Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

In the evening, Li Yi led the fleet into the Dongting water village, and the entrapment army was also stationed in Lu Xun's dry village, and the land and water soldiers moved in with their bags.

The scouts sent to the police and Jiangling direction have not heard back so far. The scouts sent to Jiangxia only set off for half a day, and it was three or four days after the news came back. Lantian, who is used to putting intelligence first, did not wait. Can't live.

It was already dark when Li Yi finished settling in the water village. Lan Tian summoned him to the dry village and told him: "Lu Xun's navy has returned to Jiangxia. The police's direction in Jiangling is unknown. It is appropriate to use the reconnaissance battalion to gather information. Your navy has to shoulder the burden." Come."

"General, it's just what you ordered." Enthusiasm burst into Li Yi's chest.

Due to the long-term supervision of shipbuilding in Jiaozhou, and the fact that Lantian deliberately controlled the size of the army and required elite soldiers, Li Yi only trained [-] sailors in a few years.

This time, it was finally pulled out to test the strength of the navy, but due to the disparity in strength, Lu Xun blocked him in the south of Dongting, and became a full-time transportation existence for the land army. Now that Lantian suddenly added a burden to Li Yi, he was not to mention how happy he was.

Lan Tian pointed to the combat map in the big tent and said, "You have two tasks now. One is to send fast boats to patrol the waters. I'm worried that Lu Xun will come back after returning to Jiangxia. However, General Guan’s rations cannot be transported out, and the follow-up supplies of our troops will also be interrupted;

The second is to sail up the river overnight and go west. I need to know the current situation of Gongan Port. In addition, we need to find a landing point to go north to Jiangling. Lu Meng will not be very interested in Wuling. His main purpose should be in Jiangling. We were captured by Lu Xun. Trapped in Jingnan for too long, I am worried that Jiangling will not be able to hold on anymore. "

Because Li Yi was in command of the Jiaozhou Navy, he had studied carefully in the Lantian war room before the war, and had a thorough understanding of the various sections of the Yangtze River and Xiangshui River, and he already had a rough idea of ​​it.

"Don't worry, general, I will convey it immediately and bring back the information ahead as soon as possible." Li Yi replied with cupped fists.

Lan Tian instructed: "Go, be careful when sailing at night."

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At night, Lantian sleeps with his pillow on the sound of the waves in the Dongting.

He sat up in shock several times in his sleep, and the image of Guan Yu's defeat in Maicheng always appeared in his mind.

"Sir, are you all right?"

Gao Shun and Lan Tian slept in the same tent. He had developed a vigilant military quality through years of fighting, and he could sense any disturbance.

Lan Tian sat up and murmured: "Ordinarily I should trust Yuanzhi and Zhongling, but after all, there are too few defenders in Jiangling City, and I don't know if Lu Meng has successfully attacked..."

Gao Shun comforted: "Zhongling is deeply loved by General Guan, and his sharpness even surpasses that of his son Guan Ping. General Guan left him behind Jiangling City, probably to deter Xiaoxiao. I still have full confidence in him. "

"I hope Li Yi can bring me some good news. Tomorrow, Boping will arrange for the soldiers to carry supplies onto the ship. You should go to bed early." Lan Tian lay down again after speaking.

"I fall asleep easily, and my husband should also go to bed early, we still need you to turn things around, the children have grown up." As soon as Gao Shun finished speaking, there was a snoring sound inside the tent.

The next day, the fallen troops were loading supplies to the boats all day long. Lan Tian was fidgeting in the camp, practicing Wu Qinxi for a while, and going to the river to watch the river flowing eastward.

Around dusk, the sound of horseshoes suddenly sounded from the northeast.

The reconnaissance battalion Sima Chuqing then appeared in Lantian's main account, and he brought back the good news that Zhang Fei captured Jiangxia and Sun Quan withdrew Chaisang.

Gao Shun was overjoyed when he heard the words, and said excitedly: "The three generals are really powerful, such a strong city was destroyed in a few days."

Chu Qing immediately explained the secret of Zhang Fei breaking the city, and then asked Lan Tian for instructions: "Sir, General Zhang sent someone to ask, what should they do now?"

Lan Tian tapped on the case and thought about it without answering. Gao Shun said to himself: "Sun Quan just withdrew back to Chaisang, and he gave up the troops in Jingzhou? It's incredible that he withdrew from Jiangxia so easily."

"It seems that those rumors have affected Sun Quan." After Lan Tian finished speaking, he turned and told Chu Qing: "You immediately send someone to Jiangxia to deliver a letter, let Yide and the others temporarily station in Jiangxia, and when Lu Xun returns to Chaisang to explain everything, Sun Quan may return. If we come to fight for Jiangxia, don’t lose Jingzhou’s east gate once we get it back, and it will be easier to defend in this way.”

"Wei." Chu Qing clasped her fists and turned to leave.

Lan Tian came to the map again. Right now, Jingzhou has closed its doors and beat dogs. It only needs to clean up the intruders one by one.

The good news gave Lan Tian a good night's sleep, and Li Yi brought back news from the police the next morning.

Sun Jiao led hundreds of warships to trap Su Fei in the Public Security Port, and blocked the east-west channel of the Yangtze River, which was the second layer of blockade outside the Dongting Shuikou, but Li Yi's scout ship was lucky and found a suitable place. landing point.

"How many boats does Sun Jiao have?" Lan Tian asked.

Li Yi clasped his fists and replied, "There are three to four hundred warships, large and small."

Lan Tian frowned and nodded: "It seems that Sun Jiao's navy is similar to Lu Xun's. It may be Lu Meng's strategy to encircle but not attack. These ships should carry the supplies of the invading army, so they are unwilling to fight with Su Dudu. General Li, you take action." The time has come.”

Chapter 565 Lan Ji's school grounds are choked

Lantian asked Li Yi to go to Linxiang overnight to invite Xu Shu, and asked Xu Shu to rush to Dongting Water Village to garrison and stay in the middle to support, so as to prevent the Jiangdong warship from returning.

That night, Lantian, Gao Shun, and Li Yi deployed a battle plan, intending to use the Jiaozhou navy to attract Sun Jiao's attention and cover the landing army's smooth landing on the north bank of the Yangtze River.

The waterway of the Yangtze River is wide, and the heavy autumn rains are over. The current in the river is gentle, and the resistance of warships against the current is not great.

There was more than half a day's water journey between Dongting and the police. Li Yi's fleet set off early in the morning, and when it was halfway westward, Sima Chuqing, the accompanying army commander, discovered the signal flag dedicated to scouts on the south bank of the Yangtze River.

The fleet made an emergency stop and docked, and finally got in touch with the scouts they had sent before.

The scouts reported in detail the situation at the Public Security Port. The governor Su Fei is currently confronting Sun Jiao on the riverside, but they are trapped in the port due to the disparity in the number of troops; Soldiers from the county were sent to garrison the low-lying landing points; although the public security port is now tense, the entire Wuling County is still in a stable state.

Lan Tian was a little surprised when he heard the news. Mi Fang in this plane is much more competitive than in history. It is also possible that Lan Tian's appearance has weakened Mi Fang's rights and prevented him from appearing in key positions.

After analyzing the information, Lan Tian adjusted the plan and asked the scouts to return to the public security by land, and agreed with Su Fei to attack internally and externally, trying to find a way to defeat Sun Jiao's navy.

At [-]:[-] PM, the fleet arrived at the scheduled waters.

According to the battle plan, Li Yi lined up more than a hundred warships horizontally, and all the ships, regardless of their size, were covered with five-color tooth flags. This not only attracted Sun Jiao's attention, but also reminded Su Fei in the public security port that their main purpose was to Covering the transport ship and successfully sending the trapped army to the landing point is considered a success.

Sun Jiao was quite surprised by the appearance of the Jiaozhou Navy. It is said that since the public security began to flow eastward into the sea, the waters of the Yangtze River have been completely controlled by Jiangdong, so he has no defenses for the rear waters.

Li Yi's fleet was beeping with gongs and drums, and the warships were advancing neatly forward. Although the number of Jiaozhou navy is small, their skills in manipulating ships are exceptionally strong. Their ability to maneuver ships in the ocean has actually surpassed that of Jiangdong. navy.

Su Fei saw the ship coming in the public security port, and immediately commanded the Jingzhou warship to leave the port to fight. Sun Jiao was a little panicked when he saw this, thinking, why is this different from the previous plan?

The naval forces of the two sides fought fiercely in the public security waters, but the ending was very surprising. The combat effectiveness of Sun Jiao's [-]-strong navy was far from the legendary ones, and even showed a disadvantage in the battle.

Seeing that the sky was getting darker and darker, Sun Jiao took the initiative to retreat to Jiangling in the northwest when the number of warships was superior. Su Fei and Li Yi gradually discovered the problem.

Sun Jiao's fleet besieging the police was bluffing. Although the number of these warships outside the port far exceeded the size of the ten-thousand-man navy, many of the ships did not have enough soldiers.

When Li Yi's fleet was advancing, Sun Jiao urgently changed the battleship formation, interspersing the rear ships to the middle position.

At this time, Sun Jiao secretly complained that he might have served as the governor, but because of Lu Meng's strength, he was reduced to the support of the rear army.

Seeing that the situation and the plan were so different, Sun Jiao didn't know what the entire Jingzhou battlefield would look like. He only hoped that Lu Meng had captured Jiangling City, otherwise his empty fleet would be surrounded by the Jingzhou navy. .

Thinking of the moment when he set sail in Jiangxia, the picture in Sun Jiao's mind was still very clear.

On that day, Sun Quan went to Jiangxia Wharf in person to toast the four-way army that was about to set off.

Jiang Qin and Lu Xun's fleet set off first, and their purpose was to cut off the grain road in Jingzhou;

Following Jiang Qin's fleet, Pan Zhang crossed the river and landed on the north bank, and slowly detoured by land to the north of Jiangling, cutting off Guan Yu's return route on land;

Sun Jiao finally set off with Lu Meng in the finale, and he was not in a hurry to follow Lu Xun's fleet, because their journey was the key to capturing Jingzhou.

Lu Xun seized the stronghold of Dongting Lake by surprise, and Lu Meng rested near Dongting for a short time. According to the previously discussed plan, he used twenty ships as camouflage, and ambushed elite soldiers in the cabin. , dressed as merchant ships traveling to and from trade.

The white-clothed merchant ship headed towards the public security, and the beacon towers along the way did not arouse alarm.

Every time a merchant ship passed a sentry post on a beacon tower, people would bring wine and meat ashore to serve as soldiers, and finally captured the sentry in the tower by surprise.

In order for the merchants to get on the ship smoothly, it is human nature to arrange dredging along the way, so Lu Meng seized the loopholes and did the same, successfully pulling out all the beacon towers between Dongting and the police.

Lu Meng's scheme can only be fooled by the sentinels of the Beacon Tower, but the Su Fei fleet is an existence that he cannot ignore.

Lu Meng originally wanted to imitate Lu Xun's surprise attack on the police, but Su Fei was reminded by Gan Ning and Xu Shu many times, so the waters he was in charge of were patrolling every day.

When the Jiangdong navy appeared in the waters east of the Public Security Bureau, Su Fei not only actively organized the fight, but also sent people to report to Jiangling.

When he found that there were nearly a thousand warships in Jiangdong, it would be unwise to face them with ten times as many troops. Su Fei decisively retreated to the public security port and relied on the defense facilities on the shore to resist.

The Public Security Port was originally the mouth of the Youjiang River. Because it is located in an important position on the Yangtze River, when Lan Tian served as the governor of Jingnan, he appointed General Gan Ning to supervise the construction of the port.

Considering the location advantage of the Public Security Bureau, Liu Bei moved the seat of Wuling there, and continued to expand on the original basis of the Public Security Port. After Su Fei became the governor, he strengthened the fortifications.

Lu Meng found that the police's defense was comparable to that of Jiang Xia back then. At that time, he accompanied Sun Quan to attack Jiang Xia, kill Huang Zu and capture Su Fei. Unfortunately, Su Fei was finally rescued by Gan Ning Baiqi. Su Fei has now become a stumbling block on his way forward.

Lv Meng commanded the ships to fight in water for two days without any progress, and on the third day he took the main force to Jiangling. The purpose of his trip was to capture Jiangling and capture Guan Yu, so he didn't want to waste time and troops in the police.

Although there was nothing he could do against Su Fei in the two-day battle, Lu Meng already knew the opponent's reality, so he left [-] sailors for Sun Jiao. His task was to trap Su Fei in the public security port.

Later, Lu Meng's attack on Jiangling was blocked, and he took away soldiers from Sun Jiao one after another, making Sun Jiao's more than 300 warships empty.

Although Su Fei was trapped in the police station, his news was successfully delivered to Jiangling.

Not long after the news arrived in Jiangling, the city became tense, and the captain of the city defense school, Xiang Xun, immediately ordered the four gates to be closed, and sent supplies to each gate to send more defenders.

In an ordinary military camp in the west of the city, there are fierce fighting sounds every day in the school grounds.

The 12-year-old Lan Ji sat in the stands, watching his subordinate Erlang practice against Cao Jun's captives.

"General Yu, your soldiers aren't very good, they can't even compare with us children." Lan Ji turned his head and smiled at Yu Jin who was in the prison car.

Yu Jin has been choked like this dozens of times, and now he doesn't want to speak again.

He was hired by Lan Ji to "watch the battle" for more than a month, and he didn't know who to confide in the humiliation in his heart, saying that my soldiers are hungry to fight you, who can guarantee that they will survive?

Besides, can these guys be called children?Everyone is not only not short, but also flexible and powerful, and can be used as an elite soldier when pulled to the front line.

Just when Lan Ji was bored watching, Guan Xing suddenly appeared on the sidelines of the school. He ran and shouted: "Zhong Ling, our chance has come."

Chapter 566 I'll be a family sooner or later

Although Guan Xing is four years older than Lan Ji, because he was weak and sick when he was a child, his 16-year-old is the same seven feet in size as Lan Ji, and the two seem to be the same age.

Because Guan Yu's family education was very strict, Guan Xing rarely had the opportunity to go out alone. This situation continued until Lan Ji went to Jiangling to live permanently. The two often played and practiced martial arts together, and occasionally had the opportunity to go out to play.

Since Lan Ji became the military commander, most of the time he was away from the state pastoral mansion. Guan Xing often used him as a pretense to sneak into Lan Ji's youth barracks to play.

"Brother An Guo, what happened?"

Seeing Guan Xing coming to visit again, Lan Ji slapped the armrest of the seat with both hands and jumped up, his exaggerated jumping ability made him stunned.

Guan Xing said with a solemn expression: "The four gates of Jiangling have just been closed, and Captain Xiang is dispatching to each gate..."

"Take General Yu back to the prison to rest first." Lan Ji immediately interrupted Guan Xing, watched his subordinates push the prison cart away, and then continued to ask in a low voice: "Could it be that there is something wrong with Jiangling City?"

Guan Xing nodded, "I heard that Governor Su sent someone to send a message. Thousands of warships from Jiangdong appeared in the public security waters. It seemed that the visitors were not friendly. He reminded the Jiangling garrison to strengthen their defense. Now that Xu Junshi is not in the city, Xiang Xiaowei Pick up the burden."

"The Jiangling garrison has been transferred many times, and now there are less than 3000 people. The pressure on General Xiang should not be small. My youth battalion also needs to help out." Lan Ji's eyes were firm.

"Am I interesting enough? If you have a chance to go to the battlefield, you have to take me with you." Guan Xing lightly punched Lan Ji on the shoulder.

Lan Ji was startled when he heard that, and then shook his head, "How can that be? Without my uncle's permission, who would dare to take you to fight? Besides, I'm a young soldier, and General Xiang may not agree to defend the city."

"Zhong Ling, don't lie to me. Before Master Xu left, didn't he give him the power of judgment? Can General Xiang control you?" Guan Xing directly exposed Lan Ji.

Lan Ji replied naively: "On the battlefield, swords have no eyes. If Anguo suffers any damage, how can I explain to my uncle?"

"It's really embarrassing. It's useless for me to speak well of you in front of my little sister." Guan Xing looked at him sadly.

Lan Ji scratched his head and said he was speechless, although he and Guan Yinping had decided to get married, but the two of them were still young, and it would take several years before they got married.

At his age, he has already understood many things. His mother is so powerful, but his father controls him submissively. Guan Yinping's martial arts were all taught by Lan Ji. In the future, he will not be able to control himself even more. What does this second uncle want to do?

"Don't forget that I will intercede with Master Xu for you, otherwise how could Yu Jin become your private prisoner?" Seeing that Lan Ji didn't answer, Guan Xing continued to add.

Lan Ji was speechless when he heard it. With the friendship between his father and Master Xu, it should be no problem for him to ask for someone by himself, but he had already gone to ask for a prisoner at that time, and he was embarrassed to ask for the chief general again, so Guan Xing ran for him. Unexpectedly, he even took credit for it.

"Brother An Guo, it's not that I don't want to take it with you, but it's because you haven't been trained. If you don't listen to orders on the battlefield, it's easy to cause problems."

Lan Ji earnestly explained that the young soldiers under him were trained according to Gao Shun's method. Apart from daily hard training of individual combat ability, the most important thing was to enforce orders and prohibit them.

Guan Xing hastily argued: "I am also a general after all. Although I can't compare with you in martial arts, am I not as good as them? At worst, I will be your follower. Father has always attached great importance to you. Will punish you, what's wrong with covering for me? Everyone will be a family sooner or later, or are they good brothers?"

"Uh...okay..." Lan Ji couldn't bear Guan Xing's soft-spokenness.

The two then came to the south gate of Jiangling and saw the guards and soldiers busy carrying arrows, stones, rolling logs and other defensive items to the city wall.

Ascending to the tower, Xiang Xun was setting up defenses. When he saw the two men, he didn't dare to neglect them, so he hurried up to meet them.

"Why are you two young masters here?" Xiang Xun bowed his hands and saluted.

"General Xiang, it is said that there will be a war?" Lan Ji and Guan Xing clasped their fists in return.

Xiang Xun smiled slightly, pointed downstairs and prevaricated: "It's nothing, Jiangling is impenetrable, I just let the guards practice the drill, and the two sons will go back to the youth camp to play."

"Help it from General Hegu, Su Dudu's scouts are at the station, and they almost bumped into me on the street just now." Guan Xing frowned.

Xiang Xun was startled, and quickly told: "Sir, don't say anything, Mr. Xu is not in Jiangling now, if it is spread maliciously, it may cause panic, and the city defense army has no energy to maintain law and order."

"We are here to help. I still have 500 people at my place. General Xiang, can you help me?" Lan Ji asked.

Xiang Xun said: "I know Mr. Lan has the right to judge. If you really want to contribute to the defense of Jiangling, you can help maintain order in the city. I am worried that once the Jiangdong army comes to attack, Jiangling City will fall into chaos for a short time."

"When will Jiangdong Army come?" Lan Ji asked.

Xiang Xun shook his head and replied: "I don't know exactly when, but according to Su Dudu's inference, he should arrive in Jiangling soon. In the two days when Jiangdong soldiers approached the city, there will definitely be brief disturbances in the city. Mr. Lan can use the interim power to deal with it. There is no problem in the sky, and the food and grass in the city can last for several months."

"That's easy, I'll go back and make arrangements right away." After speaking, Lan Ji suddenly remembered something, and then added: "Look at the city guards moving supplies just now, do you want me to transfer some prisoners to you? Those who don't want to be beaten Bing, I should be very willing to work with you."

"That's great, just a few hundred people."