The muscles on Lu Xun's face were beating. He looked into Xu Daofu's eyes and said in a deep voice, "Are you so sure that according to your fighting style, you can definitely defeat Liu Yu and capture Jiankang City?"
When he said this, he turned around and pointed at the Xinting Fortress in the distance: "Still, if you dare to issue a military order, according to your style of play, I will give you two hundred, no, three hundred immortal monsters, mixed with the five thousand If we charge in Renli, we will definitely be able to capture this Xinting Fortress?"
The muscles on Xu Daofu's face were also beating violently, and his body was also twisting and twisting due to the rapid breathing and gasping for air, looking like a centipede crawling.
Lu Xun's words touched the pain in his heart. He was really not sure that if he dared to issue a military order, he would be able to break the city.
Lu Xun sneered and said: "You also know that there is no guarantee that we can capture Jiankang City or even this Xinting Fortress. As long as Liu Yu is here, their military and people's morale is stable. With Liu Yu's command, there are many ways to defeat us." With all the various methods of siege, do you think you can use your troops to fight better than your predecessor, the black-robed Emperor Murong Chui of Houyan? Is he not as good at fighting as you, or does he have fewer immortals than you? The Battle of Guanggu During the battle, he dispatched no less than five thousand immortal ghost soldiers, and they were all thrown directly from the air into the Jin army's line. Did he win?"
Xu Daofu began to sweat. He gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "Those attacking the city are the elite troops of the Beifu Army. They know how to deal with the immortal monsters. The defenders of Xinting..."
Lu Xun laughed and said, "Look out for the defenders of Xinting. They are holding the flag of Meng Huaiyu. I don't know if he is here, but at least these are the subordinates he brought back from Liyang. For such an important fortress, Liu Yu can't just let the newly recruited militiamen defend, he must defend with heavy troops and fight with elite troops. If we use the immortal monster to charge, I'm afraid they will be destroyed or blocked before we get close to the city wall. By then, we will lose our troops and fail to attack. City, first you turn into a monster to bite your own people, and finally there are thousands of immortal monsters wandering outside the city, but you can't enter the Xinting Fortress. Do you want to try this?"
Xu Daofu gritted his teeth and said bitterly: "At least give it a try first. While the Jin army is not yet stable and Liu Yugang comes back, we can..."
Lu Xun pointed to the river bank and said sternly: "You call this an unsteady footing? Liu Yu's military talents can arrange the defense of the whole city in half a day. Now they are fully prepared. It is definitely not a matter of unsteady footing, and Liu Yu It is to deploy all the elite soldiers in fortresses such as Xinting, Stone City, and Jinutang, so as to avoid wasting manpower and troops on the defense of the city wall as much as possible. You are called a military strategist, but you don't even know these things. What do you mean by using soldiers like a god?"
Xu Daofu stood up, pointed at the Xinting Fortress, and said in a deep voice: "Whether we can use the immortal ghost soldiers to capture Xinting or not, as long as we work hard, we can at least seize the beach and land successfully, and then go ashore and burn the ships to show our success. The determination to never come back, even if it depends on human life, and we take turns to attack the city, we will definitely be able to capture the Xinting Fortress. Once we reach Xinting, we can go straight to the south gate of Jiankang City. Liu Yu, who concentrates his troops on one point, The tactics can be completely cracked!”
Lu Xun said coldly: "Don't you know that there is a tunnel under the Xinting Fortress, where there are supplies, and reinforcements and food can be passed? It's not that we didn't fight side by side with Liu Yu back then. When he defended Jinyong City in Luoyang, he had two thousand men. , you can defend Murong Yong’s 50,000-strong army in Xiyan. There are many Xianbei elites equipped with armor and cavalry who have conquered Chang’an City. How did you feel when you saw this battle?”
A trace of panic flashed in Xu Daofu's eyes, and the scene from that year came to mind. His hands were clenched into fists, but he was unable to respond.
Lu Xun sneered and said: "This small but strong fortress can withstand the attack of a hundred thousand troops with only a few thousand troops. Besides, we don't even have siege equipment now, how can we attack the city by force? If we rely on immortal monsters to attack the city, If they can't take it down, then the morale of the whole army will be greatly reduced when they see this scene. Even if they get ashore, can they still be driven to attack vigorously? My Junior Brother Xu, after we succeeded in Haiyan last time, you just mentioned this to Sun Ent The proposal of a risky attack required us to board the ships and enter the sea, and then take Jiankang directly from the mouth of the river. However, we encountered the battle of Suanshan and the windless river, so the fleet could not move forward, resulting in a failure."
"Now, we are facing almost the same situation as back then. Liu Yu has rushed here before us and occupied the favorable terrain. This Xinting Fortress, just like Suanshan back then, has been occupied by the Jin army, and we have lost the opportunity. If we only rely on the so-called momentum or the immortal ghost soldiers to attack, there is not much chance of winning. Once it fails, it will damage morale and make the morale of the army fluctuate. Let alone today, it will be difficult to fight even later. So, what we need now , is to calm down, calm down, and wait for the situation to change."
Xu Daofu shook his head dissatisfied: "How can the current situation change? I just said that time will only be in Liu Yu's favor. He will continue to have reinforcements arriving from all walks of life, and there will also be a steady stream of civilians passing by. After training to become qualified warriors, even Liu Daogui in Jingzhou will attack to intercept our retreat. Even if we cannot capture Xinting, we can set up camp and besiege the fortress. The army goes north and directly takes the south gate of Jiankang. It is better than It’s better to wait on the boat.”
Lu Xun smiled slightly: "This is the shortcoming that you only know the general's art of war and don't know the current situation. Liu Yu is now using all his elite soldiers to defend various fortresses on the periphery, but the city is empty of troops. Do you know that back then? During the Eight Kings Rebellion, how did Sima Yi, the king of Changsha, who was brave and good at fighting and known as the reincarnation of Han Bai, die?"
Xu Daofu's heart moved: "It was the Su Guards in the city at that time, such as Sima Yue and other generals. They thought that the troops were insufficient and they would be defeated if they fought, so they launched a defeat, captured Sima Yi, and gave it to the enemy outside the city. .”
Lu Xun smiled with satisfaction and said: "That's it. Now I want to let the Tiandao Alliance and the major families take action. Their ability lies in conspiracy, and Liu Yu can defeat the conspiracy with his soldiers and horses. Now Wang Miaoyin and Liu Muzhi, his two intelligence chiefs, are not here, and his trusted troops have been sent outside the city. Hum, surrounded by the Su Wei army controlled by the children of the aristocratic family, do you think that attacking the city is a good opportunity to eliminate Liu Yu? But in my opinion, making him the second Sima Yi is the best chance to eliminate Liu Yu! Just wait and see what happens, and wait for three to five days. If no one in the city takes action or the action fails, there is no point in attacking the city again. It’s too late.”
