Chapter 1367 Empty City Strategy！
At the top of Luling City, Liu Bei looked at the army submerged by the water, laughed proudly, and shouted happily.
“Jiang Bei, you will be killed if you do many unjust things. God cannot stand what you have done. I advise you to go back to Chang'an as soon as possible, otherwise not only your soldiers will be drowned this time! Liu Bei shouted arrogantly from the tower.
The unreasonable Liu Bei soldiers really thought that God was helping punish Jiang Siming, and their morale was high..
Jiang Siming looked at the arrogant Liu Bei on the top of the city and was too lazy to talk nonsense to him..
Big-eared thieves are always so complacent..
You don’t have to waste time talking to this kind of person, just give him a good beating when you find the opportunity..
Zhuge Liang, standing next to Liu Bei, was shaking his fan, with the pleasure of revenge in his eyes, looking at Jiang Siming in the distance of the tower..
The flood soon subsided.
Jiang Siming immediately asked the soldiers who were good at water to rescue people and fished all the drowned soldiers out of the water..
Tens of thousands of soldiers were rescued one by one.
Zhang Fei was also lucky. He just choked on the water and was not seriously injured..
Most of the soldiers also saved their lives because of timely treatment and the scientific treatment methods of artificial respiration taught to them by Jiang Siming..
But there are still more than 3,000 soldiers dead. This is an undisputed fact..
Due to Liu Bei's plan, Jiang Siming also knew that the morale of the army was not stable now, so he could only order a temporary retreat and camp, and then think of a way..
Although the number of more than one million and three thousand dead is nothing at all, everyone has experienced the ruthlessness of a terrible flood of nature, and their hearts are indeed frightened..
In the eyes of ancient people, the anger of nature was regarded as punishment from God..
In such a mood, if we attack Luling again, the soldiers' combat effectiveness and willpower will be greatly reduced..
Besides, Luling City is full of water now, so we can’t attack it even if we want to. We have to wait two days until the water level drops..
In particular, we had to beware of sneak attacks by Cao Cao and Sun Quan, so Jiang Siming and the military advisors agreed and temporarily retreated.
Returning to the camp, Jiang Siming first asked the generals to calm the morale of the troops, while he held a meeting with the military advisor in the commander's camp..
“This time, Gui Gu was too impatient, and was tricked by Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang..”
Jiang Siming took the initiative to admit his mistakes.
This is how a man should be, he has to admit when he is wrong, there is nothing to be embarrassed about.
Don’t listen to Boss Cao’s fallacy. You know your mistakes, correct them, but don’t admit them. If you don’t admit your mistakes, how will anyone know when you have corrected them and acknowledged them?？
It's just a matter of trying to save face and not admitting your mistakes. Why are you talking so high-sounding?.
The military strategists were all very moved. It was really rare to meet such a lord who dared to take the blame immediately when he encountered a setback without taking his anger out on others..
“Lord, it was my fault for not thinking carefully and not consulting with Lord." Guo Jia stood up and said..
“Yes, lord, it’s my fault that we didn’t plan for the overall situation, which led to our eagerness for quick success and this defeat..”
“Lord, I am guilty！”
More than a dozen military advisors knelt on the ground and asked Jiang Siming to punish him..
Jiang Siming didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and waved his hands and said: "Okay, don't fight anymore. The most urgent task now is to restore the morale of our army and regroup. Liu Da'er is so proud, but Gu Ke is very unhappy to see it."！”
After everyone heard this, they all had no choice but to stand up and start discussing countermeasures..
As for discussing countermeasures, Jiang Siming still leaves it to them to discuss, and he will never participate..
In fact, it is fortunate that Jiang Siming withdrew his troops quickly this time, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous..
The death toll must have increased at least ten times. The floods are ruthless. In the face of disasters, human beings will always be just weak existences..
If they had not withdrawn early, at least half of the soldiers would have been flooded..
It was Jiang Siming's decisiveness and the military advisers' keen sense that saved the entire army..
Only three thousand of the more than one million soldiers died, which had no impact at all. Jiang Siming's army soon recovered..
And the flood in Luling City disappeared within a few days..
Jiang Siming began to attack the city again.
This time, the resistance of Liu Bei's army was much stronger than before..
Liu Bei thought that Jiang Siming would become cautious after suffering this loss, but he didn't expect that he would make a comeback so soon..
But this time, even if he resisted vigorously, it still wouldn't help, and the tower became increasingly difficult to defend..
“Kong Ming, what should we do? "Liu Bei panicked..
Zhuge Liang shook his cattail leaf fan lightly and said with a smile: "Master, don't panic, we gave Jiang Bei a handful of water before, this time, we'll give him a handful of fire."！”
Liu Bei's eyes lit up. He felt that Zhuge Liang would never talk empty words..
“what to do？”
“withdraw.”
“withdraw? retreat？”
“Yes, my lord, I have arranged for people to put a large amount of kerosene and fodder at the entrance of the valley behind us. After we retreat, when Jiangbei's army enters the valley, we will set fire to the valley to ensure that Jiangbei's army never comes back! "Zhuge Liang was full of confidence..
Liu Bei was overjoyed, but asked worriedly: "But if we withdraw our troops in such a hurry, won't Jiang Bei be able to catch up with us easily?"？”
Zhuge Liang laughed and said: "Don't worry, my lord, as long as we resist this wave of offensive, we will immediately lead the troops to retreat when Jiang Bei adjusts his rest.".”
“Didn't Jiang Bei notice it immediately and hunt him down? "Liu Bei was puzzled..
Zhuge Liang's eyes were full of pride and he said: "Master, just lead the troops. Leave some remaining soldiers and weak generals in this city. I will guard it.".”
“You come to guard？”
“Yes, Liang, I want to sing a song for Jiang Bei. Empty City Plan！”
Zhuge Liang's eyes gleamed after he finished speaking. He could guarantee that with his two plans, Jiang Siming's army would lose at least one-third.！
The siege is still going on, but with Liu Bei desperately resisting, the siege is always less effective..
By the time we saw it was time to eat, everyone was exhausted..
Jiang Siming asked everyone to take a break first and arranged for Huotoujun to cook..
As soon as Jiang Siming stopped attacking the city, Liu Bei immediately led his men to retreat..
Xu Shu, who had been watching the movements in Luling City, hurried back to report.
“My lord, I noticed that Liu Bei suddenly removed all the guards from the city tower. There seems to be no one on the tower now..”
Jiang Siming was eating his meal. He stopped paying attention to what he heard and picked up his bowls and chopsticks and walked out of the camp..
“Yeah, let's take a look.”
Other counselors and generals did not dare to go out to eat with their bowls and chopsticks, so they quickly put down their chopsticks and followed them out..
There seemed to be no Liu Bei soldiers on the tower in the middle, and even the flags were missing a lot..
What surprised everyone the most was that the gate of Luling City opened by itself！
A few old and weak soldiers were sweeping the floor with brooms at the entrance of the city. Looking from the door to the city, there was no one there, as if the entire city had evaporated..
“"This" Pang Tong was stunned and couldn't understand this operation..
Then, a figure appeared again on the tower, it was Zhuge Liang！
Behind him were two bookboys. The bookboy was holding a guqin in his hand and placed it in front of Zhuge Liang..
Then Zhuge Liang sat on the tower and played the guqin！
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