Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 184

According to "Shui Jing Zhu": Wuling has five creeks, Weixiong Creek, Xixi Creek, Youxi Creek, Yuan Creek, and Chen Creek, all of which are inhabited by barbarians, so they are called Wuxi Man.

From the end of the Western Han Dynasty to the beginning of the Eastern Han Dynasty, due to the corruption of the court and the heavy government levies, the barbarians in Wuling County rose up to resist.

At that time, Wuling County was located in Yiling County, and the barbarians defeated the imperial army many times and conquered many surrounding counties.

In the end, even Yiling, the government office, was occupied by barbarians, and the imperial court had no choice but to abolish Yiling County, and moved the Wuling government office to Hanshou on the bank of Dongting Lake.

During the reign of Emperor Guangwu, Emperor Liu Xiu successively dispatched Wuwei General Liu Shang and Fubo General Ma Yuan to conquer the Wuxi Man. As a result, Liu Shang's army was annihilated because he underestimated the enemy, and Ma Yuan failed to calm down. The only way to deal with this area is to appease.

Zhuge Liang is well versed in history, and when he heard the word Wuximan, he felt a little dizzy, "There are only three thousand troops in Wuling, and I don't know why Zifang rushed in greedily."

When Zhang Fei heard that there was a battle, he immediately became interested and shouted: "Is this barbarian very powerful? Ziyu, give me a thousand people, and I will rescue Mi Zifang."

"Yide should not be reckless. The former famous general Ma Fubo also lost his halberd here. Now the troops in Jingzhou are tense. Don't get too entangled with the Wuxi barbarians. First try to redeem Mi Zifang." Zhuge Liang dissuaded.

Lan Tian frowned and said, "Since there is a problem, we should find a way to solve it completely."

After everyone discussed, it was decided to send troops from Lingling to rescue Mi Fang.

Lantian left Xu Shuang, the deputy general of the army who fell into the army, and asked him to recruit recruits for Zhuge Liang in Lingling, and then sent them to the recruit camp of Jiangwu Hall for training.

Gao Shun and Gan Ning led two thousand troops each, and Lan Tian, ​​Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei, and Hua Tuo accompanied the army. They bypassed Dongting along the waterway, and then went from Yuanshui to Chenyang.

Bringing a medical team to the expedition is now a standard configuration in Lantian operations, which can greatly reduce the loss of war.

Transporting troops and food by water is the most efficient way. After traveling in the river for only three or four days, the fleet arrived near Hutoushan in the upper reaches of the Yuanshui River.

The mountains are high, the beaches are dangerous, and the roads are rough. Because there are several obstructions in the river, the progress of the fleet is blocked.

Now that the river is blocked, if you want to continue to advance, you must either go down the river to clear the silt and rocks, or change to the rugged mountain road.

Zhuge Liang said: "Ma Fubo was trapped here in the past. The weather was very hot at that time, and the soldiers died of many diseases. I didn't expect the history to be so similar. Now the risk of marching troops is extremely high. The outcome of this time is unpredictable."

"I have sent someone to investigate and make contact. It would be best if Mi Zi can be redeemed safely, but this battle must be fought sooner or later, otherwise there will be no peace in this place in the future.

Now there is no hot summer blocking the way, and I have also prepared Mr. Yuanhua's medical team. Our conditions are much luckier than Ma Fubo. " Lan Tian said happily.

"Can the soldiers of the two generals know water?" Zhuge Liang asked suddenly.

Gan Ning clasped his fists and replied, "Master, my two thousand sailors can swim."

Zhuge Liang nodded in relief: "Fortunately, Ziyu asked you to come here with a small boat. As long as these rivers are dredged, we can continue to go up the Yuan River, so that we can avoid the dangers of the land route."

"Go down the river to clear the silt?" Gan Ning scratched his head in confusion.

Gan Ning had done this in Linwu County before. It would take a long time to completely dredge the cofferdam and cut off the flow. At that time, the weeds on Mi Fang's tomb should have been very tall.

Lan Tian immediately understood what Zhuge Liang meant, and he added: "According to the military adviser's wishes, we only need to clear a channel for boats, and there is no need to completely clear the river channel."

"Wei." Gan Ning looked around the river, and estimated that it would take three to five days to complete the work. At this time, there are so many people and great strength.

In the following time, Gan Ning's sailors took off their armor and divided into several teams to go down the river to hold rocks in turn.

The river water was not very cold at this time, and Hua Tuo asked someone to make a decoction to dispel the cold, so he didn't have to worry about the future when he started working.

Zhang Fei thought there would be a fight, but he stayed on the ship for two consecutive days, bored watching Gan Ning's sailors clearing stones in the water.

"Military Master, Ziyu, let's just go overland." Zhang Fei was bored.

"The terrain of Hutou Mountain is dangerous, and the barbarians must set up ambushes at the main roads, so we should take the waterway with peace of mind." Zhuge Liang explained.

"When you meet on a narrow road, the brave wins. Why not be afraid of a few ambushes? Why don't I be the pioneer?" Zhang Fei suggested.

"Yide, the safest way to go to Chenyang is to go by water. I think the military master has already seen the clue." Lan Tian said.

Zhang Fei looked puzzled and asked suspiciously, "What are you talking about?"

"Ziyu has also understood it, so please explain to Yide." Zhuge Liang said with a smile.

"The southwest of Wuling County is very steep. The Wuxi barbarians are familiar with the terrain. They only need to set up ambushes on the main land routes. It is very difficult to attack from the front. Mi Zifang's [-] soldiers were defeated like this.

We traveled all the way, and the water surface was unimpeded, except that there were stones filling up the river course, which was clearly done deliberately by someone. If I expected it to be correct, someone was secretly observing at this time. "Lan Tian smiled leisurely.

"The river here is relatively narrow, and it's relatively easy to use hands and feet. The barbarians want to lead us to land, but we have to do the opposite. They will be the ones who panic." Zhuge Liang reminded.

Looking at the many rocks protruding from the river, Zhang Fei said in disbelief, "How did so many rocks get sent to these places?"

"It's enough to pull dozens of boats of sand and stones and dump them here." Gan Ning interrupted to explain, that's what he did when he was dredging the cofferdam in Linwu.

"So it is." Zhang Fei suddenly realized.

Four days after clearing the river, a passable waterway has slowly formed.

The shoals that are really difficult to pass, small and light boats can go down the river to pull fibers.

Zhuge Liang reminded Gao Shun: "We will finish the dredging soon. There are trees shaking on the other side and up the mountain in the past two days. I guess the barbarians can't set up an ambush by land, and they may attack by water. General Gao pay attention to cover the sailors."

Gao Shun nodded and said: "The army in the formation is always in a state of combat, but it is only limited to fighting on board."

"If there is an enemy attack, just suppress it with bows and arrows." Lan Tian added.

"Wei." Gao Shun responded with cupped fists.

Half a day later, the sailors were cleaning up the last stage. At this time, Zhang Fei, who was yawning, suddenly heard a whistle in his ear.

"beep beep"

This is the exclusive whistle for the early warning of the fallen army. There are hundreds of small boats densely packed upstream, most of which are fishing boats, with barbarians in foreign costumes and crossbows standing on the bow.

"Ready to fight." Gao Shun yelled loudly, and the soldiers on the ship stood in three rows, the soldiers in the front row defended with shields, and the soldiers in the back row all drew their bows and set up arrows, waiting for the barbarians to throw themselves into the net.

Gan Ning directed the ship to turn the rudder across the river, and several ships formed a wide attack surface.

The barbarians were going to be caught off guard, but when they went down the river, they found that this was not the case. Except for dozens of sailors busy in the river, everyone else had already boarded the warship.

Fishing boats are judged against the speedboats.

(End of this chapter)