Gangneung.

As soon as Liu Bei entered the city, a fast horse chased after him like a whirlwind.

"Lord, it's not good!"

The Jingzhou Military Colonel Pegasus chased after him, panting and said: "The cavalry of the cadre army has caught up, and it will be there in an hour at most." ”

"What?"

Liu Bei was taken aback, "Yan Xing's army came so quickly?" ”

Xu Shu said in a condensed voice: "This is also expected, although Jingzhou is mountainous, our army is all foot soldiers, and it is already a great luck to be able to retreat to Jiangling." Fortunately, the main army of Luo Zheng is still in Xiangyang, and our army should quickly prepare to cross the river by boat! ”

Liu Bei nodded and said, "Yuan Zhizhi quickly prepares!" ”

Xu Shu agreed and went immediately.

Half an hour later, Yan Xing led 30,000 cavalry to kill, and Jiangling had already been under martial law, Liu Bei set up two camps on the left and right sides of Jiangling outside the city, each with 20,000 soldiers and horses, and there were 10,000 soldiers and horses in the city, which were each other's horns.

Yan Xing couldn't find an opportunity to break the enemy, so he had to fly quickly to report to Luo Zheng.

Liu Bei seized the time and ordered the Jiangling Navy to send all the supplies and personnel to Jingnan.

Five days later, Luo Zhengqin led an army of 100,000 to arrive and set up camp ten miles north of Jiangling.

When the news reached the city, Liu Bei immediately recalled all the soldiers and horses to the city, preparing to concentrate his forces to defend Jiangling.

Jiangling is located on the north bank of the river, it is an important military town guarding the Jingxiang waterway, a large number of grain materials have been accumulated, and there are no less than 50,000 soldiers and horses, outside the south gate is the river, and there is a ferry, it is completely possible to transport the grain and a material resource into the city continuously through the guò waterway, and there is no worry about being besieged by the army at all, and it is a last resort. Liu Bei would never give up on Jiangling.

It's night, the cadre army camp.

Luo Zheng frowned and paced back and forth under the tent. His face was unhappy, and his face was very gloomy.

The rest of the generals and advisers were expressionless. Sit upright, looking at the nose and nose, and not daring to pant loudly.

Only Yan Xing was full of shame, this time Liu Bei successfully fled to Jiangling, although due to the influence of many objective factors, he failed to drag Liu Bei's army, but as a pioneer general, he still bears unshirkable responsibility.

Although he had been severely trained by Luo Zheng just now, he was still ashamed.

He has been following the lord for more than ten years. It is the most popular battle in Jingzhou.

Jia Xu pondered for a long time and said, "My lord, Jiangling is an important military town in Jingxiang, and its geographical location is very important. If Jiangling is not captured, the Chu army may cross the river and head north at any time. Only by capturing Jiangling can we choke the Jingxiang waterway. ”

Luo Zheng said impatiently: "This lonely king knows, the question is how to capture Jiangling?" ”

Jia Xu was silent, the Chu army in Jiangling City was at least 50,000, although the strong attack could be defeated. However, the high walls of Jiangling City are thick, there is no shortage of various materials, and the grain and grass accumulated are enough for 50,000 troops to eat 20,000, and the strong attack will definitely pay a lot of price.

Fa Zheng, Cheng Ying, Sima Yi, Zhao Yun and the generals of the army also stopped talking. Apparently thinking about this as well.

Storming fortified cities has always been the most troublesome problem in military warfare.

Because stratagem and strategy have almost no use in this kind of hard-hitting war, it is the winner who decides the outcome of the war. Only the size of the forces and the overall combat effectiveness of the army, for the most part. This kind of tough battle is almost impossible to take shortcuts.

If an army of 100,000 wanted to forcibly break through Gangneung, it would have to suffer at least 50,000 casualties.

Again, this is an optimistic estimate. It is planned according to the casualties of the Chu army and the cadre army to one-to-one.

Under normal circumstances, the casualties of the attacking side are usually twice as high as the defending side.

If it is Xiangyang, even if Liu Bei concentrates his forces to defend it, it is useless, Luo Zheng can divide his troops to capture the rest of the cities first, and finally the army besieges the city and traps the Chu army alive, but Jiangling has a special geographical location, built on the back of the river, and the surging river is behind, so there is no worry about being besieged at all, so those strategies of attacking the east and the west, besieging the city and destroying the aid, and avoiding the real and attacking the false are not used.

The only thing that can be done is to attack.

Fortunately, Jia Xu, Fa Zheng, and Sima Yi all have extraordinary wisdom and are good at taking advantage of various opportunities, and they quickly thought of a way.

Jia Xu and Fa Zheng just wanted to speak, but they were preempted by Sima Yi.

I heard Sima Yi say: "Lord, there is a law below, or you can go down to Jiangling!" ”

Luo Zheng said happily: "What's wrong with Zhongda, come quickly!" ”

Sima Yi said: "The Jingxiang clan is all heavy on profit and light on righteousness, this time by Liu coerced to Jingnan, if the Jingxiang clan gives up all the foundation, they will inevitably want to get rid of Liu Bei and then quickly, I think it may be used!" ”

Jia Xu and the Fa-rectification also thought of this, and they all nodded in agreement when they heard the words.

Luo Zheng said: "How to use it?" ”

Sima Yi said: "The Jingxiang clan is huge, although it does not have the power to hold the army, but it cannot be underestimated, there are thousands of private soldiers and slaves of the big clans such as Kuai and Huang, even if they dare not openly resist Liu Bei, but it is still okay to secretly incite a rebellion." ”

Luo Zheng's eyes suddenly lit up, and he slammed the knot and said, "Good plan!" ”

Jia Xu also stroked his willow whiskers and nodded repeatedly, and glanced at Sima Yi with appreciation.

Fa Zheng also said: "Although Liu Bei controlled the Jingzhou army and also attracted a group of officials, there are not a few local forces in Jingzhou who hate Liu Bei, and Jingnan is more mountainous and more barbarian, as long as those Jingnan Shi clan who hate Liu Bei make some trouble, it is best to incite the Shanyue barbarians to rebel, then the situation in Jingnan will inevitably be erosive, and it will be seen if Liu Bei can still concentrate his forces to defend Jiangling." ”

Luo Zheng nodded again and again, and said, "Good, just follow this plan and arrange it quickly!" ”

"Yes!"

Everyone hurriedly responded, and then got up and rushed out.

Jiangling, Liu Bei's temporary official residence.

"My lord, I don't know if I should say it or not!"

Pang Tong arched his hand to Liu Bei and said with a solemn face.

Liu Bei was surprised, and said solemnly: "Shiyuan, but it's okay to talk about it!" ”

Pang Tong said: "I think that the lord should properly deal with the Jingxiang clan, and be sure to appease him, especially some clan forces in Jingnan." If Luo Zheng co-opts some forces in Jingnan that hate the lord to take the opportunity to make trouble, he is afraid that the situation in Jingnan will be dangerous! ”

"This ......"

Liu Bei's eyes froze, awe-inspiring, and he was speechless for a long time.

Xu Shu's face also changed, and he said awe-inspiringly: "Shi Yuan's words are extremely true, the Jingxiang Shi clan has multiple benefits and light righteousness, and now the Luo Zheng army is pressing, and there are definitely not a few people who tend to be inflammatory, and the main official must be careful to avoid a fire in the backyard." ”

Liu Bei pondered for a long time before he said slowly: "What Shi Yuan and Yuan Zhi said is extremely true, and the people who quickly reprimanded them invited Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue and others to come and discuss!" ”

Xu Shu hurriedly said: "Why don't you move the palace of the king of Chu, and then ask the king of Chu to summon all the ministers to come and discuss!" ”

Liu Bei reacted at this time, and hurriedly got up and said: "Good, according to Yuan Zhi's opinion, go, go to the palace of the king of Chu, and ask the lord to summon all the ministers to come and discuss how to stabilize the county and resist the cadres!" (To be continued......)