Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 862

The matter of the family letter was put on the table, like opening a Pandora's box, and it quickly rose and fermented among the camps.

Although there was no mutiny in Lu Fan's camp due to family letters, many soldiers went outside the camp to look for food on the pretext of being hungry, and never came back.

In the early morning of the next day, the cooks in the army once again made soup with wild vegetables to satisfy their hunger. Many soldiers escaped at night. The generals of each battalion counted the number of people before breakfast, and a total of 5000 escaped.

Lu Fan was shocked when he knew the situation, and thought that according to this speed of escape, these tens of thousands of people would soon run away.

"Father, bear with me, there will be food in Yichun, and the child is already cold." Lu Ju personally brought him a bowl of wild vegetable soup.

As soon as the bowl was delivered to his mouth, Lu Fan's nose instinctively rejected the smell of wild vegetables. Since he followed Sun Ce to Jiangdong, he has never been in the current situation, but his stomach is growling.

Lu Fan frowned and closed his eyes, raised his head and poured the hot soup down his throat, leaving two pieces of wild vegetables intact in the bowl. He had developed the habit of luxury for a long time, and he couldn't swallow these things at all.

"Except for the deserters in each battalion, how is the morale of the soldiers?" Lu Fan handed the bowl back.

Lu Ju shook his head and replied: "I haven't eaten well for two days, and the spirits of the soldiers are relatively poor."

"I have to think of a way to motivate." Lu Fan said to himself first, and then suddenly he thought of something, "Let the soldiers set up camp after breakfast, and give them encouragement for the father before he arrives at the battle."

"Wei." Lu Ju clasped his fists and left.

The breakfast of the soldiers was wild vegetable soup, not to mention how fast they ate it. As soon as they were assembled in formation, Lu Fan rode his horse to the front of the team.

"General." Zhu Huan and the others cupped their fists in salute at the same time.

Lu Fan held down the reins and nodded in response, scanning the front and found that, as Lu said, all the soldiers looked pale.

"Everyone, today's battle is a matter of life and death. I'm afraid Lan Yuan won't be scared by such a military appearance. You have to encourage the part and make some appropriate promises. I will try my best to be satisfied after the victory." Lu Fan's face was serious.

Zhu Huan, Quan Cong and the others were silent, but Sun Song was the only one who said it bluntly, "What you say at the moment is empty. The biggest wish of the soldiers right now is to have a good meal. No one is interested in beauties in the fields."

Lu Fan nodded sullenly, "What Ziqiao said is absolutely true, as long as Yichun can be captured, everything can be easily solved."

"If there is not enough food in Yichun, the general needs to make the worst plan. We actually bypass Yichun and go to Xinyu, where the city is low and easy to attack." Liu Dun made another suggestion.

"Detour? If the Yichun defenders send troops to attack, what can we do?" Lu Fan frowned and asked back, thinking that you didn't say that yesterday, wouldn't you just be a dog-headed military adviser if you change around?

Liu Dun smiled wryly: "The soldiers will block the water and cover the soil. I guess Yichun's soldiers are too few to attack. Moreover, marching and attacking in order, either because of terrain restrictions, or because the supply line in the rear is unblocked. Our army has no more troops. The supply line is now open, so we don’t have to stick to the art of war completely, the terrain here is so wide, we can go around at will.”

"This is also a way. Intimidation and detour go hand in hand. Let's see Lanyuan's courage first. If we don't back down, we will make a detour to Xinyu." Lu Fan nodded affirmatively.

"Xinyu is still a day or two away from here. Even if the soldiers insist on going there in this state, can they really capture that small city for supplies? What if Xinyu also has many defenders?" Sun Song frowned. .

"Xiu Mu (Zhu Huan), your people have inquired about the situation in Xinyu?" Lu Fan asked.

Zhu Huan clasped his fists and replied: "There shouldn't be too many defenders, but Xinyu itself has a small city, so I don't know if there are enough supplies for tens of thousands of troops."

Lu Fan nodded gratifiedly, "It is good to have food, and I can relieve Ziqiao's worries. There are still a small number of horses in the army. When we arrive in Xinyu, we will be hungry. We will kill horses to satisfy our hunger. The soldiers attacked the city hungry."

"That's a good idea." Sun Song was overjoyed at first, but suddenly became worried: "It's just that if we lose our horses, we won't even have our ranger scouts."

Lu Fan said in a deep voice: "I can't control that much anymore, let's solve the immediate problem first, the generals will quickly deliver the order, let's go to Yichun immediately, remember to have enough momentum, and shout louder for me when we get to the city."

"Wei." The generals clasped their fists and accepted the order.

The generals of Wu Jun were encouraged, and their mental outlook changed quickly, and their eyes were full of hope.

Lu Fan looked back from time to time, secretly praising the generals for their reliability at critical moments, but he had no idea of ​​the methods these people used, in fact, he had already revealed Lu Fan's trump card to kill the horse.

Lu Fan's camp is only ten miles away from Yichun, and their whereabouts are under the control of the scouts. In addition, they took in a lot of deserters last night, so Lan Yuan has a better understanding of Lu Fan's situation.

At three o'clock in the morning, Lu Fan led his army to approach Yichun City.

The generals of the Wu army thought that Lan Yuan would defend the city to the death, but when they were about to approach, there was a dazzling light shining under the city?
"What's the reflection under the city?" Lu Fan was puzzled.

Not long after, the scouts reported back, it was an army waiting in formation, judging from the full armor attire, standing under the city was an army of stragglers, and there were as many as [-] in number.

"5000 people? Go out of the city to fight against our nearly [-] people. Is Lan Yuan crazy? No matter how strong the army is, it's impossible?" Sun Song looked at the master Liu Dun suspiciously, thinking that he didn't guess that this guy was timid ?It seems that the courage is not only not small, it seems to be a little big.

Liu Dun was stunned when he heard that, and immediately replied, "Maybe Lan Yuan has the same intentions as us, deliberately trying to scare us off with Chen Bing."

Lu Fan looked at the 'Military Adviser' Liu Dun with a sad expression on his face, and asked, "Half of the trapped troops have already left the city. I'm afraid we can't go around. What should we do now?"

"Fighting in the field is easier than attacking a city. Half of the trapped troops go out of the city to seek their own death. He will not dare to take the initiative to attack when he sees us outnumbered. The general can send brave generals out to fight. If he can kill two enemy generals, or just kill us Kill Lanyuan, and then launch an attack, the enemy will be in chaos, and we can take advantage of the chaos to attack and enter the city, which is much easier than climbing the top of the city." Liu Dun's mind was active, and he immediately came up with a plan.

Lu Fan nodded slightly, looked around at the generals and said: "We don't have any siege equipment, and Mr. Ziren's plan is very good. Now that life and death are at stake, you can no longer cover up, otherwise our army is finished, and the entire Jiangdong will be destroyed. It's over."

"General Ziheng is right. We are the most important force in Jiangdong. We cannot let the father and son of the Lan family be trapped and starved to death here. , this general will go to lead the battle." Sun Song said sonorously, he inherited Sun Yi's boldness, and second, he thought that Liu Dun's analysis was good yesterday, and he felt that there was nothing special about Lan Yuan.

"Zi Qiao said well, if someone else comes, I will fight instead." Zhu Huan patted his chest.

(End of this chapter)