"Okay, don't interrupt, Shen Ping, if you have any good ideas, just tell me quickly, if you can really succeed in breaking through Wuchang Mansion this time, you will be the first to succeed. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info" Seeing that all the generals were ridiculing Shen Ping, Li Yan opened his mouth and said.

Hearing Li Yan's words, Shen Ping's face did not leak a smile, but became more worried, and only after a long time did he say, "General Li, there is a way, but if this method is used, it will really hurt the peace of the heavens, and I am afraid that it will not only be the Qing army in Wuchang City that will suffer, but also the innocent people in the city will be implicated, so until now, the subordinates still have not made up their minds whether to say this method or not." ”

As soon as Shen Ping's words came out, everyone was stunned, they originally thought that even if Shen Ping really had a way to break these defensive formations outside Wuchang City, he was afraid that he would have to pay a certain price, but now when they heard Shen Ping's words, they knew that the method Shen Ping said was probably very terrifying, otherwise, Shen Ping, who was careful about it, would not say such hesitant words.

Only a few thoughtful generals in the big tent, like Li Yan, Song Xiance and others, couldn't help frowning on their faces after listening to Shen Ping's words, for these experienced people, although there are thousands of strategies on the battlefield, there are only a limited number of strategies that can match what Shen Ping said.

"Shen Ping, do you mean to make use of .........." Li Yan asked with some hesitation at this time.

"Yes, General Li, the meaning of his subordinates is to use water attack, Wuchang City has complex terrain, and the water network outside the city is dense, and Wu Sangui, a traitor, has rich experience in defense, and closely combines this natural geographical advantage with defense, forming an almost perfect defensive formation, with our strength, if we really want to break through this defensive formation, I am afraid we will have to pay a very huge price, and this is not what we want to see at all, but if we don't break through their defensive line, We will not be able to complete the task given to us by Lord Shi, and when the time comes, the original perfect plan will completely fail because of us, and at that time, the situation created by hundreds of thousands of troops and painstaking efforts will be ruined in one fell swoop, and even if we are not careful, I am afraid that we will have unexpected disasters, so we can only make surprise moves. Shen Ping said.

"Shen Ping, what you said is indeed a way, but if you really do this, what will happen Do you know, besides, if you want to attack by water now, we don't have that kind of conditions, it's already October, although this is located in the south, the water of the Yangtze River will not freeze like the Yellow River, but the current water flow is the weakest time of the year, even if we build embankments to store water, I'm afraid it won't have the greatest effect at all, you know, the defensive formation of the Qing army is mainly concentrated outside the city, If the river is too small, it will not cause them any big harm at all, and this is a great disaster for the people in Wuchang City, you know, Wuchang City is on the edge of the Yangtze River, as long as the flood is too large, it will be able to turn the entire Wuchang City into an ocean, when the time comes, the dead and injured people are not one or two, it is likely to be thousands, tens of thousands, when the time comes, the spittle stars of the world may be able to drown us. Song Xiance said.

After listening to the conversation between Shen Ping and Song Xiance, everyone stopped talking, and for a while, the entire tent became extremely quiet, and everyone was weighing the pros and cons.

After half a day, Shen Ping said in a low voice, "Lord Song, what you said, your subordinates have already thought about it, but now, if we want to complete the task, there is only this way, and this is the only way to ensure that we can complete the task." ”

For Shen Ping's answer, most of the generals in the big tent still agree in their hearts, you know, the people who can be here are the people who are tested for life and death on the battlefield, for them, as long as they can complete the task, other things are not within the scope of their consideration, and now it is in the Ming Court of Shaanxi, if it was under Li Zicheng's command, I am afraid that as soon as this plan is proposed, it has already begun to be implemented.

But they could only think about it, and in the end, all the generals present still looked at Li Yan, after all, he was the boss here, and only he could make the final decision.

Seeing that everyone was staring at him, Li Yan also felt a huge pressure, and after thinking for a long time, he said slowly, "Since this is the only way at present, then we will prepare first, in addition, this matter is too huge, immediately order someone to fly to Lord Shi immediately, and then wait until Lord Shi makes a decision, during this period, everyone must be tight-lipped about this matter, otherwise, General Ben will definitely engage in military law." ”

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When Li Yan reported this plan to Shi Lei outside Yueyang City, it also caused a quarrel in Shi Lei's army, most of the generals still agreed with this method, and only a few people were resolutely opposed to this plan, of course, they did not have other reasons, but thought that if this was done, Shi Lei would be infamous for killing innocents in the future, even if this matter was not carried out by Shi Lei, but the final infamy would all fall on Shi Lei's body, and this is what they don't want to see.

"My lord, this matter is absolutely not feasible, our army went south, originally to exterminate the traitors, but the army of justice, but if this plan is implemented, I am afraid that the world will be in an uproar, when the time comes, I am afraid that the people of the world will scold us as butchers, our reputation is not important, but adults must not bear this reputation, otherwise, even if they really defeat the Manchu Tartars and pacify the world, the adults will be spit on by the people of the world." The most resolute opposition is Tong Chenfu, for Shi Lei's maintenance, he is the most at all costs, for him, no matter what he does, he must focus on safeguarding Shi Lei's interests, otherwise, even if there is a great benefit, he is also resolutely opposed.

"Master Tong, what you said is a bit exaggerated, let's not talk about this plan, but the best way to successfully capture Wuchang Mansion, even if this matter will really suffer the infamy of the world, what is it, as long as we can defeat the enemy and successfully expel the Manchu Tartars from the Guannei, the world will be ours at that time, who dares to talk about us, just like Cao Cao back then, he did not hesitate to slaughter several cities in order to take Xuzhou, but in the end, few people scolded him because of this matter, In the words that adults often say, 'The victor is not condemned.'" As long as we can achieve the final victory, nothing else matters, besides, if we let the Azig army escape this time, we don't know how long it will be until we want to capture him, and when the time comes, maybe the people who will die because of him will not only be those in Wuchang City." As soon as Tong Chenfu's words were finished, Dong Qi on the side immediately said.

It's not that Dong Qi doesn't pay attention to maintaining Shi Lei, but in the eyes of a pure general like Dong Qi, as long as they can achieve victory, it is very reasonable to pay a certain price, as long as they can successfully annihilate the Azig army this time, then the form of the whole world will be very clear, and the Ming Court of Shaanxi will re-unify the world, that is a sure thing, compared with this matter, it is not a big deal to kill and injure some people.

Looking at the two groups of people arguing in the big tent, Shi Lei also felt a burst of pain in his head, from the beginning of preparing to send troops, he knew that this time the southern expedition would definitely not be so smooth, and the difficulties were certain, but he never thought that it would be so difficult, and the war would not go well, after all, the battlefield is changing rapidly, and no one dares to guarantee that he will be able to achieve victory, but he didn't expect that now he will face a huge choice, on the one hand, to complete the previous plan, So as to smoothly annihilate tens of thousands of elite Manchu Eight Banner Army, thus giving a big blow to the Manchu court, but on the other hand, it is tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands, hundreds of thousands of innocent people, all say that fish and bear's paw cannot have both, but it is also necessary to distinguish which is the fish and which is the bear's paw.

According to Shi Lei's thoughts, it must be that the position occupied by the people is more important, which is also determined by Shi Lei's character in later generations, although he thinks so in his heart, but Shi Lei knows that if he can't take Wuchang City as soon as possible, cut off the retreat of the Azig army in Yueyang City, and surround them, then it means that they have failed to send troops south this time. I don't know how many innocent people have died with their own soldiers, but just thinking about it, I know that this number will definitely be greater than the people lost now because of the attack on Wuchang City.

"Okay, don't quarrel, the official has decided to agree with Li Yan's plan." After a painful struggle in his heart, Shi Lei finally made up his mind, although after this determination was issued, he also felt uncomfortable in his heart, but he knew that only in this way could more innocent people be prevented from dying, and only in this way could this troubled world be ended as soon as possible, so that the Chinese people could return to a stable and peaceful life.

After Shi Lei's order was issued, although some people were still a little unwilling, they didn't say anything, but quietly saluted Shi Lei, and quietly withdrew from the big tent, leaving only Shi Lei with a painful look on his face.

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Just when the army of nearly one million people in Huguang was fighting to the death, the place north of the Yangtze River suddenly became calm, not only did there be no large-scale fighting, but the small-scale uprisings in some places stopped, especially the originally calm and stable Xi'an City, which became more calm, of course, this is related to the garrison tightening management, after all, when Shi Lei led the troops south, if something went wrong in Xi'an, it was not a fun thing.

The sun has just risen, many people gathered outside the city gate of Xi'an, these are ordinary people, the reason why they are here, is waiting for the city gate to be opened, originally, the city gate of Xi'an will be opened every day when it comes to the third watch, this is to let those people outside the city, so that there is enough time to work or sell vegetables, sell firewood.

But since Shi Lei's troops went south, in order to ensure safety, the city gate was changed to open when the sun rises, for this kind of thing, although some people are dissatisfied in their hearts, but most people can still understand.

After the city gate was opened by more than a dozen sturdy soldiers, people inside and outside the city began to enter and exit in an endless stream.

"Yo, Lord Shi, you're early, you're early, you're really diligent, you've been here so early every day."

"Ah, Lord Shi, hurry up, this is the sugar cake that the little mother-in-law has just steamed, you can taste it."

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At the city gate, except for those who were in a hurry to do something, most of the rest of the people would greet a young man who was the first to sit at the city gate, and from the fact that these greetings were all about the situation, it seemed that this person called Lord Shi must be a person with hands and eyes to the sky, otherwise, there would not be so many people to greet him.

Facing those who greeted them, the young people sitting here nodded in response, with smiles on their faces at all times, making everyone who saw it feel cheerful, if it was a familiar person here, it would be able to see that this Lord Shi was Shi Lei's eldest brother, Shi Zhu.

Since Shi Zhu complained in front of Li Cuier and Zhu Weiyuan last time, Zhu Weiyuan told Jia Hanqing about this matter, and at the same time told Jia Hanqing about Shi Zhu's preparation to go to the city gate to do things.

Then, after Jia Hanqing agreed, Shi Zhu was appointed as the city gate official, although it was only from the ninth grade, but it was not originally a stone pillar seeking an official position, but he was very satisfied, and, in order to achieve his ultimate goal, after serving as a city gate official, Shi Zhu did not reveal his true identity, and at the same time very dedicated, no matter the wind or rain, every day in advance to the city gate, and, for the daily work is also very serious, as long as it is a violation of the provisions of the smuggled goods, he is meticulous to copy, even offended many big people because of this, so he was beaten several times behind his back.

It is precisely because of this that he quickly became famous and gained a firm foothold at the gate of this city, and the people of the entire Xi'an City knew that there was an iron-faced city gate official at the east gate of Xi'an City, and no one would give face.

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