After some discussion, Ling Tong and the others decided to postpone the attack on Shanyue for a few days.
The current situation was not good for Jiangdong.
When the people learned that their second attempt to encircle Shanyue had failed, they became even more fearful.
In just a few days, many people had moved out of Yuzhang and headed north of Jiangnan.
They were afraid that the Shanyue would suddenly charge down and rob them.
Even if there were more than a hundred thousand Jiangdong Army stationed here, they did not believe that the Shanyue would come.
In their eyes, running for their lives was the most important thing.
However, Ling Tong and the others knew very well that the Shanyue would never descend the mountain again.
Unless the hundred thousand Jiangdong Army retreated together, they would be courting death.
After all, the Shanyue had won the battle only because of the strange ballistae.
Without the ballistae, the Shanyue would have been defeated without a doubt. Not a single person would have been able to leave alive.
Ling Tong understood that the Shanyue were still very wary of the Jiangdong Army.
As long as the Jiangdong Army did not leave, the Shanyue would never descend the mountain.
The people at the foot of the mountain could not attack, and the people at the top could not attack.
For a moment, the border between Shanyue and Jiangdong was in a state of stalemate.
"Gongfu, why don't we talk to the lord again and see if he can let us stay here for a while longer?"
Cheng Pu asked in a low voice.
Gan Ning shook his head heavily.
"This won't be easy …"
"An army of a hundred thousand will need a lot of food. The longer we stay here, the greater the pressure on the lord."
Jiangdong did not lack food. In fact, it had a surplus of food.
However, it was very difficult to feed such a large number of soldiers.
It would be easier if they were in a military camp, but they were on an expedition. Transporting food was a huge problem.
Ling Tong and the others knew this very well.
"No, you must tell the Lord."
"From the looks of it, we have no choice but to fight these Shanyue head-on."
"Even if we attack again, I'm afraid the result will be the same."
Right at this moment, Ling Tong spoke in a deep voice.
Gan Ning nodded thoughtfully.
"I agree with Gong Ji."
"If we suffer any more losses, it will only be detrimental to Jiangdong."
"Shanyue's topography is very complicated, and there are very few fields. Our food reserves can't keep up."
"And in Jiangdong.
Although the transportation of food requires a lot of manpower and resources, it's not a problem compared to Shanyue. "
"We'll wait until they can't wait any longer. Then, we'll attack the mountain in one go. By then, the Shanyue soldiers won't be a match for us."
At first, Huang Gai and Cheng Pu felt that it was a little unreliable. However, after thinking about it carefully, they could only accept it now.
Therefore, the four of them wrote a joint letter to inform him of the current situation in Shanyue and plead for him to be stationed there.
Of course, the four of them were taking a great risk.
Under these circumstances, it could only mean that the four generals were incompetent and incompetent.
The rest of it didn't explain anything.
After all, Sun Quan had never seen Shanyue's defensive equipment before. The possibility of him believing it was very low.
Not to mention Sun Quan, if any of the four generals hadn't participated in the attack,
None of them would have believed it.
How could a barbarian like Shanyue create such sophisticated equipment?
Moreover, it was several levels higher than Jiangdong's.
Putting aside the fact that there was no end to the crossbow carts, just the fact that their arrows had a range of up to three hundred paces was something that they couldn't achieve!
Jiangdong was rich in bamboo, and bamboo was the best material for making bows.
The best bamboo in the world was in Jiangdong.
Even so, Jiangdong couldn't make bows with a range of three hundred paces. Even the best archers couldn't do it.
But not only did Shanyue do it, they did it all!
All of the soldiers.
Without exception, all of them could easily reach a range of three hundred paces. In fact, they could even go further!
All of this made Ling Tong, Gan Ning, Huang Gai, and Cheng Pu feel that something was wrong.
Shanyue had only been here for two months. How could it have changed so much?
But now, they couldn't even damage Shanyue's mountain, let alone find out what was going on.
They reported all of this to Sun Quan without exception.
At the very least, they wanted to let Sun Quan know that Shanyue was no longer the Shanyue of the past.
The current Shanyue relied on the terrain advantage and this unsolvable public art. Not to mention a hundred thousand people, even three hundred thousand or four hundred thousand people wouldn't be able to attack the top of the mountain!
But in the past, no one dared to think about this even if they wanted to.
After all, although there were many people in Shanyue, they were just ordinary barbarians.
It wasn't just their overall strength. Even their armor and weapons were far inferior to those in Jiangdong.
They relied on the complicated terrain of Shanyue, which made it easy to defend and difficult to attack.
But now, Shanyue's strength had surpassed Jiangdong's. How could they not be surprised?
"Why don't we try one more time and try attacking from the same route?"
At that moment, Huang Gai spoke.
But his voice was completely different from before. He didn't sound confident at all when he said that.
He was really scared after being beaten up!
It had only been an hour since they went up the mountain.
They couldn't even see the enemy's face clearly, but they had already lost more than ten thousand people.
According to Ling Tong, this was something the Shanyue did on purpose.
If the Shanyue started a massacre, at least forty to fifty thousand people would be lost in two hours.
Just the ballistas alone were enough to guard the entire route.
Ling Tong shook his head heavily.
"Old General Huang, we can't take any more risks."
"If we fail again, we won't be able to bear the consequences."
"Not only will we lose a lot of soldiers, but we will also lose the hearts of the people!"
"If we lose the hearts of the people, I'm afraid the lord will be furious!"
Hearing Ling Tong's words, Huang Gai could only grit his teeth and say,
"I've never fought such a frustrating battle!"
"Why do I feel like the Shanyue is even more difficult to deal with than Cao Cao?!"
Everyone couldn't help but sigh faintly.
Who could deny that?
Who would have thought that the Shanyue would undergo such a qualitative change?
Now, the best solution was to fight a war of attrition.
As long as they ran out of food and ammunition, they would definitely come down the mountain and risk their lives.
When that happened, the Shanyue would collapse on its own.
There were so many people, but so little land. Moreover, it was extremely barren. The amount of food they could produce was not enough to feed an entire prefecture.
Otherwise, they wouldn't have come down the mountain to plunder.
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