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Lu Fan stroked his beard and replied seriously: "It is said that Luo Tong was instigated by Lantian and led foreign enemies to take the city. After the city is broken, I will kill him."
"Luo Gongxu only has two or three thousand soldiers, and the two generals of Zhu have nearly ten thousand pieces, but they can't get it back? They can still go to Nanchang by detour, why stop and wait for us? Yichun is Gongda (Sun Neighbor) Yuzhang Under his rule, he knows that the territory under his jurisdiction is rebelling, and he will never sit idly by." Sun Song raised the question again.
Sun Song inherited Sun Yi's hearty personality, loves to make friends with others, and is willing to do good. He is the most loved by Sun Quan among the clan's children, so Lu Fan had to answer one by one.
"Uh... we'll talk about the specific situation when we arrive. Xiu Mu (Zhu Huan) arrived at dusk last night, and he might be worried that he would be attacked by a surprise while walking around the city, and he still wants to ask me for instructions..." Lu Fanxin said, don't ask any more. If you ask me again, I can't make it up.
Seeing Sun Song nod his head slightly, Lu Fan thought he could finally breathe a sigh of relief, but Liu Dun didn't know which pot he couldn't open and which pot he carried, "General Lu, the family letter has been widely circulated, and it's said in a good way. Zibu led the crowd to surrender, and Gan Xingba captured Chaisang City, shall we also check? If Yichun is really Gan Ning's soldier, then the rear may be in chaos..."
Lu Fan made a serious face, "I have said that those are rumors, Ziren is a wise man, how can he follow the rumors? Lantian is named Xuanxiao, we Jiangdong will suffer less from him?"
"Uh..." Seeing that Lu Fan was angry, Liu Dun quickly stopped his voice and dared not say anything.
When Sun Song heard the word Lan Tian, he stood up excitedly again. He hurriedly asked: "General, since Lan Tian has rebelled against Luo Tong, he should know that our army is about to die. He has no reason not to take advantage of the victory and pursue it?"
"This..." Lu Fan didn't know how to respond for a while, and all the generals in the tent also had dignified faces.
Just as Lu Fan was thinking about countermeasures, the loud noise outside the tent interrupted his thoughts, and Quan Cong stood up with a face full of horror: "Lan Tian's pursuers have arrived?"
Lu Fan heard a shock, and immediately led the generals to run towards the tent door. Hearing the sound came from the river in the east, his nervous heart immediately calmed down a bit, because it is impossible for the pursuers to appear from the river.
Everyone stopped for a while, only to see Lu Ju galloping on horseback, stopped outside the main tent, turned over and fell down, clasped his fists nervously and reported: "Father, soldiers from two battalions have rebelled, and my son's guards are resisting from the east."
"Whose song? Who led it?" Lu Fan asked with a frown.
"Uh..." Lu Ju glanced at Song Qian next to him, and then replied, "It's General Song's man, and the leader of the mutiny is Army Sima Zhou'an."
"General Song, did you hear that?" Lu Fan turned around with an angry look on his face.
Song Qian asked with a look of shock: "Impossible? Zhou Sima is loyal and modest, he shouldn't..."
"In front of the generals, would I spread false news?" Lu Ju interrupted the other party sternly, and responded sternly.
"Uh...the end will deal with it right away..." Song Qian clasped his fists in embarrassment and left.
Lu Fan's anger remained undiminished, and he told Quan Cong: "General Song is old and may not handle it well, Zi Huang, you and Shi Yi (Lu Ju) should help, and those who disturb the morale of the army will be killed without mercy."
"Wei." Quan Cong and Lu Ju clasped their fists at the same time.
The sound of chaotic fighting sang with the surging river.
The mutiny of hundreds of people in Zhou'an was not worth mentioning among the tens of thousands of troops. They were quickly suppressed and killed on the river beach, and finally their bodies were thrown into the water, and they really became food for fish.
Once the resistance started, the seeds were planted in everyone's hearts. Before it was completely resolved, Lu Fan would never have a peaceful life.
In order to stabilize the precarious morale of the army, Lu Fan asked Lu Ju to take out all the rations in the army, so that the soldiers could barely eat [-]% full. As for tomorrow's rations?It depends on whether the soldiers are actively attacking the city or not.
Chapter 858
At dawn the next day, Lu Fan assembled his army and marched towards Yichun. Since the army had no food, he didn't worry about burying the pot for cooking.
The soldiers were originally hungry, but last night Lu Fan cooked and ate all the food in the camp in order to stabilize the morale of the army. At this time, the soldiers' stomachs were even bigger, so they were even hungrier after sleeping all night.
There needs to be an explanation for the military suspension of cooking, otherwise the incident like last night will happen again. Lu Fan pushed the crime on Zhou An and others, saying that he had been instigated by Lan Tian and deliberately threw the grain into the river to damage it. killed, but the food they got back was only enough for one meal last night.
The soldiers wanted to eat, so they had to rush to join Zhu Huan. The other party should have some food in store. The most important thing is to recapture Yichun. There are rumors that there is plenty of food in the city.
A lie needs to be covered by countless lies. At this point, Lu Fan has no good solution, he can only cure his head and feet if he has a headache.
Perhaps out of the desire for food, Lu Fan arrived ahead of schedule with tens of thousands of people, but Zhu Huan did not have much food left, so the chef used the little food left to cook porridge with wild vegetables to satisfy his hunger.
The wild vegetables were picked by Zhu Huan, and the rice in the pot was the kind that could be counted, and it only served as a decoration for the pot. The soldiers drank enough water at the end.
After the meal, there was still a gleam of light in the sky. The hungry soldiers took the initiative to go down the river to catch fish. The rare lucky ones did not return to the camp after catching fish. They found a secluded place to cook and eat them. The entire army discipline began to collapse. .
The generals in the army gathered in the main tent, Lu Fan wanted to mobilize everyone before the battle, but Brother Zhu Huan threw out a huge trouble, the second batch of family letters sent from Jianye.
Seeing the dense letters in the basket, Lu Fan felt his scalp tingling, he waved his hand to Lu Shi and said, "Xiu Mu also has Lan Tian's forged family letter? Shi Yi, send it out of the tent and burn it for me, don't let this kind of thing mess up. I have a military heart."
"Shi Yi, wait a minute." Zhu Huan hurriedly reached out to stop him, and clasped his fists with a serious face: "General Ziheng, the general thinks that these family letters should be true. All match up."
Lu Fan was heartbroken and asked back: "Handwriting can be forged, and Xiu Mu took the initiative to introduce rumors. Aren't you afraid that the soldiers will mutiny and cause chaos?"
"Since the matter has already happened, we can't hide it if we want to. The general sent cavalry around Yichun today and found that Xinyu in the rear has also fallen into the enemy's hands. It is estimated that Xingan, Nanchang and other places are gone..." Zhu Huan Look sad.
Zhu Huan's words fell like a heavy hammer, and the generals in the tent were too shocked to speak. Sun Song ignored Lu Fan again, and he read the letters in the basket. Quan Cong, Song Qian and other generals followed suit.
Seeing that he couldn't stop it anymore, Lu Fan frowned and returned to the seat of honor. He thought what Zhu Huan said just now was correct, and there should be no way to hide the situation now. We can only work together to find a solution. It actually felt a little easier.
"What do we do now?"
Sun Song's hand holding the letter was trembling. He had no idea that the rumors were true and that Jianye had really fallen into the hands of the rebels.
Although I don't know if Sun Quan can take it back with Lu Xun, but according to Zhu Huan's analysis just now, all parts of Yuzhang have fallen, and it has become a luxury for them to return to Jiangdong.
Lu Fan replied solemnly: "We can no longer fight with Lantian. We have to find a way to contact the king first. With our tens of thousands of songs, we have great hopes of driving the traitors out of Jiangdong. In addition, I have no doubts about Jianye." There is suspicion, maybe it is Lan Tian's conspiracy, he deliberately exaggerated the situation in the rear."
"The soldiers were hungry and exhausted, and they had no warships to travel, so they had to fight back one by one. It was really difficult..." Chief Secretary Liu Dun was very pessimistic.
Lu Fan's face was serious, and he said helplessly: "There is no other way now, and we can only take one step at a time. The scouts were unclear before, but Xiu Mu (Zhu Huan) explained the situation in Yichun in detail, except for Luo Tong. Traitors, are there any other defensive forces?"
"I haven't found the right time just now. The last general wants to report to Yichun city defense. Luo Tong's rebel army is not worth mentioning. Lantian's entrapment army is in Yichun at this time. In addition, Ding Gong (Lv Dai)'s school lieutenant Ding Feng also Betrayed." Zhu Huan's face was full of bitterness.
"What did you say?" Lu Fan almost fainted.
"Xiu Mu said that the entrapment army is in Yichun? Didn't they go north to help Guan Yu? Why are they here?" Quan Cong was also very surprised.
"If Ding Feng's rebellion appeared in Yichun, does it mean that the Wu army who entered Jiaozhou also..." Liu Dun grasped another important point, but he dared not draw conclusions at this time.
"The entrapment army is led by Lantian's eldest son, Lanyuan. I also saw the rebel general Ding Feng with my own eyes. It should be that Lantian deliberately gave false news, and then defeated Dai Liang and passed through Luling, so everything makes sense." Zhu Huan Shaking his head slightly.
"Fake news? Impossible." Lu Fan asked himself first, and then said firmly: "We have placed a lot of secret work in Jiaozhou and Jingzhou, and many people have seen the fallen army go north by boat. The soldiers of the country move?"
"Maybe Lan Tian is acting on purpose?" Liu Dun put forward a hypothesis.
"Lan Tian!" Lu Fan gritted his teeth and slammed his fist on the table.
Liu Dun followed up with admonitions and said: "The army in the formation is full-armored infantry. It is easy to get tired after defending the city for a long time, but it has no advantage. If we forcibly bypass Yichun, we will be easily harassed, and we can no longer attack on an empty stomach. We still have several The Wan Dajun may not have no chance to capture the city, but they just came in a hurry and did not prepare the siege equipment, so they can try to scare the defenders..."
"Scared? Could it be that Mister has forgotten Lan Ji? The second son is still so brave, and the eldest son who commands the fallen army may be even worse..." Quan Cong reminded.
Liu Dun squeezed his mottled beard and shook his head, "I have a different opinion. The reason why Lantian handed over the army to the eldest son is that his martial arts may be relatively weak, and the army should be used to enhance his courage. Force and courage often have the same value. In connection with this, the old man predicts that Lanyuan's martial arts skills are poor, and tomorrow our army will come to the border, try to intimidate the defenders."
"Mr. Ziren's analysis is probably not right. How can it be concluded that Lanyuan has a record of destroying the country in fifteen days?" Zhu Huan shook his head.
Liu Dun chuckled and said, "It is rumored that the people in Linyi are as short as black monkeys. They don't even have clothes, shoes and socks. How can they defeat the full-armored army? It's Gao Shun's credit for destroying the country in fifteen days. What can Lanyuan do? Is it the record of beheading generals? That war should have been deliberately arranged by Lan Tian, in order to win his son's reputation."
"Uh……"
Zhu Huanxin said that you, a civil servant, actually commented on the bravery of generals, isn't this a layman commanding an expert?When he was about to continue to refute, he was interrupted by Lu Fan who was on the main seat.
Lu Fan waved his hand and said solemnly: "The situation is critical now. Let's treat dead horses as living horses. The generals will keep the battalions safe tonight. Tomorrow, the whole army will go to Yichun. If you can scare Lan Yuan away, you can go straight to the hospital." The city eats meat and drinks, and if the younger generation resists stubbornly, they can only enter the city and eat meat and drink, at that time each depends on his ability."
"Wei." Everyone echoed in unison.
Chapter 859 The Dog Head Army Master Misled You
The matter of the family letter was put on the table, like opening a Pandora's box, and it quickly rose and fermented among the camps.
Although there was no mutiny in Lu Fan's camp due to family letters, many soldiers went outside the camp to look for food on the pretext of being hungry, and never came back.
In the early morning of the next day, the cooks in the army once again made soup with wild vegetables to satisfy their hunger. Many soldiers escaped at night. The generals of each battalion counted the number of people before breakfast, and a total of 5000 escaped.
Lu Fan was shocked when he knew the situation, and thought that according to this speed of escape, these tens of thousands of people would soon run away.
"Father, bear with me, there will be food in Yichun, and the child is already cold." Lu Ju personally brought him a bowl of wild vegetable soup.
As soon as the bowl was delivered to his mouth, Lu Fan's nose instinctively rejected the smell of wild vegetables. Since he followed Sun Ce to Jiangdong, he has never been in the current situation, but his stomach is growling.
Lu Fan frowned and closed his eyes, raised his head and poured the hot soup down his throat, leaving two pieces of wild vegetables intact in the bowl. He had developed the habit of luxury for a long time, and he couldn't swallow these things at all.
"Except for the deserters in each battalion, how is the morale of the soldiers?" Lu Fan handed the bowl back.
Lu Ju shook his head and replied, "I haven't eaten well for two days, and the spirits of the soldiers are relatively poor..."
"I have to think of a way to motivate..." Lu Fan said to himself first, and then he suddenly thought of something, "Let the soldiers set up camp after breakfast, and encourage them before the battle for the father. "
"Wei." Lu Ju clasped his fists and left.
The breakfast of the soldiers was wild vegetable soup, not to mention how fast they ate it. As soon as they were assembled in formation, Lu Fan rode his horse to the front of the team.
"General." Zhu Huan and the others cupped their fists in salute at the same time.
Lu Fan held down the reins and nodded in response, scanning the front and found that, as Lu said, all the soldiers looked pale.
"Everyone, today's battle is a matter of life and death. I'm afraid Lan Yuan won't be scared by such a military appearance. You have to encourage the part and make some appropriate promises. I will try my best to be satisfied after the victory." Lu Fan's face was serious.
Zhu Huan, Quan Cong and the others were silent, but Sun Song was the only one who said it bluntly, "What you say at the moment is empty. The biggest wish of the soldiers right now is to have a good meal. No one is interested in beauties in the fields."
Lu Fan nodded sullenly, "What Ziqiao said is absolutely true, as long as Yichun can be captured, everything can be easily solved."
"If there is not enough food in Yichun, the general needs to prepare for the worst. We actually bypass Yichun and go to Xinyu, where the city is low and easy to attack..." Liu Dun made another suggestion.
"Detour? If the Yichun defenders send troops to attack, what can we do?" Lu Fan frowned and asked back, thinking that you didn't say that yesterday, wouldn't you just be a dog-headed military adviser if you change around?
Liu Dun smiled wryly: "The soldiers will block the water and cover the soil. I guess Yichun's soldiers are too few to attack. Moreover, marching and attacking in order, either because of terrain restrictions, or because the supply line in the rear is unblocked. Our army has no more troops. The supply line is now open, so we don’t have to stick to the art of war completely, the terrain here is so wide, we can go around at will.”
"This is also a way. Intimidation and detour go hand in hand. Let's see Lanyuan's courage first. If we don't back down, we will make a detour to Xinyu." Lu Fan nodded affirmatively.
"Xinyu is still a day or two away from here. Even if the soldiers insist on going there in this state, can they really capture that small city for supplies? What if Xinyu also has many defenders?" Sun Song frowned. .
"Xiu Mu (Zhu Huan), your people have inquired about the situation in Xinyu?" Lu Fan asked.
Zhu Huan clasped his fists and replied, "There shouldn't be too many defenders, but Xinyu itself has few people, so I don't know if there are enough supplies for tens of thousands of troops..."
Lu Fan nodded gratifiedly, "It is good to have food, and I can relieve Ziqiao's worries. There are still a small number of horses in the army. When we arrive in Xinyu, we will be hungry. We will kill horses to satisfy our hunger. The soldiers attacked the city hungry."
"That's a good idea." Sun Song was overjoyed at first, but suddenly became worried: "It's just that if we lose our horses, we won't even have our ranger scouts..."
Lu Fan said in a deep voice: "I can't control that much anymore, let's solve the immediate problem first, the generals will quickly deliver the order, let's go to Yichun immediately, remember to have enough momentum, and shout louder for me when we get to the city."
"Wei." The generals clasped their fists and accepted the order.
The generals of Wu Jun were encouraged, and their mental outlook changed quickly, and their eyes were full of hope.
Lu Fan looked back from time to time, secretly praising the generals for their reliability at critical moments, but he had no idea of the methods these people used, in fact, he had already revealed Lu Fan's trump card to kill the horse.
Lu Fan's camp is only ten miles away from Yichun, and their whereabouts are under the control of the scouts. In addition, they took in a lot of deserters last night, so Lan Yuan has a better understanding of Lu Fan's situation.
At three o'clock in the morning, Lu Fan led his army to approach Yichun City.
The generals of the Wu army thought that Lan Yuan would defend the city to the death, but when they were about to approach, there was a dazzling light shining under the city?
"What's the reflection under the city?" Lu Fan was puzzled.
Not long after, the scouts reported back, it was an army waiting in formation, judging from the full armor attire, standing under the city was an army of stragglers, and there were as many as [-] in number.
"5000 people? Go out of the city to fight against our nearly [-] people. Is Lan Yuan crazy? No matter how strong the army is, it's impossible?" Sun Song looked at the master Liu Dun suspiciously, and said in his heart that you didn't guess that this guy was cowardly. ?It seems that the courage is not only not small, it seems to be a little big.
Liu Dun was stunned when he heard that, and immediately replied, "Maybe Lan Yuan has the same intentions as us, deliberately trying to scare us off with Chen Bing."
Lu Fan looked at the 'Military Adviser' Liu Dun with a sad expression on his face, and asked, "Half of the trapped troops have already left the city. I'm afraid we can't go around. What should we do now?"
"Fighting in the field is easier than attacking a city. Half of the trapped troops go out of the city to seek their own death. He will not dare to take the initiative to attack when he sees us outnumbered. The general can send brave generals out to fight. If he can kill two enemy generals, or just kill us Kill Lanyuan, and then launch an attack, the enemy will be in chaos, and we can take advantage of the chaos to attack and enter the city, which is much easier than climbing the top of the city." Liu Dun's mind was active, and he immediately came up with a plan.
Lu Fan nodded slightly, looked around at the generals and said: "We don't have any siege equipment, and Mr. Ziren's plan is very good. Now that life and death are at stake, you can no longer cover up, otherwise our army is finished, and the entire Jiangdong will be destroyed. It's over."
"General Ziheng is right. We are the most important force in Jiangdong. We cannot let the father and son of the Lan family be trapped and starved to death here. , this general will go to lead the battle." Sun Song said sonorously, he inherited Sun Yi's boldness, and second, he thought that Liu Dun's analysis was good yesterday, and he felt that there was nothing special about Lan Yuan.
"Zi Qiao said well, if someone else comes, I will fight instead." Zhu Huan patted his chest.
8 Chapter Sixty
Zhu Huan was older than Sun Song, and thought more comprehensively than the other party. He didn't agree with Liu Dun's point of view. He said that although Lan Yuan was not as good as Lan Ji, he was definitely not comparable to ordinary people.
There are not many generals available under Lu Fan's tent. Since Sun Song personally invited Ying, Zhu Huan, as the head general of the Jiangdong gentry, naturally cannot be timid.
The order in which the two entered the battle was agreed, and Lu Fan nodded in satisfaction, commanding the army to slowly press up.
The two armies lined up under the city of Yichun. The soldiers of Soochow, who had been holding up their spirits, felt ashamed when they saw the fallen army.
Lu Fan and all the generals were amazed, thinking that this is the legendary team, and it really looks different.
Cheng Zi once had the experience of confronting the fallen army next to Dongting during the second attack on Jingzhou.
At that time, Cheng Zi had experienced the power of this army, so he hurriedly leaned over to remind Lu Fan: "General, the army in the field is very strong in the wild. Although we have [-] to [-] people, we may not be able to take advantage of it. It is better to use Mr. Ziren ( Liu Dun)'s tricks around..."
"I know it well." Lu Fan nodded slightly, and then asked Zhu Huan, "The golden-armored young general in front of the enemy's formation is very eye-catching. Does Xiu Mu know who he is?"
"It's Lanyuan." Zhu Huan replied with his fists clasped.
Lu Fan couldn't help sighing: "It is rumored that Liu Bei married his daughter and gave Lan Yuan a set of golden armor and helmet. This little thief is really dazzling wearing it, and I don't know how capable he is..."