Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 321
Quanling Prefect's Mansion, War Room.

The huge sand table is horizontal in the room, Jingzhou and Jiaozhou are scaled on the wooden platform, and the mountains, rivers and cities can be seen at a glance.

The war room is Gao Shun's favorite place. When he is free, he will bring Lan Yuan and Lan Ji to teach them how to survey the terrain, where is suitable for defense, and where to camp.

Although the two little ones didn't understand much, they kept Lan Tian's instructions in mind and listened to Gao Shun's teachings very patiently.

Whenever this happened, Adou would play spinning tops outside the house, and he was not interested in such things as fighting.

Lan Tian likes to look at problems from big to small, first observe the overall situation and then slowly focus on the local area.

He picked up several wooden chess pieces similar to chess and placed them near the Yangtze River and Dongting according to the number and size. The red color represented the Jiangdong Army, and the green color represented Liu Bei’s Army. It is at Suipu Pass in the south of Guiyang.

Looking at Jiangdong's soldiers and horses in full bloom on the sand table, Lan Tianxin said that Sun Quan should have been planning for a long time this time.

Lan Tian withdrew his gaze from the sand table, and said solemnly to Hu Ke, "Now let me tell you about the situation in Changsha in detail."

Hu Ke clasped his fists and replied: "I returned to Quanling from Jiangling five days ago. When the merchant ship came to Dongting, I met Su Dudu's navy. Only then did I know that more than a thousand warships in Jiangdong had just been driven back by the storm. Su Dudu deduced from the size and quantity of the ships. The opponent's strength should be about [-], he has already reported to General Guan, and sent people to Changsha, Guiyang, and Lingling to warn."

"Warning? We haven't received it in the past two days." Gao Shun frowned.

Hu Ke continued to explain: "I bid farewell to Su Dudu and went south to the Xiangshui River. When I walked to the confluence of the Xiangshui River and the Weishui River, I suddenly found nearly a hundred Jiangdong warships with Ling characters on the warships."

"It must be that guy Ling Tong, the people sent by Governor Su may have been murdered." Gan Ning added.

Hu Ke nodded, "I thought the same as General Gan. At that time, I took advantage of the twilight to turn the rudder and escape to Dongting. Because of the lightness of the ship, Ling Tong's warship did not catch up. Later, I diverted to the branch and flowed into Zishui to escape completely. "

"Zishui couldn't reach Quanling at all, how did he come back in such a short time?" Gao Shun asked curiously.

Hu Ke swallowed his saliva, "I know the situation is urgent, so I dare not rest day and night. I passed Zhaoyang by land in Zhaoling. General, the horses and fishing boats are gifts from the common people, otherwise it would not be so fast."

Zhaoling belongs to Changsha County, and Chaoyang belongs to Lingling County. The two counties border each other. Lantian's prestige in this area is astonishingly high. I heard that Hu Ke is going to Quanling to report the emergency military situation. Officials and people on the road actively Cooperate, Hu Ke will not take a penny no matter what he eats or needs.

"Thank you." Lan Tian encouraged.

"It's what I should do." Hu Ke hammered his chest and said.

Lan Tian said to himself: "Fortunately, General Guan transferred Su Dudu to the public security. Otherwise, Jiangdong's navy would drive straight in. I'm afraid they are already threatening Jiangling. Jiangxia may have been lost now, and Fu Shiren still betrayed his brother-in-law."

"Su Dudu is still reliable. When General Guan transfers the main force of the Han River to Dongting, and then sits on the geographical advantage of Dongting Lake, even though Sun Quan has [-] sailors, he may not dare to attack." Gan Ning analyzed.

"According to Lieutenant Hu's description, Ling Tong's troops should only have 5000 people. As long as there is no other reinforcements to cooperate, it will be difficult to take down Linxiang, which has [-] defenders." Gao Shun said happily.

Gan Ning asked curiously: "What is the successor you mentioned just now? Liao Gongyuan took over Changsha in the hands of Mr. Pan, who died of illness. The two of them are very different in military affairs, but it is impossible for Ling Tong's 5000 people to take Changsha." .”

Liu Pan turned out to be Liu Biao's mighty general. At that time, Sun Ce's west was miserable. Later, Tai Shici was transferred to Jianchang to stop him. Unfortunately, he passed away shortly after Chibi. In order to balance the interests of Jingxiang gentry, Liu Bei sent Liao Li pushed to the position of Changsha prefect.

Lan Tian was about to explain his backhand when the word Liu Pan suddenly stimulated his nerves, and his eyes moved to You County on the sand table, where Liu Pan was stationed at the beginning.

If it wasn't for Gan Ning's intention, Lan Tian almost underestimated his opponent, and sweat dripped from his forehead.

There are not only warships and water troops in Jiangdong, but [-] infantry cavalry stationed in Jianchang and Haihun for a long time. After Liu Pan's threat is lifted, he mainly assists in suppressing Shanyue in Danyang County.

If this army enters Jingnan from You County, it can take Changsha with Lingtong to the north, and threaten Guiyang or even Lingling to the south, and Hao Pu only deployed a thousand guards in that area.

Sun Quan's three-line linkage from north to south this time has a total force of more than 8 to [-]. If he did not deal with it properly and lost Jingnan, it would be equivalent to marrying Jiangdong.

Lan Tian said to Gao Yuan in a deep voice: "Go and invite General Xu and General Li, there is an urgent combat mission immediately."

"Jiangdong rats are not enough to fear, how many of us are not enough?" Gan Ning looked surprised, besides him and Gao Shun, there was Barbarian King Shamoke in the war room.

Lan Tian shook his head, took out a handful of tokens from the table, and handed one of the tokens to Gan Ning.

"Because the generals are most afraid of underestimating the enemy, Ru quickly rushed to help Changsha by water. Now Quanling only has more than a thousand sailors. You can take some transport troops to make up the numbers. Remember not to fight head-on with Ling Tong in the water. Keeping Linxiang will be considered a great achievement for you." pieces."

Gan Ning took the token and asked: "Although the transportation soldiers don't need to fight, it's not easy to train them. They still stay in Quanling to transport supplies. The general will defeat Ling Tong with these thousand people, otherwise they can't be regarded as heroes."

"Then please." Lan Tian clasped his fists and saluted.

"I will not disgrace my life." Gan Ning turned around and left with cupped fists.

It was the first time for Lantian and Gan Ning to be so solemn. Now the most threatening Jingnan belongs to the middle road. The infantry and cavalry from Jiangdong can enter from You County. There is no pass to defend along the way.

The rivers in Jingnan are criss-crossed and extend in all directions. Merchants trade in peacetime, and they can transport troops and food in wartime. This is the most fundamental reason why Lantian attaches great importance to waterways.

The so-called soldiers are expensive and fast, and Gao Shun's army rushing to the battlefield, these transport ships can save time.

"Boping, you also rush to the pier immediately with the whole army. Quanling's transport ship can't finish at one time, and the rest will go to Yinshan County on foot." Lan Tian handed another token to Gao Shun.

Gao Shun solemnly took the token, "Sir, do you want to mobilize all the people?"

"Leave [-] for General Xu to support Weipu Pass." Lan Tian explained.

"Wei." Gao Shun cupped his fists.

Gao Shun and Gan Ning left the war room one after another. Sha Moke looked at the token in Lan Tian's hand eagerly, but the other party seemed to have forgotten his existence, turned his face and locked his eyes on the sand table for research.

Xu Shuang and Li Yi arrived one after another, and Lan Tian handed them two tokens respectively.

Hao Pu has [-] defenders at Suipu Pass. As long as they don't voluntarily surrender and offer up the pass, it will be difficult for the Jiangdong soldiers assembled in the South China Sea to break through the pass in a short time. Because there is no direct waterway to reach it, Xu Shuang can only choose the nearest marching route. Detour around Jiuyi Mountain from the south and enter Guiyang County.

(End of this chapter)