The more than 20 scouts selected by Zhu Zhi were not embarrassed after being captured by Long Xiang, and finally only stripped off their shirts and returned to the city.

A silent response is both humiliating and self-confident.

It's like a cat deliberately playing with its prey under its paws before preying on a mouse.

Zhu Zhi was so angry that he couldn't eat, so he went out of the house to inspect the four gates of Wu County.

When I went to the city to watch, I saw that the Hefei soldiers outside the city were training in formation around the camp in the cold wind.

Long Xiang did not move angrily to mobilize troops to attack the city, nor did he let the soldiers keep out the cold in the tent, and he did not even cut down wood to build siege equipment.

Zhu Zhi paced back and forth, angry and anxious.

You're sure you'll win, aren't you?

Zhu Zhi thought that Long Xiang had people train, deliberately putting pressure on the defenders in the city, but he didn't know that this was Long Xiang's tradition of training.

Previously, under the command of Yuan Shu, Long Xiang let the soldiers train in winter.

Moving every day not only keeps you warm, but also keeps your body in and out of a fluid state, so you can go into battle at any time.

Zhu Zhi left the city tower for half a day, returned to the house with a heavy heart, and found that many officials came uninvited.

Long Xiang besieged but did not attack, and the ministers in the city gathered again.

Seeing Zhu Zhi returning, everyone got up and saluted.

Zhang Zhao took the initiative to meet him and asked, "Junli, I heard that Long Xiang put back some scouts, I don't know how many scouts you sent out of the city?" Did you miss anything when you came back? ”

"Twenty-four went out, and twenty-four returned."

Zhu Zhi shook his head and said lightly, then pushed aside the crowd and walked towards the main seat.

"This"

The ministers had a glimmer of hope, but they didn't expect Long Xiang to give him a chance at all.

After a while, Zhu Zhi sat down and beckoned: "All the princes sit down first, Long Xiang is too experienced in using soldiers, and he has to find another way to break the situation, everyone will talk about it."

The discussion was heated before Zhu Zhi came, and when they were about to speak, no one answered.

Seeing this, Zhang Zhao stood up again, and arched his hand and said, "This scout is coming out of the southwest two gates, do you want to try the other two directions?" ”

Zhu Zhi asked: "Two gates in the northeast?" What's the point of even being able to break through? Long Xiang was able to quickly capture those scouts, which showed that the cavalry under his command had a wide range of reconnaissance, and Zibu felt that he had to take a detour to Wucheng to move the rescue troops? ”

Zhang Zhao shook his head lightly and said: "With Long Xiang's shrewdness, he will definitely guard against the Wucheng garrison, and besides, if he has Xiu Mu (Zhu Huan) as a hostage, that garrison may not be able to work." ”

Zibu means" Zhu Zhi faintly thought of something.

Zhang Zhao added: "At present, the reinforcements around are not reliable, so you can only go a little farther, Guangling has a garrison of about 30,000, if you can send someone to find Lu Ziheng for help, the danger of Wu County can be solved."

"Guangling is more than a little far away, and Wuxi should have been taken by Long Xiang, and it is equally difficult to break through to the north."

Zhu Zhi's face was full of hesitation, and the hall fell silent again.

At this moment, Han Zong, who was sitting last, suddenly stood up.

Han Zong was not qualified to be in the same hall with the important ministers, but at this time, because there was a shortage of generals in the city, Zhu Zhi left him in the Taishou Mansion to listen to him.

"Taishou, was there less people before? You might as well send more soldiers and horses out of the city at one time, dozens of not hundreds of thousands, at this time it is cold outside the city, it is expected that Long Xiang will not be able to cope with it, there will always be a part of it that can break out of the encirclement. ”

"If you have a heart, you have time to go to the city and have a look, sit down."

Zhu Zhi said something inexplicable, then shook his head and sighed: "There are more than 3,000 defenders in Wu County, and the total number of war horses is less than 100, what is the use of breaking through the siege with more people?" Those twenty-four people were captured on horseback, not to mention that two legs could escape."

Han Zong's hot face was attached to the cold buttocks, so he had to sit down with his head down and a red face, feeling particularly faceless.

Zhang Zhao grasped the key point in Zhu Zhi's words, and hurriedly asked curiously: "Junli just went to patrol the city, could it be that Long Xiang has any new moves?" ”

"Hmm." Zhu Zhi replied: "Outside the city, the training is in full swing, and it can be seen that these Hefei people are high-spirited, and Long Xiang is a person who knows the soldiers."

As soon as the words fell, everyone's faces collapsed and they began to whisper.

Some speculate about when Long Xiang will attack the city, some are worried about the lack of food in the city, and some analyze how to successfully break through. In short, there are people who say everything.

Han Zong, who was sitting at the end, couldn't interject, but he heard a 'rebellious word' in the discussion.

"Rather than being trapped in the dead city by Long Xiang, it is better to lower it directly, even if it is a temporary hypocrisy.'

Han Zong searched for prestige, but did not find the speaker.

But he was inspired by this 'complaint'.

Han Zong sighed that Long Xiang was thankful that he didn't attack the city, otherwise he would have become a repeated person, and if Wu County really fell in the future, he would still have a chance to surrender.

When the sky was dark, everyone parted unhappily.

Zhang Zhao has been under great pressure these days, as Sun Ce's trusted minister, everyone feels that they should solve it by themselves, but he is just an ordinary person.

Although he tried his best to make suggestions, he couldn't hurt Long Xiang in the slightest.

dragged his tired body home, and a trace of loneliness and powerlessness came to Zhang Zhao's heart.

Zhang Cheng saw that his father's face was wrong, so he withdrew from the servant and brought the meal himself, and whispered: "Father has been tired all day, hurry up and eat something while it's hot." ”

"Take it, my father has no appetite today."

Zhang Zhao only glanced up, then refused with a sad face.

"Talk"

Zhang Cheng was about to get the tray, but Zhang Zhao suddenly stopped him:

"At this time, it has just been night, Ziyu and Man must not have slept, you quickly go and invite the two of them to the house, and say that your father will invite them to drink, and then tell the kitchen to prepare some snacks."

"Okay, okay, boy, let's go."

Zhang Cheng saw that Zhang Zhao was in good spirits, and left with food with an excited face.

In the face of the siege of Longxiang, Zhang Hong and Qin Song, who were also masterminds, had no good strategy, so Zhang Zhao thought of Zhuge Jin and Yan Ji.

These two are knowledgeable and loyal, and in recent years, they have been appreciated by Sun Quan to work in the shogunate, although they are not as powerful as their friend Buqi, but it is a matter of time before they are reused.

Zhang Zhao wanted to see Zhuge Jin and Yan Zhen, but Zhang Cheng went out and returned shortly after, bringing back Gu Yong and Yu Fu at the same time.

"Gong Zhang, come uninvited, bother."

"Yuan sigh, Zhong Xiang?"

Zhang Zhao stood up in surprise and looked at Zhang Cheng curiously.

Zhang Cheng explained: "As soon as the child left the house, he saw the two of them coming to visit, so he brought him in."

Gu Yong and Yu turned over the door for the first time, and it was impossible for Zhang Zhao to turn them away, so he instructed Zhang Cheng to arrange wine and food.

As soon as the three of them sat down, Zhang Zhao asked curiously:

"Yuan Si and Zhong Xiang are coming together, what is the matter?"

Under the gesture of Gu Yong's eyes, Yu turned his hand and said to Zhang Zhao: "I remember that General Bo Fu once said to Mr. on his deathbed, 'If Zhong Mou does not do anything, you will take it yourself.'" is not overcome, slowly returning westward, and there is nothing to worry about. 'Today, Jiangdong is in crisis, why don't you come forward to turn the tide? ”

"What Zhong Xiang means."

Zhang Zhao stared at Yu Fu with his beard, and he had vaguely guessed the intention in his heart.

Yu flipped his finger at Gu Yong, and said, "Everyone originally had high hopes for Wu Hou, but what has he done in the past few years since he succeeded to the throne?" The sneak attack on Shouchun, the western expedition to Jiangxia, and the attack on Hefei were completely reckless;

If you want to say that you have won a victory, but he loses more and wins less, and loses money and money, take the last expedition to Hefei as an example, Mr. also apportioned a lot of money and food, but in the end? Now that he is trapped in the city by Long Xiang, I think it is better to surrender him. ”

Let's talk about the update situation, after the summer vacation, there should have been three changes, but from thrift to luxury, from luxury to thrift, after a long time, I found that the code word was slow, and the author Jun was adjusting his mentality; What's even more deadly is that the National Day is coming soon, and you have to save the manuscript in advance, so you can only have two changes for the time being; There is also a special reason, the pace of this book may be too slow in the early stage, resulting in the data has not been very good, after two months of summer vacation, I found a strange situation, that is, two more per day and the previous three watches, the income is about the same, which is a little embarrassing.

PS: When the author is lazy, he is actually reading books, making up information, accumulating materials, and preparing for new books in the future.

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