Lu Meng asked Lu Xun for advice, but Lu Xun was really speechless.

Although he didn't speak, Lu Meng also knew what he actually meant. The current situation is not too good for Jiangdong.

Lu Meng could only let out a long sigh and asked again, "If you continue to storm Jiangling, the goal is to occupy Nanjun. Is it possible?! ”

As soon as Lu Xun heard Lu Meng say this, he immediately understood that Lu Meng was going to change his strategic purpose.

In the past, the purpose of Lü Meng's sneak attack on Jingzhou was to capture Nanjun as soon as possible, and then go north to cooperate with Cao Cao to attack Guan Yu on both sides, take advantage of the chaos to occupy Xiangyang, and lay an exit for Jiangbei to go out of the Central Plains.

But now, in the face of the current situation, Lu Meng now has no plan to go north to Xiangfan and attack Guan Yu with Cao Cao.

I only want to occupy Nanjun, encroach on the four counties of Jingnan, keep the defense line of the Yangtze River, and give Jiangdong the conditions to defend itself on the river.

If this is the case, Lü Meng can not consider the follow-up combat needs, do not need to preserve the combat strength of the soldiers, and storm Jiangling at any cost.

In fact, Lu Xun still doesn't agree with Lu Meng's approach.

The people of Liu Bei's group, up to Liu Bei and down to Zhangxi, can't they see the importance of Nanjun to Jingzhou? !

Or will they be so naïve to think that Jiangdong's desire for Jingzhou will stop at Nanjun?!

After all, now that the two families have turned their faces, if Jiangdong occupies Nanjun again, it will really sandwich Xiangfan between Cao Wei and Jiangdong's forces, and he may face the danger of being attacked from both sides at any time.

Therefore, Liu Bei will definitely not sit idly by and watch Nanjun be occupied by Jiangdong, and will definitely find a way to recapture Nanjun, so that the two families will inevitably fight to the death in Nanjun.

At that time, Cao Cao will probably happily regain Xiangfan, and then sit back and watch Sun Liu defeat both sides, and then easily send troops to occupy Nanjun.

According to Lu Xun's idea, it is better to go south now to conquer the public security, break the Wuling reinforcements brought by Xu Shu, and occupy Wuling.

As long as Wuling is occupied, then Lingling will not last long, and there is a high probability that he will choose to surrender.

At that time, he sent another envoy to sue for peace with Liu Bei and maintain the Sun-Liu alliance.

After all, compared to Nanjun, the losses of Wuling and Lingling, Liu Bei should be acceptable, after all, they have already laid down Xiangfan, and at the same time, Nanjun is still in Liu Bei's hands, and Nanjun is more important than the four counties of Jingnan combined.

And even if Liu Bei does not negotiate peace, the two sides start a war on the Yangtze River, and Jiangdong's chances of victory are also very high.

That's right, Lu Xun actually supported Zhu Huan's approach.

It's just that Zhu Huan is more for his own consideration, while Lu Xun thinks from Sun Quan's point of view, thinking that doing so is the answer to the least loss to Jiangdong in the current situation.

After all, if Gangneung was to be stormed, with the defense facilities of Gangneung Fortress, even if the Gangdong Army could occupy it, it would still have a lot of losses, and whether it could hold it after the occupation was still a problem.

If it can be defended, then it is okay, Jiangdong has an important town in Jiangbei as a guarantee, which has a very important barrier role in defending Jiangdong.

But if it can't be defended, whether Nanjun is occupied by Liu Bei or Cao Cao, for Jiangdong, it is equivalent to losing the combat strength of the soldiers in vain, and as a result, nothing is gained.

But if you choose to go south now and attack Wuling by a different route, it will be easy for the Jiangdong Army to sweep through the two counties of Jingnan with the current strength of 50,000.

This is Lu Xun's current thinking, very conservative, but also very pragmatic.

In fact, Lu Xun has always been such a person.

Historically, Lu Xun guarded Nanjun and attacked Xiangyang several times in the north, all of which were up to the point, and on the premise of ensuring that he had no major losses, he fought if he could, and withdrew if he couldn't.

Of course, there is a reason why Jiangdong has changed his strategic thinking and only wants to divide Jiangdong and defend himself, but it is also inseparable from Lu Xun's own concept of using troops.

And in this regard, Lu Meng is a little more radical, he thinks, if he is still sure, it is not impossible to gamble.

Although he did a lot of work before the war, whether it was to use the room or buy people's hearts, but if he really wanted to fight, what the battle would be, it was really hard to say.

It may be as smooth as it has been in history, but it may also be in the same dilemma as it is now.

Lu Xun understood the difference in the style of using troops between the two people, and at the same time, he also knew that the Jiangdong Army at this time was the most taboo to have different voices, so although Lu Xun did not agree with Lu Meng's strategic ideas, he did not intend to say it.

On the contrary, Lu Xun took the initiative to extend Lu Meng's train of thought, and after thinking about it for a while, he said, "If the governor wants to storm Jiangling, please send a general and go west to Yidu." First, cut off the troops of Yidu to help, and second, when they defend Jiangling in the future, Yidu can block the soldiers of Xichuan. Xiangfan is adjacent to Cao Jing in the north, Guan Yu will not dare to leave lightly, if there is no Yizhou troops to attack, then the south county will be safe. ”

When Lu Meng heard Lu Xun say this, he smiled and said to Lu Xun, "I want to be the same, I just want to get a good general, and I don't know if Boyan is willing to take on this heavy responsibility when I go to capture Yidu?!" ”

Lu Xun hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "Dare not serve your life." ”

Lü Meng was overjoyed, and immediately allocated 5,000 soldiers and horses to Lu Xun, so that Lu Xun could make some preparations and go west to attack Yidu.

After Lu Xun left the camp and went to prepare, Lu Meng breathed a sigh of relief.

Lu Xun's suggestion reassured Lu Meng a lot.

There are many generals in Lu Meng's camp, and it was not Lu Xun's turn to capture Yidu, a person with little experience in leading troops.

But Lu Meng is really not at ease.

Let these generals attack Yidu, Lu Meng is really afraid that they will grind foreign workers, after all, in their opinion, what Jiangling City, what Nanjun, does not matter at all.

People with a little vision will ask themselves to go south to attack Wuling and Lingling, and defend themselves according to the Yangtze River.

People who have no vision want to withdraw directly, anyway, don't let yourself have large-scale losses.

Only Lu Xun is thinking along his own lines of thought and strategic goals.

Of course, there is also a key problem, that is, Lu Xun guarded Lukou on behalf of him this time and was responsible for transporting grain, he did not bring the Lu family's private soldiers, and the soldiers who went to attack Yidu were also sent to him by himself, and he had no reason to grind foreign workers because he didn't want to lose too much.

As for Jiangling Lu Meng, he decided to wait three days later, after a large amount of grain and grass supplies arrived, he began to attack.

Now, it's important to build siege engines first.

That hateful sneak attacker, not counting the burning of the granary, burned all the siege equipment that was built with great difficulty a few days ago, and now it must be rebuilt.

Lü Meng was busy preparing for the siege, and in Yicheng, four hundred miles away, the Xiangyang reinforcements led by Zhou Tai had already left here and set off for Dangyang County.

Zhou Tai is actually quite depressed.

As a county commander, after he was recruited into the army by Zhang Xi, he only played a role when he was in the middle of the attack, and after that, there was basically no chance to perform.

Stationed in Yicheng to meet him, Zhou Tai also once fantasized about whether Hu Xiu and Lu Chang would go out of the city to attack him.

After all, there were more than 20,000 soldiers in Xiangyang City at that time, and the troops stationed in his city were only 3,000.

But these two cowards, until Guan Junhou flooded the Seventh Army, did not have the courage to go out of the city to fight, let alone take a step in the direction of Nanjun.

Please, you two have 20,000 people in your hands, even if you split half of them to attack, don't you have the courage to do this?!

Seriously, Zhou Tai despised Hu Xiu and Lu Chang very much.

After that, Guan Junhou attacked Xiangyang, Xiangyang surrendered, and Zhou Tai had no need to continue to garrison in Yicheng, and he was called to Xiangyang City by Guan Junhou to be responsible for the reorganization of the surrendered troops.

Well, this is also a job, and it is just as good as it is done Zhou Tai knows that he is from a poor family, so he doesn't care too much, and having work to do is better than being put in Yicheng and idle.

But this job didn't last long, Guan Junhou suddenly asked himself to send Yu Ban, who surrendered in the Battle of Xiangfan, to Nanjun for resettlement, and then let himself transfer 10,000 people from Nanjun back to Xiangyang.

Sending Yu Ban to Nanjun is an errand job, it is not difficult at all, you can find someone to do it with the table.

However, leading 10,000 troops back to Xiangyang is a rare opportunity and challenge for Zhoutai.

The state has not yet led 10,000 soldiers.

Although this time I was just rushing to Xiangyang and not commanding the battle, it was also a rare opportunity for me to exercise.

Don't think it's easy to travel with 10,000 people, really, the average inexperienced person can't do it at all.

If there are many people, there will be many things, and it will be troublesome to manage, not to mention that you have to be responsible for the eating, drinking, and Lazar of these soldiers during the march, when to set up camp, when to set off from the camp, what to do about paying attention to fire prevention at night, how to arrange patrol posts, how long to march when the weather is fine, where to set up camp when it is raining, how to motivate soldiers when they are demoralized, how to punish soldiers who do not listen to commands and act blindly, what to do if soldiers are sick, what to do if they encounter water and soil disadaptation, and what to do if there is a plague in the army. Wait a minute.

Don't say leave things to your subordinates, you have to know that almost 100% of the middle and low-level non-commissioned officers and junior colonels in these years are illiterate, and most of the reason why these people can be promoted to a small leader is because of their courage in battle, not because of good management.

If you are lucky enough to meet a chief official who is willing to mention something, the little colonel may still know a little bit of the skill of managing people, but if no one mentions it, these people will only follow what they did before, and now they will ask their subordinates to do it.

But in a unit, everyone's situation is different, so when you encounter specific problems, the way to deal with them will not be the same, and you expect a group of illiterate people from the bottom to help you cooperate with the commander of the army, you really want to be blind.

So ah ah off topic, modern people really want to travel back to ancient times, and just leading soldiers can make many people be eliminated directly.

It's okay to be a civil official and brag about it, as long as you lead the troops, there are few people who don't make trouble.

Okay, let's pull the topic back again, pull back to the state of Tai. This time, he led 10,000 troops to march from Jiangling to Xiangyang, although he was just running errands, but Zhou Tai felt that his training was still very great.

But it's not good at all. Although this thing is also considered a military operation, it is not a particularly meritorious act.

Although I have gained experience, I am not qualified for promotion.

Well, now your chance has come.

Guan Junhou suddenly ordered Zhou Tai to lead 10,000 troops to rescue the hard-fought Jiangling City as soon as possible, not only on the march this time, but also on the rescue mission.

The merits of the Great War are waiting for Zhou Tai to obtain.

(End of chapter)