Shi Bao was not stupid. He used 800 soldiers to attack a city guarded by 3,000 people. It was just an unexpected idea.
When he had just cheated the gate, Shi Bao noticed that the guard on the city tower was very hesitant, and the military order issued was for him to go to the south gate to rest. In other words, the Wuling County defender could not immediately conclude that his team "The Defeated Army" is fake.
In this way, there must not be many preparations in the city. A sudden attack may have an unexpected effect. If the defender makes a mistake again, it is not impossible to attack the city by force.
To be honest, if Shi Bao's opponent was Lu Zhi, this thing might really work. But unfortunately, Shi Bao's opponent this time is Lu Kai.
The reason why Lu Kai arrived at the tower after Lu Zhi was that he went to each gate to arrange defense.
Originally, Lu Kai was only out of caution, just in case, but now, he really used this trick just in case.
Shi Bao's sudden attack on the city really caught Lu Zheng off guard, and Lu Zheng was indeed at a loss.
However, Lu Kai, who was beside Lu Ju, immediately issued the order to defend the city and promptly ordered the soldiers on the tower to shoot arrows to block Shi Bao's sneak attack, but the effect was not good.
After paying the price of more than a hundred casualties, Shi Bao knew very well that it would be impossible for him to capture the city with a sudden attack.
At that moment, Shi Bao did not hesitate and directly ordered the troops to retreat, using the cover of night to retreat and wait for the arrival of his follow-up troops.
At this time, Lu Ju was so frightened that his back was wet. Without Lu Kai's reminder, he would have lost Wuling County by now.
Once Wuling County is lost, no matter whether Lu Ju can escape or not, what awaits him is bound to be a dead end. Let alone the Supreme, he, Lu Ju, can't even pass the level of general.
Lu Ju was really frightened, and at the same time he was very grateful to Lu Kai.
"If it weren't for Jingfeng's words, I would have made a big mistake!!!"
As Lu Ju spoke, he saluted Lu Kai to express his gratitude.
It's true that Lu Ju is a little less capable. At best, he can be a peacetime prefect and manage the place.
But Lu Ju also has an advantage - he is self-aware and has a pretty good mind.
Being self-aware means that he will not be stubborn and will listen to the advice of some people.
Being open-minded means that Lu Zheng will not insist on showing off for the sake of face.
Therefore, after Lu Zhi bowed and thanked Lu Kai, he directly said to Lu Kai, "The army is not strong enough, so it may not be able to take on the task of defending the city. This time to defend the enemy, Ju is willing to entrust his life and property to Jing Feng, please also Jing Feng." Don’t refuse!”
To put it simply, Lu Ju chose to delegate power and handed over the command of the entire Wuling County offensive and defensive battle to Lu Kai, letting Lu Kai command the battle.
To a certain extent, Lu Ju made the most correct decision at this time.
As for Lu Kai, Lu Kai had no choice. He had no choice but to bite the bullet.
In fact, Lu Kai's military level is not too high. At least compared to his uncle Lu Xun, he is not even a little bit behind.
Lu Kai's strength, like Lu Zheng's, is actually managing local areas. In terms of military strategy, he has only read some military books and done a little research, plus he has a flexible mind. He is really not that good at it.
But now in Wuling County, besides Lu Zheng, there is Lu Kai. Lu Kai's military strategy ability is always much stronger than Lu Zheng.
Now that Lu Zhi has delegated power, if Lu Kai refuses again, Wuling County will no longer need to defend it and will surrender directly to the Shu Han. Maybe he can continue to earn an official position.
Therefore, Lu Kai could only bite the bullet, take over the command, and fight with Shi Bao in the offensive and defensive battle of Wuling.
And in this fight, Lu Kai actually fought vigorously.
It's not that Lu Kai's military strategy ability is stronger than he thinks, even to the point where he can be on par with Shi Bao.
The fundamental reason why the battle was able to be like this was that the army led by Shi Bao was too mixed and had too many restrictions.
If replaced by ordinary county soldiers, Shi Bao attacked the city with 10,000 people and 3,000 people. Although he might not be able to break the city immediately, he would definitely have an overall advantage and overwhelm Lu Kai's Wuling County defenders.
But unfortunately, Shi Bao only had more than two thousand original county soldiers, and the remaining seven or eight thousand were barbarian soldiers borrowed from Wuxi barbarians.
These barbarian soldiers, if you let them fight in the field or in mountain battles, their combat effectiveness is not weak, but if you let them fight in siege warfare, the efficiency is really horrible to Shi Bao.
In addition, Shi Bao sent troops this time to attack with borrowed troops. He only used speed and sneak attacks. He had insufficient logistics supplies and did not have time to slowly siege the city. If he wanted to build siege equipment to attack the city in this way, Shi Bao would most likely Will be surrounded by the large forces of the Soochow Army returning for reinforcements.
Therefore, Shi Bao's strong attack was the simplest ant attack on the city. He was betting that the lack of troops in Wuling City, or the sudden pressure of the army, would cause the Soochow Army to be demoralized and unwilling to defend the city.
But these did not appear.
Lu Kai's military strategy ability is indeed not as good as Shi Bao's, and he has shortcomings in leadership experience and strategy, but Lu Kai can still do things like appeasing the soldiers and boosting the morale of the army.
There is sufficient food and grass in Wuling City, and the city defense is relatively intact. Apart from the lack of troops, there are basically no weaknesses.
Lu Kai could easily solve the problem of insufficient troops. He told the city defenders that as long as they held on for five or six days, reinforcements from the police and other places would arrive. If they could hold on for ten days, even the general would return to rescue them. .
By that time, it will not be that we are out of strength, but that the Shu army outside the city will flee for their lives in a hurry.
It can't be possible. Three thousand people can't even hold it for five days, right? !
Of course, it is undeniable that Lu Kai lied. It took five days for the police to return to Wuling County.
But it doesn't matter, as long as the soldiers believe that they can wait for reinforcements as long as they hold on for five days, it is enough.
Moreover, Lu Kai did not believe that the Shu army below the city would attack Wuling County for more than five days.
Anyone with some military experience can tell that except for the more than 2,000 Shu troops under the city who are regular troops, the remaining 7,000 to 8,000 people are all wearing various strange costumes, and some even Wearing animal skins and grass, they are just a bunch of people.
Such an army has the ability to make a big push, but there is no need to wait for "further decline". As long as it encounters a slight setback, it will probably undergo internal changes and it will not be able to continue the attack for too long.
Therefore, in Lu Kai's opinion, five days is probably enough.
The reality was pretty much what Lu Kai expected.
It was really tiring for Shi Bao to lead such a ragtag group of people.
On the first day when the attack was unfavorable, the Wuxi barbarians were fine. They could only complain a few times.
When the attack was unfavorable on the second day, the leaders of the Wuxi barbarians began to complain to each other and accuse each other of deliberately conserving their strength and watching the loss of friendly forces.
On the third day, this group of Wuxi barbarians were so noisy that they could start a fight with just a little help from someone.
On the fourth day, the Wuxi barbarians began to complain to Shi Bao.
It was agreed at the beginning that the food could be distributed after Wuling County was captured. But now that they have been out of the mountains for so long, they still haven't seen any food at all.
At that time, some people were overtly and covertly suggesting that Shi Bao was deceiving them.
Shi Bao is so angry! ! !
Yes, capture Wuling County to distribute grain. But have you bastards captured Wuling County? !
There is not much food left in the army now.
Besides, each of you didn’t get any food? !
After capturing Lingyang, I immediately led my vanguard troops south. You Wuxi barbarians stayed in Lingyang County. You have almost emptied the food stocks in Lingyang County, right? !
Not only that, you have also targeted the people of Lingyang County and want to take the opportunity to rob the people of Lingyang County. For this reason, you almost started a fight with the more than a thousand county soldiers who stayed with me in Lingyang County? !
If I hadn't ordered people to spread the news that Wuling County was about to be captured and there was a large amount of food and grass to be distributed, all of you would have been stuck in Lingling County! ! !
How can you, a bunch of bastards, have the nerve to complain to me? !
Shi Bao had a lot of complaints, but Shi Bao couldn't directly express these complaints.
After all, more than 7,000 of Shi Bao's 10,000-strong army are now barbarians. After several battle losses, his own troops are now only about 2,000 strong, which makes it difficult to suppress these Wuxi barbarians.
On the other hand, Shi Bao now felt that he could no longer continue to waste time with the defenders under Wuling County.
Shi Bao's mind is very clear. He knows that when he breaks through Liangyang County, the main force of the Soochow Army must have known about it. Now behind him, there must be Soochow reinforcements coming from the public security direction.
If they continue to fight hard in Wuling County, they may not be able to capture Wuling County, but they may fall into a situation of being attacked from two sides.
Moreover, the army's food supplies are really running low now.
Shi Bao left the mountains of Wuling County to fight, and he did not carry much food and grass. He only had some supplies after conquering Lingyang County. In order to gain time to attack Wuling County, Shi Bao also set off immediately, without carrying much at all. of military rations.
As for this group of Wuxi barbarians, there is no way you can expect them to take out the food and grass they have already stolen.
Therefore, Shi Bao now urgently needs to find a sufficient military ration supply point, one to meet his own food and grass supply needs, and the other to continue to use these grains and grass to support this group of Wuxi barbarians and maintain the current military morale.
For this reason, Shi Bao decided to bypass Wuling County and continue southward towards Lingling County.
Wuling County is the storage point for Jingnan to provide frontline military rations, but this does not mean that all military rations are conjured out of thin air in Wuling County.
Since Wuling County cannot be conquered, it is not impossible to attack those prefectures and counties that transport grain to Wuling County.
Another thing. Today, all the troops in the four counties in Jingnan have been deployed to the front line, leaving the defense empty.
(End of chapter)
