Chapter 273
Tang Yu nodded and said: "Yes, water attack, what do you think?"
"This...isn't this inappropriate?" Meng Tian frowned.
Tang Yu asked: "Why is it inappropriate? Tell me why you think it is inappropriate!"
"Your Highness, first of all, if there is a water attack, the water attack will definitely spread towards Jingzhou City. There are countless people in Jingzhou City. At the beginning, Jingzhou City was the first line of defense of our Datang Dynasty. There are people of our Datang Dynasty inside. How can your Highness watch it? Do the people of the Tang Dynasty ignore it?"
"Secondly, digging ditches is a big deal and requires a lot of manpower. If we want to bring water from the Jinjiang River, it will definitely not be possible without tens of thousands of people!"
"Finally, in the event of a water attack, the Chu army will surely suffer heavy casualties, and countless civilians in Jingzhou City will surely drown in vain. When the time comes, the sky will be angry and people will complain. Can your Highness bear the blame from the world?" Meng Tian listed three reasons for Tang Yu in one breath.
Hearing Meng Tian's words, Tang Yu smiled: "Small problems, General Meng is only worried about small problems!"
"Small problem?" Meng Tian looked puzzled.
Tang Yu analyzed seriously: "General Meng, think about it, our Tang Dynasty has lost Jingzhou City for three years. It is estimated that all the people of Jingzhou City have run away. Even if they don't run away, the remaining people of the Tang Dynasty are now gone." We are already a citizen of Da Chu!”
"In addition, there are many canals in the Tang Dynasty, and rice is mainly grown. In other words, the people of the Tang Dynasty are not bad at water quality. If we really want to attack the water, the people of the Tang Dynasty who are serious will not be drowned alive. , we just help them rebuild their homes afterwards!”
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"What His Highness said seems to make sense!" Meng Tian nodded.
Tang Yu continued: "As for digging ditches, we don't have to do it ourselves!"
"What do you mean by His Highness?" Meng Tian seemed to have thought of something.
Tang Yu smiled: "You guessed it right. Didn't Li Jing secretly lead one hundred thousand people to dig ditches? It's raining heavily. The Chu army will not mobilize the army without authorization. After all, the Chu army is generally water-hungry. Not good, and the weather is getting colder. If the Chu army gets sick if a large-scale dispatch is made, the gain will outweigh the loss!"
"Not bad!" Meng Tian nodded again.
After a pause, Tang Yu said jokingly: "As for being scolded by people in the world, there's no need to worry about that. I'm not afraid of being scolded. As long as I can defeat the Chu army, I can scold them whatever I want. After all, we On behalf of the Tang Dynasty, as long as we can win, we can use any means!"
"General Meng, if you have no objection, then we should contact General Li Jing and Li quickly. If we delay for too long, when the weather clears up, a hundred thousand troops will dig trenches at the same time and they won't be able to hide it even if they want!"
"Since His Highness plans to attack by water, I will contact Li Jing immediately!" Meng Tian no longer objected.
Li Jing was lying in ambush nearby, waiting for Tang Yu's call. What Li Jing never expected was that Tang Yu called him not to attack the Chu army, but to dig ditches.
Li Jing came to Tang Yu, he frowned and said: "Your Highness, using water attack is good, but the impact is too great, Your Highness should think twice before taking action!"
"Those who achieve great things don't stick to trivial matters, General Li, just do as I say!" Tang Yu said solemnly.
"This..." Li Jing looked at Meng Tian subconsciously.
As soon as Meng Tian had an idea, he said to Tang Yu: "Your Highness, didn't the Prime Minister give you a tip bag before leaving? At that time, the Prime Minister said that if he had to, he would open the tip bag. There is a clever plan in it!"
"You're right! How could I forget this?" After being reminded by Meng Tian, Tang Yu slapped his forehead and took out his bag of tips.
Under the gaze of the two men, Tang Yu opened the brocade bag. Inside the brocade bag was a bamboo stick with a big word "water" clearly written on it.
Li Jing was shocked when he saw the word "water": "What? The Prime Minister actually asked me to attack with water!"
"Ha ha!"
Staring at the word "water", Tang Yu laughed heartily and said, "This old fox Xu Shize wants to come with me. General Li, now you don't have to worry about anything, right?"
