Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

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When Jiangdong's reconnaissance ship appeared in Moon Bay, Bushan quickly received news from the enemy, and Lantian immediately summoned the generals to deploy combat strategies.

"It seems that the visitors from Jiangdong can't bear it anymore. I guess their fleet will enter Moon Bay tomorrow. How is the matter with Chief Sha going?" Lan Tian asked.

Shamoke clasped his fists and replied: "Yu River is much wider than Yuan River. Although Moon Bay is relatively narrow, after 20 days of hard work, we have laid out hundreds of meters of 'stone array'. However, fighting ships and building ships must clear out special river channels.”

"According to the type and number of warships reported by Wu Sihei, General Gan calculated that there are 5000 people in the Jiangdong Navy. How long will it take for these people to clear the stones blocking the road in the river?" Lan Tian continued to ask.

Sha Moke broke his fingers and calculated with difficulty, "Should it be able to stop for more than ten days...or three to five days?"

Chapter 2 Beacon

It is no problem for Samoko to calculate the furs of the tribe's tribute, but it is really difficult for him to involve such a complicated algorithm.

Lan Tian shook his head and said: "If you can stick to it for a few days, as long as I can complete the follow-up deployment, you and General Gao will lead [-] troops to station on the north bank of Moon Bay. The remaining [-] barbarian soldiers and all the ships will be left for General Kim and I will take command."

"Wei." Shamoke cupped his fists and accepted the order.

He thought it was easier to obey orders than to use his brain. Both Gao Shun and Gan Ningna were better than himself, so it would be no problem to obey their arrangements.

"Where is the specific station, and how to stop it?" Gao Shun is too familiar with Lantian's character, and everything has been mysterious since he came to Bushan. He guessed that he and Shamoke were not simply resisting the enemy.

Lan Tian nodded and said: "Try to camp on the west side of the river, as long as you can clearly see the semaphore on the other side of the mountain. Your task is to stick to the north bank and not allow Jiangdong's cavalry to move forward."

The mountains on the south bank are condescending, and as long as he uses the semaphore invented by Lantian, he can know everything about the enemy army on the north bank. In this way, Gao Shun is like playing a landlord, and can see all the cards of the opponent.

"What if I can break through the enemy formation?" Gao Shun asked again.

"A small victory is not a big victory." Lan Tian said mysteriously.

"Why?" Gao Shun was puzzled.

Lan Tian explained: "Jiangdong's soldiers and horses need to contain Cao Cao in the Yangtze River. If the main force of the opponent is really drawn to Jiaozhou, Cao Cao's attention will be completely attracted to Jingzhou. Now we are not capable of fighting the Northern Army alone..."

Gao Shun nodded hastily when he heard this, "Mister is still considerate, I promise to complete the task..."

After Sha Moke and Gao Shun took the order to leave, Lai Gong asked: "General Lan, didn't Wu Sihei say that there will be reinforcements in the east of the Yangtze River? Besides, there are still [-] soldiers on the building, and we only have [-] sailors left to stop us." Can you live?"

"This is Lu Fan's intimidation trick. General Gan is familiar with Jiangdong navy warships. Lu Meng's building ships stationed in Guangxin can only transport more than a thousand troops. You don't have to worry about their navy at all." Lan Tian comforted.

"After all, Zhou Yu defeated Cao Cao's hundreds of thousands of elites with his [-] sailors. The general still cannot underestimate the enemy. If he loses, Yu Lin will be in danger..." Lai Gong was still worried.

"Don't worry, Inspector Lai, I will let Lu Meng abandon the ship and go ashore."

When Lai Gong nodded, Gan Ning couldn't help asking: "Sir, how is Wu Siding doing in Jiaozhi? If Shi Xie blocks Lu Meng's retreat from the lower reaches of the Yu River, we will definitely win a big victory."

Lan Tian shook his head and said: "The Shi family endured humiliation in Lingnan for the benefit of the family. The former Nanhai prefect Shi Wu died inexplicably. Instead of raising troops to avenge Shi Xie, he sent his son Shi Qian to Jiangdong with tribute. Sun Quan played his left hand to appease him. General, it is absolutely impossible for them to send troops."

"Shi Xie refused Cao Cao to join Sun Quan, will they send troops to cooperate with Lu Meng to attack the southern part of Yulin?" Lai Gong didn't know the news of Shi Xie's entrustment, so he was quite shocked when he heard it.

In Lan Tian's memory, Shi Xie was an extremely capable person. The average life expectancy of the Three Kingdoms was only 30 years old, but this guy lived to be 90 years old in the end. Apart from his own longevity, several brothers lived long lives.

After listening to Lai Gong's analysis, Lan Tian said with a smile: "You can rest assured on this point. Shi Xie can pay tribute and become a vassal, but it is impossible to let him send troops. Besides, war is the extension of politics. If you want to get this guy Help, at least we have to show our due strength."

Lai Gong nodded and said: "Since there is no restraint from Shi Xie, with General Lan's strategizing, General Gan and General Gao's deployment of troops, I am very confident in this battle."

"Inspector Lai will understand what you are like after a long time. We may not be opponents of each other, but we will never suffer in a war." Gan Ning shook his head and smiled.

Lan Tian ordered: "Inspector Lai leads more than a thousand sailors to Moon Bay. Once the beacon signal is lit on the South Peak, he will immediately ask the fleet to move out of the middle waterway. When the time comes, I will have a clever plan to destroy Lu Meng's big ship."

"Wei." Lai Gong also clasped his fists and left.

"Xingba, you first dispatch a hundred fishing boats. The fishing boats must be filled with firewood and poured with tung oil, and then sail to the Gaoshun camp and stand by two miles away. As long as you see the beacon fire burning along the river, you will first send two Ten fishing boats sailed towards Moon Bay, and when they approached the enemy ships, they set fire to the boats and charged towards the enemy line, if the fire boats blocked the way, it would be easy for Lu Meng's water army to break through." Lan Tian continued to order.

"Sir, do you really want to destroy the enemy with a fireboat? In the past, Zhou Yu burned Cao Ying in Wulin because of the right time, place and people. The southerly wind blows in the Moon Bay area in summer, but the wind is blocked by the mountains on the south bank. The wind on the river is basically strong." Weak, without the help of the wind, the fire would be difficult to sustain..." Gan Ning analyzed.

Lan Tian shook his finger, "We are in the upper reaches of Yushui, and the river is soaring at this time of year, even without the help of the southeast wind like Zhou Lang, the fire boat can still rush towards the enemy's line, and the terrain of Moon Bay is narrow, as long as the fire is on the opposite side There will be great chaos, advancing and retreating in the river is not as easy as on land."

Gan Ning suddenly realized, and quickly said aloud.

Hundreds of Jiangdong fleets came in and out. Once they panicked in Moon Bay, the warships would block the river if they turned the rudder at will.

"If that's the case, why did you send twenty boats? Chief Sha brought hundreds of fishing boats here." Gan Ning asked curiously.

Lan Tian smiled and said: "If you are not in charge, you don't know how much firewood and rice are. We need to know how to keep flowing, and we don't know how many ships we can burn each other. If we burn our own ships at once, and Jiangdong's warships are not all burned, what will they do next time they come back?" response?"

Gan Ning scratched his head and said, "Isn't there a Mr. in charge, I will burn as many boats as you say."

Lan Tian nodded, "You act according to the orders of the beacon fire and semaphore, and only send [-] fire boats at a time."

"Wei." Gan Ning accepted the order with cupped fists.

After everyone in the hall had left, Lan Tian stared at the sand table obsessively.

It was the first time for him to command such a complicated military operation, which required the coordination and cooperation of all departments strictly according to the instructions. Fortunately, Gan Ning and Gao Shunyu were well-mannered, and he was waiting for the actual combat to test his engraving of Zhou Yu's Battle of Chibi.

Both "Wei Liaozi" and "Sun Tzu's Art of War" are programmatic military books. No battle can be copied indiscriminately. Tactics must be arranged according to local conditions and actual conditions.

Previously, when the leading army attacked Yiling, Gao Shun and Gan Ning commanded alone, or the two jointly formulated tactics. Lan Tian only talked with the two in the martial arts hall. He directly admired him and threw himself to the ground.

This time Lantian went south to Jiaozhou to deal with the Jiangdong army. Both Gan Ning and Gao Shun had great trust in his tactics.

Lantian's grand strategic layout is unparalleled in Liu Bei's camp.

Both sides are ready.

The next morning, Lu Meng led the Jiangdong navy to Moon Bay.

Chapter 2: Lu Meng's Ominous Premonition

The river in Moon Bay is narrow, Jiangdong's fighting ships are leading the way, the building ships are in the middle to command, there are mixed boats and boats, and the fighting ships are at the rear, a standard fleet attack formation.

Because Shamoco's people were dumping sand and gravel, hundreds of meters of the river were covered with rocks and hidden reefs, and it was almost impossible for large ships to pass through. The boat stops on the north shore.

Thousands of sailors from Jiangdong went to the river to dredge stones, but progress was very slow because of the turbulent current.

Half a day later, Lu Fan came to the front line by boat, boarded the upstairs boat and found Lu Meng with a sad face.

"The dredging situation is not ideal?" Lu Fan asked.

Lu Meng nodded, "The current in Moon Bay is too fast. I estimate that it will take at least ten days for the sailors to clear the river channel needed by the fleet. If the river water is fully swollen, it may take until mid-July. That would be too much." waste time."

"I really don't know what Lai Gong is doing so much..." Lu Fan was very puzzled.

Lu Meng sneered and said, "Pan Wengui is now stationed on the hills on the north bank, and Lai Gong's main force seems to be camping by land. Only a thousand sailors are blocking Yushui. This guy knows how to avoid the most important and take the lightest, but he won't be able to stop us for a long time."

"Yu Lin's navy is very different from our Jiangdong. Lai Gong used this method to block our navy's way. Could it be that he intends to fight Captain Pan on land? Now they occupy the mountains on the south bank, whether it's our ships on the water or the north bank You can see all the cavalry and infantry at a glance, so I have to tell Wen Gui not to be greedy for meritorious deeds." Lu Fan looked up at the peaks on the south bank, his face a little heavy.

Lu Meng nodded and said: "The Yue people are extremely brave and have more troops than our cavalry. I have ordered Colonel Pan to stand by on the spot. If the enemy does not move, I will not move. As long as the waterway can be cleared, Lai Gong's land and water garrison will be able to stand by." will be like chickens and dogs."

Lu Fan sighed, "It's best to play steadily like this. Spending more time is nothing more than consuming more food and grass. Ziming will be able to retreat back to Jiangdong with a healthy body at that time. Ziming is a great achievement."

"Ziheng will go back to Guangxin to govern with peace of mind. I will let Lai Gong know what happens if he doesn't know the current affairs. The food and grass on the fleet will still cost two months, which is completely enough to win this battle." Lu Meng said.

"Cangwu is initially determined, and it is not suitable to collect food immediately, so I will go back to Guangxin first." Lu Fan bowed his hands and said goodbye.

At the beginning of July, Lu Meng's navy had cleared obstacles for more than ten days, and with the rising water level of Yushui in summer, the deepest draft buildings could barely pass.

Lu Meng couldn't wait to command the fleet to go upstream, the movement of hundreds of fleets was very loud, and the watchtower on the top of the mountain immediately lit a beacon.

After the first beacon fire was lit, the beacon towers in the west saw the fire letter and lit the beacon fires along the river one after another.

The Jiangdong soldiers stationed on the south bank noticed something unusual, and the army commander Ma Zhong hurriedly reported to the chief general Pan Zhang, "General, look at the mountains on the south bank. Lai Gong's men lit the beacon fire."

Pan Zhang stepped out of the big tent and looked across the bank. He clearly saw the raging flames on the top of the mountain. He frowned and said to himself, "Lai Gong didn't come to fight or raid the camp for more than ten days. He Dao, I always thought there was some kind of conspiracy, maybe today..."

"Ma Sima, what's unusual in Moon Bay now?" Pan Zhang asked hastily.

Ma Zhong replied: "I just sent scouts to investigate. General Lu's boat is advancing from the big bend. It is estimated that the river has been cleared."

Pan Zhang nodded, "The beacon is indeed related to Moon Bay..."

"Do you want to remind General Lu..."

Before Ma Zhong could finish speaking, Pan Zhang quickly shook his head and said, "General Lu is the commander in chief, we just need to guard the land route, maybe he also discovered the clue..."

Pan Zhang didn't send anyone to remind him that although he was also Sun Quan's confidant and favorite general, he belonged to Commander Lu Meng after all, and sometimes he would offend people by talking too much.

The three battleships opened the way ahead, and the building boats, boat boats, and walking boats formed formations one after another.

When the fleet was a third of the way out of Moon Bay, twenty fishing boats loaded with cargo came from upstream.

The sentinel on the upper boat immediately reported, "General, there are twenty boats coming along the river ahead."

Lu Meng was at the front of the deck right now, and he nodded lightly without speaking. Even if the sentry officer didn't report, he could see clearly.

The boats blocked by Lai Gong gave way to the river half an hour ago, Lu Meng thought that this fellow had given up resistance, but what do these twenty boats mean?

"General, those boats are only 200 meters away from us. They seem to have something loaded on them, but they seem to be fishing boats..." the sentry officer continued to report.

Lu Meng tapped his forehead lightly, why is this scene so familiar?He suddenly had an ominous premonition.

One hundred feet...

Eighty feet...

Thirty feet...

Fifteen feet...

Fire, raging fire.

Suddenly those fishing boats caught fire at the same time, and the sailors on board abandoned the boat and jumped into the river.

The Jiangdong water army watching from the warship was shocked at the same time. Lu Meng instantly recalled the familiar scene, the Battle of Chibi.

Back then Huang Gai set fire with warships and warships, but now Lai Gong actually used Zhou Lang's fire to attack, but this method was undoubtedly a bit petty.

"Stop the incoming ships quickly, don't let these fire boats rush into the fleet." Lu Meng shouted.

"General, look quickly." The sentinel exclaimed.

Lu Meng followed the reputation, and there was the same black spot more than a hundred feet away, and then it slowly turned into a boat again.

It turned out that Lai Gong's fire boat was not finished at all, and it also sailed to fifteen feet away to ignite and charge.

Again and again, Lantian again and again, a total of [-] fireboats in three rounds rushed towards Moon Bay along the rushing river.

At first Lu Meng was planning to block the fire boats, but the successive fire boats couldn't stop them at all, and even the tung oil poured on the boats couldn't put out the fire.

The sixty fire boats were like a wall of fire, blocking the way of Jiangdong warships on Yushui. After the fire attack, the ships quickly fell into panic.

After the fire boat charged into the formation, Lai Gong led the water army forward, and the soldiers shot at random with crossbow arrows. They aimed not at Lu Meng's soldiers but at the warships, and they specially selected large ships.

Today's arrows are all smeared with tung oil, in order to play the role of fire.

Seeing that the fire was getting bigger and the water at the entrance of Moon Bay was rushing, Lu Meng had no choice but to order the commanding soldiers to retreat with flags.

What was the mentality of Cao Jun during the Battle of Chibi? What is the mentality of Lu Meng’s navy at this time? When panicked, they all want to escape for their lives. It is difficult for warships and buildings to turn their rudders for a while.

Soon the flames spread to the fighting ships and the building ships. Because the river was not cleaned thoroughly before, many of the warships running for their lives ran aground, forming a 'traffic jam' situation in Moon Bay.

The house leak happened to rain all night, and the defenders in the sentry tower on the top of the mountain took advantage of the "traffic jam" in Moon Bay to throw "bolides", dry firewood and other things into the river.

There were hidden reefs, damaged warships in front, chasing soldiers and fireboats behind, and fireballs falling from the sky from time to time. All these battlefield factors caused psychological pressure on Jiangdong soldiers.

In a dilemma, Lu Meng also became at a loss for a while, he still wanted to keep the expensive building boat at this moment.

"General, the boat can't get away, let's quickly change to the stern of the boat..." General Pi on the boat reminded anxiously.

Chapter 2 Ten

Lu Meng's head was buzzing at this time, he never regarded Lai Gong as a rival, but he didn't despise Lai Gong because of this mentality either.

He couldn't help asking three questions about life confusion:

who am I?

where am i from?

Where am I going?

Lu Meng's position has changed from small to big since the beginning of the army. Under Sun Quan's careful training, he followed Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Cheng Pu and others to learn how to run the army and command the army, and gradually became a famous commander in Jiangdong. somersault.

"General, don't stop..." Nabi reminded again seeing Lu Meng in a daze.

Lu Meng frowned and looked at the dire situation around him, and said unwillingly, "Abandon the ship..."

There are thousands of soldiers on the building boat, but there is only one boat reserved, and the rest of the soldiers are not eligible to change ships except the generals who accompany the army.

When Lu Meng got off the ship, he did not forget to remind the lieutenant general: "Pan Wengui will come to meet the danger. All the warships that cannot get away will be abandoned on the spot, and they will swim to the north bank with the sailors to land."

"Wei." Commander Pi accepted the order with his fists folded, and then called out to the surrounding generals and schools, and conveyed it to each ship layer by layer.