Lu Meng returned to the army to rescue grain and grass, that is just an attitude.

The fire has been burning for more than half an hour, and everything that should be burned and what shouldn't be burned is almost burned, and the grain and grass can be rescued, which is a strange thing.

In fact, it is just an excuse to withdraw from the army without damaging morale as much as possible.

After temporarily retiring and returning to the camp, Lü Meng finally got the actual loss of grain and grass in his army. The grain and grass hoarded by the rear army were basically burned out, and there was only a small granary, which was fortunately preserved because it was built far away.

But even if 30,000 people save the grain and grass in it, it will only be enough to eat for two days.

Now the only thing that Lu Meng is happy about is that because he was preparing for a decisive battle with the Jiangling defenders, before the battle, Lu Meng allocated a batch of grain and grass to the soldiers of each battalion.

This adds up to about five or six days.

However, the Jiangdong Army's logistical grain transportation fleet carries out grain supply every 15 days, and now it is about eight or nine days away from the next grain transportation and supply time.

In other words, there is a gap period of about three or four days for grain and grass.

A conservative estimate is four days, and an optimistic estimate is about three days of food shortage.

However, Lu Meng is not worried about this.

Lu Meng is not only the army of soldiers and horses, but also the 20,000 troops of the Sun brothers on the Jiangxia side, as well as their supply line.

Although I don't know why these two have not yet arrived in Jiangling, even if they encounter some trouble on the way, in five or six days, the Sun brothers should be able to reach Jiangling City, and at that time, it should not be a problem to borrow three or four days of military rations to come over for emergencies.

Lu Meng is explaining to the generals in the camp like this, so that the generals in the camp can be relieved and continue to fight with peace of mind Sun Huan sent someone to report, saying that he encountered Liu Bei's army robbing grain halfway, and now he is waiting for the follow-up grain and grass to arrive, and it is difficult to reach Jiangling City for a while.

By the way, I also asked Governor Lu if he could support a little grain and grass, not too much, enough for the 20,000 army to eat for a day or two.

After reading Sun Huan's letter, Lu Meng almost didn't catch his breath.

Give you a day or two of food and grass, and my army of 30,000 will soon be hungry.

How did this Sun Huan do it, Liu Beijun, who has less than 1,000 people, was able to rob more than 20,000 of your grain and grass and burn a third of it?!

And you two brothers, who have dragged on until now, are still camping thirty miles outside of Gangneung City?!

If you come two days early, this Gangneung Castle can be captured, do you know?!

Lu Meng really felt depressed, very depressed and uncomfortable.

But he couldn't say anything.

Sun Huan managed to keep two-thirds of the grain and grass, but he Lu Meng was burned and there were only two days of grain and grass reserves left.

Besides, what can you do if your surname is Sun?!

What's even worse is that many of the generals in the battalion have already persuaded Lu Meng, saying that this time the food and grass are not enough, so if it can't be done, they should withdraw first, and wait for the next opportunity to attack Jingzhou again.

Except for Ding Feng, Zhu Huan and other more sober-minded generals did not speak, and even Quan Cong joined the ranks of persuading the troops to retreat.

After all, in this battle, the losses of most of the Jiangdong generals added up, and the losses of Quan Cong alone were not as large as the casualties of nearly 2,000 people, which was already a loss for Quan Cong.

These people want to withdraw from the army because they don't want to continue to suffer losses, but Lu Meng sometimes really doesn't understand how these people's brains grow.

Now that we are sneaking into Jingzhou, we have completely turned our faces with Liu Bei.

Now that the army has withdrawn, not an inch of land has been taken, and the results of empty food and grass work are considered light, and when Liu Bei frees up his hands, aren't you afraid that he will come to the door? !

Oh, these people may really not be afraid, after all, their core interests are in Jiangdong, although Guan Yu has trained a working water army, but it is not so easy to defeat Jiangdong's water army on the Yangtze River.

But don't forget, Liu Bei still has Wuling and Lingling counties in hand, people don't take the waterway, they attack Changsha and Guiyang by land, and then enter Jiangdong from Yuzhang County, what do you use to resist?!

The two are no longer allies, you don't naively think that with Liu Bei's strength now, he will still make concessions to Jiangdong, right?!

Those who can't withdraw from the army, after this dispatch, really can't just quit the army.

But Lu Meng hadn't figured out how to persuade the camps to continue to insist, so Zhu Huan spoke for him first.

"Gentlemen, now that I have turned my face with Liu Bei, I haven't made an inch, so I retreat like this, how can I substitute for the main bus?!" Zhu Huan said to the generals in the camp.

Lu Meng calmed down a little, and not all Jiangdong generals were thinking about the one-third of an acre of land in their hearts.

But.

Zhu Huan turned around, arched his hand at Lu Meng, and said, "It's just that now the supply of grain and grass in our army is inconvenient, and the two generals Sun Huan and Sun Yu have no surplus grain and grass. After the grain, grass and ordnance are in place, whether the governor will go north to attack Jiangling again, or go south to break through the public security and take the two counties of Wuling Lingling, it is all in the governor's thoughts, so wouldn't it be the best of both worlds? ! ”

On the surface, Zhu Huan did come up with a good idea.

The current Lu Mengjun has only three or four days' grain and grass difference.

Since this is the case, then take the initiative to shorten this distance of transporting grain, retreat to the Xu Sheng camp outside the public security city, approach the Yangtze River ferry, and receive supplies on the spot.

First, it can shorten the time of supply, and second, even if there is any accident in the supply, it should be possible to rely on the grain and grass in Xu Sheng's hands to support the consumption of grain and grass for a few days of the 30,000 army.

But now, Lu Meng felt that his head was buzzing and hurting, and he couldn't hold back the anger in his heart.

This Zhu Huan came up with a good idea on the surface, and said that he could advance and retreat freely, but in fact, once Lu Meng retreated, it was basically impossible to capture Jiangling and occupy Nanjun.

This time it was a sneak attack on Jingzhou, and the biggest advantage of the strategy was a surprise, occupying Nanjun before Guan Yu and Zhang Xi failed to return to the defense in time, so that Guan Yu and Zhang Xi could be blocked in Xiangfan, and with Cao Cao's offensive, they attacked from both sides.

If you are unlucky, it is also Guan Yu and Zhang Xi who fled in defeat, and if you are lucky, it is not impossible for Jiangdong to occupy Xiangfan.

But if you retreat to the south of the Yangtze River, not to mention that it will create time for Guan Yu and Zhang Xi to come back to help, let's just say that if you retreat like this, the morale of the soldiers will be greatly affected, and even if you enter Jiangling City again, it will be difficult to capture this fortified city again.

Without the support of his main army, the 20,000 partial divisions led by Sun Huan and Sun Yu would not be able to make any waves, and in the end they could only retreat to Jiangxia to protect themselves.

Therefore, Zhu Huan let himself retreat to the Jiangnan Public Security and joined Xu Sheng to attack the Public Security Wenpin, in fact, the real strategic purpose was to make Lu Meng give up attacking Nanjun, use the Public Security as a springboard, and cooperate with the Jiangdong Army in Changsha and Guiyang to capture Wuling and Lingling, all based on Jingnan.

Aren't you worried that this expedition will be wasted in vain?!

After laying down Wuling and Lingling County, it is not considered to be a wasted effort, no matter what, it is also to expand the territory, and everyone is not ashamed after going back.

Moreover, as long as the two families of Wuling and Lingling are defeated, all of them are based on Jingnan, it is equivalent to blocking the route of Liu Bei's army to attack Jiangdong by land, so if Liu Bei wants to retaliate, he must use the water army to win the battle against the water army, who is Jiangdong afraid of? !

This is the real purpose of Zhu Huan's proposal.

In the final analysis, Zhu Huan is just thinking about his family's core interests in Jiangdong, but this person's strategic vision is better than others, and he can come up with a strategy that allows Lu Meng to step down, which is acceptable to everyone, and at the same time is more secure.

One thing to say, Zhu Huan's suggestion is actually good, after all, the defensive forces of Wuling and Lingling counties are insufficient, and there are civil strife, and the only trouble is the civil recruitment of the public security.

But the reason why the police were not attacked before was to seize time to attack Gangneung, and it was not that they could not be defeated.

Now, as long as the food and grass are in place, more than 30,000 people will attack the city garrisoned by thousands of people, no matter how great his ability is, he will not be able to last long.

And once Jiangdong captures the public security, it is equivalent to sealing the Wuling and Lingling armies in Jingnan, and you can eat them whenever you want.

Even Lu Meng has to admit that Zhu Huan's suggestion is a good suggestion.

But. Lu Meng was unwilling.

Although he Lu Meng does not have such great ambitions, and his strategic vision may not be as good as Zhou Yu and Lu Su, he is at least much stronger than Zhu Huan and others.

If you don't occupy Jingzhou, or in other words, the bottom line of taking a step back, if you don't occupy Nanjun, then the Yangtze River defense line is tantamount to sharing with the enemy.

In this way, Jiangdong will always be beaten out of a passive situation, even if he wants to defend himself according to the river, there will eventually be a day when he can't hold it.

Yes, the current Jiangdong is invincible in water warfare.

But what about the future?!

Wait until one day, whether it is Cao Cao or Liu Bei, they have trained an excellent naval army, once they defeat the Jiangdong naval army on the Yangtze River, with the geographical location of Jiangdong, is there still a dangerous place to defend? !

Therefore, whether it is to march into the north of the Yangtze River, go north to fight for the world, or to defend the Yangtze River defense line and defend itself according to the river, Nanjun must be taken.

On the contrary, none of the generals in Jiangdong could see clearly, and they still took care of their own interests and persuaded themselves to withdraw from the army. Lu Meng's heart was so boring.

When Jianye was established, although Zhou Yu also opposed his own troops to attack Jingzhou, he was justified, but his route was different, and his thoughts about Jingzhou were the same.

But now these Jiangdong generals. Lu Meng really felt tired.

Relying on these people, Jiangdong will belong to others sooner or later, so he, Lu Meng, will definitely not allow this result to happen.

He is deeply favored by the lord Sun Quan, and it doesn't matter if he has no chance to repay it in this life, now that he has the opportunity, Lu Meng will definitely not let go of this opportunity.

Even if he dies under this Gangneung City, he must not retreat.

Therefore, Lu Meng ignored the noisy Jiangdong Army generals around him and made a decision against public opinion.

Xu Sheng was ordered to lead 5,000 troops to continue to besiege Gong'an City to guard against Wenpin, and another 3,000 people to escort part of the grain and grass to the north to support the Jiangbei camp.

Ordered Sun Yu and Sun Huan to besiege the east and north gates of Jiangling City, temporarily hold their troops still, and build siege equipment.

Ordered Lu Xun, the general of Lukou, to increase the frequency of grain and grass transportation, and at the same time lead the water army to protect the Yangtze River grain road.

After a new round of supplies from his side arrived, he began to attack the city with all his might.

(End of chapter)