"Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to ask, how can this battle be called a victory in your hearts?" Su Jindao.

After thinking about it, Pan Jiang replied: "Victory is the defeat of the enemy army, inflicting a large number of casualties on the western thieves, and our army suffered light casualties. ”

Su Jin nodded and asked Jing Tai, "What do you think of Lord Jing?" ”

Jingtai said: "Xia Guan thinks that as long as this battle can hold Weizhou City, it will be a victory, even if it pays more casualties, as long as Weizhou is still in our hands, it can be regarded as a victory." ”

Su Jin said: "What the two adults said is right, but judging from the current situation, is it possible for these two to be realized?" ”

Everyone was silent, it was easy to say, I was afraid that the whole city was wiped out, and it would not be able to withstand the repeated attacks of the western thieves, and this battle would be won, unless there was a miracle.

"I am biased towards Lord Jing's point of view, this battle is provoked by the Western Thieves, the goal is my Weizhou City, as long as we can hold Weizhou City, it is a victory, it is very simple, the enemy's goal is not achieved is their defeat; But if our Weizhou army and people are wiped out with the enemy and hold the city, the victory is certainly a victory, but it is not the best result, and it is a disastrous victory at best; The ideal situation is to let the enemy retreat in the face of difficulties, and the strategy is to go on the army without fighting. ”

Everyone stared at each other, Master Su was afraid that he wanted to win and wanted to go crazy, at this time, what kind of soldiers would surrender without a fight, isn't this talking nonsense with his eyes open? Listening to this, can Li Yuanhao agree? The soldiers and civilians of the Great Song Dynasty saw that Weizhou was about to be lost, how could Li Yuanhao not know? In another three or five days, after the construction of their siege ladder was completed, it was a downward trend, and the war supplies in the city were almost consumed, and they could no longer resist the continuous attacks of the western thieves.

"You must think that I am crazy, please listen patiently to me, how can I get an army to withdraw on its own initiative? There are nothing more than the following three situations, the first is that the Shangguan ordered the withdrawal of troops, which is definitely useless, because it is Li Yuanhao who leads the troops, and no one can force him to retreat if he does not change his mind, and at present, he has no intention of withdrawing troops at all; However, the second scenario is that our army is so strong that the Western Thieves feel that they cannot be defeated, which is naturally not in line, so only the third point can be used. ”

Pan Jiang hurriedly said: "Master Su, let's talk quickly, what is this third point?" ”

Su Jin smiled: "Do you still remember the battle of Shuichuan? At that time, the cause of defeat was that General Ren Fu did not listen to Han Shuai's advice and was greedy for merit, so that he was trapped in the walled city of Haoshuichuan by the western thieves, and was finally defeated by the walled city; But the real reason is not because of the rash advance, as far as I know, the city of Haoshuichuan is strong, at that time the gap between the two sides is not large, the soldiers who defend the wall are nearly 20,000, and the enemy army is only more than 30,000 people, it is not difficult to defend the walled city, but in the end it was defeated, in fact, there is another reason. ”

Jingtai's eyes lit up, and he suddenly said, "What does Master Su mean...... Grain? ”

Su Jin raised his fingers and praised: "Lord Jing is worthy of quick thinking, the battle of Haoshuichuan was defeated by a lack of food, and after being trapped for a few days, the village ran out of food, and had to break through the village and even be defeated, I don't know if Han Shuai agrees." ”

Jingtai nodded and said: "Han Shuai also said so, at that time, the official road of Niutoushan was washed away by the mudflow, and the huge people led the people to repair it in time, and even the military food was cut off, General Ren Fu only brought three days of dry food when he went to war, and it was planned that the follow-up grain and grass could be transported, but there was no grain to transport, if the main reason for the defeat in that battle was indeed grain and grass, there is no doubt about the grain and grass. ”

Su Jin said loudly: "However, how to make the Xia army retreat without a fight is obvious, that is, to cut off their grain and grass to force them to withdraw the army, more than 100,000 troops slowly say that if they are cut off for a few days, they will have no food for a day, and the western thieves will also be in chaos, this is my strategy." ”

It dawned on everyone that this was indeed an excellent way, and that instead of confronting the enemy head-on, it was better to use clever force to make him have to withdraw his troops; Everyone was excited, but after the excitement, the gloom hung over their hearts.

"How can we cut off their food routes? First, there is no way to know where the enemy's grain and grass gathered, and second, even if they know where it is, Weizhou is full of western thieves to the north, and it is impossible to stand out from the enemy position to rob grain, and it is obviously unwise to rob grain under the noses of 100,000 troops. Li Zhong pondered.

Su Jin said with a smile: "Brother Zhaoting is right, so we are going to gamble, everyone, please look at the sand table." ”

Su Jin uncovered the red cloth on the case, pointed to the topographic map of the sand table and said: "The food supply of the Western Thieves army is transported by carts and horses, and its camp has a maximum of three or five days of grain and grass, and the rest must be transported daily by logistics, which is a common practice in the army; Now there are two cities in the north of Weizhou that may be the place where the west thieves store grain, and the daily grain is continuously transported to the front line from the grain storage place, one is the Huizhou city in the northwest, and the other is Youzhou City in the northeast. ”

Jingtai looked at the sand table and said: "Xiaguan thinks that eighty percent is in Huizhou City, because Huizhou is the closest, and it does not pass through any boundary of the Great Song Prefecture in the middle, and Huizhou will go south to bypass the tail of Longshan Mountain and directly reach the north of Weizhou; And Youzhou is actually a confrontation with the two roads of Yanyan and Huanqing, even if the grain is only to supply the needs of the Western Thief Jianing Army, and then it is transported from Youzhou to Weizhou, and the middle has to pass through the boundary of Yuanzhou before the Jingyuan Road, which is quite unsafe; Therefore, the lower official decided that it was in Huizhou. ”

Su Jin applauded: "The analysis is reasonable, worthy of being a fierce general in the northwest for a long time, that's right, it must be in Huizhou, fighting snakes and hitting seven inches, if we want to force back the army of thieves in the west, intercepting the grain transportation team halfway is a palliative rather than a cure, only by destroying the grain storage in Huizhou in one fell swoop, can we hit their vital point, and then Li Yuanhao only has one way to retreat, otherwise he will be wiped out." ”

Everyone was overjoyed, this plan was really bold enough, if it succeeded, it would definitely hit the nail on the head, but it was too difficult to implement.

"My lord, how can you destroy the grain storage land in Huizhou? The north road is blocked, is it hard to break into the 100,000-strong army camp? Pan Jiang scratched his head and asked.

Su Jin said: "There is an old man in the family, if there is a treasure, I want to ask Uncle Lu to tell you about this matter, uncle, please." ”

Lu Laosan hurriedly stood up and saluted: "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, the old man is not a treasure, Su Zhifu found the old man in the evening, asked the old man if he was on the trail to the north of the mountain again, asked others that it was blind, asked the old man I asked the right person; The old man was strong when he was young, and I ran all over the north and south of Longshan, east and west, and even Liupan Mountain to the west, to say that there is really no real road over the mountain, but there is a small road leading to the north of the mountain, horses may not be able to walk, but people can pass; The only trouble is that the old man hasn't walked that road for more than ten years, and if the mudflow collapses and is blocked, the old man really can't do anything. ”

Su Jin said with a smile: "Plans are in people, and success is in heaven, if God blocks that road, it is also unthinkable, do you understand what I mean?" ”

Li Chongdao: "Brother Su means to send someone to Huizhou to destroy the storage place of the Western Thief's grain and grass, right?" This plan is feasible but it is very dangerous, firstly, there can not be too many people, and it is necessary to act quietly, and secondly, the people who act must be smart and resolute, and it is possible to lose their lives in the summer realm, who is worthy of this great responsibility? ”

Su Jin said: "I'll go." ”

Everyone was speechless, and there was a 'clang' in the silence, a teapot fell to the ground and shattered, and everyone followed the prestige, but when they saw Xia Siling's red ears on the front of the red ear, they were obviously frightened by Su Jin's words.

"Absolutely not, how do you go to danger, you are the chief officer of Jingyuan Road, if there are three long and two short, how can it be good, if it is not successful, it is still lowly to go." Pan Jiang waved his hand again and again.

Everyone reacted and objected, Li Chong, Wei Songhe, Jingtai and others said that they didn't agree with Su Jin to go into danger, Xia Siling Xiaosui'er looked at Su Jin with tears in her eyes and pleading, hoping that he would change his mind.

Su Jin said with a smile: "Listen to me, I am the most suitable to go, a few of you are better at defending the city than me, I am not as good as you in Weizhou, but none of you are as good as me in raiding, besides, I am not going alone, I will take the dynasty Mahan, Zhang Long, Zhao Hu, and I will also select more than a dozen good players to go together; I'm not a fool, I'm not stupid enough to fight with my life, I've inquired clearly, although Song and Xia are in the middle of a war, but the two sides are still very tolerant of merchants who smuggle from each other, because private merchants play a role in communicating the materials urgently needed by the people of the two countries at this time; This time, I went there pretending to be a private businessman, and even if I couldn't get my hands on it, it wouldn't be life-threatening. ”

Everyone shook their heads in disagreement despite what Su Jin said, and Li Chong and Pan Jiang even quarreled with Su Jin and turned red.

In desperation, Su Jin had no choice but to say: "This is the order of Shangguan, whoever stops it is disobedient, don't blame me for not thinking about affection; The success of this move is even greater than your responsibility to defend the city, and I don't have any worries about any of you going, so I have to go there myself. To put it mildly, it is precisely because it is too difficult, that I personally went out, replaced any of you, the possibility of success is very small, I say that you are satisfied? ”

Although everyone knew that Su Jin was blocking everyone's opposition by agitating them, but if you think about it carefully, it is also true, Su Jin may have the possibility of success, and if others go, it is true that even the hope of success is very slim, and Su Jin is not boasting and belittling them; But this is really dangerous, it is likely that he will lose his life, and everyone really can't let Su Jin go into danger.

Su Jin said softly: "As long as you promise me, you must desperately defend Weizhou within ten days, and if you go this time, you will see it within ten days; You and others perform their duties, and when I return, I hope to see that Weizhou City is still intact in the hands of my Great Song Dynasty, if the city is lost, I will try to ask you. ”

Pan Jiang suddenly fell to his knees and said with tears in his eyes: "Don't worry, my lord, I swear to defend Weizhou to the death." ”

Jingtai Li Zhong and others also knelt down to express their attitudes, their hearts couldn't help but be sad, their expressions were extremely painful, and their words gradually choked.

As soon as Su Jin wanted to say a few jokes to ease the atmosphere, he heard a 'wow', Xiao Sui'er cried and covered her face and ran back to the house, while Xia Siling looked at Su Jin with tears on her face, her face was pale and her body was shaky.