When the fleet of sailors passed through the land pass, Lu Meng, the governor of the Wu army, the left guard, and the general of Huwei who was stationed here, came to offer condolences with illness, and specially boarded the ship to visit Tian Xin's illness.

Tian Xin was bruised and swollen with the poisoned arrow on his back, and reluctantly sat down to have tea with Lu Meng and exchange views on the war.

"It's not that our army is good at fighting, it's really Cao Thief's great requisition that is unpopular with the people, since Cao Ren Tuwan, the people of Jingbei are unhappy, and they hope that our army is like looking forward to Ganlin, so they have won successive battles. There was also a beautiful heaven, and the water was drowned in the forbidden Seventh Army, and Pang De was killed. ”

Tian Xin could see that Lu Meng in front of him was really sick, and Lu Meng did not put on makeup to hide his illness: "I don't know when Wu Hou will enter Hefei?" ”

"Today, Cao Gong took Xiahoudun as the governor, supervised the 26th Chinese and foreign armies in Lianghuai, and gathered more than 20,000 sailors to compete with our army for the benefits of the Yangtze River. Before the victory of the water was divided, it was inconvenient for our army to go on the Northern Expedition. ”

Lu Meng looked like a dignified elder, and took the initiative to ask: "Jingzhou has captured 40,000 troops, I don't know if there is enough food?" It is difficult for our army to make progress on the eastern front, so Jingzhou's grain has not been moved, and two or three can be allocated to supply Guan Junhou for the Northern Expedition. If he breaks through Fancheng and captures Cao Ren one day, Cao's army will be shaken on all fronts, and our army will take advantage of the situation to advance. ”

Tian Xin blinked at Lu Meng and said with a smile: "The governor has seen that our army is short of food. If you can get the help of your army, you can solve the urgent need. However, this military ration should be made clear that it was your army that paid our army, so that our army's northern expedition could contain the enemy's army, so as to facilitate your army's northern expedition and two Huai. ”

"You and I will always form an alliance, and if you say this, you will see the outside."

Lu Meng pursed his lips: "Cao Zixiao is the arm of Cao Gong, and he will send a large army to rescue Fancheng." If Guan Junhou's troops are insufficient, he can send two or three gallops from other departments to Xiangfan to help in the battle. Capture Fancheng as soon as possible, and our army will take advantage of the situation to attack Lianghuai. Otherwise, it will be delayed until next year's spring ploughing, and the army will have to disperse, which is really a pity for the fighters in front of us. ”

"I can't decide this matter, the governor might as well go to the letter to the prince and see how the prince and the prince deal with it. It is the military rations, and I hope that the governor will allocate them as soon as possible. ”

Tian Xin reiterated: "The sailor returned to Jiangling, and the return date was urgent, and the governor needed to prepare in advance, so as not to delay the great cause of the Northern Expedition." ”

The military rations are indeed tight, and Guan Yu also has relevant explanations.

Lu Meng laughed: "80,000 stone in the first stage, and then allocate 120,000 stones, how about 200,000 stone military rations before and after?" ”

200,000 stone of military food can be enough for the Xiangfan battlefield for three months, but if Lu Meng doesn't give it, Guan Yu will forcibly ask for it.

The military rations were negotiated, the most important official work was completed, and Tian Xin and Lu Meng cooked river fish for dinner.

Both of them are poor and destitute scholars, Lu Meng is studious and has allusions such as Wuxia Ameng, Shibei three days to be impressed, and learning in dreams, and Tian Xin also has the reputation of smelling chickens and dancing.

At the end of the humble meal, Tian Xin asked: "The army compares me with Gan Xingba, but Gan Xingba is old, I don't know who can be compared with me after Gan Xingba?" ”

Gan Ning also contracted the disease this year, and Tian Xin did not know whether the news was true or false.

Lu Meng replied: "The courage of Xingba is famous in the Central Plains, and our army can be called a brave general after Xingba and is similar in age to Captain Tian, there is Lujiang Ding Feng. Ding Feng is a strong general in the Xingba army, and he is now the leader of the Xingba army, and he is controlled by Lu Boyan, the right protector. ”

"Ding Feng?"

Tian Xin turned around and took his name thorn, which was his own business card carved with acacia wood in his spare time, he came to Lu Meng with slow steps, and solemnly handed out his name thorn with both hands: "The governor praises Ding Feng, presumably he must be a brave general equal to Gan Xingba." Tian likes to make friends with brave people, and implores the governor to intermediate. If he and the two armies invade the Central Plains one day, I should compete with Ding Feng. ”

Seeing off Lü Meng, the fleet of sailors swam up the Yangtze River.

Yan Zhong, the governor of the tribe, led the military doctor to clean the wound on Tian Xin's back, and before seeing Lu Meng, Tian Xin sprinkled aconite powder on the wound.

He also told about some bad things that happened when he was berthed at Lukou, such as Wu Jun boarding the ship and bullying the surrendered army, which made Tian Xin's opinion of Wu Jun drop to another level.

Not long after, the escort Luo Qiong also transferred to Tian Xin from other ships and asked, "Captain, did Lu Ziming promise to secondment military rations?" ”

"He has already responded, and he can be described as extremely flattering to our army."

Tian Xin has re-bandaged the wound, and the aconitum poison has a paralyzing and hallucinogenic effect, which can make people sensitive and unable to withstand violent mood swings.

Those with a bad constitution can't hold the early stage, and people with a bad mentality can't hold the later stage.

Tian Xin asked: "I heard that Lu Meng and Gan Ning are good friends, Lu Meng's illness does not seem to be a fake, what about Gan Ning?" ”

"It should be true."

Luo Qiong recalled relevant observations and said: "Since the First World War in Xiaoyaojin, Gan Ning has few achievements, and it should be that he was seriously ill at that time. ”

Wu Jun is a general's subordinate system, the generals are there, and the subordinates are there, and there is no such thing as depriving the subordinates for no reason.

When Lü Meng took over Lu Su to defend Lukou, the two good generals died of an epidemic, and Sun Quan wanted to merge the two tribes to Lü Meng, but Lü Meng politely refused to annex his old friends. and recommended the sons of old friends to support them.

Sun Quan was eager to annex all the generals' tribes, but each general hoped that his subordinates would be passed on to their descendants.

With the relationship between Lü Meng and Sun Quan, he still refused to annex other people's subordinates, let alone other generals.

The generals' system is the current basic plate of the Wu army, and no matter how greedy Sun Quan is, he can only stare dryly.

Gan Ning took the initiative to hand over his troops to the right protector Lu Xun to control him, indicating that Gan Ning may not be ready to serve in the army under the suffering of injuries and illness, nor is he ready to let his two sons take over the military power.

After fighting for a lifetime, being a fighting general for a lifetime, in the end, handing over the part to Lu Xun is to return it to Sun Quan, which is to exchange a stable meal ticket for his descendants.

After analyzing the truth and falsehood of Gan Ning's illness, Tian Xin felt a little regretful, feeling that Gan Ning was a big experience package, no matter how old and weak he was, it was also a big experience package.

There were no outsiders in the cabin, so he said: "Yu Ban was forced to surrender by the situation, and I tried several times, but this public pretended to be deaf and dumb and vague, and there was no sincerity at all. When going to Gangneung to settle down and surrender the army, do not let the county guard Mifu Jun come into contact with the forbidden generals and military officials. ”

Luo Qiong asked puzzledly: "Captain, what is the reason for guarding against Mi Fujun?" ”

"Yu Ban has been from Cao Cao for more than 30 years, and he is a famous general in the world. Mifu is elegant and polite, and must be forbidden to be a guest, and call friends to chat with boasting. Jiangling is also the heart of our army, there must be Wu Jun and Cao Jun spies, I am afraid that I will take the opportunity to leak secrets and ruin national affairs. ”

Tian Xin found an excuse to prevaricate, and asked: "When you cross the land pass today, can the Wu army officials get on the boat to talk to our army?" ”

Without thinking about it, Luo Qiong replied: "There are a lot of such things, most of them admire the divine power of our army, and they come to inquire with curiosity and admiration." ”

Tian Xin nodded: "This matter is difficult to stop, and it is necessary to prohibit the Wu army from communicating with the surrendering army." When passing Baqiu tomorrow, if there are Wu army officials who want to visit the surrendered army, they must not let it succeed because of vanity. Especially today, I have heard that Wu Jun has repeatedly humiliated and surrendered his army. ”

From the Battle of Xiangfan to now, the losses of Cao's army have been close to 70,000, and the results are even more brilliant than the Battle of Hanzhong.

It is not difficult to understand the curiosity of the Wu army about the Cao army prisoners along the way, not only curiosity, but also more Wu army officials boarded the ship to humiliate the Cao army prisoners, and the abuse was just a trivial matter, and there were many deeds of taking the opportunity to beat and commit murder after boarding the ship.

It was as if humiliating and beating the army would revive their morale after being interrupted by Zhang Liao.

Seeing Luo Qiong's hesitation, Tian Xin said: "Strictly order to inform all battalions and boats that the surrender army is my Jingzhou surrender army, and if you want to fight or kill, it is up to our Jingzhou army to have the final say, how can Wu Junhu fake the tiger?" Tomorrow after Baqiu, if there is any more Wu army bullying and surrendering the army, behead the captain. ”