Liu Xiu, including the counselors under him, could also guess that Huang Zhong's so-called disappearance was not really missing, but that there was a high probability that he had defected to the Jin army.
But it can be guessed. How to say it to the outside world has to be changed. As long as Huang Zhong didn't show up, they could only call Huang Zhongnai missing. It is impossible to say that Huang Zhong surrendered to the enemy to affect his military morale.
After all, as one of the oldest generals in Jingbei, Huang Zhong still has considerable influence in the army. During the Yellow Turban period before Wen Zhong, Zhuge Kunlong and other powerful generals appeared, and during the period when princes were fighting against Dong, Huang Zhong at that time became the most powerful general in Northern Jing.
Although their lie will be completely broken once Huang Zhong appears, at least they can hide it for a moment.
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"Tell General Huang Feihu to continue the fierce attack and never relax at all!" Yue Fei pointed to the city in front and said with a dark face.
Yue Fei could clearly feel that the Chu army on the city wall could not hold on for long. Maybe in the next moment, they would be able to break the city.
"Grand Governor, more than 3,000 brothers have been killed in battle. If we continue to attack like this, the casualties will be too great!" Li Cunxiao suddenly became a little anxious when he heard that Yue Fei wanted Huang Feihu to continue his attack.
You must know that the three thousand who died in the battle were the elite troops of the Jin army. Moreover, this is only those who died in battle, not including those who were injured.
If Yue Fei had used a different attack method instead of this continuous alternating attack day and night, maybe they wouldn't have suffered such heavy casualties.
It has been three days. Yue Fei has maintained this most violent offensive for three days. If he continues to attack at this pace, even the Jin army will be unable to sustain it.
"Yes, Commander-in-Chief, the casualties suffered by our brothers in the past few days have been too great. Shouldn't we let the brothers take a break first?" Another general also suggested.
"General Li, you also take action to help General Huang!" Yue Fei waved his hand and ordered Li Cunxiao instead.
The dissuasion of these generals did not change Yue Fei's mind at all, but made Yue Fei appear to put more effort into it. For this reason, Li Cunxiao was even directly sent up again.
"Grand Governor..." These generals wanted to persuade them again.
After three days of continuous attacks day and night, even if the various units took turns to attack, the soldiers were already exhausted, and with such heavy casualties sustained, the psychological burden on the soldiers must not be less.
These generals are really worried that if they continue to attack at this pace, there will be no guarantee that there will be no problems in the future.
"Don't worry, the enemy army can't hold out much longer! Just do as the general says!" Yue Fei continued seriously while looking at the battle situation in the distance.
If Yue Fei is asked to calculate people's hearts, he is not good at it at all. But if it were also transferred to the military aspect, Yue Fei would definitely do one thing after another.
Under their previous attack on the morale of the Chu army on the opposite side, especially the new troops that had just been recruited, there were already problems with the morale of the troops, but it was only temporarily suppressed by Liu Yu.
As long as Yue Fei continues to attack at this pace without giving the opponent any chance to breathe, soon, under the huge casualties, these people will not be able to sustain it for long. As long as Yue Fei's attack rhythm is fierce enough, these Chu troops, who were already in turmoil, may collapse on their own.
Moreover, after three consecutive days of alternating fierce attacks day and night, the Jin army was already quite exhausted, let alone the Chu army. Most of those Chu troops were newly recruited soldiers, and their quality in this aspect could never be compared with the elite Jin troops.
Besides, the Jin army had already suffered such heavy casualties, and the Chu army's casualties would only be higher than those of the Jin army.
Therefore, Yue Fei ignored the dissuasion of the generals and continued to maintain the rhythm of the fierce attack.
At this time, Yue Fei could only continue to tighten up like this and could not relax even a little bit. If they relax at this time, the Chu army on the wall will also get a chance to breathe.
The most serious situation is that Liu Yu will take the opportunity to boost the morale of the Chu army, and Yue Fei's three days of efforts will be in vain.
Looking at the Chu army flag on the city wall, Yue Fei had to admire Liu Yu's talent. Most of the soldiers under his command were new recruits, and they were still able to resist like this for three days despite their lack of military morale.
Ask yourself, if it were him, Yue Fei himself couldn't guarantee that he could do better than Liu Yu.
However, that's all for now. Liu Yu's ability to last for three days was beyond Yue Fei's expectation. According to Yue Fei's estimation, it was only a day or two before he broke through the city.
As a famous general of the generation, Yue Fei could roughly guess the current situation of the Chu army, and then made such a judgment.
"Grand Governor, if the city is breached, the rest of the matter can be left to General Chang to handle!" Zhang Liang reminded him as he stood by.
We now know almost everything about the generals of the Jin army in Jingzhou. Some things are more appropriate to be left to Chang Yuchun. Moreover, the other party will not resist these things.
"What do you mean, military advisor?" Yue Fei was stunned for a moment before asking.
Yue Fei basically focused all his talents on fighting. Zhang Liang said something unclearly, which made Yue Fei really unable to react.
"Grand Governor, after the city is broken, there will be a large number of prisoners. I think..." When Zhang Liang said this, he made a simple gesture with his hand.
"In this case, just follow the advice of the military advisor!" After a moment of silence, Yue Fei nodded in agreement.
When Zhang Liang clearly asked Chang Yuchun to kill the captured soldiers this time, Yue Fei had already figured out Zhang Liang's general intention. Zhang Liang just wanted to completely destroy the last bit of military morale of the Chu army in Jingbei. , in order to fully cooperate with the heart-attack plan set up before.
As long as all the captured soldiers are killed this time, the Chu army in northern Jingbei can be informed of the fate of those who stubbornly resisted to the end. By then, the Chu army, which was already in turmoil, would not have to worry about collapsing.
Killing prisoners is different from massacring a city. If it is a massacre of a city, it will easily have a negative impact on one's own side. But if it is killing prisoners, it can be said to be commonplace and not a big deal!
Therefore, since it is beneficial to the upcoming battle, Yue Fei has no reason to reject Zhang Liang's suggestion.
