Chang Yu was already a little drunk at this time. After hearing this, he looked around and said, "Before we talk, I want to hear your opinions."
However, after what happened last night, Xu Hongji and others still dared to play tricks on him. He had already criticized him for insisting on defending Nanjing City. He couldn't think of any other suggestions, so he laughed: "Now everyone in the government and the public is talking about marching."
If no one comes to Eunuch Chang's side in the war, we will not show our shame and want to hear Eunuch Chang's opinion."
"Since you don't say it, then we won't say it either." Chang Yu laughed and turned to look at Li Muxian: "Master Fang, you drank a lot and ate a lot of food. It's time to start your performance."
Li Muxian chuckled, picked up the wine glass and drank it in one gulp, wiping his mouth with his sleeves, then stood up and bowed his hands in a circle: "I am a poor man, I said for Lord Du Gong, and then said to Chang Yu, if there is any deviation, please
Please correct me."
Chang Yu kept silent and concentrated on eating. Xu Hongji and others were already accustomed to it. Since this Taoist priest can accompany the young eunuch to the table, he is his confidant. We are all ears to hear what the Taoist priest has to say.
"Without him, use offense as defense!" Li Muxian said lightly and everyone raised their eyebrows. Liu Kongzhen raised his hand and said, "Taoist Master, can you explain in more detail? The thieves kidnapped hundreds of thousands of refugees. Even if they don't have enough combat power, they can rely on their people."
Many advantages make up for the deficiencies. On the other hand, since we have the advantage of city defense, why not use defense as offense and consume the bandit army?"
Li Muchian smiled: "If we use defense as offense, we will be consumed and even trapped. The tactics of the rebel army have always been to plunder wherever they go. Their food and troops can be replenished anytime and anywhere. We hide
How to consume him in the city? What we consume is ourselves."
This... everyone frowned and Li Muxian continued: "The city defense of Nanjing is certainly strong, but if the bandit army surrounds Nanjing and builds fortifications on the bank of the Yangtze River so that reinforcements from the north cannot pass, then Nanjing will become an isolated city. How long can we afford it?
"
Xu Hongji and others looked at each other and said nothing. The Taoist priest was right. Today's rebel army is powerful and influential. The common people no longer reject them as they did a few years ago. Even when the rebel army crosses the border, they do not need to be coerced into joining the gang voluntarily. After all, there are rebellions these days.
There is food and a future. That is to say, under this situation, if Nanjing is besieged to the north, the people of the surrounding prefectures will definitely take the opportunity to respond. There will be no troops from the south of the Yangtze River to help, and those from the north of the Yangtze River will not be able to get through. At that time, it is not defense but offense.
If you trap yourself to death, you will end up either being defeated or surrendering!
"But Nanjing is one of the two capitals and cannot afford to lose anything. It would be too risky to go out and attack proactively." Tang Guozuo said with a solemn expression. Everyone agreed. Li Muchian hummed: "This is natural. Regularly staying behind is still necessary."
Xu Hongji breathed a sigh of relief, glanced at Chang Yu and said: "Nanjing used defense as offense, and Eunuch Chang led his troops from the other side to attack as defense. Such a two-pronged approach, the rebel army would definitely not be able to withstand attacks from both sides. The only troublesome thing is probably when reinforcements cross the river."
We will encounter a fierce counterattack by the bandit army.”
Chang Yu smiled and said nothing. He picked up the tea cup and took a sip to signal Li Muchian to continue.
Li Muxian nodded: "The Duke is half right, the Governor's plan is indeed to attack from both sides, but we can't get past the river!"
Ah! Xu Hongji and others were shocked, but how could Jiang Na attack?
Liu Kongzhen frowned: "Master Taoist, can you please stop selling your skin?" Li Muxian looked a little embarrassed. Due to his profession and personality, he always said half the words and left the other half, which was really annoying.
"To put it simply, half of the troops in Nanjing were left to defend the city, and the rest went out of the city to attack the rebels head-on. The reinforcements pretended to cross the river on the other side to attract the attention of the rebels and distract their forces. At the same time, they secretly tricked Chen Cang into going south to take back Anqing when they were unprepared."
Li Muxian finally told everything, but Xu Hongji and Liu Kongzheng were surprised to say something for a long time.
This battle plan is indeed perfect, but! What this means is that if the reinforcements cannot reach the river, the task of fighting the rebels directly will fall on the local troops. Even half of Nanjing's troops can only be 20,000.
Moreover, we haven’t fought in actual combat for many years. How to fight against the mighty hundreds of thousands of thieves? Isn’t this just an egg against a stone?
"Eunuch Chang, is this really true?" Xu Hongji could no longer hold back.
"Are you afraid?" Chang Yu asked with a half-smile but not a smile. Xu Hongji didn't know how to answer. Liu Kongzheng took over the conversation: "This is not a matter of whether you are afraid or not, but whether it is too underestimated to resist the enemy with 20,000 troops. Please tell me.
Eunuch Chang, please think twice.”
Chang Yu smiled, with a somewhat sarcastic smile: "This is really a matter of fear or not. It has nothing to do with whether you underestimate the enemy or not." He stood up and looked around the crowd: "If you have no fear, even if there are thousands of people, I will go there."
That’s right! On the contrary, being afraid means giving you millions of heavenly soldiers in vain.”
Everyone was silent, Chang Yu sneered, he could see that these people were afraid, because they had never fought before, and because the rebel army had become so powerful in recent years, with hundreds of thousands of people coming at every turn. To be honest, this
With the news of the formation, most people would feel their hearts pounding and their legs would feel weak.
"Mr. Chang Hou, are you afraid?" Chang Yu suddenly looked at Chang Yanling and smiled.
Everyone looked at Qiao Yanling and saw that he also smiled slightly: "But what's the point of fearing a corpse wrapped in horse leather? None of our ancestors were famous generals who were beaten out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood. We can't lose the face of our ancestors."
These words were resounding, but they made Xu Hongji and others feel ashamed. What Chang Yanling said really made them feel ashamed.
"Lv Shangshu, are you scary?" Chang Yu looked at Lu Daqi, the minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing. This sixty-year-old civil servant smiled calmly: "I have been fighting with the thief for more than a year. Is it possible that I am afraid of intruders, or is it the governor?
I can’t look down on this old man like Shang Xia Guan.”
"I don't dare, I don't dare." Chang Yu quickly raised his hand and said, "Mr. Lu has rich experience in fighting the rebels in the south. I would like to borrow my help from you this time. If Mr. Lu is willing to help, how about I ask you to take command this time?"
Lu Daqi did not hesitate and readily agreed: "I am extremely honored to be valued by the God of War."
Chang Yu laughed loudly: "The God of War doesn't dare to accept it. I just killed a few more thieves." Then he turned to look at Xu Hongji: "My lord, are you willing to help our family?"
Xu Hongji hurriedly stood up and said: "The responsibility lies with the orders." After all, Chang Yu was ordered to supervise the army and had the authority to order generals to mobilize troops. Although he was the prince of the country, he had to obey orders obediently.
"In this case, I will perform the duties of the military governor." Chang Yu looked around, and everyone started to fight after hearing this: "But it depends on the command of the governor."
"Lü Daqi is in command, Duke Xu is the front army, Marquis Chang is leading the middle army, Marquis Funing, and Uncle Xincheng is the rear army, leading 20,000 troops out of the city to follow the governor to meet the bandit army, and Shi Shangshu is cooperating with the nobles in the city to defend the city. You may
Do you have any objections?" Chang Yu said, looking at everyone's faces one by one, and it was indeed very exciting.
Among them, Xu Hongji's expression was the most embarrassing. He thought that Chang Yu had asked Lu Daqi to take command out of the city to defeat the enemy, and he would be assigned the task of defending the city. However, unexpectedly, he was sent to the front line together with Zhao Zhilong and Zhu Guobi.
He went there, which made him confused for a while whether the young eunuch deliberately wanted to take revenge or it was just a coincidence.
Although he was confused, he couldn't say anything about this arrangement. After all, they were all generals. It was their duty to raise troops to fight the enemy and it was the fate of the generals.
Zhao Zhilong and Zhu Guobi secretly exchanged glances. Naturally, their hearts were filled with various conspiracy theories, but they could not say anything. Instead, Liu Kongzhen said aloud: "Can you join the army to see the world?"
"That's what I'm asking for." Chang Yu smiled and said, "I've heard for a long time that Uncle Chengyi is very resourceful, so I hope you can give me some advice when the time comes."
"I don't dare, I don't dare," Liu Kongzhen quickly said with his hands in hand: "I'm just talking on paper and far inferior to the Lord Governor's strategizing..."
Hey, this Liu Kongzhen is out of his mind. It would be great to stay in the city, but why do he have to follow him out of the city? Don’t you know that it is dangerous? He only has 20,000 soldiers and horses at hand, and the bandit army is more than ten or twenty.
Thousands.
"Within three days, prepare all the food and grass to mobilize the soldiers, and follow the governor out of the city to defeat the enemy." Chang Yu picked up the wine glass: "We can't just rely on the shadow of our ancestors. What's the point of living in such drunken dreams and walking dead? Why not let go and make contributions in the first battle to achieve a glorious lintel, like
The ancestors are so proud in the world!"
With such a short sentence, Xu Hongzu and others who had just heard their own thoughts felt strange in their hearts, and they all raised their glasses: "Kill the enemy and make a contribution!"