As the sound of gongs outside the city echoed, the thousand vanguards of the Jizhou army retreated like a tide. At the same time, the siege vehicles, cloud vehicles, catapult vehicles and other equipment that were advancing immediately changed directions and headed towards the military formation.

This scene made Guan Jing laugh and his eyes were full of pride. He waved his hand and said, "Ming Jin to withdraw his troops!"

"Clang! Clang! Clang!!"

The sound of gongs came from the city tower.

The white-clothed soldiers under the city gate quickly divided into two teams and surrounded the old, weak, women and children in the city. The crowd was fierce and vicious, just like driving the old, weak, women and children back to the city.

Guan Jing walked down the city tower and followed Lin Sheng and Ji Yuan.

Ji Yuan looked flattering and said with a fist, "The Chief of the Guan Shi was incredible. This battle was blocked by tens of thousands of Jizhou troops without any effort. It was really powerful."

Guan Jing said: "This battle has just begun, don't hurry, take your time."

Lin Sheng followed behind, and the old, weak and young children who were killed and injured outside the city appeared in their minds, and remained silent.

After the three of them got off the city tower, they went to do their own things.

...

The Jizhou Army withdrew its troops and stationed outside the city.

The military tent, Wang Lei, Guo Jia, Tian Feng, Xu You, Shen Pei, Lu Bu and other guests and guests sat down with heavy expressions on their faces. It was really surprising that Guan Jing treated countless elderly, weak women and children as human walls.

This kind of fighting method is not common, because it hurts the world and is easily stung by people.

However, Guan Jing adopted it crazily.

Xu You had a solemn expression and said slowly: "Lord, I know very well the consequences of drilling through the human wall composed of the elderly, weak, women and children. Once drilling through the human wall composed of the people, it will definitely cause countless casualties."

“However, I think this is a necessary process.”

"If we don't open the wall of humans composed of the elderly, weak, women and children in one day, it will be impossible for us to conquer the county town of Jixian in one day. We are now withdrawing our troops and responding that the people are temporarily safe, but in my opinion, this is the greatest harm to the people. Even if we don't make up our minds to kill them, it will have a great impact on our army."

Xu You sat upright, his expression became more serious, and he said aloud: "I think there are five of the main problems."

"First, this time I gave up the siege, but the next time we siege the city, the other party will still adopt the same strategy. The human wall formed by the people will still appear. To siege the city, there will still be casualties."

"Secondly, if the city is not conquered for a day, the people will be detained one more day, and will be tortured by the Youzhou army one more day, and will always face the fear of death. We will make up our minds to kill us, which is a murder with compassion. I believe that the dead people will also be able to do this."

"Third, the war lasts for a long time and cannot be fought for a long time, and the morale of the army is prone to fluctuation."

"Fourth, tens of thousands of soldiers in the army have to eat every mouth, and consume tens of thousands of kilograms of grain every day. Although Jizhou has bumper harvests year by year, there is enough food supply. Such long-term delay will cause great losses to grain, and the logistics pressure will be very heavy. Furthermore, there are still wars in Ye County, so time cannot be delayed."

"Fifth, now September is now, and the weather in the north is getting winter earlier. After October, the weather is even worse, with cold winds and cold weather, which is even more unfavorable to the army."

Xu You had already thought about this issue on the way back.

With the opportunity, Xu You made a big call and five key points.

Xu You's eyes fell on Tian Feng, and his eyes were even sharper. Tian Feng was an old minister under Wang Lei and had a reputation. In Xu You's opinion, only by comparing Tian Feng could his talent be more obvious.

Tian Feng snorted, without answering Xu You in a positive way.

After changing the subject, Tian Feng said lightly: "I don't know the advantages and disadvantages, I only know one truth. It is wrong for us to massacre unarmed people and the elderly, weak, women and children. They are fresh lives."

Xu You retorted: "Absurd theory!"

Tian Feng snorted and continued, "Everyone here is a wise man with ambition to stabilize the country. With so many people's talents, do they have to lay the foundation for the massacre of the people to win this battle? Can't we think of any other way? You can use any means to fight the enemy, and you can use any means to win, but the people are innocent."

Speaking of this, Tian Feng said loudly: "These all-out methods do not include ignoring the lives of the people."

Xu You snorted, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

In fact, Xu You's analysis is very reasonable and very reasonable.

However, Tian Feng's rebuttal was a different approach and explained a fact from another direction, which made it difficult for Xu You to argue. If he tried to defend himself, it would be as if he had no other strategy.

Wang Lei seemed very calm after listening to the debate between the two.

Wang Lei decided to make the decision.

The one who makes the decision is Wang Lei after all.

Without any hesitation, Wang Lei said unquestionably: "When withdrawing troops, I have already said clearly that the strategy of massacre people will not be adopted. Therefore, the debate on whether to rely on massacre people to attack the city can come to an end and no longer argue about this matter."

Xu You's expression changed slightly. He looked at Wang Lei and sighed.

At the same time, a trace of enlightenment suddenly emerged in his heart.

This is the difference between Wang Lei and Yuan Shao. When Yuan Shao's subordinates are arguing endlessly, they are in a dilemma, swaying around, and it is difficult to make decisions, so they lose opportunities, and even internal conflicts among subordinates. Wang Lei is different. He has his own judgment in doing things, no matter what Wang Lei's judgment is, but he is more decisive.

Restraining his helpless thoughts, Xu You began to think about the rest of the solutions.

At the same time, everyone in the tent began to think about strategies.

Wang Lei continued: "It is impossible to attack the elderly, weak, women and children in Ji County, which means that we cannot adopt the strategy of attacking Ji County for the time being. Because once we attack Ji County, the other party will push the people of the city as a wall of human beings. Therefore, the strategy to be considered is more of a strategy of taking a wrong approach."

As the person in charge of intelligence, Shi A introduced: "According to the information we received before, Gongsun Zan is now willing to fall into depravity, hiding in the mansion and singing every night, regardless of the military and political affairs of Youzhou. All the matters were handed over to the Changshi Guan Jing. He was a little unintentional and could not think of a solution. But based on the information obtained, I think Guan Jing was the focus of this battle."

When everyone present heard this, their eyes lit up, as if they were enlightened.

Once you know the specific background, you will have a direction to start.
Chapter completed!