Zhou Yu's senses for Liu Bei are now complicated.

Liu Bei, from north to south, has been defeated repeatedly, but he is still regarded as a hero by the world.

Liu Bei, a person, from a prince to a sojourner, can still let Guan Zhang Er not give up, and Zhao Yun will come thousands of miles to vote.

Liu Bei this person. What the hell is so good about this person?!

There is a Zhuge Liang who can come up with a complete set of combat plans in an instant, and there is a Zhang Xi who seems to be both civil and military. Now that a random strategist comes out of his side with excellent strategic vision, how the hell did he do it?!

Before Xu Shu talked to Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu only thought that this was a staff member like Sun Qianjian Yong and Liu Bei who was dealing with paperwork.

But Xu Shu's first sentence made Zhou Yu realize that this Xu Shu is not simple.

"The governor wants to pacify Nanjun, and just borrowing generals may not help." Xu Shu smiled and said to Zhou Yu, "The two coalition forces are only forty or fifty thousand, and in Jiangling City, Cao Ren is afraid that there are more than 20,000 people, and the capital governor has insufficient troops. The army of Jiangdong is not accustomed to land warfare, and is not good at attacking cities, and this is the second. The governor came across the river, and all the grain and grass took the waterway, from Chaisang to Jiangling, the road was very long, and this was also the third. Of these three unfavorable ones, Cao Ren, who can always be trapped by the governor, may not be able to conquer Jiangling, and sooner or later he will run out of food and retreat. ”

Zhou Yu's face suddenly became a little solemn.

This Xu Shu, as soon as he came up, said the three major difficulties that Zhou Yu is facing now, and his vision can be said to be very vicious, much stronger than Jian Yong and Sun Qian.

What Xu Shu said, in fact, Zhou Yu knows, as the commander of the first army, it is impossible for Zhou Yu not to even have this ability.

To be honest, when Zhou Yu first entered the army, he didn't expect Jiangling City to be so difficult to fight.

At that time, Cao Cao's Chibi was newly defeated and fled north in a hurry, and Jingzhou at this time could be said to be the weakest time in defense.

One, Cao Cao's army was defeated, and the morale of the Jingzhou defenders was low, and the second was that Cao Cao brought the main force of the Jingzhou army to Chibi, and the Jingzhou army suffered heavy losses after a fire.

At this time, the best result of marching into Nanjun is that Nanjun surrenders without a fight, and the worst result is only to lose some troops to attack the city.

But Zhou Yu didn't expect that Cao Ren would be able to gather so many soldiers defending the city in such a short period of time, and after Cao Ren led dozens of cavalry to charge the battle and rescue Niu Jin alone, Cao Ren's heroic performance aroused the originally low morale of the soldiers defending the city.

Again, Zhou Yu didn't expect that Cao Ren still had a cavalry available in his hand, which caused the Jiangdong Army to attack several times, and made the Jiangling defenders firm their determination to hold on and wait for help.

Now the problem comes.

Unlike when Zhou Yu entered the army at the beginning, the current Jiangling defenders and Cao Ren have the confidence to hold on, while Zhou Yu is trapped by the lack of experience in the siege of troops and generals, and there is really no way to take Jiangling for a while.

As the seat of the southern county, Gangneung itself has a strong city, sufficient food and grass in the city, and enough troops, even if it is completely besieged, it is estimated that it can hold out for several months.

But Gangneung can't be encircled at all.

The north of Gangneung is Yangyang, and once people are sent to the north of Gangneung to attack the city and cut off the supply line from Xiangyang to Gangneung, it means that this army will be encircled and suppressed from Yangyang.

The farther north, the closer to Cao Cao's base camp, the more troops could come over there to support.

And like Xu Shu said, supply lines are also a problem.

Jiangdong's supply line is via the Yangtze River waterway, and Liu Bei, as an ally, will not do anything to Zhou Yu's supply line for the time being.

But if you send people to the north side of Nanjun to operate, then the supply line of this army will be cut off in Nanjun, and only Jiangxia in the east will be cut off, huh?!

Zhou Yu suddenly came back to his senses.

Xu Shu suddenly analyzed with himself that Jiangling City was difficult to conquer, and also cited one, two, or three. Do you want to send someone to cut off the supply line of Cao Jun's northern part of Jiangling?!

If Liu Beijun is willing to take on this responsibility, of course he Zhou Yu is very happy.

It's just that Liu Bei can be so kind?!

Therefore, Zhou Yu asked tentatively, "Yu is also troubled by this, but there is no good way to see through Yu's predicament, but I don't know what strategy can teach me?!" ”

Xu Shu really didn't find out that it was Zhou Yu's temptation for a while, so he said, "Why should the governor deceive me." Although Gangneung is difficult to overcome, it is not impossible to besiege the governor of the capital, why not send a general, to the north of Nanjun, cut off its north road, cut off the connection between Xiangyang and Gangneung, so that Gangneung is a lonely city, the governor does not need to attack, only need to besiege, after a few months, Gangneung will be exhausted and broken. ”

Sure enough, just like what he thought, Xu Shu also thought of the idea of the North Road.

Zhou Yu didn't think about the matter of the North Road, but in the end he denied it.

Because Zhou Yu thinks that the North Road is not feasible.

One is the problem of grain and grass supply just now.

Jiangdong transported grain along the Yangtze River, and it was okay to pass through Jiangxia, at least the fleet of grain was controlled by himself.

But if you want to go to the North Road, then the grain and grass transportation in Jiangxia has to pass through Jiangxia, and Jiangxia. Even if it's an alliance, it's impossible for Liu Bei to agree to your army passing casually in Jiangxia, right?!

And the other, and most critical question, Zhou Yu really can't think of which of the generals of the Jiangdong Army can do the real North Dao.

The matter of Jehokudo itself is very risky.

Sending people deep into the northern part of Nanjun to cut off Xiangyang's support for Gangneung means that this army will not have any support itself when it goes deep behind enemy lines and fights alone, and it has to rely on itself to face the threat of Cao's army from Xiangyang in the north and even Runan.

This requires the generals of this army to have very superb command ability and courage, and they need to make their own choices and judgments when facing the pressure of the Cao army, not only to complete the task of the North Road, but also to withstand the pressure of the Cao army's offensive and maintain their own combat effectiveness.

Anyway, Zhou Yu looked at the generals in Jiangdong, and it seemed that except for himself to go to the North Road, there was really no general who could complete such a task.

In addition, the North Road also needs to send troops, and the troops cannot be large, otherwise it will be inconvenient to move, but it cannot be less, and it is easy to be easily defeated by the enemy and unable to complete the task.

At the very least, there must be four or five thousand people to go to the North Road.

And Zhou Yu does not have enough troops on hand now, and it is barely enough to besiege Jiangling City, and he is a little too busy to divide his troops to go to the North Road.

With all the above considerations, Zhou Yu denied his idea of the North Road.

But it's different now, this plan of the Absolute North Road was proposed by Liu Beijun.

Liu Beijun has such conditions.

For the supply of grain and grass, Liu Beijun could transport it through Hanshui and send it to the northern part of Nanjun through Hanjin Pass.

Anyway, after Cao Cao's defeat in Chibi, there will be no water army, and the Han River is the world of the Jiangxia army.

Troops, Liu Beijun should have, and it is a bit of a waste just to guard Jiangxia, and to consume a little more Liu Bei's strength, Zhou Yu is also very happy to see it.

Isn't the general Liu Beijun related to Yu, this is a famous general recognized by Cao Cao.

Of course, the most important thing is that Liu Beijun went to the North Road, if it succeeded, it would be very beneficial for Zhou Yu to attack Jiangling, but if it failed. It was Liu Beijun who lost, not him Jiangdong.

Zhou Yu's thoughts flashed in an instant, and then he made a distressed look, and said to Liu Bei and Xu Shu, "What Mr. Xu said is reasonable, it's just . Hey, Yu is all over the Jiangdong generals, most of them are mediocre people, I am afraid that there is no one to undertake this great task! The matter of the North Road, don't say anything! ”

Liu Bei looked at Zhou Yu, and then looked at Xu Shu, I won't speak, just watch the two of you act.

Anyway, Xu Shu can't pit himself, the lord, so probability, now Xu Shu is designing to pit Zhou Yu.

But looking at Zhou Yu's appearance, it seems that he is quite willing to be cheated.

When Xu Shu saw Zhou Yu distressed, he frowned slightly, as if he didn't want to see his plan not being adopted, and said eagerly, "Don't worry." Since the governor thinks of borrowing generals, doesn't he hear of General Guan's prestige?! General Guan is a world-famous general, very good at guerrillas, and this is the case when the white horse beheaded Yan Liang. Why didn't the governor invite General Guan to come out and go to the north of the southern county?! ”

Zhou Yu had an epiphany, with a posture of "why didn't I think of it", and was about to speak, but he glanced at Liu Bei again and said, "That's it, this matter is extremely dangerous, General Guan is the younger brother of Liu Yuanjun, how can he be in danger for the matter of Jiangdong." ”

This was right, Liu Bei had to speak.

"Why did Governor Zhou say this, the two alliances, together to fight Cao, how can you and me?!"

Although I don't know what the two of you are doing in this play, what do you Zhou Yu say is "Jiangdong's matter", is it possible that you plan to capture Nanjun and annex Nanjun alone in the future? !

You must know that we are also contributing, not only sending troops and generals, but also helping you solve the camp outside Gangneung City.

Why, so soon, you have to turn your face and deny it?!

As soon as Liu Bei said this, Zhou Yu immediately confessed, and then said, "Since it is the righteousness of the alliance, then there is Lao Liu Envoy, send General Guan to lead the troops to the North Road, and on the day of success, General Guan should be the first to make the contribution!" ”

No, it doesn't matter if the first merit is the first merit or not, the key is what benefits the first merit gets?!

You can't let us work for you for free, can you?!

Of course, Zhou Yu also knew that it was impossible, so he said to Liu Bei, "If General Guan can really cut off the northern road and capture the southern counties in the future, the southeastern counties will belong to Xuande Gong, and the rest will be owned by Jiangdong, can you?!" ”

yes, that's what an ally should look like.

Nanjun is in the west of Jiangxia, and several counties in the southeast of Nanjun are just bordering Jingling, which can be regarded as expanding the territory.

As for a county-governed city or fortress like Jiangling, Liu Bei also knew that Jiangdong could not let go easily, and he would naturally not be disappointed if there was no hope.

Zhou Yu immediately finalized a verbal agreement with Liu Bei, and discussed the details of the dispatch with Liu Bei.

When it was time to discuss the deployment of troops, Xu Shu spoke again.

"The matter of the North Road should be sooner rather than later. When the two generals of Guan and Zhang return to the camp, we will leave the camp and set off, return to Jiangxia first, go up the Han River, and go to the north of Nanjun."

Zhou Yu heard that this was not good. I haven't borrowed it yet?!

There are no generals who are good at besieging cities, and even if they besiege the city, they can't besiege it even if they rely on their own soldiers and generals.

"Xuande Gong is not easy to come by, why do you have to leave so early?!" Zhou Yu hurriedly stopped and said.

It's okay for you to go, but leave Zhang Fei and the soldiers behind me!

"Jiangxia has few soldiers, and the elite are all here, if you don't withdraw your troops, how can you get the troops to go north?!" Xu Shu also sighed and explained to Zhou Yu.

We have few people, is it possible that you still want us to fight on two fronts?!

"That's the case," Zhou Yu thought for a moment and said, "Why don't you ask General Zhang Fei and Yuan Chang to lead 1,000 soldiers to stay, and Yu will transfer another 2,000 Jiangdong soldiers to go north to the north with General Guan?!" ”

Xu Shu was happy.

"But at the disposal of the Governor!"

Alright, that's it.

(End of chapter)