Chapter 115: Discussing the Matter of Attacking the City

Jiang Jinshi summoned all the squad leaders to discuss the matter of attacking Jiangcheng.

With the current strength of Yangguangzhai, they couldn't fight multiple cities at once and could only concentrate their strength to break them one by one.

Although Jiangcheng had more than a hundred guards, attacking and defending a city were not at the same starting point. Jiang Jinshi still remembered a sentence in The Art of War.

The art of using troops is: if you have ten times the strength, surround them; if five times, attack them; if double, fight them; if equal, divide them; if less, defend them; if not equal, avoid them.

Now, all the mountain bandits of Yangguangzhai gathered together, which was about seven times the number of city-guarding soldiers, so taking Jiangcheng was not difficult. What was difficult was how to reduce losses.

Hearing this, the squad leaders couldn't suppress their desire to make contributions, especially the newly promoted squad leaders. They relied on martial arts competition to be promoted, and now they had no merit, always feeling that they were a head shorter than others when sitting together.

The first few old squad leaders didn't need to say, they were the ones who fought step by step with the Big Boss.

And Nie Fengyun hadn't joined Yangguangzhai for long, but he was the one who brought the Qingcheng County Magistrate tied up and covered in blood. This merit was seen by everyone with their own eyes.

So Jiang Ze took the initiative to ask for orders: "Big Boss, I will be the vanguard to attack the city!"

The others also expressed their positions one after another. Even a few old squad leaders couldn't sit still and wanted to ask for battle. Only Luo Feng and Wang Hou were relatively calm.

Wang Hou was because his duty was never to charge and take the lead, so there was no need to compete with everyone.

Luo Feng was because of Jiang Jinshi's 'Cold-Faced Cold Spear', so he often deliberately kept a straight face, and at this moment, he was afraid that fighting for it would damage his image.

Moreover, he was a middle squad leader now, so he didn't worry about being forgotten and having nothing to do.

"I am very happy that you have such momentum, but this is not a martial arts competition in the stronghold; it is a real battlefield, and people will die!"

Jiang Jinshi smiled, raised his hand to signal everyone not to be excited, and then continued: "I have great confidence in taking Jiangcheng, but what we need to consider is how to achieve victory with the least losses.

Never forget that the brothers beside us have families in the stronghold, and they are waiting for their sons or husbands to return home safely. This is what a qualified squad leader needs to consider!"

Once these words were out, everyone was silent, but their admiration for Jiang Jinshi increased a bit more. With such a Big Boss, why worry that Yangguangzhai wouldn't flourish?!

Especially the newly promoted squad leaders were ashamed. They only cared about charging and taking the lead to grab merit, without considering the lives of the team members at all.

Luo Feng didn't say a word, took out a small notebook from behind, and began to record what Jiang Jinshi said. He didn't know where he got the pencil.

The small notebook was bound with needle and thread using paper from the school, and the pencil was also taken from the school. These were all produced by Li Xinyue's system. Luo Feng felt it was very easy to use, much smoother than using a brush.

Jiang Jinshi glanced at Luo Feng, only feeling that the other party had been a bit dull recently, and didn't take it to heart for a while, so he turned to Jiang Ze and smiled: "Jiang Ze, you said you would be the vanguard, then I will test you. If you lead the team, how should you attack the city?"

Jiang Ze, who was asked, was speechless for a while, not knowing how to answer this question. He had only been training and had never participated in any battle, so how could he know how to attack a city!

Although this question seemed to be asking Jiang Ze, it also made the other squad leaders think deeply. If it were them, what would they do?

The answer was obvious. There was basically no feasible strategy in everyone's mind.

Especially squad leaders like Zhang Honghong were not good at thinking. This was why Jiang Jinshi wanted to equip her with a military advisor.

The questions Jiang Jinshi asked actually had his intentions. He wanted to cultivate more usable talents under his hands, instead of having to do everything himself.

"Can't answer? It doesn't matter, we can learn, keep calm, use your brain, and think more!" After saying this, Jiang Jinshi felt it was about enough. In order to avoid everyone being reckless, he also took great pains.

"Wang Hou, tell me about the situation in Jiangcheng!" For the time being, the squad leaders couldn't make him feel at ease, so Jiang Jinshi definitely had to go out in person.

Wang Hou had withdrawn quite a few team members under him since robbing Jiangcheng, only leaving a few people in the city to send back news from time to time.

"Now Jiangcheng has no county magistrate to control it, and the city's team leaders are acting more and more rampant. The entry fee has risen to twenty wen per person, and the merchants in the city are even more miserable, often being led by team leaders to collect various fees." Wang Hou stated the general situation and waited for Jiang Jinshi's follow-up.

"What about the internal situation of the city-guarding soldiers? Have you ever understood it?" Jiang Jinshi tapped his fingers on the table.

Wang Hou really didn't know much about this aspect. After all, he hadn't said he was going to fight Jiangcheng before, so he didn't arrange for people to inquire. Now that he decided to attack the city temporarily, the news he held was definitely insufficient, so he could only pick some things he knew to say.

"It is said that because of the salary issue, the city-guarding soldiers made a fuss once before, and after that, the entry fee began to rise, which was also the beginning of the merchants being charged various fees."

"So... the team leader should be very supported by the soldiers under his command. After all, he solved the silver problem and even made the silver they got every month become more!" Jiang Jinshi thought that solving the other party internally seemed a bit unrealistic.

If someone could take the initiative to open the city gate like before, then there would be no need to attack the city, plus a sneak attack at night, Yangguangzhai's seven hundred people facing one hundred people, basically there would be no damage. It's a pity that such a good thing...

There really was one! Jiang Jinshi suddenly thought of someone, maybe he could make an article out of it.

Combined with that person's personality, setting a trap for him was easy, and it just so happened that opening the city gate was something he could completely handle. After all, he was a city-guarding soldier.

Jiang Jinshi immediately announced, "Get ready, attack the city tomorrow night!"

Luo Feng was born in the border area after all and knew more about attacking the city than other squad leaders, so he asked suspiciously: "Is Big Boss in such a hurry? The scaling ladders needed to attack the city and..."

"No need, someone will take the initiative to open the city gate!" Jiang Jinshi sold a pass for the time being and didn't tell everyone the detailed plan.

Hearing Jiang Jinshi say this, even if Luo Feng had doubts, he still chose to believe without hesitation.

"Good!"

Jiang Jinshi beckoned to Wang Hou, "Wang Hou, let's go into the city."

Wang Hou hurriedly got up and accompanied Jiang Jinshi out of the main hall, Xiao Hu and Yan Wu followed, leaving only the squad leaders looking at each other.

Jiang Jinshi didn't have full confidence in this plan, at most only eighty percent, but it was enough.

"Big Boss, do you need me to notify the brothers in the city?" When he was on the mountain, Wang Hou didn't express his position, but he had an idea, which was to let the brothers in the stronghold mix into Jiangcheng in batches, and then directly open the door from the inside at night. ===== CHAPTER 116 =====