When Chen Gui saw what Chen Deng said, he smiled and said, "My son has grown up. He can make his own decisions in everything."
Chen Deng smiled at Chen Gui.
To say so is to agree.
Between men, sometimes there is no need for such obvious answers.
Chen Deng stood up and said, "Father, that child has gone to rest."
After that, he walked into the house.
When Chen Deng entered the house, Lu Yi and others, led by Lu Su, inspected the surrounding area outside the city of Xutai.
In the end, everyone did not go back to the government office, but went to Lu Su's residence.
Previously, Lu Su specially made a sand table for the polder in order to study the attack on the polder.
Everyone gathered around the sand table to observe the terrain of the polder.
After a while, Lu Yi said: "Everyone understands the terrain of the polder, right? Now, Zijing, tell me the intelligence you have. How many enemy troops are there in the city? How many war horses? At least have a rough idea."
Everyone also looked at Lu Su.
Lu Su stood beside Lu Yi and said eloquently: "I have deployed people inside and outside the city."
"Lu Bu's army in the city is very strictly managed and no one else is allowed to approach at will. Therefore, I cannot get an accurate number of the manpower I have deployed."
"However, I made a rough guess based on other aspects."
"Because war horses not only eat hay, they also need to eat black beans and other grains. Therefore, I asked people to observe the content of black beans in the horse feces that the army in the city transports out of the city every day, and made a simple estimate."
"There are about six hundred war horses in the city."
"Based on the standard of two horses for each cavalry, there are about three hundred cavalry in the city."
"I heard that when Lu Bu was under Yuan Shao, he often rode on horseback and led a group of soldiers to attack the Black Mountain Army Zhang Yan, and each time he came back with a large number of heads chopped off."
"Therefore, these three hundred or so cavalry should be Lu Bu's bodyguards or personal guards. They may follow Lu Bu in a surprise attack. They should not be underestimated."
"Based on how much feces a person excretes every day and how much feces is transported out of the city every day, I roughly calculated that there are only about 20 or 30 city defense soldiers at the North Gate of the pole."
"The east gate of the polder is built against the mountain. The mountain is high and steep, with dense woods and no city walls."
"However, the city has also arranged soldiers to patrol here. When I was at the polder in the past, there was no war. There were usually only four people here, taking turns to be on duty, mainly to prevent wild beasts from coming down."
"Now, in order to prevent enemy troops from sneaking in, Lu Bu has sent about forty people to patrol here."
"Ximen, there are roughly two thousand people guarding the city here."
"As for the south gate, there are about six thousand people guarding the city here."
"In addition, Lu Bu also demolished houses everywhere in the city and transported the bricks from the houses to the city wall to prepare for siege."
"Fortunately, Lu Bu has not been in Xutai County for a long time. He came only a few days before my lords, so there are not many stones."
"There are not many defensive weapons in the city. There are only about ten bed crossbows, all installed on the wall of the south gate of the city."
"There are about 12,000 households in the city."
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Everyone nodded after hearing Lu Su talk about a lot of data.
Although the data is not accurate, it is already rare.
Hardly any aspect is missing.
After Lu Su finished speaking, Lu Yi glanced at everyone and said, "So, gentlemen, do you have any suggestions for attacking the city?"
Lu Yi had just finished speaking, and Lu Su looked eager to try, but hesitant to speak.
Lu Yi didn't see his expression.
His eyes are on veterans such as Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang, Chen Wu, and Song Qian.
After all, these veteran generals have followed Sun Jian and Sun Ce in the north and south, and have rich combat experience.
In fact, they once followed Sun Jian to defeat Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu.
In the original history, Lu Su was also a master of combat.
But, that’s all very far behind.
Lu Su is too young now and may not have developed these abilities yet.
Liu Ye noticed the look on his friend's face.
Seeing that Lu Su seemed to have an idea but was too embarrassed to speak out, Liu Ye said to Lu Yi, "My lord, Zijing has an idea."
Lu Yi looked at Lu Su.
Lu Su glared at Liu Ye.
What a handsome Liu Ziyang.
Although I have an idea, I haven’t decided yet whether to say it or not!
In front of so many veterans, my suggestion may just be a joke.
Why are you so eager to speak for me?
Although he thought so, Lu Su's face became a little hot when Lu Yi and everyone looked at him, and he said to Lu Yi: "I, I did think of a siege strategy, but I don't know if it will work. "
Lu Yi was quite moved when he saw that Lu Su was still blushing.
Young Lu Su, although he was born as a noble son, was very immature.
But except himself, no one could have imagined that he would actually become a great strategist and general in the future.
In the original history, he was even one of the four major governors of Soochow.
It is not unusual to have a strategy to attack the city at this time.
Lu Yi patted Lu Su on the shoulder and encouraged: "It's okay, just say it. If you say something wrong, whoever dares to laugh at you, I'll yell at him for you."
Looking at the others, Lu Yi said: "Everyone please speak enthusiastically. Don't be afraid of making mistakes. I'm just afraid that you will be mute and won't speak."
"Only when you speak out will everyone know what you are thinking. Only when we get together can we discuss whether what you say is right and whether it has any value. What if it is useful?"
"I think back then, during the reign of Emperor Wu, the champion Hou Huo Qubing led his army on his first expedition. He was still a young boy."
"But when he first led the army, he killed more than 2,000 enemies and even captured many high-ranking Xiongnu officials."
Lu Yi looked at Lu Su with a smile and said, "Although Zijing is young, who can be sure that he is not Huo Qubing from Jiangdong?"
When Lu Yi said this, Lu Su wanted to find a hole in the ground and burrow down.
This lord really dares to boast!
What kind of person is the champion?
Even in my wildest dreams, I dare not compare with him!
Cheng Pu and others looked at each other.
Even so, Lu Su still felt a little sweet in his heart.
No one doesn't like to be praised.
What's more, the lord praises himself so much.
Lu Su and Liu Ye looked at each other, took a deep breath, gathered up their courage, and nodded to Lu Yi, then pointed to the south of the platform city on the sand table and said: "Actually, I was on the way to get here, Lord. , based on the terrain of the polder and the situation of the enemy forces in the city, we came up with an siege plan."
"I have had craftsmen build thirty Thunderbolts."
"Although the Thunderbolt Chariot has been improved upon the Catapult, and the boulders thrown are larger and farther away, it is still the same as the Catapult, and its accuracy is not enough."
"Therefore, when we attack the polder, I want to divide the thirty Thunderbolt vehicles into six groups of five in each group."
"At the beginning of the siege, we took advantage of the thunderbolt chariot's stone-throwing distance, which is far beyond the range of bows and arrows, and its high power to suppress the enemy troops on the city wall."
Pointing to the six points on the wall of the south gate of the city, Lu Su said: "With the wall above the city gate as the center, two groups of thunderbolt chariots will attack together."
"Then every fifty steps to the left and right, place a group of Thunderbolt vehicles to attack."
"Although the Thunderbolt is not accurate enough and may not be able to hit it once out of ten times, but if six Thunderbolt vehicles throw stones at the same time, there will always be stones that can hit the target."
"Once it hits, the weight of the stone thrown by the Thunderbolt Chariot is enough to shock people, make people fearful, and even destroy the city wall and destroy the enemy's morale."
"And this time, because I learned that my lord was going to attack Xuzhou relatively early, I prepared enough stones to make people frightened."
"After the attack by the Thunderbolt Chariot, we took advantage of the enemy's fear and sent a large army across the moat to attack the city."
"Because the enemies on the city wall are timid, we should be able to attack the city gate very quickly."
"At that time, Lu Bu will see that the situation is not good, and he will definitely want to go out of the city to attack, relying on the powerful force of him and the cavalry to destroy our Thunderbolt Chariot."
"so--"
Lu Su sent six groups of thirty Pili chariots and drew six circles: "Besides each group of Pili chariots, I have prepared thirty carriages and linked them with iron chains."
"The carriage was riddled with spears."
"When Lu Bu led his army out of the city to attack, he pushed down the carriages to form a protective wall."
"At the same time, soldiers were deployed inside the carriage carriage, holding spears."
"If Lu Bu leads the cavalry to attack, it will be extremely fast, and there is a high probability that we will not be able to rescue them."
"However, if he leads the cavalry to attack the thunder carriage, he will definitely be restrained by these being pushed into the carriage."
"In addition, there are spearmen surrounding the Thunderbolt Chariot, which is enough to hold them back for a long time."
"The cavalry is restrained and has no speed, so it will only be at our mercy."
Everyone nodded.
Cheng Pu looked at Lu Su in surprise.
Guang Lingcheng, who is young and has the aura of a nobleman, seems to be powerless, but he is so thoughtful!
When I heard him say this, I felt like he was a general!
Lu Su pointed to the east of the city and said, "As I said just now, there is no city wall here. It is built on the mountain. The mountains here are steep and the trees are dense."
"Normally, no one comes here at all."
"Only the occasional wild beast appears."
"I've seen beasts come down the mountain before."
"It can be said that although it is steep, the fact that the beast can come down proves that we can also go down from this high mountain."
"I need hundreds of dead soldiers."
"Tonight, I will take these dead soldiers over and follow the path of those beasts to confirm."
"When we attacked the city and Lu Bu led his army to attack, these dead soldiers entered the city through the roads of these beasts, fought from inside the city towards the city gate, and closed the city gate."
"At that time, our siege soldiers will continue to attack the city."
"The soldiers behind who did not cross the moat turned around and attacked Lu Bu."
"Lü Bu saw that we had attacked the city wall and the city gate was closed, so we attacked him again. He had no possibility of returning to the polder city. He could either sit back and wait for death, or he could only escape from the polder with hundreds of cavalry around him."
"But how can Lu Bu be someone who just sits there waiting to be killed? He will definitely run away."
"Once Lu Bu leaves, and the dragons are leaderless, it will not be difficult to destroy the city."
"What's more, Wutai is my hometown, and I am familiar with the officials and people in the city."
"When the time comes, I'll convince them to give up resistance and surrender."
After Lu Su finished speaking, he looked nervously at Lu Yi, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang and others.
His heart was in his throat.
I was afraid that Lu Yi, Cheng Pu and others would say, "No."
Seeing everyone's mouths opening slightly as if they were about to speak, Lu Su felt his heart tightening.
He seemed to see at the next moment, someone would say that his plan was terrible.
(End of chapter)
