I have to say that both Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu can be described as today's wise men, and the two have fought back and forth several times, but they are just equal, and at most they are just suffering some small losses.

As for Jia Xu, after Wei Tao saw that he couldn't quickly defeat Liu Bei, he asked him to return to Xiangyang to guard against Cao Cao and Sun Quan.

And after seeing that Wei Tao was indeed fighting with Liu Bei this time, Cao Cao and Sun Quan gradually confronted each other, although the scale of the battle was not large, but obviously, this time Jingzhou was divided into two battlefields, one was between Wei Tao and Liu Bei, and the other was between Cao Cao and Sun Quan.

At a time when alliances are not very close, it is almost impossible to overcome the attack.

In such a situation, Jingzhou has formed a strange balance.

"Zhuge Liang is really extraordinary, and he has never taken advantage of several designs. has been entrusted by the lord to let the lord get to this dilemma, and Yu Cheng is also a sin. ”

Zhou Yu sighed slightly.

"Why does Gong Jin need to be like this, our army has never gained the upper hand, but how can Liu Bei have the upper hand? However, Zhuge Liang is indeed powerful, in such a situation, he still sent people to attack Jiangling, if it wasn't for Gong Jin's preparations, he would have been able to do it. ”

Wei Tao only smiled at this, in fact, Zhou Yu has done well enough, and it may not be possible to do better if he changes to others, but even so, Wei Tao still has a straight look.

"But Gong Jin should also know that if it's just like this, it's not enough. The reason why I decided to participate in the civil war in the Central Plains was that the first priority was to secure the internal war. But if it takes decades to pacify the Central Plains, then what time will I have to drive the foreign enemy north? If so. This Central Plains is indisputable. ”

This is Wei Tao's heartfelt words. Ann is for a better outside. If he can't do this, why should Wei Tao bother with it?

Zhou Yu nodded slightly, he naturally understood what Wei Tao was thinking.

"I understand the meaning of the lord, I should think about it and find a way to win for the lord."

Wei Tao naturally believed in Zhou Yu's promise, and didn't say much at the moment, just nodded silently and let Zhou Yu act.

Say it's thoughtful. But even with Zhou Yu's wisdom, it was not so easy to think of a clever plan to capture the city, but fortunately, Wei Tao just admonished, but did not urge again.

But with Zhou Yu's temperament, he would not let go of this matter because Wei Tao did not urge, but it hurt his mind even more.

A few days passed in a blink of an eye, and during this period of time, Zhou Yu asked Wei Tao not to do anything for the time being, and after hearing Zhou Yu's words, Wei Tao stopped moving, just stuck to the camp.

I have to say that Wei Tao's actions made Zhuge Liang even more sad, he obviously didn't know what Wei Tao would have in mind in this way.

Of course. Although it was said that the troops would not move, Wei Tao still ordered the troops to go south. Especially Gan Ning came across the sea with the naval army under Wei Tao's command.

However, although the navy was bypassing the sea, Gan Ning himself came from land, and as soon as he arrived, he came to see Wei Tao.

"Gan Ning visits the lord, if there is a task, but please ask the lord to command."

Gan Ning's words were also a little excited, and Wei Tao could understand this.

In fact, Gan Ning can be regarded as a general who joined Wei Tao earlier, but because he is the commander of the naval army, except for occasional small battles, it is not his turn to show his skills at all.

And in this way, the northerners ride horses, and the southerners sail boats, which is the time when the navy can show its talents!

How does this not make Gan Ning excited?

If Wei Tao hadn't asked him to make a detour to march at sea, I'm afraid he would have followed Wei Tao south at the first moment, and now Xiangyang and Jiangling have been taken, but Gan Ning is useless, how can this not make him anxious?

Therefore, after just a polite sentence, Gan Ning immediately said this.

"Raising troops for a thousand days and using soldiers for a while, but with the lord's order, all parts of Jingzhou let our army gallop vertically and horizontally, if there is a city lord who wants to take it and I can't take it, I would rather be punished!"

"Huh...... Xingba has this fighting spirit very well. ”

Wei Tao also knew that Gan Ning was eager to fight, but he didn't expect Gan Ning to be eager for this, but this battle Wei Tao had already been handed over to Zhou Yu, so he looked directly at Zhou Yu at the moment, and it was up to him to decide.

After all, since his subordinates have the heart to fight, it is impossible for Wei Tao to annihilate them, but whether it is the time to fight or not depends on Zhou Yu.

After all, it was Zhuge Liang under Liu Bei, who was extremely cautious, and Zhuge Liang who had not been able to enter Wei Tao for several months.

"Lord, it's great that General Gan Ning can have this fighting spirit! Don't hide it from the lord, our army has not moved in recent days, except for laxity Liu Bei, Yu is still waiting for General Gan Ning. The four counties of Jingnan, although not close to each other, but also not far, if a city is captured, with the careful calculation of Zhuge Kongming, I don't know how much effort it will take, so I intend to take it in one fell swoop. ”

Zhou Yu naturally understood what Wei Tao meant, and then smiled slightly, nodded and said, but then Zhou Yu's expression was correct again, staring at Gan Ning awe-inspiringly.

"General Xingba, whether you can win this battle or not is all up to you, can you have confidence in this?"

"But there is a life, and there is no disobedience!"

Gan Ning was overjoyed when he heard what Zhou Yu said, and immediately assured Zhou Yu and Wei Tao.

"I'd rather make a military order, if something happens, then I'd rather ask the lord to behead something!"

"Okay."

Zhou Yu responded with a peace, and then got up, and then bowed to Wei Tao and bowed his hand.

"The lord, if the time and place are favorable today, dare to ask the lord to order the attack on Changsha City."

Storming the city is a great loss for the besieging side, and the soldiers of Changsha City are not as weak as those Jingzhou soldiers, and they will not let people easily go up to the city wall.

Wei Tao had always agreed that Zhou Yu would not move, one of the reasons was to build siege equipment as much as possible, and the other reason was that he did not want his soldiers to lose in the siege battle.

But not wanting to do it doesn't mean that you can't, for the sake of the final victory, some sacrifices are inevitable, and Wei Tao still knows this.

Early the next morning, with Wei Tao's order, all the armies immediately moved and rushed straight to Changsha City.

The east, west, and north sides attacked Changsha, and each siege ladder was directly erected, and then there were generals leading the army, ordering the catapult to throw countless stones onto the city wall without hesitation, causing great damage to Liu Beijun.

If it was the Jingzhou army, it must have been suppressed by Wei Tao at this time, but at this time it was Liu Bei who led the army.

On the top of the city gate in person, countless arrows rained down, and the trebuchets in the city were also merciless, countless stones the size of grinding plates were thrown out, and half of the people were killed and injured before they rushed to the city wall.

Even if they rushed under the city walls, there was boiling oil and gold juice poured down, and in such a situation, only a small number of people were able to rush to the city walls.

But even if he rushed to the city wall, he might not be able to hurt the other party, so he was killed, and even his own people under Wei Tao were injured by their own stones.

But even so, under Wei Tao's order, countless soldiers forgot their lives and died, and desperately rushed to the city.

This is the cruelty of siege warfare, if you want to take Changsha, then you can only fill it with your life.

This battle lasted from sunrise to sunset, and Wei Tao ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops, and on this day alone, Wei Tao's injured soldiers were already more than 10,000.

It can be described as tragic.

Such a battle was a loss to Wei Tao's military strength, and it also shocked Liu Bei.

As Zhou Yu, Jia Xu and others said to Wei Tao, Liu Bei has no shortage of military generals, and he has Xichuan, but only this corporal is not abundant.

The Wuxi barbarians were indeed accepted by Liu Bei, but it was not a moment to want to become an army, and even Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang did not dare to say whether there was any ambush calculation by Wei Tao among them.

Therefore, it is impossible for the Wuxi barbarians to form an army immediately, and the army used by Liu Bei is all soldiers he brought from Xichuan, and each of them is his own cronies.

In Wei Tao's killing at any cost, Liu Bei's casualties will not be much, and at the end of the day, the price of these casualties is really heart-wrenching.

At this time, even Liu Bei had to take the initiative to urge Zhuge Liang.

"Kong Ming, although Changsha's protection is not weak, but after all, it is not as good as a real big city, if it is a long battle, I am afraid it will inevitably be lost, I don't know if Kong Ming has a law?"

Faced with Liu Bei's question, even with Zhuge Liang's deep strategy, he couldn't help but smile slightly and shake his head.

"My lord, this kind of method is difficult to attack, and it may not be easy to crack it, and if you want to fight with our army in the north occupied by the general, I am afraid that our army will only be defeated."

Hearing Zhuge Liang's words, Liu Bei's face was very ugly, but fortunately, Liu Bei was also a hero for a while, and he still understood the truth that he couldn't be too harsh at this time, so he just asked.

"Is it just impossible?"

"My lord, I can't do it."

Hearing Liu Bei's repeated questions, Zhuge Liang couldn't help but smile slightly bitterly.

"If you want to defeat Wei Tao now, the only way is to take risks!"

Zhuge Liang is cautious by nature, and his favorite is to use yang schemes, and all kinds of tricks can also be used, but only he is most reluctant to use it.

"My lord, if you take a risk, although you can win a big victory, but once you fail, I'm afraid that even Changsha will have to give it up, which is the reason why Kong Ming has been hesitating."

Fa Zheng on the side naturally understood why Zhuge Liang was like this, and then said with a wry smile.

"It's not that Kong Ming is not the master's conspirator, but this matter is difficult to decide!"

For Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei can still be trusted, not to mention that at this time, even Fa Zheng said so, naturally there will be no falsehood, but Liu Bei is still a little hesitant.

When the two major strategists under his command said this, it was obviously really dangerous, but if he did nothing, it would make Liu Bei feel even more uncomfortable.

Liu Bei is a masterpiece of his generation after all, although he hesitated, but finally made up his mind.

"This matter is to ask Kong Ming!" (To be continued......)