Lu Su and Zhu Zhi climbed up to the high platform and pointed at the head of the lake and land city to identify the flags one by one. Zhu Zhi recognized nearly 60% of the flags, and about 40% were not clear. It may be Lu Qian's subordinates, or they may have lived outside the city and just arrived in the city to help. Yuan Tan is the governor of Yanzhou, and the Yuan family has a wide connection. Between Sun Ce and Yuan Tan, there will naturally be more people who choose to support Yuan Tan.

Lu Su wrote down these one by one, returned to the tent, and handed them over to Guo Jia. Guo Jia immediately asked the scout camp people to do two things: one was to compare them based on existing information. The scout camp had conducted a certain investigation of the powerful Yanzhou, and some families with strong strength had already entered their vision. The other was to immediately make small flags representing these families, insert them on the model, and mark the number of their respective troops in different colors.

With the supplementary data, the model is one step closer to reality.

Sun Ce did not arrange for Lu Su to do these things. These were all due to Lu Su's spontaneity, and Sun Ce just did not stop him. But Sun Ce was not surprised by these. Lu Su is not a humble gentleman, he does not pay attention to humility, and has such strength. He can perform very well without his intentional arrangements. It not only allowed Zhu Zhi and Huang Gai to see the abilities of these young people, but also allowed Dong Xi, Quan Rou and others to see his outstanding performance. Don't think that Sun Ce is biased and kills two birds with one stone. As for those who don't like Lu Su and think he loves to show off too much, Sun Ce can ignore them.

After information comparison, the generals had a clear understanding of the defense at the head of Hulu City. Without considering Lu Qian deliberately concealing his strength, there were about 2,000 people in the city, of which more than 800 belonged to Lu Qian, including Lu Qian's troops and the soldiers of Rencheng County and State brought him. The other more than 1,300 were the troops of the powerful Hulu family, mainly divided into five forces, with nearly 3,400 people, and one or two hundred. The most typical ones were two: one was the Du family and the other was the Shan family.

Zhou Tai immediately introduced the general situation of Dujia and Shanjia.

The Du family was still a famous scholar. He was born in a humble background, but he was both civil and military, and was still honest and capable. He served as the governor of Jingzhou. He was first involved in military affairs and quelled the rebellion as soon as he took action. Later, he was transferred to the prefect of Guiyang and Liaodong for his merits, and once defeated the Xianbei.

Du Shang not only has one style of official position, but also a kind of person. When he was an official, he promoted the backwards and respected the virtuous and the inferior. It is said that the Grand Marshal Zhu Yan was promoted by him. He was able to help people with money and help in distress during his daily life, and ranked among the eighth chefs. In fact, Zhang Miao was still his junior. Even if he didn't want to be prosperous, he could not have such a person. After more than ten years of official position, he also had a lot of disciples and old officials, and his friends were everywhere. He was famous in Hulu and accumulated a certain amount of strength. During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, many people chose to rely on the Du family. The strength of the Du family quickly expanded and became the most powerful in Hulu.

Du Shang himself has been dead for more than 30 years, and now he is the head of his son Du Ju. Du Shang himself failed to catch up with the Party and the title of Ba Chu was given by later generations. He was attracted by the Party and his children and grandchildren were affected. Du Ju's brothers and sons were imprisoned at home for more than 20 years, and his career was greatly affected and he also accumulated a lot of resentment. This time Du Ju himself led his troops to assist Lu Qian in defending the city, so he naturally actively moved closer to the Yuan family.

The Shan family is relatively weaker. The previous head of the Shan family, Shan Yang, was appointed as the Grand Historian, and was the prefect of Hanzhong, and died as the Minister of Shangshu. The current head of the family is Shan Xin, the son of Shan Yang. Judging from the flags at the top of the city, he commanded about 300 troops.

It may be because of geographical factors - Hulu is a major transportation route, has certain economic strength, and is not far from Mount Tai. It has swamps around it, and is very easy to hide. There are more thieves. The people in Hulu are tough, and they are more concerned about practical interests and have fewer concerns. Even the famous scholars who are familiar with the classics and enter the officialdom are extremely cruel. In order to preserve their fame, he fabricated facts and falsely accused his colleagues, and later reported them. The same is true in single fields. They are not moral gentlemen, but are more practical scholars.

After listening to Zhou Tai's introduction, Sun Ce thought that it was really a place to support the people. It was no accident that the famous Liangshan heroes came from this area. Even now, the Taishan soldiers are synonymous with elite soldiers and can be compared with the Danyang soldiers. Zang Ba nominally attached Cao, but in fact he has been independent for many years. He relied on the elite power of the Taishan soldiers and the Qing Xu family with a strong xenophobic mentality.

After sorting out the city defense forces of Hulu again, Lu Su took the initiative to propose a quick battle plan.

"General, Su thought that although Hulu City had two thousand soldiers, they were different, and they might not be able to be united in one heart and one virtue. Lu Qian was a powerful man in Rencheng, not from a noble family, but was ordered by Yuan Tan to come here, and had no prestige, so they could defeat each one. Su suggested two steps: first attack the heart, then attack the city. Send people to invite the families of several powerful families to come to the city to persuade them to surrender. If they do not surrender, then kill people and seize their property to reward the soldiers. There is nothing to be polite. Our army has more than 20,000 infantrymen, ten times the defenders in the city, and its combat power is far stronger than the troops of each family, so it can be attacked with force."

Sun Ce felt it was reasonable, but he did not express his opinion immediately. Instead, he solicited opinions from the generals and first looked at Zhu Zhi. "Mr. Zhu, what do you think?"

Zhu Zhi said politely: "General, Zhi thought what the Captain Lu said was feasible, but he should be more cautious. Without large-scale siege equipment, the losses of the ants' attacks may be relatively large."

Sun Ce nodded and asked Huang Gai for his opinion. Huang Gai was very direct. "What Captain Lu said is reasonable. Ten times the force can be used to attack with force. There is no need to prepare too much and waste time. Now it is early spring, and the spring plowing is about to begin, end early and rest early."

Sun Ce immediately sought the opinions of other generals. When Zhu Zhi and Huang Gai spoke, everyone was more polite. When Dong Xi, Quan Rou and others expressed their opinions, the atmosphere became more lively. Every word and every word was very lively, and even a little intense. Zhu Zhi and Huang Gai were frightened, afraid that they would fight. But after watching for a while, they felt relieved again. Although these people were very fiercely quarreled, no one would say anything, otherwise they would be refuted mercilessly. Without confidence and without serious thinking, they really dared not speak casually.

Sun Ce combined the opinions of the generals, finally accepted Lu Su's suggestions, adjusted some details, and arranged tasks according to the strength of the combat power of each unit. He postponed the siege for two days. Lu Su, Dong Xi, Quan Rou, Zhu Zhi, and Huang Gai led the headquarters to guide the scout camp to the family, the Shan family asked people, and other units prepared for battle under the city. The baggage battalion prepared the ladders for the siege. There was no time to prepare for large siege equipment, and there was no need to prepare. Compared with the 10-to-1 force, he could completely take down Hulu City in the simplest and most brutal way.
Chapter completed!