Chapter 4572 The desire to protect the people requires strength
Everyone's expressions changed and they looked at Liu Daogui. Fu Hongzhi blurted out: "Brother Daogui, is there any other good ideas?"
Liu Daogui took a deep breath and said, "I think it might be a better choice to go out to the Ma Tou Camp and directly fight the demon bandit army."
As soon as these words came out, almost everyone shook their heads and sighed. Mao Dezu's brows were deeply furrowed: "Brother Daogui, did I hear correctly? You actually want to choose to go out of the city to have a decisive battle with the demon thief?"
Liu Daogui nodded: "Yes, in this case, I think that depending on the situation, a decisive battle with the monster thieves may be the best choice. It is better than us being trapped in the Matou camp or returning to the inner city.
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Tan Daoji gritted his teeth and said: "Brother Daogui, this is a battle to bet on the fate of Jingzhou. We cannot afford to lose. Once we lose the field battle, it will be impossible to even come back to defend the city. Please think twice before you act."
Yanzhi also followed up and said: "Yes, we have just discussed this time. If the demon thieves really captured Wulindu and made such a big move, then their main force must be the one to attack. We will use the weak to attack the strong."
, there is no chance of winning. Even if there is a decisive battle, we have to wait until Lu Zongzhi and Zhu Chaoshi return, and we must gather a force of 40,000 to 50,000 before we can consider a decisive battle."
Liu Daogui looked around, and finally landed on Wang Zhenzhi's face, and said, "Does everyone think so, Wang Changshi, what do you think?"
Wang Zhenzhi swallowed his saliva and forced a smile: "Well, well, I don't know much about military affairs, but since the generals' opinions are that this battle cannot be fought, it must be reasonable. As for protection,
People, I think, if we can leave them time to evacuate and escape, then we have fulfilled our obligations."
Having said this, he added: "I think back then, during the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bei and Liu Xuande also faced the same situation. Cao Cao's army was attacking and could not resist, and Cao Cao's army was famous for being cruel to the people. Before the expedition,
I once threatened that anyone who dared to follow Liu Bei would be treated as an enemy and killed without mercy."
Fu Hongzhi's face was solemn, and he continued: "Yes, Liu Bei is known as a benevolent king, while Cao Cao has always used power to kill people, and was regarded as a tiger, wolf, and beast. At that time, Liu Bei could not resist and could only escape, but Xinye
The hundreds of thousands of people in the city were unwilling to leave Liu Bei, but followed closely. In order to protect these people, Liu Bei had no choice but to take them with their families and flee to Jiangling. They could not travel more than ten miles in a day, and finally died on the same day.
Yang was overtaken by Cao Cao's army, just like slaughtering cattle and sheep. Not only Liu Bei's 20,000 troops were completely lost, but the hundreds of thousands of people were also killed with corpses everywhere. Except for a few people, they all died under Cao Jun's butcher knife.
under."
Wang Zhenzhi sighed: "Liu Bei had good intentions and wanted to protect the people, but without enough strength, not only could he not protect the people, he couldn't even protect himself, and he would even harm these people. This happened only a hundred years ago
, To this day, the people in Jingzhou still shake their heads and sigh when talking about this matter. Everyone changes their expressions. Zhengxi, we all know your love for the people, but only if the army is there and can win, can we protect the country and the people. If the army does not
If the situation is over, then the people will also suffer. Therefore, I think it is better to send some military officials to various villages and ask the people in this area to flee as soon as possible, including the people in the outer city of Jiangling, and let them leave immediately.
Once we leave, we can rest assured and defend the city with all our strength."
Everyone nodded after hearing this, and Tan Daoji smiled and said: "Wang Changshi has a high level of education. We rough people only understand the truth in our hearts but can't say it with our mouths. You said it so well. Brother Daogui
Ah, this is the truth. We are not cowards who are greedy for life and afraid of death. It is easy to fight against the demon thieves, but if we lose, we will bet the lives and deaths of hundreds of thousands of people in Jingzhou. We cannot afford to bet.
Can’t afford to lose.”
When Liu Daogui listened to the voices around him saying "You can't fight" and "Brother Daogui, please think twice" gradually died down, he said calmly: "Everyone has been following me for many years, and we have been together through life and death for many years, especially in this recent period.
Within a year, you have accompanied me to defend Jiangling and fought countless major and minor battles. You are all good people. You are all from the Jin Dynasty. You are the best soldiers in the Beifu Army. How can I doubt your courage? Of course I know that you
I have good intentions and judge this matter entirely from a military perspective, but what I want to say now is that from a military perspective, leaving the city for a decisive battle may be our best choice."
Tan Daoji's expression changed: "Brother Daogui, please give us some guidance and help us clear up our doubts."
Liu Daogui said calmly: "Everyone thinks that the enemy is strong and we are weak, because they think that the monster thieves will have hundreds of thousands of troops to attack them, at least the more than 200,000 soldiers and horses who attacked Jiankang, or defeated Xile.
The army of more than 100,000 during my brother's time, right?"
Yanzhi said thoughtfully: "Oh, we have overlooked this point. Just now we just thought that the demon thieves must be the main force, and there must be hundreds of thousands of people. After hearing Brother Daogui's reminder,
, We have not discovered their army yet. Even if it is really quite large, just because it cannot appear on the river, it cannot be that large. Thirty to fifty thousand people are the most."
Fu Hongzhi breathed a sigh of relief, with a look of shame on his face: "Only by knowing the enemy can you be victorious in every battle. We don't know the enemy and are discussing military plans here. We are a little panicked. Now we need to send more scouts to detect the enemy's strength, right?"
Tan Daoji said in a deep voice: "The military situation is so fierce. How can we still have time to reconnoiter slowly here? Within two days, the enemy army may reach Jiangling. Besides, the demon thieves are very good at bluffing or hiding their strength. This
Back when we raided Wulindu, there must have been tens of thousands of troops, but there was no movement at all. I'm afraid that all the roads from Ma Tou Camp to Wulindu have been controlled by demon thieves, so how could we possibly inquire?
How about the actual strength of the enemy’s army?”
Liu Daogui nodded: "What Daoji said is very good. It's already too late for reconnaissance now, but we can make a basic judgment. If the demon thief wants to attack in a large scale, for example, with more than 100,000 troops, then rely on Qianlong
A warship or a water ghost team is impossible!"
"Our reconnaissance boats on the river and the beacon towers on both sides of the river are not dead people, and they will not be able to detect any signs. Therefore, I insist that the monster thieves attacking this time are elite soldiers and old thieves, but the number will not be too large, and they will never
Probably more than 50,000, probably around 30,000. Moreover, they hardly bring much supplies and food. They must be light troops and rely on plundering our warehouses and villages for supplies."
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