"The enemy's intention of coming is not yet clear. Going to war rashly may be detrimental to our army. Let's discuss it first." Lan Xu was not in a hurry to explain his preliminary inference of the enemy's intention. Instead, he looked at the generals and asked: "I wonder what you generals think the enemy's intention is when they invade again?"
"In my opinion, the enemy wants to use yesterday's fighting method to consume our troops again and again. If we accept the fight, they will definitely come again tomorrow. When our troops' casualties reach a certain number, they will attack with all their strength. City," Fang Quyin quickly thought of a possibility based on the number of enemy troops and the fact that they did not carry siege equipment.
"What do you mean by General Fang's words? Can't our army kill the enemy?" Not satisfied with Fang Quyin's statement, the infantry commander Zhou Xingce asked directly.
"Yesterday's battle, both the enemy and ours suffered tens of thousands of casualties. Although our army's casualties were slightly better than those of the Yi Army, they still could not afford the large number of troops. If we fight today and there is still no winner, the enemy's army will suffer tomorrow. Again, if this happens again and again, our army's strength will become smaller and smaller, while relatively speaking the enemy's strength will increase." Not sure whether his analysis was correct, Fang Quyin just wanted to tell him without reservation. Speak out your opinions.
"General Fang is exactly what he said. If our army cannot win a big victory today, it will not only have a negative impact on the morale of the army again, but also what should our army do if the Yi army comes again tomorrow? In my opinion, everything must be obeyed Just give the general's instructions." Another infantry battalion commander answered.
The two generals agreed with Lan Xu's decision. Even if the remaining generals still had doubts about Lan Xu's decision, they had to reconsider the rights and wrongs of their original ideas.
"But if our army refuses to go to war, it will also affect the morale of the soldiers." To refute the views of Fang Quyin and others, Zhou Xingce thought of the disadvantages of not going to war.
"Yes, if our army stays behind closed doors, doesn't it mean that we think we are no match for the Yi Army?" Then, another general expressed the same view.
Speaking of which, the doubts of these two generals are also a fact that other generals need to recognize. If they think that the Star Army is stronger than the Wing Army, then avoiding war is undoubtedly showing weakness to the other side, which is also detrimental to one's own side.
"The two generals are right, but it's a pity that there is no compromise. I think whether our army sends troops depends on the overall impact of war or not on our army," Lan Xu nodded to the two generals. Make his point directly.
"General, do you mean that it would be more advantageous to refuse to fight?" Hearing that Lan Xu had no intention of changing his decision to refuse to fight, a general immediately asked tentatively.
"I wonder what you guys think?" Lan Xu did not rush to answer the other party, but still wanted to see the opinions of other generals.
"I believe that the purpose of the enemy's coming is to lure our army out of the city to fight. If our army goes to war, it caters to the enemy's strategy of consuming our troops," Fang Quyin replied directly without changing his original idea.
"Until there is an effective way to deal with the enemy's shield soldiers, our army must not go into battle easily," then another general who supported Lan Xu spoke.
"I have no objection to your unwillingness to go to war, but if this affects the morale of our army, you will apologize to the marshal yourself when the time comes."
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One after another, the generals expressed their opinions one after another. Judging from the current situation, many people still recognized Lan Xu, but this caused dissatisfaction on the main battle side, especially the bellicose cavalry commander Zhang Budao. He wanted to avenge his former humiliation with Yijun on the battlefield.
Being discouraged by the Yi Army yesterday, as the leader of the cavalry camp, Zhang Budao could not swallow his bad breath. Although his attitude did not represent the opinions of the entire cavalry camp, it at least represented the views of the main combatant.
In fact, Lan Xu and many generals can understand the mood of Zhang DaDa and others. After all, their star army has always been invincible. They cannot lose their spirit just because of yesterday's battle, let alone the spirit of the cavalry soldiers. It's just that this kind of thinking is the most likely to make people act impulsively. Looking at the overall situation, the Star Army is really not suitable to take risks now, so more people feel that it is best to be cautious.
"Report," Lan Xu was discussing with the generals in the big tent. A herald hurried into the big tent and reported the latest situation to Lan Xu: "General, Yi Jun is unwilling to leave. Call our army a coward."
The herald had a look of shame and anger on his face, as if he felt it was a shame to even report such news to Lan Xu.
"What? How dare Yi Jun humiliate us?" After hearing this, a hot-tempered general was shocked at first, and then became furious.
"Exactly, they also said that if we don't go out to fight, they won't leave." Frightened by the general who asked, the herald quickly added: "Until we go out to fight."
"It's tolerable, but who can't be tolerated? General, I am willing to lead 60,000 troops to fight and swear to take the heads of the enemy generals." The person who answered the words was Zhang DaDa. As the commander of the cavalry camp, his bad temper was a disaster. As everyone knows, when he heard that the herald said that Yi Jun was insulting them, he, who had always been the bravest among the three armies, suddenly became furious.
"No, General Zhang. That is the enemy's way of provoking generals. If we act impulsively and attack the enemy's will," Lan Xu said before Fang Quyin tried to dissuade Zhang.
"What General Fang said is exactly what the enemy said. The purpose of the enemy's insults to us is to anger us. We cannot take risky actions because of impulse." Following Fang Quyin's analysis, Lan Xu expressed the same view.
"But they are scolding like this. If we keep avoiding the battle, won't we really become a coward?" There is no objection to the other party's Quyin and Lan Xu's advice, but this is still not enough to calm Zhang Dadan's inner anger.
Similar to Zhang Bingdao's mood, many Star Army generals in the camp were angry at Yi Jun's blatant insults. Many people who had previously been unwilling to go to war had the idea of eager to go to war. After all, since the war in Feng Kingdom, They have never suffered this kind of injustice.
The atmosphere in the big tent was a little tense. Lan Xu could see that Yi Jun's behavior had a great impact on many generals. Thinking about it, if Lan Wu were here now, this situation might not happen. He deeply felt that his ability was insufficient. Under the circumstances, Lan Xu just wanted to try his best to stabilize the current situation.
"After Brother Wei leaves, the responsibility of commanding the three armies will be handed over to you. I hope you can live up to my expectations." Under the emotion, Lan Xu suddenly remembered what Lan Wu said to him before leaving.
That was what Lan Wu had entrusted him with. Now he was the general of the three armed forces, and only he could make military decisions. Thinking of this, Lan Xu suddenly felt a lot of pressure on him, especially when the generals had different opinions. The extreme ideas of the main combatants put too much pressure on him.
"General Zhang doesn't need to say more, and generals don't need to think too much. Our army is not as powerful as the opponent, and the risk of going to war is too great. Until we can think of a strategy to defeat the enemy, our army will never be able to avoid fighting." After thinking about it again and again, Lan Xu He directly showed the majesty he should have as a general.
After the generals felt the irresistible tone of command, Zhang DaDa and other people who still had the idea of going to war could only keep silent.
Next, following Lan Xu's instructions, the generals discussed together how to deal with the Yi Army. During this period, heralds continued to report on the situation of the Yi Army outside the city, and the information reported was not much different.
After knowing that the Star Army was unwilling to leave the city, the Yijun personnel took turns using all kinds of unpleasant words to belittle the Star Army, saying that the Star Army was worthless. Since the Yijun was not far from the city gate, the defenders on the city could naturally hear it clearly. Chu, with the rage gushing out, many star troops even wanted to disobey military orders and rush out to fight to the death with those wing troops.
Although Yijun's behavior had no actual offensive power, it did have a great impact on Xingjun's mood. Unfortunately, Xingjun did not have a proper response strategy, so he could only let Yijun insult them in the city.
Not long after the Yijun began to insult the Star Army, the situation outside the city reached the Star Army camp. After learning that the Yijun outside was calling them cowardly turtles, every Star Army member was furious from top to bottom. Many of them were furious. People were clamoring to go out and make Yi Jun look good. But just when the crowd was in a rage, new instructions came from above.
No matter how Yi Jun insulted them, they could not discuss the military situation in private, let alone gather in a crowd to make trouble, otherwise they would be dealt with according to military law once discovered.
The orders from above made the angry Star Army even more aggrieved, but after all, they did not dare to disobey the military orders and could only choose to endure it.
However, there is only one hour of formal training time a day. The rest of the time, Star Army trains alone. Because of the anxiety, Star Army can no longer calm down through training. There are many complaints in the army, so that those in the army who were originally calm The Star Army has been affected to a certain extent. If this continues, the morale of the Star Army will be greatly damaged before the entire Yi Army attacks the city.
