Under Jiangling City, Zhou Yu looked at the map in the military tent at a loss and didn't say a word.

The time has come to the beginning of July, and it has been two months since Soochow officially launched its strategy of attacking Jingzhou.

But Zhou Yu's mood is still not very peaceful.

The offensive had been launched for two months, from early summer to early autumn, and the siege had been going on for a month, but it had not made much progress.

The 100,000-strong army has now lost nearly 10,000 people, but it has not even had the opportunity to climb to the head of Jiangling City A few times I knew that Zhang Xi was difficult, but I didn't expect Zhang Xi to be so difficult.

As time passed, the longer the war lasted, the more unfavorable it was to the Soochow army.

The first unfavorable factor is the supply of grain and grass for these hundreds of thousands of troops.

More than 100,000 people, a day of people eating horses and chewing is not a small number, plus long-distance transportation, whether it is from Jingnan to transport grain and grass, or through the Yangtze River waterway from Jiangdong to transport grain and grass, the number of people who need to be collected is not a small number.

No matter how big the Eastern Wu family is, the pressure is still great to maintain an army of more than 100,000 troops.

If we continue to consume like this and cannot make enough progress, then the pressure of logistics alone will be able to drag down the Soochow army.

The second unfavorable factor is the reinforcements that may appear at any time on the side of the Shu army.

On the Xiangyang side, he had already seen through his suspicious tactics and pulled out a hand to go south to support.

Although he responded in time and sent Quan Cong to intercept it halfway, whether he could stop it, in fact, Zhou Yu was not sure.

This is only the reinforcements from Xiangyang, and if you count the reinforcements from Shudiba County, it is also a big problem.

Although Zhu Ran's navy was responsible for intercepting it halfway, if the Shu army of Ba County did not take the water route, but set off by land, crossed those rugged and difficult mountain roads, and took Yidu County to help, Zhu Ran's navy would be lonely.

Therefore, now Zhou Yu is also thinking about whether to divide the troops and let Lu Xun lead 10,000 soldiers to attack Yidu County first and intercept the possible reinforcements from Shudi?!

Of course, the most important unfavorable factor is that no matter how the Jiangling City in front of you intercepts the reinforcements of the Shu army, if you can't capture the Jiangling City in front of you, everything will be in vain.

But. Whether it's the battle of the bed crossbow or the ant siege of the attrition, there is still no good way to take Gangneung.

And Zhang Xi, the bastard, is stuck in Jiangling City and doesn't come out, he just doesn't divide his troops to attack, and he makes up his mind to fight with you. Zhou Yu also took Zhang Xi without a rut.

As for other siege methods, such as water attack. In fact, Sun Sheng once proposed.

Jiangling City is close to the Yangtze River, and it is not impossible to divert the water of the Yangtze River and irrigate Jiangling City.

But this suggestion, not to mention Zhou Yu, Lu Xun and others, even Zhuge Ke, all rolled their eyes directly and sneered at Sun Sheng.

Please, we are hoarding heavy troops in the south to besiege Gangneung City, and the terrain of Gangneung City is high in the north and low in the south, digging the Yangtze River water, flooding Gangneung City, will it flood the enemy army or ourselves!!

Can't you have some brains with a meter? This is Zhuge Ke's original words, and he almost didn't make Sun Sheng angry.

No matter what Sun Sheng says, he is also a general of the Sun clan, and he is a veteran who has been in the army for more than ten years.

But Sun Sheng couldn't say anything, not because he thought that his strategy was inferior to others, mainly because Zhuge Ke was not only Zhuge Jin's son, but he also had a good relationship with the crown prince Sun Deng.

This is a member of the princelings, no matter how Sun Sheng is, he can't offend the prince, right?

As a clan general, Sun Sheng knew what the reason why he could lead an army alone now, so he could only swallow this breath stiffly.

Similarly, it can be seen that Zhuge Ke at this time is so arrogant and domineering, Zhou Yu sees it in his eyes, but there is always a trace of yin in his heart.

The next generation of Soochow, no matter which one they are, doesn't look very reliable.

But in any case, Zhuge Ke can see this, which shows that he is not the kind of person who is brave and unscrupulous, but this character and temper are somewhat of a problem Zhou Yu still reprimanded Zhuge Ke, and at the same time appeased Sun Sheng.

This is actually wiping Zhuge Ke's buttocks, but Zhuge Ke doesn't seem to appreciate it very much, and after the military discussion, he returned to his East Gate Defense Area overnight.

Zhou Yu didn't know what to say.

Regardless of that junior, the most important thing now is to think about how to capture Gangneung. Zhou Yu continued to think about a strategy to break the enemy, but after that, he was disturbed by an urgent military report, and his whole heart was disturbed.

The military newspaper was sent by Lu Dai of the Public Security City, and this military newspaper has become the biggest variable in the battle of Jiangling.

And it is a variable that Zhou Yu and Zhang Xi did not expect.

Wuling County was attacked by the Shu army.

Zhou Yu really couldn't understand that the current Wuling County was in the rear, and what means did the Shu army use to sneak attack Wuling County from the sky and the sea.

And this point, Lu Dai explained in the battle report. This matter has something to do with Lu Dai.

The person who attacked Wuling County was none other than Shi Bao.

At the beginning, Shi Bao led less than 3,000 soldiers and horses, broke through from the west gate of Lingyang County, and drilled into the mountains of Wuling County.

At that time, Lu Dai's judgment was that Shi Bao was either lost in the mountains of Wuling County, or he was betrayed by Wuxi Man in Wuling County, and cut off his head to find Dawu to reward Lu Dai He really didn't expect that Shi Bao was actually in the mountains of Wuling County and made such a big move.

In fact, at the beginning, Shi Bao never thought that he would have one day to return to Wuling County.

Shibao's original intention was to take advantage of the territory of Wuxi Man, make a detour to the temporary ferry on the bank of the Yidu County River, and withdraw to Jiangling. But when Shi Bao arrived at the territory of Wuxi Man, he found that things seemed to be a little different from what he thought.

First of all, the leaders of several tribes in Wuxi Man have a very good attitude towards themselves.

In essence, Shi Bao was defeated and fled to Wuxi Man's territory, so Shi Bao still has a certain vigilance against Wuxi Man. What kind of virtue is the alien race in these years, it is impossible for Shibud not to know.

Shi Bud didn't want to be cut off in his sleep.

Therefore, at the beginning, Shibud was still cautious. But he couldn't stand it, several Wuxi barbarian tribes in a row were very friendly to him Shibud.

Shi Bao's original intention was just to borrow the way, so he didn't ask Wuxi Man too much, and dealt well with several leaders of Wuxi Man, and the purpose was just to hope that they could provide a few guides to lead him out of the mountains of Wuling County.

But who knows, these Wuxi barbarians not only enthusiastically provided guides, but also gave a batch of grain and grass to Shibao.

The most terrible thing is that the Wuxi barbarians are still trying to see when the Han army will be able to kill back to Wuling County. They will definitely welcome the king.

What the hell is this, all the aliens in these years are so obedient to the king?!

Shi Bud began to pay attention at that time, trying to find out the reason for the attitude of the alien race.

Originally, Shi Bud thought that he needed some intrigue to learn the truth about what they really did from Wuxi Man's mouth, but Shi Bao asked a little, up to the leader of the Wuxi Man tribe, down to the ordinary people of Wuxi Man, all of them poured beans in bamboo tubes, and said it all.

In fact, in the early years, Wuxi Man was indeed quite unruly, and it has always been an unstable factor in Wuling and Lingling counties.

Including when Liu Bei had just conquered the four counties of Jingnan, Wuxi Man also had this attitude.

After all, Wuling County is mountainous, and life in the mountains is really not easy, and now that the Han people have come, they want to restore the rule here, let Wuxi Man bear all kinds of taxes, and loot the last bit of grain in Wuxi Man's hands. Who can do this!?

Therefore, at the beginning, Wuxi Man was also hostile to the rule of the Han Dynasty.

However, he couldn't stand the people who implemented government affairs in the four counties of Jingnan at the beginning, called Zhuge Liang, and he couldn't stand the people who later guarded Wuling County, one was called Xu Shu and the other was called Xi Hong.

Xu Shu's own government affairs ability is not bad, and he almost completely follows Zhuge Liang's governance strategy, so he hasn't changed at all.

And Xi Hong himself is very popular in Wuximan, almost most of the leaders of the Wuxi Barbarian tribe have a relationship with Xi Hong, and the nominal barbarian king Shamoke and Xi Hong at that time have a good relationship.

Under the governance of the two, in fact, Wuxi Man's life is not bad, at least there is no need to worry that he will not survive in winter, and he does not have to worry about going out of the mountains to trade, and he will be oppressed by the Han people.

It's just that after years of oppression and exploitation, although Wuxi Man feels that the current Han government is okay, he still doesn't dare to have enough trust in the Han government.

Coupled with the entanglement of the private interests of the chiefs and elders of the various tribes of Wuximan, the relationship between Wuxi and the Han government has always been maintained.

Sometimes they will help the Han people because of some costs, but sometimes they can't survive in the mountains, and they will still go out of the mountains to rob the Han people, seeking the possibility of survival.

All of this is slowly developing like this. The Wu people who went all the way to the east occupied Wuling County.

Soochow's attitude towards foreign races can basically refer to Shanyue's fate, that is, a Dingkou and a military source base, and it is the kind that is thrown away when it runs out.

It doesn't matter if you can live in Wuxi Man, as long as you go out of the mountains to farm for Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu doesn't care about the rest.

It was not until this time that the leaders of the various tribes of Wuxi Man understood that the good Wu people of the Han Dynasty did not treat them as people.

If at this time, there is a nominal leader like Shamoke in Wuximan, then Wuxi Man does not have to suffer this crime, Shamoke has died of illness five years ago, and now Wuxi Man, because of various power struggles, disobey each other, make a lot of trouble, and cannot unite at all.

After several years, after the rule of Wuling County by Eastern Wu, Wuxi Man's dissatisfaction has accumulated more and more, and inevitably, there will naturally be many tribes who feel that in fact, it is not unacceptable to let the Han government rule Wuling.

And this, that's why, after Shi Bao led his troops into the Wuling Mountains, there would be a reason why the Wuxi Barbarian tribe would welcome them, and they thought that this was the Han Dynasty government fighting back.

After figuring this out, Shi Bao was keenly aware that the opportunity for his contribution to the marquis seemed to have come!!

(End of chapter)