Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

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Walking boats are small and maneuverable. In congested rivers, they are like motorcycles when the highway is congested.

Lu Meng used the command flag as his banner on the walker, and quickly interspersed with the central position of the fleet to continue commanding. After an hour, he withdrew from the "Stone Array" area hundreds of meters away.

Because of countless warships that were burned, stranded, and sunk, in the end the fleet only had a small number of warships, and only three battleships remained in the rear. Although only hundreds of people were killed, the formation of warships was completely unorganized.

After Pan Zhang learned of the danger in Moon Bay, he immediately dispatched personnel to the shore to pick up those who fell into the water.

At this time, Pan Zhang's land camp was empty, so Gao Shun ordered Shamoke to rob the camp and burn food and supplies.

Due to the disparity in the number of troops, Samoco's Wuxi barbarians were especially uninhabited.

"General, there is a fire in the direction of our camp. It may be that Lai Gong went to rob the camp." Ma Zhong quickly reminded.

Pan Zhang was shocked, why is there fire everywhere today?

Never expecting that Lai Gong would launch an attack suddenly, Pan Zhang gritted his teeth and said, "You are here to meet the navy, and I will bring my troops back to the camp."

"Let's go, general." Ma Zhong urged.

Pan Zhang led more than a thousand cavalry from his headquarters and rushed back to the camp. Because there were no horses in the south, they were mainly infantry. The [-] barbarian soldiers in Shamoke only had [-] cavalry, while Pan Zhang returned to aid with only [-] cavalry.

The two armies had been at each other on the north bank for too long, and the Jiangdong soldiers were a little paralyzed after spending all day in the same place, so Sha Moke suddenly led the army to kill them, and they were caught off guard.

Shamoke killed the soldiers who stayed in the camp, and retreated calmly after burning the supplies and food.

When Pan Zhang retreated to the camp, he couldn't help but cursed when he saw the incomplete flag, the charred grain and grass, and the messy luggage all over the ground.

The rear army of Shamoko was faintly visible in the distance, and Pan Zhang chased after him with the two hundred cavalry in a rage.

Sha Moke broke the back himself, and heard the sound of horseshoes behind him. He reined in the horses and led more than a hundred horses to stop at the same place. The camp robbery just now was really not enjoyable.

The strength of Pan Zhang's soldiers and horses is far from that of the entrapment army. The [-] Wuxi barbarians have not yet caught an opponent. After the battle started, the situation was completely one-sided.

The two cavalry lined up and confronted each other, forming a situation of fighting generals in front of the formation.

Pan Zhang saw Shamoke's tall stature and his bearded face, which made him not easy to provoke, especially when he saw the barbed wire in his hand.

"You look like a general, and you are going to die if you catch up now?" Sha Moke held a barbed wire and a bone, and looked at Pan Zhang who was rushing forward with a playful face.

Pan Zhang frowned and shouted angrily: "I am Pan Zhang, Captain of Wumeng, you barbarians, dare to provoke my Jiangdong Heavenly Soldiers, is it because you think you're dead?"

"It turned out to be a school lieutenant? If you don't retreat quickly, is it because you think you have a long life? My barbed wire will kill no one." Sha Moke coldly snorted disdainfully.

Pan Zhang is reckless, brave, and dissolute by nature. After he was choked back by Sha Moke, he immediately rushed out to fight with him. Fortunately, the general who was beside him tried his best to stop him, so he suppressed his monstrous anger.

"General, we have too few soldiers. If we are restrained by this barbarian, wouldn't it be dangerous if the other party encircled us again..." General Pi reminded.

Pan Zhang tried his best to restrain his emotions, and asked through gritted teeth: "You look down on me as a captain, what is your official position?"

Shamoke thought that he could fight, but the guy in front of him could only talk. He replied coldly, "I am the barbarian king, Shamoke. Do you have the guts to fight me?"

Just as Pan Zhang was about to step forward, General Pi said again, "General, don't show off your bravery..."

Sha Moke's sudden attack made Pan Zhang have to take precautions. He responded in a cold voice: "It's what a man does to be brave and ruthless. I will fight you to the death again in the future..."

After Pan Zhang finished speaking, he led the two hundred cavalry to retreat quickly. Sha Moke couldn't help laughing when he saw this, and he sneered at the leader beside him and said: "It's a pity that this guy led his troops to chase and dare not fight. It's a pity that Jiangdong's good rice Grain, to raise such a bunch of waste."

After Sha Moke returned to the camp, he reported to Gao Shun. At this time, Lan Tian and Gan Ning had already secretly arrived at Jiangbei Camp.

"General Lan is really a genius, we advance and retreat according to the semaphore, there is no risk at all." Shamoke said excitedly.

With only [-] fishing boats in Lantian, he replaced [-] warships in Jiangdong. Shamoke finally understood what Gan Ning said, and he would never suffer a loss if he followed Lantian. The fire sank into Yushui.

"Chief Sha succeeded in robbing the camp. Lv Meng's army will retreat sooner or later due to lack of food. I will ask everyone for credit after the success." Lan Tian said with a smile.

Sha Moke scratched his head, and said with a straightforward face: "I finally know why General Gao and General Gan are so confident. General Lan basically deduced the battle situation exactly."

Lai Gong also had a smile on his face, "The world-famous Jiangdong Navy is nothing more than that, and with General Lan as the backing, Jiaozhou has no worries."

Lan Tian nodded and said, "Hundreds of Lü Meng's warships were burned in this battle, but their strength was not lost. I guess there will be fierce battles on land. You should not take it lightly."

"Jiangdong's soldiers and horses are nothing more than that. There will be no mistakes under the command of General Gao on land. If Lu Meng dares to march by water, let's use fireboats to stop them at Moon Bay." Gan Ning said excitedly.

"Whether it's by water or land, it's a pleasure to fight with General Lan. It's a pity that Pan Zhang just now is as timid as a mouse, and General Gao told me not to enter lightly, otherwise I will kill him." Shamoke said with some disappointment.

When Lan Tian heard that it was Pan Zhang, he immediately frowned and said, "If you meet this general next time, Chief Sha, don't be intimidated..."

Pan Zhang is one of Erye's core enemies, if he can cut off the potential threat earlier, it can be regarded as Lan Tian's contribution to Guan Yu in advance.

"With General Lan's words, I will definitely fight to the fullest next time." Sha Moke laughed.

Chapter 211 Aren't you a reckless man?

Lantian defeated Lv Meng in Moon Bay and Shamoke successfully robbed the camp by land. The most important thing is the beacon tower along the river. This strategic idea comes from Guan Yu's defense in Jingzhou.

After fighting for so many years, Gao Shun finally had a deep understanding of the importance of intelligence work.

After disbanding the tents, Gao Shun and Gan Ning followed Lantian to the edge of Yushui. At this time, the sun was setting and the sky was shining golden on the river.

Seeing Lan Tian's melancholy expression, Gan Ning asked suspiciously: "This battle is exactly the same as before the battle. It seems that you are still worried, sir. What are you worried about?"

Lan Tian smiled and replied: "Jiangdong soldiers can be defeated but indestructible. At this time, Cao Cao is still relatively strong. Lu Meng's army cannot be wasted in our hands. We still need them to resist Cao Cao."

"Sun Quan really doesn't know how much rice there is in the pot." Gan Ning said disdainfully.

"The Jiangdong water army is indeed powerful. If it weren't for the master's strategizing and ingenious tactics, Lu Meng has already approached Bushan City at this time, and the entire Yulin County will be determined by a battle. It's just a pity that these warships are real. If they are not destroyed, General Gan It still works." Gao Shun sighed.

Gan Ning laughed: "I can't tell that Boping is still a frugal person. Mr. Quanling Army Workshop has trained a lot of craftsmen. In fact, it is really easy to build buildings and warships, so there is no need to pick up Jiangdong's stinky fish. Rotten shrimp."

Lan Tian shook his head lightly: "To fight for the world requires careful planning. The current strength and output of the four Jingnan counties are not enough to support a large and well-equipped navy. We will slowly build ships after we take Jiaozhou down."

Gao Shun asked suspiciously: "Sir, when can we plan to cross over to the prefecture? Although the entrapment army is not here, the Wuxi Man also obeys the command quite well. I am confident to defeat Lu Meng."

"It's still the same sentence, Jiangdong's soldiers are invincible and invincible. We need to make them retreat. Twenty thousand soldiers consume a lot of food and grass every day. We just need to stick to the land and Lu Meng will definitely retreat sooner or later..."

Gan Ning laughed and said, "It's unfortunate to be the opponent of Mr. Lai, just like Huang Hansheng, who is about to become famous..."

"Mister is really... wise..." Gao Shun hesitated to speak.

Lan Tian nodded slightly and did not speak. He still planned to hide it as much as possible at this time, completely unaware that his strength was almost beyond his control.

Lu Meng lost countless warships in Moon Bay, and dozens of surviving ships returned to Guangxin. Lu Fan was stunned when he knew the situation.

"Why did Ziming do this?" Lu Fan asked puzzled.

Lu Meng lowered his head with shame on his face, "This is my fault for underestimating the enemy. After the battle, I should write to my lord to plead guilty..."

Lu Fan frowned, "According to Cangwu's surrender, Lai Gong's Yu Lin navy is not many, even if we have these dozens of ships left, they are incomparable to them, can we rely on the remaining ships to attack again?" waterway?"

Lu Meng shook his head quickly when he heard this, "Lai Gong is an amazing talent. I finally know why he occupies the high ground on the south bank. It turned out that he used the beacon tower to monitor our army's movements. If the remaining boats are burned by his fishing boats, even if we can Even if they successfully captured Jiaozhou, they would be ashamed to see Jiangdong's elders..."

"I heard that Wen Gui was also defeated on land?" Lu Fan asked again.

"It was not Pan Wengui's fault that the land camp was robbed. His main force was at the riverside to meet the deserters by water, so Lai Gong took advantage of the loophole. Although the food and grass were burned by the enemy, not many soldiers were lost. We I have ordered him to retreat a hundred li and go down to the stronghold," Lu Meng replied.

"Why retreat so far?" Lu Fan was very puzzled.

Lu Meng said solemnly: "Lai Gong has set up a beacon tower on the mountain on the south bank, we can no longer camp on the north bank, otherwise every move will be under the control of the other party."

"Hey, it's too bad for Ziming to abandon Jiangdong's superior navy and turn to attack by land..." Lu Fan sighed.

"There is no way around this, but Ziheng don't need to worry. Jiangdong Jianer once defeated Huang Zu in Jiangxia. There is no dangerous terrain in the north of Yushui. Even if Lai Gong has some strategies, it will not help. Our current strength is far superior to the opponent's. Pushing directly from the north bank, Jiaozhou can be settled in a battle." Lu Meng said coldly.

Lu Fan nodded first, and then suggested: "Now I will send someone to Nanhai to meet Ziqi, and ask him to transfer all the county's middle step riders to you?"

"It's not necessary. If I can't win with the superior force, I, Lu Meng, just go back to Jiangdong to farm. Ziheng just needs to maintain the supply of food and grass." Lu Meng shook his head and smiled.

Lu Fan was amused by Lu Meng's words, "Ziming can go without worry, I will immediately open the county granary to adjust the grain."

In ancient times, food transportation by land consumed a lot, and there was a risk of being robbed halfway, so heavy troops were sent to escort along the way. If the transportation distance was a little longer, when the food and grass arrived at the destination, at least [-]% of the remaining food would be consumed, and if more, it would be eaten Drop more than half.

Waterway transportation has the advantages of large volume, fast speed, low consumption, and not easy to be robbed, so water transportation is used wherever there are waterways.

The grain of Panzhang’s land route and Lumeng’s water route were basically stored on the building boats and fighting ships. However, after the defeat of the Jiangdong Navy in Moon Bay, most of the grain on board sank into the river, fattening half of the fish in Yushui River. shrimp.

Lu Fan then asked people to open the Guangxin granary, but found that there was not much rice in the granary, which could only support the army for more than ten days. It turned out that Wu Ju had resorted to militarism in Cangwu, and there was not much left.

Lu Meng looked at the granary and sighed: "No wonder Wu Ju has only a few thousand soldiers left in the past few years, and this little grain can't support any army..."

"Ziming, let's transport the grain away first, and I'll transfer the grain from other counties. We can also transport it from the South China Sea. If it's not good, we can send it to Shi Xie or the lord..."

"There is enough food in these two counties..."

Before Lu Fan finished speaking, Lu Meng quickly took over the conversation, saying that Shi Xie could play the autumn wind, if the shameful story of Moon Bay was reported to Jianye, I don't know how the lord would feel.

Lu Meng rested in Guangxin for half a day, loaded up with rice and went to the front line.

At this time, Pan Zhang had ordered people to set up camp on the north bank of Yushui River, but the morale of the entire army was unprecedentedly low. After Lu Meng arrived, he ordered people to cook with fire, and used food to boost the confidence of the soldiers.

After the whole army had dinner, Lu Meng called Pan Zhang to discuss the military situation.

Lu Meng: "Wen Gui, is there any change in Lai Gong's land troops?"

Pan Zhang shook his head and said: "I've never seen such a brazen person. Lai Gongming clearly has a lot of soldiers and just stays put. Yesterday I sent troops to meet the navy, and he immediately sent soldiers to steal food from the camp. He didn't dare to confront him directly. Our army fights.

Later, when I was retreating, I intentionally stayed behind to ambush, but this guy didn't take advantage of the victory to pursue, it wasted my efforts..."

Lu Meng nodded, "I didn't expect Lai Gong to be so cautious in deploying troops. How can you find out who will be the leader of his land troops?"

"He calls himself the Barbarian King Shamoke, and he looks like a reckless man in appearance." Pan Zhang replied.

Lu Meng saw that Pan Zhang didn't speak, and thought to himself, aren't you a reckless man?

Chapter 212

After Lu Meng encouraged and boosted morale, he immediately led his troops to advance westward.

This [-]-man army still uses Pan Zhang's infantry as the vanguard, and Lu Meng's own navy can only be used as infantry now.

When the army had marched fifty miles, Pan Zhang sent out a sentry flying horse to report that Lai Gong's soldiers and horses took advantage of their own retreat and had already advanced several miles and set up camp on the hill where they had originally stationed their troops.

This is a proper slap in the face, and now all the commanding heights are occupied regardless of the north and south shores.

Geographical advantages play a greater role in wars.

Pan Zhang ordered the front army to move forward slowly, and personally went to the rear to meet Lu Meng and ask for advice.

Lu Meng was a little dumbfounded after hearing this, he thought that Lai Gong was still "waiting for work", but he didn't expect to "take the initiative to attack" now, this was the first time he met such an insidious opponent.

"General, the other army occupies the commanding heights, what should we do?" Pan Zhang asked for instructions.

Lu Meng frowned, thinking that he also needs to ask me about this matter?He immediately replied in a deep voice: "If you order the army to move forward, how can it be stopped because the opponent occupies a high point?"

"Wei." Pan Zhang clasped his fists and took the order to urge the army to hurry.

Since most of them did not have horses to travel, it was almost dusk when the 2 people traveled to the north of Moon Bay.

Pan Zhang pointed at Xiaoqiu with a whip in his hand and said, "General, look."

From a distance, Lu Meng saw the scattered camps on the small hill, and a raging beacon fire was ignited on the high mountain on the south bank.

Needless to say, the whereabouts of Jiangdong soldiers and horses were conveyed to Lai Gong in time.

"Order the whole army to set up camp on the spot, and let's rest overnight and fight again tomorrow," Lu Meng ordered.

"Wei." The general beside Lu Meng replied, and immediately galloped to deliver the general's order.

When Pan Zhang saw this, he immediately reminded: "Be careful that Lai Gong will come to rob the camp while our army is tired from a long distance, and at night."

Lu Meng said affirmatively: "The entire Jiangdong army is here, how can the camp be robbed by the other side again? I will let the whole camp of the Chinese military guards guard at night, and you can tell the soldiers to rest in peace."

"Understood." Pan Zhang also nodded.

"I see that the opponent's camp is neatly arranged, and this guy's camp defense is quite organized. I really underestimated him before, and I don't know how the opponent's combat effectiveness is. Tomorrow you will lead the front to take charge of the first round of attack. All horses need to be raised. Energize yourself." Lu Meng continued to order.

"Wei." Pan Zhang responded with cupped fists.

It was already dark after the army set up camp, and after a day's journey they were so hungry that stares stared at their eyes. Lu Meng first arranged for the Chinese military guards to guard, and then arranged for the camps to set up pots for cooking.

Due to the proximity to Yushui, every move in Lu Meng's camp was controlled by the beacon tower on the south bank of Moon Bay.

In order to prevent the eyes on the opposite mountain from tipping off the news, Lu Meng specially arranged for soldiers to observe the beacon tower on the opposite bank. He concluded that this was Lai Gong's greatest source of information. Maybe he would really rob the camp while his side was cooking and resting.

The observation posts are directly connected with the guards in charge of vigilance, forming a complete response linkage mechanism.

But from the moment Lu Meng set up camp, Lai Gong treated them as if they didn't exist, and didn't react at all.

The beacon fire of the sentry tower on the south bank of Moon Bay has not been ignited for a long time, and the guards of the Chinese army who are in charge of guarding are a little tired mentally, especially after the smell of food in the camp is filled, their attention has turned to the camp.

It's really uncomfortable to eat and drink with your companions and stand guard by yourself.

After that, the battalions lined up to receive the meals one after another. This was the most chaotic time of the night.

Lu Meng camped with his back to the water, and there were gates on the east, west, and north sides.