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Sending off the county magistrates, Liu Jing left the county magistrate, Zhou Bian, and ordered people to invite Lu Su and Zhuge Jin to discuss with them the strategy of breaking the business. When Zhou Bing saw Lu Su and Zhuge Jin, he could not help but To his great surprise, it turned out that these two Jiangdong ministers also surrendered to Han, and the anxiety in his heart disappeared without a trace. {We don't write novels, we're just text porters for the web. -

Zhuge Jin was more concerned about the situation of his family at this time. He had learned that Sun Quan had imprisoned his family, which made him very worried. He quickly pulled Zhou Dory aside and asked in a low voice, "Ziyu, how is my family doing now?"

Zhou Bing comforted him and said, "Duke Zhuge's family is not in Jianye Prison, but in Moling County Prison. Don't worry, Duke Zhuge. Although the people below dare not disobey the Marquis Wu's order, they will not abuse Zhuge Gong's family. They have been ordered, and they are all safe and sound now."

Zhuge Jin also understands the ways of officialdom. No one dares to touch his family at this time, but his family is in prison after all, which makes him feel uneasy. Zhuge Jin nodded, seeing that Liu Jing had entered the big tent, he said: "Listen first to the King of Han What does His Highness say!"

Liu Jing was talking with Lu Su about the situation of Jianye City and Moling City. In this regard, Lu Su had a great say. He and Zhang Hong built Jianye City at the beginning. are very familiar.

The refurbishment of Moling County was also presided over by Lu Su. He also knew the defense situation of Moling County very well, but Lu Su still hoped that Liu Jing would try not to attack the city violently and minimize casualties. Originally, Lu Su didn't want to ask the Han army to attack Jiangdong However, in order to reduce Jiangdong's casualties, he took the initiative to participate in the decision-making of Liu Jing's staff.

Zhugejin also had the same idea, but Zhugejin hoped that he could be reused by Liu Jing after the war, and even hoped that he could be photographed. He is only in his forties this year, and he still has a future of more than ten years. The heart of fame and fame is much hotter than that of Lu Su.

Standing in front of the sand table, Liu Jing pointed at the two cities of Jianye and Moling with a wooden pole, and said slowly to them: "Since I attacked Jiangdong, I have tried my best to defeat others without fighting. It is a little inconvenient to raise the flag and surrender, so that I am in a difficult position all the way, so I also hope that the two cities of Moling and Jianye will surrender without a fight, and try to avoid the destruction of war. I invite the three of you to talk about it, and I want to hear what you think Opinions that break the city."

The three of them looked at each other, and Lu Su smiled and said, "Please talk to Zhuge Gong first!"

Among the three, Zhugejin has the highest official position and status, so naturally he spoke first, Zhugejin did not refuse, picked up the wooden pole and pointed at Moling City: "My minister's opinion is to attack Moling County first. The reason is very simple. Moling County has fewer troops stationed, and secondly, the county wall is far less tall and solid than Jianye City, which is easier to capture, but the more important reason is that most of the officials and the families of some soldiers live in the county seat. If Moling County is captured, Jianye The army of the city was shaken."

Both Lu Su and Zhou Bing agreed with Zhuge Jin's words. Zhou Bing smiled and said, "His Royal Highness, what Zhuge Gong said is very true. Moling County is the foundation of Jianye, and it is also the weakness of Jianye. It will take half a month at most to win Moling County." , Jianye City can't stand it anymore."

The three people's suggestions coincided with Liu Jing's thoughts, but he still wanted to know how to capture Jianye City most effectively, so he looked at Lu Su again.

Lu Su understood what Liu Jing meant, and he said with a wry smile: "When Moling County was being repaired, I found that the walls of Moling were all made of mud bricks, so I suggested that Marquis Wu demolish the county town and replace it with stone bricks, but was rejected by Zhang. Gu Yong, Yu Fan and others also disagreed with the joint objection of the military division and Buchang Shi, thinking that the cost was too much, so my suggestion was rejected. In the end, I only carried out simple repairs on Moling County, which looked good on the surface, but The inside is still rotten wood and old bricks. Relatively speaking, the north side is a little stronger, because the ministers all go in and out of the north gate, while the south city is the most dilapidated. After hundreds of years of wind and rain, it is already very fragile and vulnerable to a single blow. Whether it has been rebuilt, you have to ask Zhou Juncheng."

Zhou Dory next to him said, "This year, Jianye City has been strengthened. Moling County only has its gates changed, but the city walls have not been repaired."

Liu Jing pondered for a long time, and said to them: "My idea is the same as yours, to attack Moling County first."

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Moling County is the seat of Danyang County. After Sun Quan moved his capital from Jingkou to Jianye, he did not use Moling City as his capital. Instead, he built a stone city in the north of Moling City, which is Jianye City. But Jianye City only has government offices, garrisons and Sun Quan The Jianye Palace, and Moling County took on other urban functions.

As the signs of the Han army's attack on Jianye became more and more obvious, there was turmoil in Moling County, and the atmosphere of war became more and more intense. Martial law was enforced during the day and a curfew was enforced at night. All people were not allowed to go out, and food rationing was implemented. There was no one in the streets and alleys, and seven thousand soldiers from Jiangdong, led by generals Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, strictly guarded Moling County.

At night, the sentry soldiers on the top of the city patrolled back and forth, watching every move outside the city vigilantly. The city of Moling County is not high, only two feet five feet high, and the city wall is not wide enough to place a large trebuchet on the top of the city. It is a three-foot-wide moat, which is actually a tributary of the Qinhuai River.

Although the patrolling soldiers at the top of the city were very vigilant, they could not see the subtle anomalies in the moat at night. The opportunity to leave quickly jumped out of the water and stuck tightly to the root of the city wall.

The base of the city wall has always been a blind spot for patrolling soldiers at the top of the city. Unless the soldiers probe to look out, it is difficult to observe the movement at the base of the city wall. The three Han army scouts took out stainless steel fishbone, which is a sharp weapon for fighting in the water, but their fishbone The sharp blade is sharp and flat, and it easily smashed through the city wall.

This is Liu Jing's experience and caution. Although Lu Su told him that the walls of Moling City are made of mud bricks, and the south city is especially dilapidated, that is just the words of Lu Su's family and can only be used as a reference. Only seeing is believing can we make a siege decision.

The three scouts were very skilled in their movements. They quickly drew out a few city bricks, took out a few handfuls of soil from the hole in the wall, wrapped them carefully in oiled paper, and changed to another place. In less than half a stick of incense, they took three samples. At this time, the patrolling soldiers above had just walked over, and the three scouts entered the water without a sound, and quickly disappeared.

Half an hour later, more than a dozen city bricks and filling soil were placed in the Han army's central army tent. At this time, Lu Su and the other three were gone, and Huang Zhong, Gan Ning, Liao Li and other generals and other generals were replaced. Military divisions, their experience is very rich, from these dozens of city bricks and filling soil samples, they all know the strength of the city wall of Moling County.

Huang Zhong picked up the filling soil, twisted it lightly in the palm of his hand, and sniffed it close to his nose, and said to Liu Jing: "This soil is at least a hundred years old, and it is black and moldy, which means that the filling is very loose, and it has never been replaced. There are still rotten chips of the top wood on it, which shows that the top wood has decayed into something, and such a city wall will collapse after another 30 to [-] years at most."

Liu Jing shook his head, "If there is no defense, maybe it can last for 30 to [-] years, but now there are a lot of rocks and logs piled up on it, and there are thousands of soldiers walking back and forth all day, how can the city wall bear it? If it goes on like this, it will not exceed It will collapse in five years, please see!"

Liu Jing picked up a city brick and hit it harder with a small hammer, and the city brick immediately shattered, "Did you see that a normal city brick should be broken into two pieces under my knock, but this piece The bricks were knocked into brick powder, which shows that the interior of the city bricks is full of cracks."

Liu Jing beat the city bricks continuously with a small hammer, and all the city bricks were smashed to pieces. He put down the hammer, clapped his hands and laughed, "I can even break down the solid bluestone city wall of Hefei, let alone this kind of city wall." The mud brick wall is gone, everyone, the city will be broken tomorrow!"

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At the middle of the night, there were still patrolling soldiers on top of Moling City, monitoring the movement of the Han army outside the city. The chief general guarding Moling County was Zhou Tai, a confidant of Sun Quan. He was the commander of the [-] elite army. Although Sun Quan trusted Zhou Tai, Zhou Tai was still relatively weak in defending the city, so Sun Quan appointed Jiang Qin, a general who was good at defending the city, as his deputy.

At this time, Jiang Qin was riding on a war horse and led five hundred soldiers to inspect the defense of the city wall. Although it was already the third watch, Jiang Qin did not dare to be careless and continued to patrol the four city gates.

Jiang Qin is recognized as a general who is good at defense in the Jiangdong Army, and it is exactly like this. He has no confidence in the defense of Moling County. The county town did not consider military defense at all. Like most cities in Jiangdong, the city wall had no horse-faced walls, crenels, shooting holes, or catapults. It was just an ordinary city wall.

How can such a city resist the powerful attack of the Han army? Instead of spending so much manpower and material resources to dredge useless canals, but refuses to rebuild Moling City, Jiang Qin has nothing to say about Sun Quan's decision.

"General!"

A soldier rushed over out of breath and said, "General Zhou is in Nancheng, please go over there."

"I see!"

Jiang Qin agreed unhappily, and urged his horse to run towards the south gate. He ran to the gate of the south city. Hundreds of soldiers inside the gate held torches and illuminated the gate like daylight. From a distance, dozens of soldiers were kneeling on the ground. , with his hands tied behind his back, his head downcast.

Jiang Qin was startled, and urged his horse to run up. The soldiers at the city gate saw Jiang Qin coming, and one after another stepped aside. Jiang Qin got off his horse and walked into the crowd. He immediately recognized that the bound soldiers were all his subordinates. .

"What happened?" Jiang Qin asked anxiously.

The soldiers hesitated to speak, but they dared not speak. Jiang Qin turned around and asked, "Where is General Zhou?"

"I am here!"

Zhou Tai slowly walked out from the dark place, and walked up to Jiang Qin. He pointed at the bound soldiers with his horsewhip and said, "General Jiang, these soldiers tried to surrender to the enemy, but they were caught when they climbed the city wall. According to military regulations, they surrendered to the enemy." I believe that General Jiang will not be ignorant."

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