The Three Kingdoms: A vicious plan was offered, and Liu Bei was stunned!

Chapter 216 Pang Shiyuan is familiar with the local customs. Lukou is a golden place.

Lukou Water Fort.

Luo Yuan was discussing an action plan with Pang Tong and others when Zhou Yu was suddenly attacked. Luo Yuan's original plan was useless!

But this battle must be fought!
Seeing that Sun Quan dared to use force against him, Luo Yuan decided to put Sun Quan in the right position.

You are just a fucking rat!
You know what, rat?

A rat should behave like a rat.

He is the Grand Marshal of the Han Dynasty. Sun Quan is rebelling, which is really against the rules.

"Zhou Yu fled with 5,000 men and lost Lukou. He will definitely not be willing to accept this. If nothing unexpected happens, he will fight back within a month!"

Luo Yuan pointed at the map with a stick. The map was rough and only had an approximate direction on it. It turned out that it belonged to Zhou Yu.

Maps are high-end products these days. If you want to make a national map that is accurate to the county level, there is none.

Don’t even think about expecting people to compile a map at this time, just hope that the system will generate one.

However, there was no need for a map for the towns around Lukou. After Luo Yuan occupied Lukou, he had no intention of continuing the attack.

He just needs to wait, Jiangdong will definitely fight back.

Just sit back and wait.

In this surprise attack on Lukou, Luo Yuan mobilized 20,000 naval forces, as well as countless veterans who should have retired. Together with the civilian laborers, the total number of people exceeded 100,000, and there were more than 30 catapults.

The catapults built by Huang Yueying and Liu Guangda in Jiangling were all used, as well as some poisonous smoke, sulfur and other materials.

The results of the battle were also brilliant. Zhou Yu and his men escaped, but most of the Jiangdong navy in Lukou were taken prisoner.

Lukou is actually the location of Chibi, where Lushui Lake and the Yangtze River meet. Zhou Yu trained his troops in Lushui Lake and built a water fort at the meeting point of Lushui Lake and the Yangtze River to cut off the two rivers. The water fort was very large.

In this sneak attack, Luo Yuan captured 40,000 to 50,000 prisoners. It was impossible to count the number of Jiangdong soldiers who were killed or wounded, since Luo Yuan was too lazy to count anyway.

Pang Tong said: "My lord, I think Zhou Yu will go to Jiayu and Chibi. Why don't we chase him and not let him gather his troops? This will give our army more time to plunder Lukou!"

Pang Tong had a good idea, and Luo Yuan also thought that Zhou Yu would be in the Chibi area, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was unnecessary.

"Shi Yuan, in terms of military strength, our army is always inferior to Jiangdong. Jiangdong has six counties. The Sun family has been operating in Jiangdong for many years and has 200,000 soldiers and horses under their command. The success of the sneak attack on Lukou this time was because our army caught them by surprise. Our army is small and it is taboo to divide the troops. Instead of driving Zhou Yu away, it is better to wait for him to take the initiative to bring people to fight. Our army's advantage lies in the freedom of the navy to come and go. The huge waterline of Jiangdong is where our army can attack."

Luo Yuan did not want to fight a positional war with Zhou Yu: "Our battlefield is on the Yangtze River. It is disadvantageous for our army to be trapped on land. This time I just want to teach Sun Quan a lesson."

Pang Tong smiled bitterly and said, "But my army is attacking Jiangdong, so I'm afraid that my lord and Young Master Sun will not be together, and Liu Bei will get the upper hand instead."

Luo Yuan laughed and said, "I want to bully Sun Quan once, and I want to take Sun Shangxiang with me. If Sun Quan doesn't bow his head and surrender, there will be no peace along the Yangtze River in Jiangdong from now on!"

Luo Yuan called Wen Pin over and said, "Zhongye, you lead 5,000 naval forces, divide them into 10 teams, sail down from Lukou along the Yangtze River, drive fast boats, plunder or harass the towns along the river in Jiangdong, and make Jiangdong restless. Tell the naval soldiers not to fight to the death and reduce losses. If the Jiangdong army chases you, you should board the boats and leave!"

Wen Pin hurriedly bowed, called the troops and issued orders, and hundreds of small boats immediately went downstream.

Luo Yuan ordered Gan Ning to stay in Lukou Water Fort and preside over the looting of nearby areas.

He and Pang Tong drank boiled water in the camp. It was not easy to drink tea at that time.

Pang Tong saw that Luo Yuan really intended to wait and see, so he didn't say much. Pang Tong remembered something: "My lord, there is a lot of money in Lukou."

"gold?"

Pang Tong had been in Jingzhou for a long time. He was an elite among the street people and was well versed in the local customs and practices. He said: "This place is rich in gold. There is a lot of gold sand in the soil and gold has been mined for a hundred years!" If you say that, I'm tempted. Why don't we occupy Lukou and stay there?
It’s still not very realistic when you think about it.

The main reason is that my strength is not enough!

If we add one more place, we will have to disperse our military strength.

The army is like a fist, and it can only be used to attack people when it is concentrated.

We can't occupy the land, but we can plunder.

Gold is not circulated in the market, but when doing business with the nobles, gold is used. It is originally used for settlement of large-scale trade.

Luo Yuan actually had a lot of gold. He had cheated the Yingchuan gentry of their wealth for a hundred years. It was enough for him to use for many years, but who would despise gold?

Luo Yuan immediately called Gan Ning to explain.

Gan Ning smiled and said, "I have already learned about this and was about to report it to my lord. There is actually a gold mine in Lukou, with more than 3,000 craftsmen. Should we send them all to Jiangling?"

"No need for that!" Luo Yuan immediately refused.

These craftsmen would be useless if they were sent to Jiangling, as there were no gold mines for them to dig in Jiangling. Moreover, these craftsmen's homes were in Lukou. Sending them to Jiangling would affect Jiangling's public security and leave unstable factors.

"Then the craftsmen will be uneasy if they are captured by our army. Tell them that they can use gold to buy their freedom. As long as each person produces a certain amount of gold, you can let them go home. In addition, do not neglect the craftsmen and let them eat well!"

Only in this way can the craftsmen be efficient. Luo Yuan knew without looking that these craftsmen were definitely beasts in human form, barely surviving.

Zhou Yu would definitely not let them eat well, even having enough to eat would be a problem.

After all, food is the army’s first priority!

"Each person gets five kilograms of rice and fish and meat every day. A craftsman can leave as long as he hands over half a kilogram of gold. If he doesn't want to leave, he only needs to give half of the gold he mines to our army, and the rest will be theirs!"

Pang Tong was stunned. That would be too cheap for the craftsmen. "My Lord, why don't you take all of them?"

"Be a kind person!" Luo Yuan smiled. If the craftsmen are not given some rewards, will they have passion?

Even with this, he feels like Zhou Baopi!
A black-hearted capitalist.

Pang Tong didn't believe Luo Yuan's words at all. He just did some calculations and felt that Luo Yuan had saved the Sun family a lot of wealth.

Gan Ning didn't care what Pang Tong thought. He would just do whatever Luo Yuan said.
Facts have long proved that it is right to listen to the lord.

The craftsmen in the Lukou Gold Field were confused at first when they heard the orders conveyed by Gan Ning.

They were very uneasy and thought they were doomed this time.

Even if he doesn't die, he will be captured and his family will be separated from him.

Didn't expect to survive?

I was simply overjoyed.

You can go home as long as you hand over half a pound of gold.

At that moment, some big brothers in society gave it a try.

(End of this chapter)