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Chapter 254

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    "This old thing is not used with such a good method, but it's hard to get far away. Isn't that embarrassing for Lu Ge?"

    Looking closely at the map sand table and troop deployment signs in Jingzhou area, and scratching the millimeter-scale new hair on his bald head, Fatty Lu's fat face was full of dumbfounding. It was obviously an easy and simple thing, but because it had to pay a certain amount  To sacrifice is to turn this simple thing into a complicated thing, and an easy thing into a difficult thing. Isn¡¯t this asking for trouble?

    "Fortunately, Brother Lu, I had the foresight. Fortunately, Brother Lu, I pushed Wu Yingqi's 250 to take the place of the dead ghost in Yi Cheng's incident!" Secretly rejoicing in my heart, Fatty Lu muttered again in a daze,  "It's no wonder that in history, the old traitor Wu failed to bring down Kang Mazi. The gap, this is the gap. The old traitor Wu didn't deserve to lose."

    Sneaking a few furtive words, Fatty Lu tried his best to put all his grievances behind him, and settled down to plan other tactics to break the city. However, like old traitor Wu, Fatty Lu was also very troubled by the current strength comparison between the enemy and us on the Jingzhou battlefield.  On the north bank of the Yangtze River on the Jingzhou battlefield, the total strength of the Wu army's navy and army, including Yang Laijia's surrendered troops, was less than 50,000. However, the Qing army holding the city in Jingzhou city exceeded 60,000¡ªalthough 30,000 of them  It was the new army that Mi Qing had just formed, and its combat effectiveness was insufficient. However, with a strong city to rely on, this weakness was not obvious. It was still difficult for the Wu army to wipe out the 30,000 rookies.

    In addition, on the south bank of the Yangtze River, although the Songzi army of the Wu army still has about 17,000 troops, the Yiling navy of the Qing army led by the hard-core traitor Xu Zhidu and his wife, like a mangy dog, has always been entrenched in Yidu upstream of the ferry.  On the surface of the Zhijiang River, it always threatened the safety of the Songzi Wu army crossing the river. In a disguised form, it restrained nearly one-third of the Wu army's strength for the Jingzhou Qing army, and the Wu army's navy was at a disadvantage because of the current, wind direction, and battlefield.  For this reason, he was always helpless with this mangy dog, which made Songzi Wu's army unable to cross the Yangtze River and entered the Jingzhou battlefield, wasting a precious force in vain.

    "My lord, return to the account!" During the calculation, the guards shouted from outside the large tent of the Chinese army, and then, the old traitor Wu who personally led the army to patrol the camp led Wang Shirong, Fang Xueshi, Lu Xia and other cronies strode into the account.  Fatty Lu hurried forward to pay respects, while old traitor Wu waved his hand and said, "Forget it, it's so cold, why don't you go back to bed and rest?"

    "Go back to grandfather, son-in-law will go back in a while, and want to study the enemy's situation again." Fatty Lu replied respectfully.

    "Then how is the research going?" The old man Wu took off his cloak, threw it into Lu Xia's arms, sat on the charcoal brazier, and asked casually while warming up, "Have you figured out any good strategy to break the city?"  ?¡±

    "Back to grandfather, not yet." Fatty Lu replied helplessly: "There is not enough troops. The enemy is outnumbered. Our army wants to attack the enemy but is defending. It is difficult for our army's advantages in combat power and weapons to be used  , my son-in-law is incompetent, and I really can't think of a better way to attack the city for a while."

    "Take your time, don't rush, we still have some time." The old traitor Wu waved his hand generously and said: "The old man has already said that since ancient times, siege warfare is the most difficult to fight. You, like the old man, have to  Be prepared for a long struggle."

    "My lord, we can't afford to delay." Wang Shirong said cautiously: "It has been a month since our army broke through the Yangtze River. If we don't seize the time to expand the results, we will miss all the opportunities when Mangou recovers."

    "Don't I know this question?" The old man Wu said helplessly: "The problem is that if the nail in Jingzhou is not pulled out now, our Huguang army and the Sichuan army will not be able to unite together, and the hinterland of Pianyuan behind the money and grain will always be there.  It's useless for me to worry about being threatened by Man Gou."

    "Then, my lord, the student Mr. Maoya's proposal today?" Wang Shirong asked a little unwillingly.

    "The old man has already said that there is no need to discuss this matter again!" The old traitor Wu categorically vetoed it, and said firmly: "The old man's rebellion against the Qing and Ming Dynasty is to save the people from the sea of ??suffering, not to trap the people in the sea of ??suffering."

    Wang Shirong closed his mouth helplessly, and Fatty Lu smiled wryly, so he quickly changed the subject and asked, "Grandfather, can we send an army from Sichuan to go down the river and raid Yiling City, the old nest of the dog Xu Zhidu, to force the army to go down the river?"  Xu Zhi is retreating, and the second is to send reinforcements to the Jingzhou battlefield. Since the Jingzhou War has almost become a battle, then we simply expand the scale of the battle and strive to wipe out more of the living forces in Jingzhou.  The army's next comprehensive counter-offensive lays the foundation for victory?"

    "The old man has also considered this plan." The old traitor Wu replied: "It's just that our Sichuan army has concentrated in the Yangping Pass and Chaotian Pass, and is ready to launch the Northern Expedition at any time to capture Hanzhong and advance into Shaanxi and Gansu.  Sichuan transferOne break.  "

    "Then we can only retreat to Canggang." Xu's tone became even more helpless, "Otherwise, if we retreat to the absolutely safe Zhijiang water, the soldiers' physical strength will not be able to support them anymore."

    "Then that's the only way to go." Xu Zhidu sent an order with his head downcast: "Show the flag, retreat 20 miles, and rest in Canggang."

    The fleet of Xu Zhidu and his wife, who had been tossed to death by Fatty Lu, finally retreated again, but Fatty Lu did not look satisfied at all. He just carefully observed the lights of Xu Zhidu's fleet with a telescope for a long time, and confirmed that Xu Zhidu and his wife were indeed not  After the fraudulent retreat, Fatty Lu quickly ordered to Wu Guogui: "Please trouble father-in-law to issue two more orders. The first one is for our troop fleet. After an hour, another two thousand troops will be transported across the river; the second  Tell Lin Xingzhu to prepare him well, and when the Mandog Fleet turns back for the third time, he will attack immediately and try his best to seize the favorable position upstream, and let him think about what to do next."

    "Understood." Wu Guogui feebly agreed, and then asked, "What about you? What should you do?"

    "My son-in-law is tired and wants to rest." Fatty Lu yawned, "Father-in-law, if you are tired, you can also rest. If Lin Xingzhu can't win the battle after tossing the dog to this point, then he has no face to live."  in this world."

    Note: The traitorous wife of Xu Zhidu, Xu, is not a fictional character, but a historical figure. The historical materials of the Qing Dynasty boasted that she was "a fine man, good at riding and shooting, and often went to war with her husband". In history, before the start of the Jingzhou War during the San Francisco Rebellion  Xu Zhidu was pinned down by the Wu army in the Changde area. When Xu discovered that the Wu army showed signs of attacking Jingzhou, he restrained the army for his traitor husband, rectified military discipline, and donated all the jewelry to reward the soldiers, so that Xu Zhidu was able to lead the army immediately after returning to Yiling.  Reinforce Jingzhou.  Later, the Xu family and Xu Zhidu fought against the Wu army side by side, and were killed by the Wu army in Yiling. Kang Mazi specially ordered him to give you a shirt, and he was granted the title of Yunqiwei, which was inherited by his son Xu Yongnian.  (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.) (Remember the website URL: www.hlnovel.com
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