Lu Meng asked Lu Xun for advice, but Lu Xun was speechless.
Although he didn't say anything, Lu Meng also knew what he actually meant. The current situation is not too good for Jiang Dong.
Lu Meng could only sigh and asked again, "If we continue to attack Jiangling with the goal of occupying Nanjun, is it feasible?!"
When Lu Xun heard what Lu Meng said, he immediately understood that Lu Meng was going to change his strategic purpose.
In the past, Lu Meng's purpose of sneak attack on Jingzhou was to capture Nanjun as soon as possible, and then go north to cooperate with Cao Cao to attack Guan Yu from both sides, take advantage of the chaos to occupy Xiangyang, and create an exit for Jiangbei to leave the Central Plains.
But now, facing the current situation, Lu Meng has no plans to go north to Xiangfan and attack Guan Yu with Cao Cao.
They only want to occupy Nanjun, encroach on the four counties in Jingnan, protect the Yangtze River defense line, and provide Jiangdong with the conditions to occupy the river and defend itself.
If this is the case, Lu Meng can attack Jiangling at any cost without considering the subsequent combat needs and conserving the combat power of his soldiers.
In fact, Lu Xun still didn't agree with Lu Meng's approach.
People from Liu Bei's group, ranging from Liu Bei to Zhang Xi, can't they see the importance of Nanjun to Jingzhou? !
Or are they so naive that they believe that Jiangdong's desire for Jingzhou will stop at Nanjun? !
After all, the two families have fallen out now. If Jiangdong is allowed to occupy Nanjun, Xiangfan will really be sandwiched between the forces of Cao Wei and Jiangdong, and may face the danger of attack from both sides at any time.
Therefore, Liu Bei will definitely not sit back and watch Nanjun be occupied by Jiangdong. He will definitely find a way to take Nanjun back. In this way, the two families will inevitably fight to the death in Nanjun.
At that time, Cao Cao will probably happily regain Xiangfan, and then sit back and watch Sun and Liu lose both sides, then easily send troops to occupy Nanjun.
According to Lu Xun's idea, it would be better to go south and conquer the public security forces now, defeat the Wuling reinforcements brought by Xu Shu, and take advantage of the situation to occupy Wuling.
As long as Wuling is occupied, Lingling will not be able to hold on for long and will most likely choose to surrender.
At that time, send envoys to sue for peace with Liu Bei and maintain the Sun-Liu alliance.
After all, Liu Bei should be able to accept the losses of Wuling and Lingling compared to Nanjun. After all, they had captured Xiangfan, and Nanjun was still in Liu Bei's hands. Nanjun was more important than the four Jingnan counties combined.
And even if Liu Bei does not negotiate peace and the two sides start a war on the Yangtze River, Jiangdong has a great chance of winning.
Yes, Lu Xun actually supported Zhu Huan's approach.
However, Zhu Huan was more concerned about his own family, while Lu Xun was thinking from Sun Quan's perspective, believing that doing so was the answer with the least loss to Jiangdong under the current situation.
After all, if Jiangling City is to be attacked by force, given the city defense facilities of Jiangling City, even if the Jiangdong Army can occupy it, it will suffer considerable losses, and whether it can hold it after occupying it is still a question.
If it can be defended, that's good. Jiangdong has a major town in Jiangbei as a guarantee, which plays a very important barrier role in defending Jiangdong.
But if it cannot be defended, whether Nan County is occupied by Liu Bei or Cao Cao, for Jiangdong, it will be equivalent to losing the combat power of the soldiers in vain, and in the end, nothing will be gained.
But if we choose to go south and attack Wuling now, it will be easy for Jiangdong Army to sweep through the two counties of Jingnan with its current strength of 50,000.
This is Lu Xun's current thinking. It is very conservative, but also very pragmatic.
In fact, Lu Xun has always been this kind of person.
Historically, Lu Xun guarded Nanjun and attacked Xiangyang from the north several times. He always attacked until the end, and on the premise of ensuring that he did not suffer heavy losses, he attacked when he could and retreated when he could not.
Of course, this is because Jiangdong changed his strategic thinking and just wanted to separate Jiangdong and defend himself, but it is also inseparable from Lu Xun's own military philosophy.
At this point, Lu Meng was more radical. He felt that if he was still sure, it wouldn't be a bad idea to win.
Lü Meng himself chose to sneak attack Jingzhou to take a chance. Although he had done a lot of work before the war, whether it was using time or winning people's hearts, it is hard to say how the battle would turn out if a fight really broke out.
Maybe it will go as smoothly as it did in history, but it may also be as difficult as it is now.
Lu Xun understood the difference in military tactics between the two men. He also knew that the Jiangdong Army at this time was most taboo about different voices. Therefore, although Lu Xun disagreed with Lu Meng's strategic ideas, he did not intend to say it out loud.
On the contrary, Lu Xun took the initiative to extend Lu Meng's ideas, thought for a while, and then said, "If the governor wants to attack Jiangling, please send a general to go west to Yidu. One, it will cut off Yidu's troops from coming to help, and two, he will defend it in the future At Jiangling, Yidu can block Xichuan's troops. Xiangfan is adjacent to Cao's territory to the north, and Guan Yu will not dare to leave lightly. If there are no troops from Yizhou to attack, Nanjun will be safe."
When Lu Meng heard what Lu Xun said, he smiled and said to Lu Xun, "I think so too. I just want to get a good general and go to capture Yidu. I wonder if Boyan is willing to take on this important task?!"
Lu Xun quickly cupped his hands and clasped his fists, and said after the order, "Don't you dare disobey me."
Lü Meng was overjoyed and immediately assigned 5,000 troops and horses to Lu Xun, asking Lu Xun to make some preparations and go west to attack Yidu.
After Lu Xun left the camp and went to prepare, Lu Meng breathed a sigh of relief.
Lu Xun's advice reassured Lu Meng a lot.
There were many generals in Lu Meng's camp. Originally, it was not the turn of Lu Xun, a man with little experience in leading troops, to attack Yidu.
But Lu Meng was really worried.
Letting these generals attack Yidu, Lu Meng was really afraid that they would waste foreign workers. After all, in their eyes, Jiangling City and Nanjun were not important at all.
Those with some foresight will ask themselves to go south to attack Wuling and Lingling and defend themselves along the Yangtze River.
People who have no vision just want to retreat directly. Anyway, just don't let yourself suffer large-scale losses.
Only Lu Xun was thinking according to his own ideas and strategic purposes.
Of course, there is also a key issue, that is, Lu Xun was guarding Lukou this time and was responsible for transporting grain. He did not bring the Lu family's private soldiers. The soldiers who went to attack Yidu were also sent to him by himself. He had no reason to work hard just because he didn't want to lose too much.
As for Jiangling Lu Meng decided to wait three days for a large amount of food and grass supplies to arrive before launching a strong attack.
Now, the first priority is to build siege equipment.
That hateful sniper not only burned down the granary, but also burned down all the siege equipment that was built with great difficulty a few days ago. Now it must be rebuilt.
Lu Meng was busy making preparations to attack the city, but in Yicheng, four hundred miles away, the Xiangyang reinforcements led by Zhou Tai had already left here and set off for Dangyang County.
Zhou Tai is actually quite depressed.
As a county magistrate, after he was recruited by Zhang Xi, he only played a role in the attack on Linju. After that, he basically had no chance to perform.
When he was stationed in Yicheng, Zhou Tai also imagined whether Hu Xiu and Lu Chang would come out of the city to attack him.
After all, there were more than 20,000 soldiers in Xiangyang City at that time, but the number of troops stationed in Zeyicheng was only 3,000.
But these two cowards didn't have the courage to go out of the city to fight until Guan Junhou flooded the Seventh Army, let alone take a step towards Nanjun.
Please, you two have 20,000 men in your hands. Even if you divide half of them to attack, don't you have the courage to do so? !
To be honest, Zhou Tai despised Hu Xiu and Lu Chang very much.
Later, Guan Junhou attacked Xiangyang and Xiangyang surrendered. Zhoutai no longer needed to garrison in Yicheng. He was called by Guan Junhou to Xiangyang City to be responsible for the reorganization of the surrendered troops.
Well, this is also a job, and if you do it well, you will be rewarded. Zhou Tai knew that he came from a poor family, so he didn't care too much. It was better to have work to do than to be left idle in Yicheng.
But not long after he had done this job, Guan Junhou suddenly asked him to send Yu Jin, who surrendered in the Battle of Xiangfan, to Nanjun for resettlement, and then asked him to bring 10,000 people from Nanjun back to Xiangyang.
Sending Yu Jin to Nanjun is just an errand. It's not difficult at all. You can just find someone to do it.
But leading thousands of troops back to Xiangyang was a rare opportunity and challenge for Zhou Tai.
Zhou Tai has not yet led ten thousand soldiers.
Although this time I just rushed to Xiangyang and was not commanding a battle, it was also a rare training opportunity for me.
Don't think that it's easy to carry 10,000 people on the road. Really, most inexperienced people can't do it at all.
When there are more people, there are more things to do, and it is troublesome to manage, not to mention having to be responsible for the food, drink, and eating of these soldiers during the march, when to set up camp, when to break camp, what to do about fire prevention at night, how to arrange patrol posts, How long to march when the weather is sunny, where to camp when it rains heavily, how to motivate soldiers when their morale is low, how to punish soldiers for not obeying orders and acting blindly, what to do when soldiers are sick, and what to do when they encounter acclimatization. What to do, what to do if a plague appears in the army, etc.
Forget about leaving things to your subordinates. You have to know that these days, almost 100% of the middle and low-level soldiers and junior high schools are illiterate. The reason why these people can be promoted to a small leader is mostly because of their bravery in combat. It’s not that it’s well managed.
If you are lucky enough to meet a chief officer who is willing to give some advice, the small school may still know some skills in managing people, but if no one gives you some advice, these people will just do what they did before and call their subordinates now. How to do it.
But in an army, everyone's situation is different, so when they encounter specific problems, the methods of handling them will not be the same. You are really blind to expect a group of illiterate people from low-level backgrounds to help you coordinate and command the army. heart.
So, as a digression, modern people really have to travel back to ancient times. Just leading troops can directly eliminate many people.
It's okay to live a life as a civil servant and brag about it, but as long as you lead troops, there are few who won't cause trouble.
Okay, let’s bring the topic back to Zhou Tai. This time he led ten thousand troops to march from Jiangling to Xiangyang. Although it was just running errands, Zhou Tai felt that it was still a great exercise for him.
But there's one thing bad about it. Although this thing can be considered a military operation, it's not an act that deserves to be rewarded based on merit.
Although I have gained experience, it does not meet the requirements for promotion.
Well now, your chance has come.
Guan Junhou suddenly ordered Zhou Tai to lead 10,000 troops to rescue the struggling Jiangling City as soon as possible. This time it was not just a march, but also a rescue mission.
The serious merits of the war are waiting for Zhou Tai to get them.
(End of chapter)
