Facing Jiangling's tenacious defense, Lu Meng was not without options.
Taking advantage of the opportunity for the soldiers to rest in the evening, Lu Meng called Fu Shiren and asked: "General Fu was once an old minister of Liu Bei, and he should know the situation in Jiangling very well. Now Xiang Xun doesn't know how to rise up to resist. Do you have any ideas to help me break the city?" "
Fu Shiren had no choice but to surrender to the enemy, so Sun Quan, in order to set an example for the surrendered generals, appointed him as the governor of Jiangxia for those who wanted glory.
The governor is a high-ranking official in the army, but Fu Shiren has almost no real power. He can only be regarded as a bare general under Lu Meng. Even his accompanying guards were appointed by Lu Meng. In addition, his family members were taken to the Jianjian Industry, euphemistically called the rear area, is safe and has good conditions, allowing soldiers to serve the country wholeheartedly.
Fu Shiren suffered a lot of contempt during his stay in Jiangxia, but he could not regret it after he had made a big mistake. Seeing that Sun Quan and Lu Meng did not trust him, he followed the expedition to Jingzhou and was too busy, so he just muddle along all day long.
"Uh... I have been away from Jiangling for many years, and I have forgotten many things..." Fu Shiren hesitated.
Lu Meng looked at him and asked meaningfully: "General Fu's memory is so bad? You should better recall your memories. If you don't make more contributions in the war, your wife and children's faces will be disgraced, right? The families of the generals in Jianye are very competitive. ."
"The last general is really..." Fu Shiren continued to dodge like an old fritter.
"But don't worry, General Fu is my subordinate. Those dandy boys in Jianye City should betray my reputation as the Governor. But if you are not willing to help me defeat the enemy, I, Lu Meng, will not be able to take care of you so comprehensively." .”
Although Lu Meng spoke cryptically, the threat in his words was clearly revealed.
Fu Shiren knew that he couldn't escape, so he answered bravely: "I will try my best to recall it. I don't know what the governor specifically wants to ask?"
"I just want to know Xiang Xun's weakness. How can we make him give up resistance? Or are there any other hidden dangers in Jiangling?" Lu Meng frowned.
"Ahem, I don't know the situation in the past few years, but Guan Yu is quite arrogant, and he is not happy with most of the Jingzhou nobles. When General Liu occupied Yizhou and moved, many people chose to move to Shu because they didn't want to watch Guan Yu all day. His face..." Fu Shiren replied softly.
Lu Meng nodded lightly, "It seems that General Fu has also been angry with Guan Yu. Now that he has switched to Jiangdong, he should be very high-spirited. Please continue."
"Jiangling has a small garrison. Why doesn't the governor send agents to spread rumors? But now that the city gate is closed, we can only send letters with arrows..." Fu Shiren lowered his head and said.
Lu Mengxin said that the governor had already sent a detailed investigation, but there was a lot of commotion during this period. Unfortunately, there was no sound at all in the city. Fu Shiren's rumor about the arrow book could be a try.
"Are General Fu familiar with Xiang Xun?" Lu Meng asked again.
Fu Shiren stroked his beard and frowned and replied: "Ahem, this man is from the Xiang family, a powerful family in Jingzhou. Because he is not the main lineage of the Xiang family, he cannot follow into Shu like Xiang Lang and Xiang Chong. I heard that he is just a school captain now..."
"How is his martial arts skills?"
"It's...it's okay..."
Lu Meng nodded after hearing this, thinking that what Fu Shiren said was acceptable, but didn't that mean he was extremely weak? Then he waved to him to go back to rest, and then called the veteran Han Dang for discussion.
"Old General Han, you have been commanding from the front these days and are well aware of the situation on both sides. Do you think we can continue to attack?" Lu Meng invited Han Dang to sit next to him.
Han Dang frowned, "Jianling City is strong, and the damage to offense and defense is already great. The Governor's wheel battle is very effective and can quickly wear down the strength of the defenders, but Xiang Xun is not an incompetent person. He has added some incompetent people in the past two days. A's soldiers may be new soldiers temporarily recruited in the city. They are mainly responsible for throwing rocks, throwing torches, etc. They are not as easy to fight as imagined."
Lu Meng patted his forehead gently to find the reason, and suddenly he seemed to remember something.
"Could they be the prisoners brought back by Guan Yu from Fancheng? There were tens of thousands of Cao soldiers captured in Yu Jin." Lu Meng was very surprised when he thought of this.
Han Dang was dumbfounded. He was stunned for a while and then murmured: "Xiang Xun is too brave. What if the prisoners rebel? But the Governor's inference must be correct. Those unarmored soldiers feel that they are not ordinary." People, we must make good use of it.”
Lu Meng stood up and sneered: "Old General, prepare more archers tomorrow, and gather the catapults together. I will prepare a big gift for the men who patrol."
"Wei." Han Dang clasped his fists.
In the next few days, Lu Meng gave up the ant-style attack on the city, and instead used archers and catapults to intensively throw rumors and inciting messages into Jiangling City.
There are various rumors flying out of the city. Guan Yu has died in Fancheng, Jingzhou has returned to Jiangdong, Xu Shu has secretly surrendered to the enemy, and Xiang Lang and Xiang Chong were killed by Liu Bei...
Lu Meng sent people to make up random things, and some of them were thrown into it, just like the ridiculous and shameless public statements on the Internet in the era before Lan Tian.
The targets of the rumors were the Jiangling defenders, officials and people in the city, while the inciting messages were aimed at the prisoners in the city, promising to kill one of the rebel defenders and reward one acre of Jingzhou's fertile land and five hundred coins; An officer in Jiangling was rewarded with ten acres of fertile land and five thousand coins in Jingzhou; those who killed the evil leader who patrolled the city were rewarded with hundreds of acres of fertile land and one hundred gold coins in Jingzhou; those who could open the city and surrender were rewarded with not only fertile land, gold and silver, but also a seal. Hou.
Lu Meng made a casual promise at this time, saying things that were unfounded anyway, even if he didn't admit it after it was done.
The intensive firing outside the city for several days caused rumors to fly in Jiangling City and caused great trouble to Xiang Xun. The eyes of the soldiers guarding the city changed when they looked at the prisoners, fearing that these people would suddenly attack and take their heads to capture them. reward.
Seeing that the situation was getting worse, Xiang Xun had no choice but to ask Lan Ji to take the Cao army prisoners back to the youth camp.
After several days of well-fed meals on the city wall, coupled with the stimulation of Lu Meng's external rumors, the prisoners' mentality became impetuous. After returning to the school grounds, their eyes changed. The unruly attitude they had in Cao's camp returned to them. on them.
Yu Jin in the prison car sneered, saying to himself that these are the soldiers I trained. After eating, their energy and spirit immediately seemed different. Although they were still controlled by young soldiers, under the leadership of several officers, they had dared to Look directly into Lan Ji's eyes.
"Zhong Ling, what should we do now? If the youth camp keeps watching them, they won't be able to get away to help the general. The situation in the city is very bad now." Guan Xing whispered in Lan Ji's ear.
"Bring me my halberd."
Lan Ji looked at the prisoners lined up in the school grounds and shouted loudly, then two young soldiers went to the big tent to carry the Blue Dragon Broken Army Halberd.
Guan Ping and Yu Jin in the prison car were startled when they heard this, wondering what trick Lan Ji was trying to play.
Lan Ji held the Canglong Broken Army Halberd in his hand and looked at everyone, and said extremely arrogantly: "The sky has cleared up and the rain has stopped. Do you think it's okay again? You choose ten of yourselves to fight me. If you can hurt me even half a point, I will do it." I'll let you out of the city."
When no one responded, Lan Ji added loudly: "Bring me the weapon rack. I will let you all have weapons, but don't say I bully you."
"Is it one-on-one?"
An officer among the prisoners had the courage to ask. Lan Ji's powerful strength has long been revealed. Normally, two or three people can't get close to him. There is no chance of one-on-one.
"Is one-on-one still necessary? Let's go together with all ten of you later. As long as one of you can hurt me in the slightest, I will let all ten of you go. If you can kill me, then everyone here will be free, including you. The commander-in-chief is the general." Lan Ji smiled.
"What if we lose?" the officer asked.
Lan Ji stared at the cold light of the halberd and uttered four words coldly: "Keep your life."
