It has been two days! Wei Yan really knelt there for two days! For two days, he didn't eat or drink. Huainan was rainy, and these two days, it really washed away Wei Yan's arrogance.
"Do you understand now?!" Liu Mang suddenly appeared behind Wei Yan's back.
"En?!" Wei Yan was physically and mentally exhausted. One must know that kneeling on the ground for two days and two nights without moving was not something a person could do. Not to mention, Wei Yan was injured, so when Liu Mang spoke, Wei Yan didn't hear it clearly.
"I am asking you if you have thought it through!" Liu Mang very patiently repeated his question.
"I!" Wei Yan didn't know how to answer. He had been kneeling here for two days. In these two days, he was ashamed and angry, and also dissatisfied with Liu Mang. But these dissatisfaction were gradually suppressed by a kind of depression, because he found that Liu Mang was not wrong. He only had martial arts, and except for this thing, he had nothing else! This was a troubled time, and talents were needed, but who knew if you were a talent or not? Even if they knew, so what? He was not a noble, and without money, he couldn't get promoted! After so many years in Jingzhou, he was just a small captain with a dozen people, and two of them were just eating empty pay. With such a position, if he wasn't an ordinary person, what was he?
Wei Yan could go back now, but what about after he went back? Would his life still be the same as before? Day by day? He was already thirty years old this year, and if he continued like this, how many years would he have left? How many thirty years did he have in life? He admitted defeat, but in his heart, he wanted to worship Liu Mang! After that, he wanted to show his ambition, and even wanted to use Liu Mang as a springboard! He could directly go and recognize Lu Bu as his master or use Liu Mang's army to train his own soldiers. At worst, he could just rebel again. At that time, he would have troops and horses in his hands. What else would he care about?
Wasn't that what Wei Yan did in history? Han Xuan killed the governor of Changsha and joined Liu Bei's side. Although Han Xuan wasn't a good person, but he treated Wei Yan with sincerity. Wei Yan was just a small captain of the city gate. It was Han Xuan who promoted Wei Yan, but how did Wei Yan treat Han Xuan? He killed Han Xuan with a single slash. Even Huang Zhong, who was at the side, could not stand it anymore.
Therefore, after subduing Escapist Liu, Huang Zhong drew a clear line between him and Wei Yan! The reason why Zhuge Liang said that Wei Yan was rebellious was not because Wei Yan was rebellious. Even if Wei Yan was rebellious, it was because of his parents. In fact, it was because of Wei Yan's attitude towards his former master, Han Xuan. This led to Zhuge Liang's words to Liu Bei. This Wei Yan killed Han Xuan, so he might betray you for riches and honor!
"You don't have to say anymore!" Liu Mang will not listen to Wei Yan's words of loyalty. The more such a person shows loyalty in front of you, the more problematic it is!
"I will give you two choices now!" Liu Mang very indifferently stretched out two fingers. "First! Go back to Jingzhou and continue to be the captain of the city gate! Just muddle along for the rest of your life! "
Muddle along for the rest of my life! This sentence really hurt Wei Yan's heart. Didn't he already muddle along for most of his life? He wanted to refute but he didn't know where to start, so he could only stay silent.
"Second! I will give you a chance, a chance to show your talent! " Liu Mang threw out his olive branch. Liu Mang hasn't finished his words when Wei Yan already said in a hoarse voice. "Wei Yan, Wei Wenzhang is willing to be driven by Milord!"
"Oh, is that so? City Guard! If you want to stay with me, you can! Go to City Guard! "
"City Guard?" Wei Yan's originally tired body was lifted. The City Guard is one of Liu Mang's two elite troops! If there is a trump card, then it is the City Guard! The City Guard not only has heavy infantry, but also a battalion of 200 heavy cavalry! Wei Yan has heard of this troop's achievements in Jingzhou. They were the ones who defended Wancheng city and defeated Sun Ce's 100,000 troops. Who doesn't want to command such a troop? But Wei Yan suddenly remembered. Doesn't this Urban Army already have a general and a deputy general? The general is Cheng Yu, who is a former member of Pengzhou Army. The other one is Huang Xu, who is the son of the veteran who fought with me. Then what position did Liu Mang give me?
"Ordinary soldier!" How can Liu Mang not see the doubtful look on Wei Yan's face. You want to be in charge of the City Guard? Wei Yan, you think too highly of yourself! The City Guard is Liu Mang's direct line of command. If he doesn't trust the most, how can he hand over the City Guard?
Cheng Yu is the person Liu Mang is most familiar with! When Liu Mang came to this world, the first person he met was Cheng Yu. It was also Cheng Yu who saved his life. On the other hand, Liu Mang has brought about many miracles, which made Cheng Yu convinced!
The City Guard's deputy general, Huang Xu, is Huang Zhong's son. He saved Huang Xu's life and got the loyalty of Huang Zhong's family. It can be said that the Huang Family is Liu Mang's family! No matter what, the Huang Family is branded with Liu Mang's brand. Huang Zhong gave up the command of the army to protect himself. So Liu Mang has to give up the position of deputy general to Huang Xu in order to repay him. Moreover, Huang Xu is also a talent!
It is impossible to let Liu Mang dismiss Cheng Yu or Huang Xu and let Wei Yan be the general or deputy general! Liu Mang only has a 50% chance of subduing Wei Yan. So now he can only be a soldier of the City Guard! I hope this kind of position can polish Wei Yan's ambition!
"If you go! Then go find Cheng Yu! Don't you think you are talented? You have good martial arts skills! You should know the rewards and punishments in my army! If you have confidence in yourself, then go. If you don't, I won't force you! Anyway, mud can't support a wall. I still say the same thing! The gate is there. You can go or stay as you wish! "Liu Mang didn't wait for Wei Yan to reply and left with a few guards.
"Wei Yan, Wei Yan, don't let me down!" Liu Mang didn't bring Huang Zhong this time because Huang Zhong, Xu Sheng, and Gan Ning have been arranged by Liu Mang to leave Hefei. If Wei Yan chooses to give up! Then don't blame Liu Mang for being ruthless.
Liu Mang can't take care of Wei Yan now! Because he needs to prepare for war. Shouchun is still in the hands of Liu Biao, he must take it down. Otherwise, the whole Lujiang will be exposed to Liu Biao's eyes. Moreover, Liu Mang doesn't have a water area for him to train his navy. He also doesn't have a place to repair docks and build docks for warships. So what's the use of those craftsmen that he got from Liu Biao and Sun Ce?
"Uncle Hong, have you inquired clearly?" Liu Mang asked Yang Hong. Yang Hong is now fully responsible for the intelligence of Liu Mang's army. The informants he used are basically Yuan Shu's former subordinates. Moreover, Liu Mang also allocated 3,000 gold to Yang Hong because Liu Mang knows the importance of intelligence for a force!
"Lord, I have inquired clearly! Now in Shouchun is Liu Bei's second brother Guan Yu, Guan Yunchang. He has 10,000 troops under his command! Most of them are Qingzhou soldiers. "Yang Hong lowered his head and said. Yang Hong is in charge of intelligence and diplomacy is really good. "His main force is at the south gate! There are about 7,000 people! "
"South gate!" Liu Mang stroked his newly grown beard. Altogether, they only have 10,000 troops. Seven thousand of them are at the south gate. The remaining three gates only have one thousand each! Isn't the south of the south gate my direction? It seems that this Guan Yu is really guarding against me! But no matter how guarded he is, I must take this Shouchun!
"Yuanzhi, what do you think?" Liu Mang remembered that he still has a top strategist. Why should he use his own brain?
"Shouchun, 10,000 troops!" Xu Shu had also received some information from Yang Hong. This Shouchun was built by Yuan Shu and Yuan Lu to be very strong! Although it was later breached by Lao Cao, it was because there were four dams. During the rainy season, Cao Cao stored the Ying and Huai rivers upstream. At that time, Yuan Shu had already holed up in Shouchun. If Lao Cao really went to attack Shouchun, even if he defeated Yuan Shu, Lao Cao's strength would be greatly damaged!
Therefore, Lao Cao went to dig up the four dams and flooded Old Yuan just like how he flooded Xiapi. Moreover, Shouchun's terrain was low to begin with! When Xiapi was flooded, it could still rely on the city walls to defend for a while. However, the flood of Shouchun could hide from the city walls! At that time, there was no need to fight!
Therefore, Yuan Shu could only withdraw from Shouchun. In fact, Shouchun's city walls did not suffer much damage! After the flood receded, Yuan Shu once again returned to Shouchun and repaired it! The person in charge of the repairs was Yang Hong. The four dams were also diverted by Yang Hong. Originally, the dams were used to irrigate Shouchun and Huainan. Yuan Shu's Army was already in such a state, how many people were still under his rule? Therefore, he simply filled up the dams. It was not the rainy season now, so flooding Shouchun was completely impossible!
"Milord, we can first go to Lujiang and repair the docks there. Then, we can build warships. Gan Ning's navy will set sail from Huai River and directly attack Shouchun's north gate. Then, we can let the City Guard and Black Flag Army attack Shouchun's south gate at the same time. This way, Liu Bei's Army will definitely be defeated!" Xu Shu said to Liu Mang.
"But what if Liu Bei sends reinforcements?" Yang Hong asked with a little doubt.
"Hehe, even if he wants to send reinforcements, he still needs to be able to fly over!" Xu Shu knew the fighting power of Liu Mang's navy. Gan Ning relied on 7,000 people to destroy 30,000 of Jiangdong's navy. Now, the navy had increased to 12,000 while Liu Bei only had 40,000 people. How many navy soldiers could he have? By building ships at Lujiang, Liu Mang would be able to completely block Liu Bei's army at the Ying River and Huai River. At that time, Guan Yu would be a lone army in Shouchun and would be easily crushed by Liu Mang's army. Even if they did not attack Shouchun, as long as they blocked the waterways, Shouchun's provisions would run out sooner or later!
"Yuanzhi, this is a good plan!" It felt so good to have a strategist. The strategist immediately came up with a desperate plan. According to Xu Shu's thoughts, Guan Yu might not be able to escape. Not only would he lose his army, but he might also lose his life if he did not have a strategist! If that was the case, Liu Mang would have to send people to attack! However, Liu Mang smiled and shook his head. "Yuanzhi's plan is good, but our army does not have that much time!"
Lujiang could build docks, but how big could a docks be? How much could a county produce? Gan Ning had 12,000 navy soldiers, while Liu Mang was preparing to build 50 warships to create the first inland river fleet! Liu Mang did not want to build any more ships! Therefore, he had to build new ships! The new ships needed to be tested. Liu Mang did not want to be watched by Guan Yu in Shouchun!
According to Xu Shu's idea, if the plan went smoothly, it would take half a year to take Shouchun. Half a year! Half a year was too long and the variables were too big! Therefore, it could not be done!
"Then what does Milord mean?" Xu Shu was a bit doubtful. His stratagem can be considered as the best because Liu Mang only has 18,000 men under his command. The City Guard's Black Flag Army were all heavy armored infantry. You can't let them be used to attack a city! Gan Ning's 10,000 navy soldiers were also good at controlling warships. If they were only used to attack a city, it would be a big loss!
"Attack!" Liu Mang said what Xu Shu did not want to hear the most. Attack! Guan Yu had 10,000 soldiers, while Liu Mang had less than 20,000! Guan Yu was not someone to be trifled with. He was also a general who had experienced hundreds of battles. Yang Hong also said that there were many Qingzhou soldiers under his command. Why did these Qingzhou soldiers sound so familiar? Not familiar, but the Lvbu's Army's old rival! Lao Cao used the Qingzhou soldiers as the main force to attack Xu Province. They were originally the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, but Lao Cao defeated them. The Yellow Turban Army had been around for so many years. The old, weak, sick, and disabled had already died on the way. The remaining Yellow Turban Army were basically the elites!
A total of 300,000 strong young people, plus their families, it was a population of a million people. This was also the foundation for Lao Cao to conquer the entire Central Plains!
Among the 300,000 soldiers, when Old Cao went on a crusade against Lu Bu, he transferred 100,000 soldiers from the Qing Province Army to form the Qing Province Elite Army! These elite soldiers were more and more willing to risk their lives. Why? Because they were afraid of starvation. Lao Cao would give them food, a place to live, and a way to live. Therefore, they were willing to risk their lives for Lao Cao. Moreover, the Qingzhou Army was an army that ate human flesh for food! Although Cheng Yu had no choice but to do so because there was no food, it was a fact that they ate human flesh!
Therefore, these Qingzhou Hungry Ghosts! They were able to fight on par with Lü Bu's Bing Province Wolf Cubs! Even because of Guo Jia and Lü Bu's refusal to listen to Chen Gong's advice, the Wolf Cubs were unable to defeat the Hungry Ghosts!
Now, Guan Yu's Qingzhou Hungry Ghosts had a total of 10,000 soldiers under his command! They were given by Cao Cao to Liu Bei to help him conquer the world. Who knew that Liu Bei was not willing to be an underling and directly rebelled! Originally, Liu Bei had nearly 20,000 Qingzhou Army in his hands. In addition, after killing Che Zhou, he also received the 20,000 Qingzhou Army that Lao Cao placed in Xu Province. Altogether, he had 40,000 soldiers! Although they were beaten away by Lao Cao! After reaching Runan, there were still 20,000 soldiers left! These 10,000 soldiers were given to Guan Yu by Liu Bei.
If they attack! Liu Mang had 18,000 soldiers under his command. After all, Shouchun's defense was not weaker than Wan Cheng's. Sun Ce's 100,000 soldiers also lost 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers, including 10,000 Danyang soldiers. But Liu Mang only had 18,000 soldiers under his command! Among them, 12,000 soldiers were the navy. If they really fought, they did not know if they would be able to reach the city wall!
Even if they were able to take down the city wall, the losses would be heavy. Liu Mang only had two options, either return to Lujiang or ask for help from Lü Bu. He had just come out and already lost his face like this!
"Milord, you must not attack!" Xu Shu was really afraid that Liu Mang would become arrogant after fighting so many battles. If that happened, Xu Shu would be useless!
"Yuanzhi! Do you think I am the kind of person who jokes? " Liu Mang smiled while looking at Xu Shu. If Old Man Chen Gong or Lu Bu were here, they would also think that Liu Mang was a fool. Attacking by force is always the last resort, only when there is no strategy left. Just like when Lü Bu attacked Bagong Mountain! If they attacked, Bagong Mountain would be broken, but the losses would be too big. That was why they went up the mountain after Zang Ba.
"But Milord!" Xu Shu was still very anxious. On the other hand, Yang Hong was very indifferent.
"Yuanzhi! Look at Uncle Hong, your Qi cultivation is not good enough! "Liu Mang joked.
"Milord, this is not because of your Qi cultivation!" Gentlemen and scholars liked to cultivate their Qi. Cultivating Qi here was not about learning Dao techniques, but about calmness and calmness. They needed to have a calm mind to analyze everything. No matter what happened, they had to be indifferent! Even if Mt. Tai collapses on one's face, one's Qi cultivation has reached a certain level! But what Liu Mang is doing right now is nourishing his qi! He is completely obstinate and opinionated! "Milord, you have to know that if we attack! Our losses will be too big! At least half of our troops will die. Even if we take Shouchun, the losses will outweigh the gains! "
"Half of our troops will die? Yuanzhi, you think too highly of Shouchun's Lord Guan! "Liu Mang stretched out a finger.
"Casualties? Impossible! Milord, you are underestimating Guan Yu and Guan Yunchang! " Before Xu Shu came to Liu Mang, he thought highly of two people. One was Liu Mang, and the other was Liu Bei! The reason why he thought highly of Liu Bei was because Liu Bei had generals under his command, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Chen Dao! All three of them were people who could command armies to defend against an entire region! Moreover, Liu Bei still lacks a strategist, a top strategist like Xu Shu! Therefore, when Xu Shu arrived at Liu Mang's place, he would definitely be put in an important position. Later on, when the black fatty arrived, Xu Shu became indifferent. With him there, Xu Shu would only be icing on the cake and would not be able to help Liu Mang in his hour of need. Therefore, Xu Shu decided to first look at Liu Mang's recruitment order.
Guan Yu and his Qing Province soldiers are definitely not weaker than Liu Mang's City Guard and Black Flag Army! Moreover, how can the Black Flag Army climb the city wall with their 100 jin armor? How can they attack the city!
"One layer? No! "Liu Mang shook his head." I am not talking about one layer, I am talking about not injuring a single person! If Guan Yu and Guan Yunchang are sensible, I will let them live. If not, then I will let them stay in Shouchun! " Liu Mang smirked. He did not want to kill Guan Yu so early. However, if Guan Yu does not give him face, then he can only turn Shouchun into his Maicheng!
"Milord, what is wrong with you?" Xu Shu found that Liu Mang was a little crazy. Not injuring a single person? And Guan Yu? If this is not crazy, then what is?
"Haha! It seems that if I don't bring you there, you will not believe what I say! "Liu Mang patted Xu Shu's shoulder." Let's go! You will know when we arrive! "
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