Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Lan Tian looked around, and his eyes finally fell on those porters, "Then rest and wait outside the city, since the waterway has been closed by Lu Xun, when the time comes to transport grain and grass supplies by land, these soldiers will come in handy."

"Well, it's a mistake. When you saw the dozens of grain ships, I was the one who found something wrong and recovered them in time. Otherwise, I would be a thief when I arrived at Dongting Lake." Xu Shu nodded.

Gao Shun came to ask for instructions after purging the fallen troops, and when he heard Fazheng and Xu Shu talking about Lan Ji, and heard the story of the boy using captives to train soldiers, he stood there awkwardly, at a loss for what to do.

While resting on the shore, Lan Tian talked with Xu Shu and Fa Zheng about the military situation, and learned that although Lu Xun occupied Dongting, he did not let the naval warships continue to go south, and only sent a dozen ships to patrol the Xiangshui River, which is likely to fight a protracted war posture.

Two hours later, a soldier in charge of guarding the formation ran to Gao Shun, holding a quiver made of cowhide in his arms.

The soldier clasped his fists and said, "General, Lieutenant Chu's reconnaissance battalion should be only a few miles away from us."

Gao Shun waved his hand and ordered: "Order the battalions to prepare for departure."

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"General Gao, I didn't see you sending scouts, why are you so sure that the cavalry is coming?" Fazheng was very puzzled.

Gao Shun saw that Lan Tian didn't stop him, so he explained: "Did the military commander notice the cowhide quiver just now? Sleeping on the open field, you can hear the sound of horseshoes a few miles away. The more horses there are, the clearer the sound will be."

Seeing that Gao Shun spoke seriously, Fazheng immediately began to figure out the principle behind it. He felt that this method had a certain degree of credibility, and then he praised: "General Gao is really talented, no wonder my lord is full of praise for you."

Gao Shun shook his head and explained, "I never thought of such a coup, the sound of the quiver was actually taught by Mr."

Lan Tian smiled slightly and didn't shirk it. He saw this method in "Mengxi Bi Tan", and Gao Shun verified that it was really useful. Therefore, when the soldiers rested, there were always a few people lying on the ground to be vigilant.

Fazheng's admiration for Lantian deepened a bit, and he thought that this person is capable of both literature and martial arts, and he is really all-rounder.

After a while, the dust in the southern wilderness was flying, and the galloping cavalry was already visible to the naked eye.

The galloping horses were getting closer and closer, and Lan Tian saw Zhang Fei riding his horse to the front from a distance, and he saw Lan Tian and others raising their whips and cheering.

Zhang Fei got off his horse and found Xu Shu there. After greeting Lan Tian, ​​he opened his arms and threw himself at Xu Shu. It was his traditional bear hug.

"Could there be an obstacle on the road? The cavalry is not coming fast this time." Lan Tian asked Pang De and Chu Qing, leaving Zhang Fei aside.

Chu Qing lowered his head a little ashamedly, and Pang De acted a little secretive: "Uh...it's actually okay..."

"Ziyu, don't blame them, it's my old Zhang who delayed the military plane." Zhang Fei walked over with a smile.

Not long after the cavalry troops crossed the Suipu Pass, scouts in front of the scout battalion found bandits robbing the road. The scouts dragged the bandits and waited for reinforcements from the rear. The identity turned out to be Wang Jin's subordinate who Xi Zhen said was causing chaos in Jiyang.

At this time, there were different opinions in the army. Chu Qing and Pang De wanted to go to Linxiang to meet up as soon as possible, while Zhang Fei wanted to take the opportunity to kill this group of people. He always felt that they were the remnants of his suppression of bandits.

Zhang Fei had the highest official position among the generals, and Pang De was once his subordinate, so he neither refused nor dared to agree.

Chu Qing's [-] scouts did not listen to outsiders' orders, but Xu Shuang, the deputy commander of the fallen army, accompanied him along the way. His task was to gather the reserve troops from the three places in Guiyang, and he would lead them to the front line to meet up.

Because Xu Shuang was more open-minded and open-minded than Gao Shun, considering that the situation of the bandit Wang Jin was already under control, and it would only take half a day to calm down, so he decided to let the reconnaissance battalion cooperate with Pound's cavalry to suppress the bandits first and then join them.

With the strong individual ability of the reconnaissance battalion, the bandits didn't realize it until the stronghold was surrounded. Most of the two thousand bandits were killed on the spot, and a few surrendered bandits were escorted to Zhenyang County. Fei was captured alive, and the entire cavalry unit was delayed in Zhenyang for nearly a day.

After learning the details, Lan Tian didn't blame him. Although soldiers take obedience to orders as their bounden duty, Lan Tian thinks that officers with unique ideas and know how to adapt are more valuable to cultivate, but they didn't expect the thief Wang Jin to be so weak, compared to Longchuan's Yueren far.

After the infantry and cavalry gathered, Lan Tian ordered Chu Qing's reconnaissance battalion to dispatch in batches immediately, and go overland to Baling for sentry. Gao Shun led the trapped army to leave immediately.

Xu Shu originally suggested that Lantian should still take the water route so that he could reach the Dongting Lake battlefield more quickly, but Lantian had his own ideas.

Chapter 551 'Delicious food' can't live up to

Although Li Yi's warship was good, his [-] sailors had no experience in actual combat, so they were unlikely to be opponents of Jiangdong's navy.

If those patrol boats on the Xiangshui were bait, he might have trouble letting the entrapment army go by water, so he finally decided to go by land from Linxiang, but the food, grass and luggage were still placed on the boat, and the distance from the land troops was always more than ten miles away. , Wait until the night when camping and resting and then docking and rendezvous.

The army marched lightly along the east bank of the Xiangshui River, which would not only increase the speed of the march, but also allow the soldiers to maintain their physical strength and cope with encounters.

"Military division, marching by land is very hard. You are not yet fully recovered. Why don't you take a boat with General Li and take the water route? Anyway, we can meet up every night." Lan Tian suggested to Fazheng.

Fazheng nodded, "Then let the general worry about it, but when the actual battle is fought, it's better for me to be a staff member in front of the battle."

"I can save it. This time, dealing with the Jiangdong rats is inseparable from the military division's advice."

Seeing Lantian and Fazheng talking and laughing, Zhang Fei looked at Pang De with a puzzled expression, "Lingming, why didn't Ziyu arrange for you? Could he be really angry?"

"Uh...the end is unknown..." Pound replied awkwardly.

Zhang Fei looked at Pang De's expression of hating iron but not steel, and trotted to Lan Tian.

"Ziyu, what about us?"

"You have been exhausted in the past few days, so you have to rest in Linxiang for a whole day. After resting, you will join the brigade. The reconnaissance battalion will keep in touch with you at any time." Lan Tian explained.

"I'm not tired." Zhang Fei scratched his head and continued to fight.

Lan Tian shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Although you are not tired, the horses need to rest."

"Chu Sima and the others are also cavalry..."

Before Zhang Fei finished speaking, Lan Tian ruthlessly interrupted: "The scouts have two horses each, Yide, you can rest here at ease, anyway, the cavalry chases them quickly..."

"I really don't need to rest. I'll let Ling Ming chase after me alone. I want to go first with you and the big army. I just have a question about the reconnaissance battalion. I will ask you for advice."

Zhang Fei smiled all over his face. He planned to follow Pound, and he might miss the battle, so he had to keep in line with Lan Tian at all times. He didn't hide this from others, but his expression made Lan Tian unable to make a decision.

"Ling Ming, then you all stay in Linxiang to rest and recuperate. If you need anything, you can find Army Division Xu. After rest, come directly to Baling to meet up." Lan Tian instructed Pang De.

"Wei." Pound clasped his fists and saluted.

The distance between Linxiang and Baling was more than [-] miles, and normal infantry would need six or seven days to march urgently. However, the soldiers in the formation were strong in quality and did not carry light loads, so they could keep marching for more than [-] miles a day.

After two days of walking, Pound led the cavalry to catch up with the large army.

Because he hadn't encountered Jiangdong soldiers in the past two days, Zhang Fei, who followed Lantian first, felt a little uncomfortable.

Infantry, cavalry, and navy marched in unison, advancing northward at a speed of sixty miles a day.

When Lantian's army crossed Mishui and rested in the northwest of Luo County, Chu Qing's reconnaissance battalion finally got news.

Thirty li away from the north, there is a [-]-scale army, and they are rushing to Luo County with banners and banners.

Zhang Fei was lying on the ground bored with a dog's tail grass in his mouth, looking at the sky with smoke and clouds in his mind, when he heard that there were enemies appearing, he immediately stood up like a carp.

"5000 people? Ziyu, we can't let down the food that Lu Xun brought up."

"Should we wait for the French army division to come and ask again?" Gao Shun suggested.

Fazheng is currently still on Li Yi's warship, and will not join the army until it is almost dark.

Lan Tian shook his head and said, "Yide is quite right. You can't live up to the delicious food. The war opportunity is fleeting. If you wait for the military division to come and ask for advice, it may be too late."

"Ah, yes, yes, Ziyu, hurry up and send troops." Zhang Fei was very energetic.

Lan Tian frowned and analyzed: "These soldiers and horses have traveled south for more than a hundred miles. It seems that Lu Xun can't sit still, but with the scout battalion to keep track of their whereabouts, we can let the cavalry detour around the two wings, and then Boping will attack head-on with the trapped army. Annihilating the enemy army just gives Lu Xun a blow."

"General, just give the order." Pound also surrounded him.

Lan Tian looked at the sun and frowned and said, "It should be dark in less than two hours. Lu Xun's army should be stationed in the field tonight. The dusk is when the other army is slack. We can't do it." Well, there is still a night battle, Bo Ping, Ling Ming."

"The end is here." Gao Shun and Pang De replied in unison.

"Boping, prepare your team immediately, and we will set off immediately."

"Wei." Gao Shun clasped his fists and turned to leave.

After giving orders to the fallen troops, Lan Tianyu said to Pound earnestly, "Ling Ming, you have been training cavalry for a long time, so it's time to show your face to the world."

"The Jiangdong rats don't know how to fight in Xiliang, and the final general will definitely show his prestige." Pang De looked very confident.

Lan Tian specifically asked for Zhang Fei's opinion: "Yide, are you going to fight with Boping from the front, or go to the flank with Lingming?"

Zhang Fei squeezed his chin and thought for a while: "The dozens of my entourage are all cavalry, so it is natural to follow Ling Ming to outflank and come and go freely."

Lan Tian nodded and said: "This battle is fought by surprise. Yide must remember not to act without authorization. I will let Ling Ming clearly distinguish you a thousand cavalry. After we attract the opponent's attention first, you will attack from the left and right flanks at the same time."

"Ziyu is really nice. I'll beat Lu Xun for you." Zhang Fei patted Lan Tian on the shoulder.

After Lan Tian issued the combat order, the soldiers and horses of each battalion immediately started to move. Among them, Chu Qing's reconnaissance battalion was the most busy.

At dusk, the Jiangdong army was preparing to camp and rest, preparing to attack Luo County tomorrow morning and test Xu Shu's deployment of troops in Changsha.

The infantry that Lu Xun brought to Dongting were all Shanyue recruited in Poyang. They were proficient in bows and horses, and were very suitable for fighting in the mountains. The leader of these 5000 troops was Wu Qi, and the deputy was Huang Gai, the son of the late general. handle.

Sun Quan allocated only [-] sailors to Lu Xun. Lu Xun worried that it would be difficult to defend too thinly, so after raiding and occupying the Dongting Shuikou, he built a camp near the bank of Baling, connecting the water village and the dry village. And his [-] Mountain Yue soldiers are his reliance.

Lu Xun's water and land camp was completed, and he was going to advance south to occupy Changsha, but he encountered Xu Shu's scout army.

Xu Shu is very famous in Jingzhou. Lu Xun was surprised to learn that he suddenly appeared in Changsha. Lu Xun mistakenly thought that the plan to attack Jingzhou had been exposed, so the troops stationed in Dongting Dazhai remained motionless. He was waiting for Xu Shu's next move. After probing, Lu Xun's presence in Dongting Lake was acquiesced.

At this time, soldiers and horses from all walks of life in Jiangdong were blooming at the same time, and Lu Xun's Dongting Lake road seemed too conservative. This made Wu Qi, Huang Bing and others unable to understand.

Lu Xun saw that all the soldiers had the will to fight, so he sent Wu Qi and Huang Bing to go south to attack Luo County. Apart from testing Xu Shu's bottom line, he also wanted to set up an early warning base in the south.

Chapter 552 The Encounter and the Death of Huang Shan

Five thousand mountain Yue soldiers walked for a day, they stopped and took off their armor one after another.

Most of the Shanyue soldiers are from the mountain hunters. Although they are very strong, they are very tired after marching with armor for a day. At this time, they want to rest and wait for food.

Huang Bing directed the people to set up camp, bury pots and cook food, and arranged guards to guard around the camp.

Because they only rested for one night and were going to attack Luo County tomorrow, the camp set up was also very simple, and there were no preparations for horses, antlers, etc.

When the rice in the camp was about to be cooked, the scouts from the south hurriedly came to the big tent to report that a group of soldiers had already approached the camp.

The chief general, Wu Qi, was lying on the bed with his eyes closed, resting his mind and waiting for dinner, when he heard the military situation, he jumped up.

"Whose army? How many people are there? How far is it from us?" Wu Qi asked like a cannonball.

The scout replied: "Because of the dark sky, we can't see exactly how many people and whose troops are in it. It's only a mile or so away..."

"What? Why didn't you report it early? Hurry up and gather people to defend." Wu Qi was shocked immediately, thinking that this was all on the face, you scouts are really dereliction of duty.

Seeing that the general was angry, the scout quickly accompanied him and carefully explained: "The main reason is that the weather is bad... Besides, General Huang is already gathering troops, so there should be time..."

"Humph……"

Wu Qi put on his cloak and ran to the front of the camp angrily.

Huang Bing has urgently organized soldiers to line up, but due to the rush of time, many Shanyue people have not yet put on their armor, but Gao Shun's army has arrived.

With a yellow handle and a horizontal knife, he immediately steered his horse forward, and shouted loudly: "Where are you bastards, dare to invade the country and rob the camp?"

Gao Shun had no expression on his face, and he asked coldly: "Student, you seem to have forgotten such a place? Do you want me to remind you?"

Huang Bing was startled when he heard that, knowing that he had slipped his words just now, he quickly changed the subject: "This is the territory of the Great Han..."

"Army attack."

Gao Shun didn't wait for Huang Jing to finish speaking, and directly raised the command flag with his right hand and waved forward. The battalions of the trapped army marched forward in unison. During the charge, the armor shook and made a metallic sound, giving people a strong sense of oppression.

"Bastard who doesn't talk about martial arts..." Huang Bing cursed and turned his horse back to the formation.

Wu Qi frowned: "Lu Boyan's description of the Shanyue soldiers is miraculous, and today we just happened to see it."

At this time, the dinner in the Jiangdong barracks was already cooked, and the smell of rice was brought to the soldiers' nostrils by the wind, but the soldiers in the army did not give them time to cook.

The two sides collided fiercely. Although the Shanyue soldiers had martial arts and strength, many of them didn't wear armor because of panic just now. In addition, there was a huge gap between the two sides' protective equipment and weapons. The Shanyue soldiers that Lu Xun was proud of couldn't stop them at all. Just after the confrontation, they were crushed by the torrent of iron armor, so they could only keep fighting and retreating.

"How could this be?" Wu Qi was shocked when he saw that he was going to collapse at the touch of a finger.

"Either the Shanyue army is weak, or the army on the opposite side is too strong, and it seems that there are more people than us." Huang Bing lowered his head and carefully observed the battlefield.

"What should we do? The single soldier is not as good as the opponent, and the number is not as large as the opponent. Are we ambushed?" Although Wu Qi is Wu Jing's son, he doesn't have much military talent.

"It's going to be dark soon, why not..."

Huang Bing wanted to suggest withdrawing the troops, but in the middle of the speech, there was a sudden commotion on the left and right sides, and the army that was still in formation was in chaos in an instant.

"General Wu, there are cavalry charging on the left and right flanks. There are a lot of them. Please make a quick decision."

When Wu Qi and Huang Bing were in shock, a general flying horse came to the Chinese army to report the situation of the battle.

"Then what are you waiting for? We've been tricked, let's withdraw quickly..."

Wu Qi left such a sentence at the end, and then urged his horses to gallop north. At this time, he couldn't care about those Shanyue people.

"Uh...well..." Huang Shan followed closely behind.

The two main generals took the lead in running away, and the rest of the generals followed suit. In the end, the Shanyue soldiers had no command at all and were driven away in all directions.

The soldiers in the formation were wearing heavy armor and were not good at chasing. At this time, it was the turn of Pound's cavalry and Chu Qing's hundreds of scouts to show off.

The cavalry continued to intersperse the enemy's formation, cutting and breaking up the broken Shanyue soldiers again. They were still in good shape and lined up separately, and finally turned into a one-sided massacre.

The sound of killing, crying, wind, and water played a symphony under that sky.