"What are you doing there? This is a place to play, just do what you want, and I'm afraid that Lord Ling won't reward you? ”

Hearing this, Ling Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, and the warblers also leaned back again. Lu Ren replaced the wine with tea, exchanged a few drinks with Ling Yuan, and chatted a few words, seeing that Ling Yuan's mood had gradually let go, he instructed the Liuying: "You all go down first, I have something serious to talk to Lord Ling." ”

"Oh, what can't you say in front of us? Isn't it, sir......"

I don't know what to do, Lu Ren's face suddenly sank, and he shouted in an aggravated tone: "Presumptuous, quit for me!" ”

Lu Ren's anger frightened these wandering warblers, and they all quit the room in a hurry. Lu Ren glanced at the guard in front of the door, and the guard understood, closed the door and guarded the door, and at this time only Lu Ren and Ling Yuan were left in the room.

Ling Yuan was a clever ghost, seeing that Lu Ren knew so much that there must be something important, he quickly poured a few sips of strong tea to suppress the little alcohol on his body, and sat down in full clothes and asked Lu Ren, "What do you command?" ”

Lu Ren straightened his thoughts and said, "Zihao, let me ask you, how are you training with the current three thousand sailors in your hands?" ”

Ling Yuan said: "He is quite proficient, and he is very good at attacking and defending. It's just that although the sailors and soldiers are refined, they have not yet gone through a battle, and they can only be called a hundred trained soldiers, not really a hundred battles. ”

Lu Ren said: "Yes, soldiers who have not really fought are worse after all, and sometimes soldiers need blood to raise." ”

Ling Yuan nodded yes. At present, among all the troops in Yizhou, the most effective is the several thousand army that Gao Shun has been trained for a long time, and the naval army is dominated by the main naval division commanded by Gan Ning and Huang Zhong. However, Gao Shun's army is the last defense force, Gan Ning and Huang Zhong's naval army went to India again, Huang Zhong and his son have come back after a circle in Southeast Asia, but Yizhou's coastal defense force must be led by someone, so now only the three thousand naval troops here in Ling Yuan can be mobilized.

Lu Ren took another sip of tea and asked in a deep voice, "Zihao, if I let you lead these three thousand sailors to the battlefield, do you have any confidence?" Gan Ning has not returned yet, Old Man Huang wants to guard here, and now you are the only one who can lead the sailor into battle, but as far as I know, you have not really been on the battlefield, I can't put my mind at ease. ”

Ling Yuan was slightly startled, and then became inexplicably excited: "There will be a war in the water division?" Please rest assured, Ling Yuan will definitely live up to the lord's order! ”

Lu Ren said: "Don't talk too much, after all, you don't have any actual combat experience, originally I wanted to wait for Gan Ning to come back and let you follow him to fight a few battles before making plans, but now I have to let you lead the troops alone." Fortunately, this time the sailor should not be a real battle at sea, maybe he won't be able to meet the opponent, so he should regard it as a real combat experience of the sailor. ”

"The Lord means ......"

Lu Ren immediately told Liu Ye's analysis of the battle situation, and finally said: "I'll tell you about these things now, so that you can be a little prepared." I'll go to the Sailor Camp tomorrow afternoon, and you'll tell me your ideas and tactics in detail. Also, although I already have twenty new warships (referring to gunboats) here, I will not transfer them to you this time, and I will not go into details for the time being. The rest of the ships you can call at will. Well, you can try to write me a written report when you get back. ”

The artillery thing can't be made public too early, and if it is made public now, it will definitely be a big problem. The most important one is that the movement of artillery at this time is equivalent to announcing to the world that Lu Ren has declared war on Sun Quan. This is not the result that Lu Ren wants.

"Whoa!"

Lu Ren nodded with satisfaction, stood up and walked out the door. When he walked to the door, he turned around and said, "Zihao, let me remind you again, you can do anything on this occasion, I won't care about you." But if you dare to be a serious woman from a good family, I will not hesitate to dismiss you and investigate you...... With your current temperament, it's better to get married early and find someone to take care of you, what do you say your family looks like? ”

Ling Yuan asked extremely embarrassed, "Lord, it really doesn't matter if I'm so prodigal?" ”

Lu Ren glanced at Ling Yuan and said thoughtfully, "What does it matter if you wander a little bit in the Fengyue place?" Honestly, a wandering skeleton like you has the shadow of a dear friend of mine. It's just that you can be like him when you are doing business, and no one can match your talents. ”

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A few days later, Ling Yuan led his command of 3,000 elite sailors from the naval port to set off. Considering that Ling Yuan had never really been on the battlefield, Lu Ren deliberately transferred Chen Nan, who was a little older and had a more calm personality, to Ling Yuan as a supervisor. Chen Nan and Wang Li used to be junior colonels in Ding Yuan's army, and they had been on the battlefield, and when necessary, this kind of person who had been on the battlefield of life and death believed that it could play a role in stabilizing the morale of the army.

The 3,000 sailors used a total of 30 warships of various types, and 10 medium-sized merchant ships served as supply ships. And this mission, Ling Yuan also analyzed Lu Ren very clearly:

"The Jiangdong Naval Division has not been established, and there are no naval warships, and this achievement can be completed in a few years. Although Lu Boyan retired from the army, although he had dispatched boats and ships, his intention was to use boats and ships to transport grain to relieve the labor of the foot soldiers, not for fighting. The lord can allow him to get a little closer to Quanzhou, and make a state of not being prepared to lure him deeper. When the time comes, the main public sailor can directly attack the grain ship to cut off the source of its life, and invite the Shanyue tribes to lead the troops out of the mountain, cut off their retreat, and the two places in Quanzhou will hold the troops, which is the trend of encirclement. If this plan can be completed, Lu Boyan will be unable to fly, and the Wu soldiers will also lose their grain and rice, and they will be all lost here in March. ”

Lu Ren was satisfied with this tactic, but he also repeatedly instructed Ling Yuan not to underestimate the enemy. Many times this is the case, and what was originally a good tactic will fail due to some uncertain factors. Moreover, Lu Ren also thinks that Lu Xun will not be fooled so easily. It's just that it's useless to worry, and now it depends on whether the cooperation between Quanzhou, Shanyue, and the navy can be in place.

Before leaving, Lu Ren called Ling Yuan and said: "Zihao, if you can return victorious in this battle, the official may not be able to promote you, but I can increase your salary, and the reward you deserve will not be less." Do it well, and you will be of great use in the future. ”

Ling Yuan hugged his fist at Lu Ren, turned around and got on the boat to lead the team to set off. The initial destination of these 3,000 sailors was not to go directly to the fleet led by Lu Xun, but to lurk in a suitable place and cut off Lu Xun's supply line in a timely manner. That is, this navy is actually going to go around in a small circle and then join the battle.

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Lu Ren has made a move, and Lu Xun will naturally not stop here. On this day, Lu Xun took thousands of men and horses to avoid the mountains of Quanbei from the coastline, and used the northwest monsoon in winter to mobilize ships to transport troops and send food, intending to go straight down to Quanzhou along the coastline. Because he was almost alone, Lu Xun was very careful along the way, and from time to time he would send the vanguard to inquire about the situation, and only after making sure that it was safe did he stride in. Despite this, the marching speed of Lu Xun's army was still very fast, and it didn't take long for these thousands of men and horses to be less than three hundred miles away from Quanzhou.

At this time, Lu Xun adopted a strategy of marching day and night, and sealed the news as closely as possible, hoping to achieve the strategic goal of attacking Quanzhou by surprise and defeating in one battle. To tell the truth, Lu Xun's tactics were right, but unfortunately Xu Shu had already guessed the intention from the beginning.

After sending a detailed work to confirm that Lu Xun was indeed marching from the coastal road, in order to lure Lu Xun into the shortlist, Xu Shu threw out a lot of bait, and gradually strengthened the idea that Lu Xun could succeed in a surprise attack. The next thing is to wait for the three parties to join in.

It's a pity that Lu Xun is not a fuel-efficient lamp. When he realized that his march was too smooth, Lu Xun immediately ordered the withdrawal of the army, and it was a large-scale withdrawal, and the rearguard defense was extremely tight. There is a big "if you don't come to chase me, it's fine, if you come to chase me, I'll wait to be eaten by me".

Xu Shu saw through Lu Xun's plan, but there was nothing he could do about it. There were not many defenders directly under Quanzhou City, and they could not be directly used at this time, so they could only let the Shanyue tribe fight, and the Shanyue tribe was relatively scattered because of the guerrilla tactics in the early stage, and it was impossible to concentrate in a short period of time. If he orders the pursuit here, how many people will really go, how many people will be eaten by Lu Xun, and once there are large losses in the already small number of troops, it will cause Lu Xun a situation of retreating as advance. In desperation, Xu Shu had no choice but to give an order to stick to Quanzhou City.

However, at this time, Ling Yuan, who had already gone around to Lu Xun's rear and completed the ambush, suddenly made a move, and launched a strong attack on the grain ships and troop carriers of Lu Xun's army......

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"Quickly give the order to let the grain ships and troop carriers dock as soon as possible!"

Lu Xun ordered loudly in anger. There is no way, your own fleet itself is not a combat-type fleet, even if it is a warship, it is now in a headwind position, and there is no way to fight the opponent's fleet if you are at a disadvantage. The best way now is to concentrate the grain ships and troop carriers on the shore, so that at least the grain and grass and the soldiers on board can be transported ashore.

The other party must only have dozens of small bean boats...... It was really a small boat, all of which were lifeboats in Lingyuan's fleet and small fishing boats brought from Yizhou in order to complete this operation. There is no way, Lu Ren doesn't want to tear his face with Sun Quan, then the large ships of the Lingyuan fleet will definitely not be able to show their faces, so they can only use these small boats and disguise themselves as the Shanyue tribe to stab Lu Xun.

As for how a small ship can destroy a big ship...... Lu Ren has a weapon called burning/burning/bombing, which is actually a certain proportion of fish oil and alcohol, bottled, and then lit a fire and thrown out...... (To be continued.) )