Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 2064 Tired Tactics, Three Forks

   Linchuan County.

   Lu Fan looked at the mountains in the distance, clenched his hands into fists to cover his mouth, coughed softly, and his eyes were anxious. Behind him, Zhu Zhi also looked forward indifferently, but his expression was not as tense as Lu Fan's, and he even felt a little wandering.

  Lu Fan followed the Sun family from the time period of Sun Ce, which is considered to be in the middle class, while Zhu Zhi was earlier, and he was already a golden horse in Sun Jian's year. Zhu Heng belongs to the youth group. As the relationship between the old, middle and young factions of the Sun family, it has always been a bit embarrassing.

  Sun Quan cannot do without these older generation figures, but he has always been on guard and even suppressed them behind his back.

  Even so, Sun Quan was still worried, so he stuffed Zhu Huanlai, and now he transferred another Lu Fan.

  People's trust is mutual, Sun Quan behaved like this, Zhu Zhi naturally couldn't say that he wholeheartedly worked his life for the war, Zhu Zhi also had to consider some issues after the war.

  Therefore, Sun Quan suspected that Zhu Zhi raised his own self-respect, and it became a kind of necessity.

  The question is, does Zhu Zhi really have the self-respect to support the bandits?

  When the previous question appeared, it turned into the next question. Did Zhu Zhi really not support himself?

  At this moment, it is difficult for Zhu Zhi himself to prove his innocence, unless he is like Lu Fan.

Sun Quan was more at ease with Lu Fan, not only because Lu Fan never left Sun Ce when he was poor, but also because Lu Fan had a lot of expenses and lived a luxurious life, and at the same time Lu Fan did not have a lot of money like Zhu Zhi. Therefore, most of Lu Fan's money comes from gifts from the Sun family...

  So after Zhu Huan was unfavorable in the battle of Linchuan, Sun Quan immediately transferred Lu Fan to let Lu Fan and Zhu Zhi march together to rescue Zhu Huan and quell the rebellion.

  The Linchuan in front of me still seems to be dilapidated, but there seems to be something different.

Behind the dilapidated city wall, you can vaguely see a lot of soldiers, and even some ballistas used to defend the city. On the side of the ballista, there are some shadowy figures of soldiers. If you read correctly, these are archers …

  The people of South Vietnam also have hunters who are good at shooting. This is not surprising, but there are so many now, which is a bit abnormal. Lu Fan, who has been fighting for many years, naturally saw some problems, then turned his head and said to Zhu Zhi: "Brother Junli, the number of archers on the top of the city... I'm afraid there is something wrong..."

  Zhu Zhi looked at it, nodded, and said: "If so, the Jingnan soldiers and the Yue people colluded with each other... These archers are not from the Yue people, but the Jingnan soldiers..."

   This is the gateway to Linchuan.

   To rescue Zhu Huan, we must first pry open this door.

   There is a high probability that Zhu Huan is still alive. This is not only the judgment of Sun Quan, but also the cognition of Zhu Zhi and Lu Fan. On the one hand, if Zhu Huan was really beheaded, then the South Vietnamese would definitely show off his head. On the other hand, Zhu Huan had a special Zhu Huan’s skills, and some acquaintance with Liu Bei, Zhu Huan’s subordinates and their favor, even after many years, they can still remember the lives and family conditions of his soldiers, which makes Zhu Huan have a very high prestige in the army...

  Now the Yue people and the Jingnan soldiers are linked together, which makes the Linchuan portal, which is not easy to attack, even more difficult to conquer. If you can't successfully conquer this portal, how can you enter Linchuan?

If Zhu Zhi and Lu Fan had enough troops, they could have marched hand in hand with the momentum of Mount Tai to defeat the Yue people's rebellion in one fell swoop, but now Jiangdong is not only using troops in one place, so naturally it is impossible to have enough troops to pacify Rebellion, this requires Zhu Zhi and Lu Fan to use the smallest force to do the biggest thing...

  It is like a company of later generations, exchanging the smallest penetration for the largest output.

  『How about a test attack? ’ Lu Fan asked.

  Zhu Zhi nodded.

   No matter what, you have to try it.

Lu Fan dispatched more than 2,000 people as the vanguard. He first arranged for soldiers to line up two hundred steps in front of the city wall to cover the militiamen and transport all kinds of weapons for siege. Behind Lu Fan, Zhu Zhi led Ten thousand troops lined up, ready to support at any time.

  After a busy half a day, Lu Fan boarded the command vehicle and gave an order, and the sound of war drums sounded.

  『Rush forward! 』Lu Fan raised his hand and waved vigorously.

   The car rushed on the potholed ground, staggering forward amidst the sound of horns and drums.

but. Fortunately for these Jiangdong soldiers, until they pushed the line and the chariot to the position of eighty paces together, no arrow was shot from the city, as if the people in the city didn't see them at all.

   Lu Fan frowned a little. If things go wrong, there must be demons. Lu Fan will not believe that the South Vietnamese will surrender without a fight. There is only one reason why they did not start to stop them at the first time. They take these attacks lightly.

   This worried Lu Fan more than the quick and fierce counterattack.

  『Ready to attack! 』

  The Jiangdong soldiers in front of the formation had just issued an order, and there was a burst of loud shouts from the top of the city, and then the ballista on the top of the city flew out with something...

  These black dots drew a beautiful solitary line in the air, and then quickly became larger. With a piercing roar, it smashed towards the rushing vehicles in front of the formation.

"not good! ’ Lu Fan’s heart skipped a beat.

  Although the crossbow gun of the ballista is powerful, the crossbow gun is a piercing attack. As long as it is not shot in the front, it basically does not cause much damage, but this time there are obviously other things hanging on the crossbow gun...

  『Spread out! ’ Lu Fan recognized the thing almost instantly, ‘It’s kerosene! spread! 』

  It is not easy to learn, but is it bad to learn...

General Hussars uses various equipment to fight, and there is no copyright protection in Dahan at the moment. Those who are interested will naturally learn everything they want to learn, and from a certain point of view, the oil pot hanging on the ballista crossbow gun Oil tanks are like an enlarged version of ordinary rockets, and they are not so special that it is difficult to imagine and learn to operate.

  Accompanied by the follow-up rockets, raging flames rose into the sky, and Lu Fan's first attack naturally came to nothing, leaving behind some ignited rushing cars and retreating.

  The direct damage is not that great, but it is more insulting. Lu Fan could even see the Nanyue people above the city singing and dancing from a distance, swaying with their buttocks pouted...

  Zhu Zhi approached, glanced at Lu Fan, and said, "It's better to use a certain plan...Strong attack and strong attack will only increase the loss..."

  Lv Fan was silent for a moment, then nodded and said: "Brother Jun Li, please do what you want!" 』

  Throughout the entire war, no matter whether it is China or foreign countries, before the emergence of artillery, a sharp weapon that has a significant destructive effect on the city, the defenders must have a certain advantage in the city's offensive and defensive battles. As long as there is enough food and corresponding troops, it is not uncommon to defend for the first half of the year or even a year, and it is not so rare to successfully defend for more than a year.

  Among the specific battle losses and consumption of the siege battle, as long as the attacking party’s troops are not more than five times that of the defending city, the attacking party generally cannot be said to have any advantage. Without effective large siege engines, even a ten to one force advantage is not enough to conquer a city.

  So using brute force is obviously a disadvantage.

  The method Zhu Zhi adopted was not to blindly attack, but to start fatigue tactics. He dispersed the troops and sent them forward from time to time. Most of the time it was a feint attack, but occasionally there were one or two strong attacks, which made the allied forces defending the city exhausted and did not dare to rest. there is a problem.

   In the face of interests, even brothers will turn their faces, let alone temporary allies? The definition of interest is not just money, it covers almost any aspect, and the importance of interests is not static. Even the same thing and the same thing are different for different people and at different times. Just like for ordinary families, a few pieces of paper may not be considered a benefit, but for a homeless person, they may bleed to death because of a few pieces of paper...

  At the beginning, the defenders tolerated each other, but under Zhu Zhi's fatigue tactics, whoever sleeps first and whoever rests more, these extremely subtle things in the past are magnified.

The South Vietnamese themselves are loose, let alone disciplined. When they are sleepy and tired, they lie down and sleep. Even the South Vietnamese leaders can restrain themselves at first, but after a long time, when most South Vietnamese people start to get tired, At the beginning of laziness and rest, the leader of South Vietnam had no good idea, he couldn't let him capture all his subordinates and kill them?

   Facing the laziness of the South Vietnamese, Jin Xuan's soldiers were naturally unhappy.

Originally, these soldiers of Jinxuan had a sense of superiority when facing the South Vietnamese who were also allies, but now it’s all right, but these lowly slobs are sleeping soundly one by one, and then the soldiers of Jinxuan have to spend the whole night On duty all night, can this mind be balanced?

  So, the coalition forces that originally cooperated with each other and were as close as brothers soon had a dispute because you slept a few hours longer and I lost two or three incense sticks of sleep, and then it turned into a fight...

  When problems arise within the brothers, outsiders will naturally take advantage of them.

After ten days of besieging the city, Zhu Zhi took advantage of the darkness to suddenly attack on a large scale, and the allied forces defending the city led everyone to sleep and I slept too. Of course, before he had time to react, Zhu Zhi broke through the defense line and occupied the city wall. Immediately, the whole line began to collapse, opening the city gate and fleeing separately...

  Ten days, the city was captured, neither fast nor slow. It's just that fatigue tactics also have an impact on Zhu Zhi and Lu Fan, making them have to stop and recuperate for a while.

  『Zhu Xiumu's place...』 Lu Fan is still a little worried, and this is also the main goal of Sun Quan's transfer of him. Zhu Huan was a poor general promoted by Sun Quan. If he really died like this, it would inevitably cause some potential conflicts and hidden dangers among the new and old generals in Jiangdong.

  『…』Zhu Zhi was silent for a moment.

  In Zhu Zhi's view, since Zhu Huan has issued a military order, death is a death in vain, and even if he is saved, he cannot escape the guilt, so he is not very concerned.

  『A certain person is more worried about Changsha County than Zhu Xiumu...』

  Lv Fan was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood Zhu Zhi's meaning, "Since the emperor's principles...forget it, the matter has come to this point, it is useless to think too much, quickly quell the Yue people's rebellion, let's talk about other things..."

  Zhu Zhi's worry is not unreasonable. In Changsha County, Han Xuan and his soldiers are chasing the Jiangdong soldiers who are rushing. Changsha County, one county with two administrations. Part of it belongs to Jingzhou, and part of it belongs to Jiangdong.

  Now, Han Xuan wants to swallow the whole of Changsha.

  Everyone wants to improve, and Han Xuan is no exception. The unification of Changsha County is a small goal of Han Xuan.

  Han Xuan sent people to besiege the city, and at the same time snatched the wheat that was about to mature in Changsha County. As long as he snatched the wheat, he could relieve the pressure on his own food and grass, and on the other hand, he could also support Jinxuan in Linjiang County from the side...

  The South Vietnamese rebellion is a good opportunity.

Han Xuan and Jin Xuan didn't care whether the South Vietnamese people could get fair treatment in the future. They didn't care too much about Liu Biao's death or life in the end. Both of them wanted to take this opportunity to expand themselves The basic disk has more rights and interests.

  Han Xuan and Jin Xuan, both of them are not the type who can feed the whole family by themselves. They have a large group of people who depend on them to eat. Han Xuan is surrounded by some local elders in Changsha, and Jin Xuan is surrounded by Hu people who were naturalized in the early years, so no matter how much personal affection the two of them have for Liu Biao, they must first consider their own interests Can you satisfy...

Taking advantage of the South Vietnamese rebellion, Han Xuan took Changsha and Jin Xuan took Linchuan. On the one hand, it did satisfy Liu Biao's original order of flanking, and had a certain effect of besieging Wei and saving Zhao. On the other hand, Han Xuan and Jin Xuan could also do the same. gain real benefits.

   Best of both worlds.

  However, the Jiangdong soldiers in Changsha County did not want Han Xuan to be so beautiful.

  After understanding Han Xuan's intentions, Jiangdong Bing began to secretly dispatch personnel, not to attack Han Xuan's army, but to destroy Han Xuan's wheat harvesting plan.

  Under the high and dry autumn, as long as you have a kindling on your body, you can easily ignite a wheat field...

Fortunately, Changsha area does not have as many acres of Zhuanghe fields as Jizhou and Yuzhou, so even if some wheat fields and Zhuanghe are burned, it will not spread too much. It inevitably made Han Xuan's soldiers a little exhausted.

The consequence of Han Xuan's fatigue is that the harder he tried to catch, the more he couldn't catch these Jiangdong soldiers who escaped sporadically, and then Zhuang He was secretly set on fire by Jiangdong soldiers, which made Han Xuan's original wishful plan , also turned into angry ashes little by little in the firelight.

  Han Xuan was very angry. He wanted to let the Jiangdong soldiers in Changsha and the Jiangdong Wu family stationed there know that the consequences of his anger would be very serious. Although strictly speaking, what Jiangdong Bing burned was not Han Xuan's product, but Han Xuan had already counted those Zhuanghes in his own income, and now that they are damaged, of course he can't bear it.

  Han Xuan's face was livid.

   In front of him was another messy wheat field.

  In the wheat field, the soldiers and civilians who were struggling to put out the fire and seized them were struggling. Although Han Xuan had a certain number of advantages, once they were dispersed, this advantage was not enough at all, and it was impossible to guard against. As long as Jiang Dongbing sneaked in one person secretly, it was enough to cause a fire.

  The seedlings are mature and need to be planted for a season, but it only takes less than a stick of incense to destroy the seedlings. Grain seedlings and wheat fields were destroyed here and there, and the morale of Han Xuan's men, which was originally high, was unknowingly ruined a lot.

  Han Xuan asked the boss beside him, "How much has our army lost in total?" 』

  Master Bo whispered: "About one third..."

  『Send the order down, hurry up and grab it! "Han Xuan said, "If we continue to delay, I'm afraid the loss will be even greater!" 』

  The master quickly responded.

Han Xuan turned around, led the guards back to the barracks, sat down in the big tent, looked at the map, frowned, and whispered softly: "I never thought about this Wu family... but he also has some cruel methods... Sure enough, he is not waiting for nothing... 』

   It is Wu Jing who is stationed in Changsha. Wu Jing is Sun Quan's uncle, and only with people with such a relationship guarding the frontier would Sun Quan feel more at ease.

"Shijun, this Wu family was originally a thief, good at harassing and destroying... If you fight head-on, you are timid, so how can you be your opponent..." Seeing that Han Xuan was in a bad mood, the master quickly flattered, "This Zhuang Wo, which was originally planted by the Wu family, has been burned now, but we have harvested less, so the Wu family has suffered a heavy loss? After harvesting Zhuanghe wheat seedlings, the envoy can concentrate on attacking the city. Can this mere Wu family resist the envoy's warriors? 』

  Han Xuan laughed twice, obviously feeling better. "I've been annoyed by Jiangdong scoundrels for the past few days..."

  But good moods are always scarce, and more often, bad moods occupy the vast majority of positions. During the hide-and-seek with Changsha Jiangdong soldiers, Han Xuan received two pieces of news, neither of which was good news...

   One is naturally that Cao Cao captured Xiangyang, Liu Biao died, and Liu Cong surrendered. In a sense, Han Xuan has now raised his flag to be independent, and the next step depends on Han Xuan himself.

  Another piece of news is that although Jinxuan from Linchuan trapped Zhu Huan while Jiangdong soldiers were unprepared, he was unable to win for a while, so that he could not effectively deploy soldiers, allowing the follow-up Jiangdong soldiers to break through the periphery of Linchuan...

  Han Xuan kept wandering around in the large tent of the military camp with his hands behind his back. He never thought that Liu Biao would lose so quickly, it was simply beyond his imagination. Originally, Han Xuan estimated that no matter how fierce Cao Jun was, he would not be able to conquer Xiangyang within a year or so. At that time, he could already end the battle in Changsha, and then calmly choose the next direction. But now, everything has changed. Whether it is the autumn harvest of wheat or the overall plan, it seems to be moving in a direction that Han Xuan feels strange.

   In front of Han Xuan was a three-way intersection.

  『Send the order down! Gather your troops and prepare to attack the city! 』

  Continue to slowly harvest food and grass around Changsha, obviously unable to keep up with the changes in the situation, Han Xuan gritted his teeth and ordered that he must first make a passage before he has the right to choose which direction to go!

So, after Liu Biao's death, the fighting in Linchuan, Changsha, not only did not stop because of the demise of Liu Biao, the nominal prince of Jingzhou, but became more intense. This was an unexpected and reasonable change. , so that Sun Quan had to keep deploying on the long front, and also made Jiangdong appear exhausted, and even the internal anti-war speeches began to emerge...

  (end of this chapter)