Jiangling, outer city, city head.
Liu Daogui stood at the head of the outer city in the northeast corner and looked far to the northeast. In the distance at Wulindu, there was a faint red and black smoke column rising. Even if it was more than a hundred miles away, it could pass through.
You can clearly see the relay smoke pillars rising from other beacon towers.
Tan Daoji's face was as dark as water, and he murmured: "Brother Daogui, what you are most worried about has happened. The enemy has indeed begun to attack Wulindu."
Yanzhi curled up his lips and said, "I'm afraid, the matter may not be that serious. I can only see two red and one black smoke pillars. The enemy troops attacking Wulindu are only a few hundred people. The defenders should be able to handle it."
Wang Zhenzhi on the side also said: "Yes, besides, there are still defenders at Ma Tou Camp, which is enough to provide support. If the number of enemy troops further increases, the smoke column will also change."
Fu Hongzhi remained silent. Liu Daogui turned to look at him: "Hongzhi, do you have anything to say?"
Fu Hongzhi glanced at Mao Dezu, who was standing side by side, and sighed: "Dezu and I were not happy when we just received the beacon message from the south of the Yangtze River. Dezu said that it is too easy to hit small stones.
It was too easy, which was not right. Sure enough, the enemy army followed up, and instead of rescuing Yingjiu, they attacked Wulindu. This shows that Wulindu is the main attack direction of the demon thieves, not
In Jiangnan."
Mao Dezu nodded and said: "Yes, if even the two or three thousand elite disciples of Yingjiu are just bait and side troops for feint attacks, then the main force of the demon thieves attacking Wulindu will never be only a few hundred people.
Maybe a few hundred people just came ashore first to attack, or even..."
Having said this, his expression became extremely serious and he remained silent.
Tan Daoji gritted his teeth: "Even Wulindu may have fallen. The two red and one black smoke pillars are most likely deliberately released by the demon thieves who forced the captured sergeants. Brother Daogui, I agree with Hongzhi and Dezu.
You have to prepare for the worst."
Liu Daogui spoke slowly: "Daoji, what is the worst plan you want to say?"
Tan Daoji said without hesitation: "There are two options. One is to strictly order Tan Zhi's troops not to fight in the Matou camp. No matter how the demon thieves provoke them, or even torture our prisoners of war or plunder the people, they must not act out of emotion.
, we immediately dispatched five thousand elite troops to reinforce the Matou Camp, and at the same time ordered Lu Gui's troops in Dangyang to quickly move closer to the Matou Camp. Even Lu Zongzhi of Yongzhou asked him to return reinforcements as quickly as possible.
"
Yanzhi followed up and said: "Yes, not only that, we also have to go through Zhu Chaoshi's headquarters in the south of the Yangtze River and quickly return to Jiangling. As a back-up, Ma Tou camp can keep the rules, but if they can't, consider delaying for a while.
Just give up decisively."
Liu Daogui nodded and looked at Tan Daoji: "What is the second option you are talking about? Just abandon the Matou Camp and retreat to Jiangling to defend?"
Tan Daoji sighed: "The enemy is well prepared, and they may capture Wulindu in one fell swoop. The situation at the Matou camp is unknown now. My third brother is too close there. If he falls into the trap of the demon thief,
, if we go to rescue Wulin Ferry, we are likely to be ambushed and defeated on the road. Our reinforcements may not be able to arrive at Ma Tou Camp in time to join forces in defense. If this is the case, we will have to abandon Ma Tou Camp and come back to defend.
Because if the demon thieves are well prepared and move quickly, they may not need to cross the Han River to directly attack the Matou Camp, but can sneak over from other places, or even go around behind the Matou Camp."
Liu Daogui frowned: "Matou Camp is a camp guarding the main road across Han River and Mian River. Can it really be bypassed?"
To Yanzhi said solemnly: "If it were the Hulu from the north, it would be really difficult to get around it, but the demon thieves are good at water and are good at fighting in places with rivers. They should have a way to attack places where our defense is weak.
, forcefully cross the river through pontoons and swimming. You know, they can stay underwater for several days in a big river. How difficult is it to cross a small Han River? "
Liu Daogui nodded: "It is true that there are many people who are proficient in water among the demon thieves. If the raid on Wujiang Crossing is really successful this time, there will definitely be a large number of water demons dispatched. Our ships on the river do not have any
The returns indicate that the demon thieves either had Qianlong warships to transport troops, or they directly used a large number of water ghosts to swim hundreds of miles to Wulindu. I'm afraid we have to make changes, and we can't stick to the Ma Tou Camp."
Tan Daoji said without thinking: "Then we have to evacuate quickly, return to Jiangling, abandon the outer city, retreat to the inner city, and evacuate the people as quickly as possible. The inner city is strong and there is food in the city, enough for 20,000 troops to support an army."
It is more than half a year old, and we have all kinds of equipment to defend the city. Even if the monster bandit's army of 100,000 kills us, we can definitely defend it."
Speaking of this, Tan Daoji raised his voice: "This is also your idea, Brother Daogui, which is to use the fortified city to hold back the army of demon thieves, so that the veterans of their divisions will be exhausted, so that Brother Jinu's army can attack and create the most powerful force."
Good fighter."
The generals all murmured and nodded in agreement. The atmosphere that was so solemn just now that it was difficult to speak was completely gone. Only Wang Zhenzhi still furrowed his brows and said nothing.
Liu Daogui looked at Wang Zhenzhi and said calmly: "Wang Changshi, do you have anything to say?"
Wang Zhenzhi sighed softly: "I am a civil servant, not a general. I know that the surrender of the inner city of Jiangling that you discussed is definitely the best choice militarily. Otherwise, all the generals would not have agreed like this.
, but I still want to say, as soldiers, is it really okay to abandon the people they are supposed to protect and expose them to the butcher's knife of monsters and thieves?"
All the generals had a look of shame on their faces, and Mao Dezu sighed: "It is our fault that we are unable to protect the country and the people. I am ashamed of the elders of Jingzhou. If the people of Jingzhou really want to hate us and scold us, then
Just scold him, we have nothing to say about this."
Yanzhi frowned: "If we can protect it, of course we want to protect every Jingzhou people, but because we are not strong enough now, we can only shrink our defense, whether it is to go forward to the Ma Tou camp, or to retreat to the inner city of Jiangling
, are all choices of this tactical play. Although it is helpless, it can only be implemented in this way. Wang Changshi, do you have a better way?"
Wang Zhenzhi sighed: "I know that rationally, I should choose your approach, but as the governor of Jing, I can't bear to see the people suffer like this. Maybe, we can ask Marshal Liu for help and ask him to hurry up..."
Liu Daogui's voice sounded powerfully, revealing a firmness: "I think there are other options."
This chapter has been completed!