Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 856 A Letter From Home From Afar

Since Sun Ce's conquest of Jiangdong, the local gentry did not have a stable life. During Sun Quan's foreign wars, they lost more than they won, and their national strength gradually shrank to become the weakest of the three.

When the enemy army came to the city, the gentry would surrender for the sake of profit, but now it was a little earlier. In addition, Hu Ke controlled the Jianye army, so he had to obey Zhang Zhao's order.

The rich are more concerned about gains and losses than the poor, and they are very active after they decide to surrender. Letters persuading them to surrender are sent outside the gate of the house in baskets, and Jiefan guards on duty send them to the dock.

In less than a day, Hu Ke collected thousands of family letters. He knew the weight of these family letters, so he let the cargo ship take away a batch before collecting them all.

When Hu Ke's cargo ship passed Pengli Water Village, Gan Ning was leading his troops to besiege Chaisang City. Xu Sheng defended the isolated city and resisted. When he learned that Hu Ke had controlled Jianye, Gan Ning asked Sun Neighbor and Zhang Cheng to come to the front of the battle every day to persuade him to surrender. .

In late August, a cargo ship full of family letters passed through Pengli, Nanchang, and Xingan, and finally docked at Yichun Wharf.

At this time, under the support of Ding Feng, Lan Yuan led the army to capture Yichun, and directly cut off Lu Fan's supplies.

During this period of time, Lu Fan had Zhu Huan and other fresh troops to help out, and began to attack regardless of the cost. The active forces of both sides were decreasing day by day.

As the main attack, the Wu army suffered even greater losses in the battle. Ten thousand people were injured and seriously injured in more than ten days, and the Lantian side suffered nearly [-] casualties.

If there is any change in the two armies after that, if the battle continues according to the current battle losses, the Lantian side will be wiped out in more than a month, while the Wu army can survive nearly [-] soldiers, so Lu Fan will not retreat after such a sacrifice.

The situation on the battlefield cannot remain the same. Lu Fan’s optimism comes from the source of pressure behind him. Pingxiang was evacuated by Xi Zhen before, and all materials had to be transported from Yichun by land. It only lasted for three to five days, but Lantian's supply was quite sufficient.

After the decisive battle with Lu Fan began, due to the geographical distance, Lan Tian did not have enough information on Lan Yuan, Gan Ning, Hu Ke and others. , to the counties in the jurisdiction to recruit reserve personnel.

When the soldiers in the battalion are about to be overwhelmed, they will be transferred to the front line to delay time, and Lantian still has the last hole card that is useless, and that is Xindengzhuang in Linwu County.

Xindengzhuang has a tradition of practicing martial arts during slack farming. Now it has developed into a large village with 2 people. There are thousands of young and strong people who can be drawn out to fight. They can fight the enemy without training, and they are very willing to fight with Lantian.

Suddenly one day, Wu Jun did not attack when the time came. Lan Tian looked at the city in the distance and smiled, thinking that the strategy of drawing salary from the bottom of the pot was probably successful.

Two days after Lanyuan captured Yichun, Lu Fan dragged his exhausted body back to his residence, and after he and his generals arranged for tomorrow's combat mission, he was asked to take off his cloak and lay down on the couch. He heard someone calling him in a daze, and opened his eyes. At first glance, he found that it was his son Lu Ju.

"The Shiyi is here." Lu Fan called out.

Lu Ju beckoned lightly, and the waiters outside the door filed in one after another, and began to deliver food to the tent.

"Father, please rest after dinner." Lu Ju helped Lu Fan up.

Lu Fan sat up and glanced at the table, immediately frowned displeased, and asked: "Why are there only a few small dishes, how can it be enough for my father?"

"Er, father, you can eat some first, and I'll ask someone to prepare more tomorrow night." Lu Ju clasped his fists in embarrassment.

Lu Fan was a county magistrate when he was young. When he proposed marriage, he was disliked by his mother-in-law from a wealthy family because of his ordinary family background. If it weren't for his outstanding birth, his wife Liu would not have married him.

Mrs. Liu is beautiful and her family is well-off. After marrying her, Lu Fan’s quality of life has improved. He has gradually developed a character of timely enjoyment and even extravagance. Wronging myself, there are more than a dozen exquisite side dishes to accompany the wine every night.

When Lu Fan saw that only five or six dishes were submitted on the case, his good mood suddenly fell to the bottom. After hearing Lu Ju's explanation, he didn't feel relieved, but continued to ask: "I personally took command of Mao Shishi, and you do all the little things in the rear to manage food and grass. not good?"

Lu Ju wiped off the sweat from his forehead, and explained sincerely: "It's not that the child is unwilling to work hard, it's because there is not enough food in the city, that's why I did it."

"Where is the excuse? There should be fresh fish delivered in Yichun every day. If you are lazy, you can be lazy. What excuse are you looking for here?" Lu Fan said when he was excited, he slapped the table heavily, and knocked over the table. A bowl of stewed radishes.

Lu Ju replied with a bitter face: "No one has brought supplies to Yichun for two days, so there is no fresh food in the city. If there are a few more days of shutdown there, the white rice for each battalion will not be able to be supplied. My child will come tomorrow." Then send people to Yichun."

Lu Fan stood up abruptly, and said sharply, "Why didn't you report such an important matter earlier? How dare Luo Tong dereliction of duty? Send someone to Yichun tomorrow to inquire about the crime, and ask him what he wants to do?"

"Why don't you wait a little longer? After all, it's still a time of war. If you push Gong Xu into a hurry, he might continue to be passive," Lu Ju persuaded.

"Shi Yi is right. As a father, he stayed in Yichun to receive food and grass because he was born in Jiangdong. But how can it be a joke to supply the army? Tomorrow you will take your confidant to Yichun, and then take his post in Yichun. Since the task of superintendent can't be done well, let him go to the front to fight." Lu Fan didn't allow himself to be stuck.

Lu Ju nodded slightly, then pointed to the dishes on the table and asked, "Take a look at today's dinner."

"I can only eat some."

Lu Fan was hungry and had no choice but to give in. After eating, he returned to the couch to rest with dissatisfaction.

In the early morning of the next day, the door of Lu Fan's room was knocked loudly. He had just rubbed his sleepy eyes when he saw Lu Ju appearing in front of the bed with anxiety written all over his face.

"What are you doing in such a hurry early in the morning? Shouldn't you be preparing to go to Yichun? What are you doing in Weifu's room?" Lu Fan frowned.

"Father, something is wrong, Yixing has sent supplies today." Lu Ju answered with a swallow of saliva.

"Does Luo Gongxu have an ear for the wind? Hearing the conversation between our father and son last night, he sent supplies to the front line overnight?" Lu Fan felt inconceivable.

Lu Ju shook his head and replied, "You'd better go and see with me. Those supplies are not for food, they are all letters from the soldiers."

"Book from home?"

Lu Fan stood up suspiciously and stretched out his hands. Lu Ju consciously walked over to change his father's clothes. The father and son then rode away to the treasury where the grain was stored in the city.

The newly delivered cloth bag was full of letters from Jianye, and Lu Fan opened one with a bad premonition, the contents of which shocked him like copper bells.

General Ben fought hard on the front line, and Zhang Zibu took the lead in surrendering again?

(End of this chapter)