Shi Bao was not stupid, and used 800 soldiers to attack a city guarded by 3,000 men, but it was just a surprise idea.

When he was just defrauding the door, Shi Bud noticed that the guards on the city tower were very hesitant, and the military order issued was to let him go to the south gate to rest. In other words, the defenders of Wuling County cannot immediately conclude that their "defeated army" is fake.

In this way, there must not be much preparation in the city, and a sudden attack may have a surprise effect, and if the defenders deal with the mistake again, it is not impossible to storm the city.

Seriously, if Shi Bao's opponent is Lu Ju, this thing may really be possible. But unfortunately, Shi Bao's opponent this time is Lu Kai.

The reason why Lu Kai arrived at the city tower late was that he went to each gate to arrange defense.

Originally, Lu Kai was only out of prudence, just in case, but now, this trick was really used just in case.

Shi Bao's sudden attack on the city really caught Lu Ju off guard, and Lu Ju was indeed a little out of order.

But Lu Kai, who was beside Lu Ju, gave the order to defend the city at the first time, and promptly ordered the soldiers on the city tower to shoot arrows to block Shibao's sneak attack, but the effect was not good.

After paying the price of more than 100 casualties, Shi Bao knew very well that it was impossible for him to take advantage of the sudden attack to capture the city.

At that moment, Shi Bao did not hesitate, and directly ordered the troops to retreat, using the cover of night to retreat, waiting for his follow-up soldiers and horses to arrive.

At this time, Lu Ju was already scared and his back was wet. If it weren't for Lu Kai's reminder, I would probably lose Wuling County now.

Wuling County is lost, no matter whether Lu Ju can escape or not, what awaits him is bound to be a dead end. Not to mention the Supreme, even if it is the level of the great general, he can't pass it.

Lu Yi was really frightened and a little frightened, and at the same time he was very grateful to Lu Kai.

"If it weren't for the words of respect, I would have made a big mistake!!"

Lu Ju said as he thanked Lu Kai for saluting.

According to this person, Lu is indeed a little less capable, at most he should be a peacetime taishou and govern the place.

But Lu Ju also has an advantage - he is self-aware and has a good heart.

Being self-aware means that he will not be self-righteous and willing to listen to the advice of some people.

Open-mindedness means that Lu Ju will not put on a score for the sake of face.

Therefore, after saluting and thanking Lu Kai, Lu Yi said directly to Lu Kai, "According to the lack of military strategy, it may be difficult to take on the task of defending the city." This time, I resist the enemy, I am willing to entrust my life to Jingfeng, and please don't shirk Jingfeng! ”

To put it simply, Lu chose to delegate power and handed over the command of the entire offensive and defensive battle in Wuling County to Lu Kai, and let Lu Kai command the battle.

To a certain extent, Lu Yi made the most correct decision at this time.

And Lu Kai, Lu Kai didn't have a choice, he could only bite the bullet.

In fact, Lu Kai's military strategy level is actually not too high. At least compared with his uncle Lu Xun, it is not half a star worse.

Lu Kai's strengths, in fact, are the same as Lu Yi, he is also governing the place, and he has only read some military books and studied a little in terms of military strategy, plus he has a flexible thinking, so he is really not very good at it.

But now in this Wuling County, in addition to Lu Yi, Lu Kai is Lu Kai. Lu Kai's military strategy ability is always much stronger than Lu Yi's.

Now that Lu is in power, if Lu Kai resigns, this Wuling County will not have to be defended, and he will surrender to Shu Han directly, and maybe he can continue to make a half-official position.

Therefore, Lu Kai could only bite the bullet, take over the command, and fight the offensive and defensive battle of Wuling with Shi Bao.

And this fight, Lu Kai actually fought well.

It's not that Lu Kai's military strategy is stronger than he thinks, even to the point where he can be on an equal footing with Shi Bao.

The fundamental reason why it can be fought like this is that the army led by Shi Bao is too mixed and has too many restrictions.

If it were replaced by ordinary county soldiers, Shi Bao would attack the city of 3,000 people with 10,000 people, although he might not be able to break the city immediately, but he would definitely have an overall advantage and attack the defenders of Wuling County who were pressed by Lu Kai.

But it's a pity that only more than 2,000 people in Shi Bao's hands are the original county soldiers, and the remaining seven or eight thousand people are barbarian soldiers borrowed from Wuximan.

These brutes, you let them fight in the field, or in the mountains, their combat effectiveness is not weak, but you let them fight siege warfare. That efficiency, really, Shi Bao is miserable to see.

In addition, Shi Bao's dispatch of troops this time is to borrow troops to attack, he is fighting a speed and sneak attack, the logistics supply is insufficient, and there is no time to slowly besiege the city, if you want to build siege equipment to attack the city, Shi Bao will most likely be surrounded by the large army of the Eastern Wu Army that has returned.

Therefore, Shibao's strong attack is the simplest ant-attached siege city, he is gambling, betting that there are not enough troops in Wuling City, or in the face of sudden army pressure, it will cause the morale of the Eastern Wu army to be low and have no intention of defending the city.

But these. And it didn't show up.

Lu Kai's military strategy ability is indeed inferior to Shi Bao, and he has his own shortcomings in leading the army in terms of experience and strategy, but Lu Kai can still do this kind of thing to appease the soldiers and boost the morale of the army.

There is plenty of food and grass in Wuling City, and the city defense is also quite intact, except for the lack of troops, there are basically no weaknesses.

In response to the problem of insufficient troops, Lu Kai can also solve it. He told the soldiers guarding the city that as long as they held on for five or six days, reinforcements from the public security and other places would come, and if they could hold on for ten days, I was afraid that even the general would return to the army to save them.

At that time, it will not be that our troops are insufficient, but that the Shu army outside the city will flee for their lives in a hurry.

Can't be, 3,000 people can't even hold it for five days, right?!

Of course, it is undeniable that Lu Kai lied. From the public security to Wuling County, it was impossible to catch up in five days.

But it didn't matter, as long as the soldiers believed that they could wait for reinforcements as long as they held out for five days, it was enough.

Moreover, Lu Kai did not believe that the Shu army under the city would attack under the city of Wuling County for more than five days.

Anyone with a little military experience can see that the Shu army under the city, except for more than 2,000 people who are regular soldiers, the remaining seven or eight thousand people are all people wearing all kinds of strange costumes, and some even wear animal skins and grass trees, which is just a rabble.

Such an army has the ability to fight in one go, but it does not have to wait for "further decline", as long as it encounters a slight setback, it will probably have internal changes, and it will not be able to continue to attack for too long.

Therefore, in Lu Kai's opinion, five days is probably enough.

And the truth is similar to what Lu Kai expected.

Shi Bao is really tired with such a group of rabble.

When the attack was unfavorable on the first day, these Wuxi barbarians were fine, and at most they complained a few words.

When the attack was unfavorable the next day, the leaders of the Wuxi barbarians began to complain to each other and accuse each other of deliberately preserving their strength and watching the loss of friendly forces.

On the third day, these Wuxi barbarians were noisy, and they could fight with a little fire.

And on the fourth day, the Wuxi barbarians began to complain to Shi Bao.

At the beginning, it was said that after defeating Wuling County, the grain could be distributed. But now it's been so long since I've been out of the mountains, and I haven't seen any food at all.

At that time, some people were openly and secretly referring to it, thinking that Shi Bao was deceiving them.

Shibud's angry !!

Yes, lay down Wuling County to divide the grain. But did you bastards take down Wuling County?!

didn't fight, and now there is not much food left in the army.

Besides, you guys one by one, didn't get a little food?!

After conquering Lingyang, I immediately led my vanguard to the south, you Wuxi barbarians stayed in Lingyang County, and you are about to empty the grain stocks in Lingyang County, right?!

That's not all, you also hit the people of Lingyang County with your idea, wanting to take the opportunity to snatch the rations of the people of Lingyang County. For this reason, you almost fought with the more than 1,000 county soldiers I left in Lingyang County?!

If it weren't for the rumors that Wuling County was about to be captured, and there was a large amount of grain and grass to be divided, you would all still be in Lingyang County!!

A bunch of bastards, why are you embarrassed to complain to me?!

Shi Bao has a lot of complaints, but these complaints, Shi Bao can't say them directly.

After all, now Shi Bao's army of 10,000 people, more than 7,000 people are barbarians, and the troops he has on hand have only about 2,000 people after several battle losses, which is a bit of a bullet that can't suppress these Wuxi barbarians.

On the other hand, Shi Bao now also feels that he can't continue to be under the city of Wuling County, and continue to consume the defenders here.

Shi Bao's mind is very clear, he knows that when he breaks through Lingyang County now, he must have been known by the main force of the Eastern Wu Army, and now behind him, there must be reinforcements from the direction of public security.

If you continue to fight hard in Wuling County, you may not be able to capture Wuling County, and you may fall into a state of being attacked from both sides.

Moreover, there is really not much food and grass supply in the army now.

Shi Bao left the mountains of Wuling County to fight, and he didn't carry much grain and grass himself, but he had a little supply after breaking through Lingyang County, and in order to rush time to attack Wuling County, Shi Bao also set off immediately, not carrying too much military food at all.

And these Wuxi barbarians, you can't expect them to take out the grain and grass that they have already snatched again.

Therefore, now Shibao also urgently needs to find a sufficient supply point of military food, one to meet its own food and grass supply needs, and the other to continue to use these grain and grass to hang this group of Wuxi barbarians to maintain the current military heart.

For this reason, Shi Bao decided to bypass Wuling County and continue southward in the direction of Lingling County.

Wuling County is a hoarding point for Jingnan to provide front-line military rations, but it does not mean that all military rations are conjured out of thin air in Wuling County.

Since Wuling County can't be defeated, it's not impossible to attack those states and counties that transport grain to Wuling County.

One more. Today's four counties in Jingnan have all been transferred to the front line, and the defense is empty.

(End of chapter)