Yuan Shu saw that everyone in the tent had their heads drooped and remained silent, and he couldn't help but feel an unknown fire burst into his heart.
"Speak!" Yuan Shu gritted his teeth and said, "Why don't all of them speak? They are mute!"
Liu Xun took a deep breath and stood up.
"General, today's battle is not a crime of war. It is actually the carelessness of our army. We looked down on the Jinling defenders and raised troops in a hurry, which is why we were defeated like this."
Yuan Shu raised his eyebrows when he heard this, as if he was a little unhappy.
How could such a defeat result from hastily raising troops?
What do you mean by this, is it possible, or is it my fault?
Seeing that Yuan Shu remained silent, Liu Xun immediately said: "General Hou, as expected by the last general, today's situation must have been planned long before the pottery merchant came to Jinling City... This son is definitely early
I expected that my lord would attack Jinling City."
Yuan Shu frowned and said, "What do you mean?"
Liu Xun considered the words for a moment and continued: "The Jinling garrison, war horses, and everyone is wearing armor. To build such a large number of armors, even if the pottery merchants have the Jinling iron ore to support them, in terms of civilian labor, the pottery merchants must be
After mobilizing all the people in Danyang County, he could only accumulate so much armor and weapons after a year of preparing for the war, so that he could catch them by surprise in this battle and use them to fight against our army..."
Speaking of this, Liu Xun paused and said: "General, if the general's prediction is true, the general's attack on Jinling may be just a temporary impulse, but the pottery merchants may have started preparations a year ago.
It’s a battle today.”
Yuan Shu was silent after hearing this, with a bad expression on his face.
Doesn’t this make it clear that he is inferior to a potter?
This is what Liu Xun said, because Yuan Shu and Liu Xun have known each other since they were young. If it were someone else...
Three layers of skin is not enough for Yuan Shu to peel.
Seeing that Yuan Shu was silent, Liu Xun remonstrated: "I sincerely ask the general to withdraw his troops."
Yuan Shu's expression suddenly changed and he said angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about?"
Liu Xun explained to Yuan Shu in no hurry: "Mr. Yuan, although our army has many soldiers, most of them are new soldiers and cannot be used for much purpose. However, Tao Shang has been prepared for this battle. We are inferior in terms of opportunity for this battle."
, but what the pottery merchants owned was only the land of one county, with a population of less than 600,000. The Lord occupied the land of five counties of Nanyang, Runan, Yingchuan, Jiujiang, and Lujiang, with a population of several million. How could he be a pottery merchant?
In comparison, the people he relies on are just soldiers, armor and heavy cavalry. They can only be defeated by generals. The pottery merchants have been preparing for the war with all their strength for a year, recruiting civilians to smelt iron and steel, but this will never last long. After all, the eighteen counties of Danyang,
Building roads, building bridges, people's livelihood, fishing and animal husbandry all require men. Given the population, the potters will work hard to smelt iron for one year, which is the limit, and after that there will be no more soldiers."
After a pause, Liu Xun continued: "As for the armored heavy cavalry, although it is fierce, its speed is too slow and cannot last long. In the end, its horse's hoofs will be exposed outside the heavy armor. As long as its horse's hoofs can be cut off, this will be enough."
There is nothing to fear in an army, and compared with Lu Bu's Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, it is far inferior to the inferior cavalry. If the general goes back and separates an army to train alone, he will definitely be able to defeat this heavy cavalry!"
Speaking of this, Liu Xun said again: "In addition, the combat power of Sun Jian's remaining army is actually not inferior to that of Jin's army. It's just that the lord treated him very poorly. In this battle, Sun's troops and horses are not ready for battle or have enough food."
Complete, morale is low, and it is a pity to lose Zu Mao... This time, if the lord can treat him with all his heart, accept his heart, attach fine armor, and use the wealth of Huainan to arm Sun's soldiers and horses,
In the next year or so, we will surely be on top of the pottery merchant's golden leader, and by then our new army will be well-trained, and our army will also be fully aware of the methods that the pottery merchant displayed, and today's panic will not happen again. In this way,
, one year later, Jinling City will be at your fingertips!"
Among the people, Yan Xiang couldn't help but nod his head in his heart after hearing this.
Liu Xun is indeed a talented general. If the arrangements are as he said, it will not be difficult to capture Jinling City in one year.
But it was obvious that Yuan Shu did not intend to adopt Liu Xun's best strategy.
"Go back!" Yuan Shu said coldly.
"Ah? This..." Liu Xun was a little confused and didn't understand why Yuan Shu was so disobedient.
"Yuan Mou came here to raise troops, but he didn't make any achievements, so he just retreated to Nanyang... How can he face the people of the world? He hasn't retreated yet!"
When Liu Xun heard this, he sighed and shook his head helplessly.
Yuan Shu glanced at the remaining people coldly and said, "Who can teach me how to defeat the pottery thief?"
Everyone bowed their heads and remained silent.
No sound? Can you get away without making a sound?
Yuan Shu's eyes widened and he looked around carefully at the people around him, his teeth making a "chicking" sound.
Finally, he set his sights on the chief clerk, Yan Xiang.
Yan Xiang's heart seemed to be broken in an instant.
Ancestor...can we please stop looking at me no matter what happens?
There are dozens of people squatting in this handsome tent, can't you turn around and look at them?
Every time someone comes to me without saying a word, do I owe you something or something?
In Yan Xiang's mind, almost ten thousand grass and mud horses were racing at this moment.
But it was obvious that Yuan Shu had no idea what Yan Xiang was thinking.
He was still there, staring hard at Yan Xiang.
Yan Xiang now wanted to go up and slap Yuan Shu's ears, and scolded him loudly: Look at your mother!
It's a pity that he doesn't have the guts.
Under Yuan Shu's gaze, Yan Xiang couldn't stand it any longer. If he didn't stand up and say something at this moment, he might not be able to get over it.
Yan Xiang sighed deeply in his heart, then stepped out of the class, gave a deep salute to Yuan Shu, straightened his expression and said: "General, if you don't follow Liu Gong's words and continue the land battle with the Jinling Army, our army will no matter what
, I’m afraid I won’t be able to get anything good from you.”
Yuan Shu took a deep breath, closed his eyes and recalled carefully. He vaguely remembered that Yan Xiang had mentioned to him about winning by water battle before sending out troops, but because of the large number of soldiers under his command, and Tao
The letter that Shang wrote to himself before the war really made Yuan Shu lose his mind, so he forgot himself for a while and only focused on attacking Ruxuwu, but completely forgot about the tactics that were most beneficial to him.
back……
Thinking of this, Yuan Shu also restrained his irritable mood just now, and humbly asked Yan Xiang for advice: "Then as Yan's chief admonished at the beginning in the water battle, Yuan will definitely win against the pottery merchant?"
Yan Xiang nodded affirmatively and said: "In the land of Yangzhou, water warfare comes first, but the main warships in Yangzhou have been hoarded by Chen Wen in various docks in Jiujiang County. Now Shouchun has been acquired by Yuan Gong.
, with the advantage of the Jiujiang dock, it is not difficult to cross the Yangtze River and approach Jinling. Moreover, my subordinates have found out clearly in advance that although Danyang County has some warship reserves, the pottery merchants do not have enough naval forces to control them.
This is a sure thing. If the general wants to fight, there is no need to wait any longer! Just use the navy to cross Chaohu into the river and take Jinling City directly. I understand that the pottery merchant can only look at the river and sigh, and there is nothing he can do."
Yuan Shu gritted his teeth and hit his right palm hard with his left hand, hissing: "Okay, in that case, Yuan will let the potter's thieves run rampant for a few more days!"
He turned his head and called: "Qiao Rui!"
Qiao Rui stepped out of the class, raised her hands to Yuan Shu and said: "General!"
"Quickly send people back to various ports in Jiujiang County, recruit warships in the docks and gather in Chaohu Lake. This time Yuan will cross the Yangtze River by water to take Jinling City and completely destroy the pottery merchant!"
"promise!"
…
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Ruxuwu, the residence of the pottery merchant.
Guo Jia just arrived from Jinling City today. The Prodigal did not directly participate in the battle at Ruxuwu. Instead, he followed the order of the pottery merchant and went to the counties under Danyang County to recruit available ships in the county's docks.
"Have all the ships in Danyang County been mobilized to participate in the water battle?" the pottery merchant asked Guo Jiadao.
Guo Jia shook the wine cup in his hand and sighed: "We have mobilized. There are about three hundred large and small ships that can be used in water battles."
The pottery merchant fell silent upon hearing this.
After a while, I heard him say: "How many warships can Yuan Shu command?"
Guo Jia raised his head, drank all the wine in the wine cup, and said slowly: "Jiujiang County is where the governor of Yangzhou, Chen Wen, is located. Most of the warships in Yangzhou are stored in Jiujiang County. A rough calculation
Come on, it should be above six or seven hundred."
The potter blinked, made a rough calculation, and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter. Water battles are not necessarily about the number of warships, but about the strength of the water soldiers. In this battle, we may not be able to win."
lose."
Hearing this, Guo Jia couldn't help but laugh angrily at Tao Shang.
Is this kid deliberately numbing himself?
"What you said is quite easy. Now let me ask you, Mr. Guo, does Mr. Taiping think that all the soldiers and horses under his command are proficient in water warfare?"
The potter's face darkened when he heard this.
The fantasy was ruthlessly destroyed by Guo Jia.
After a while...
"Even if my army is not good at water warfare, is it possible that Yuan Shu's troops are proficient in water warfare?"
Guo Jia said to Tao Shang word by word: "Well, even Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses are not proficient in water warfare, but the number of his warships is here. Master Tao's three hundred warships
, how many people can it carry into the river? How many people can Yuan Shu's seven or eight hundred warships carry up the river? The number of people entering the battle is different, how can you block Yuan Shu's offensive?"
The pottery merchant frowned and emphasized: "But the defenders of our Jinling City are very well equipped when it comes to equipment."
Guo Jia directly broke through the potter's fantasy with one sentence: "Since Mr. Taiping doesn't understand water warfare, please stop talking nonsense. On the river, have you seen any soldiers who can wear heavy armor? Water warfare is different.
In land warfare, especially when we have few large ships, they are all small boats. Marine soldiers are mainly mobile. Otherwise, how can we swing the oars? How can we set the sails? How can we make the ships have a shallow draft? If your soldiers can wear those heavy armors,
You can't even move on the river when you board a boat! Not to mention those who are not good at water, even those who are good at water will drown due to thick armor if they fall into the water... Brother, how can you teach Guo about this matter?
ah?"
The potter's face suddenly turned dark.
"I don't understand! You understand, you understand everything! Then you become the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy and lead people up the river to beat Yuan Shu!"
Guo Jia rolled his eyes and said, "Aren't you being arrogant? Anyway, Guo has told you what should be said. If Yuan Shu really takes the water route to march into Jinling, if you intercept him on the water, you will definitely lose!"
The pottery merchant gave Guo Jia a hard look and held his chin in silence for a while.
When Guo Jia saw that the pottery merchant had stopped talking, he suddenly laughed and said, "Aren't you the king of pirates? Those oysters under your hands are robbing families one by one? Why not?"
The potter's expression was a bit resentful, and he said helplessly: "You think I haven't thought about it. I have sent someone to notify Gan Ning, but I still haven't received a reply from him. Tao now needs to sit in Ruxuwu and take charge of the overall situation.
I can't go find him in person... Sigh, this matter is really difficult."
Hearing this, Guo Jia couldn't help but show some worry on his face: "Yuan Shu is now sending people to Jiujiang County to deploy ships. It will still take some time. This period of time is your last hope. If during this period of time,
Gan Ning can't lead the water thieves here... Mr. Taiping, I'm sorry to say that you have put all your hard work in Jinling City for a year, but I am afraid that all of it will be given to Yuan Shu as a wedding dress."
Tao Shang rubbed his temples worriedly, and suddenly said: "I see you are not in a hurry. If Tao is defeated, you will not be able to do well!"
Guo Jia spread his hands and said with a smile: "How refreshing. If you are defeated, Guo will choose another pillar. Why do I have to play with you to the end? Guo and Guo were also robbed by you in the first place."
Tao Shang stared at Guo Jia pitifully and said word by word: "If Tao dies, You Luzi will shoot you before he dies and pull you up as a support. You can rest assured about this!"
When Guo Jia heard this, his face suddenly turned pale.
"Are you still being unreasonable?"
"Tell me, brothers fighting tigers, father and son fighting in the battle, you are my godbrother, you must die in the ancestral graves of my Tao family."
Guo Jia stared at him dumbfounded, and after a while he quietly said: "But the problem is, my surname is Guo..."