After Lü Meng's continuous attacks failed, he could only take Lü Fan's suggestion to confront Lai Gong. He arranged for each battalion to train in the camp every day, and the soldiers of each battalion were still waiting for news about Ma Zhong's meritorious service in cutting off the food road.
Pan Zhang cooperated well with the Ma Zhong incident, and Lü Meng became more and more friendly to him. The two often discussed military affairs together, and they became Lü Meng's deputy.
One afternoon, Lu Meng was cooling off by the Yushui River when Pan Zhang suddenly came over in a hurry.
"General, what's new on Lai Gong's side?" Pan Zhang said breathlessly.
Lu Meng immediately jumped up from the ground, "What new move?"
"Lai Gong is picking up soil to build a city around the camp..." Pan Zhang replied.
Lu Meng thought to himself: Lai Gong is really idle. We train him every day in the camp and he actually starts building the city? Is there some conspiracy in this? Is he trying to seduce me?
"General, if Lai Gong really builds a city on the hill, we will have to prepare catapults, siege engines and other equipment if we want to attack it..." Pan Zhang looked worried.
Lu Meng shook his head and said: "I'm worried that Lai Gong has a conspiracy, so we don't need to pay attention to him. As long as the food and grass are cut off, what's the use of a thick wall?"
"Ah..." Pan Zhang was speechless, thinking that General Lu's strategy was still far behind Zhou Yu and Lu Su.
Lan Tian is a pragmatic person. He will not let the soldiers waste time in the camp. He surveyed the surrounding terrain before the war. The hill they camped on is very suitable for building an earthen fort for stationing troops. After completion, it can save a lot of defense.
Even if there is no military use after the war, it can still be used as a posthouse on the way to Yushui.
Lantian asked Jiang Wan to mobilize a dozen craftsmen in advance and follow the grain transport ship in Quanling to the Tuqiu camp to help build this war fortress.
The Wuxi barbarians built houses differently from the Han people. When building the fortress, Lantian personally planned and designed it, and craftsmen from Quanling Academy served as construction technicians. They worked vigorously on the mounds in two shifts.
Gao Shun was also worried that Lu Meng would take the opportunity to attack, but there was no movement for several days.
"Sir, why are you so sure that Lu Meng doesn't dare to come and seize the mountain? Even if it means destroying the earthen fort we built, it would be a pity to just stay in the camp without moving the troops." Gao Shun asked.
In fact, apart from Gao Shun who was confused, Gan Ning, Lai Gong and Samoko all wanted to know the reason.
Lan Tian picked up a dead branch and squatted on the ground in front of the camp to draw: "I'm going to teach you a method of inference. It's called 'brainstorming'. You can all speak freely. Assume that you are the enemy's general and encounter the situation in front of you.
What are you going to do?”
Lan Tian first drew a circle, wrote the word "LV" in the circle, then drew a line from outside the circle, drew another circle on the upper right, and then asked everyone: "Anyone can speak, as long as it is reasonable and reasonable, you can do whatever you want."
Say, let’s explain everything possible, who will come first?”
Seeing that everyone was silent, Samoko raised his right hand covered with medicine and said, "Can I come and talk to you?"
"Please speak, Chief Sha." Lantian waved his hand and then wrote the word "sha" in a new circle.
Shamoko patted his chest and said: "I am a rough man. I can't beat the rats from Jiangdong. If I were that general Lu Meng, I would either withdraw my troops or increase them. It would be a shame to waste my time here."
Lan Tian nodded, and then used lines to derive two circles from the newly drawn circle, and wrote the words "retreat" and "increase" inside respectively.
"Lü Meng was ordered to take Jiaozhou, but now he can't take Yulin County alone. What will happen if Sun Quan finds out?" Lan Tian asked again.
"If you lose, you lose. Victory and defeat are common matters in military affairs. What else can Sun Quan do?" Shamoko muttered.
"That means Sun Quan is treating it as if nothing is wrong." Lan Tian drew out a new circle from the retreat circle to mark that nothing was wrong.
At this time, Lai Gong took over the topic and said: "Although Sun Quan does not have great talents and great strategies, he is not a mediocre leader in terms of the layout of Jiangdong. How can he convince the public if the rewards and punishments are unclear?"
Lan Tian nodded in affirmation, and then added the word "penalty" in a new circle in the back circle.
He continued to ask Lai Gong: "There are many types of punishments, including confiscation of property, demotion, not being reused, etc."
Watching Lan Tian draw more circles from the penalty circle, Lai Gong said in disbelief: "The general understands the problem very deeply..."
Lan Tian shook his head and continued to ask. Gao Shun, Gan Ning and others also spoke one after another. He continued to deduce questions while drawing. In the end, the mind map became bigger and bigger.
Gan Ning finally said in surprise: "Lu Meng is an enemy of Mr., and it is the light of fireflies that competes with the moon. How did you come up with so much? My head is dizzy just looking at this picture. It is indeed a brainstorm...
"
Lan Tian explained: "Brainstorming is about brainstorming and deducing all possible references, so that everything can be foolproof."
Lai Gong and Gan Ning were amazed and exclaimed, while Gao Shun was the only one who calmly stared at the picture on the ground.
"So Lu Meng is in a dilemma now. He plans to continue the confrontation with us. The purpose is to compete with us who has more food and grass?" Gao Shun asked.
Lan Tian nodded, "This is Lu Meng's least risky strategy at this time. It's a pity that he doesn't know that General Lai has Jingnan's back."
After hearing this, Lai Gong sighed: "My lord, you have General Ziyu to help you, so why worry about the uncertainty of the world? I just hate myself for not being loyal earlier, and I don't know how many years I have been in embarrassment in Jiaozhou..."
"I am wiser than General Lai on this point." Samoko scratched his head and smiled.
"Chief Sha is indeed very far-sighted. General Ziyu treats foreigners equally. With his help, the Wuxi barbarians will never go hungry again..." Lai Gong affirmed with a smile.
"Hey, I just like the general's character..." Samoko unknowingly was led into the path of flattery by Lai Gong.
Lan Tian quickly changed the subject: "Don't find it troublesome to brainstorm. No matter who is the commander-in-chief of the army in the future, he will use this method to brainstorm when encountering an issue and he will definitely find a way to deal with it."
Gan Ning and Gao Shun nodded solemnly after hearing this. They are Lan Tian's right-hand men. Although their personal abilities are already very outstanding, they always feel that Lan Tian has endless whimsical ideas. The longer they stay with him, the more they admire him.
"Sir, since Shi Xie has defected to Sun Quan, will he really send troops to help? Or provide rice and grain for Lü Meng? If that is the case, even if Lü Meng consumes more food than us, he will not be able to use up the Jiangdong Army with food and grass.
Easy..." Gao Shun reminded.
Lan Tian nodded and said: "If there is no intervention, Shi Xie will choose the lesser of the two, and maybe he will provide military resources for Lu Meng out of sympathy. But now it is really not certain."
"Is Ustin really that powerful?" Gao Shun looked puzzled.
Lantian replied with a smile: "Usdin has been taught by a special person, and now his verbal skills are not what they used to be. Boping must not underestimate our tongues. Sometimes they are sharper than swords."
Chapter completed!