Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

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Xiang Xun had already heard about Lan Ji's establishment of a youth battalion. Who would have thought that a 12-year-old child could think of using captives for training, but such a real fight is far more effective than hitting a wooden stake.

"Brother An Guo, let's go."

"okay."

Lan Ji went back to the camp and picked [-] captives and handed them over to Xiang Xun. These people have been defeated repeatedly in the environment of the jungle, and they are incompetent for training with a meal every day. Many of them were moved to tears.

The captives originally looked down on this group of children, especially those officers with good martial arts skills, but after fighting against Lan Ji, they all became party food, thinking that this guy is just kidding around?Obviously he was picking a tiger and leopard to ride.

Three days later, Lu Meng's [-] troops arrived outside the city of Jiangling. Looking at the banners on the city wall, he knew that the city was ready.

Han Dang escorted Lu Meng to the bottom of the city, and then shouted at the top of the city tower: "My lord received Jingzhou from the emperor's order, and now the heavenly soldiers from Jiangdong have arrived, so don't open the city gate quickly."

Xiang Xun poked his head out and said contemptuously, "Is your lord the son of Sun Quan? He and his father and brother have been in chaos in Jiangdong for many years. How could the emperor issue an edict to the bandits? It's really ridiculous."

"Everyone, how dare you be unreasonable?" Lu Meng was furious.

Chapter 567 Fighting More and More Defenders

Xiang Xun sneered: "Yo? Are you still in a hurry?"

Lu Meng suppressed the anger in his heart, then took out the imperial edict from his bosom, and shouted sharply: "Open your dog eyes and see clearly, this is the edict of the emperor's reward. My lord is now General Hussars, Jingzhou Mu, and Nanchang Hou, and he was ordered to conquer the imperial edict for self-reliance. Liu Bei, the king's rebel, and Guan Yu, the minion who is entrenched in Jingzhou, will you see the edict and not come down quickly?"

"My lord also received the emperor's edict to go to the king of Hanzhong, and General Guan also received the edict to go north to the king, so you dare to use the edict to make a fool of yourself?" Xiang Xunxu rolled his eyes.

"Liu Bei pretends to be the king, and you don't know right from wrong. You really are bastards and damned." Lu Meng gritted his teeth.

"Who is the man in the city? With such a loud tone, could it be that he just came back from the toilet?" Xiang Xun continued to tease.

Han Dang couldn't bear it anymore when he heard this, he shouted angrily in a majestic voice: "This is General Lu Meng, the governor of Jiangdong, how can you wait for unknown people to know him?"

"Lü Meng? The one who flattered General Guan? Sure enough, he was born with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, and his face is hideous. I don't care if I don't care about such a clumsy face." Xiang Xun sneered.

Lv Meng almost exploded in anger, Han Dang followed and scolded: "The garrison in Jiangling City is only two or three thousand, and we have ten times as many troops as you now. If you don't know the current affairs and resist stubbornly, after the city is broken, you will be destroyed. Wushuang, why didn't the general open the city and surrender in front of the emperor's edict? That would not make the people suffer."

"Hahaha, do you still know that my lord is a clan member of the Han Dynasty? The emperor will issue an edict to the clan clan, or will he issue an edict to the rebels who invaded Jiangdong? Isn't this a judgment between superiors and inferiors?" Xiang Xun laughed heartily. .

"Bastard, what is your name, do you dare to announce your name? You have repeatedly despised and slandered my lord, and I will kill you after breaking the city." Lu Meng's face was full of anger.

Xiang Xun pointed at Lu Meng, "This kind of stamina is also worthy of being a commander-in-chief? This general is Xiang Xun of Nanjun. Although he is only a small lieutenant, if he wants to kill me, he has to show his real skills.

But is it absurd that the Sun family is a bandit?In the past, Sun Jianqiang took Wu as his wife, his son Sun Ceqiang took Da Qiao as his concubine, and Sun Quan forced Yuan Shu's daughter as his concubine. This is how their father and son treat women, let alone Jiangdong, which does not belong to them? "

"Governor, it's useless to talk too much, let's attack." Even Han Dang couldn't help it.

"Xiang Xun, I have written you down, wait for my anger."

After Lu Meng finished speaking, he was escorted back to the formation, and Jiangdong soldiers and horses soon launched an attack on Jiangling, but the city of Jiangling was tall and strong, and Xiang Xun had already made sufficient preparations.

The Jiangdong side fought from noon to evening, and finally dragged their tired bodies to camp outside the city to rest. They thought that the defenders on the other side would rarely surrender when they heard the wind, but they met Xiang Xun, who was so tough.

After dinner at night, Lu Meng was lying in the tent and taking a nap, when Han Dang suddenly came in with armor.

Hearing the sound, Lu Meng sat up, "The old general has worked hard, Liu Bei's subordinates are full of tricks, and they may rob the camp at night. It doesn't hurt to be careful."

"The governor is very thoughtful."

Han Dang nodded in agreement on the surface, but he didn't believe that Xiang Xun dared to go out of the city to rob the camp. After all, the opponent only had two or three thousand defenders. Lu Meng is so cautious now because of the humiliating experience in Jiaozhou that year. I educated at night, and at this time it became "I was bitten by a snake once and afraid of well ropes for ten years".

"Old General Han is going to make arrangements before going to bed. Tomorrow, we will divide our army into three parts, and attack from three sides at the same time. As long as the commotion is big enough, those secret workers in the city will be able to take advantage of the situation. I don't believe that the patrol People can hold on to this." Lu Meng showed a gloomy expression.

"The governor should rest early, and the final general will do it." Han Dang walked out with his hands clasped together.

The next day, Lu Meng divided the Jiangdong Army into three parts. A total of nine groups of people took turns to attack from three sides at the same time.

Because of the limited number of defenders, Xiang Xun had to travel between the city gates to supervise the battle. He found that the Jiangdong soldiers were shouting loudly, but under the invitation of dense bows and arrows, falling rocks, and rolling logs, very few were able to climb the city wall through the ladder. few.

Lu Meng's wheel battle lasted for a whole day. The defenders sat on the spot and fell asleep. The opponent didn't stop for almost a moment, so the defense was very intense. Xiang Xun had to arrange soldiers to be on duty at night, and he didn't know how long this kind of days would last. How long, but fortunately, there are enough military supplies in the city, and the food reserves are also very rich. As long as he can persist for more than ten days, he believes that Jiangdong's offensive will weaken. After all, the defenders of the city have a huge advantage.

That night, when Lan Ji and Guan Xing were patrolling the city, they arrested dozens of people who had violated the curfew and took to the streets. The two had no time to interrogate whether they were fine-tuned, and they were all sent to jail for processing after the war.

Most of the internal responses sent by Lu Meng in advance were arrested that night. They mistakenly thought that the city defense army was too busy, so they planned to set fire to make chaos, and intentionally scare the people of Jiangling, so that they could take advantage of the fire to loot and seize the city gate. Five hundred young soldiers cleared away.

For the next two days, the offensive outside the city continued unabated, and the defenders on the city wall were very tired.

In order to buy time for his subordinates to rest, Xiang Xun asked Lan Ji for some Cao Jun prisoners to help defend the city. This time, in addition to carrying military supplies, they had to stand on the city wall and throw down rocks and logs.

Because he was worried that the captives would take the opportunity to make trouble, Lan Ji sent a hundred young guards to each city wall. They sharpened their swords and stood behind the captives. Once they found any signs of mutiny, they could kill them on the spot.

The captives were tortured by Lan Ji for more than a month, and their original sharpness and arrogance had all disappeared. In front of these 'demonic' teenagers, they could only passively choose to obey. It was better to walk up the city wall and throw stones than to be beaten. Also filled the stomach.

At night, Lan Ji sent the young soldiers to patrol the streets again, completely blocking the paths of those who slipped through the net, and the pressure on Xiang Xun was directly reduced by half.

At this moment, Xiang Xun finally understood Guan Yu and Xu Shu's intentions. The original [-] captives left behind by Xu Shu also indirectly became a tool for Lan Ji to defend the city.

Xiang Xun felt that Lan Ji was born for war, and he was more proficient in dispatching troops than he, a lieutenant, but Xiang Xun didn't know that Lan Ji had been fascinated by it since he was a child, and some things had already been written in his blood.

Both the attacker and the defender, one ebbs and another, the easier Jiangling City is to defend, the more distressed Lu Meng outside the city is.

Five days later, the Jiangdong Army's losses had reached [-]%, and the nine groups in charge of the wheel battle were getting smaller and smaller. Seeing this, Lu Meng had to weaken his attack, and then sent people to Sun Jiao's place to continue drawing troops.

Lu Meng looked at Jiangling City and frowned. Is it because the previous information was wrong, or was Xiang Xun's organization too strong?Why do the defenders seem to be getting more and more?

Chapter 568 Arrow Book Rumor Disrupts the Army's Heart

Facing Jiangling's tenacious defense, Lu Meng was not without countermeasures.

Taking advantage of the night when the generals were resting, Lu Meng called Fu Shiren over to ask: "General Fu was an old minister of Liu Bei, and he should know the situation in Jiangling very well. Now Xiang Xun does not know how to fight, do you have a plan to help me break the city? "

Fu Shiren had no choice but to surrender to the enemy at the beginning. In order to set an example for the surrendered generals, Sun Quan added Jiangxia governor to this kind of seller who seeks glory.

The governor is a senior official in the army, but Fu Shiren has almost no real power. He can only be regarded as a bare general under Lu Meng's account. Even his accompanying guards are appointed by Lu Meng. Industry, the euphemistic name is that the rear is safe and the conditions are good, so that the soldiers can serve the country wholeheartedly.

Fu Shiren suffered a lot of stares during his stay in Jiangxia, but he couldn't repent after he made a big mistake. Seeing that Sun Quan and Lu Meng didn't trust him, he went to Jingzhou with too many people, and he just muddled along like this all day long.

"Uh... The general has been away from Jiangling for many years, and has forgotten many things..." Fu Shiren prevaricated.

Lu Meng looked at him and asked meaningfully: "General Fu's memory is so bad? You should remember it well. If you don't make more contributions in the war, your wife and children will not look good, right? Those generals' families in Jianye are very comparable. .”

"The last general is really..." Fu Shiren continued to dodge like an old fritter.

"But don't worry, General Fu is my subordinate. Those dandies in Jianye City should sell my face as the governor, but if you don't want to help me defeat the enemy, I, Lu Meng, won't be able to take care of it so comprehensively... "

Although Lu Meng spoke cryptically, the threat in his words was clearly revealed.

Fu Shiren knew that he couldn't hide, so he answered bravely: "The general will try his best to remember, I don't know what the governor wants to ask?"

"I just want to know Xiang Xun's weakness, how can we make him give up resistance? Or what hidden dangers are there in Jiangling?" Lu Meng frowned.

"Ahem, I don't know about the situation in the past few years, but Guan Yu is quite arrogant, and he was not happy with most of the gentry in Jingzhou. When General Liu occupied Yizhou and moved, many people chose to move to Shu. They just didn't want to see Guan Yu all day long. His face..." Fu Shiren replied in a low voice.

Lu Meng nodded lightly, "It seems that General Fu has also been angry with Guan Yu, and now he should be high-spirited when he switches to Jiangdong. Please continue."

"There are few defenders in Jiangling, why didn't the governor send spies to spread rumors? But now that the city gates are closed, we can only send letters by letter..." Fu Shiren bowed his head and said.

Lu Mengxin said that the governor had already dispatched secret agents, but there was a lot of commotion during this period of time, but unfortunately there was no sound in the city at all, and Fu Shiren's rumors about the arrow book could give it a try.

"Is General Fu familiar with Xiang Xun?" Lu Meng asked again.

Fu Shiren stroked his beard and frowned and replied: "Ahem, this person is from the Xiang family of the Jingzhou clan. Because he is not the main line of the Xiang family, he cannot follow Xiang Lang and Xiang Chong into Shu. I heard that he is only a school lieutenant now..."

"How is his martial arts?"

"It's...it's okay..."

Lu Meng nodded after hearing this, thinking that what Fu Shiren said was acceptable, isn't that just too weak?Then waved him back to rest, and then called veteran Han Dang to discuss.

"General Han, you have been commanding the front for the past few days, and you know the situation of both sides like the palm of your hand. Do you think you can continue to attack?" Lu Meng invited Han Dang to sit beside him.

Han Dang frowned, "Jiangling City is strong, and the offensive and defensive damage is already great. The general's wheel battle is very effective and can quickly wear down the strength of the defenders, but Xiang Xun is not incompetent. He added some incompetence in the past two days." A’s soldiers may be recruits temporarily recruited in the city, they are mainly responsible for throwing stones, throwing torches, etc., they are not as easy to fight as imagined.”

Lu Meng patted his forehead lightly to find the reason, suddenly he seemed to remember something.

"Could it be the captives Guan Yu brought back from Fancheng? There are tens of thousands of Cao soldiers captured by Yu Jin." Lu Meng was very surprised when he thought of this.

Han Dang was dumbfounded when he heard this, and he was stunned for a while before he murmured: "Xiang Xun is too bold, once the captives mutiny, it will be fine? But the deduction of the governor should be right, those unarmored soldiers feel that they are not ordinary People, let's make good use of it."

Lu Meng got up and sneered: "The old general will prepare more archers tomorrow, and also gather the catapults. I will prepare a big gift for the patrolman."

"Wei." Han Dang cupped his fists.

In the next few days, Lu Meng gave up the ant-like attack on the city, but used archers and catapults to intensively throw rumors and inciting information into Jiangling City.

There are many rumors flying out of the city. Guan Yu has died in Fancheng, Jingzhou has returned to Jiangdong, Xu Shu has surrendered to the enemy secretly, and Xiang Lang and Xiang Chong were killed by Liu Bei...

Lu Meng sent people to make up random things, and some of them put their brains into it, just like those ridiculous and shameless public knowledge remarks on the Internet in the era before Lantian.

The target of the rumors was the defenders of Jiangling, the officials and people in the city, and the inciting information aimed at the captives in the city, promising to kill one of the defenders who resisted, and to reward Jingzhou with one mu of fertile land and five hundred coins; An officer in Jiangling will reward Jingzhou with ten acres of fertile land and five thousand coins; those who kill the evil leaders and go to the patrol will reward Jingzhou with a hundred acres of fertile land and a hundred gold; Hou.

Lu Meng made a random promise at this time, anyway, he said something that was unfounded, even if it came true, he would definitely deny it.

Several days of intensive launches outside the city caused rumors to fly in the sky in Jiangling City, and caused great trouble to Xiang Xun. The soldiers guarding the city changed their eyes when they looked at the captives. They were afraid that these people would suddenly attack and take their heads to capture reward.

Seeing that the situation was getting worse, Xiang Xun had no choice but to ask Lan Ji to take Cao Jun's prisoners back to the youth camp.

After a few days of full food on the city wall, coupled with the stimulation of Lu Meng's external rumors, the mentality of these prisoners became impetuous. After returning to the school grounds, their eyes changed. on them.

Yu Jin in the prison car sneered, and said in his heart that this is the soldier I trained. After eating, his energy and spirit immediately changed. Although they were still under the control of young soldiers, under the leadership of several officers, they dared to Look straight into Lan Ji's eyes.

"Zhongling, what should we do now? If the youth battalion keeps watching them, they won't be able to withdraw to help General Xiang. The situation in the city is very bad now." Guan Xing reminded Lan Ji in a low voice.

"Bring me a halberd."

Lan Ji looked at the prisoners lined up in the school grounds and shouted loudly, and then two young soldiers went to the big tent to carry the Canglong Pojun halberd.

Guan Ping and Yu Jin in the prison car were startled, wondering what tricks Lan Ji was trying to play.

Holding the Canglong Pojun halberd in his hand, Lan Ji stared at everyone, and said arrogantly: "The sky is clear and the rain has stopped, do you think it's okay again? Choose ten of you to fight with me. If you can hurt me half a point, I will kill you." Let the Lord let you go out of the city."

Seeing that no one answered, Lan Ji added loudly: "Bring me the weapon rack, I will let you all have weapons, don't say I bully you."

"Is it one-on-one?"

One of the captives dared to ask, Lan Ji's powerful strength had already been revealed, usually two or three people couldn't get close to him, and it was impossible for one-on-one to have a chance.

"Is one-on-one still necessary? Let's go with ten together later. If one of you can hurt me half a point, I will let ten of you go. If you can kill me, then everyone here will be free, including you." Your commander will be the general." Lan Ji smiled.

"What if we lose?" the official asked.

Lan Ji stared at the cold light of the halberd, and said four words coldly: "Save your life."

Chapter 569 A Big Fist Is the Iron Law

"Zhong Ling, isn't it..." Seeing Lan Ji's domineering spirit, Guan Xing thought to himself that you shouldn't be so crazy. Without the help of horses, the effect of group fights is still very obvious.

Guan Xing was about to speak out to stop him, but Lan Ji raised his hand to signal him not to continue. The mighty aura was very oppressive, and Guan Xing suddenly felt that Lan Ji was a bit like his father.

Yu Jin sat in the prison car and sneered, thinking to himself, young man, what are you pretending to be?How powerful Dian Wei was in the past, wasn't he outnumbered and killed?What right do you have to be so crazy, do you really think you are Guan Yu?

"Is there no one? If you don't dare, just abide by the rules. When you arrive at my camp, you have to obey the rules. Even if you are a dragon, you have to coil for me, and if you are a tiger, you have to lie down. Otherwise, you have to show your ability to challenge."

Seeing that no one responded, Lan Ji looked around at the crowd and continued clamoring. These days he seldom made a move, and the captives all knew Lan Ji's strength from other people.

Hope is the happiest thing, but also the most dangerous thing, because once there is hope, people will easily lose their judgment.

When the prisoners saw that Lan Ji was not joking, the crowd began to get restless one after another. Yu Jin kept winking at Niu Zun, the officer who was questioning just now, because the fire of hope was also ignited in his heart.

"I'm willing to give it a try." The official Niu Zun stood up first.

Seeing this, Lan Ji nodded slightly, thinking that if you want to try it, you can try it, and if you lose, just keep your life, and then people stepped forward one after another.

Yu Jin in the prison car nodded slightly. He also thought that these ten generals were very capable, and they might have a chance to kill Lan Ji to save him. It was too childish for Guan Yu to let such a young man lead the army.

Lan Ji walked to the side of the school field and motioned the ten people to choose weapons: "These weapons are used by my soldiers, you should choose carefully, because this may be your last battle."

The ten prisoners did not fight back. They each selected their weapons on the weapon rack. Judging from the weight, they did not tamper with each other. After taking the weapons, they felt much more at ease.

Although there are many archers on the archery towers around the camp, they thought that as long as they kill Lan Ji, these young soldiers will inevitably be scattered. At that time, they can escape from the city or kill a few defenders to receive rewards. Even if they can't return to their hometown, they can live a good life. half a lifetime.

The captives each chose their swords, guns, swords and halberds. They followed behind Niu Zun with their weapons, and slowly approached Lan Ji, posing for an attack.

Guan Xing put his hand on the scabbard, planning to join the battle to support Lan Ji at any time.

"Why are you still dawdling? Let's go together." Lan Ji shouted.

"Kill me." Niu Zun shouted and took the lead to charge forward with a big knife on his shoulder. The rest of the prisoners all chose long soldiers. The so-called one inch is long and one inch is strong. Facing the long halberd in Lan Ji's hand, they dare not take the risk of choosing short weapons .

"Good come."

Lan Ji kicked back with his right foot, leaped forward with the help of the ground's resilience, held the Canglong Breaking Army Halberd with both hands, and swung it in the direction of the opponent's attack.

With a halberd, it splits the sky and covers the sky.