Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 212 Are You A Reckless Man?

Lantian defeated Lv Meng in Moon Bay and Shamoke successfully robbed the camp by land. The most important thing is the beacon tower along the river. This strategic idea comes from Guan Yu's defense in Jingzhou.

After fighting for so many years, Gao Shun finally had a deep understanding of the importance of intelligence work.

After disbanding the tents, Gao Shun and Gan Ning followed Lantian to the edge of Yushui. At this time, the sun was setting and the sky was shining golden on the river.

Seeing Lan Tian's melancholy expression, Gan Ning asked suspiciously: "This battle is exactly the same as before the battle. It seems that you are still worried, sir. What are you worried about?"

Lan Tian smiled and replied: "Jiangdong soldiers can be defeated but indestructible. At this time, Cao Cao is still relatively strong. Lu Meng's army cannot be wasted in our hands. We still need them to resist Cao Cao."

"Sun Quan really doesn't know how much rice there is in the pot." Gan Ning said disdainfully.

"The Jiangdong water army is indeed powerful. If it weren't for the master's strategizing and ingenious tactics, Lu Meng has already approached Bushan City at this time, and the entire Yulin County will be determined by a battle. It's just a pity that these warships are real. If they are not destroyed, General Gan It still works." Gao Shun sighed.

Gan Ning laughed: "I can't tell that Boping is still a frugal person. Mr. Quanling Army Workshop has trained a lot of craftsmen. In fact, it is really easy to build buildings and warships, so there is no need to pick up Jiangdong's stinky fish. Rotten shrimp."

Lan Tian shook his head lightly: "To fight for the world requires careful planning. The current strength and output of the four Jingnan counties are not enough to support a large and well-equipped navy. We will slowly build ships after we take Jiaozhou down."

Gao Shun asked suspiciously: "Sir, when can we plan to cross over to the prefecture? Although the entrapment army is not here, the Wuxi Man also obeys the command quite well. I am confident to defeat Lu Meng."

"It's still the same sentence. Jiangdong's soldiers are invincible and indestructible. We must let them retreat. Twenty thousand soldiers consume a lot of food and grass every day. We just need to hold on to the land and Lu Meng will definitely retreat sooner or later."

Gan Ning laughed and said, "It's unfortunate to be the opponent of Mr. Lai, just like Huang Hansheng, who is about to become famous."

"Mr. is really wise." Gao Shun hesitated to speak.

Lan Tian nodded slightly and did not speak. He still planned to hide it as much as possible at this time, completely unaware that his strength was almost beyond his control.

Lu Meng lost countless warships in Moon Bay, and dozens of surviving ships returned to Guangxin. Lu Fan was stunned when he knew the situation.

"Why did Ziming do this?" Lu Fan asked puzzled.

Lu Meng lowered his head with shame on his face, "This is my fault for underestimating the enemy. After the battle, I should write to my lord to plead guilty."

Lu Fan frowned, "According to Cangwu's surrender, Lai Gong's Yu Lin navy is not many, even if we have these dozens of ships left, they are incomparable to them, can we rely on the remaining ships to attack again?" waterway?"

Lu Meng shook his head quickly when he heard this, "Lai Gong is an amazing talent. I finally know why he occupies the high ground on the south bank. It turned out that he used the beacon tower to monitor our army's movements. If the remaining boats are burned by his fishing boats, even if we can Even if they successfully captured Jiaozhou, they would be ashamed to see Jiangdong's elders."

"I heard that Wen Gui was also defeated on land?" Lu Fan asked again.

"It was not Pan Wengui's fault that the land camp was robbed. His main force was at the riverside to meet the deserters by water, so Lai Gong took advantage of the loophole. Although the food and grass were burned by the enemy, not many soldiers were lost. We I have ordered him to retreat a hundred li and go down to the stronghold," Lu Meng replied.

"Why retreat so far?" Lu Fan was very puzzled.

Lu Meng said solemnly: "Lai Gong has set up a beacon tower on the mountain on the south bank, we can no longer camp on the north bank, otherwise every move will be under the control of the other party."

"Hey, it's too bad for Ziming to abandon Jiangdong's superior navy and turn to attack by land." Lu Fan sighed.

"There is no way around this, but Ziheng don't need to worry. Jiangdong Jianer once defeated Huang Zu in Jiangxia. There is no dangerous terrain in the north of Yushui. Even if Lai Gong has some strategies, it will not help. Our current strength is far superior to the opponent's. Pushing directly from the north bank, Jiaozhou can be settled in a battle." Lu Meng said coldly.

Lu Fan nodded first, and then suggested: "Now I will send someone to Nanhai to meet Ziqi, and ask him to transfer all the county's middle step riders to you?"

"It's not necessary. If I can't win with the superior force, I, Lu Meng, just go back to Jiangdong to farm. Ziheng just needs to maintain the supply of food and grass." Lu Meng shook his head and smiled.

Lu Fan was amused by Lu Meng's words, "Ziming can go without worry, I will immediately open the county granary to adjust the grain."

In ancient times, food transportation by land consumed a lot, and there was a risk of being robbed halfway, so heavy troops were sent to escort along the way. If the transportation distance was a little longer, when the food and grass arrived at the destination, at least [-]% of the remaining food would be consumed, and if more, it would be eaten Drop more than half.

Waterway transportation has the advantages of large volume, fast speed, low consumption, and not easy to be robbed, so water transportation is used wherever there are waterways.

The grain of Panzhang’s land route and Lumeng’s water route were basically stored on the building boats and fighting ships. However, after the defeat of the Jiangdong Navy in Moon Bay, most of the grain on board sank into the river, fattening half of the fish in Yushui River. shrimp.

Lu Fan then asked people to open the Guangxin granary, but found that there was not much rice in the granary, which could only support the army for more than ten days. It turned out that Wu Ju had resorted to militarism in Cangwu, and there was not much left.

Lu Meng looked at the granary and sighed: "No wonder Wu Ju has only a few thousand soldiers left in the past few years. This little food can't support any army."

"Ziming, let's transport the grain away first, and I'll transfer the grain from other counties. We can also transport it from the South China Sea. If it's not good, we can send it to Shi Xie or the lord."

"There is enough food in these two counties."

Before Lu Fan finished speaking, Lu Meng quickly took over the conversation, saying that Shi Xie could play the autumn wind, if the shameful story of Moon Bay was reported to Jianye, I don't know how the lord would feel.

Lu Meng rested in Guangxin for half a day, loaded up with rice and went to the front line.

At this time, Pan Zhang had ordered people to set up camp on the north bank of Yushui River, but the morale of the entire army was unprecedentedly low. After Lu Meng arrived, he ordered people to cook with fire, and used food to boost the confidence of the soldiers.

After the whole army had dinner, Lu Meng called Pan Zhang to discuss the military situation.

Lu Meng: "Wen Gui, is there any change in Lai Gong's land troops?"

Pan Zhang shook his head and said: "I've never seen such a brazen person. Lai Gongming clearly has a lot of soldiers and just stays put. Yesterday I sent troops to meet the navy, and he immediately sent soldiers to steal food from the camp. He didn't dare to confront him directly. Our army fights.

Later, when I was retreating, I intentionally stayed behind to ambush, but this guy didn't take advantage of the victory to pursue, it wasted my efforts."

Lu Meng nodded, "I didn't expect Lai Gong to be so cautious in deploying troops. How can you find out who will be the leader of his land troops?"

"He calls himself the Barbarian King Shamoke, and he looks like a reckless man in appearance." Pan Zhang replied.

Lu Meng saw that Pan Zhang didn't speak, and thought to himself, aren't you a reckless man?
(End of this chapter)