Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 208 Moon Bay Stone Formation
In the early summer of June, half of the time limit Sun Quan left for Lu Meng had passed.

Because of the suppression of troops, Lu Meng planned to quickly pacify Yulin County.

According to Sun Quan's preliminary idea, as long as Jiangdong actually controls the north of Jiaozhou, the counties and counties in the Shixie family's sphere of influence will remain the same.

After Wu Sihei left, there was no news from Bushan.

Lu Meng couldn't wait any longer, so he consulted with Lu Fan, the prefect of Cangwu, "It's been ten days since the Yue people left, and there is no news from Bushan. It seems that Lai Gong is going to resist, I really don't want to wait."

Lu Fan nodded in affirmation, "The advance troops sent by Lai Gong have retreated to the highlands south of Moon Bay to garrison. There are many fishing boats sailing to Moon Bay from the upper reaches of Yushui every day, and I don't know what tricks they are playing."

During the period when the Jiangdong water army was stationed in Gaoyao before leaving for Guangxin, it was Wei Jing who commanded Wu Ju's troops to conduct tentative battles.

After Lu Fan became the prefect of Cangwu, Wei Jing handed over the military power, and then returned to govern Nanhai County.

"In the face of absolute strength, all conspiracies and tricks are useless. No matter how many fishing boats are in front of our Jiangdong fighting ships and building ships, they are fortified in Moon Bay. Tomorrow we will go to survey the terrain ourselves." Lu Meng suggested.

"What Ziming said is true, even an opponent like Lai Gong, we shouldn't underestimate him."

The two reached an agreement, and the next day they took two walking boats to Moon Bay. This is the largest turning point where Yushui flows between Bushan and Guangxin.

The mountains to the south of Moon Bay block the way from east to west. A mountain with a height of hundreds of meters stands on the south bank at the big bend. Although there is also a rolling hill on the north bank, there is no problem in land marching.

"Ziming, look." Lu Fan pointed to the wooden building on the top of Nanshan Mountain.

Lu Meng nodded, "Lai Gong wanted to be condescending. He chose a good lookout post, but he chose the wrong blocking location. The mountains on the south bank are not suitable for marching. As long as we don't march from the south bank, wouldn't he have deployed his troops in vain? If you really want to march by land, you can choose the north bank, how could he stop us?"

"Although Lai Gong is not good at fighting, he is not so stupid. Could there be a conspiracy?" Lu Fan asked again.

"Conspiracy? I didn't see it." After Lu Meng finished speaking, he ordered him to move forward.

The section of the Yushui Bend is 2000 meters long, and the channel is relatively narrow and the current is turbulent.

At this time, the river water was rising in summer, and the walking boat encountered great resistance at the corner, but it couldn't stop the warship, which is known for its speed.

The moment they turned the corner, they saw dozens of small fishing boats dumping gravel into the river, and besides the fishing boats, there were also several small warships on the move. When they saw Lu Meng walking, they immediately waved their flags and shouted to surround them.

"Turn the rudder back." Lu Meng shouted.

Zouge is the smallest ship of the Jiangdong Navy. It has a parapet on the side of the boat, and it houses more sailors than soldiers.

Lv Meng gave an order, and the boat turned sharply with multiple oars like flying, Shamoke's boat couldn't catch up at all, and it sailed into Moon Bay in a blink of an eye.

Zou Ge quickly exited Moon Bay, and the clamor behind gradually disappeared, but the pursuers did not come.

Lu Fan breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Looking at the flags on the boat and the costumes of the soldiers, it seems that they are really aliens. They dumped sand and gravel in the river. Could it be that they want to stop the flow?"

"Yushui is a big river in Jiaozhou. It's not easy for them to stop the flow, but the Yue people hired by Lai Gong have some brains. They dumped sand and gravel in the narrow part of the river in order to stop the speed of our big boat. Through the turbulent water flow here But this is only a short-term plan, as long as our boats and warships lead the way steadily, we can send people to dredge the river and we can drive straight in, it can only be regarded as a stupid way." Lu Meng shook his head and sneered.

"Then you have to march as soon as possible. The more stones they dump, the longer it will take to clean up. The time limit given to you by the Lord is not long." Lu Fan reminded.

"I estimate that it will take a few days to clear the rocks. We have to let Pan Zhang lead the cavalry to march from the north bank at the same time. We will take down Bushan in one fell swoop by land and water. As long as we defeat Lai Gong's support in Moon Bay, I will return to Jian sooner." I will return to my lord." Lu Meng replied.

Lu Fan nodded and said, "Cangwu's [-] cavalry can also be commanded by Wen Yu, but it's a pity that Yunkaishan's team was wiped out by Wu Ju, otherwise General Pan could have mobilized nearly [-] cavalry."

Lu Meng shook his head: "Ziheng still keeps Wu Ju's soldiers. Now Cangwu is the time to stabilize the people's hearts. If we take all the soldiers and horses away, beware of people with ulterior motives taking advantage of them."

"Ziming mean Lan Ziyu?" Lu Fan asked suspiciously.

"Lantian Governor is in charge of the four counties in southern Jing. Even if he didn't intervene in the attack and defense of Yulin County, Bao Buqi would send people from Guiyang to raid Cangwu," Lu Meng analyzed.

Lu Fan smiled and said: "Cangwu's defense is not a problem, Ziming can rest assured. I have a thorough understanding of the situation in Guiyang a few days ago. The entire county has only 3000 troops, except for the hundreds of troops stationed at the northern border pass. The rest of the soldiers and horses are scattered in various counties."

"I'm the one who was being rude. Tomorrow, the water will fight against Ziheng." Although both of them are Sun Quan's confidantes, their ten fingers have different lengths, and Lu Fan is obviously more favored by Sun Quan, so Lu Meng asked in such an awkward manner. After picking the peach of Cangwu prefect, he came to compete with himself for military merit.

Lu Fan is a political master, he immediately saw the other party's doubts, and directly gave Lu Meng a reassurance. "Ziming is the commander in chief who captured Jiaozhou, and I, the prefect of Cangwu, just sit in the rear."

Lan Tian’s understanding of war is that intelligence work is the most important thing in war. Let Shamoke’s people guard near Moon Bay, and set up watchtowers at intervals from the top of the Nan’an mountain to Bushan. The key When it is time to light a beacon to warn, the news can be transmitted to Bushan in an instant.

The beacon is only used for the most important information, so usually the semaphore is used on the south peak, and the scouts on the north bank can immediately send the news back to Bushan.

When Jiangdong's reconnaissance ship appeared in Moon Bay, Bushan quickly received news from the enemy, and Lantian immediately summoned the generals to deploy combat strategies.

"It seems that the visitors from Jiangdong can't bear it anymore. I guess their fleet will enter Moon Bay tomorrow. How is the matter with Chief Sha going?" Lan Tian asked.

Shamoke clasped his fists and replied: "Yu River is much wider than Yuan River. Although Moon Bay is relatively narrow, after 20 days of hard work, we have laid out hundreds of meters of 'stone array'. However, fighting ships and building ships must clear out special river channels.”

"According to the type and number of warships reported by Wu Sihei, General Gan calculated that there are 5000 people in the Jiangdong Navy. How long will it take for these people to clear the stones blocking the road in the river?" Lan Tian continued to ask.

Sha Moke broke his fingers and calculated with difficulty, "Should it be able to stop for more than ten days. Or three to five days?"

(End of this chapter)