Sima Yi said: "Your Majesty needs to be cautious, Cao Xiu's plan to burn the whole city is indeed vicious, if it weren't for the fact that they launched it in advance in Wengcheng, which played a role in startling the grass and snakes, and our large army rushed into the city without knowing it, I am afraid that it would really fall for his tricks." ”

Liu Hou said disdainfully: "The key point of the plan to burn the whole city is whether the four city gates can be sealed. He simply did not have the strength to occupy and seal the city gates, and our army could come and go freely, and his plan was doomed to failure. Of course, it is certain to suffer a little damage, but we can accept such a small loss. ”

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is better to let the troops withdraw first, this kind of vain sacrifice is completely unnecessary. We're already in town anyway. Without the protection of the city walls, it was only a matter of time before the Wei army was taken. Or first~ find out the situation, remove those flammable materials and then make further plans. Guo Youzhi also said.

Liu Hou pursed his lips, obviously dissatisfied with the two attacks blocked, but he didn't delay for too long, and waved his hand to let the herald give the order: ring the gong, Mingjin to withdraw the troops.

Liu Hou may have been an indecisive person in his previous life, but in this life, he has long learned to be decisive. Of course, it may be the enemy who is dying, or it may be your own people who are dying, but as a decision-maker, a little hesitation may lead to many more deaths at the front.

Even if Liu Hou didn't understand these truths at first, after fighting so many battles, he would naturally understand it after seeing a lot, so it didn't take long for him to make a decision and order to temporarily withdraw his troops. At this time, there were already fires burning in many places in Runan City. Some of these fires were lit by the Wei army in order to block or eliminate the Shu army, and some were actively ignited or accidentally ignited by the Shu army.

With the retreat of the Shu army, they used rockets or burning ~ burning ~ bombs to actively ignite those flammable materials blocking the front. Suddenly, the area on fire in Runan City skyrocketed several times. Liu Hou looked over from afar from the watchtower, and a long line of fire lit up around the front line. This line of fire formed an irregular semicircle, enclosing the occupied zone.

With this line of fire blocked, the Shu army could not continue to attack, and the Wei army could not take advantage of the Shu army's retreat to pursue, and the Shu army could retreat calmly. The fire was getting bigger and bigger, and the Wei army had to organize people to fight the fire in order to prevent the fuel originally intended to block the Shu army from being burned out. However, in this era, there were no fire trucks, and firefighting was completely carried by people to carry water with buckets and put things out, and the water source in the city was also a problem, and many places could only rely on drawing water from wells to fight fires, and its firefighting efficiency can be imagined.

The Shu army occupied the area differently, there were no piles of flammable materials here, the Shu army was large in number, well-trained, and had a proper firefighting strategy, and quickly controlled the spread of the fire. The Shu army's firefighting strategy was simple, find a suitable zone in front of the spread of the fire, and demolish and remove all buildings and materials that could be burned to form a separation zone.

Soon, the aerial reconnaissance unit discovered that the Wei army was faintly unable to control the fire. The command received this information, and before Liu Hou could react, Sima Yi suggested that he immediately use hot air balloons to scatter and throw burning ~ burning ~ bombs into the areas controlled by the Wei army, so that these areas are on fire everywhere, and the Wei army must be exhausted in order to fight the fire. In this way, it will soon be possible to take the entire Runan City without much effort.

As soon as his words fell, Deng Zhi came out to object: "Your Majesty, please punish this thief, this person has evil intentions and wants to trap Your Majesty in injustice." ”

When Liu Hou heard this, he rolled his eyes in his heart, this guy seems to be intent on going against Sima Yi, and he will punish this thief at every turn, as if Sima Yi and he have a grudge against his father. But thinking about it in his heart, he still asked quietly on the surface: "Why did Deng Aiqing say this?" ”

Deng Zhi continued: "Your Majesty, Lord Sima's plan is insidious and vicious, if you throw burning ~ burning ~ bombs everywhere in the city, the fire will inevitably bloom everywhere, and the Wei army will no longer be able to control the fire. Of course, this can cause heavy damage to the Wei army, but has Lord Sima thought about it, what will happen to the people in the city?

If the Wei army may still run out of the various city gates, but what about the unarmed people? How could they outcompete these soldiers? The final result must be that most of the Wei soldiers were burned to death, and all the people were burned to death in the city. May I ask Lord Sima, how innocent are the people?

If this matter is spread, His Majesty will inevitably be regarded by the world as a tyrant who does not care about the lives of the people, and even if it is in the history books in the future, I am afraid that this period of history will not be good. ”

Liu Hou originally disagreed with Deng Zhi's opposition, but when he heard Deng Zhi say this, he was also in his heart, Deng Zhi's words were not completely unreasonable, now his identity is different, he should pay attention to more things, and he should also take a long-term view, and not only look at the whole world, but also look at the historical influence.

Thinking of this, Liu Houdeng felt a little constrained. I can't do this, I can't do that, and I really feel very uncomfortable.

From the performance of several strategists recently, Liu Hou also found that they all have their own characteristics, Sima Yi's reaction is very fast, and the strategies are endless, but he is a little unscrupulous in order to achieve the goal. In many cases, he does not consider the interests of the people, nor the feelings of others, let alone the influence of history.

Deng Zhi, on the other hand, belongs to the type of moral guardian, who will consider problems from the moral high ground in everything, and consider the views and historical influences of the people of the world in everything. Of course, he will also do his best to maintain the image of the emperor

"Humph! A woman's kindness can be accomplished. In order to dominate the world as soon as possible, this sacrifice is inevitable. What's more, Cao Wei is a traitor, they are thieves, when the emperor arrives, they still don't repent, and if they don't do it in time, they should die, how can they be innocent. Sima Yi Zhenzhen said in a hearty manner, and he didn't remember that he had the experience of "being a thief", and his family is still continuing to "be a thief".

Liu Hou knew that he couldn't let them quarrel endlessly, and at this time he should quickly end the topic and bring the topic on the right track, so he had to come out to be a peacemaker: "Sima Aiqing's clever plan is really good, and you can solve the Wei army without much effort." However, Lord Deng's opinion is also right, after all, we are emperors, and we can't do things unscrupulously.

Water can carry a boat and also capsize a boat, the people are water, the court is a boat, we still have to try not to hurt the people for the best policy. I bother you Aiqing to use your brains and try to think of a plan that best of both worlds, which can not only eliminate the Wei army with the help of fire, but also hurt the people less. ”

Liu Hou's words are equivalent to assigning tasks, after listening to his words, everyone fell into deep thought, Sima Yi and Guo Youzhi were thinking about countermeasures, but Deng Zhi was thinking about the emperor's famous saying "Water can carry a boat and can also overturn a boat". Liu Hou didn't realize that he had accidentally plagiarized the famous words of a certain Heavenly Khan in later generations, which made Lord Deng deeply touched and his brain was opened, and he was deeply processing this sentence.

ps. I went to the provincial capital on a business trip today, and I was dragged back to school by my brother and classmates to find a teacher for dinner and drink. Thinking of yesterday's declaration, although I came back late, I still gritted my teeth to finish this chapter, I can't just sell it out yesterday, and I'll break my promise today.