At night, the river mansion is connected.

The three brothers of the Meng family were in a difficult and worried city. They wanted to discuss how to deal with the current dilemma - they could discuss and discuss, and they had no choice but to do anything.

If you can't beat it, you can't beat it.

The other party didn't attack the city, but just swaggered and slammed the camp ten miles outside the city gate, and came to shout and scold every day.

My family wanted to attack at night, but when they were halfway through, they were shot by a rain of arrows, shooting more than 20 people, injured seventy or eighty, and had to retreat.

He could not defeat the front, but he did not dare to dispatch the entire army to force the opponent's camp. The opponent's central army had reached Mingcheng, only fifty miles away from Tonghe City, which could be said to be coming in the morning and evening.

If the entire army attacks and cannot take over the opponent's camp within half a day, the opponent's follow-up troops will come to pick them up.

"Look for help quickly, the soldiers are in danger, we must not be lucky!" Meng Zheng advised.

This is not a time to lose face. You must know that the Chu army has not arrived yet, and these three thousand men alone dare to block the city gate and call.

What's worse is that the so-called elite that the second brother pieced together is really vulnerable in front of others.

This is not a matter of personal force. If three thousand people on both sides are pulled out to fight one-on-one, Meng Zheng dares to say that at least two thousand people under his second brother can defeat the other side with 3,000.

But the most troublesome thing is this - if the quality of the soldiers is fine, who will the problem with this big defeat?

The Meng family occupied the position of governing Tonghe City, not by fighting with military achievements, but by selling Tonghe City for a good price.

This position must have been incorrect, but with the help of the relationship between black and white and clever skills of the Meng family brothers, as well as the background of Lu Wu's successive victory, he can also be considered a firm position. But now that the Chu army is in a predicament, that is another situation.

Meng Yang led his troops out of the city to fight against the Chu army vanguard in order to prove himself - but what did this big defeat prove?

Meng Zheng is responsible for the government affairs in the city, Meng Yang is responsible for military affairs, Meng De is responsible for logistics and business, and the three brothers have their own division of labor.

Meng Zheng felt that since his second brother left the city and was defeated, even his officials looked at him in the past two days - of course, it might be a psychological illusion, but even he had this feeling, which shows that the hearts of the people in the city are indeed in danger.

Meng Yang pondered for a moment, but shook his head with difficulty.

If he was besieged by a large army, he would fight for several months, and both sides suffered heavy casualties, so it would be reasonable to ask for help at that time.

But now the opponent has only 3,000 troops, and there are more than 30,000 troops in the city.

There are many military tactics, and ten of them surround them - the people guarding the city are ten times that of the siege. When you go to ask for help, how do others think of you?

Waste in waste?

Throughout history, are there such timidity among the generals who have been nailed to the pillar of shame and recognized as waste?

"You are dead and destruction in front of you. You are still considering your own face to be glamorous - you really don't have any plans!" Meng Zheng paused, smashed the teacup in his hand to pieces, stood up and walked out of the lobby.

Meng Yang and Meng De were silent.

After a while, the third brother Meng De whispered: "Or what the elder brother said and go and invite reinforcements?"

"My elder brother is used to being a master, so he naturally cherishes his life. Anyway, I always fight hard, and he doesn't think about it. At this time, General Lu thinks about us. Even if the reinforcements come and guard Tonghe City, can we still sit in this position?"

"But now the people in the city are unstable and the Chu army is so strong. If the entire army arrives, let alone whether they can defend the city. I am afraid that someone will open the city-" Meng De was worried.

Their brothers sold Tonghe City to gain their current status. If they can do it, others can't do it?

"Now the trustworthy people under his command are only three thousand men left by the general. I will hand over the key points of the city gate to them." Meng Yang sighed and said helplessly.

Originally, he called Lu Wu a name in private.

After all, he is also a first-class master. If he fights alone, he may not lose to the fighter general. Among the three super-grade strong men, the fighter is the best in breaking the formation, the first in fighting for battle, and the competition is not good at fighting alone.

Now that he has been on the battlefield and after a big defeat, Meng Yang has respected Lu Wu a lot.

"What if the army attacked the city?" Meng De asked.

"Hmph, I am not as good as the elite of the border troops who have fought old wars, but when they attacked the city, can they still line up the military formation and walk on the ladder? Besides, what an important strategic location is Tonghe City? Will the general watch Tonghe City fall?"

Meng Yang's current plan is to defend the city to the death. As long as he can survive the Chu army's siege several times, he would not believe that Lu Wu would sit idly.

Now he wants him to go out to fight the Chu army in the field, he refuses - even if he wants, his subordinates will not.

Meng Yang's subordinates were all from the martial arts world in the five southern prefectures of Chu State. They came to join him to seek wealth, not to die.

Of course, he has not been a waste of time to cross the black and white roads over the years. He does have a group of loyal brothers under his command, but a hundred masters are placed in the world. A huge force is placed in front of the battle formation of the two armies, and even a splash can't emerge.

Tonghe Prefecture, Mingcheng.

Mingcheng is one of the counties closest to Tonghe Prefecture City, and is now under the control of the Chu army.

The north is vast and sparsely populated, and it is common for cities to be one or two hundred miles apart.

But in the southern state of Chu, there is abundant water and scattered people, and the cities are relatively dense. The distance is thirty miles short and the distance is only 60 miles long.

Mingcheng is only forty-seven miles away from Tonghe Prefecture City. There is a flat river between the two cities and farmland. Apart from a few small rivers/ditches that are seven or eight meters wide, there is no more terrain to be called obstructed.

In the pavilion, General Qu Dazhong of Chu State and Shangqing Xiangcheng sat opposite each other. On the stone platform in the middle, there was a pot of tea on the small brass stove, which was gradually boiling.

"General, Mengyang, the governor of Tonghe City is not good at military affairs, so why don't we take down Tonghe City in one go?" Xiangcheng is the youngest brother of King Xiang and King of Chu. He is only thirty years old this year, so he naturally dare not show off in front of Qu Dazhong.

In fact, since the continuous wars of various countries a hundred and seventy years ago, the status of generals has become very high. Not to mention the pillars of a country like Qu Dazhong, even ordinary generals have a status that is less than that of those Shangqing who do not have real power fiefs.

"Haha, Xiang Shangqing, this battle is to pacify the south as soon as possible, not the gains and losses of one city and one battle," Qu Dazhong stroked his long beard and smiled: "I see that the deer and thief's achievements are all based on the courage of a man, and the fast horse and long spear are rampant without any stalemate. However, there has never been a case of commanding a large army and winning a battle in a dignified manner. If such a person is a big advantage in the camp step by step, he will not have any opportunity to take advantage of any tricks, what will he do?"

"Well, if I am that Lu Wu, since I have the courage of thousands of men, the ability to kill generals and flags, and the divine horse that travels thousands of miles a day, when there is no hope of winning in front, I can only lead a small number of cavalry to guerrilla wars around, cut off food channels, and harass the place - Hiss. If he really wants this, it will be difficult to deal with."

Xiang Cheng thought about himself as Lu Wu and took a breath.

With the courage of one person, you can break the battle generals who are in the city gate head-on. This is a live siege hammer. Who can stand this kind of person who is guerrillas everywhere? If you break a city today and a city tomorrow, you can't live in Chu.

"That's not the hard to deal with." Qu Dazhong shook his head and pointed to the teacup.

Xiang Cheng picked up the teapot and poured him tea.

This is not Qu Dazhong relies on his seniority and asks the royal family to pour tea for him, but regards Xiang Cheng as a friend. Since he has solved his doubts for Xiang Cheng, Xiang Cheng will pour tea for him.

This is the same as giving money to go to a teahouse to listen to books, and of course it is much more elegant.

"Lu Wu is indeed very talented. Not only is he amazing in martial arts achievements, but the method of shaking the slashing in the south is actually a variant of the order of charity. He is based on military personnel and regains the morale of the army. Just look at his horse entering Chu, and now he has hundreds of thousands of loyal people under his command. The southern tribes bow their heads and tells him that this person is amazing."

"If Lu Wu starts to guerrilla wars around the world, she will inevitably be in abstaining from the real and attacking the virtual. How easy is it to surround and kill this person? The rebel soldiers of the three southern prefectures have made great profits by using the method of quarantine. They are willing to die for this person. If this person does not die, I am afraid that the south will not be able to settle down within decades."

For General Qu Dazhong, he had heavy troops and faced a young man like Lu Wu who was only good at rushing into the battle but had no record of commanding the army. There was no suspense in the victory or defeat.

But what he was afraid of was that Lu Wu simply put it on his face and showed off a bandit, and he would eat wherever he beat him and get corrupt.

Not to mention that Lu Wu could not do it, the Chu State sent many detailed works to the south these days. There are all the laws that are publicly disclosed to the outside world by the King of Chu and Qu Dazhong here.

Even some internal rules that are not external, they are collected.

"So?" Xiang Cheng paused and asked.

"The main focus of this battle is not to conquer the city or defeat the military formation, but to kill this clerk!" Qu Dazhong took a sip of tea, put down the teacup heavily, and said.
Chapter completed!