Chapter 703 Follow-up Arrangements
At this moment, Zhou Xu was actually lying. He was not worried about Liu De going to capture Green Forest City at all.
There is an old saying, it is easy to conquer a country but difficult to defend it!
To a large extent, conquering a country relies on force. As long as there is an opportunity and the conditions are right, even a grassroots team like Liu De can become prosperous in a short period of time.
But defending a country is complicated. Just fists are useless. You must know how to develop and manage business, and you must also have money and resources, otherwise it will be difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without straw.
Nowadays, these cities here have turned into a complete mess due to civil strife and Yan Sheng's series of operations.
Zhou Xu has the confidence to attack the city here because they have sufficient supplies and no shortage of food and grass, so they can serve as his backing and continue to provide him with support.
But what does Liu De rely on?
What he relies on now is the little food resources in people's warehouses after occupying Xishan City and Anling City.
In other words, you are using other people’s inventory.
However, the inventory will run out sooner or later, and the important thing is that you have to produce it yourself.
When the seven cities under Yan Sheng were connected into one, they naturally had a complete production chain, but now they have collapsed like this, and the interior is in chaos. Where can they still produce it?
So from Zhou Xu's perspective, how big Liu De's plate is now will be how miserable it will be when it collapses.
For Zhou Xu, the easiest way is to watch without doing anything and wait for Liu De to get out of his own way.
When the resources at hand are exhausted, the people under his command will have a difficult time, and Liu De's banner of 'benevolence and righteousness' will naturally no longer be able to wave.
Now he decided to attack quickly, take Green Forest City, and go straight to Xianyang City. More importantly, he had to consider the safety of Xie Liancheng's wife and children.
As for what he said just now, although it is not a lie, taking the initiative and taking the initiative is also a choice, but it is more to comfort his brother.
Xie Liancheng's strategic thinking did not move as fast as he thought. When he said what he just said, Xie Liancheng felt that it made sense and believed it in his heart.
"Then let me pretend to open the city gate when the time comes!"
"No, no, no."
Zhou Xu waved his hand.
"If you show up and pretend to open the city gate, if the news leaks out, your brothers and sisters in Xianyang may be in danger."
Speaking of this, Zhou Xu patted his head and explained. Liancheng's shoulders.
“Don’t think too much. What you have to do now is not to show up and expose your existence.”
“I will arrange a room for you here. Just wait and see.”
Jie Liancheng, who was aware of the current situation, didn't say anything at the moment.
As for the City Lord's Mansion in Black Rock City...
He is actually more familiar with it than Zhou Xu.
While Zhou Xu was making arrangements for Xie Liancheng, a more detailed report was also delivered to him on the other side.
This wave of his three hundred cavalry attacked Yan Sheng's five thousand troops, and the results obtained were not only a few prisoners of war, but also a large amount of supplies!
Don't forget, before Yan Sheng left the city, he looted all the resources in Black Rock City and took away everything he could.
Now that these resources have changed hands, they all naturally fell into his hands.
To round things off, the villain Yan Sheng did it, and he took all the advantages.
When the report saw Zhou Xu here, he couldn't hold it back and burst out laughing.
In addition to a large amount of food equipment, there are also carriages responsible for pulling the food equipment, as well as war horses under the cavalry on the opposite side.
Of course, according to their standards for selecting war horses in the Great Zhou Dynasty, the horses here cannot reach the level of war horses at all, but they are also excellent for pulling carriages. At the same time, this batch of food came in time.
If he wants to send troops to Green Forest City in the future, or even directly attack Xianyang City, he must have all the food and grass ready.
Originally, it would have taken some time to mobilize them from the rear, but now that these trophies were obtained, they were ready for him to use.
But even so, Zhou Xu couldn't send troops immediately. They had just taken Blackstone City a few days ago. The follow-up actions, no matter how fast, would have to involve the centaur troops led by Drogo and those trapped in the camp. Soldiers, shall we rest for two days?
That night, in order to celebrate this great victory, Zhou Xu held a grand celebration banquet.
After the celebration banquet, early the next morning, a group of generals, including Zhou Chongshan, were called to the lobby of the city lord's mansion by Zhou Xu.
While carrying out post-war review work as usual, we also need to discuss the matter of taking Greenwood City later.
In fact, there wasn’t much to say about the previous battle.
Although there is a huge difference in the strength of the two sides, there are three hundred cavalrymen trapped in the camp, each of whom is the best of the best. On the other hand, nearly half of the troops on the other side are strong men temporarily captured from Blackstone City to make up the numbers. The rest are basically Ordinary infantry, when gathered together, may seem powerful, but in reality they are just a ragtag group of people, not something to be feared at all.
When the trapped camp rushed forward, their morale collapsed in an instant, and they were completely defeated, with no ability to fight back.
In this wave, Yan Sheng has suffered the consequences.
After briefly summarizing the reasons and reminding Zhou Chongshan and the others not to be arrogant, Zhou Xu turned the topic to the matter of sending troops to Green Forest City.
They have just taken Blackstone City, and it has not even been a week since they were fully prepared. Now they are going to send troops to Greenwood City again?
This situation caught the generals present a little unprepared.
In response, Zhou Xu directly recounted what he had said to Xie Liancheng and said it again to the generals present.
The problem with Zhou Xu’s rhetoric can only be seen from the perspective of internal development and management.
The people present are all a group of military generals. They are busy training troops on weekdays. When they are free, they also study various tactics. Who will study internal development and management? If they could all study this, they would be a group of all-rounders.
Now that they heard what their king said, everyone felt that it made sense.
Now, the matter of sending troops to Green Forest City has basically been finalized. Now it depends on how their king arranges and fights.
Zhou Xu was still the same, letting them think for themselves first.
Under Zhou Xu’s education model, all the generals under his command have also grown a lot.
After some discussion, we quickly came to a conclusion.
“When sending troops to Green Forest City, the biggest worry is that Xishan City will suddenly launch an attack. Whether the opponent takes advantage of this moment to attack Black Rock City, attack our troops outside from the flank, or attack our supply troops, That's all a threat."
In the lobby, Shi Lei spoke calmly.
"So, according to the general's opinion, the general should lead a force to garrison Blackstone City to ensure the stability of the rear, and then let Second Lieutenant Bai Tu lead 500 troops, supplemented by crossbow troops and trapped troops to capture Green Forest. City."
At this point, Shi Lei turned his eyes and fell on Zhou Xu.
"At the same time, out of caution, it is best for the king to accompany him to ensure that nothing goes wrong!"
Hearing this, Zhou Xu showed a trace of satisfaction on his face.
“That’s right, there is no problem with this arrangement.”
Shi Lei didn't know that Bai Tu's talent could give him a huge advantage in siege battles. In his opinion, the reason why Bai Tu was allowed to lead the siege was because their king would also go with him and nothing would go wrong.
Under this premise, it would be the wisest choice for him to take charge of Blackstone City and ensure the stability of the rear.
(End of this chapter)