The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 192
After discussion, combined with the current actual situation in Jingzhou and the short-term goals, Zhang Wu decided to expand the Jiangxia navy to 5, and the infantry to [-].With these troops plus Gan Ning's strength, it is enough to defend Jiangxia and resist the invasion of Jiangdong Army.

Xiangyang no longer expanded the navy, but transferred 1 sailors to Jiangxia, because only 5000 of the 5000 sailors Cao Cao trained in the big pond were left, and there was no threat to Xiangyang.As long as 5000 sailors are left in Xiangyang, it is enough to prevent Cao Jun from crossing the river, and it is also enough to harass Xiahou Dun in Fancheng.On the infantry side, the Wuwei Battalion maintained a size of 1 people, and another army of [-] people was formed under the command of Chen Sun, and Wei Yan assisted in training.The Huangzhong Department expanded its army to [-], and the Wenpin Department expanded its army to [-].

It is estimated that after the expansion of the army is completed, the main force will include 12 Jiangxia navy and 2 infantry; [-] Xiangyang navy and [-] infantry;A total of [-] sailors and [-] infantry, a total of [-], more than [-] more than Liu Biao's period, the pressure is not great.

After discussing the major issues, Zhang Wu suddenly said, "Ji Chang, is You Chang here?"

Ma Liang replied: "My lord, You Chang is in the mansion, and he should be with his sister at this time."

"Okay, you ask someone to call him over. I want to test him and see how he has learned these days."

"Yes, my lord."

After a while, Ma Di was brought over, and after bowing to everyone one by one, he was called to his side by Zhang Wu.

At this time, the sand table has been replaced by Zhang Wu with the terrain around Xiangfan. A red flag is planted above Fancheng, which means it has been occupied by Cao Jun. A blue flag is planted above Xiangyang, representing Jingzhou forces.The two cities face each other across the Han River, and a small boat represents the Xiangyang navy across the Han River.

"Brother-in-law, what do you want from me?" Ma Su came to Zhang Wu and asked.

"Come on, Young Chang, take a look at this sand table that simulates the terrain between Xiangyang and Fancheng. If we want to attack Fancheng, how should we use our troops?" Zhang Wu said. In fact, this kind of problem is still relatively difficult for Ma Di at his age. Yes, but Zhang Wu just wanted to see what Ma Su could say, and see his attitude towards the war from it.

Ma Su did not expect that Zhang Wu would ask him such a big matter. Although he was smart, he had experienced in the barracks many times and learned some knowledge about marching and fighting, but he was still a teenager after all. Just started high school.

"Brother-in-law, I'm afraid I can't say well."

Pang Tong said with a smile: "Youchang, speak boldly, the lord just wants to test you, don't be afraid."

Xu Shu, Huang Zhong and others also encouraged Ma Di. Seeing Zhang Wu looking at him with a smile, Ma Di stopped being nervous and said, "Brother Shi Yuan once taught me that the most important thing in fighting is to use your strengths to fight against the enemy. The weakness of overcoming the enemy. Compared with Cao's army, our army's strength is the water army, and the disadvantage is that the infantry is not as good as Cao's army, is not good at attacking cities, and has no cavalry."

Ma Di looked up at the people around him, and then said: "The general of Cao Jun is not a fool, and he would definitely not dare to fight with our army in water. Therefore, if we want to attack Fancheng, we must design to lure the defenders in Fancheng out. Ambush them."

"What if they stick to the city and don't come out?" Zhang Wu asked.

"Then there's no other way! You can't just die in vain! Although Fancheng is surrounded by water in the south, it is very flat in the north all the way to Wancheng. The cavalry support is very convenient, and we dare not besiege it for a long time!" Ma Di said.

"Haha, what you often said is true. You must not be arrogant or make unnecessary sacrifices in war. You must know that soldiers are fierce and dangerous. You must not think that you can control everything, and you must understand that every soldier under your command is very precious. Yes. Well, Xiaochang has learned well, keep working hard, you go back first, and I will reward you later." Zhang Wu said happily, although Ma Di didn't propose any effective methods, but at least he didn't boast or take any risks. .

When Ma Di heard that there was a reward, he left very happily.

Xu Shu said with a smile: "Youchang is very smart and easy to learn. With so many teachers teaching him, his achievements in the future will definitely be as good as mine. There are successors in the Ma family!"

Ma Liang said: "Thank you, brother Yuan Zhi, for your praise. Although you are very smart since childhood, you are sometimes impetuous in your speech and actions. You have to trouble Brother Yuan Zhi and Brother Shi Yuan to teach you, and you also need to trouble General Huang and General Wen to teach you a lot."

In addition to learning military strategy from Xu Shu, Pang Tong and others, Ma Su also had to practice martial arts with these generals.Zhang Wu felt that as long as Ma Su could get rid of his exaggeration and experience more practice, he would have no problem guarding one place in the future.

Only by forming an echelon of talents can we avoid the predicament of "the Shu Han has no generals, and Liao Hua is the vanguard" in the late Shu Han period.Zhang Wu still wanted to send people to look for Deng Ai in Xinye, but he stopped temporarily thinking that Deng Ai was too young now.

"Ji Chang is being polite, and You Chang is also working very hard. We also like this little guy very much!"

After the crowd dispersed, Zhang Wu gave Ma Di a telescope as a reward. Ma Di was very happy and took the telescope to look around.

In Huainan, after Jiang Ji planned to retake Hefei, he led his troops to hold on inside the city, while Xiahou Yuan led more than [-] tiger and leopard riders to maneuver outside the city.

Pan Zhang, who stayed on the water, heard from the soldiers who fled back from Hefei that Hefei had been lost again, and even the veteran Huang Gai was killed in battle. His face turned pale with fright.Hefei is lost, so what about the lord who attacked Shouchun?In case Shouchun is a trap, isn't someone cutting off the way out!

General Huang, the veteran of three generations, died in battle!This is a huge event, and I don’t know if the Lord knows this news. The key is, what should we do now?
Pan Zhang thought for a while, and made a decisive decision. While having someone report to Chaisang's governor, Zhou Yu, he personally led [-] sailors from Chaohu into Feishui to observe the situation in Hefei City.

Jiang Ji found out that Huang Gai was really a good man, and even helped him repair the city walls of Hefei City, which were also covered with all kinds of defensive equipment and materials.

Pan Zhang found out that there were at least [-] defenders in the city of Hefei, and Xiahouyuan's cavalry were wandering outside the city. It was almost impossible to defeat them with his own soldiers and horses, so he had to retreat and wait for the governor to arrive.

After Xia Houyuan left, Sun Quan rushed to Hefei urgently, but he had just left for a day and received two messages at the same time.

One is the bad news brought by the defeat of Huang Gai's troops. Huang Gai was ambushed by Xia Houyuan on the way to lead his army to support, and Huang Gai died in battle.

The other news was sent by Jiang Qin. Liu Fu actually gave up Shouchun and led his troops to withdraw. Now Jiang Qin has occupied Shouchun.

Sun Quan really couldn't describe his mood at this time. Although Shouchun was occupied by Jiang Qin, Hefei was lost, and veteran Huang Gai was killed by Xia Houyuan.

Huang Gai was a veteran general in Jiangdong, and his status in Jiangdong was extraordinary. He was also the general most loyal to the Sun family. Huang Gai's death was definitely a great loss to Jiangdong.

Sun Quan was about to order to continue to attack Hefei to avenge Huang Gai.

Lu Su hurriedly stopped him and said: "My lord, don't do it. Cao's army is defending the city, and there are cavalry cruising outside. Our army has few soldiers at this time. We have been marching for days, and we have suffered an attack. The morale of the army is low. If we force the city, we may be defeated." Why don't you go to Shouchun and join Gongyi, the army can be repaired, and we can make a decision after the arrival of the governor."

(End of this chapter)