After hearing Liu Bei's question, Ma Su knew that Liu Bei was shocked by the huge casualties of the army and did not want to continue to attack.

But Ma Su firmly believed that it was now a critical moment, and the two sides were competing with patience, so he answered firmly:

"Your Majesty, Sun Heng can't stand it anymore. Lu Xun will definitely send troops to rescue him! Even if he is hesitant for the time being, if Your Majesty continues to attack, he will definitely lead his troops tomorrow. Moreover, the road at the foot of the mountain is his only way. Your Majesty will lead the cavalry to attack him again and will win a great victory."

Although Ma Su was very sure, fortunately, he was calm and did not say that he wanted to issue a military order.

Liu Bei asked Ma Su in a questioning tone, just to motivate Ma Su to issue a military order. If the plan failed this time, there would be a scapegoat.

Because Liu Bei knew that the price of attacking Yiling City was too high, he always surrounded him but did not attack, and wanted to surround him and attack him.

Who knew that Lu Xun just refused to be deceived and had ordered a strong attack. Zhang Nan and Feng Xi's vanguard army suffered heavy losses, while Lu Xun was still as stable as Mount Tai.

When the plan failed, Liu Bei, as the emperor, was still wise and wise, and was the generals under his command.

The role of this scapegoat is nothing more than to eliminate the complaints of soldiers and maintain the emperor's prestige. It has no worries about life, but it will be difficult to get reused in the future.

To attack a tough city is actually paving the way with human lives.

Liu Bei has always been known for his benevolence and righteousness. He dared not let his soldiers exchange their lives for cities, destroying his decades of reputation.

Liu Bei weighed the pros and cons and felt that if Lu Xun was really successful, it would be equivalent to breaking Sun Quan's backbone, and this loss was still very cost-effective! Looking at Ma Su's confident gaze, he would order Zhang Nan and Feng Xi to continue to attack Yiling City.

At this moment, Chen Zhen walked in and handed Liu Bei a piece of information.

After reading the information, Liu Bei's eyes lit up, he breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Ma Su, and said:

"You Chang, this is a reliable information sent by our army from the hidden stakes inside the Jiangdong Army. You can take a look first."

When Ma Su saw this, he asked the newspaper to say that Lu Xun killed Sun Quan's inner brother Fu Jun, and his relationship with Sun Quan was very tense. It was rumored in the army that Sun Quan intends to replace Lu Xun.

When it comes to Lu Xun's killing of Fu Jun, Wu Ban saw his head hanging on the head of the city with his own eyes. He had already reported this to Liu Bei, and there was no falsehood.

In other words, Sun Quan's dissatisfaction with Lu Xun was also true.

Ma Su had known for a long time that Lu Xun defeated Liu Bei in the end, but he did not think that Sun Quan's replacement of Lu Xun was true, but he had no evidence and could not refute it. He had to ask:

"Your Majesty, but I think Lu Xun will be replaced by Sun Quan and temporarily stop attacking Yiling City?"

Liu Bei nodded first, shook his head, and then spoke:

"Youchang, I want to stop the attack, but I don't trust you, nor am I waiting for Sun Quan to replace Lu Xun. But because the weather is hot and the army's combat effectiveness has declined. In this way, our army's losses will be too great. We want to wait until the autumn cold and then march across the board."

Losing this great opportunity to defeat Lu Xun, Ma Su knew that he was unable to turn history around and felt very regretful.

But he knew that Liu Bei had decided that if he insisted, he might be forced to issue a military order by Liu Bei and completely become a scapegoat. He said against his will:

"Your Majesty is wise!"

The fierce attack on Yiling City ended. Zhang Nan and Feng Xi received the order and felt relieved. They couldn't wait to withdraw the army to rest. The two sides entered a stalemate.

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Although Lu Xun refused to send troops to rescue Sun Heng immediately, he did not dare to let Liu Bei conquer Yiling.

To be on the safe side, he sent a large number of spies to inquire about the news, as well as gathering troops to prepare for battle at the city gate. As long as Liu Bei's army continues to attack the city, he will immediately send troops to rescue him.

Lu Xun's spies had not returned yet, but saw a large number of cavalry emerged in the valley where Lu Xun said there were ambushing a few days ago, many of which were heavy cavalry with extremely strong impact, rushing away with Liu Bei.

The Jiangdong Army was not used to cavalry warfare, but in Hefei it suffered a lot from Cao Cao's cavalry. It was defeated by Zhang Liao several times because Sun Quan's army could not resist the impact of the cavalry.

Seeing these thousands of cavalry ambush, all the generals were jealous. Once they led their troops out of the city, they were chasing the formation by the cavalry, the consequences would be unimaginable.

When Lu Xun saw Liu Bei's ambush finally showed up, the stone pressing down in his heart was put down, and he smiled and said to the generals:

"The reason why I didn't listen to your advice to attack Wu Ban's army was that I did not rashly send troops to rescue Sun Andong. It was just that Liu Bei had an ambush. Now that the ambush has been released, the siege of Yiling City will be resolved without rescue! "

Han Dang, Zhou Tai and other veterans were very convinced by Lu Xun's strategy, but they still had no confidence in him being able to defeat Liu Bei. Han Dang said with concern:

"Governor, although Liu Bei temporarily confiscated his army to escape the heat, he will make a comeback after the autumn cold. Now Liu Bei's army is defending like an iron barrel. Once the attack is attacked, the offensive will be even more fierce. It is not easy to defeat Liu Bei at first sight!"

Lu Xun originally didn't want to reveal his plans, but in order to boost morale, he thought about it and said to them:

"Although all the dukes are extremely brave, they do not know the military strategy. Liu Bei is a hero of the world and is also very intelligent and has outstanding wisdom. His troops are gathered and his rules are exquisite, so he is invincible. I have to avoid his attack for a while. Now Liu Bei turns attack into defense, and his troops are exhausted and blocked. From then on, it will be the day when our army turns defense into attack!" The generals were just impressed.

During this truce of Liu Bei, Lu Xun had a chance to breathe and could concentrate on planning a counterattack plan. Soon, he had a result. He went to Wuchang to pay homage to Sun Quan and faced with him to defeat the enemy.

After hearing Lu Xun's plan to defeat the enemy, Sun Quan said happily:

"If you have such a talent as Bo Yan in Jiangdong, why worry about being alone!"

People are holding people in the flower sedan chair, and Sun Quan praises Lu Xun and is generous with praise. Lu Xun will naturally not take the credit, so he intends to share the credit with Sun Quan.

So, Lu Xun changed the topic and asked Sun Quan about how to instigate the Jingzhou families occupied by Liu Bei.

Lu Xun was not completely flattering. Lu Xun had never thought of a good idea for these things, but he used them to ask Sun Quan, but he killed two birds with one stone, just right.

In military terms, Sun Quan is far from Lu Xun, but it is Sun Quan's strength in grasping people's hearts and judging people.

Dealing with such a fence-skinned family is exactly what Sun Quan is good at. His eyes rolled, he came up with an idea and said to Lu Xun:

"Boyan, it is too difficult to deal with these fence-leading families, but it is too complicated to send people to persuade them. Because they are all masters who do not show off their rabbits and do not show off their eagles. If they do not give them enough benefits, they will not let go! Only when their interests are damaged will they take the initiative to look for you!

After hearing Sun Quan's words, Lu Xun was a little confused!

Because these aristocratic families are originally inclined toward Liu Bei, if they use force to coerce, not to mention that Liu Bei sends troops to interfere, they may not be able to do it. Even if they do it, it will be counterproductive!
Chapter completed!