Chapter 344: Zhou Yu is out
Lü Meng's tough order made the Jiangdong generals dissatisfied.
But after all, it is a military order, and those who do not obey the military order will be beheaded according to military law, and they will not be able to say anything when they go back.
Therefore, even though they were dissatisfied, the Jiangdong generals did increase their attacks on the city wall, and once made the city wall of Jiangling City urgent.
Fortunately, Wang Ji has always been calm, and now after having reinforcements, he has always held a reserve of no less than 3,000 people, although he was very embarrassed by the Jiangdong Army when he was unprepared, but with the reserves in his hand, Wang Ji quickly stabilized the defensive line.
In the next five days, the Jiangdong Army and the Jiangling defenders entered a very tragic tug-of-war in the siege of the city, and both sides suffered heavy casualties.
The Jiangdong Army, whether it was the Chinese army or the army of the Jiangdong generals, began to rise in a straight line under the supervision of Lü Meng.
And the defenders in Jiangling City, although under the protection of the city wall, the number of casualties is not as large as that of the Jiangdong Army, but several generals, including Wang Ji, have already gone to the city wall to personally command the defense, and even in the end, even Guan Yinping had to lead his troops out of the city again and take on the heavy responsibility of burning the enemy's siege equipment.
But in general, the losses of the besieging side are indeed greater than those of the defending side. Wang Ji can still hold on, but Lu Meng can't hold it anymore.
In five days, more than 8,000 people were killed and wounded. Lu Meng can not care about this injury, but the generals in the army can't stand it anymore.
Of the more than 8,000 casualties, half of them were casualties of the generals' private troops, who can stand this?!
You must know that even high-ranking generals like Ding Feng and Zhu Huan are only five or six thousand soldiers, and some of the remaining small generals, some of whom can lead two or three thousand, are already very good treatment.
The loss of five or six hundred out of two or three thousand people was enough for these generals to feel distressed for several months.
In addition, it is not a loss of one person, everyone has losses, there are many people, and they get together to protest with Lu Meng, even if it is Lu Meng, it is a little unbearable.
Not to mention, this time it's not just Zhu Huan, Ding Feng and these people, even Lu Xun, who no longer speak out to help themselves, and Lu Meng has to bear the accusations of these people alone.
Even if Lu Meng was ready to send his head after the war, he was not lightly angered by these guys.
But as long as these people have half of their own determination to serve the country, why can't a Gangneung City be captured until now?
Similarly, these people also made Lu Meng have to sigh that as the old ministers who started their businesses together gradually died, the current Jiangdong generals no longer have the courage to sacrifice themselves for the country back then.
Lu Meng didn't know what to think, and in the face of the questioning of a group of Jiangdong generals, he neither responded nor expressed his position, but just sat quietly on the main seat and said nothing.
And this also made those generals mistakenly think that Lu Meng was weak-hearted, and the quarrel became even more serious.
And at this time.
"Are you so noisy, don't you know that military law is ruthless?!"
A shout rang out in the camp.
The generals turned back dissatisfied, wanting to see which innocent bastard was silent, and at the same time get out of the way.
Lu Meng was also surprised, there are still such reckless guys in these years, don't you know what it means to be angry?!
When I looked up, I saw someone coming. Immediately stood up and saluted.
Indeed, this one, I really don't need to know. He beat everyone in the account, and no one dared to fight back.
The first military person in Jiangdong, Zhou Yu and Zhou Gongjin, made their debut.
Zhou Yu's sudden arrival made everyone in the camp dare not quarrel anymore, everyone got up and bowed their hands, and then obeyed Zhou Yu's orders.
Zhou Yu squinted his eyes, glanced at everyone present, his face was gloomy, and he said again, "What are you still doing here, there is no official business to deal with in the army?!" Don't get off quickly!! ”
The generals immediately received the order and rushed out.
When the people who should leave were almost gone, Zhou Yu frowned, looked at Lu Meng with dissatisfaction, and said, "Ziming, you are a general in the army, you should know the weight of majesty and law, how to condone your subordinates to make noise, what kind of system should you become?!" ”
Lu Meng was suddenly embarrassed and didn't know how to answer.
Indeed, today's matter is his problem.
But.
"Metropolitan Governor Rong Bing" Lu Meng bowed down and said to Zhou Yu.
Zhou Yu interrupted Lu Meng's words and said, "Ziming, you are the governor of the lord himself, and you are the only one in the army who is the governor. ”
Well, that's what I said, but the question is who dares?!
Zhou Yu's status and status, it is normal for the younger generation to call "Zhou Gong", just like calling Zhang Zhao "Zhang Gong".
But Lu Meng is really embarrassed, he is the governor appointed by Sun Quan, but his governor refers to "the governor of Changsha and the two counties of Guiyang", not "the governor of Jiangdong Zhujun" like Zhou Yu.
Moreover, Lü Meng's governor is a temporary position, and Zhou Yu, although it was also temporary in the past, according to Sun Quan's meaning, it is obvious that this position should be regarded as Zhou Yu's exclusive official position.
Therefore, in order to distinguish the difference between the two on weekdays, although Lü Meng can also be called Lü Dudu, when it comes to "Dadudu", it must refer to Zhou Yu.
Lu Meng himself was used to it.
But if you ask Lu Meng to call Zhou Yu according to the words, then Lu Meng will not dare.
Yes, Lu Meng's qualifications in the army are indeed not low, especially after the veterans are old or die of illness, Lu Meng's qualifications can already rank in the top ten in the army.
But no matter from which point of view, Lu Meng didn't dare to compare himself with Zhou Yu in the same generation.
I think that back then, when Zhou Yu burned Chibi, lupine scarves, and was heroic, Lu Meng was only a general in the army, and his status was inferior to Jiang Qin, Chen Wu and others, but he was just a middle and lower-level military attaché.
In the past few years, the generals in Jiangdong have died of illness, and they are old, and no one dares to take a big head in front of Zhou Yu.
Therefore, Lu Meng could only vaguely ignore the problem of this title, and told Zhou Yu all the problems encountered by the Jiangdong Army now.
Even Lu Meng, in such a difficult time, subconsciously wanted to seek Zhou Yu's opinion, after all, this one, in the hearts of Jiangdong generals, his status was too high.
Lü Meng may be able to argue for his strategy in front of Sun Quan and Zhou Yu's different arguments, but it does not mean that there is any contradiction between Lü Meng and Zhou Yu, on the contrary, Lü Meng has also spent a long time under Zhou Yu and has great respect for Zhou Yu.
Now, Jiangdong may be facing a rather difficult situation again, unable to advance or retreat, Lu Meng also needs Zhou Yu to help him decide, what should he do?!
Zhou Yu came this time, in fact, for this matter.
Lü Meng's attack under Jiangling City did not go well, but in fact, he had already learned about Sun Quan in Jianye through the military newspaper.
Sun Quan, who was in Jianye, naturally also paid considerable attention to this sneak attack, so as soon as Sun Quan learned of the battle report, he would summon Zhang Zhao and Zhou Yu to discuss countermeasures.
When he learned that Lü Meng went north to attack Jiangling without capturing the public security, Zhou Yu was already a little worried, and when he heard that Lü Meng's attack under Jiangling City was frustrated, Zhou Yu finally couldn't help it.
This operation, because it was Lü Meng's strategy, and Lü Meng had been preparing for this strategy for several years, so in the end, only Lü Meng was the most suitable candidate to lead the troops.
Although Zhou Yu is the first person in the military, Zhou Yu's current identity does not want to compete with the Mesozoic to compete for this opportunity to make meritorious contributions, and secondly, Zhou Yu cannot move lightly until the critical moment.
But now, Lü Meng's strategy has completely failed.
Since Lu Meng failed to defeat the public security, his strategic sneak attack has turned into a strong attack, and in Zhou Yu's opinion, there is no way to achieve a surprising winning effect, and the whole plan has been completely reversed.
And at this time, Lü Meng was still staying under the city of Gangneung, trying to storm and capture Gangneung. Zhou Yu really can't rest assured.
Therefore, Zhou Yu repeatedly asked Sun Quan for orders and asked him to go to the front line in Jiangling.
First, in the name of Sun Quan, he went to the front line to reward the whole army and stimulate the morale of the sergeants.
The two can also look at the situation on the spot and make a judgment, so that Sun Quan can rest assured.
Sun Quan was originally worried about letting Zhou Yu go, because Zhou Yu's prestige in the army was too high, he went to the front-line barracks, did the soldiers and generals in the army listen to Lu Meng or Zhou Yu? !
Sun Quan knew that Zhou Yu's strategy and Lü Meng's strategy were different, but since Sun Quan chose Lü Meng's strategy, Sun Quan did not want to create any artificial trouble for Lü Meng to realize this strategy.
But. Sun Quan was indeed worried.
Because of the current situation, it is too different from the prospect that Lu Meng described to him.
According to Lu Meng's plan, at this time, not only the public security, but also the two counties of Wuling and Lingling should have been taken.
But now, none of these places have been taken, and even Wuling County can send troops to support the public security, and Xu Sheng is surrounded at the ferry and beaten wildly.
Sun Quan really couldn't rest assured, plus Zhou Yu's character has always been reliable, it is impossible to engage in infighting with Lu Meng in this kind of thing Sun Quan thought about it, and finally decided to let Zhou Yu go to see the situation on his behalf.
Of course, just to see the situation, Sun Quan did not authorize Zhou Yu to seize Lu Meng's military power, and Zhou Yu did not think of doing so, and even Lu Meng did not have such a consciousness at all.
And Zhou Yu, after listening to all of Lu Meng's narration, frowned and thought for a while, and decided. Let's see.
(End of chapter)