The path of the villain is not easy

Chapter 159 Rebuttal
He stretched out his hand to interrupt the quarrel between the two, and said, "Okay, Li Yan, sir, you don't have the same knowledge as you, so don't mess around like this again."

After reprimanding Li Yan, Li Chuang said to the middle-aged Confucian scholar: "Sir, please continue to say, if you give up going north, will there be any other disadvantages in separatist Yanzhou?"

The middle-aged Confucian scholar cupped his hands to Li Chuang and said, "Don't worry, general, just listen to my explanation slowly."

"General, do you think that if we can't even fight Yangping, other Yanzhou cities will be so easy to fight?" said the middle-aged Confucian scholar.

After seeing Li Yan's hesitant expression, he went on to say, "I know everyone will ask, why were we able to break through other cities so easily in the past?"

Seeing other people nodding their heads and expressing that this was the question in their minds, the middle-aged Confucian scholar smiled and said: "That's because the reinforcements sent by the imperial court have not yet arrived, the people of Yanzhou are not full, and the officials of Yanzhou can't see it." The hope of rescue, of course, and the general's prestige in Yanzhou on weekdays, this is the reason why we were able to break through the city so easily."

Li Chuang nodded. He knew that being able to break through the city so quickly was mainly due to the first two reasons mentioned by the middle-aged Confucian scholar. As for his prestige, it was just a compliment.

In addition to these two reasons, there is another most important reason that the middle-aged Confucian scholar did not say, and that is the result of his advice in the grain army.

"Now Yanzhou has the imperial army. At this time, Yanzhou officials will naturally no longer have the ambition to resist like before."

"This is just one of the points. The most important thing is that we gave up attacking Yangping and turned to attack other cities. Will these imperial reinforcements stick to this Yangping?

No, they will be like a wolf that smells of meat, constantly following behind us, waiting for the opportunity to move, it’s okay if we don’t show fatigue, but as long as we show a little flaw, there will be a sudden attack. pounce on. "

"At that time, we will not be on the offensive but on the defensive. As long as we don't wipe out this group of troops, we will soon encounter the second river and the second Yangping. Unless we retreat directly to Linqiu, shrink back and give up This is a great opportunity to compete for world domination.”

"General, there is also the morale of our soldiers that we need to consider. Ever since we raised our troops to the north, our army has always won battles and conquered every attack. Over time, we have formed an invincible aura, which is a benefit.

But there are also disadvantages, that is, as soon as difficulties are encountered, morale will change from strong to weak, and soldiers will also fall into a stage of self-doubt.If we retreat from this trip, what will the soldiers under us think? They will feel that we can't beat the Yan army, and we were beaten to death by them.

It may not be reflected in other places, but as long as they encounter this group of Yan troops in the future, their morale will drop immediately.The side with weak morale will fight against the side with strong morale, no matter how many times the number of soldiers is the opponent, it will not win, it is just a few more soldiers who drag their guns and leave. "

"In addition to the morale of the soldiers, the general's prestige will also be lost. If we retreat, how will the world think of the general? They will think that the so-called heroic name of the general is just someone else's bragging. The soldiers who were beaten back were beaten by a young general who had just won the championship.

They would say that if a general fights with the wind, he will only retreat when he fights against the wind, so the reputation of bullying the weak and fearing the hard will definitely fall on the general's head. "

The middle-aged Confucian scholar said that he stopped here for a while, looked at Li Chuang's face, saw that his face was a little dark, and groaned secretly in his heart.

The aggressive method has existed since ancient times.And it's the lowest level technique, even some old men in the village can use it, so it can't be used on the table at all.But it's this thing, some people just eat it.

Although he didn't get along with this Li Chuang for a long time, he really knew him very well. This person was able to achieve such a great event, but he relied on his reputation for generous and generous.

He is not optimistic about this person.Because he felt that Li Chuang was not only indecisive in doing things, but also cherished his own wings and valued his reputation.He always thinks about both left and right when doing things, and thinks that the way of balance is very clever, but in fact it is just a picture of a tiger, not an anti-dog.

When it was raining that day, if he could have listened to himself and crossed the river overnight, he would have been able to break through Yangping long ago, but because of a heavy rain, it would be no problem to postpone it for a day, so he was trapped here forcibly.

This afternoon, I dissuaded him by myself, don't worry, and attack after I'm ready.As a result, he felt that the sneak attack failed the night before and lost face, and wanted to get it back, so he hurriedly raised troops to cross the river before he was ready.

Before the flood came, I persuaded him to immediately order the withdrawal of troops, but he insisted on hesitating. As a result, the best time to retreat was delayed, and the [-] troops fell into the water.

The middle-aged Confucian scholar did not wait for Li Chuang to speak, but simply glanced at him, paused for a moment, and then continued: "What I say is based on ourselves. If we don't go north, the general can Have you ever thought about revenge from someone in Youzhou?"

"Whoever sends an envoy to the general, please go north. If the general doesn't stay there, maybe whoever will not come to the general now, after all, is suppressed by Emperor Yan, so he dare not make new enemies. But What if someone wins in the competition with Emperor Yan? Can the general believe that that person will not settle accounts after the fall?"

"He dares? If he dares to think like this, then we will directly suppress them together with Emperor Yan." The general who spoke first said carelessly.

The corner of the middle-aged Confucian scholar's mouth twitched, and he was extremely speechless in his heart. He looked at this man with the eyes of a fool, took a deep breath, and didn't answer his words. He was afraid that he would also be taken with such a fool.

"General, since we raised our troops, we have no way out. We can only think about who in Youzhou wins this war, because in this way we can survive. If Emperor Yan wins, even if he distributes Yanzhou Give it to the general, then wait for him to recover from the great battle, then he will definitely attack the general."

Having said this, the middle-aged Confucian scholar stopped talking, and slightly bowed his hands to Li Chuang, waiting for his reply.

He has gone from Li Chuang's own reputation to the morale of the grain army as a whole to why he had to go north to support Meng Xiu.No matter which aspect he has already mentioned, if Li Chuang still insists on stationing troops in Yanzhou, then he has no other choice.

The middle-aged Confucian scholars were silent, and Li Yan's general opponents were also silent. They all looked up at Li Chuang, waiting for Li Chuang to make a final decision.

(End of this chapter)