Meng Chang nodded and said: "Since you are doubting Tao Yuanming, can't we put Tao Yuanming back to recover? What if he tells the Qin army what is true and false about our situation, then if the Qin army joins forces with the demon thief, If we come to attack Jiankang, our pressure will be much greater.
Liu Yu said calmly: "I have just analyzed that the Qin State may not be like Nanyan. It is simply the black robe that controls everything. Yao Xing is unlikely to be Doupeng, because he cannot leave the emperor alone and run around all day long. The Jin Dynasty in the south came to conspire. At most, Doupeng had some friendship with Kumarajiva. Using this person's identity as a national advisor could influence Yao Xing. But in the final analysis, the actions of the Qin army must be in line with the minimum interests of the Later Qin Dynasty. Yes, it is impossible to fight solely for the Tiandao Alliance, but it will harm the interests of the country.
If taking advantage of the civil war in the Jin Dynasty to seize Yuzhou, Qingzhou and Chongzhou could stabilize the Central Plains and be beneficial to Qin, then attacking Jiankang would be harmful to them but not beneficial at all. Tianshi Dao will never allow the Qin army to occupy the land south of the Yangtze River. This alone is enough. When the time comes, the Qin State loses its troops and generals. Even if it takes Jiankang, it will gain nothing in terms of land. Even Sima Guobo and Sima Chuzhi who want to send them back will never accept it under the banner of destroying Jin. Even if they successfully join forces with Tianshi Dao to destroy the Jin Dynasty, they will immediately turn against each other. This is why Qin wants to test our attitude and want to make peace with us.
Xie Daoju smiled and said: "Didn't you analyze just now? This was for the purpose of testing the Celestial Master. Once we really hand over the wonderful sound, will they attack our northern leader?
Liu Yu shook his head: "This is just the highest possibility. Another possibility is that the Qin army will continue to stand still, or it will only allow Sima Guobo and Sima Chuzhi to seize some territory in Yuzhou and Chongzhou to stand on their own, and then wait and see us. As a result of the decisive battle with Tianshi Dao, if we win, then they may improve their relations with us and return the land and people."
Meng Chang breathed a long sigh of relief: "So, what you mean is that the Tiandao Alliance may not be able to control these 100,000 Qin troops. Our attitude towards the Qin army is still neither humble nor arrogant, but we must leave room to avoid fighting with them. We should try to avoid it." Is it good?"
Liu Yu said seriously: "Yes, the Qin army actually seems to be powerful, but there are still two threats. One is Lu Zongzhi in Yongzhou, who can directly take their Luoyang, and the other is the Northern Wei Dynasty in Hebei and Bingzhou. Although the Northern Wei Dynasty is Two years ago, foreign military operations were temporarily abandoned due to the death of Tuoba Si. However, after all, the Northern Wei Dynasty was strong and powerful. It had wiped out the elite main force of the Later Qin Dynasty before. There were deep old grievances between the two countries. This time If the Qin army sends troops to Guandong, the Northern Wei Dynasty will also feel the pressure. Who knows whether the Qin army will take the opportunity to seize the Beichong Prefecture of the Northern Wei Dynasty, or go north to attack Bingzhou?"
Therefore, when Liu Muzhi was in Qingzhou, he would try to use people from Southern Yan who had friendship with the Northern Wei Dynasty to persuade them to persuade the Northern Wei Dynasty and maintain pressure on the Qin army. The Qin army would not dare to rashly penetrate into our territory or expose its flanks. To Lu Zongzhi or to the Northern Wei army.
Once we can defend Jiankang and withstand the most ferocious wave of demon thieves, the Qin army will naturally retreat without a fight. Therefore, we do not need to think too much about the threat of the Qin army, but should focus our main energy on On the demon thief.
Meng Chang nodded: "Before you came just now, Xianzhi took the initiative to express his willingness to take out his Xu family's secret guards and troops and integrate them into the army defending the city, and Mrs. Xie also made the same statement. , if aristocratic families like them take the lead and other families follow up and respond, there will be an additional 10,000 to 20,000 fighting soldiers in the city, which will increase our chances of victory."
Liu Yu said calmly: "Soldiers are more valuable than finesse. Victory or defeat cannot be determined by just looking at the number of people. There may seem to be 200,000 monster thieves, but the real fighting power is only 40,000 to 50,000 old thieves." , and then our surrendered troops and prisoners, if they are forced to serve the demon thieves, their number of combatable men should be close to one hundred thousand.
Now, including Meng Huaiyu's withdrawn troops, there are about 20,000 combatable troops in our city. I have asked Suo Miao to urgently bring more than 1,000 Xianbei armored cavalry troops, equipped with tiger skins, and organized into tiger and leopard cavalry. They should be in We can arrive within the next day or two. As long as we have cavalry, we will be confident that we can defeat the demon thieves who mainly use short weapons in the field and defeat their attempt to force a landing at Shogun Mountain and Jingkou in the north of the city.
As for the mouth of the Qinhuai River in the south, it is the most critical
This is a place where a large number of civilian ships and merchant fleets enter in peacetime, but now in wartime, it is the most vulnerable area to attack. Xinting in the center of the river faces the river mouth, and the water is relatively slow. If the demon thieves arrive, Without stopping, the whole army forcibly landed at Xinting, and then burned the ships and lined up to show their determination to never come back and fight us desperately. This was the strategy we were most afraid of.
Xie Daogou frowned: "How should we deal with this kind of play?"
Liu Yu sighed: "The enemy is newly arrived and has just won a battle. They are well-supplied and full of energy. They want to fight quickly, but we hope to delay it until our reinforcements arrive. The enemy's morale has declined, so this time, we cannot choose the way we fought in Jingkou last time and fight the enemy decisively. Instead, we must hold on as long as possible without fighting. The enemy's Xinting came ashore to fight us in a decisive battle. We cannot win. If you fall into their trap, you must avoid their sharp edges."
We must put the main force in the Stone City in the south and the fortresses around Yanziji. We must rely on the castle to strictly prevent it from being defended. In addition, at the entrance of the Qinhuai River, shipwrecks, rocks, and sharp piles must be scattered to prevent enemy ships from forcibly rushing into the river mouth. To attack our Stone City fortress from behind, we must keep the most elite troops in the fortress, 3,000 to 5,000 people, bring more than two months of food and sufficient reserves of crossbows, and be prepared to hold on without fighting. , no matter how the enemy forces storm the fortress, they cannot rush to the rescue. At least for half a month, they must not directly fight the enemy forces in the south of the city. "
Meng Chang frowned: "Then who do you think can take on the important task of guarding the Stone City Fortress?
Liu Yu said without hesitation: "The young generals I brought back this time all have their own strengths, but when it comes to defense as solid as Mount Tai, no one can compare to Meng Huaiyu. Your cousin has more than 10,000 troops on the Yangtze River." Zhou has withstood the army of demon thieves for a year, fighting hundreds of large and small battles, and the demon thieves were frightened by the news. I believe that if he leads his troops to defend Stone City, he will be able to hold on until the clouds clear and the moon shines!
