For the boat division of the Chu army, it may pass through the Dajiang route and sneak attack the grain ship of the Wu army, Qingji has long expected it.

However, he was not afraid at all!

Why did Qingji insist on landing from Queyi and taking the land of Tongshu first?

In order to use the land of Tongshu as a pedal to ensure that there will be no problems in the grain route of the Wu army in a short time.

Rashly collecting grain from the newly occupied land of Tongshu may arouse the dissatisfaction of the feudal lords everywhere, so Qingji can only retreat and borrow grain temporarily, and then pay it back.

Anyway, Wu has a lot of grain reserves, and the rice in the warehouses in various places has been piled up, so it doesn't matter if you consume it.

"Order, let Wu Zixu capture Zhaoguan as soon as possible at all costs!"

"No!"

As the so-called soldiers are fast, they are jealous of Chu, but they just want to tear off a piece of meat from the body of Chu and slowly eat it.

If the main force of the Wu army was delayed in Zhaoguan for too long and could not be attacked for a long time, and Qingji's strategic goal of seizing Shudi, Chaodi, Zhongli and other areas of Chu State had not yet been achieved, the main force of the Chu army would have rushed here.

At that time, the war between Wu and Chu will fall into a tug-of-war.

And Wu will also invest more soldiers and horses to fight in Chu, which is not what Qingji wants to see!

Therefore, before the main force of the Chu army arrived, the Wu army must quickly capture the Chu city west of the river, otherwise it will be difficult to ensure that the results achieved by the Wu army before will be in vain.

The state of Wu may also be dragged into the quagmire of war and will be unable to extricate itself!

"Young uncle, in your opinion, can our army defeat Shen Zhuliang's army and capture Juchaoyi?"

Qingji asked suddenly.

"This ...... I'm afraid not, my lord. ”

Fan Li shook his head and said, "All the siege equipment of our army is equipped on the front line of Zhaoguan. There are very few bows and crossbows in the army, and the siege warfare is not enough. ”

"If Shen Zhuliang leads his troops out of the city to fight, what will happen?"

"With the wisdom of Shen Zhuliang, I'm afraid I won't let me wait for my wish. Now the Yingdu side is dispatching troops, and will soon rush to the front line of Juchao and Zhaoguan, the Chu army only needs to stick to the city at this time and wait for reinforcements to counterattack, why do you need to go out of the city and fight with our army? ”

Hearing this, Qingji smiled slightly and said: "The widow has a strategy, which can make the Chu army go out of the city to fight." ”

"Really?"

"You don't joke."

Now, the key point for Wu Jun to break the deadlock lies in Zhaoguan or Juchao.

As long as the Wu army can capture one of them, and then go north all the way to take the nest and Zhongli, then the general trend has been decided, and the Chu cities west of the river can belong to the Wu state.

……

Just when Qingji and Fan Li were discussing how to attract the Chu army who were sticking to Juchaoyi, when they went out to fight, in Juchaoyi, Shen Zhuliang and a group of Chu army generals were also discussing.

"General, Dr. Shen Baoxu sent an envoy to report that Wu Zixu led the troops to attack Zhaoguan, with tens of thousands of people, and there is a siege machine called trebuchet, which is very powerful, and I am afraid that Zhaoguan will be difficult to protect!"

Hearing this, Shen Zhuliang squinted his eyes, thought to himself, and said: "Reply to Shen Baoxu, and tell him to stick to Zhaoguan and fight to the last soldier." The reinforcements from Yingdu will arrive in a few days, and then it will be the time for my Chu division to counterattack! ”

"No!"

The herald immediately retreated.

At this time, the generals of the Chu army sitting on the left and right sides couldn't help but talk to each other and whisper.

A Chu general suddenly got up and said, "General, why don't you increase your troops to help Zhaoguan?" The main force of the Wu army is attacking Zhaoguan, and I live outside the nest city, so I must be the partial division of the Wu army, although there are many soldiers, there is nothing to worry about. ”

"Furthermore, the Wu army is only stationed in the east of Juchaoyi, and there is a shortage of three in the siege, why don't we send reinforcements and make a detour to help Zhaoguan?"

"Exactly!"

"General, Zhaoguan is the Xiongguan in the southeast of Chu State, second only to Fangcheng, and it must not be lost. If Zhaoguan falls into the hands of the Wu people, I am afraid that it will be difficult to recover! ”

All the generals thought that reinforcements should be sent to support Zhaoguan, but Shen Zhuliang, as the main general, did not think so.

Shen Zhuliang shook his head and said, "At this time, you must not go out of the city without permission to reinforce Zhaoguan. The Wu army outside the nest, although it is a partial division, but the enemy is outnumbered, why do you fight? ”

"This ......"

All the generals of the Chu army couldn't help frowning, very dissatisfied.

They all think that Shen Zhuliang is cowardly!

Even if you have a dignified fight with the Wu army outside the city, so what?

What kind of goods are the Wu army led by Qingji?

It's a coalition of princes!

The coalition army composed of Wu, Zhong Wu, and Xu, as well as the 6,000 thieves in the thief's department!

Among them, Zhong Wuguo and Xu Guo, as well as the thieves accounted for more than half, which can be called a rabble!

The real elite of the Wu army is only 4,000 people!

Under such circumstances, how could the well-trained Chu army not win more with less and break the Wu army in the wilderness?

You can't win a war with a lot of people!

So, a Chu general with a beard stood up and said to Shen Zhuliang: "General, the last general is willing to lead 5,000 elite soldiers to fight with the Wu army!" If you are defeated, you will die to apologize! ”

"The last general is also willing to go!"

"The last general swears to fight to the death with the Wu army!"

The crowd is excited!

Seeing that the generals asked for battle one after another, Shen Zhuliang's heart was also very helpless.

His purpose was just to entangle the Wu army in Vachu, so as to gain a favorable time, and wait for the reinforcements from Yingdu to arrive, and then strike back.

However, the current situation, doesn't it make Shen Zhuliang feel more troublesome?

He would rather abandon Zhaoguan and treat Shen Baoxu as an outcast, and he must also drag the main force of the Wu army.

"Don't mention the matter of going to war!"

Shen Zhuliang immediately brushed his sleeves away.

The next day, Shen Zhuliang climbed to the top of the city again, surrounded by all the generals, and looked at the Wu army camp in the distance, with a rather solemn expression.

After the scout's report, the smoke and stove fire on the enemy camp were constantly decreasing.

At the beginning, Wu Jun was 20,000 stoves, until yesterday there were 2,000 stoves less, and today there are 3,000 stoves less.

What does this mean?

Shen Zhuliang's heart was very clear.

There may be a large number of soldiers in the Wu army.

Because the Wu army living outside Chaoyi is itself a group of rabble, and they don't have much sense of submission to the Wu country, they just follow them to fight a smooth battle.

Once the war is at a stalemate, their morale will be low, and then for a variety of reasons, these rabble will start to flee.

Shen Zhuliang still had doubts in his heart, so he observed it for two more days.

I only saw that on the side of the Wu military camp, there were thousands of stoves reduced every day, and finally only four or five thousand stoves were left!

"General, time is running out!"

A Chu general beside him said excitedly: "The Wu army has reduced by thousands of stoves a day, and now there are only four or five thousand stoves left, which shows that a large number of soldiers have fled in the Wu army!" ”

"At this time, if our army can surprise and attack the enemy camp, we will definitely succeed in the first battle!"

"Exactly!"

"General, the Three Kingdoms Alliance army under the city, most of them are rabble, it is not surprising that they fled, this is a good opportunity for us to break the enemy, how can the general miss the opportunity to break the enemy?"

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