Starting from Sun Ce's conquest of Jiangdong, the local nobles did not have a stable life. During Sun Quan's period, they lost more in foreign wars and won less, and the national power gradually shrank to the weakest of the three families.
When the enemy troops really approached the city, the nobles would surrender for the sake of their own interests, but now it was a little earlier. In addition, Hu Ke controlled the Jianye army and had to obey Zhang Zhao's orders.
The rich were more concerned about gains and losses than the poor, and they were very active after deciding to surrender. A letter urging surrender was delivered to the door of the house in a basket, and a guard on duty sent it to the dock.
In less than a day, Hu Ke collected thousands of family letters. He knew the weight of these family letters, so he asked a cargo ship to transport a batch before collecting them all.
When Hu Ke's cargo ship passed Pengli Water Village, Gan Ning was leading his troops to besiege Chaisang City. Xu Sheng defended the isolated city and resisted stubbornly. When he learned that Hu Ke had taken control of Jianye, Gan Ning asked Sun Lin and Zhang Cheng to come to the battle every day to persuade them to surrender.
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In late August, the cargo ship loaded with letters from home passed through Pengli, Nanchang, and Xingan, and finally docked at Yichun Pier.
At this time, Lan Yuan, with the support of Ding Feng, led an army to capture Yichun, directly cutting off Lu Fan's supplies.
During this period, Lu Fan, supported by Zhu Huan and other new forces, began to carry out strong attacks at all costs. The effective forces of both sides were decreasing day by day.
The Wu army as the main attacker suffered greater losses in the battle. As many as 10,000 people were killed and seriously injured in more than ten days, and the Lantian side suffered nearly 7,000 casualties.
If there are any changes in the two armies in the future, if the battle continues based on the current battle losses, Lantian's side will be wiped out in more than a month, while Wu's army will be able to survive nearly 30,000 soldiers, so Lu Fan will not retreat even if he sacrifices like this.
The battlefield situation cannot remain unchanged. The source of Lu Fan's optimism was that the pressure from the rear was not transmitted in time. Pingxiang was evacuated by Xi Zhen before, and all supplies had to be transported by land from Yichun. Food, arrows, medicine and other war preparation supplies were usually
The stock was only maintained for three to five days, but Lantian's supply was quite sufficient.
After the decisive battle with Lu Fan began, Lantian did not have enough information on Lan Yuan, Gan Ning, Hu Ke and others due to the geographical distance. He was not sure when they would be able to complete the break, so he sent Captain Dian at the beginning of the war.
, to recruit reservists from various counties within the jurisdiction.
When the soldiers in the camp are almost unable to withstand it, they will be transferred to the front line to delay time. Moreover, Lantian has one last trump card that is useless, which is Xindengzhuang in Linwu County.
Xindengzhuang has a tradition of practicing martial arts in leisure time. Now it has developed into a large village of 20,000 people. There are thousands of young men who can be drawn out to fight. They can go into battle to kill the enemy without training, and they are very willing to fight with Lantian.
Suddenly one day, the Wu army did not attack at the right time. Lantian looked at the distant city and smiled, thinking that the plan to drain the fire under the cauldron was probably completed.
Two days after Lanyuan captured Yichun, Lu Fan dragged his tired body back to his residence. After he and his generals arranged the combat mission for tomorrow, he asked someone to take off his clothes and fall on the couch. He vaguely heard someone calling him and opened his eyes.
At first glance, he discovered that it was his son Lu Zhi.
"The world meeting is coming." Lu Fan called.
Lu Ju waved his hand gently, and the waiters outside the door filed in and began to deliver food to the tent.
"Father, please finish your dinner and then rest." Lu Zhi helped Lu Fan up.
Lu Fan sat up and glanced at the table. He immediately frowned and scolded, "How come there are only so many dishes of side dishes, and how can I feed my father?"
"Uh...Father, please just eat some for now, and I'll ask someone to prepare more tomorrow night." Lu Zhi clasped his fists in embarrassment.
Lu Fan was a county official when he was young. When he proposed marriage, he was rejected by his wealthy mother-in-law because of his ordinary family background. If not for his outstanding birth, he would not have been favored by his wife Liu to marry him.
Liu's family was beautiful and well-off. After Lu Fan married her, his quality of life improved. He also gradually developed a character of enjoying time and even spending money. He usually wore gorgeous clothes, had dignified ceremonials when he went out, was very particular about his diet, and did not wear any clothes when he was marching and fighting.
I feel sorry for myself, and there are more than a dozen exquisite side dishes to go with the wine every night.
Lu Fan saw that only five or six dishes were presented to the case, and his good mood suddenly fell to the bottom. After hearing Lu Ju's explanation, he did not feel relieved, but continued to question: "I personally risked my life to command the battle, and you managed the food and grass in the rear and did all the trivial things."
not good?"
Lu Ju wiped the sweat off his forehead and explained with sincerity: "It's not because the child doesn't want to try his best. It's actually because there is a shortage of food in the city, so..."
"Where's the excuse? Fresh fish should be delivered every day in Yichun. You can be lazy just because you're lazy. What excuse are you looking for here?" Lu Fan got excited and slapped the table hard, knocking it over.
A bowl of stewed radish.
Lu Ju replied with a bitter look on his face: "No one from Yichun has sent supplies for two days, so there is nothing new in the city. If the operation there is suspended for a few more days, the white rice in each camp will not be supplied. My child will not be able to supply it tomorrow."
I sent people to Yichun..."
Lu Fan suddenly stood up and said sternly: "Why didn't you report such a big thing earlier? How dare Luo Tong derelict in his duties? Tomorrow we will send someone to Yichun to interrogate the crime and ask what this guy wants to do?"
"Why don't you wait a moment? After all, it's still wartime now. If Gong Xu gets too anxious, he might continue to be passive..." Lu Jue advised.
"What Shi Yi said makes sense. My father saw that he was from Jiangdong, so he left him to stay in Yichun to receive food and grass. But how can it be a trivial matter to supply a large army? Tomorrow you will rush to Yichun with your trusted generals, and then take his post as a stayer in Yichun.
Since he can't do his job of supervising grain well, let him come to the front line to fight." Lu Fan did not allow himself to be stuck.
Lu Ju nodded slightly, then pointed to the dishes on the table and asked, "Look at today's dinner..."
"I can only make do with some..."
Lu Fan was hungry and had no choice but to give in. After eating, he returned to the couch to rest with dissatisfaction.
Early the next morning, there was a loud knock on Lu Fan's door. Just as he rubbed his sleepy eyes, he saw Lu Ju appearing in front of the bed again, with anxiety written all over his face.
"What are you doing in such a hurry so early in the morning? Shouldn't you be getting ready to go to Yichun? Why are you running into my father's room?" Lu Fan frowned.
"Father, something bad happened. Yixing sent supplies today..." Lu Zhi replied while swallowing his saliva.
"Did Luo Gongxu have an ear for the wind? He heard the conversation between our father and son last night and sent supplies to the front line overnight?" Lu Fan found it unbelievable.
Lu Ju shook his head and replied: "You'd better come with me and take a look. Those supplies are not food, they are all letters home from the soldiers..."
"Letter home?"
Lu Fan stood up with a suspicious look on his face and stretched out his hands. Lu Ju walked over to change his father's clothes consciously. The father and son then headed towards the city's treasury where grain was stored.
The newly delivered bag was filled with letters written by Jianye. Lu Fan opened one with a bad premonition, and the contents shocked him as much as a bell.
Chapter completed!