The whole of Jingzhou began to be undercurrents. Pang Tong and Pang Shiyuan have been trying to make the whole Jingzhou not sell a single bit of grain and grass to teach Liu Mang, but Liu Mang wants to win the people he can to buy grain and grass.
Fighting with Liu Mang and the little turkey in Jingzhou, but the Linhuai generation in Yangzhou really understood the situation. Now Zhang Liao has to face a frontal army of 50,000, plus 20,000 in the city on the way. Soldiers and horses, that is 70,000 horses!
Zhang Liao's scouts were sent out early, it can be said that they almost sent scouts to all the places near the water along the way, just waiting for the arrival of Sun Quan's soldiers and horses.
Sure enough, Zhang Liao didn't have to wait long, and soon scouts spotted rows of soldiers and horses galloping towards the direction of the road. Although they were only infantry, they were extremely fast.
"General, after passing this dense forest, we will enter the territory on the way!" Ling Chao clasped his fists at Lu Meng.
"Well," Lu Meng nodded. He and Ling Chao can be regarded as friends, and they have played together since they were young, so the cooperation between the two is very close, but Ling Chao has always been following military orders. Master, when he entered the army, he directly called Lu Meng a general, and Lu Meng couldn't change it.
As long as you pass through this forest, the front is the territory on the way, and you can become horns with the city on the way after the disaster.
"Zigan, let the army stop and enter the dense forest, set up camp and rest?!" Lu Meng said to his partner Ling Chao.
"Enter the dense forest to set up camp?!" Lu Meng's words stunned Ling Chao on the spot.
What exactly does Lu Meng want to do? Passing through this dense forest is the city on the way, and they were ordered to arrive at the city on the way, and resist Liu Mang's army with the defenders on the way until the arrival of the large army. Isn't it delaying the fighter! You must know that this place is tens of miles away from the city on the way.
Also, Lu Meng made a low-level mistake. There is a saying in military law that you should not enter the forest, because not only may there be ambushes in the forest, but people may also use fire to burn them.
"Hehe! Zigan, Zigan! I believe you must have seen the map on the way. The city on the way belongs to Yangzhou. Although Yangzhou has as many waters as Jiangdong, it is not as dense as Jiangdong. So we passed This dense forest is a plain! On the plain, Zigan, do you have a way to face the Xiliang cavalry directly?!" Lu Meng looked at Ling Chao with a chuckle and said. "Besides, our army has traveled a long distance, and the journey is exhausting. If the enemy army comes directly through the dense forest, there is no way to resist it. In the end, we can only return in defeat. Could it be that Ziqian, has he forgotten what the military commander told us before he left? !"
Ling Chao nodded. He knew what Lu Su said before leaving, and he told them to be careful all the way. You can run for a long distance, but before arriving on the way, you must take a good rest, don't be taken advantage of by others. I was caught off guard by waiting for work, "Then we can't set up camp again!" Ling Chao still didn't understand, it was tens of miles away from here, if you want to rest, just sit on the ground, the army has dry food on them, and you can eat dry food Drink some water, and then you can go on the road again, instead of Lu Meng wanting to put the entire army into a state of rest, and setting up camp, is this because he wants to stay here and not leave? Or do you want to stay permanently
"There is no difference between setting up camp here and setting up camp under the city on the way!" Lu Meng shook his head and explained to Ling Chao, "Zigan, you see, although this dense forest is tens of miles away from the road, once you pass this dense forest, That is a plain. On the plain, cavalry can pass quickly, and we can also attack quickly. If Liu Mang's army attacks the city on the way, he only has 10,000 horses, including 5,000 heavy cavalry. Even if the defender among them is a pig, he can still have one of four crotches! If the general of Liu Mang’s army prepares to attack with the whole army and let the Xiliang cavalry join in the attack, then we will directly and quickly make a surprise attack. The distance is all plains and we can reach it in half a day. When Liu Mang's army is busy attacking the city, and no one stops him, he can join the defenders in the city on the way and attack inside and outside. !" Lu Meng staying in this dense forest is more threatening than appearing directly outside the city on the way!
"But don't enter the forest!" Ling Chao still had a deep feeling for the military law.
"In the dense forest, there may be ambushes! But look, Zigan, in this dense forest, the voices of birds are competing to make noise! It is difficult for people to lurk in it!" If there were people in the dense forest, they might have taken these The bird was startled, and the entire dense forest should be silent. "So, there must be no ambushes in this forest!"
"And what Zigan is worried about is fire attack! Hehe! Zigan, as I said before, this Yangzhou has many waters, is located in the south of the Yangtze River, with lush forests and abundant rain and dew, ordinary fire can't burn it at all! "Forest fires usually occur in the dry dense forests in the north. Those dead branches and leaves are exposed to direct sunlight, and the temperature rises, which eventually leads to fires. Even if someone intentionally prevents fires, it is very easy and direct. Just tap and go! Therefore, in the military law, words are not allowed to enter the dense forest.
But these military laws are all written by people in the north. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Jiangnan area really became a place with a lot of people. Before the Han Dynasty, even in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, Jiangdong was completely barbaric. , even this Yangzhou is similar to Jiangdong, only exiled people are brought here!
Therefore, it is difficult for military law to detect the situation in Huainan area. There is a lot of rain in Huainan area, the land is wet, and there are many rivers, so it is difficult to burn it. How could those dead branches and leaves appear! Once it fell on the ground, it was corroded by the moisture, and finally became fertilizer.
Lu Meng also specially took a branch to show Ling Chao, it was so wet that it was hard to burn at all.
"Enter the dense forest to set up camp, this dense forest is our natural barrier! No matter how rampant his Xiliang iron cavalry is, he dare not rush into the forest! If he dares to come, hehe, I would like to thank him for sending it It's a battle achievement!" Lu Meng's words made Ling Chao's heart finally settle down, "So go down and get ready!"
"Report, report to the general! Enemy scouts are found ahead!" A messenger ran over and said to Lu Meng.
"Is it here?!" Lu Meng nodded,
"General, do you want me to send someone to clean them up?!" Ling Chao asked from the side, killing the scouts to hide their whereabouts! After all, no one likes being watched.
"Why clean it up! Show them, show them openly! No one is allowed to do anything unless they are within a hundred steps of the camp!": Lu Meng waved his hand and ordered! He just wanted to tell the enemy that he was coming, I'm staring at you in this dense forest~