Wu Shu sat in the official hall of Guozhou Prefecture. A fire was set in front of him, and a sheep was mounted on the fire. Wu Shu held a knife in his right hand and a leg of lamb in his left hand. He took a sip of wine and slowly

Eat with peeled mutton.

The personal soldiers came in and crossed their hands and said, "King, Wei Yi is ordered to come!"

"Let him come in!" Wu Shu said coldly without raising his head.

Not long after, Wei Yi entered the official hall. Seeing that Wu Shu was not good-looking, he hurriedly bowed and said, "I have seen the king until Wei Yi!"

Wu Shu looked up slightly and looked at Wei Yi coldly. After a while, he said coldly: "How many days have you been sending troops to Lu? Where are you now?"

Wei Yi said carefully: "Report to the king, it has been twelve days since the end of the country left Guozhou, and he is still trapped under the Volcano Pass."

Wu Shu didn't say anything, but just looked at Wei Yi coldly. Wei Yi felt tired and sweaty when she was seen.

After a long time, Wu Shu said: "Li Yanxian defeated the general of the army, and the Lu family is just a small county in the mountains. Why did it take so long? If you continue to fight like this, when will you catch Li Yanxian? Our army is in Guozhou,

It’s not just a waste of money and food!”

Wei Yi said carefully: "King, it is really difficult to attack the Volcano Pass. From Guozhou to Lu's family, there is only this road. There is a deep ditch north of the Volcano Pass, which should wind upwards. There is a pass at the pass above the mountain, and there is nothing else.

The road. At the end of the day, the general sent people to attack. As long as the Song army on the mountain was thrown down, our army would suffer many casualties. In the past twelve days, our army lost more than a thousand people, and there was no way."

Wu Shu said: "It's too difficult to attack head-on, why not circumvent it? There is no cliff there, you can always send people to circumnavigate."

Wei Yi replied: "The General of the Mo also thought of this method. However, the Song army was well defended, and he was discovered by him every time and intercepted it halfway. These days, the General of the Moon is investigating the surrounding terrain and thinking of other offensive methods."

Wu Shu suddenly raised his head, his eyes were like torches, and he stared at Wei Yi below. After a while, he said slowly: "Lu's natural danger, attacking is not easy. These days, you have led troops to attack with great casualties.

It’s really hard. Sit down and drink with me!”

Wei Yi let out a sigh of relief, thanked Wu Shu, and sat down by the fire.

Pour a bowl of wine, Wu Shu said, "When you get here, let go of those troubles for the time being and drink two drinks!"

After saying that, he raised the bowl and drank it all with Wei Yi. Put down the wine bowl, Wu Shu ordered his personal soldiers: "Go and call General Han Chang over!"

Han Chang came in, Wu Shu ordered him to sit aside and ordered his personal soldiers to pour wine. He cut two large pieces of meat from the cooked sheep on the fire with a knife, threw one piece to Han Chang and the other to Wei Yi. He said: "

Wei Dujian set out from Guozhou for twelve days and was blocked in front of the Volcano Pass, and it was difficult to advance. We tens of thousands of troops were stationed in Guozhou. What should we do if we continue like this? Let me come to you today and discuss what to do together.”

After hearing this, Han Chang frowned and said, "There is only one road to go from Guozhou to Lu's family. The mountains are continuous, the ravines are crisscrossing, and the road is narrow. The army cannot do anything at all. The Song army only needs to hold back the key points.

, Our army is really difficult to attack."

Wei Yi hurriedly said: "General Han said, "This road is very narrow, and only three to five thousand people stretch for several miles. There is no flat ground in front of the Volcano Pass, and no one to two thousand people have a place to camp. To be honest, if you want to make a way,

You can only be surrounded for a long time and wait for the enemy to lose food."

Han Chang said: "I heard that Wang Xiaoli, the governor of Xiang Deng of the Southern Dynasty, personally led a large army to the north to aid the Lu family. Compared with the troops, we do not have the upper hand now. If we want to attack the Lu family, we should find another way."

Wu Shu frowned: "This Wang Xiaoli should not be underestimated. The last time he went to Luoyang, he fought with him, and he had no advantage. He owned several lands in the states of Ru Deng Xiangyang, with territory and population.

It's a strong enemy!"

Wei Yi said: "I heard that the army Wang Xiaowei was originally a royal army organized by his father Wang Rudai a few years ago. A few years ago, Wang Rudai died in battle, so Wang Xiaowei became the leader.

Xiaohu took over the army. This army came from Luoyang to Kaifeng and returned from Kaifeng. Two years ago, he crossed the mountains and went to Xiangyang Prefecture, but he never suffered a defeat! Now he has tens of thousands of troops, and he is a powerful figure!”

After Wei Yi finished speaking, the three of them fell silently. They roasted the fire silently, and ate meat while drinking.

After a while, Han Chang suddenly said: "The Lu family county has a small area with a small area and few people. How can we afford to support tens of thousands of troops?"

Wei Yi was stunned for a moment and said, "Wang Xiaoli owns densely populated prefectures and counties such as Dengzhou and Xiangyang, so he can naturally recruit Dingfu to transport grain."

"No, no!" Han Chang waved his hands repeatedly. "The road in the mountains is difficult to walk, we all see it. Wang Xiao hunted tens of thousands of troops, even if we have 30,000 people, the food and grass of the 30,000 troops, such a mountain road,

Those who transported grain were afraid of not 100,000? At the beginning of the year, he had a large army of 30,000. At the end of the year, he aided the Lu family and sent another 30,000 troops. Not to mention the army, the people under his rule could run twice a year.

?”

Wu Shu suddenly raised his head and said, "It is absolutely impossible! Once the civil servants are recruited, I don't know how many people will die! Twice a year, will the people under Wang Xiaoli die? There is a 30,000 army, Wang Xiao

It is impossible to get to Lu's family at this time!"

"Yes." Wei Yi nodded. "Everyone recruits civil servants twice a year, and no people can stand it. These days, I have never heard of the people in Dengzhou causing trouble. So, Wang Xiao actually hunts for help from Lu

There are not many soldiers in the clan."

Han Chang said: "This must be the case. Talking about tens of thousands of troops is just a false statement and cannot be taken seriously!"

Wu Shu pondered for a while and said, "According to your estimate, how many people can Wang Xiaoli send to Lu's County? The Lu family has not much food and grass, and it needs to be transported from Dengzhou. It is not easy to recruit people and not cause chaos.

.”

Han Chang thought for a while and said, "The people of Ruzhou have not collected the news. In this way, it seems that Wang Xiaoli only used Dengzhou civil servants, and the people of other prefectures and counties have not collected it. After the first day of the New Year,

How many people can Dengzhou recruit in the war? In my opinion, it is amazing to collect 30,000 to 50,000 to 50,000 people to transport grain. In this weather, Wang Xiaohun should have about 10,000 people in the Lu family.

”

Wei Yi said: "There are no less than 200,000 households in Dengzhou, and it should be able to collect more than 100,000 people."

Han Chang said: "It's impossible. If one were to conquer 100,000 people, how could Dengzhou be stable? The people would have started a long time ago!"

Wu Shu said: "Han Chang said it is reasonable. If Wang Xiaohun only 10,000 or 20,000 people came to the Lu family, it would not have any advantage compared to our army. When he arrived in Luoyang a few months ago, he did not have any help with him because he was going to come to the west.

Decide the winner. This time, it is a good opportunity for Lu family.”

Wei Yi said: "The road from Guozhou to Lu family is too difficult to walk, what are the solutions?"

Han Chang looked at Wu Shu and guessed his thoughts. He said, "Does the king don't want to send troops from here? If you want to get to the Lu family, you can also set out from Luoyang in addition to Guozhou. Go upstream along the Luo River, which is comparable to Guozhou.

Much more convenient.”

Wu Shu nodded: "Yes. Dong Xian is along the Luo River, with a force of less than 5,000. If our army attacks, how can he stop it? And if the Luo River transports food and grass, the army can advance. At that time, the soldiers forced the Lu family, and two groups of people

Let’s see how the Song army responds!”

Wei Yi was overjoyed when he heard this. He had worked hard to attack at Volcano Pass, and he was worried about the pressure to open the way for Wu Shu. If Wu Shu turned to Luoyang, his pressure would be much less. Not to mention whether he could win, he would be at least much easier.
Chapter completed!