that as long as the Wu army comes, he will defend the city for ten days? In the romance, when describing this paragraph, it is only said that Zhou Yu's strategy was recognized by Zhuge Liang, and the road to Shuzhong was blocked by the Jingzhou army, and he vomited blood and died after reading a letter from Kong Ming, and there was no description of the Wu army attacking Changsha at all.

Even if there was really a move in history when the Wu army tried to attack Changsha, then there was no me at that time, so who did Kong Ming send to Changsha to defend in history?

However, it was useless for me to dwell on these things, and on the second day after I arrived in Changsha, after my 500 personal soldiers also entered the city one after another, the sentinel report reported from Luoxian Port that Zhou Yu personally led an army of 50,000 land and water, and had begun to drive out of Lukou in a mighty way, and the direction I ran to was not Jiangling, but came to Luoxian Port first!

Luoxian Port is the only port from Changsha to Jiangling, and controlling Luoxian Port is equivalent to cutting off the connection between Nanjun and Changsha, once the Wu army lands from Luoxian Port to attack Changsha, Changsha will no longer be able to get any reinforcements from Nanjun.

Of course, under normal circumstances, even if the Wu army forcibly occupied Luoxian Port, Changsha could still get reinforcements from the other three counties in Jingnan. But "Miao" is "Miao" in Kong Ming actually transferred all the battleable soldiers of the four counties of Jingnan away, and now not only the three counties of Wuling, Guiyang, and Lingling cannot send reinforcements, but even Changsha County itself has only some old and weak soldiers left, so they can only close the city and defend themselves, and cannot send troops to strengthen the garrison of Luoxian Port and prevent the forcible occupation of the Wu army.

At this time, Kong Ming's first dispatch for Changsha played a role, although there are only a few hundred defenders in Luoxian Port now, but I think that at this time, the 15,000 people led by Chen Zhi are also on the way to Luoxian, judging from the distance and departure time of the two sides, Chen Zhi must have arrived at Luoxian Port first.

With the protection of 15,000 people, there is definitely no need to worry about the north side of Changsha. To the west of Changsha is Dongting Lake, which has become the inner lake of our army, and to the south is Guiyang County, that is to say, the only threat now comes from the seven or eight Wu army camps and villages at the border in the mountains and forests west of Changsha, and it is difficult to say whether there are hundreds or tens of thousands of Wu soldiers.

In this regard, I ordered Fu Shiren to select some clever soldiers with local accents to pretend to be woodcutters who went into the mountains to chop wood, and divided into more than a dozen ways to enter the Wu realm from different paths to investigate. However, it is disappointing that after a few days, none of the dozens of soldiers disguised as woodcutters have returned, and it is clear that they have all been captured by Wu Jun, who found them.

Ma Liang has been busy with the reinforcement of the city's defenses in the past few days, such as the position of the archers standing on the city, and the transportation channel for transporting arrows to the city and the rolling wood and thunder stones used to defend the city once the battle starts, etc., all of which he has arranged properly.

I don't know how to defend the city, I saw Xie Xian quite a way to defend the city when I was in Hanshou, and the barbarians who lacked siege equipment could be said to be helpless in front of him, but at that time, the first thing in the county still depended on him, and the second was that Wuling County carried out a temporary period of peace, and Kong Ming didn't tell me earlier that I wanted me to guard Changsha, otherwise I would have to take Xie Xian with me on this trip to Nanjun no matter what.

At this point, it is useless to think too much. Although the soldiers disguised as woodcutters had no news, they could not bring me any news about the Wu army, but this also proved from the side that there must be more than a few hundred Wu soldiers in the Wu army camp west of Changsha, and there must be good generals and a major military operation to be launched.

Otherwise, those soldiers of our army who pretended to be woodcutters would definitely not be arrested, they are actually difficult to see the flaws in terms of appearance and identity of locals, and the reason why none of them came back is that Wu Jun must be a thief with a weak heart, and in the spirit of preferring to catch mistakes and not let go, they were all arrested. Moreover, the people I sent were divided into more than a dozen routes, and being able to catch all of them without falling behind can also prove that the dense forests west of Changsha are probably already full of Wu troops, otherwise their patrols would not be so strong.

Of course, while secretly marveling at Kong Ming's clever calculations in my heart, I also immediately held a military meeting in the palace about defending the city. The previous preparations for defending the city have basically been prepared in the past few days, and the reason for this meeting is just to tell me about my thoughts that the Wu army is indeed going to carry out a surprise attack on Changsha and the civilian generals below, so that everyone can get ready, and immediately let the whole city enter a state of first-level alert after the meeting.

Everyone listened to my analysis that none of the "woodcutters" came back, and they all nodded secretly, thinking that my analysis had been recognized by everyone. Before Ma Liang and I brought people into Changsha, we only told Kong Ming's concerns to Liu Pan, Fu Shiren and a few other people with relatively high status, although Liu Pan and Fu Shiren didn't say anything at the time, judging from their expressions, they mostly thought that Zhuge Liang was worrying about the sky, and Ma Liang was mostly responsible for the reinforcement and deployment of city defense.

It wasn't until tonight that the two of them realized the seriousness of the matter, and the generals in the hall also looked nervous, and looked at me with a lot of respect, no longer like when I first came to think that I was purely relying on Kong Ming's relationship, but with a lot of contempt on my face. In the past, I always thought that the commander of an army was the best, such as Liu Bei, even if his ability was not good, as long as he recruited capable and brave generals, natural soldiers would come to block the water and cover the earth.

But at this time, I was sitting in the decision-making position in the hall, but I deeply felt a huge pressure that overwhelmed me. I don't know why Kong Ming gave me such a difficult task, although I had a brilliant record of outwitting the Wuxi barbarians in two battles, but I am still young after all, the first time I faced Shana, or Zheng Liang's approaching response, I almost collapsed, and the second time was even more lucky, one relied on Ma Yan's strategy, and the other relied on Zheng Liang's inspiration, at that time, if it was replaced by Shamoke who threw Zheng Liang off his horse and fled, the current Wuling County would not necessarily be chaotic!

Changsha City, as the county town of a county, cannot be said to be unfortunate, and when Guan Gong took Changsha before, it did not cause any damage to the city wall at all. Judging from the fact that the Wu army set up seven or eight camps not far from the border shortly after Guan Yu took Changsha, it can be said that the Wu army's surprise attack on Changsha has been planned for a long time. It's rare that Zhou Yu is so calm, and he didn't use it until he failed to recruit a son-in-law for Wu Guotai and tried to put Liu Bei under house arrest in Wuzhong.

I know that there are many strategies that are either not used, or if they are used, they will be a thunderous blow. I am the chief general in Changsha County at this time, although I may not be able to get the full convincing of the generals in the city just based on the analysis just now, but under the crisis, even if I feel that the pressure is really quite great, but in the face of the crisis, a main general should behave, I still have to stand out.

Thinking of this, I forced out a smile, so I said to the generals under the hall easily: "You don't need to panic, since the military advisor has calculated that there will be a surprise attack on the Wu army, then there will be proper arrangements." Besides, the military advisor and I only agreed on a limit of ten days, according to reliable information, Zhou Yu has raised 50,000 troops and horses in Nanjun this time, and it is estimated that the Wu soldiers who can secretly attack Changsha will not exceed 10,000, and what he is plotting is nothing more than to attack Changsha without preparation. Now our side has been prepared, there are no less than 5,000 troops and horses in the city, not to mention that the Wu army only has 10,000, even if 50,000 come, it is a fool's dream to attack Changsha within ten days! ”

I saw that everyone nodded their heads when they heard my words, and they all smiled again. I saw that my remarks had an effect, so I continued to hit the railroad while it was hot: "Besides, the lord has ordered General Chen to lead an army of 15,000 to Luoxian Port to station, Zhou Yu will inevitably go to Nanjun from other routes, and then it will be enough for Luoxian Port to have 5,000 men and horses garrisoned, even if the Wu army attacks Changsha tightly, we only need to order people to go to Luoxian to ask for help, and within a few days, the reinforcements from Luoxian will arrive in advance!" ”

"I also think what General Zhuge said is very true, and after my intensified preparations these days, our city defense capability has also been greatly improved, so everyone should put their hearts in their stomachs, defend the city well, and wait for the reward of the lord after repelling the Wu army!" If what I said before could only reassure everyone a little, then after Ma Liang's words, everyone in the hall could be regarded as completely smiling.

But just when I was secretly sighing in my heart that my reputation and ability to be admired were far inferior to Ma Liang, suddenly a hurried and extremely panicked voice sounded outside the hall: "Report-"

A soldier rushed into my council hall out of breath, and he said to me tired and anxious: "Report to General Zhuge that the Wu army has attacked Luoxian Port last night, and there are only a few hundred soldiers in charge of guarding the ships in the port. ”