Chapter 847: Must Fight

In fact, the morale of the rear army is not as good as the current front army, speaking of which, the rear army personnel are also composed of people from two countries, the snow country and the night country, and not all of them are elite, some of them have participated in a war, and they are not even comparable to some of the front army, and more importantly, Fang Quyin's leadership of the rear army is not enough, and it cannot reach Lin Xuanzhong's leadership of the new army. To put it simply, Fang Quyin can't make the army work together, and he can only barely maintain the situation at present.

Time passed little by little, and in a flickering of sorrow, it was night. Because the rations were cut in half, many soldiers went hungry before going to bed. The general above was in a better situation, and the food allocated to them was more than that of ordinary soldiers, only Lin Xuanzhong chose to share the weal and woe with the soldiers, and only ate half of it when there was enough food, and the other half was all sent to Xue Yin's camp.

After eating, hungry, Lin Xuanzhong took a group of generals to Fang Quyin to attend the meeting. Tonight's meeting is related to the life and death of the officers and men of the three armies, so Lin Xuanzhong brought most of the generals in the former army over, and the big tent of the Chinese army, which was not very spacious, looked very crowded after the generals of both sides arrived.

When Fang Quyin asked why there were so many people, Lin Xuanzhong's explanation was that everyone who came tonight had the right to decide their own life and death. As for those who did not come, they could only resign themselves to fate, no matter what, Lin Xuanzhong hoped that those who came would be able to speak actively during the meeting.

Although the content of tonight's meeting is important, it is not really much, it is just to discuss whether to send troops tomorrow.

"Regarding the current internal and external situation, I think you all know that the reason why I summoned you here tonight is that I want to discuss with you whether to attack the lockdown tomorrow with General Lin," At the beginning of the meeting, after making a brief explanation, Fang Quyin immediately looked at Lin Xuanzhong and said, "General Lin, you can tell me your opinion first!"

After taking a long breath, Fang Quyin gave Lin Xuanzhong the first chance to express his views.

"You must all know the shortage of food and grass in the army, even if we are hungry every day, we can only last another four days at most. After four days, everyone was going hungry. If the people from the Closed City and Sword City take the opportunity to attack, we will have no ability to resist," after a pause, Lin Xuanzhong continued: "Now that the weather is clear, the road is already ready to march, but the Yangguo side has no intention of attacking us, it is very likely that they want to drag us down and starve us to death." ”

"However, the food and grass in the army is still enough for us to go to the lockdown, so we have to give it a go," After explaining the internal and external situation, Lin Xuanzhong directly said that he was going to attack the city.

"As General Lin said, our army still has a chance to attack the city, but tonight we must decide whether to attack the city, I don't know what you think about this?"

"Siege, there is still one chance, success or failure is not mentioned, but holding the camp will only lead to a dead end, so the last general is in favor of attacking the city. ”

"The last general is in favor of attacking the city with all his might, and he will not die. ”

"The last will die and die on the battlefield. ”

"Siege!"

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Not surprisingly, more than half of the many generals who had already considered the overall situation said that they would attack the city, and a small number did not express their position.

"The last general felt that it was better to wait for reinforcements than to attack the city in desperation, because the probability of success in the siege was extremely low," when most people's eyes were focused on those generals, a rear army general directly expressed his opinion.

"General Shi, the hope of capturing the blockade is indeed not great, but no matter how small the possibility is, it is better than waiting for reinforcements, haven't you thought it through?"

"If you live one more day, you will wait for the possibility of reinforcements, and once the siege fails, we may not be able to survive even two days from tonight," General Shi seemed to think very clearly, and did not change his opinion because of his companion's statement, but gave a basis for his own opinion.

"General Shi, if it is really possible for us to wait for reinforcements, do you think the lockdown and the sword city will still be unable to defend and wait for work?" General Shi's opinion may be somewhat credible, but the person who answered the call has a different opinion.

"It doesn't matter what the Yang side has planned, Ben Jiang just feels that in the face of the current situation, we are more likely to make mistakes than them, and if we rashly attack the city, I am afraid that the possibility of survival will be lost. ”

"According to you, our siege must be defeated?"

"And how likely do you think it is to succeed?"

"Me?" was stumped by the rhetorical question of the general surnamed Shi, and the person who answered the call did not know how to answer for a while when he knew that the probability of success was indeed extremely low.

"General Shi, the chances of success in the siege are indeed not very large, but the problem now is that the soldiers below want to fight to the death, rather than continue to defend the camp. If we order to hold the camp, it will be against the will of many people, and if we can't work together, we won't be able to hold it even if we want to. ”

"If the reinforcements arrive soon, we can at least see some signs from the Sword City and the blockade, or they should be more anxious than we are, but now they have no intention of sending troops, but continue to work the defense of the city, so it can be seen that they have determined that we cannot wait for reinforcements before destroying us. ”

One after the other, the two rear army generals gave their own analyses, just to refute the views of General Shi, one of whom was still General Shi's direct subordinate. Even based on his identity, the general's statement can already bring enough pressure to General Shi.

"The last general does not deny that there are indeed many soldiers in the army who want to risk their lives in a battle, but with our current morale and other conditions of the army, what is the difference between forcibly fighting a siege battle and sending them to death? Besides, the situation of not being able to wait for reinforcements is just an inference of yours, how can you conclude without substantial evidence?" General Shi still did not want to accept the fate of giving it a go, and in order to prove the correctness of his own viewpoint, he put forward some grounds.

In fact, what General Shi said was all subjective assumptions, and General Shi never thought about what they would do if they didn't wait for reinforcements in the end, but General Shi's far-fetched views still moved many generals and made them feel too helpless.

"I don't know what you think if we attack Sword City by surprise?" Seeing that the general insisted on opposing the intention of most of the generals and insisting on waiting for reinforcements, in order to avoid the debate from affecting the process of the meeting, Yang Shifeng hurriedly put forward a proposal that seemed even more ridiculous.

"It's true that the strength of Sword City is not as good as the lockdown city, if we have a choice, we'd better go to Sword City, but we can't take it by surprise, because we can't get close to Sword City quietly. ”

"Aside from the dozens of miles to Sword City, when we get there, the moat will keep us out of the city, and the final outcome is that Sword City will destroy the stone bridge, and we are destined to only sigh, does General Yang want to let 80,000 soldiers run dozens of miles in vain?"

"Then can we secretly grab the bridge first, and then go to attack the city?" Yang Shifeng shook his head, unwilling to admit that his idea was as simple as the general said, but in fact it made no difference.

"Maybe there are no spies within a radius of ten miles from our camp, but what about ten miles away, twenty miles away? That bridge is so important, won't the people of Sword City send people to guard it? General Yang thinks how many people will have to be sent to take that bridge?"

"Besides, Sword City is nearly a hundred miles away from our camp, even if we rush there with the last grain and grass, all the soldiers will be exhausted, how does General Yang think we should attack the city at that time?"

Yang Shifeng's simple idea was strongly criticized by the other generals, and soon everyone realized that attacking Sword City was more impractical than attacking the lockdown city, and they could simply not think about it.

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, so what do you say?" Under the strong rebuttal of the other generals, Yang Shifeng, who understood his mistake, felt cornered, and in a moment of anger, he directly threw the problem to everyone who questioned him just now.

"Our army has always been in a passive situation, and if it does nothing, the final outcome may make everyone regret not choosing when they have a choice, so I hope that the generals will make a choice as soon as possible!"

The generals below were indeed arguing non-stop, but their remarks made Fang Quyin feel that they were so silent again. After saying it for so long, no one has been able to put forward insightful opinions, and after shaking his head helplessly, Fang Quyin felt that instead of continuing this meaningless argument, it was better to let everyone make a final choice as soon as possible, so that they could calm people's hearts as soon as possible.

In fact, like Lin Xuanzhong, Fang Quyin didn't feel that there was much point in holding tonight's council at the beginning, because there was no other choice.

"The last general is willing to fight to the death. ”

"The last general is willing to fight. ”

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Just like just now, more than two-thirds of the more than twenty generals chose to attack the blockade, and the episode brought by the general and Yang Shifeng just now did not change their decision at all. After a moment of hesitation, more than half of the remaining less than a third expressed their willingness to fight, and in the end only three people insisted on staying in the camp.

Looking at these generals of different ages and very different appearances in front of him, Lin Xuanzhong knew that many people made the same choice for the same reason, and they were consistent with their inner views. If you can't wait for support, it's tantamount to a dead end, and if you give it a go, there is still a possibility, so you must fight.