Under the cheers of the sergeants of Public Security City, Yu Fan almost ran away.
Different from the indifferent expression when he came, when Yu Fan returned to the Jiangdong army's formation at a faster speed, his face was full of shame.
Seeing Yu Fan's demeanor, Lu Meng couldn't help but asked, "Is Zhong Xiang okay?"
Facing Lu Meng's concern, Yu Fan's face became even more ashamed.
He bowed to Lu Meng and said, "I am incompetent and cannot fulfill the great trust of the Governor."
Hearing what Yu Fan said, Lu Meng comforted Yu Fan and said:
"Just now I heard the sound of enemy troops on the city wall. Zhongxiang has already tried his best."
"My plan failed now. It's not because my plan was bad. Zhong Xiang is not good at arguing. It's because Mi Zi Sheng is good at winning people's hearts."
The cheers of the Jingzhou soldiers just above the public security city had already proved the failure of Lu Meng's plan to attack the heart.
Not only did Lu Meng's gentle caress not make Yu Fan look better, but when he heard Lu Meng mention Mi Yang's name, Yu Fan remembered that he was scolded by Mi Yang at the top of the city, and his expression became even worse.
Yu Fan was about to salute Lu Meng and leave, but before leaving, Yu Fan reminded Lu Meng in a cautious tone:
"Grand Governor, Mi Zisheng has won the hearts of the people. The public security city is strong. I hope the Grand Governor will use his troops carefully."
After reminding Lu Meng, Yu Fan quickly left the Jiangdong army formation and went to the rear to calm down.
And Yu Fan's reminder also made Lu Meng's mood become heavier.
Since ancient times, attacking the city has been the lowest priority, while attacking the heart has been the highest priority.
Facing a strong city like the Public Security Bureau, Lu Meng did not want to attack it unless necessary.
But now, the military morale in Gong'an City is stable. If they don't attack by force, what can Lu Meng do?
Thinking of this, Lu Meng looked at the wide moat and the city several feet high, and issued the latest military order.
"The entire army is encircling the city and setting up camp. Starting from tomorrow, we will use local materials to build abandoned siege weapons."
"Three days later, we will formally attack the Public Security City."
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When Lu Meng's army arrived outside Gong'an City and surrounded Gong'an City, an army was also ushered in outside Jiangling City on the north bank of the Yangtze River.
Mi Fang, the governor of Nanjun who was guarding the city, had already strengthened his determination to resist Sun Yat-sen under Mi Yang's persuasion.
Moreover, Mi Yang is now guarding Gong'an City. Jiangling and Gong'an are opposite each other across the river, and they are each other's horns.
If one side of the city is defeated, the strategic significance of the other side will be greatly reduced. Jiangling City is also the city where many families of Jingzhou soldiers live.
Therefore, if Jiangling City is defeated, no matter how fearful the Jingzhou soldiers in the public security city are to submit to Mi Yang, their military morale will inevitably be weakened, and they will eventually abandon the city and surrender.
Just like Guan Yu was plotted by Lu Meng in history, the soldiers around him fell apart in the end. Guan Yu's prestige could not suppress this, let alone Mi Yang.
It is precisely because he knew this that Yu Fan used the safety of Jiangling City in his words to disturb the morale of the Jingzhou soldiers in the city.
But he never thought that in the end he was refuted by Mi Yang and left in shame.
No matter how mediocre Mi Fang's talent was, he knew the importance of Jiangling City after Mi Yang kept writing letters to warn him in recent days.
The most important thing is that he knows that Jiangling City is now a matter of life and death for Mi Yang.
Under this implicated relationship, unless Lu Meng forcibly breaks Jiangling City, it is impossible for Mi Fang, who loves her son deeply, to surrender.
When the soldiers on the city came to report that an army had appeared outside the city, Mi Fang, who wanted to defend Jiangling City, immediately became more energetic.
In the spy's report, Mi Fang learned that the army's helmets had white feathers on them, and that the army carried a large military flag with the word "Zhao".
After hearing the spy's description for the first time, Mi Fang immediately realized the origin of this army.
"Is it the king's white soldiers?"
"Is it possible that Zilong has arrived?"
Mi Fang was overjoyed when she thought of this.
He immediately went from the governor's house to the urn on the west city wall.
When he came to the city wall, he saw a group of energetic and majestic heavy armored infantry appearing on the horizon outside the city.
As the elite soldiers approached Jiangling City, Mi Fang also saw the face of the general who led them.
After confirming that it was Zhao Yun, Mi Fang was overjoyed.
Reinforcements! Reinforcements!
After guarding Jiangling alone for nearly a month, Mi Fang finally saw hope!
He hurriedly ordered the soldiers under the city to open the city gate, lower the drawbridge, and welcome Zhao Yun's army into the city.
At this time, someone advised Mi Fang:
"The Jiangdong thieves are full of tricks. It's better for the government to wait for the reinforcements to get closer, and it's not too late to open the city gate after truly confirming the identity."
"Prevent Jiangling City from being taken advantage of by Jiangdong's schemes."
In this world, many generals would resort to any means necessary to conquer a city.
For example, when attacking a city, sending people to pretend to be enemy reinforcements is a very common method.
Sometimes, what is even worse is that after capturing the enemy general, they will use the enemy general to deceive the enemy's city gate.
If Xu Huang had not committed suicide that day, Guan Yu wanted to use his identity to fraudulently open the gate of Fancheng after Xu Huang surrendered.
In a world full of intrigues and war strategies, it is not surprising that Mi Fang's people are worried about this.
After all, if the existence of public security is related to the safety of the entire Jingnan, then the existence of Jiangling is undoubtedly related to Guan Yu's safety.
If Jiangling is lost, Guan Yu will die.
But after Mi Fang listened to this kind reminder, he couldn't help but scolded this person, "What are you talking nonsense!"
Among Liu Bei's six most hard-working and meritorious ministers, although due to personal talents and personalities, these six ministers were not in harmony with each other.
For example, Guan Yu and Mi Fang dislike each other.
But no matter how discordant they were, any of the six Liu Bei Yuan Congcheng ministers would never doubt the loyalty of the other five Yuan Congzong ministers to Liu Bei.
That kind of emotion is incomprehensible to ordinary people.
That was the revolutionary and firm emotion that the six people and Liu Bei finally established after going through ups and downs for thirty years and going through many difficulties and dangers.
This is also the reason why Guan Yu in history let Mi Fang guard Jiangling even after realizing that Mi Fang's hands and feet were unclean.
If he tried it with someone else, he would have been killed by Guan Yu.
Now, Mi Fang also feels the same way about Zhao Yun.
As the white soldiers led by Zhao Yun got closer to Jiangling City, the west gate of Jiangling City opened in time, and Mi Fang drove his horse towards Zhao Yun.
Zhao Yun, who was riding a horse in front of the Bai Jie soldiers, saw a large opening in Jiangling City, and a horse came towards him at high speed.
After seeing that the rider was Mi Fang, Zhao Yun showed a relieved smile on his face.
On his way from Yufu County to Jiangling City, Zhao Yun had been worried about one thing:
That is, Jiangling City will be captured by Jiangdong's army.
This result would be a disaster for both Guan Yu and Jingzhou.
