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After seeing off the county magistrate, Liu Jing left behind the county magistrate Zhou Bree, and ordered people to invite Lu Su and Zhuge Jin to discuss with them the strategy of breaking Jianye. Zhou Bree was very surprised when he saw Lu Su and Zhuge Jin. It turned out that these two important officials in Jiangdong also surrendered to the Han State, and a trace of uneasiness in his heart disappeared without a trace.

Zhuge Jin was more concerned about his family's situation at this time. He had learned that Sun Quan had put his family in prison, which made him very worried. He quickly pulled Zhou Jue aside and asked in a low voice: "Yu, what is my family's situation now?"

Zhou Bing comforted him and said, "Mr. Zhuge's family is not in Jianye Guanzhu, but in Moling County Prison. Duke Zhuge is relieved. Although the people under the order of the Marquis of Wu dare not disobey, they will not abuse Zhuge's family. Besides, Mr. Zhang specially told him that they are all safe and sound now."

Zhuge Jin also understood the way of officialdom. No one dared to touch his family at this time, but his family was in prison after all, which made him feel at ease. Zhuge Jin nodded and saw that Liu Jing had already walked into the big tent, so he said, "Let me hear what Your Highness, the King of Han, said first!"

Liu Jingzheng talked to Lu Su about the situation of Jianye City and Moling City. Lu Su had a great say in this regard. He and Zhang Hong built Jianye City at the beginning, and he was very familiar with every brick and tile of Jianye City.

The renovation of Moling County was also presided over by Lu Su. He was also very familiar with the defense of Moling County. However, Lu Su still hoped that Liu Jing would try not to attack the city violently and minimize casualties. Originally, Lu Su did not want to inquire about the Han army's attack on Jiangdong, but in order to reduce casualties in Jiangdong, he took the initiative to participate in Liu Jing's decision-making.

Zhuge Jin also had the same idea, but Zhuge Jin hoped that he could be valued by Liu Jing after the war, and even hoped that he could become a prime minister. He was only over 40 years old this year and still had a future of more than ten years. His desire for fame and fame is much hotter than Lu Su.

Liu Jing stood in front of the sand table, pointed at Jianye and Moling with a wooden pole, and said slowly to them: "Since the attack on Jiangdong, I have tried to defeat the soldiers without fighting. At the same time, I also found that the soldiers in Jiangdong were generally tired of war, and if they were slightly unfavorable in combat, they would raise the flag and surrender, so I was so powerful that I could do my best. Therefore, I also hope that they would surrender without fighting and try to avoid losing their troops. I would like to talk about it and want to hear your opinions on the city breaking."

When the person looked at each other, Lu Su smiled and said, "Please talk to Mr. Zhuge first!"

Among the people, Zhuge Jin had the highest official position and status, so he naturally spoke first. Zhuge Jin did not refuse and picked up the wooden pole and pointed at Moling City and said: "The reason is that the empress's opinion is to attack Moling County first. The reason is very simple. First, the few soldiers stationed in Moling County, and secondly, the walls of the county are far less tall and solid than Jianye City, and are easier to capture. But the more important reason is that most of the officials and some of the soldiers live in the county. If Moling County is taken down, the army of Jianye City will be shaken."

Lu Su and Zhou Bing both agreed with Zhuge Jin's words. Zhou Bing smiled and said, "Your Highness, Zhuge Gong said that Moling County is the foundation of Jianye and also the weakness of Jianye. At most half a month to take Moling County, Jianye City will not be able to withstand it."

The suggestions coincided with Liu Jing's ideas, but he also wanted to know how to capture Jianye City most effectively, and he looked at Lu Su again.

Lu Su understood Liu Jing's meaning, and he smiled bitterly: "When I was repairing Moling County, I found that the walls of Moling were made of mud bricks, so I suggested that Wu Hou demolish the county and rebuild it and replace it with stone bricks. However, it was jointly opposed by Zhang Junshi and Bu Changshi. Gu Yong, Yu Fan and others also disagreed and thought it was expensive, so my suggestion was rejected. In the end, it was just a simple renovation of Moling County. On the surface, it looked good, but it was still rotten wood and old bricks inside. Relatively speaking, the north side was slightly stronger because the ministers entered and left the north gate, while the south city was the most dilapidated. After several years of wind and rain, it was already very fragile and vulnerable. But I don't know if it had been rebuilt this year. I have to ask Zhou Junzheng."

The surrounding breeze interface next to it said: "This year, Jianye City was reinforced, and Moling County only had the gate changed, and the city wall was not repaired."

Liu Jing pondered for a long time and said to them: "My thoughts are the same as you, first attack Moling County."

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Moling County is the seat of Danyang County. After Sun Quan moved the capital from Jingkou to Jianye, he did not use Moling City as the capital, but built a stone city, namely Jianye City, in the north of Moling City. However, Jianye City only had the official offices, the garrison and Sun Quan's Jianye Palace, while Moling County City assumed other urban functions.

As the Han army's signs of attacking Jianye became more and more obvious, there was a panic in Moling County, and the atmosphere of war became stronger and stronger. Martial law was imposed during the day and curfew was imposed at night. All people were not allowed to go out. The food was rationed. The whole city was deserted and there was no one in the streets and alleys. Seven thousand Jiangdong soldiers strictly guarded Moling County under the leadership of General Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin.

At night, soldiers patrolled the city on the front of the city, watching every move outside the city vigilantly. The city was not high, the city was only two feet and five feet high, and the city wall was not wide enough to place a large catapult on the front of the city. Outside the city was a wide moat, which was actually a tributary of the Qinhuai River.

Although the patrol soldiers on the city were very vigilant, at night, they could not see the subtle abnormalities in the moat. At this time, several Han army scouts wearing water leaned to the surface of the moat in the south of the city. They took advantage of the opportunity when the patrol soldiers had just left and quickly jumped out of the water and pressed tightly under the wall.

The base of the city wall has always been a blind spot for soldiers on the city wall. Unless the soldiers look outward, it is difficult to observe the movements under the city wall. The famous Han army scouts took out the fine steel fish bones, which was a sharp weapon for fighting in the water, but the sharp blades of their fish bones were sharp and flat, and it was easy to penetrate into the city wall.

This is Liu Jing's experience and caution. Although Lu Su told him that the walls of Moling were all mud bricks and the southern city was particularly dilapidated, it was just Lu Su's family's words and could only be used as a reference. The specific process of dilapidation must be seen as a reality before the decision to attack the city was made.

Ming Scout was very skillful in his movements. He quickly drew out a few bricks, took out a few handfuls of soil from the hole in the wall, wrapped it carefully with oil paper, and then changed it to another place. In less than half a stick of incense, he took the sample. At this time, the patrol soldiers on his head had just walked over, Ming Scout entered the water silently and disappeared quickly.

Half an hour later, more than a dozen city bricks and filled soil were placed in the Han army's central tent. At this time, Lu Su and others were gone. They were replaced by generals such as Huang Zhong, Gan Ning, Liao Li and other generals and military advisors. They had a lot of experience. From these more than a dozen city bricks and filled soil samples, they all learned about the solid course of the Moling County wall.

Huang Zhong picked up the filling soil and twisted it gently in his palm. He then sniffed it close to his nose and said to Liu Jing: "This soil has been at least for a year, black and moldy, which means it is filled very loosely and has never been replaced. There are rotten chips of the top wood on it. It can be seen that the top wood is rotten. Such a city wall will collapse after persisting for at least twenty years."

Liu Jing shook his head, "If you have no defense, you may have lasted for twenty years, but now there are a large number of rock rolling wood piled up on it, and thousands of soldiers are walking back and forth all day long. How can the city walls bear it? If this continues, it will collapse in less than five years. Please see!"

Liu Jing picked up a brick in the city and knocked it slightly with a small hammer. The brick in the city was immediately shattered. "Do you see that the normal brick in the city should have been broken into two pieces when I hit it, but the brick was knocked into brick powder, which shows that the brick inside was covered with cracks."

Liu Jing used a small hammer to hit the city bricks continuously, and all the city bricks were shattered. He put down the hammer, clapped his hands and smiled: "I can even defeat the solid bluestone city wall like Hefei, let alone such mud brick walls. Everyone, the city will be broken tomorrow!"

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In the near future, patrol soldiers were still patrolling the city of Moling, monitoring the movements of the Han army outside the city. The head general guarding Moling County was Zhou Tai, who was Sun Quan's confidant and served as the captain of the Jiangdong Nei Guards. He was the commander of the 10,000 elite troops guarding Sun Quan were commanded by him. Although Sun Quan trusted Zhou Tai, Zhou Tai was still weak in defending the city, so Sun Quan appointed Jiang Qin, a general who was good at defending the city, as his deputy general.

At this time, Jiang Qin was riding on the war horse and led five soldiers to patrol the city wall defense. Although it was already time, Jiang Qin did not dare to be careless and still forced himself to patrol the four city gates.

Jiang Qin is a recognized general in the Jiangdong army who is good at defense. It is also true that he has no confidence in the defense of Moling County. The city wall is short and thin, old, and has weak resistance. That's fine. The key is that Moling County has not considered military defense at all. Like most cities in Jiangdong, the city wall has no horse-faced walls, no squadrons, no shooting holes, and no stone-casting paths, and it is just an ordinary city wall.

How can such a city withstand the powerful attack of the Han army? Instead of spending so much manpower and material resources to clear the useless canal but refuse to rebuild Moling City, Jiang Qin had nothing to say about Sun Quan's decision.

"General!"

A soldier rushed over panting and said, "General Zhou is in the south city, please come over."

"I see!"

Jiang Qin agreed unhappily and urged his horse to run towards the south gate. He ran to the gate of Nancheng. Several soldiers in the gate held torches and shone the gate as if it were daylight. From a distance, dozens of soldiers were kneeling on the ground, with their hands tied back, and they were dejected.

Jiang Qin was shocked and urged his horse to run up. When the soldiers at the city gate saw Jiang Qin coming, they dodged one by one. Jiang Qin turned over and got out of the horse and walked into the crowd. He immediately recognized that the tied soldiers were all his subordinates.

"What happened?" Jiang Qin asked anxiously.

The soldiers wanted to speak but stopped, but they didn't dare to say anything. Jiang Qin turned around and asked, "Where is General Zhou?"

"I'm here!"
Chapter completed!