Liu Yu sighed quietly: "Do you think I have changed? I am no longer the passionate Liu Yu who insisted on principles and was benevolent and righteous even at the expense of himself?"
Wang Miaoyin shook her head: "Jinu, don't be like this. You are different now from before. You command thousands of troops and are responsible for the lives of one hundred thousand soldiers. You are responsible for the country and the country of Jin Dynasty, and for the safety of millions of living beings." I know that asking you to patrol the city with Zhang Gang is tantamount to betraying him and indirectly killing his mother. But for the sake of victory, there is no way around it. We can't afford to delay it, and we can't wait. It’s amazing.”
Liu Muzhi nodded: "Before, you ordered to stop the siege and use a long siege to besiege Guanggu. In fact, it was a manifestation of your benevolence. You did not want to attack Guanggu in such a fierce way as siege, and you did not want to increase the number of troops through a strong attack. There are casualties on both sides, but this takes time. Our biggest problem now is just like what Zhen evil said just now. We have no time. Breaking the city as soon as possible is the only way. There is still no sign of the food and grass in the city being cut off. This is from their daily It can be seen from the appearance of the soldiers patrolling the city that they still have strength. If we don't attack the city quickly, we may not be able to capture Guanggu even if the siege lasts for another half a year or even longer."
Liu Yu said seriously: "I have made up my mind just now. Now is not the time for women to be kind. Let alone killing Zhang Gang's mother, I have to do it even if it means sacrificing my mother. Because on one side is a Human life is the life of tens of millions of people and the country of Jin Dynasty. It is self-evident how important it is. But what I want to say is that the military discussion in the tent just now was full of disputes, from whether to kill Zhu Lingshi to Later, when Zhang Gang inspected the city, there was a serious conflict of opinions, and..."
Liu Muzhi smiled and said: "Moreover, you vaguely heard that the generals were not convinced by each other and deliberately expressed different opinions in order to stand out, right?"
Liu Yu sighed softly: "To be honest, this worries me more than Guanggu City. Wasn't Wuji's defeat this time due to this mentality of grabbing achievements? If he hadn't wanted He was competing with Xile to see who would make the first move, so how could he rush to send out troops, disperse the army to collect food, and go to Nankang to buy herbs, allowing the demon thieves to take advantage of their plan? If he hadn't been in a hurry to recover the losses and take back Nankang. Kang, how can you lead your navy into the river and destroy the demon thieves in a water battle if you retain the base to continue the southern expedition? It's all about mentality."
Wang Miaoyin nodded: "That's true. I don't believe that Zhu Chaoshi will really rebel and surrender to the enemy, but it is also true that he snatched Nankang and only considered offense and ignored defense, especially the estimation of the demon thieves' counterattack on Nankang. , the Battle of Jiangzhou, our army learned a very painful lesson. From commander to general, everyone fights for meritorious deeds, and after a bitter battle, they scramble to escape. Even veteran generals and heroes like Wei Shunzhi cannot avoid it."
Liu Yu's eyes flashed coldly: "Shunzhi disappoints me so much, and Wuji too. Originally, his two thousand soldiers and horses were all veterans of hundreds of battles, but they were passive and sabotaged because Zhu Chaoshi took the vanguard. , was too late to catch up, and missed both battles. Originally, according to the plan, he should have rushed to Yuzhang early to meet Wuji, and then advanced by land and water. In this way, even if Wuji failed in the water battle, he could at least evacuate. If some of the troops reach land, the whole army will not be wiped out like this."
"After hearing the news of Wuji's defeat, Wei Shunzhi ignored the pleas of Xie Bao who was defending Yuzhang, turned around halfway, abandoned his friendly troops and the people in the city, and withdrew his officers to the rear, resulting in Xie Bao's death in the battle. Some of the people also fell into the hands of the demon thief. Not only that, he also robbed the people on the pretext of suppressing the thieves along the way when he was retreating, and even killed good people and took credit for their merits. Each of these evil deeds is a capital crime!"
Liu Muzhi curled up his lips: "He does deserve to die, but he is a veteran general and a hero after all, and it was the same when Liu Laozhi fought in the past. I'm afraid I'll let him..."
Liu Yu said sternly: "Liu Laozhi is Liu Laozhi, and I am me. I gave the order on the first day after I took over Beifu. The same tactics as before must not happen again. Wei Shunzhi did this just to cover up his own affairs." It’s my fault that I pretended to have fought hard and retreated and gained something, but this is just self-deception!”
Liu Muzhi sighed: "To be honest, when I received these reports, I was also surprised. I never expected that Wei Shunzhi would become like this. However, Jinu, now Wei Shunzhi has withdrawn his bail in Yuzhou and joined forces with Liu Xile First, it turns out that he is also under Wuji, so I’m afraid you can’t punish him now.”
Liu Yu gritted his teeth: "What happened to Wei Shunzhi is hundreds of times worse than Zhu Chaoshi. If I don't deal with it strictly according to military law, I'm afraid everyone will follow my example in the future. How can I be worthy of the soldiers who died in Jiangzhou and those who gave him Killing innocent people?”
Wang Miaoyin shook her head gently: "Even if you want to deal with it, you have to wait until you return to the army. Now you still have to think about how to win the battle of Guanggu. Are you worried about this matter of the generals competing for merit? In this siege, will everyone miss the important event because they are trying to take credit?"
Liu Yu calmed down and said: "That's right. When we attacked the city last time, all the armies moved forward bravely. Everyone wanted to take Guanggu in one go, and the strategy I formulated was to attack from three sides. There was only one escape route left in the north city. Although there were feints and main attacks, when the fight started, they ignored it and attacked the city with all their strength. They even blocked the attack route of the friendly forces because of their rush to attack. You fought for it. It was a huddle and chaos.”
Liu Muzhi sighed: "Yes, the Nancheng area under your command is relatively restrained. In the direction of the East and West City, the Yan army's agencies fired like a storm at close range, but the losses were heavy. It only took half a day." In a short time, our army's casualties exceeded 10,000. Even if it was as tragic as the Battle of Linqu, there were not such huge losses."
Liu Yu nodded: "Yes, after the siege failed on the first day, we launched tentative attacks in consecutive days, but the generals went to the other side and began to conserve their strength and did not let the elite Beifu veterans go into battle, but Let the newly surrendered Qingzhou militiamen go into battle. After a month, there were over 10,000 casualties and corpses littered outside the city, but there was nothing we could do about the city wall. If not, how could I stop the siege and change it to a long siege? Woolen cloth?"
Wang Miaoyin said sternly: "Slave, this is the result of human nature. No one can solve the problem of supporting soldiers and respecting themselves. The rules of military merit you have set are that only meritorious service can be promoted, and the military merit of an army can be counted towards the commander." Above all, this is naturally to let them have this kind of awareness. When they win, they rush forward, and when they fight hard, you push me. If you want to change all this, I'm afraid you have to change the rules first!"
