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Thirty miles is not long for a well-trained soldier to complete. By dusk in the afternoon of the same day, Lü Meng's troops, totaling more than 20,000 men, had completed the encirclement of Quanzhou City.

It should be made clear here that Quanzhou City is actually not large, and if it is measured by the strict standards of the Han Dynasty, Quanzhou City is just an enlarged and strengthened version of the city. This is mainly because Quanzhou, as a transit point for transporting population to Yizhou, has relatively limited conditions in all aspects, especially in terms of labor force in the early stage, it is impossible to build as much construction as Keelung and Mangjia in Yizhou.

In normal times, Quanzhou City is just acting as a trading center for residents around Quanzhou, and there are not many fixed residents in the city, probably only 30,000 at most, and the rest are engaged in agricultural and sideline industries and fisheries in the surrounding areas of Quanzhou...... In fact, in ancient societies where agriculture was the mainstay, the ratio of residents between urban and rural areas was mostly the same.

Now that Lü Meng has surrounded Quanzhou City, the people outside Quanzhou City are unlucky. Lü Meng was attacked by a light army, and the rations carried by his soldiers were not much. Now that the initial goal has been achieved, of course, it is to immediately use the method of "relying on grain for the enemy" to supplement the grain and grass of the Wu army. To put it more simply and bluntly, the Wu army began to plunder the surrounding areas of Quanzhou.

Lü Meng originally thought that the plundering and supply of the army would not be hindered by the large army, but what he did not expect was that the plundering troops he sent out would encounter stubborn resistance from the residents in many places.

As mentioned above, many of the residents in Quanzhou were originally from the Shanyue tribe, and they never fought a lot of battles with Sun Wu, and they never had any good feelings towards Sun Wu's soldiers. Later, Sun Wu's power grew stronger and stronger, and these Shanyue tribes who refused to obey Sun Wu's rule were driven out of the original land, and these Shanyue tribes came to Quanzhou and settled here in Quanzhou.

And here in Quanzhou, compared with the excessive suppression of Sun Wu, Lu Ren paid more attention to the comfort and stability of these Shanyue tribes. In fact, in the original history, Lu Xun advised Sun Quan to adopt some gentler ways of gentleness towards Shanyue, but now it is used in Lu Ren's hands. After going through hardships, these Shanyue tribes have gained stability and prosperity in Quanzhou, and they are all grateful to Lu Ren. And now their feud is now coming to rob them of the fruits of their labor, so where are these Shanyue tribes who have finally lived a stable life willing to do it?

Therefore, there has been no fight under Quanzhou City, but there has been a lot of fighting outside Quanzhou City...... Although the scale was not large, and these tribes were quickly completely defeated by the Wu army, Lu Meng, who received these returns, already had a faint sense of uneasiness in his heart.

However, under the sharp word, it is easy to get carried away in people's minds. Although Quanzhou's wealth is far less than that of Yizhou itself, after so many years of stable development and the use of many golden fingers made by Lu Ren and Shirley, it is not an exaggeration to say that "the people here in Quanzhou have five years of accumulated grain".

After the Wu army defeated the resisting Shanyue tribes, it grabbed again, and immediately made some profits. And when Lu Meng saw the cart of money, grain, and cloth transported back to the camp, he also secretly made up his mind that Quanzhou City must be captured no matter what, and then Yizhou will be captured...... This is just that Quanzhou is so rich, and Lu Meng has seen the situation in Yizhou with his own eyes, so for Lu Meng, Lu Ren's threat to Sun Wu is too great.

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It was about to fall into the night, and Xu Shu, who had been secretly blaming himself in his heart, couldn't sleep at all, so he patrolled back and forth on the city wall of Quanzhou. On the Yizhou side, Lu Ren also couldn't sleep, and he kept going back and forth in the meeting hall of the Guangzhou Mansion.

Xu Shu's telegram for help has already been sent, but the worst thing is that Lu Ren can't send reinforcements at all now!

In terms of the navy, Gan Ning's fleet sent supplies to Luzon after returning to Yizhou, so Yizhou currently only has the 5,000 navy that Luo Lin, a dragon character, is on patrol. Luo Lin is not a general, it is not realistic for him to lead the navy to fight at all, so at most, he can only be used as a transportation officer to transport reinforcements to Quanzhou; In terms of the army, the regular army in Yizhou was 5,000, but after Huang Zhong returned to Yizhou, he took these 5,000 people to the Yizhong area for training, and he could not return to the city in three or five days. As for Guangzhou, there were not many troops here in the first place......

After thinking about it again, Lu Ren called back, first ordering Luo Lin's patrol mission to be canceled immediately, and at the same time asking the 5,000 navy to prepare for ships, food, grass and ordnance first;

Then he sent someone to Huang Zhong in the starry night, asking Huang Zhong to rush back to Keelung in Yibei as soon as possible, and as soon as he returned to Keelung, he would directly board the ship and rush to Quanzhou as fast as possible. And on the leading generals along the way, Lu Ren considered that Yizhou would also be attacked by Sun Quan if it was not done well, so he prepared Huang Zhong to find Gao Shun to help defend the city, and then Huang Zhong led people to Quanzhou. As for Lu Ren himself, he was ready to take some of the troops here in Guangzhou to Quanzhou in person;

Again, Lu Ren took out another telegram and asked Lu Cheng and Lu Xin from Zhuya to come out. Maybe it's useless for these thousands of sapper-type men and horses to really rush to Quanzhou, but waving the flag and shouting on the sea from afar can always contain some of Lu Meng's momentum.

The real main support force, Lu Ren is placed on Huang Zhong's body, after all, he doesn't know how to lead troops to fight, although there are people around him who can make plans, but Lu Ren's own heart is also very bottomless. In contrast, it would be better to let Huang Zhong rush to Quanzhou to obey Xu Shu's command. In addition, Gan Ning's side had already sent a telegram to the past, asking Gan Ning to return to help quickly, but instead of going to Quanzhou, he blocked the sea route north of Quanzhou after Keelung's supply to prevent Sun Quan's reinforcements.

In short, according to Lu Ren's predetermined plan, he prepared for the troops and reinforcements he led to converge in the waters of Quanzhou first, forming a corner of Quanzhou first, slowing down the progress of Lü Meng's siege and looking for opportunities to carry out a counteroffensive that he could do. When Huang Zhong's reinforcements arrived, the total strength of the whole army could compete with Lü Meng, and when the time came, the brave general Huang Zhong would lead the troops to carry out a comprehensive counterattack on Lü Meng.

Generally speaking, Lu Ren's judgment now is relatively correct, but Lu Ren's heart is really bottomless now. Because the defenders in Quanzhou Xu Shu only had so many thousand, it is really difficult to say whether they can withstand Lu Meng's crazy offensive during this time.

"Yuan Zhi, you have never disappointed me, don't disappoint me this time! Resist!! ”

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Under the city of Quanzhou, the shouts of killing shook the sky, and Xu Shu and Lu Meng, who had never met at all, now became evenly matched opponents.

In terms of resourcefulness, Lu Meng is slightly inferior to Xu Shu; But when it comes to leading the troops in battle, Xu Shu is inferior to Lu Meng. In terms of the ability of the coach, these two are half a catty to eight taels.

In the current situation, Lu Meng is several times that of Xu Shu in terms of troops, and on the surface he does occupy an absolute advantage, but after all, Xu Shu has been in Quanzhou for so many years, and although Quanzhou City is not big under Xu Shu's painstaking management, the city defense is strong, and the grain and grass reserves in the city are also sufficient, and some tricks played by Lu Meng cannot deceive Xu Shu at all. Therefore, if Lu Meng wants to take Quanzhou, he can only attack hard. And if he really wants to attack hard, although Lu Meng has a lot of troops, he really can't take advantage of it.

In addition, the Shanyue tribes who had been robbed of their property by the Wu army would not just give up, and would carry out small-scale harassing attacks on Lü Meng's military camp from time to time, thus forming a small and effective external response to Quanzhou City.

What kind of character is Lu Mengna? Soon realized that this would be detrimental to his side, so he no longer saved any money and food in the army, and vigorously encouraged the soldiers, regardless of the premise of losses, and tried to capture Quanzhou City as quickly as possible. Therefore, in the following time, the offensive of the Wu army became more and more fierce every time, and the casualties of the Quanzhou city army also increased sharply.

"Yuan Zhi, how is the current battle situation?"

Since the beginning of the war, more than 1,000 female soldiers under Shirley have not been idle, and have been doing their best to treat wounded soldiers and civilians, maintaining the combat effectiveness of the defenders of Quanzhou from another aspect. It's just that after such many fierce battles, Shirley has already seen that the situation in Quanzhou is very dangerous, even if she no longer understands military affairs.

At this time, Xu Shu had already roared hoarsely in the fierce battle for days, and after pouring a few large bowls of water at this time, Xu Shu shook his head at Xue Li a little helplessly and said: "Lu Ziming knows the military aircraft very well, and he is completely attacking Quanzhou City regardless of losses. At present, more than half of the defenders of Quanzhou are killed and wounded, and if this continues, Quanzhou City is afraid that it will not be able to withstand it for a few days. ”

Shirley hurriedly said, "So, what should I do?" ”

Xu Shu groaned: "There are still more than 10,000 people in the city, and it may be possible to call for more time as a pawn." But after all, they are just ordinary people, and they have little combat power...... The long history of snow, Quanzhou can be lost, and it can also be killed here, but the long history of snow can never be lost. Because once the history of Xue Changshi is lost, the lord will definitely be subject to Wu! Therefore, Xue Changshi, in the next fight, ask Xue Changshi to lead the crowd to forcibly break through and go to the harbor to seize the ship and return to Yizhou! ”

Quanzhou can be lost, and it can also be killed here, but Xue Changshi must not be lost. Because once the history of Xue Changshi is lost, the lord will definitely be subject to Wu! Therefore, Xue Changshi, in the next fight, ask Xue Changshi to lead the crowd to forcibly break through and go to the harbor to seize the ship and return to Yizhou! (To be continued.) )