Of course, Lu Xun is one of the outstanding strategists and military strategists of this era, and his talent is really no less than anyone in the world, but he has not been recognized by the people of the world for the time being.

There is no way, in this time and space, there is a Zhou Yu who wants to die but just doesn't die, and the first military person in Eastern Wu will always be the majestic man.

However, this does not mean that Lu Xun will be worse than Zhou Yu in terms of ability.

Lu Xun in history, it can be said that the giant arm of the sky in the middle of Eastern Wu, it was precisely because he was guarding Jiangling that Cao Wei never dared to go south to Jiangling, and it was because he broke Cao Xiu in Shiting and beat Cao Xiu to a depressed end, which made Cao Wei temporarily give up taking the strategic initiative against Eastern Wu, and planned to concentrate on Shu Han first.

Although this is due to the fact that the pressure from Zhuge Liang is too great, there is also a reason why Cao Wei really can't take advantage of Dongwu.

And all this is because of Lu Xun.

But. One thing to say, there is no problem with Lu Xun's strategic ability and ability to lead troops, and he can indeed be called one of the top five in the world.

However, Lu Xun's thinking and habits of using troops also have a lot of problems.

At best, Lu Xun is more cautious in his use of troops and never takes unnecessary risks.

To put it mildly, Lu Xun used soldiers, that is, if he had a advantage, he would take advantage of it, and once he encountered trouble, he would rather retreat first to ensure his vested interests first.

At this point, in fact, Lu Xun and Zhang Xi in this time and space should have a common language.

It is difficult to say whether Lu Xun's style of using troops was due to his own personality, or was influenced by the strategy of "defending himself according to the river" of Eastern Wu at that time, but in short, if you carefully observe the several attacks on Xiangyang launched by Lu Xun during the period of guarding Jiangling, they basically ended in a tiger's tail.

As long as Lu Xun sensed the possibility of large-scale reinforcements from the Wei army, Lu Xun would never choose to fight hard locally in exchange for greater results.

Often at this time, Lu Xun would rather choose to withdraw his troops to maintain the existing situation, and then see if there are any other interests to be fought for.

The same is true of the current situation, after Lu Xun noticed the appearance of the Wei army in Yingyang in the northwest, he subconsciously considered whether the Yanzhou army of the Wei army had entered Runan and assisted in the defense of Runan.

To some extent, Lu Xun thinks it's not impossible.

Originally, Lu Xun was a little strange about Cao Xiu's double the number of troops, and after careful analysis, Lu Xun believed that it was very likely that Yingchuan County and Yanzhou near Runan County had already sent troops, otherwise, Cao Xiu would not have been able to gather 50,000 troops to attack Huainan anyway.

But the question is, if the Yanzhou army has really entered Runan in advance, then it is a bit difficult to say whether Cao Xiu will be used to devote all of it to the battle.

Runan is Cao Xiu's nest in the end, and it has been in business for almost ten years, even if it is speculated according to conventional ideas, even if he wants to send troops to Huainan, Cao Xiu will not fail to arrange the army left behind in Runan.

Depending on the size of Runan County and the location distribution of each county, the number of troops left behind may range from 5,000 to 20,000. It's all possible.

And now that the Wei army has appeared in Yingyang, the number is still about 3,000, which shows that Cao Xiu's left-behind troops are at least more than 5,000 people, and it is reasonable to estimate that it is at least more than 10,000 people.

Otherwise, how could there be so many Wei troops in Yingyang.

Moreover, the sudden appearance of this Wei army in Yingyang, not in other directions, couldn't help but make Lu Xun have to think more.

Yingyang is less than thirty miles northwest of Ruyin, and less than three days after he captured Ruyin County, the Wei army has already arrived in Yingyang, can it be said that in fact, his sneak attack, the Wei army has already been aware of it.

So will there be more troops gathered in Yingyang to pose a threat to their flanks?!

Or, these soldiers are Cao Xiu's followers, ready to take over his troops and horses to withdraw to Runan in the event of an unfavorable war?!

Lu Xun must figure out the possibility and make an appropriate response plan at the same time.

Therefore, Lu Xun did not inform Xu Sheng of the situation for the time being, on the contrary, he asked Zhu Yi to lead 5,000 troops to Yingyang for a tentative attack.

We have to figure out what the Wei army in Runan County will do next.

In fact, Lu Xun actually guessed half right, the Wei army in Yingyang was indeed led by Xu Zhen, and was ready to receive some of Cao Xiu's troops and horses that Cao Xiu had returned to Runan when the war was unfavorable.

But at this time, Xu Zhen actually did not receive the news that Cao Xiu was blocked in Dangtu County, and the reason why he led his troops to Yingyang was not that he noticed that Lu Xun had attacked Ruyin.

Things have to start after Cao Xiu led his troops to attack Runan.

Xu Zhen is the back hand left by Cao Xiu, and the position he stayed in at the beginning is naturally Shangcai, Cao Xiu's base camp.

Only here is it most convenient to assemble the troops of each county, and then go to the position of Cao Xiu.

However, in Shangcai, there is also Gao Tanglong, who was named "left behind" by Cao Xiu.

Theoretically speaking, Gao Tanglong's left-behind position is much higher than Xu Zhen's upcoming position, not to mention that Gao Tanglong is still Chen Liutai.

A county is too guarded, although it is nothing in front of Cao Xiu, but in front of Xu Zhen, a partial general, he is a high-ranking official.

Moreover, Gao Tanglong is a good official who is loyal to his duties.

Although Gao Tanglong also knew that Cao Xiu gave him the so-called "stay-behind" position, he was just taking care of his face, and he didn't expect him to do anything, but Gao Tanglong felt that since he had taken this position, he should do what this position should do.

Therefore, Gao Tanglong really replaced Cao Xiu and began to manage the daily work of Runan County.

Not only in government affairs, but also in military affairs, Gao Tanglong also asked unceremoniously.

Now that Cao Xiu is fighting abroad, although Gao Tanglong does not understand military affairs, he also knows the importance of logistics and grass, since he is left behind, he must help Cao Xiu deal with logistics support.

Of course, if Gao Tanglong just interfered in these things, Xu Zhen would not say much, after all, not only do these things need someone to deal with, but Gao Tanglong is really doing a good job.

It wasn't until Gao Tanglong ordered the counties of Runan to transfer some soldiers and horses to Shangcai to gather Xu Zhen and couldn't sit still.

What does this "left-behind" want to do?!

These soldiers and horses, but Cao Xiu left them to Xu Qian, and gathered them in case of unfavorable wars, and withdrew to Runan after Cao Xiu's important forces.

Now that he has been transferred out by Gao Tanglong, if Gao Tanglong orders these soldiers to do other things, and General Cao needs support, will he take the lead to answer General Cao?!

Therefore, Xu Zhen had to go to Gao Tanglong, hoping that Gao Tanglong would give him an explanation.

Gao Tanglong is actually very unhappy about this.

Xu Zhen is just a partial general, and it is his duty to arrange military affairs in the army, why did he still come to question what he was doing with the transfer of troops? !

This is not something you Xu Zhen should ask, and it is not within the scope of your Xu Zhen's duties.

is just a partial general, and he actually came to question the Taishou of a county, and at the same time, he was also the "left-behind" appointed by Cao Xiu himself? !

Of course, Gao Tanglong was very dissatisfied with this.

However, Gao Tanglong, although he is a literati, has the common problems of literati, and is more obsessed with etiquette and rules.

But Gao Tanglong is not a corrupt Confucian, he will not look down on martial artists if he has nothing to do, and he will not give others a chance to speak, but he asked clearly, what reason did Xu Zhen question him.

After learning that Xu Zhen had Cao Xiu's order and needed to support Cao Xiu at a critical moment, Gao Tanglong's dissatisfaction had disappeared for the most part.

In fact, the reason why Gao Tanglong transferred soldiers from various counties was actually because he had some worries about Cao Xiu.

But the problem is that Takashi Gao is also self-aware, he knows that he doesn't understand military affairs, and although he has worries, he can't say where the point of worry is. Therefore, Gao Tanglong felt that if he hadn't transferred the soldiers and horses first, in case there was really any accident, he wouldn't be in a hurry.

Hearing Gao Tanglong's explanation, Xu Zhen was also relieved.

Dare to love this left-behind nerd, not a nerd who can only read dead books, he can also think of the backhand left by General Cao.

But you can't do that!!

We don't have many soldiers left, and the purpose of distributing them in each county is, on the one hand, to guard the place, and on the other hand, to serve as a warning.

Now that you have suddenly concentrated some of your soldiers in Shangcai, there will really be an accident in the future, not to mention the emptiness of the garrisons in various places, and this little force alone is simply not enough to meet General Cao.

It's not a waste of effort, wasting food and grass.

When Xu Zhen said this, Gao Tanglong also felt that it made sense when he heard it, and it was really because he didn't understand military affairs, so he accidentally made a mistake.

Gao Tanglong, as a great Confucian, is still very stylish, right is right, wrong is wrong Since he is wrong, then admit it, and then he is willing to bow his head and ask Xu Zhen if he wants to send these soldiers back to the counties.

It's already been wrong once, and Gao Tanglong doesn't dare to make decisions blindly, so he asked Xu Qian.

Xu Qianxin said that it is thanks to you that you asked me, if you don't ask, it will be a big trouble.

Gao Tanglong probably transferred about 5,000 people to Shangcai.

It is not a big deal to send people to Shangcai to assemble, Gao Tanglong has this right, and the soldiers must also obey the military order.

But if you send someone over, but you don't do anything and put it back, the soldier may not say anything, but there will definitely be complaints in your heart.

It's really a tourist to march and fight, and it's not so pleasant to rush on the way with military orders.

As a result, when they arrived at the local assembly, they did not have any combat mission, and they asked the soldiers to go back. Isn't it fun to play back and forth?!

It seriously affects the morale of the army.

You can't just put it back, even if you just find something to do for the soldiers, you can't put it back right away.

Xu Zhen thought for a moment and gave Gao Tanglong an idea.

If it really didn't work, Gao Tanglong gave him an order, 3,000 people were drawn from the 5,000 soldiers, and Xu Zhen took these 3,000 soldiers to inspect the local defense of the counties in Runan, and the remaining 2,000 people, Gao Tanglong stayed in Shangcai, and mixed with the 3,000 soldiers that Shangcai already had to form a left-behind army of 5,000 people as a follow-up.

Although there is a suspicion of turning the left hand into the right hand by doing so, it is not enough to let the 5,000 transferred soldiers have nothing to do.

Moreover, this can be regarded as practicing General Cao's orders.

If there is no problem, and General Cao is fighting smoothly in the front, then these 3,000 people are transferred out to inspect the defense, and if General Cao really encounters any accidents, then Xu Zhen's 3,000 people can be prepared in advance even if they are the first receiving troops, and Gao Tanglong can also immediately use 5,000 left-behind soldiers as the second batch of support troops to quickly come to help.

After listening to Xu Zhen's suggestion, Gao Tanglong felt that this idea was really good, so he did it.

Then, Xu Zhen led the troops to inspect the counties, and just walked all the way down to Yingyang County.

Then, Xu Zhen learned the news of the loss of Ruyin.

(End of chapter)