Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Battle of Guangling
Gan Ning pondered for a while, and in order to better explain what he knew, he directly picked up a branch on the side, and then drew a temporary map on the ground of the martial arts arena.
With a winding curve as the Yangtze River, marking the location of Jiangxia and Yuzhang, "In the past, because of the account of Huang Zu shooting Sun Jian, the Sun family would often fight with Huang Zu in the Yangtze River area, so Sun Ce stationed a lot of soldiers and horses in Yuzhang.
This time, the last general went down the river to meet Wen Hou and met the Sun family's warship, which was not an uncommon thing, but it was strange that they seemed to be in a hurry to go downstream, and they encountered five groups of people before and after. β
So much?
Everyone present, except for Lin Mo, frowned and was surprised.
Gan Ning continued to draw the location of the mouth of the Lujiang River and Anhui with a tree branch and said: "At first, the last general was worried that they wanted to be unfavorable to Wenhou, so he stayed at the Wankou ferry for two days, and found that they did not want to attack the Lujiang River, but just continued to rush downstream, and the last general took a fast boat to go downstream, and it turned out that..."
Gan Ning paused for a moment and drew the Guangling Ferry Port downstream, "Wu Jing's men and Sun Ce's men met at the ferry. β
"Sun Ce wants to take Guangling!" Lu Bu blurted out.
"Lord Yuezhang is right, Wu Jing is Sun Ce's uncle, Yuan Shu said that the emperor Guangling will not be called by him, and at this time, Bacheng is going to give Guangling to Sun Ce." Lin Mo came to this matter.
Guangling, originally one of the six counties of Xuzhou, was only divided because Yuan Shu took it away from Liu Bei in his early years.
From the strategic location, Guangling looks at Xiapi in the north, Jiujiang in the west, and the Yangtze River in the back, if it is not in Lu Bu's hands, it is equivalent to letting people put a knife next to their pillows.
Naturally, Lu Bu would not watch Guangling fall into Sun Ce's hands.
"Wen Hou, the last general is willing to be the vanguard and repel Sun Ce!" Gan Ning read the battle intent from Lu Bu's eyes, and immediately asked for his life.
Lu Bu said that Lin Mo spent a lot of thought just to invite him to his command.
With the grace of knowing the grace of encounter, of course, he needs to prove his worth with actions.
He wanted to tell everyone that the person Wen Hou invited back was worth this thought.
Lu Bu subconsciously looked at Lin Mo, and when he saw his chin, he happily agreed: "If it weren't for Xingba, you would find out about this matter, and when I knew that it would be a month later, Sun Ce might have been deployed by then, and this battle would be yours."
Xingba, this is your first battle, and you must let Sun Ce see your bravery. β
"If you don't win, be willing to be a military lawyer!" Gan Ning clenched his fists with confidence.
"Please go with you." Because he was cut off by Chen Gong, Liu Ye was still very disappointed in his heart, it just so happened that you Sun Ce wanted to rob Guangling, wouldn't the opportunity come.
"But this side of Lujiang..."After all, Liu Ye is familiar and famous, Lu Bu still hopes that he can stay in Lujiang and completely restore order here before leaving.
Liu Ye first leveled the Chaohu mountain bandits, and then appeased the Lujiang family, which actually showed his value.
But the Thunderbolt was like his heart disease, and he felt that he would probably not be able to sleep until he witnessed its first battle.
"The matter of Lujiang has been largely decided, if Sun Ce can't hold on, he can immediately help in the battle!" This reason made Lu Bu unable to refuse.
After all, he had seen the power of the Thunderbolt with his own eyes.
After a moment of thought, he nodded in agreement.
Lu Jiang's aftermath work will be handed over to Lu Su, anyway, he is quite good at this matter.
"The last question, how to send troops." Lu Bu looked around at everyone and asked.
Everyone understands that Lu Bu is talking about the name of the teacher.
The people of this era pay attention to the right name, and the name is not right, which means that it is impossible to measure, and everyone does not attach it, especially the rich and powerful family.
When Yuan Shu was proclaimed emperor, Wu Jing took the initiative to draw a line with him, and Sun Ce even drove Yuan Yin, who supported Yuan Shu, out of Danyang, you don't care if they are playing their own little calculations, morally they are contributing to the imperial court.
Lu Bu himself successfully occupied Jiujiang and Lujiang under the banner of pacifying the usurpation of the Han Dynasty, since everyone is the pillar of the imperial court, why do you have nothing to do with me?
"Let Chen Yuanlong go with him, he will solve this problem for Lord Yue." When everyone was at a loss, Lin Mo finally spoke.
"How can Yuanlong solve this problem for me?" Lu Bu was puzzled.
"Wu Jing's position of Guangling Taishou was given to him by Yuan Shu, and the Guangling Taishou appointed by the imperial court is Chen Yu, even as long as he welcomes Chen Yu to control Guangling, he can justifiably act against Sun Ce."
Thinking about it, the corners of Lu Bu's mouth rose, and Chen Yu was forced to Haixi County by Yuan Shu, although he had always been in Guangling, doing the things of the county order with the official position of the county guard.
I just don't know if he is willing to cooperate, after all, he also has seven or eight thousand people on hand, and his temperament is quite arrogant.
Then he reacted immediately, a light flashed in front of him, and said with a smile: "I forgot that Chen Yu is Chen Yuanlong's uncle, if he opens his mouth, it must not be difficult." β
All the problems seemed to have a way to deal with them, Lu Bu clapped his hands and said, "Let's go, go home, and set up a reception banquet for Xingba, which can be regarded as a banquet for the two of you to fight for the first time!" β
"Thank you, Wenhou!"
At tonight's banquet, Lu Bu solemnly introduced the newcomer Gan Ning in front of everyone, except for Wei Yue, who was still fighting bandits, the rest of the people were all familiar.
At the same time, I also did a simple pre-war mobilization by the way, which can be regarded as giving everyone a time to prepare.
In general, considering the problems of summer planting, the construction of river embankments, and local stability, LΓΌ Bu was still prepared to lead only 10,000 men to the east.
Among them, 3,000 were forwards, with Gao Shun as the vanguard, Gan Ning as the deputy general, Liu Ye as the army, and Lu Bu raised 7,000 people to then press the formation.
Although Lu Bu has tested Gan Ning's skills, marching and fighting are not all about personal bravery, not to mention that Lin Mo also said that Gan Xingba is good at water warfare, and this time he is already very fond of serving as a deputy general in the siege battle.
You must know that Zang Ba didn't have this treatment when they brought thousands of people to join.
Guangling belongs to Xuzhou, and Xuzhou belongs to Lu Bu, so Sun Ce can't be allowed to occupy it, of course he has to fight, this is the same heart.
However, everyone felt that Lu Bu's plan to send troops this time was a bit child's play, and it could even be said to be absurd.
Under normal circumstances, if you want to attack a place, you have to understand how many soldiers and horses the other party has, and then determine how many soldiers and horses you need to bring, but this time Lu Bu directly skipped this important link and chose to be fast.
Because of the first battle of Lujiang and the recent participation in the suppression of bandits in Tianzhu Mountain, Xu Sheng, who was promoted to military marquis, stood up and arched his hand for the first time: "Wenhou, Zhenrong has a dock in Haixi, and there are also some forces in Guangling, why don't you let him understand Sun Ce's troops, deployment and reactions of all parties first, and then weigh the troops?" β
"Rong?"
Lu Bu, who was holding a wine glass and slowly shaking it under his chin, had a touch of disdain on his face, this was a name that made him disgusted when he heard it, of course he also knew that Zhen Rong did have some influence in Xiapi and Guangling, otherwise he would not have taken the initiative to show favor to him at the beginning, but Lu Bu still didn't plan to use him, shook his head and said:
"You don't have to get involved."