"Grand Governor, I believe that if you want to break Jiangling, you need to attack from within!" During the chat, the generals also began to discuss ways to break Jiangling City, and Zhuge Liang was the first to speak.
When Zhuge Liang spoke out, everyone also fell silent, preparing to hear what Zhuge Liang would say next.
Although Zhuge Liang is not old now, his future is bright. Needless to say, it's not even in the future. After this battle, when it comes to rewards based on merit, Zhuge Liang's reward will definitely not be low.
First of all, Zhuge Liang was born in Mingde College and was a proper academic. And why did Li Xiang establish Mingde College in the first place, and even gave himself the title of honorary dean? Isn't the most essential reason for cultivating talents who are loyal to him?
Secondly, Zhuge Liang was from the imperial examination school, and this was his first imperial examination, and he achieved a dazzling ranking. If the imperial examination is to be used as the standard for selecting officials in the future, then the first few batches, especially the first batch, must be treated as a set of benchmarks.
Moreover, although the Zhuge family had certain problems, they did play a huge role in the battle of Xiangyang, which was meritorious to the Jin army.
The most important thing is that Zhuge Liang is truly talented. As for talents, especially those who are loyal to himself, as we all know, Li Xiang will never treat him badly.
From the time when the Jin Army emerged in these troubled times until now, many talents have been promoted. People like Bai Qi, Yue Fei, Wu Qi, etc. were not very impressive at the beginning.
Moreover, Zhuge Liang himself provided many good strategies, both when he helped Huo Qubing's cavalry invade Jiangxia and during the subsequent all-out war between the two armies, and Li Xiang himself is also a man who rewards meritorious deeds and has clear rewards and punishments.
"Inside?" After hearing these two words mentioned by Zhuge Liang, several people in the big tent probably had some guesses about Zhuge Liang's next words.
After all, there are many talented people in this big tent, and there is even a saint-seeker like Zhang Liang. Once one person makes a start, the rest can come up with a plan.
"Grand Governor, in Liang's humble opinion, our army should start from the Southern Barbarians in this battle!" Zhuge Liang continued.
Sure enough, many people had already made some guesses about Zhuge Liang's plan, and Zhuge Liang's next words also proved that their guesses were probably right.
In Jiangling City, there are 30,000 new soldiers who were recruited not long ago. The role these people can play is limited, and combat effectiveness is their biggest problem.
In addition to these new recruits, there are still less than 60,000 elites left, and among them, more than half are the Southern Barbarian Army, and the remaining half are Liu Xiu's remaining Chu Army and Zhu Yuanzhang's Yangzhou Army. Most of Zhu Yuanzhang's Yangzhou army is located in Jiangxia.
If it can provoke a conflict between Han and barbarians in Jiangling City, then it can indeed cause a lot of trouble to the other party.
Moreover, it is not difficult to do this. The lifestyles and civilized etiquette between Han people and barbarians are very different. It is not difficult to provoke them in the city, and there is a great chance to complete it.
"Grand Governor, there are still Southern Barbarian troops among the remaining surrendered troops. The Barbarian troops can send out the Chu army!" Xie Xuan reminded him in time.
Among the surrendered troops captured in the previous batch, after a series of attrition, there were only less than 10,000 left, and most of these surrendered troops were barbarians.
Xie Xuan's intention is to continue to use this part of the barbarian army to attack the city and let these barbarian troops die in the hands of the Chu army or the Yangzhou army. If he then instigates the relationship between Han and barbarians in Jiangling City, he will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.
"Grand Governor, can we carry out the Xiangyang move again!" Another general said, and the implication was whether we could persuade a group of Chu army generals to win them over to the Jin army's side. If someone does If we respond internally, it will be much easier to attack the city!
"Difficult!" Wu Qi took the initiative to start a conversation at this time.
"Kuai, Ma, Fu Liang and others are in front, Liu Xiu must be on guard... and..." Wu Qi continued.
Indeed, it is impossible to engage in the internal response at this time.
First of all, it is not easy to make someone fall into the same pit twice, let alone this person is Liu Xiu. This time, with the lessons learned from the events of Kuai and Ma, Liu Xiu will definitely be on guard in this regard and will not give the Jin army another chance in this regard.
Secondly, Liu Xiu had previously moved a large number of people to Jingnan, and those who were given priority were the family members of the aristocratic families in Nanjun and the soldiers of the Chu army.
Therefore, at this time, the main power of the aristocratic families in Jiangling City is no longer in Jiangling City. Even if the Chu army building is about to collapse, those aristocratic families are willing to fall to the Jin army, but based on their strength in Jiangling City That remaining power can't do much.
Moreover, they may not dare to do anything. Otherwise, if they betray Liu Xiu on the front foot, Wang Liao on the back foot will deal with their tribesmen in Jingnan.
In addition, Jingnan's generals have almost suffered losses. The remaining Ji Zun, Gai Yan, Wang Ba, Ren Guang, Wan Xiu, Pi Tong, Liu Zhi, Deng Xia, Chen Dao, Huo Jun and others were either veteran generals from Jingbei, or Liu Xiu's confidants. .
In fact, many of the remaining generals still have a deep hatred for the Jin army. The deaths of Deng Yu and Wu Han were inseparable from the Jin army, and Wu Zhiqi in Jingnan and Deng Xia in Jiangling were their direct brothers. This deep hatred was not easy to resolve.
And if such important figures cannot persuade them to surrender to the Jin army, then even if they can win over some small fish and shrimps below, it will be of no real use.
It is difficult for them to do anything with the generals of the Chu army, let alone the Yangzhou army and the Nanman army. It is even more difficult for them to do anything.
Within the Yangzhou Army, those family members who went to war are still in Yangzhou at this moment. Even for the safety of their own families, it was impossible for the generals of the Yangzhou Army to fall to the Jin Army.
What's more, unlike the Chu army, which is about to collapse, the Yangzhou army is still doing well, and the generals have not yet thought of other things.
The Southern Barbarian Army is even more impossible. Liu Che dared to send those generals out because those generals themselves had no dealings with the Jin army. The forces of Ma Teng, Yang Jian, and Fu Jian were all destroyed in the hands of the Jin army.
