Since the next task was determined, Lei Yuan did not follow the Wuhou army and instead stayed in a place in Anhui City, waiting for his troops and food, fodder and other supplies to arrive.

The governor in charge of the city defense arrangement was called Gongsun Yang. He arranged a house for Lei Yuan, and equipped several servants and maids. Lei Yuan went to see it and saw that the house had been looted and everything was lacking, so it was not as easy as on the boat. He simply asked Gongsun Yang to row out a military camp in the city, and just as his own troops arrived, he settled with his subordinates.

Unexpectedly, many soldiers and wives and families gathered in the military camp. After Lei Yuan moved here, he calculated that the barracks were enough and did not require anything. But in the afternoon of that day, officials from Jiangdong brought the books collected from the Guan Temple and gathered them according to the books, saying that they would be transported to Jiangdong in batches.

Many of the husbands or sons of these family members died in battle, and widows were bound to be given a wife to Jiangdong soldiers. Some women tried their best to explain to the officials that my husband was not dead, but was recruited by Wu Hou and was about to attack Hefei. The officials also answered frankly that since they were recruited, they would most likely die in the ravines under the city during the siege, so don’t think too much and accept the marriage honestly. So women and children all shed tears.

Since the first year of Jian'an, Cao Gong had made great gains from his military farming, he claimed that he had accumulated grain and conquered all directions, without any effort to transport grain. Therefore, all the princes successively regarded military farming as a wonderful strategy to combine military farming and civilian farming and war. However, regardless of military farming or civil farming, participants were often forced.

Many military and civilians were driven like dogs and horses under the exploitation of military farming system, tortured by endless military service and labor, and only earned four or even less from hard farming. They struggled to survive every day. Therefore, the military camp in Anhui City was deep and high, with high exterior walls as high as the city walls, and there were special guard posts at the door, but not to guard against foreign enemies, but to prevent the harsh military households from escaping. Zhuge Liang said that the people of Jianghuai were driven by all under Cao Cao's rule and looked like slaves... To be honest, if it were in peacetime, even slaves would not have lived such a miserable life.

However, will Jiangdong treat soldiers better? Who knows? The generals from Jiangdong have hereditary leadership of soldiers, and their soldiers and their families live in Fengyi, where they have no time to farm and go to war. I just hope they can be assigned to the hands of a soft-hearted general.

Lei Yuan had no choice but to do this. Even in the so-called prosperous era, the ant people were inevitably bullied and trampled by others, let alone in this chaotic era today. No matter how soft-hearted he was, he could only save a few lives, but he could not save the fate of so many people.

He could only comfort himself that compared with these military soldiers, the treatment received by the Lei clan tribe in Lujiang was as good as heaven. It was natural that the soldiers' fighting spirit and tenacity were far more than that of their generation.

After all, he was unwilling to witness this scene, and he left the military camp and wandered around inside and outside Anhui City.

At this time, we saw tens of thousands of people from the Eastern Wu boarding the ship and entering the river from Anhuikou again. We would turn to Ruxushui to go to Dongguan. In addition, an elite force took the land route and went to Hefei through the Jiushi Pass.

Obviously, this time, the Marquis of Wu was aiming to attack Hefei by land and water. He could suggest that these 100,000 people advance together in complex terrain, attacking in a row, and using the swimming ships to protect the strong land camps on the land. Although the victory was still far away, it proved that he was indeed capable of commanding troops.

The reason why he did not use military tactics to preach in later generations is that he faced too strong opponents, and the battle of the boat troops on land was indeed very disadvantageous.

Tianlaixsw.com Tianlai Novels tianlaixsw.com Lanlaix. On the evening of the third day, Ma Zhong and Yan Pu and other subordinates arrived in Wancheng in advance.

In order to save time, everyone did not take boats, but rode fast horses lightly, traveling twice the road for two days and one night, without eyelashes. When they arrived, they were all very tired.

The city guards in Wancheng were very strict, and the entry and exit were strictly investigated. Although the subordinates brought Fu Xin, they waited until Li Zhen welcomed the city gate before they could connect them to the military camp.

When Ma Zhong saw Lei Yuan, he hurriedly jumped off the horse, but his feet became weak and almost threw himself into the ground.

"What? Dexin didn't expect me to have a fight with Mr. Wu so soon?" Lei Yuan rushed forward and helped Ma Zhong up and laughed softly.

Ma Zhong smiled bitterly and said, "I think there is always a way for the general, but I didn't expect the approach to be so intense."

Previously, Lei Yuan led his troops to Yangzhou and was immediately incorporated into the fleet to the north of the Ferry River. With the formation of the fleet, Lei Yuan himself and his entourages and Wu Hou arrived to Wancheng for consultation, while the soldiers arrived at Dongguan.

It is said that this is normal dispatch in Jiangdong, but Ma Zhong and others think it is not good to continue like this.

If the general has no soldiers, he will have no support for his actions. The soldiers were wrapped in a large army without receiving the order from the general, and if they were put on the knife, there would be no place to make any decision. If Jiangdong intended this, then this scheming would be really deep.

Novel Confucianism. Therefore, when the river parted, Lei Yuan made an agreement with his subordinates, and they all had to keep a close eye on the battlefield situation, find an opportunity to escape from the direct control of Wu Hou and free up his hands to complete Xuande Duke's secret orders.

However, Lei Yuan actually angered Wu Hou with his face-to-face ridicule, which made everyone unexpected.

Yan Pu shook his head repeatedly: "If the Marquis of Wu is furious and directly send us back to Jianye, wouldn't it be a problem?"

Lei Yuan said: "Of course I won't, I'm sure."

"How can I see it?"

"Wu Hou raised 100,000 troops this time, intending to fight the decisive battle with Cao's army in the wild. Although Jiangdong's generals were all with him, they may not be willing to bear the losses of the hard battle. If anyone is rude at this time, he will be sent back to Jianye...Wu Hou is afraid that he will not quarrel with his subordinates every day?"

Everyone laughed intriguedly and said that Wu Hou had the ability to control his subordinates, and might not be so embarrassed.

Lei Yuan agreed to the Wu Hou to raise his troops on the fifth day. It was already the third day. It was expected that the army brigade would arrive by boat tomorrow, and many affairs would not be delayed. At that moment, Ma Zhong, Yan Pu and others contacted the Wancheng garrison Gongsun Yang, solicited food, fodder and supplies, and requested to mobilize civilians and livestock.

Fan Shang, Mei Cheng, Lei Yan and others slept in the military camp for a night. The next day they changed to a good horse, brought seals, and had enough treasures and swords and arrows to protect themselves. Then they took a small number of guards and went straight north and into the mountains.

The mountain is the eastern section of the Dabie Mountains, and is huge in scale. Lujiang County is divided into two parts, north and south. The mountain ridges themselves occupy almost one-third of the area of ​​Lujiang County. Among the mountains, there are countless deep valleys that can hide their despair. Even if the Huainan Haoyou Alliance leaves, these places may not be controlled by the Xuchang court.

These leading messengers sent by Lei Yuan were all backbone members of the former Huainan Haoyou Alliance. Fan Shang was a famous wanderer when he was young. Mei Cheng and Lei Yan were both talents with extensive friendship. They were born and raised here, and their understanding of this mountain was far beyond ordinary people's imagination.

They don’t even need to look for it specifically. They just walk along the mountain roads and naturally find a place where people can be found.
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