Please, let me be a fool

"Master Song, what do you mean?"

Lin Yuansong looked at the two in front of him, his eyes full of doubts.

Because at this moment, he has no idea what these two are thinking.

Regardless of what Lu An said, His Majesty had already seen through Meng Jue's purpose for sending troops this time.

Lin Yuansong was also surprised by what Song Gongwen said.

What did these two people see?

Next to him, Song Gongwen also saw the doubt on the other party's face, and immediately said: "General Lu said before that Meng Jue, the lord of Baiyue, suddenly led his army into battle with such fanfare because of another purpose. I still don't believe it. But I suddenly thought of another thing."

"That means winter will be here in a few months. Usually, at this time, the trade between Baiyue and my Great Wei will be more frequent."

"Because if Baiyue wants to survive the winter, he must buy the food and cloth from my Great Wei, otherwise, the consequences will be very troublesome."

"But now, my Great Wei and Baiyue are at war, and the trade between the two sides has long been interrupted. They can't get a grain of food from my Great Wei. In this way, it will be difficult for most people in Baiyue to survive this winter. .”

"They want a quick battle, the purpose is to stop the war between the two sides, and then continue to trade with me, Great Wei."

Speaking of this, Song Gongwen pondered for a while, and continued: "But if this battle does not end, the entire Baiyue will fall into a situation of food shortage. At that time, Baiyue will be the most dangerous time."

The trade between Great Wei and Baiyue was actually not that big, and not many people even paid attention to it in the imperial court.

After all, Baiyue can also grow grain, and can be self-sufficient most of the time. All the grain that Dawei wants to buy is just to store grain in winter, so the scale is not large.

But the household department is in charge of the food and finance of the world, and Song Gongwen suddenly realized these problems after thinking about it.

"So, what you mean, Mr. Song, is that His Majesty has already seen through Meng Jue's desire for a quick victory."

"That's why you deliberately delayed the war, didn't fight them head-on, and prepared to push them into a desperate situation?"

Lin Yuansong is certainly not a fool to be able to get to this position.

After being reminded, I quickly figured out the cause and effect.

"Master Lin, it's not just that."

At this time, Lu An smiled, and then said: "Your Majesty's move is also because he loves soldiers like sons. Think about it, fighting will kill people, and letting your soldiers stick to Zhennan Pass can protect you to the maximum extent. There will be no unnecessary casualties in the lives of the soldiers, I think, in the eyes of His Majesty, the soldiers under him are also his subjects, and since they are subjects, they must be cherished."

"Of course, there is a more important point. When Meng Jue found out that we should not fight in any case, he would definitely be anxious, and then choose the worst strategy to attack the city directly. Baiyue is not good at it, once he does this, we can achieve the greatest results at the least cost!"

The more Lu An said, the more excited he was, and he was annoyed why he didn't think of it at first.

This kind of tactics can be said to have no harm to Da Wei.

At the same time, he admired that His Majesty even more.

His Majesty is His Majesty, not an ordinary general, he does not care about the momentary gains and losses, but proceeds from the overall situation.

Such a vision is not something ordinary people can have.

"It's just that during this period of time, your Majesty may not be better off." At this time, Song Gongwen continued to speak, saying: "Facing the enemy of Baiyue, His Majesty clearly marched personally, but let his soldiers stay in the city all the time. Responding to the challenge, once this matter gets out, no matter the people or the nations, they will definitely think that His Majesty is weak."

Immediately, he sighed, thinking back to the last battle, His Majesty also deliberately showed the appearance of having fun, and did not hesitate to use his own wisdom just to win the battle, so that the soldiers under his command would suffer fewer casualties.
Lin Yuansong and Lu An also thought about it, and felt a little distressed for His Majesty.

"Okay, both of you."

Song Gongwen raised his head, looked at the two of them and said, "Since we are familiar with the purpose of Meng Jue's battle and understand His Majesty's plan, then we will do our best to cooperate with His Majesty in the next time. In this regard, we have to work hard." General Lu, you are here."

"Meng Jue will definitely try every means for this battle, so General Lu, you must restrain the soldiers under your command, and let them not act rashly, so as not to disrupt His Majesty's plan."

"Don't worry, Mr. Song, I know the seriousness." Lu An nodded solemnly.

I didn't know His Majesty's purpose before, but I still resolutely carried out His Majesty's order.

Now that I know, after understanding that His Majesty wants to reduce casualties in this battle, and achieve the greatest results with the least damage, Luan naturally understands what to do next.

Immediately, the three of them didn't say anything more, but each started to get busy.

Time is just like this bit by bit, slowly passing by.

During this time.

Meng Jue used various methods to call out the formation, trying to draw out Wei's garrison.

But in the end, it was found that the opponent had remained silent from the beginning to the end, and even the number of Wei soldiers patrolling the city was less than before.

Except for the closed city gate, the other party seemed to have no idea that there was an enemy outside the city.

This made Meng Jue helpless and didn't know how to deal with it.

Originally.

Thinking about the Great Wei Emperor, because of his face, he should send a large army to fight.

But after scolding for so long, it didn't even have any effect, and even the morale of his own side was weakened a lot.

He is worried that if this continues, there will be big problems.

Without any choice.

Meng Jue once again summoned his generals to come up with a way to deal with it.

"Barbarian, my opinion is very simple. Since the Great Wei doesn't lead to war, then we will attack the city. It is not an option to procrastinate like this."

"Yes, Barbarian, how many days have passed, and all our soldiers are panicked. I worry that after a while, their morale will be lost."

"Barbarian, give an order. Although siege warfare is not what we are good at, isn't our purpose just to lure Wei to send troops? It's not really a siege."

The high-level officials of Baiyue talked to each other, and their ideas were very simple. They directly attacked the city and forced Wei to fight.

Because there is really no other way, and if this continues, they will not be able to bear it.

"Barbarian Lord." At this time, Wang Lin came out and said, "I think your lords are right. We have to take action because there are some problems with the food and grass in the rear. If we delay, we will be completely trapped. passive."

After holding back for so many days, the high-level officials in Baiyue couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to directly attack the city.

And Wang Lin, proceeding from the current situation, agreed with this opinion.

As for Meng Jue?
Of course he knew that this was the worst policy, but it seemed that there was no better way.

If this war is not ended as soon as possible and normal trade with Wei is resumed, there will be many people who will not be able to survive this winter.
"Okay, everyone prepares tonight. Tomorrow morning, first call the formation, and then send troops to attack directly during the call." Meng Jue stood up, made a decision, and continued: "Remember, this time it is not The purpose is to attack the city, but to draw Wei's army, so we must arrange the retreat route in advance, understand?"

"Yes, I'll wait to understand!"

The high-level officials of Baiyue who were present at the scene were all excited when they heard that they could go to war.

This is especially true for those who have experienced the last battle. They thought it was a surprise attack, but they didn't expect to fall into a siege.

They have always been aggrieved, and now they can take the initiative to attack, naturally excited, and want to return all the previous losses.

Immediately, everyone started to make arrangements.

But Meng Jue was worried in his heart.

In the current situation, it seems that the initiative is in his own hands, but in fact, since the last time, he has been led by the nose throughout the whole process.This feeling made him feel very uncomfortable, and he wanted to make changes in time.

But Meng Jue didn't know what to do, it seemed that it was useless to do anything, and he could only go to the dark one by one.

What is the specific reason, he is actually very clear in his heart, the emperor of Great Wei is difficult to sing, and the background of Great Wei is too far behind.

The current Baiyue is not an opponent at all.

But what can be done?

The Great Wei Emperor's personal conquest, made it clear that he wanted to wipe out Baiyue, otherwise why would he come in person, wouldn't it be enough to send some more reinforcements to Zhennan Pass?

In fact, he had also thought about leading the army into the mountains and not confronting the Great Wei head-on, but what Wang Lin said, Meng Jue had to think about what to do if the Emperor of the Great Wei sent the champion. can?

So the current me can be said to be in a dilemma, and I can only have a chance in the war.

Soon, on the second day, just after dawn, the Baiyue side began to shout.

As for the defenders of Zhennan Pass, they have adapted to this.

In fact.

They were also very angry, but their superiors had issued a death order, so if they ignored it, they could only let it go.

It's just that today is different from usual. After Baiyue shouted for less than a stick of incense, the army began to gather, and then under the leadership of the savage lord Meng Jue, began to attack.

Baiyue is not good at siege warfare, but there are only a few methods, such as hitting the door and climbing the city wall with the cloud tower.

Therefore, it is not a difficult task for them.

The guard at Zhennan Gate also reacted quickly.

Then after reporting back layer by layer.

Lu An also heard the news that the Baiyue army was attacking the city, and he immediately regained his spirit.

He had guessed before that because of the food problem, Baiyue could not help attacking the city in the end, but he did not expect that it would be so fast.

Siege, this is a bad strategy, presumably the barbarian is also forced to have no choice.

Thinking of this, Lu An directly issued an order to stick to the city gate and the city wall, but if he gained an advantage, he must not love to fight, and just repel the enemy soldiers directly, so the soldiers can not go out of the city gate.

Of course, in order to prevent accidents from happening, he also mobilized some people from other places to defend the city wall.

There is no way, His Majesty is in the city, nothing can happen.

And Luan's deployment of troops this time is for defense, not for active attack, so as the chief general, he still has this power.

After finishing these, he left the General's Mansion to look for Song Gongwen and Lin Yuansong.After all, the enemy has already taken the initiative to attack the city, thinking about whether to report back to His Majesty and listen to His Majesty's opinion.

It's just that after Song Gongwen knew Lu An's thoughts, he smiled and said that it was completely unnecessary.

The reason is also very simple, His Majesty must want to consume Baiyue like this, Meng Jue attacked, which means that he has no choice but to take action.

Then think of the war between the two sides, which has lasted for almost two months, and the opponent must not be exhausted. The attack now is just a bluff. Since it can cost the least cost and achieve the greatest result, why not do it?

In the eyes of Song Gongwen, His Majesty will definitely not pay attention to it, and will only let the soldiers of Zhennanguan do a good job of defense.

As long as we persevere, defeating Baiyue is only a matter of time.

In this regard, Lin Yuansong also agrees very much, and feels that there is no need to report back to His Majesty.

Lu An thinks that the two have nothing to say.

Then did not continue to struggle.

After discussing with Song Gongwen and others for a period of time, he went to the city wall to supervise the battle.

Then he discovered that Baiyue Project's desire was not very high, and coupled with lack of experience, it did not pose any crisis to them at all.

The two sides fought for an hour or two, with almost no casualties.In the end, Baiyue couldn't hold on anymore, so he had to retreat temporarily.

Meng Jue had no choice, he didn't really want to break through Zhennan Pass, he just wanted to lure the snake out of the hole.

But in the end?Dawei just closed the city, and was not prepared for any battle at all.

After fighting for so long, he can be seen.

The previous plan had completely failed.

In the end, he had no choice but to withdraw his troops, and the facts were as expected, the defenders at the Nanguan Pass in Dawei Township did not chase them out, and it seemed like nothing had happened except for carrying the wounded soldiers down.

Meng Jue knew that the current Baiyue was basically in a desperate situation.

But it was impossible for him to back down.

Because the situation has reached what it is now, it is difficult for him to ride a tiger.

Therefore, in the next few days, he has been sending troops to actively attack Zhennan Pass.

Hope to find a glimmer of life on the way.But Meng Jue was still disappointed in the end, and Zhennanguan was still the same as before.

That is to say, since he assembled his forces until now, except for the continuous casualties of his subordinates, he has not made any progress at all.
And he also got the news that the food and grass in the rear began to run short.

If you want to supplement, you must mobilize from various ministries.

But Meng Jue was very clear.

The food and grass of each department was originally to survive this winter. If they were recruited, the entire Baiyue would be in crisis.But if they don't supplement, they have to go back.

Moreover, he also believed that the emperor of Wei probably already knew about this news.

In other words, the opponent has reached this step from the beginning.

Then let yourself go on purpose.

To say that he was given a chance, from the beginning to the end, was he just like a hunter, playing with him, the Lord of Baiyue, as his prey?

Thinking of this, Meng Jue felt that the Great Wei Emperor was becoming more and more terrifying, and at the same time, he couldn't help feeling a little sad. He had done so much, but the final result still remained unchanged.

In the current situation, I have fallen into complete passivity, one step further is death, one step back, or death.
In the end, what should we do?