Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 551 I Have Backhands in Jiangling

Before dawn the next day, Gao Shun led the troops to board the ship at Panyu Wharf. Lantian, Fazheng and others set off later.

When the fleet sailed out of the port, the red sun slowly appeared on the sea level. The whole process of dispatching troops was swift and secret, and the people in Guangzhou and Panyu were still dreaming.

Zhong Lang led Li Yi to drive several warships to open the way ahead, and commanded the civilian ships and official ships on the way to make way for the river.

Because there are many waterways in Jiaozhou, the main mode of transportation is water transportation. Lantian has attached great importance to river dredging since it settled in, and has divided the responsible rivers for each county and county, and will send out postal supervisors for regular inspections.

Under the rule of Lantian, corvee has not been imposed, but when the people are not farming, they will be transferred by the government to clean up the river.

"The south boat and the north horse, as expected."

Fazheng saw the golden light glowing in the Yushui, and hundreds of warships marching neatly like soldiers. He looked at the water and couldn't help sighing.

"Is there enough medicinal material for the army division? The return date of this expedition is undecided, and the villages and towns on the way may not be complete." Lan Tian asked with concern.

Fazheng replied gratefully: "There is a supply for one month. Thank you General for your concern. I don't think the war will last long. If it is not enough, I can only ask Gongyan (Jiang Wan) to prepare some more, and send them to the front line with the grain ship."

"That's fine, did you keep the prescription?" Lan Tian asked.

"Uh..." Fazheng slapped his forehead and said it was bad, and the prescription Hua Tuo had prescribed to him was still in his arms.

Lan Tian smiled and comforted him: "Military advisers don't have to worry. If it doesn't work, go to Mr. Yuanhua to get the medicine. He should still remember the prescription."

Fazheng nodded and asked again: "Will we stop the boat when we pass by Quanling? Rumors of Liu Jiyu's rebellion may cause panic in the city."

"Officials have to perform their own duties. Let Zitai (Hao Pu) handle this matter by himself. I won't manage it so carefully. If things are not detailed, how long will it last?" Lan Tian shook his head.

"Many people like to hold power in their hands. When I was in Jiaozhou, I saw that the general was quite able to delegate power. There are few people with such a heart in the world." Fazheng expressed his appreciation.

"My lord is more capable of delegating power. He is our role model. In fact, being an official is the same as being a person. You can only become proficient if you have more experience, so I am willing to give the following people a chance to try and make mistakes. Besides, the military commander has seen the beach by the sea, right? The sand is tight. Instead, I can’t catch it,” Lan Tian returned meaningfully.

"Be taught." Fazheng bowed his hands and saluted.

People and officials in Jiaozhou often smile, largely because of Lantian's style of doing things. This way of working together makes the whole society harmonious, and everyone has hope in their lives.

Fazheng was deeply infected during his short stay during his treatment. He occasionally reflected on his own personality, whether he was not doing well enough, so he was depressed for the first half of his life.

From being cautious in words and deeds at the beginning to frequent exchanges on the warship, Fazheng's mentality has changed subtly.

During the waterway voyage, they stopped to rest, but they would not go ashore to do other things. It was just that during the stop at Quanling Wharf, Gao Shun dispatched several lieutenant generals to disembark. Their task was to bring reserve soldiers to the front line.

Li Yi led the fleet to brave the wind and waves, and arrived in the waters of Linxiang after eight days of travel. There were more than a dozen grain ships docked on the shore ahead.

When Lan Tian stood on the deck and was about to approach, he found someone carrying rice from the grain boat to the shore. He vaguely saw a Confucian man in a long robe with a sword hanging from his waist.

"This figure..." Lan Tian was so shocked that he couldn't speak.

"Sir, what's the matter with you?" Gao Shun asked with concern.

"Boping, do you think that looks like Master Xu?" Lan Tian asked, pointing at the Confucian scholar.

Gao Shun put his hand on his forehead and looked at it, muttering, "The figure is very similar."

"General, didn't you infer that Jiangdong attacked Jingzhou? Master Xu is not in Jiangling, why did he come here?" Fazheng was surprised.

"Let the boat go faster." Lan Tian panicked, Yuan Zhi, how could you leave your post without authorization?

"only."

Gao Shun knew what Lan Tian was thinking, and immediately went to urge the sailors to move the oars faster.

After a while, the fleet docked and landed, and Xu Shu had already greeted them.

"Ziyu, I knew you would come, and the situation might be a little bit bad." Xu Shu frowned and had no time to recall the past, and talked about the current crisis when they met.

"Yuanzhi, I remind you to be vigilant about Jiangdong, especially when Yunchang is out to fight, but why did you come to Changsha?" Lan Tian's tone was reproachful, heartbroken and helpless, thinking that you will not do anything wrong, right?

"Ziyu, don't worry. Although the situation is a bit dire, there may not be anything wrong with Jiangling. Let's go to the side and talk about it slowly." Xu Shu's extremely calm expression made Lantian feel a little relieved.

"Mr. Xu." Fazheng followed closely and walked off the boat, subconsciously bowing his hands in greeting.

"Xiaozhi is here too? Very good, very good, I heard that you accompanied Yide to Guangzhou to recuperate, but why didn't the three generals come with you?" Xu Shu was full of curiosity.

"The cavalry brought by Yide and the others may be slower to come from the direction of Guiyang." Lan Tian explained.

"Oh, so that's the case, let's go to the side to talk."

After Xu Shu finished speaking, he took Lantian and Fazheng to the open space beside him. Gao Shun didn't follow because he wanted to purge the fallen army, but he frowned and said to himself: "It shouldn't be, the distance by land is much closer. Besides, Pang De's cavalry didn't arrive, so Chu Qing's scout battalion should have arrived, it's really strange."

"Lu Xun's fleet suddenly appeared, blocked and seized our Dongting Shuikou, and continued to increase troops to Baling. If I hadn't met me when I came to Changsha to collect food, Changsha would be in danger." Xu Shu introduced with a frown.

"Jingzhou's political center is Jiangling. Even if Changsha is lost, it can be fought back. Most of the family members of the generals in Yunchang's army are in Jiangling. Once the front line is lost, the army will be in chaos. Yuan Zhi left at this critical time. Is it lack of consideration? "Lan Tian's words still contained blame.

"Don't worry, Ziyu, my wife, children and mother are also in Jiangling, so how could I carelessly forget your warning? Before I left, I already had a backup plan, and I had no other choice but to come to Changsha," Xu Shu replied solemnly.

When Lan Tian heard that there was a backhand, his tense mood immediately relaxed a lot.

Fazheng guessed: "But the front-line military rations are tight, and Yuan Zhi came to Changsha to supervise the rations?"

Changsha is the largest county in Jingnan, and it has been responsible for Jiangling's supplies for a long time, and it is also Guan Yu's most important source of troops.After Gan Ning served as the prefect, he learned from Lantian to build a transport fleet. The goods transported from Jiaozhou to Jiangling, Wuling or Yizhou were all relayed in Changsha, and the military rations transported to Fancheng were also exchanged here.

"This is just one of the reasons. Yun Changshuiyan's Seventh Army was captured and captured [-] Cao soldiers. All of them stayed in Jiangling. Not only could they not keep up with supplies, but they also had great hidden dangers. Now there are only [-] Jiangling city defense troops." Xu Shu explain.

Fazheng nodded in agreement: "Yuanzhi is right, don't take down Fancheng, but take Jiangling because of the riots of the captives."

"It was because of this consideration that I left five thousand captives in Jiangling, and sent five thousand prisoners to the police for Zifang (Mi Fang) to resettle and deal with. The remaining ten thousand people were brought to Changsha, but I did not expect Lu Xun to come. It's such an unfortunate coincidence, of course it's most likely intentional." Xu Shu's eyebrows squeezed into the word Chuan.

(End of this chapter)