Withdrawing his gaze, Xu Mu sat quietly on his chair, waiting for his generals to express their opinions first.
"The man guarding southern Shu is Leng Qiao, a famous general from Shuzhou. I have fought with him several times. This man has an extremely stable temperament." Dou Tong spoke in a solemn voice.
"General Dou, what's your plan to provoke him?" Yu Wen asked.
"No, he is a relative of the royal palace in western Shu. For such an important city gate, whether it is the king of western Shu or the king of central Shu, he will arrange important people to defend it. The possibility of provocation is unlikely to succeed."
"Mrs. Luan Yu, what do you think?" Xu Mu turned his head and glanced at the barbarian heroine next to him.
Intentionally or unintentionally, he wanted to cultivate a barbarian force for his use. There is no doubt that Mrs. Luan Yu is the best candidate.
And the little barbarian king Meng Huo, when he grew up, he even said that he would help him conquer the country.
"General Xu, I don't understand much about this, but the Pingbarbarians live up to their oaths and will not retreat in battle." Mrs. Luan Yu looked serious.
"Mrs. Luan Yu is truly a hero among women."
Xu Mu nodded, stretched out his hand, and pointed to Banan County on the map. In fact, when he set Banan County as the target, he already had a corresponding strategy.
"The terrain of Banan City is steep, the walls are high and thick, and there are 20,000 heavy soldiers. Large siege equipment will definitely not be able to push through."
Without the geographical advantage, there is no way to take advantage of the situation. With only small city ladders and rope hooks, even if there are fire and rocks, it will still be very difficult.
Seriously speaking, this terrain is a bit more steep than the terrain of Wangzhou City.
"The only solution now is to dig tunnels." Xu Mu said every word.
Shuzhou has many mountains and forests, and it rains all year round, so it has fertile geology and is known as Tianfu. Therefore, compared with other places, the land is softer and easier to dig.
"Dig tunnel?" Dou Tong was startled, with a wry smile on his face, "My lord, I don't know. I have used this method before. But Leng Qiao is a very smart man. He buried many urns in Banan City."
Urn listening is a means of defending the city. In case the enemy may dig a tunnel, a well is first dug under the city wall, an urn is placed in the well, and the mouth of the jar is covered with a thin layer of cowhide.
He leaned over the urn and listened.
If a tunnel is dug, or if the sound of marching becomes louder, they will be discovered immediately.
The ancients were not fools.
"My lord, if you want to dig a tunnel, you can only find a way to destroy the enemy's urns first."
"That's not necessary." Xu Mu didn't panic at all, "That guard Leng Qiao, as you said Dou Tong, is an extremely steady guard. He can rely on these jars to distinguish our military strength.
"
"What do you mean, lord?"
"Fraud."
The other three people in the room actually didn't understand.
Finally, Yu Wen, who looked confused, raised his hands and said, "My lord, I have no plans left."
Xu Mu smiled faintly, "I need to think about the specific plan again. These days, the main task is to enter Shu with the army and transport the baggage. Madam Luan Yu, could you please patrol the mountains around southern Shu first? Don't worry.
Let the tiger barbarians move."
"Don't worry, General Xu." Mrs. Luan Yu clasped her fists high.
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Bailu County.
Jia Zhou's face was stern. He opened the letter sent by the scout, read it for a few times, crumpled it into a ball in silence, and threw it into the boiling stove.
"Wei Feng, you choose thirty cavalrymen with good horses, and then go to Liangzhou."
"The military advisor is also going?"
"I won't run away this time. Be careful. Remember, this letter must be delivered to the King of Liangzhou personally."
"Military advisor, if it's that young prince Dong Wen——"
"Don't give it to him before it's time. If the person behind him has bad intentions, my lord will lose all his efforts."
Wei Feng nodded and took the letter and turned it into his arms.
"Wei Feng."
"If the military advisor has something to do, there's no harm in talking about it."
Jia Zhou hesitated and said, "Take a jar of fire oil with you. If something bad happens and you are besieged, you will have no way to retreat—"
Wei Feng immediately understood and said without fear, "Don't worry, military advisor, I understand everything."
"Good man."
"Time is urgent, you will set off tonight."
Wei Feng clasped his fists and left.
Jia Zhouli looked at Wei Feng's leaving figure in the dusk and felt deeply for a moment.
If this attack on Banan City is successful, the Xu family army will officially enter Shu. Only a lord who started from a humble beginning can be considered a real lord. He has a place to live, then accumulates food and casts weapons, sits and watches the world, and then spends his days in vain.
Jia comes out of Sichuan and competes in the world.
"Weng Ting." Jia Zhou suddenly laughed, "Some things seem to be very good, but in fact they are a double-edged sword if used improperly."
Sitting on a chair, Jia Zhou reopened the file by candlelight.
"There are 20,000 soldiers from southern Shu, 5,000 soldiers from the Pingman camp, and 10,000 Xu family troops who entered southern Shu. The total number is 35,000."
"My lord has made a plan."
Putting down one copy, Jia Zhou grabbed another. This one was the secret report just sent by Ye Xiao.
"In the 16th year of Xingwu's reign, Xun Yangzi returned from the Western Regions seeking medicine. After passing through Liangzhou, there was no record of the posthouse along the way and his whereabouts were unknown."
Jia Zhou rubbed his head.
This man disappeared between heaven and earth for no apparent reason.
Although the Five Strategies of the World was a title concocted by corrupt Confucians after the Fushan River War, Xun Yangzi still had a reputation. Along the way back to his hometown, those aristocratic families who were fishing for fame should have welcomed him.
You must know that when the traitorous prime minister persecuted the Xun family, he was afraid of being accused of harming the virtuous, so he also did not dare to attack Xun Yangzi.
After thinking for a long time, Jia Zhou still had no clue. After being silent for a while, he had to put the file aside. For now, the war was still the most important thing.
"Military advisor, it's late at night, please rest early."
"I'll go to sleep later."
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"Tinglei Camp." At the top of Banan City, a general with a goat's beard inspected the city wall twice and shouted coldly.
"Is there anything unusual?"
"none."
General Goat Beard nodded and looked back at the dark sky. From a high position, he could clearly see the woods and streams in the south of Shu, as well as many people in southern Shu who were burning charcoal at night.
It is a well-known fact that there are thirteen counties in Shuzhou and the two counties in southern Shu are extremely poor. The king of southern Shu is even more ridiculous. He has tried many times to break Banan City and take control of Shu.
This is a stupid thing.
"General, another Nanmanzi spy has died."
General Goatbeard's face was expressionless, but he actually knew that most of these herb collectors who dared to enter Banan Mountain were ordinary people.
But so what, a hundred of them were tortured and killed. If one was really forced to ask, that would be enough. The two kings of Shu who controlled these things all agreed by default.
People from southern Shu are not considered Shu people. Seriously speaking, they are more like those barbarians. That’s why they are called southern barbarians.
"Throw the body into the mountains to feed the wolves."
Seven or eight corpses were thrown high from the tower, and the faint sound of being shattered into pieces could be heard.
Several Shunan scouts hidden in the darkness rubbed their eyes in silence.