Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 552

"I know Yuanzhi's concerns. Tell me who is Jiangling's backer? What if someone attacks Jiangling?" Lan Tian pointed to the crux of the problem.

"Jiangling City is strong, and it can be defended by 5000 people. Unless Sun Quan uses all Jiangdong's strength, he will not be able to defeat it for a year or so. Besides, when I left Wuling, I reminded Su Dudu to strengthen the Yangtze River. Immediately warn, the city defense school captain Xiang Xun was born in the Xiang family of Jingzhou, so he should guard the city wholeheartedly." Xu Shu replied.

"That's the only one behind you? Then Xiang Xun's official position is low. If Sun Quan countered the high-ranking officials in Jingzhou, he still has the courage to defend Jiangling? Besides, there are still five thousand soldiers in the city. Yuanzhi, are you being too careless?" Lan Tian His brows were furrowed.

Although Lan Tian was full of doubts, he didn't believe that Xu Shu would let his wife, children, and mother take risks. However, in history, it was because of the rebellion of Mi Fang and Fu Shiren that directly led to Guan Yu's defeat in Maicheng.

Xu Shu suddenly responded with a smile: "How come? My second hand is your son."

"What?" Lan Tian was confused.

Xu Shu reiterated: "It's Yun Chang's prospective son-in-law, Ziyu, your son Lan's second son. Before I left, I gave him special rights. If anyone is unfavorable to Jiang Ling, Zhong Ling can kill him first and then play it."

"Yuanzhi, you are too childish. Although Zhongling is not short, he is only 12 years old after all. It is okay to play with those young soldiers. How can you entrust such a heavy responsibility to a child?" Lan Tian's face became more and more ugly, His tone also became blunt. He thought Xu Shu was taking a risk.

Seeing that Lantian was angry, Xu Shu didn't mind, but continued to explain with a smile: "Ziyu hasn't seen Zhongling for a long time, right? It's not easy for General Guan to assign him the five hundred young soldiers. As far as martial arts is concerned, the fighting power is not weak at all, and Yu Jin's [-] soldiers are guarded by them."

"Master Xu, let me be fair. You did not handle this matter properly. Five hundred children are still children no matter how strong they are. How can they stand up to Cao Bing, who is ten times stronger? If something goes wrong, it will be too late to regret it." Lan Tian After hearing this, Fazheng's face was ashen, seeing this, he quickly took over the topic.

"Hahaha, you will understand when you meet a real person. Five thousand soldiers are divided into [-] groups and imprisoned. Zhongling takes young soldiers every day and selects soldiers to practice in actual combat. Only when the soldiers win will they be fed. Eat, if you lose, you can only go hungry, when I left Jiangling, thousands of soldiers were tortured, anyway, Zhongling subverted my cognition." Xu Shu shook his head and smiled wryly.

After hearing Xu Shu's explanation clearly, Lan Tian's dignified expression finally softened a little. Thinking of Lan Ji using prisoners of war to practice duel in actual combat, he couldn't help asking: "How dare this brat do such nonsense, who taught him to practice like this?"

Xu Shu smiled and said nothing, but glanced at Gao Shun who was not far away, and the answer was so clear.

"Ahem, listening to what Yuan Zhi said, I think Jiangling is safe for the time being, but Lu Xun must be defeated as soon as possible, and these morons must be dealt with quickly, otherwise if it takes too long, the front line of Fancheng will definitely be cut off." Lan Tian changed the subject.

"Ziyu might as well rest in Linxiang for the whole night, and then go north after Yide's cavalry arrives. Anyway, it's useless to worry now." Xu Shu suggested.

It doesn't matter if Pound's cavalry can't arrive, the key is that the reconnaissance battalion must be in place quickly. He compares ceremonial intelligence in war, and it is inconvenient to deploy strategies without eyes and ears.

Lan Tian looked around, and his eyes finally fell on those porters, "Then rest and wait outside the city, since the waterway has been closed by Lu Xun, when the time comes to transport grain and grass supplies by land, these soldiers will come in handy."

"Well, it's a mistake. When you saw the dozens of grain ships, I was the one who found something wrong and recovered them in time. Otherwise, I would be a thief when I arrived at Dongting Lake." Xu Shu nodded.

Gao Shun came to ask for instructions after purging the fallen troops, and when he heard Fazheng and Xu Shu talking about Lan Ji, and heard the story of the boy using captives to train soldiers, he stood there awkwardly, at a loss for what to do.

While resting on the shore, Lan Tian talked with Xu Shu and Fa Zheng about the military situation, and learned that although Lu Xun occupied Dongting, he did not let the naval warships continue to go south, and only sent a dozen ships to patrol the Xiangshui River, which is likely to fight a protracted war posture.

Two hours later, a soldier in charge of guarding the formation ran to Gao Shun, holding a quiver made of cowhide in his arms.

The soldier clasped his fists and said, "General, Lieutenant Chu's reconnaissance battalion should be only a few miles away from us."

Gao Shun waved his hand and ordered: "Order the battalions to prepare for departure."

"only."

"General Gao, I didn't see you sending scouts, why are you so sure that the cavalry is coming?" Fazheng was very puzzled.

Gao Shun saw that Lan Tian didn't stop him, so he explained: "Did the military commander notice the cowhide quiver just now? Sleeping on the open field, you can hear the sound of horseshoes a few miles away. The more horses there are, the clearer the sound will be."

Seeing that Gao Shun spoke seriously, Fazheng immediately began to figure out the principle behind it. He felt that this method had a certain degree of credibility, and then he praised: "General Gao is really talented, no wonder my lord is full of praise for you."

Gao Shun shook his head and explained, "I never thought of such a coup, the sound of the quiver was actually taught by Mr."

Lan Tian smiled slightly and didn't shirk it. He saw this method in "Mengxi Bi Tan", and Gao Shun verified that it was really useful. Therefore, when the soldiers rested, there were always a few people lying on the ground to be vigilant.

Fazheng's admiration for Lantian deepened a bit, and he thought that this person is capable of both literature and martial arts, and he is really all-rounder.

After a while, the dust in the southern wilderness was flying, and the galloping cavalry was already visible to the naked eye.

The galloping horses were getting closer and closer, and Lan Tian saw Zhang Fei riding his horse to the front from a distance, and he saw Lan Tian and others raising their whips and cheering.

Zhang Fei got off his horse and found Xu Shu there. After greeting Lan Tian, ​​he opened his arms and threw himself at Xu Shu. It was his traditional bear hug.

"Could there be an obstacle on the road? The cavalry is not coming fast this time." Lan Tian asked Pang De and Chu Qing, leaving Zhang Fei aside.

Chu Qing lowered his head a little ashamedly, and Pang De acted a little secretive: "Uh, it's actually okay."

"Ziyu, don't blame them, it's my old Zhang who delayed the military plane." Zhang Fei walked over with a smile.

Not long after the cavalry troops crossed the Suipu Pass, scouts in front of the scout battalion found bandits robbing the road. The scouts dragged the bandits and waited for reinforcements from the rear. The identity turned out to be Wang Jin's subordinate who Xi Zhen said was causing chaos in Jiyang.

At this time, there were different opinions in the army. Chu Qing and Pang De wanted to go to Linxiang to meet up as soon as possible, while Zhang Fei wanted to take the opportunity to kill this group of people. He always felt that they were the remnants of his suppression of bandits.

Zhang Fei had the highest official position among the generals, and Pang De was once his subordinate, so he neither refused nor dared to agree.

Chu Qing's [-] scouts did not listen to outsiders' orders, but Xu Shuang, the deputy commander of the fallen army, accompanied him along the way. His task was to gather the reserve troops from the three places in Guiyang, and he would lead them to the front line to meet up.

Because Xu Shuang was more open-minded and open-minded than Gao Shun, considering that the situation of the bandit Wang Jin was already under control, and it would only take half a day to calm down, so he decided to let the reconnaissance battalion cooperate with Pound's cavalry to suppress the bandits first and then join them.

With the strong individual ability of the reconnaissance battalion, the bandits didn't realize it until the stronghold was surrounded. Most of the two thousand bandits were killed on the spot, and a few surrendered bandits were escorted to Zhenyang County. Fei was captured alive, and the entire cavalry unit was delayed in Zhenyang for nearly a day.

After learning the details, Lan Tian didn't blame him. Although soldiers take obedience to orders as their bounden duty, Lan Tian thinks that officers with unique ideas and know how to adapt are more valuable to cultivate, but they didn't expect the thief Wang Jin to be so weak, compared to Longchuan's Yueren far.

After the infantry and cavalry gathered, Lan Tian ordered Chu Qing's reconnaissance battalion to dispatch in batches immediately, and go overland to Baling for sentry. Gao Shun led the trapped army to leave immediately.

Xu Shu originally suggested that Lantian should still take the water route so that he could reach the Dongting Lake battlefield more quickly, but Lantian had his own ideas.

(End of this chapter)