The battle of Xiangfan is about to break out.

And Jiangling, the Nanjun Governance Office, five hundred miles away from Xiangfan, Wang Ji also had a headache, what to do next.

In the battle under Jiangling City, although Wang Ji held the defensive line, burned the grain and grass of Lü Meng's army, and forced Lü Meng to temporarily suspend his troops, his own losses were not small.

The 8,000 Jiangling defenders who went out of the city to fight suffered more than 3,000 casualties, and in the end, they relied on one breath to support them, so that the soldiers could not finally collapse under such a big damage.

And after Deng Ai and Shi Bao led the troops back to help, although they brought nearly 5,000 people, they could fill in the loss of this force, and even increased some troops slightly, but. Now Wang Ji has the troops he can use, that is, more than 10,000 people.

But Lü Meng's side, not only did not withdraw the army as Wang Ji expected, but also received the support of the leaders from the Sun brothers, and now there are a total of 50,000 attacking troops under Jiangling City.

Wang Ji didn't understand, where did Lu Meng get the confidence to dare to stay under Jiangling City when there was a shortage of food and grass.

Aren't you afraid of a mutiny?!

As for the reinforcements Wang Ji's military report has been sent to Xiangyang for almost 20 days, but Xiangyang has not yet replied to the letter, Wang Ji is a little afraid to ask for the arrival of reinforcements.

For the time being, we can only consider that with the 12,000 people who can still fight, we can defend the attack of 50,000 people on the opposite side.

But fortunately, although Lü Meng gathered the reinforcements of the Sun brothers, the troops were in the barracks, but they did not attack for the time being.

Once, Shi Bao and Deng Ai both judged that this was Lu Meng waiting for the follow-up grain and grass to be in place, and now the camp should be in a state of lack of food. After all, they burned it, and they knew very well how much grain and grass they had burned.

Therefore, Shi Bao and Deng Ai both asked for battle, went out of the city to attack Lu Meng's camp, and maybe they could reap unexpected results.

But Wang Ji rejected the two of them's invitation to fight.

Because Wang Ji can't afford to lose.

To sneak attack the camp of 50,000 people, it is useless if there are fewer soldiers, if there is fraud in the army, Wang Ji can't afford to lose after all, Lu Meng is not that kind of reckless man, he has already been attacked by someone once, and it is impossible to relax the guard against the camp.

If he doesn't go to war and wait for the food and grass to be in place, this Wang Ji also judged it to be true, but in the same way, Wang Ji is not sure whether Lu Meng will set up an ambush as planned, just waiting for the defenders of Jiangling City to go out of the city to attack him.

Therefore, for the sake of insurance, it is better to defend the city.

As for Lu Meng, at the beginning, he really thought about creating the appearance of an empty garrison in the big camp, attracting the defenders of Jiangling City to fight, and then setting up an ambush to encircle and annihilate him.

But soon, Lu Meng didn't have this mind.

Xu Sheng's cronies crossed the river to report that the Wuling reinforcements had arrived in the public security, and together with the public security defenders, they broke through Xu Sheng's besieging army, and the siege of public security had been lifted.

Now Xu Sheng is leading more than 3,000 remnants of the army, and they are guarding the public security ferry to ensure the smooth flow of the grain road, and at the same time, he also hopes that Lu Meng can send troops to rescue.

At this time, Lu Meng was in no mood to set up an ambush.

Now there is a shortage of food, and now there is a possibility of being threatened on the back road, if this matter is known to the generals of the Jiangdong Army who were unwilling to attack Gangneung again, something may happen.

Therefore, Lü Meng was very worried and hurriedly sent 3,000 reinforcements to Xu Sheng.

He didn't dare to draw from the battalions of other generals, and Lu Meng could only transfer people from his own Chinese army, so it was not easy to give Xu Sheng 3,000 reinforcements.

This was not good news for Lu Meng, but Lu Meng was not so unlucky after all, and he soon got a surprise.

Lu Xun, the general of Lukou, personally escorted a batch of grain and grass to Lu Meng's camp.

This is three days shorter than Lu Meng's estimated time for grain and grass supply.

Although Lu Xun didn't have much grain and grass, it could solve the urgent need after all, and this was an additional grain and grass, which was not included in the supply quota, that is, three days later, there would be normal supplies of grain and grass delivered.

Lu Meng was happy, the injury on his shoulder felt better, and he excitedly went out of the camp to greet Lu Xun.

Lu Xun's batch of grain and grass was too timely, and it was too helpful to the military spirit in Lu Meng's stable army.

Originally, the grain and grass in Lu Meng's camp was about to run out, although a batch of grain and grass was transferred from Xu Sheng's side, but it could only be a frugal life, which was very unfavorable to the morale of the army.

Not to mention Xu Sheng's defeat, the grain and grass were lost, and then stationed at the public security ferry, there must be a large battalion to support Xu Sheng's army with grain and grass, and the problem of grain and grass is even more stretched.

Well, now, although Lu Xun didn't bring much grain and grass, he could give hope to the soldiers, plus Lu Xun's grain and grass was not a big problem to survive for three days, and after three days, the supply of grain and grass arrived, and the army's morale could be completely stabilized.

Therefore, Lu Meng was really grateful to Lu Xun for transporting grain this time, and pulled Lu Xun into his tent and asked for details.

And Lu Xun came this time, there was really nothing special, just be cautious just in case.

Lu Xun is not an immortal, he replaced Lu Meng in Lukou to guard the house, it is impossible to know so quickly that Lu Meng's attack in Jiangling City is unfavorable, and most of the grain and grass have been burned, and now the grain and grass are in an emergency.

Lu Xun just sent an extra batch of grain with a cautious attitude.

If it's okay, it's not a bad thing to stock up on a little more grain and grass in the camp, but if something happens. You see, isn't that a vital role now?!

Lu Meng was particularly emotional about this, Lu Xun's actions were simply a clear stream among the Jiangdong generals who were in such chaos now.

And Lu Xun is also very curious, how could the current battle situation suddenly become like this.

Lu Meng was also frank and told Lu Xun about what had happened recently.

After Lu Xun listened, his brows tightened.

From the perspective of hindsight, Lu Meng was burned with grain and grass this time, which was simply a considerable mistake, and this should not be the mistake that an excellent commander who has experienced a hundred battles should make.

You must know that the camp of Lu Mengzha is ten miles away from Jiangling City, and the camping range is only two or three miles away.

But on the other hand, Wang Ji, the defender of Jiangling City, happened to take advantage of this illusion of darkness under the lights, and used the excuse of going out of the city to fight in the field to transfer Lü Meng from the Chinese army to the front army, so that the rear battalion was not well prepared, and the sneak attack was successful in one fell swoop.

It's like sitting alone at home and a thief still sneaks into the house and steals something. Outsiders think that this master is very stupid, and he can't even look at things under his nose, but from the master's point of view, who would have thought that this thief would be so bold and dare to burglary when the master is at home.

Besides, Lu Meng did not send people to protect the rear army, a defender of 3,000 people, even if the combat strength is not strong, as long as it can delay a little time, it is enough to give Lu Meng a chance to react. But the Jiangling defenders obviously did not give Lü Meng this opportunity, and even dared to set up a rescue team to ambush Quan Cong halfway.

It can be seen that the defender of Gangneung City is not a scheming person, he has planned everything, and he is willing to risk his life. Losing in the hands of such a person is actually not unjust.

If you have to say that Lu Meng has any improper response, in Lu Xun's opinion, it is that Lu Meng is too anxious, always thinking about swallowing Nanjun in one go, causing his order to be somewhat impatient.

If Lu Meng decisively stops the attack and retreats to fight the fire when the camp fire starts, then there will not be much loss of grain and grass, after all, it is very close and there are many people, after fighting the fire, it should be able to grab the next batch of food.

Relying on this batch of grain, Lu Meng could organize the soldiers to attack the city while waiting for the supply of the next batch of grain and grass, instead of not daring to act rashly in order to worry about the morale of the battalion as now, but instead gave the defenders in Jiangling City time to rest and recuperate.

But then again, the reason why Lü Meng was in a hurry to break through the defenders of Jiangling City was entirely because this attack was originally a sneak attack, if he couldn't march quickly, occupy Nanjun, and wait for Guan Yu to return to the rescue, then Lü Meng could only retreat and defend one option.

Therefore, Lu Xun thought about it for a long time, but he still felt that Lu Meng's response was not a big problem, and the current situation could only be said to be caused by many reasons.

But in any case, the current situation is quite unfavorable to Jiangdong.

Especially after Wuling Xu Shu freed his hands to support the public security and repelled Xu Sheng's siege, the situation has been completely reversed.

Xu Sheng's insistence on the public security ferry is very correct, and he can't hope that the other party will relax the protection of the grain route without a naval army, in case the family really hides a few warships and it's useless?!

Once the grain route is cut off, and Lu Meng can't break through Jiangling in a short period of time and wait for Guan Yu to come back for help, how many of the 50,000 Jiangdong troops can go back alive, but it's really hard to say.

Lu Meng was also worried about this, so he asked, "In such a situation, I wonder if Bo Yan has a plan to teach me?!" ”

Lu Xun laughed when he heard this.

What can he do?!

The entire strategic planning was done by Lu Meng, and the time he was fully aware of it was only more than a month.

The current situation has deviated greatly from what Lu Meng expected, how to adjust, Lu Meng didn't know in his heart, did he still come to ask him?!

Moreover, the two have completely different styles of leading troops, and Lu Xun will not take such a risky use of troops.

If it was Lu Xun, when he attacked the public security, he would stay under the public security city, and at the same time repair the book to Wuling Xu Shu, saying that he was useless to break the covenant, but the Son of Heaven had an edict, so he had to do it.

In other words, if the backstab is not successful, he quickly clears himself of responsibility, saying that he is just acting like he sent troops, and he does not really want to betray the alliance.

Then let the lord send a man of tongue to Hanzhong to "explain the reason", I believe that Liu Bei will endure this anger for the sake of Cao Cao's great power.

After all, I didn't suffer much actual damage.

But now, Lu Meng has hit Jiangling City, and it is too late to clear up the relationship at this time.

(End of chapter)