It's been two days! Wei Yan really knelt there for two whole days! He didn't eat or drink for two days, it was rainy in Huainan, and there was a light rain in the past two days, which really washed away Wei Yan's arrogance a lot. .
"I figured it out!" Liu Mang didn't know when he appeared behind Wei Yan.
"Huh?!" Wei Yan was exhausted physically and mentally. You must know that kneeling on the ground without moving for two days and two nights is really not something that one person does. What's more, Wei Yan is still injured, so Wei Yan didn't hear Liu Mang's words clearly at the beginning. .
"I ask you to think clearly!" Liu Mang also repeated it patiently.
"Me!" Wei Yan didn't know how to answer. He has been kneeling here for two days. During these two days, he also felt ashamed and angry, and also dissatisfied with Liu Mang, but these dissatisfaction was gradually overwhelmed by a kind of depression. He suppressed it, because he found that what Liu Mang said was not wrong. He only has martial arts, and he has nothing but this thing! This is a troubled world that requires talents, but who knows if you are a talent! Even if he knows, so what, he is not a gentry, and it is impossible to get promoted without money! I have been in Jingzhou for so many years, and I am just a small captain of the city gate. There are only a dozen people under him, and two of them are on empty pay. Such a subordinate is in such a position.
He, Wei Yan, can go back now, but after he goes back! Is life still the same as before! Mess around every day? He is already in his thirties this year, if this continues, how many years will he have in the end? How many thirty years are there in life? He admits to being cowardly, but what he thinks in his heart is to worship under Liu Mang's command! After that, he showed his ambition again, and even Wei Yan still wanted to use Liu Mang as a springboard in his heart! Go directly to recognize the Lord Lu Bu, or use Liu Mang's army to train his own soldiers, and at the end of the day, he will rebel. He will care about other things when he has soldiers and horses in his hands!
Isn't that what Wei Yan did on the track of history! Killed Changsha prefect Han Xuan and took refuge with Liu Bei. Although Han Xuan was not a very good person, he treated Wei Yan sincerely. Wei Yan was just a small city gate captain. How did Wei Yan treat Han Xuan! He beheaded Han Xuan with a single blow, and even Huang Zhong, who was beside him, couldn't stand it anymore.
So after surrendering Liu Paopao together with Wei Yan, Huang Zhong drew a clear line with Wei Yan! And the reason why Zhuge Liang said to Wei Yan that there is a rebellion in the back of his head is not because Wei Yan really has a rebellion in the back of his head. Even if there is, it is a matter of his parents' birth. In fact, it is Wei Yan's attitude towards the old master Han Xuan! It led to Zhuge Liang's words to Liu Bei that this Wei Yan can kill Han Xuanbao, and he can turn against you Liu Paopao for the sake of wealth!
"You don't need to say more!" Liu Mang will not listen to Wei Yan's words of loyalty, the more such a person shows his loyalty in front of you, the more problematic it will be!
"I'll give you two choices now!" Liu Mang stretched out two fingers very indifferently, "The first one! Go back to your Jingzhou and continue to be your city gate team leader! Just hang around like this for the rest of your life!"
Forever! This sentence really made Wei Yan very sad, hasn't he already passed so much of his life! He wanted to refute but didn't know where to start, so he could only remain silent.
"Second! I'll give you a chance, a chance to show off your talent!" Liu Mang threw out his olive branch, and before Liu Mang had finished speaking, Wei Yan had already said in a hoarse voice, "Wei Yan, Wei Wenchang Willing to be driven by the Lord!"
"Hehe, that's right! The city management army! If you want to stay with me, you can! Go to the city management army"
"Urban management army?!" Wei Yan's exhausted body and spirit lifted up. The urban management army is one of the two elites in Liu Mang's hands! If it is the trump card, then it is the urban management army! The urban management army not only has heavy armored infantry, but also a battalion of two hundred heavy armored cavalry! Wei Yan in Jingzhou has heard about the record of this army, that is, they defended the city of Wan, and let Sun Ce's 100,000 troops return home in defeat. Who wouldn't want to be the commander of such an army! But Wei Yan remembered again. Doesn't this city management army already have a chief general and a deputy general? The main general is Cheng Yu, who seems to be the original Bingzhou Army figure, and Huang Xu, the son of the veteran who fought with him over there, so what position does Liu Mang give himself!
"Ordinary soldiers!" How could it be possible that Liu Mang didn't know the puzzled look on Wei Yan's face, and wanted to take charge of the city management army as soon as he opened it? You, Wei Yan, think too highly of yourself! The urban management army is the direct descendant of Liu Mang's direct line, if it wasn't for the person he thinks the most reassuring, how could he hand over the urban management army!
Cheng Yu is the person Liu Mang is most familiar with! Cheng Yu was the first person Liu Mang met when he came to this world, and it was Cheng Yu who saved his life. On the other hand, the miracles brought by Liu Mang have already convinced Cheng Yu!
Huang Xu, the deputy general of the urban management army, is also Huang Zhong's son. He saved Huang Xu's life and won the diehard loyalty of Huang Zhong's family. It can be said that the Huang family is already Liu Mang's family general! In any case, the Huang family was branded with Liu Mang's brand, and Huang Zhong gave up controlling the army to protect himself, so Liu Mang had to give Huang Xu the position of lieutenant general in order to repay and not to let his confidant feel chilled. Huang Xu is also a talent!
How could it be possible to let Liu Mang withdraw Cheng Yu or Huang Xu let Wei Yan be the chief general or deputy general! Wei Yan, Liu Mang's real confidence in subduing him is only half or half! So now I can only make him a soldier of the urban management army! I hope that this low-level position can polish off Wei Yan's wolfish ambition!
"If you go! Then go to Cheng Yu! Don't you think you are talented! You have good martial arts! You should know the rewards and punishments in our army! If you have confidence in yourself, go, and I won't force you if you don't go! Anyway The mud can’t support the wall, it’s still the same sentence! Go and leave the gate there and let me know!” Liu Mang left without waiting for Wei Yan’s reply, taking a few personal guards.
"Wei Yan, Wei Yan, don't let me down!" The reason why Liu Mang didn't bring Huang Zhong with him this time is because Huang Zhong, Xu Sheng, Gan Ning and the three of them have been arranged by Liu Mang on the way to leave Hefei. If Wei Yan chooses The thing is to give up! Then don't blame Liu Mang for being cruel.
Liu Mang can't care about Wei Yan now! Because he needs to prepare the army for war, Shouchun is still in the hands of Liu Paopao, he must be taken down, otherwise the whole Lujiang River will really be exposed to Liu Paopao's sight, and Liu Mang has no waters for him to go to There is no place to repair the dock and build warships in the dock, so what is the use of the craftsmen who spent so much time getting Liu Biao and Sun Ce!
"Uncle Hong, did you find out clearly?" Liu Wei asked Yang Hong. Yang Hong is now fully in charge of the intelligence of Liu Mang's army, and the inside lines used are basically Yuan Shu's before. Hong, because Liu Mang knows the importance of intelligence to a force!
"Patriarch, I got it clear! Liu Bei's second younger brother Guan Yu and Guan Yunchang are stationed in Shouchun now, and there are 10,000 soldiers under him! Most of them are Qingzhou soldiers." Yang Hong said with his head down. Yang Hong is in charge of intelligence and diplomacy. It couldn't be better. "His main force is placed at the south gate! There are about 7,000 people!"
"South Gate!" Liu Mang stroked the beard he had just grown, and there were only 10,000 soldiers and 7,000 troops placed at the South Gate, and the remaining three city gates each had 1,000 soldiers! Isn't the south of the south gate exactly the direction of oneself! It seems that this second master Guan is really guarding against himself! But no matter how prepared he is, he is going to decide on this birthday!
"Yuan Zhi, what do you think!" Liu Mang remembered that he still has a top counselor, so why use his own brain!
"Shouchun, 10,000 horses!" Xu Shu also got some information from Yang Hong. This Shouchun was built very solidly by Yuan Shuyuan Highway! Although it was later breached by Lao Cao, it was also because there were four dams in the rainy season. Even if Yuan Shu is defeated by fighting Shouchun hard, Lao Cao himself will be seriously injured!
So Lao Cao went to dig the four dams, and drowned Lao Yuan like water flooding Xiapi, and the terrain of Shouchun was already low! Xiapi was submerged, and he could hold on to the city wall for a while, but the flood in Shouchun might have passed the city wall! What else were you playing at that time!
So Yuan Shu could only withdraw from Shouchun, so in fact the city wall of Shouchun did not suffer much damage! After the flood receded, Yuan Shu returned to Shouchun again, and made another major repair to Shouchun! Yang Hong was responsible for the repairs, and the four dams were also diverted by Yang Hong with great effort. Originally, the dams were used for irrigation for the Huainan generation in Shouchun, but Yuan Shujun was like that. What about the people! So I simply filled the dam, and now it's not the rainy season, flooding Shouchun is completely unworkable!
"My lord, we can go to Lujiang first, repair the docks in Lujiang, build warships, let Gan Ning's navy set sail from the Huaihe River to directly attack the north gate of Shouchun, and then let the city management army and black chess army storm the south gate of Shouchun at the same time. With the division of troops, Liu Bei's army will be defeated!" Xu Shu said to Liu Mang.
"But it's like Liu Bei increasing his troops!" Yang Hong asked with some doubts.
"Hehe, if he wants to increase his troops, he must be able to fly over!" Xu Shu knew the combat effectiveness of Liu Mang's navy. To 12,000, and Liu Bei has a total of 40,000 troops, how many navy troops can he have in his hands! Building ships from the Lujiang River can completely block Liu Bei's large army to the north of Anfengjin on the Yingshui and Huaihe Rivers. At that time, Guan Yu, who was in Shouchun, became a lone army, and that was still Liu Mang's army. **Well! Even if we don't attack Shouchun, as long as the waterway is blocked, Shouchun's army rations will be used up sooner or later!
"Yuanzhi has a good plan!" It feels good to have a counselor, and it is a desperate plan to come up directly. According to Xu Shu's thinking, maybe Guan Erye really can't escape. Not only the army will be lost, but his life may also be lost. Paul, if there is no counselor! Then Liu Mang will send someone to attack directly! But now Liu Mang smiled and shook his head, "Yuan Zhi's strategy is good, but our army doesn't have so much time!"
Lujiang can build docks, but how many docks can a county build and how much can it produce? Gan Ning's 12,000 navy, Liu Mang is planning to build 50 warships to create the first inland river fleet! Liu Mang didn't want to build the old building boat anymore! So a new ship must be built! The new boat needs to be tested in the water, Liu Mang doesn't want to be watched by Guan Yu in Shouchun all the time!
According to Xu Shu's thinking, if the plan goes well, it will take half a year to win Shouchun, half a year! Half a year is too long, and there are too many variables! So no!
"Then what does the lord mean?!" Xu Shu was a little confused, his strategy was considered the best, because Liu Mang only has 18,000 people under his command now! The black chess army of the urban management army is all heavily armored infantry fighting in the field, you can't let them waste it on the siege battle! Gan Ning's 10,000 sailors are also good at manipulating warships. If they only attack cities, it will be a big loss!
"Strong attack!" Liu Mang said what Xu Shu didn't want to hear the most, "Strong attack!" Guan Yu has 10,000 men and Liu Mang has less than 20,000! Guan Yu is not a vegetarian, he is also a battle-hardened general, and his subordinate Yang Hong also said that most of them are Qingzhou soldiers, why do these Qingzhou soldiers sound so familiar! Not familiar, but Lu Bujun's old opponent! Lao Cao attacked Xuzhou with Qingzhou soldiers as the main force. They were originally the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army. They were determined by Lao Cao in the first battle. The Yellow Turban Army has been around for so many years. The Yellow Turban Army is basically elite!
There are a total of 300,000 young and strong, plus the family members, that is a population of one million. This also laid the foundation for Lao Cao to lay the foundation for the entire Central Plains!
Among the 300,000, when Lao Cao attacked Lu Bu, he mobilized 100,000 Qingzhou Army from it to form the Qingzhou elite! Such an elite team is more and more daring to work hard, why! Because they are hungry and afraid, and Lao Cao will give them a bite to eat, give them a place to live and give them a way to survive, so they will work for Lao Cao, and the Qingzhou Army is an army that has eaten human flesh for a bite! Although at that time Cheng Yu really had no choice but to make a bad move when he had no military rations, but cannibalism is a fact!
So these Qingzhou starving ghosts! To be able to fight on par with Lu Bu's Bingzhou wolf cubs! Even because of Guo Jia and Lu Bu's refusal to listen to Chen Gong's persuasion at that time, the wolf cubs couldn't beat the starving ghosts!
Now Guan Yu has such a Qingzhou starving ghost with 10,000 horses under his command! They were allocated to Liu Bei by Mrs. Cao to help him conquer the world. Who knew that Liu Paopao didn't want to be a younger brother at all, so he turned it against him! Originally, Liu Bei had nearly 20,000 Qingzhou troops in his hands. In addition, he cut off the stomach of the car, and took in the 20,000 Qingzhou troops that Lao Cao placed in Xuzhou in Xuzhou, a total of 40,000 horses! Although he was beaten away by Lao Cao! But after arriving in Runan, there are still 20,000 people left! These ten thousand people were given to Guan Yu by Liu Paopao.
If storm! Whether or not Liu Mang's 18,000 men can be defeated is a matter of opinion. After all, Shouchun City is not weaker than Wancheng's defense. On the city wall, Liu Liumang has only 18,000 people under his command! Among them, 12,000 people are still sailors. If there is a real fight, I really don't know if they can go up the city wall!
Even if the city wall is taken down, it would be a heavy loss. There are only two ways left for Liu Mang, either retreat to Lujiang, or ask Lu Bu for help.
"My lord, you must not attack by force!" Xu Shu was really afraid that Liu Mang would become arrogant and arrogant after fighting so many battles, so why would he want Xu Shu
"Yuan Zhi! Do you think I'm the kind of person who makes jokes!" Liu Mang looked at Xu Shu with a smile, and made a strong attack. If old man Chen Gong or Lu Bu were here, he would think that Liu Mang was stupid. Strong attack is always the last thing to do. There is no plan that can only be implemented after strategizing. Just like Lu Bu attacked Bagong Mountain! With a strong attack, Bagong Mountain must be broken, but the loss is too great, and this is the path to the mountain after Zang Ba.
"But my lord!" Xu Shu was still in a hurry, while Yang Hong on the other side was very indifferent.
"Yuanzhi! Look at Uncle Hong, you're not good at raising your energy!" Liu Mang joked.
"My lord, it's not because you don't cultivate your energy!" All gentlemen and scholars like to cultivate their energy. The cultivation of energy here does not mean learning Taoism, but the emphasis is on a word of quietness and calmness. He must have a calm mind to analyze everything. , no matter what happens, be very calm! Mount Tai collapsed on the face without changing his face, this is the cultivation of Qi to a certain level! But Liu Mang is raising his spirits now! It's completely self-willed and non-stop persuasion! "My lord, you need to know that if we attack by force! Our army's losses will be huge! At least half of them will die. Even if we win Shouchun, it will not be worth the loss!"
"Half of them perish? Yuan Zhi, you think too highly of Shouchun Zhongguan Erye!" Liu Mang stretched out a finger.
"One layer of casualties? Impossible! My lord, you underestimated Guan Yu and Guan Yunchang!" Before coming to Liu Mang's place, there were only two people that Xu Shu was optimistic about, one was Liu Mang and the other was Liu Bei! The reason why Liu Bei is optimistic is because Liu Bei has generals under his command, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Chen Dao! These three people are all figures who can command troops and horses to defend against one side! Moreover, there is still a lack of counselors under Liu Bei's command, and there is a lack of top counselors like Xu Shu! So Xu Shu must be reused when he gets there, and then the fat black man passed by first, Xu Shu was a little calmer, with him, Xu Shu could only add to the icing on the cake in the past, but he couldn't help, so he wanted to go and see Liu Mang's first. Let's talk about the recruitment order.
This Guan Yu and the Qingzhou soldiers under his command are definitely not weaker than Liu Mang's urban management army and black chess army! And how did the Black Chess Army, with their hundred-jin battle armor, climb the city wall? How to attack the city!
"One floor? No no!" Liu Wei shook his head, "I'm not talking about one floor, but that no one will be hurt! If Guan Yu and Guan Yun are wise, I'll let him live. If he doesn't, then give him a chance. Stay here in Shouchun!" The corners of Liu Mang's lips curled up, he didn't want to kill Guan Yu so early, but if Guan Erye didn't give face, then he could only turn Shouchun into his wheat city!
"My lord, what's the matter with you!" Xu Shu found that Liu Mang was a little dazed, and no one was hurt? Want to keep Guan Yu? This is not what it is to be dazed!
"Hehe! It looks like you won't believe what I say if you don't take Yuan Zhi with you!" Liu Mang patted Xu Shu on the shoulder, "Let's go, Yuan Zhi! You'll know when we get there!" (To be continued. )