Chapter 550: Everyone was shocked by the battle report
Piao Tian Literature "Hmm..." There was a muffled grunt, and Sun Quan, who had been knocked unconscious, finally woke up. The first thing he said when he woke up was: "Who? You dare to hit me? Are you tired of living?"
"This subordinate offended my lord, please punish me!" Lu Meng had been kneeling on the ground for a long time, waiting for Sun Quan to wake up!
"It's you again? Forget it! Get up!" After the anger subsided, Sun Quan returned to his usual wisdom. How could he not understand that Lu Meng had good intentions? Although Lu Meng gave him a slap, if he punished Lu Meng like this, he would probably let him
Everyone under his command is heartbroken!
"Thank you, Lord!" Lu Meng looked at Sun Quan in surprise. He really didn't expect that he could escape.
"If there is another time, be careful of your stupidity!" Seeing Lu Meng's face full of disbelief, Sun Quan felt a little unhappy. He secretly gritted his teeth and said, "Am I just such a mediocre master who doesn't know the difference between right and wrong?"
"I don't dare!" Lu Meng was also startled. If the situation wasn't critical and Sun Quan refused to leave, he wouldn't have acted stupidly! However, even though he said so, if he encountered this situation again,
, he will definitely do this again. The loyalty of the ancients made them regard the life of their Lord as more important than their own lives!
"Okay!" Sun Quan didn't want to dwell on this matter. He frowned and asked, "How is the battle going?"
"Lord, after two days and one night of strong attack, our army lost a total of 150,000 soldiers, 50,000 minor and serious injuries, more than 30,000 people who were unable to go to the battlefield, and countless damaged equipment!" Lu Meng did not dare to deceive, and immediately handed over the battle report. Sun Quan
Feeling distressed!
"Alas! Countless Jiangdong sons have been lost again!" No matter how unhappy he felt, the fact was the fact. Sun Quan closed his eyes and leaned on the couch. After a while, he asked again: "How is Wuling City?"
"My subordinates are incompetent!" Lu Meng said; "On my way to Wuling, I was blocked by the enemy general and retreated without any chance. It was reported that the enemy attacked Wuling and it only took an hour to break the city!"
"What?" Sun Quan's eyes widened, he sat up suddenly and said: "Although Wuling City is not very big, there are 30,000 guards of our army in it. Even if Liu Zhang has an army of 100,000, it will not be possible for Liu Zhang to break it without half a month's effort.
If the army comes from afar and cannot bring a large number of siege equipment, how can it be possible to capture Wuling within an hour?"
"My lord, how dare I speak nonsense?" Lu Meng sighed: "Not only that, the information I got also said that all Pang Tong's men are cavalry!"
"Cavalry?" Sun Quan said angrily: "Aren't you going to tell me that Pang Tong gave wings to his horses?"
"This..." Lu Meng said with a bitter smile: "I have no wings. But the soldiers who escaped said that the cavalry under Pang Tong used sacks to build a slope of earth, and rushed to the top of the city along the slope!"
"Tupo?" Sun Quan closed his eyes and imagined the situation at that time. After a long while, he sighed and said: "I see. It seems that our army needs to raise the city wall!"
"My lord, is it useful to raise the city wall?" Lu Meng said with some confusion: "No matter how high the city wall is, as long as they pile up sacks, can they still rush to the top of the city?"
"Stupid!" Sun Quan said: "If the slope is too steep, even if the cavalry can still charge to the top of the city, there will be great losses! The Wuling city wall is only three or four feet high. It is naturally easy to charge. If it is increased to thirty or forty feet
, I don’t believe Liu Zhang’s cavalry can still charge forward!”
"Thirty or forty feet?" Lu Meng was startled. Thirty or forty feet is more than one hundred meters. Can that kind of city wall be built by humans?
"Silly! I'm just making an analogy!" Sun Quan was speechless at Lu Meng's slowness. He shook his head and said: "The city wall of Chang'an is more than ten feet long, and there is a moat nearly ten feet deep outside the city. Comparing the top and bottom,
Isn’t it more than twenty feet long?”
"But Chang'an and Luoyang were the former capitals of the Han Dynasty. How can we have such a city in Jiangdong?" Lu Meng was shocked. He didn't want Sun Quan to let him build cities like Chang'an and Luoyang!
"Humph!" Sun Quan rolled his eyes at Lu Meng and said, "How do you know there won't be a capital in the east of the Yangtze River? Moling is now the administrative center of our army, and maybe it will be the capital of our army in the future! Ziming, please arrange the manpower to build Moling for me.
It will become a city as strong as Chang'an and Luoyang! No! It will be stronger than Chang'an and Luoyang!"
"Stronger than...than Chang'an and Luoyang?" Lu Meng looked at Sun Quan dumbfounded. If you want to build a strong city like Chang'an and Luoyang, the money and food consumed is not a small amount. Coupled with the civilian labor and corvee, it is likely to make Jiangdong unstable!
"What? Is there any difficulty?" Seeing Lu Meng's dull face, Sun Quan said displeasedly: "Could it be that Liu Zhang was able to build a fortified city, but I can't build it, or do you think I'm not as good as Liu Zhang?"
"I don't dare!" Lu Meng half-knelt on the ground said, "My lord, our army is currently at war with Liu Zhang. If we build a city on a large scale, it will distract our energy! It is better to wait until Liu Zhang is defeated before building a city!"
"Defeat Liu Zhang?" Sun Quan asked with a bitter look on his face: "Ziming, do you think our army still has a chance to defeat Liu Zhang?"
"Lord, why not?" Lu Meng said firmly: "Although our army was defeated by Liu Zhang this time, really speaking, it is a lose-lose situation for both sides! I dare say that when our army withdraws, Fuguan can still stand up.
The number of soldiers will never exceed 20,000!"
It has to be said that Lu Meng was really good at military affairs. He saw through the situation at Fuguan at a glance. Unfortunately, although Fuguan had been breached at that time, Jiangdong Army was unable to accept it! If Zhang Fei was allowed to fight in front of Sun Quan,
Lu Meng didn't dare to guarantee Sun Quan's safety! Compared with Fuguan, Sun Quan's life was naturally more important!
"Then our army can continue to attack Fuguan?" Sun Quan's eyes lit up, and he had the idea of taking advantage of his illness to kill him.
"My lord, I am not a subordinate to pour cold water on you. Although Pang Tong has left Fuguan, no one knows where he has gone. With Pang Tong's character, since he chose to leave, it means that Fuguan is impregnable and our army is in urgent need of it.
It's impossible to capture it in time!" Lu Meng looked at Sun Quan's face carefully, for fear that he would get angry, but Sun Quan's face was surprisingly calm!
"You are right, now is indeed not a good time to attack Fuguan!" Sun Quan sighed, closed his eyes and said, "Ziming, write to Cao Cao and tell him that Pang Tong appears in Jiangdong, then he will know what to do.
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"Lord, you will mislead Cao Cao by doing this!" Lu Meng frowned. If Cao Cao knew that Pang Tong appeared in Jingzhou, he might desperately attack Hulao Pass and Wuguan. If Pang Tong returned to rescue in time, Cao Cao's losses would be considerable!
"Alas!" Sun Quan sighed and said, "Ziming, our army's losses are too great. If Cao Cao is not allowed to suffer some losses, the strength gap between our army and Cao's army will be too great. Even if we defeat Liu Zhang, we will still be very passive."
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"Lord, we are allies with Cao Jun. If we let them suffer this time, will they still believe in us in the future?" Lu Meng was a little reluctant because he understood the importance of the Sun-Cao alliance!
"Lv Ziming, do you think I have been too kind recently?" Seeing Lu Meng disobeying his orders again, a cold light flashed in Sun Quan's eyes, and he wanted to teach Lu Meng a lesson!
"I don't dare!" Lu Meng was shocked. Sun Quan's attitude just now indeed made him forgetful. Hearing Sun Quan's cold words, he remembered Sun Quan's cruelty and quickly knelt on the ground!
"Just do as I say!" Sun Quan didn't even look at Lu Meng. He just ordered coldly.
"I obey!" His back was soaked with cold sweat. Lu Meng didn't dare to disobey him at all. He quickly stood up and prepared to write a letter to Cao Cao!
"Wait!" Before Lu Meng could go out, Sun Quan suddenly stopped him and said, "Send a copy of our army's battle report to Cao Cao. Don't let him find any excuse to say that our army violated the alliance!"
"Yes!" Lu Meng was refreshed. He understood that Sun Quan accepted his opinion and hurriedly went down to write a letter.
"This Lu Meng..." Looking at Lu Meng's leaving figure, Sun Quan smiled and shook his head, speaking from his heart. He still liked Lu Meng, his confidant and favorite general, but he felt that Lu Meng's ability was not enough and his character was not firm enough and needed to be tempered!
After leaving Sun Quan's tent, Lu Meng quickly returned to his military tent and wrote two more copies of the battle report, sending one to Wuguan and the other to Hulao Pass. At the same time, he told Cao Cao the whole process of Pang Tong's sneak attack on Wuling, so as not to
Cao Cao suffered a loss. However, it is unclear whether Cao Cao would thank Jiang Dong!
Under the Hulao Pass, Cao Cao's army has been here for nearly two months, but since Liu Zhang arrived, Cao Cao has not launched another forceful attack. Although there was a slight friction between the two armies, there was no large-scale conflict. Cao Cao was waiting.
He was waiting for the good news between Sima Yi and Jiang Dong, but he didn't expect that he got some good news. The only one that made him feel a little pity was Qu Yi. However, he believed that Qu Yi would not surrender because Qu Yi's family was small.
It's all in his hands!
"Everyone, let's take a look!" Cao Cao summoned everyone, threw the information in his hands on the case and said: "Liu Jiyu is amazing! He even rode the war horse on the top of the city, but we are facing a Hulao Pass, but we don't have the slightest idea! You guys
Can you give me an explanation?"
"This..." All the counselors looked at each other, but Lu Bu stood up and said: "Prime Minister, I have something to say, I don't know whether I should say it or not!"
"Say!" After looking at Lu Bu, Cao Cao didn't refuse him to speak. After all, he had submitted, even if Cao Cao didn't like him!
Lu Bu sneered and said: "Since Liu Zhang can ride a war horse to the top of the city, why can't we? Doesn't what Liu Zhang did just give us an inspiration? Gather the soil into a mountain and go straight to the top of the city. Our army also has cavalry, and I am.
General of the cavalry! Prime Minister, I would like to invite an army to march directly to Hulao Pass, and I would like to ask the Prime Minister to do it!"
"This..." Cao Cao hesitated and returned the sharp claws and fangs to the tiger. Cao Cao didn't want to do this kind of thing that would lead to the consequences of raising a tiger!
"Prime Minister!" Lu Bu knelt on the ground and said, "I will know that you don't trust me because of what happened in the past, and I don't expect you to trust me. But Liu Zhang and I have a grudge against my wife, and I just want to lend you a
Send me an elite army to prove my ability!"
"Fengxian, get up quickly!" Cao Cao said with a smile; "It's not that I don't trust you, but that I want to consider the soldiers under my command! You are right, we can indeed follow Liu Zhang's approach, but have you ever thought about it?
However, what is the price for us to follow Liu Zhang? Soldiers, horses! Liu Zhang has countless high-quality horses to consume, do we have them? If we want to defeat Liu Zhang, we have to be cautious! In the future, we are not allowed to say such words again, remember
Come on, don’t be suspicious of others when you employ them according to their true appearance!”
"General, I understand!" Cao Cao's words were indeed heartwarming, but Lu Bu knew that these words were half true and half false. Of course, Lu Bu would not be stupid enough to expose Cao Cao!
After Lu Bu retreated, Cao Cao looked at the crowd and said, "Fengxian's opinion is very good. I am very satisfied with learning how to defeat the enemy from the enemy, even if his idea is not very practical! You are all great sages in our army.
Can’t you give me a good idea?”
"We are incompetent, please ask the Prime Minister to punish us!" The ministers really had no idea, so they had to apologize!
"Alas!" Cao Cao sighed and said, "Write a letter to Zhongda and ask him if he has any good ideas!"
"Yes!" Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and quickly retreated. Cao Cao suddenly felt a little stuffy in the tent and walked out!
Looking at the Hulao Pass not far away, this was not the first time that Cao Cao stopped here. He still remembered that twenty years ago, when he was a young man in the prime of life, he was also stopped here.
The person is Lu Bu! Now, he is stopped here again, but he is no longer as high-spirited as before. He doesn't know if this is his starting point or his end, so he can only stare at the door with a complicated expression. To be sure
He said that he was staring at a familiar figure behind the door of Hulao, even though he couldn't see it very clearly!
Under Wuguan, Sima Yi also received the Jiangdong battle report. When he got the battle report, his hands were shaking! He didn't know that the method of gathering soil to attack the city was brought by Liu Zhang from later generations, and thought it was Pang Tong who came up with it himself. Although this
It’s just a very simple method, but it can reveal infinite wisdom! Because many inventions are a flash of inspiration, making extremely complicated things simple!
"Military advisor, why are you here?" After receiving Cao Cao's letter, Wei Yan wanted to show it to Sima Yi immediately, but after searching for a long time, he couldn't find Sima Yi, so he became a little anxious. However, soon a small colonel took Sima Yi to
Tell him his whereabouts!
"Chang Wen, do you think it was wrong for us to be against Liu Zhang?" Sima Yi put his hands behind his back, and a gust of wind blew by, making his clothes whistle!
"Military advisor, what's right and wrong in this world?" Wei Yan said with a smile: "Aren't you still worried about Pang Tong's gathering of troops to attack the city? Don't worry, this method of siege can only deal with some small cities, but it won't work against a fortified city.
It’s useless!”
"You think too simply!" Sima Yi shook his head and said: "Since there is one way, there are countless ways. Pang Shiyuan is really my strong enemy. Back then, when Liu Zhang compared me with Wolong and Fengchu, I
I’m still a little dissatisfied, but now I have to accept it!”
"Military advisor, whether you accept it or not, you have to find a way to defeat Liu Zhang! My eldest brother's great enemy can only rely on your help. Do you still remember what you said back then?" Looking at Sima Yi, Wei Yan's eyes flashed coldly. If Sima Yi
He really lost confidence, he didn't mind killing Sima Yi...