Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

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Jiang Wan bowed his hands and saluted: "The general is thoughtful, and I admire my humble position..."

The lectures in the martial arts hall are all retreated from the army, although these people are more or less disabled, but their combat effectiveness is still strong. Lu Tie is now playing the two iron crutches with great proficiency, and the number of ordinary people is close to not his body.

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Lan Tian bid farewell to Jiang Wan and came to the pier. Gao Shun asked him to board the transport ship and leave first. He and the large army hurried along the Xiangshui River. Due to the limited number of ships, the transport team could only take away 2000 people in the first batch.

"It's better for Boping to go first with the boat, and I will go overland with the main force." Lan Tian refused.

Gao Shun looked surprised: "Sir, why bother bumping on the road, you still have to go to the front to command the battle."

Lan Tian smiled wryly: "Don't be pushy at this time. Commanding the battle is your job, Gao Boping. You go to assemble the team first to find out the news. The transport team can make more rounds. The first batch can send fewer soldiers and save a hundred horses. s position."

"Wei." Gao Shun's eyes lit up when he heard it.

Chapter 321 Isn't it good to live?

Jingzhou has many mountains and rivers. There are no war horses produced here, and there are few horses in the army. The entire Quanling has less than a thousand war horses.

The horses that Lantian let Gao Shun board the ship were the footpowers that the entrapment army deployed for the reconnaissance battalion. The so-called soldiers and horses went first before the food and grass were mobilized, and Lantian gave the highest priority to intelligence.

There are 600 people in the siege army with mounts, of which [-] are in the reconnaissance battalion. Their armor is strong and their weapons are excellent, and everyone has a mount.

Lan Tian asked Gao Shun to train them as "special forces", so the scouts were the first to go out in every battle.

The soldiers in the formation were fully armed and dispatched, which attracted the people near the pier to stop and watch. It is unknown who among the crowd took the lead, and strong cheers and shouts echoed on both sides of the Xiangshui River.

The military-civilian mixed dock in the north of Quanling City has seen soldiers and horses coming in and out since the afternoon, and there are people flowing in all directions from east to west, north, south, and it didn’t calm down until sunset. Among them, the fastest march was the Quanling water army of Commander Gan Ning. , although the scale is only a thousand people, but the combat power is really strong.

There are 500 people in this navy army, which are the trilogy of Gan Ning. They followed him from Berkshire to Jiangling, from Jiangling to Jiangxia, and from Jiangxia to Jingnan.

At night, the starlight in the sky shines on the Xiangshui River, and the waters where the warships pass by are shining with fire.

It was nearly a day's journey from Quanling to Changsha, and Gan Ning ordered the warships to sail in the direction of Linxiang without stopping at night.

The sailors changed shifts and rowed the oars, and they reached twenty miles south of Linxiang before dawn. Gan Ning ordered the fleet to dock to rest and cook, and sent scout boats to inquire about the news.

An hour later, the scouts not only brought back the news, but also brought back the person who surprised Gan Ning, Changsha prefect Liao Li.

Liao Li no longer had the flair of a celebrity in Jingxiang, he was unkempt and dirty, his clothes were covered with mud, and he looked haggard as if he hadn't slept all night.

"Why is Prefect Liao here? Is Linxiang City lost?" Gan Ning asked in surprise.

Liao Li lowered his head and said nothing, his stomach growling.

The scout replied: "Jiangdong warships are docked on the east bank of Xiangshui River. From a distance, there are more than a hundred ships, but there are almost no guards on board..."

Gan Ning looked solemn, lifted Liao Li up, and shouted angrily: "My lord entrusts you with an important position, why don't you defend the enemy in Linxiang? Did Ling Tong break the city?"

Liao Li was in a trance, but was woken up by Gan Ning's scolding, and saw him stammering: "Linxiang? Well... like... it seems that it hasn't been broken, but I guess it won't last long..."

"Why are you here before the city is broken?" Gan Ning felt like he was going crazy.

"We had been holding on for two days. Later, we heard that Sun Quan had an army of 3000 to [-] people. How could Linxiang with only [-] to [-] people stand up? The most terrible thing is that they will definitely not let me go if they break the city, so before dawn Taking advantage of the other party's slack, he sneaked out of the city, but he didn't know where it was. Fortunately, he met your patrol boat by the river..." Liao Li cried.

"Then you just lost Linxiang?"

Faced with Gan Ning's questioning, Liao Li was speechless, Gan Ning couldn't help but shook his head and sneered: "Isn't it just a few words of truth in the Yangtze River News, and the rats in Jiangdong have hated you? You really are like dogs..."

Liao Li was suddenly very excited: "The truth is not like this at all. Ling Tong framed General Lan and I for poisoning Zhou Yu, and even used our heads to pay homage to their governor. If I stay in Linxiang, the other party may massacre the city..."

"Do you also believe in such a mess of rumors?" Gan Ning looked at him contemptuously.

Liao Li shook his head and said, "This incident seems to be true. There was news from Dongting Lake, and Fu Shiren admitted it in front of General Guan..."

Gan Ning asked playfully, "Then you really poisoned Zhou Yu?"

"It's just that I didn't, and I'm wronged." Liao Li shook his head like a rattle, and then reminded very ridiculously: "General Gan quickly send someone to Quanling, and let General Lan immediately take a detour to Yizhou, Jiangdong. With such a big crime, who can bear it?"

"It's ridiculous, what kind of person is Mr. Jiangdong? These idiots in Jiangdong can let him escape?" Gan Ning sneered.

"How many troops are there in Jingzhou now? Jiangdong has sent [-] to [-] soldiers..." Liao Li swallowed his saliva.

Gan Ning spread five fingers and asked, "How many Jiangdong soldiers are there outside Linxiang City? Are there five thousand soldiers?"

"There should be so many at first, but they don't have siege equipment. They have consumed a lot in the past two days. There should be about 4000 people left, and the defenders in the city have also lost a lot..." Liao Li replied with his head down.

Gan Ning leaned down and whispered, "I only have 1000 people here, do you want to see how I can defeat Ling Tong?"

Liao Li raised his head and stared at his big eyes, and asked incredulously, "How is that possible? Isn't it good to be alive?"

Gan Ning stood up and shouted, "Weigh the anchor and set off."

"General Gan, are you serious?" Liao Li panicked and grabbed the side of the boat.

"There is no joke in the army." When Gan Ning spoke, the warship beside him slowly pushed away from the shore.

"Can you...can you..." Liao Li hesitated to speak, he wanted to escape from the warship at this time, but felt very shameless.

Gan Ning reached out and grabbed the rope on the big boat, turned to the scouts and said, "You sent Taishou Liao to Yinshan County, and handed it over to the master."

"Wei." The scout received the order and steered the boat alone.

Liao Li looked back at the boat going north, Gan Ning at the bow was illuminated by the warm sun, like a golden sculpture, although it looked pretty enough, but why did these reckless people seek death?

The moment the ship missed the boat, a cloth bag was thrown from the big boat. Liao Li opened it and found that it was dry food, just in time for his stomach to growl.

Standing on the bow of the boat facing the wind, Gan Ning was still guessing what Lan Tian had left behind in Changsha. If he had been prepared, why would Liao Li have abandoned the city and fled?

More than 20 warships of the Quanling Water Army sailed at high speed, rushing into Lingtong's warships with lightning speed, and then the sailors on the warships, wearing soft armor and holding steel knives, jumped up to the enemy like agile apes. ferry.

Based on the intelligence analysis of the scouts, Gan Ning guessed that Ling Tong would attack the city during the day and return to the ship to rest at night, so he took the ship without stopping.

There were less than [-] miscellaneous soldiers on the Jiangdong warship, and the battle was over in less than half an hour like chickens and ducks waiting to be slaughtered in front of the Quanling water army.

Not far from Linxiang, there was constant shouting and fighting. Jiangdong soldiers were not good at attacking cities and they had no equipment. It was not easy to storm a city. Fortunately, there were few defenders in Linxiang City and their combat effectiveness was not strong.

On the one hand, Ling Tongyi put up a posture and set up a ladder to climb the city wall. On the other hand, he used arrows and books to shoot rumors and threats into the city, which greatly disintegrated the fighting will of the defenders in the city.

After Liao Li, the prefect, escaped, Dong Dang, the Changshi of Changsha, wanted to open the city and surrender, but was killed by the city defense school captain Liwei.

Seeing Dong Dang's head fall, Ling Tong knew that he had lost a chance to break the city. He pointed at the man at the top of the city to persuade him to surrender: "You, a small captain, dared to attack and kill the superior. How can Japan Liu Bei tolerate you? Why not leave yourself a way out and follow Fu Shiren's surrender to Jiangdong."

Chengtou Xiaowei sneered: "I want Linxiang to take it with his own ability, but you have no way out, so what face do you have to persuade me?"

"I'm trying to persuade you, but you are acting strangely..." Ling Tong frowned.

The captain pointed to the southwest and said, "Take a look back yourself, your boats have all run away."

Because the distance was only two miles, Ling Tong turned his head and saw the warship moving westward. He didn't understand why the boatmen moved the boat without permission.So immediately send someone to run over to check the situation.

Ling Tong felt that the person in the city was unusual, so he asked curiously: "Do you dare to leave your name? I will keep your whole body after the city is broken."

"Xiangyang Xizhen."

Chapter 322 Infantry VS Cavalry

After the Chibi War, Liu Bei became the shepherd of Jingzhou. The Cai and Kuai families of the four great families in Jingzhou moved to the Central Plains with Cao Cao. The interests of Cai Kuai, Pang Huang, the original Jingzhou wealthy family were re-divided. .

Xi Zhen was born in the Xi family, a prominent family in Jingxiang. Among the same family, Xi Zhen was inferior to Pang Tong in talent name and surpassed Ma Liang.

After Lantian took charge of Lingling, he carried out drastic reforms. He set up schools, promoted agriculture and industry, paid attention to the interests of the people, and appointed military and political officials to use talents without names. These measures greatly stimulated the local gentry, because Lantian was not only Liu Bei's wife , still has an elite army in the hands of the army, and there is basically no voice of opposition to the reform.

The gentry of Lingling saw that Lantian did not use the gentry, so they could only secretly seek help from the top gentry in Nanjun. Pang Tong, who represented the Pang family, was recommended by Lantian to Liu Bei, and Zhuge Liang, who represented the Huang family, had a close relationship with Lantian. He didn't want to interfere with Jing Nan.

Finally, under the coordination of Pan Jun, who worked in Jingzhou, Xi Zhen of the Xi family was transferred to Lingling as the northern captain.

Knowing that Xi Zhen has a reputation for loyalty, Lan Tian saw that the gentry in Jingzhou wanted to reach out to Jingnan, but under Lingling's rule, the gentry did not allow them to be kidnapped by the gentry, so he planned to make an example of Xi Zhen.

After Xi Zhen took office in Lingling, she knew what the people wanted and what an elite teacher was, and she soon became a fan of Lantian.

Out of respect for Lantian, Xi Zhen is willing to cooperate with Lantian in a play.

Later, Xi Zhen was demoted from Lingling by Lantian and assigned to Changsha because of his "poor management of the army". Liao Li, the prefect of Changsha, placed him in Linxiang as a city defense school lieutenant at Lantian's suggestion.

Seeing Lantian Lei Ting's methods, the Lingling gentry could only keep their tails between their legs and dare not make mistakes. The gentry in Jingnan all seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. If they want to climb up, they squeeze their scalps into Jiangling. Go to Lingling.

On the surface, Xi Zhen was relegated by Lantian, but before he went to Changsha to take up his post, he received special training from Gao Shun for [-] plays, and Lantian left him a secret order: If anyone surrenders from the city, he will be killed regardless of his official position.

Xi Zhen had no scruples when killing Dong Dang Liwei because of the support of the big brother Lan Tian. He was Lan Tian's second hand in Changsha.

Ling Tong's trainee Zhenzhen was awe-inspiring, he thought that Linxiang might not be able to gnaw it down, so should he go south along the Xiangshui River to meet Cheng Pu?This time should have entered Jingnan territory.

Looking back at the boat stop on the east bank of the Xiangshui River, except for a dense reed fluttering in the wind, there is no one moving as far as the eye can see, and there is no sentry at all.

Ling Tong frowned. Although the vanguard had hundreds of warships, they only carried less than twenty horses. Except for a few main generals who had horses, the rest were used by scouts for scouting and passing news.

Apprentice Ling Tong guarded tenaciously, and he was already thinking of retreating. At this time, he found something unusual on the east bank of the Xiangshui River, so he immediately ordered the siege to be suspended, and the entire army was gathered to retreat to the warship.

After two days of siege, Ling Tong's troops were less than [-]. They followed behind a few generals, and walked towards the place where the boat was parked.

The so-called exhaustion and failure, although it took less than two hours to attack the city in the morning, after hearing Ling Tong's order to retreat, everything was like a deflated ball.

The reeds made a rustling sound, and the warship somehow stopped on the west bank of the Xiangshui River.

The Xiangshui River began to swell in spring, and the river has become very wide. It is unrealistic for thousands of people to swim across. Ling Tong selected hundreds of soldiers with good water skills and asked them to take off their armor and swim to operate the boat.

These white bodies screamed again and again as soon as the reeds were pushed aside, and the screams stopped abruptly after a while, and the rest was only the sound of the river flowing.

"General... Jun... Will there be... any... filth?" General Pi beside Ling Tong asked in horror.

Ling Tong stared: "In broad daylight, where did the filth come from? Don't confuse the soldiers."

"But the warship shifted for no reason, and those screams just now..." General Pi timidly took two steps back.

Ling Tong squeezed his chin. He suspected that there were ambushes among the reeds, but judging by the length of the river bank, even if there were ambushes, there were only a few hundred soldiers.

"The whole army forms a square formation, run over with me, I want to see if there are people or ghosts in the reeds." Ling Tong shouted sharply.

The Jiangdong navy marched lazily, and immediately formed a square formation to advance forward. Ling Tong also reined in and slowed down, because it was only a few feet away from the reeds.

Sanzhang

two feet

one foot

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When approaching, whizzing, fine arrows rained down among the reeds.

Although the front row of Ling Tong's army was cautious, many soldiers were shot in the face by thin arrows. They covered their foreheads and fell to the ground in pain. The soldiers in the back row really thought there were ghosts, so they started running around in panic.

The formation that had been assembled just now collapsed in an instant, and Ling Tong's troops fell into a panic.

It was obvious that he had encountered an ambush, and Ling Tong's horse was also spun around in fright. He grabbed the rein with one hand to control the horse, and shouted: "Don't panic, prepare to meet the enemy."

The rear army was in chaos now, and the shouts of the panicked soldiers covered up Ling Tong's orders. Just as he was about to kill the general to stand up, the ambushes in the reeds shouted and rushed out.

The reeds were like a portal, and people kept coming out of it. Ling Tong didn't know how many people were ambushing here, so he had to drive his horses and lead his troops to fight and leave.

Gan Ning took the lead and rushed into the crowd, he saw that he was holding a pair of halberds and slashing left and right. The thousand-man team behind him had no horses, but their morale was as high as a tiger.

The former Jinfan bandits reappeared, and the battle turned to the direction of Jiangdong's defeat.

The runners hacked and killed less than a mile away. Ling Tong looked back at the reeds and there was no follow-up ambush. Although nearly a thousand people were lost in the hasty fight, from the comparison of the total strength of the opponent, Jiangdong was still more than twice that of the opponent. There are more than a dozen war horses on our side.

"I was almost deceived by them, and ordered the whole army to turn around and fight back."

Ling Tong's voice was like an old bell. After he gave the order, all the officers, big and small, immediately gathered their troops to fight back, but they were already scattered during the running of the soldiers, and it was too difficult to purge the troops during the war.

When Ling Tong was purging the troops, a trace of excitement suddenly appeared on his face. He found his enemy Gan Ning in the crowd, and he was still without a horse at the moment.

God helped me, Ling Tong felt his blood was burning, he ignored the brigade's flattery and charged back at the enemy, only to see a dozen of athletes standing in the way beheaded with a big knife.

"Whoever stands in my way will die." Ling Tong shouted as he ran.

A few officers on horseback didn't know why the general had a fit, so they could only follow behind to cover up the attack. The cavalry must form a group to be powerful in combat. A single rider like Ling Tong is easy to get hit by a cold arrow.

"General, it's Ling Tong." General Pi reminded Gan Ning.

Gan Ning looked disdainful, could he be arrogant with a horse?He pushed aside the crowd and shouted angrily: "Get out of the way, he is my prey."

Ling Tong and Gan Ning locked onto each other respectively, and the soldiers along the way unconsciously gave way to the passage.

The sword and the two halberds clashed violently, Gan Ning held the two halberds to meet Ling Tong's sword, and was shocked back two steps by the horse's impact.

Although Gan Ning was taken two steps back by the shock, Ling Tong felt a huge wave in his heart.

Infantry fighting cavalry, is this guy still human?

Chapter 323 The Iron Chain Broken Knife