Chapter 363: Attack and Defense at the Table

Wang Yang, taking advantage of his drunkenness, leaned back idly:

"The Jing-Shu waterway, the river gorge is the most dangerous, anciently called the Gorge River Road, which is the Three Gorges."

The west is called Guangxi Gorge (i. e., Qutang Gorge), the middle is called Wuxia, and the east is called Xiling Gorge."

The Yangtze River descends from Shu, reaching the Three Gorges, hundreds of miles in between, with layers of mountains and peaks, and the waves are like running."

Leaving Xiling Gorge, the river surface begins to open, the water flow gradually slows down, and the land road also tends to flat plains, and the heart of Jingzhou is all in sight."

Yiling is downstream of Jianping, at the mouth of Xiling Gorge, connecting mountains and rivers, occupying the shape and victory. West controls Bashu, east screens Jingchu."

In terms of danger, it is enough to be a support for the inside and outside, and in terms of situation, it is enough to gallop the momentum of a large army. It is truly a place for martial arts!"

Wang Yang sat up, his interest flying, and pointed at the two plates on the west of the table with his chopsticks:

"In terms of being able to attack and defend, Yiling is better than Jianping."

In terms of internal and external maintenance, Yiling is better than Jianping. (Not like saying Jianping is 'isolated in terms of momentum' before)

And in terms of the importance of the key point, Yiling is also more important than Jianping!"

The key point of the land has ordinary and extraordinary."

Ordinary key points are like corner towers. Occupying them can fight for the situation. If you lose them, although the momentum is frustrated, the city may not be broken, and it is still waiting to be fought."

Extraordinary key points are like city gates. If the city gate is there, our momentum is still standing, and there is a basis for advance and retreat; if the city gate is lost, the general situation is almost gone, and it is just street fighting!"

All those who defend the city to the point of street fighting in ancient times, the city can mostly not be protected."

Why?"

Because the door is wide open, the hall is left to be cut, the inside and outside are not separated, and the soldiers lose their formation."

The momentum is gone, the morale is almost exhausted, even if there are brave soldiers and dead soldiers, it is just fighting house by house, it is difficult to summarize the overall situation, only exhausting human power."

Yiling, the gate of Jing!"

Extraordinary key point!"

Therefore, Lu Meng raided Jingzhou, and Lu Xun took Yiling. This is closing the gate."

The gate is broken, then the support of Western Sichuan is cut off from here, and Guan Yu's way back to Shu is also cut off from here."

Bai Qi attacked Chu and burned Yiling, King Xiang's soldiers scattered, and then he did not fight again;"

Wang Jun attacked Wu and went down Yiling, and the towns along the river could not resist;"

These are all because the gate is broken."

The gate is broken, then the fence of Western Jing is withdrawn from here, the danger of the river surface is lost from here, and the fertile land is also fish and meat from here."

(Tang general Li Xiaogong also took Yiling, and from this broke Xiao Xian's two towns. Xiao Xian was trapped in Jiangling, and finally surrendered.)

Liu Bei attacked Wu, went down along the river, and the momentum was like breaking bamboo. Lu Xun avoided Liu's edge and did not fight with him, holding weight like this, but regarded Yiling as a must-fight, because the gate land cannot be let go."

(Records of the Three Kingdoms, Lu Xun Biography: "Losing it is not just damaging the land of one county, Jingzhou is worrying. Fighting for it today, it must be harmonious.")

(Sui Cui Zhongfang's strategy to pacify Chen said: "Although the thieves placed boats in Liutou, Jingmen, Yanzhou, Gong'an, Baling, Yinji, Xiasou, Qikou, and Pincheng, they finally gathered in Hankou and Xiakou to fight a big water battle." The so-called Xiakou refers to the mouth of Xiling Gorge, referring to Yiling. He judged that one of the decisive battle places would be here, and it was indeed so later.)

The Wu and Shu armies held each other for several months without decision. The Shu army surrounded from Jianping to Yiling, set up dozens of camps, and the momentum was like a long snake."

Liu Bei crossed the ridge to attack, and the camps reached seven hundred miles. Cao Pi said Liu Bei did not know soldiers, 'How can seven hundred miles of camps resist the enemy?'"

Did Liu Bei really not know soldiers?"

It was actually because the gate was choked, limited by the Gorge River Road and could not advance. The water soldiers were not as good as Wu, so he relied on the land army to decide the victory."

Plus walking along the mountains, the army could not be deployed. If they wanted to divide, the momentum was isolated; if they wanted to combine, the road was blocked. It was not that they wanted to connect the camps, but the momentum had to be so!"

And crossing the river at Yiling, there is a southern road that can reach Western Xiang, so Liu Bei was able to send envoys to contact the various barbarians of Wuling;"

Yang Hu raised the crowd to come south, and Lu Kang saved Yiling but not Jiangling, thinking that even if Jiangling was lost, the enemy could not defend it, and the damage was small. However, if Yiling was lost, the various barbarians in the southern mountains would be disturbed, and the damage would be great."

The situation in Southern Xiang was much weaker than Jingzhou. Getting Xiang was not enough to look at Jingzhou, but getting Jing was enough to look down on Xiang. Therefore, Wang Jun conquered Yiling and Du Yu conquered Jiangling, and then south of Yuan and Xiang, they surrendered with the wind!"

It was not just that the Jin army's edge was special, and Wu's national fortune was very decadent, but also because of the military principles, the situation pushed each other. Once the gate fell, Jing and Xiang were locked, and the south of the Yangtze River collapsed."

(When the Sui Dynasty attacked Chen, Yang Su broke Jingmen and sent generals to take the land, reaching Xiangzhou. Jingmen is one of the defenses of Yiling.)

Therefore, Yiling is not only the gate of Western Jing, but also controls the southern states..."

Wang Yang was high-spirited, talking eloquently, pointing at mountains and rivers, analyzing military momentum, everyone in the seat listened with bated breath, and no one dared to challenge."

Li Jingxuan was silent and pondered, thought about it repeatedly, and finally had a calculation, and interrupted:

"I know the momentum of Yiling. Since you have a great strategy, dare you have an attack and defense at the table with me?"

Before Wang Yang could answer, the Prince of Badong shouted excitedly:

"Gongyu, you asked this question. The words have reached this point, how could he not dare! Doesn't he want face?! Even if he doesn't want it, he has to want his life! Tell me, how to attack and defend at the table?"

"Back to the Prince, I go down the river, Wang Yang defends. Use cups as land, chopsticks as soldiers."

"The two of us first set our own strategies, write them on paper, and write down any advance arrangements on paper. As for temporary measures, speak them in the mouth and send them with chopsticks."

"If you send troops temporarily, the number of soldiers must be clear. If you write them on paper in advance, the number of soldiers is all blurred, and it will only be revealed after the battle is won or lost."

"Every battle's victory or defeat does not count the variables that are difficult to judge, such as elite soldiers and brave generals, weather and wind, but only compares the rise and fall of military momentum..."

Everyone heard Li Jingxuan say this, regardless of whether they knew soldiers or not, they were all very interested! They wanted to see him fight Wang Yang!

The Prince of Badong had eyes shining with light, shouting good repeatedly!

He didn't ask Wang Yang's opinion at all, directly ordered people to arrange the things Li Jingxuan needed, and took the Jingzhou map and geography book, preparing to watch the battle while looking at the map and book, his excitement overflowing in his words!

Only Wang Yang and Li Jingxuan, their appearance was as calm as sinking water."

Wang Yang waited for Li Jingxuan to finish, and asked:

"How many people do we each have? How many land soldiers? How many water soldiers? How many cavalry?"

"Cavalry is too harsh to split, all counted as land soldiers, no distinction. Water soldiers each have ten thousand. You said before that 50,000 people can protect the key points. Now I only come from the west. Although we are equivalent to the full power of the state to decide the battle, you only defend one corner, so I give you 40,000 people. Although less than Lu Xun's year, but with Young Master Wang's talent, I think 'protecting the key points is enough.' As for me, I bring 60,000 people down east—"

The Prince of Badong laughed:

"Li Jingxuan, you are cheating—"

Li Jingxuan was a bit embarrassed, explaining:

"Prince, he is the defender, occupying the convenience of geographical advantage."

Then he said to Wang Yang:

"Young Master Wang is proficient in military strategy, and should know that defense is beneficial to attack, and it is at the rush of the Gorge River—"

Wang Yang laughed:

"Otherwise we change, I attack and you defend."

Li Jingxuan stiffened. How could he give up the position of initiative and the advantage of military strength! Controlling people and being controlled by people are two completely different concepts. Moreover, he still had a plan brewing!

His brain was fast, and he immediately thought of rhetoric:

"Young Master's high argument just now, all talked about the importance of defense, analyzing geographical advantages, analyzing in detail, it seems that he has a plan in his chest, which is admirable. Now facing the game, but want to change positions, could it be—"

Wang Yang was drunk, impatient to listen to Li Jingxuan's nonsense:

"Fine, fine, just follow you."

Li Jingxuan was overjoyed, and said a few words of flattery to Wang Yang.

Wang Yang knew that Li Jingxuan wanted to slacken his heart and be arrogant, so he didn't dismantle it, and accepted it happily.

Li Jingxuan took the opportunity to say that Wang Yang had discussed the pros and cons of Jianping before, so this battle would not count Jianping. He also didn't occupy Jianping, and sent troops only from below Jianping. On the surface, it was said to be fair, but in fact, it was to remove one of Wang Yang's key points first.

Wang Yang said: "Give me 5,000 people, Jianping is for you."

Li Jingxuan didn't agree, thinking that he was going down the river, and Jianping was useless. Wang Yang said righteously:

"This is not to help me, but to plan for you. If lost, there will be no regret."

Li Jingxuan naturally didn't believe it, but then felt that Wang Yang had words in his words, his heart sank, and he wanted to agree.

But he quickly realized that this was Wang Yang's strategy to attack the heart!

He is the attacker. If he defends Jianping at the back, he will waste military strength in vain. One loss and one increase, what is Wang Yang's gain, more than 5,000?

And once he falls into the trap, he will fight with the enemy in front and divide his momentum in the back. The offensive will be fearful, the sharp spirit will be frustrated, and the heart will be hesitant, which is a great harm to the army!

Moreover, he is the attacker, going down the river. If he is really forced to the point of defending Jianping, then the general situation is gone, and even if there are a few more Jianpings, it is useless. So he rejected Wang Yang's proposal, and the two bargained for a while, and finally decided that both sides would not use Jianping, and then gave Wang Yang 3,000 more people.

The war is imminent, the people in the hall are hanging flags, waiting to watch the battle!

On the long table, cups are cities, chopsticks are symbols.

Wang Yang and Li Jingxuan sit opposite each other, one at the head of the table, one at the tail, each with a bunch of incense on the side of the table to record the time limit.

Li Jingxuan calmed his heart and spirit, his eyes like torches, sometimes bowing his head to think, sometimes writing furiously.

Wang Yang sat quietly with his eyes closed, not writing a word. Everyone was surprised, either thinking Wang Yang's strategy was not decided, or because his drunkenness had not dissipated, hindering his spirit.

After a while, the wind moved, the sparks flashed, the incense seal was half-remnant, Wang Yang opened his eyes suddenly, picked up his pen and fell on the paper, finishing in one go. The two moved their pens one after another, but finished almost at the same time, handing them to Kong Zhangyu.

The military battle in the seat needs an intermediary who understands military strategy and geography to clarify advance and retreat, check reality, cut victory and defeat, and set gains and losses, a bit like a judge in Werewolf. In the presence of Wang Yang and Li Jingxuan, no one dared to take this position. Finally, the public recommended Kong Zhangyu to preside.

Kong Zhangyu prepared the battle strategies of the two, the Prince of Badong looked at the map, and the advisors looked at the two "each worth watching" with eager eyes, feeling anxious and envious.

Wang Yang and Li Jingxuan sat silently opposite each other, looking at the cups and cups on the table, connected like a formation, each with their own thoughts. The two were like swordsmen before a duel, collecting their spirits and condensing their intentions, accumulating momentum and waiting for the opportunity, waiting quietly for the precious sword to be unsheathed.

After Kong Zhangyu was ready, he opened his mouth and announced:

"Li Jingxuan is the attacker, commanding 60,000 armor, pointing east down the river. According to military practice, the attacker goes first."

Everyone's eyes were focused!

Li Jingxuan held a chopstick, chose a cup and hit it, the sound was clear:

"The Yangtze River attacks, first attack Zigui!"

Kong Zhangyu said blankly: "Conquer it."

At the same time, he reached out and turned the cup upside down.

Wang Yang looked at Li Jingxuan:

"Don't you not want Jianping?"

Li Jingxuan's eyebrows were like swords, his eyes reflecting the candlelight as if thousands of sails were waiting to be sent:

"What I said I didn't want refers to the county government and Beijing, Taichang. Zigui, I naturally want to pull it out! To clear the future troubles!"

In the conversation, a momentum of a large army in hand was born!

He leaned on the table and looked, waving his chopsticks horizontally to hit the second cup, his tone decisive:

"I don't garrison soldiers, move the army southeast, directly attack Wucheng."

Kong Zhangyu said: "Conquer again."

Then turn another cup upside down.

Li Jingxuan conquered Zigui and Wucheng in a row, but he didn't show any color on his face, pondered for a while, and said:

"Did you abandon the defense of the whole gorge? Want to lure me deep?"

Wang Yang held tea, blowing air slowly, smiling:

"You can try."

Li Jingxuan's eyes were cold, throwing a chopstick:

"Try it! I won't be Liu Bei! 3,000 people cross the river, attack Guixiang! Vanguard 5,000, go down to Liutou Beach, break Yichang!"

A tense atmosphere permeated the air, the eyes of the full hall were locked, holding their breath and leaning forward, the four seats were silent, only the sound of light and rapid breathing could be heard.

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Busy these days, stop for a day, update on the 27th... ===== CHAPTER 364 =====