The Shuhan Empire of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 34 The Eve of the Great War
eve of the war
The next day, the sky was clear in the morning, and Jingzhou was still peaceful at this time. Because of Zhang Fei's blitzkrieg, most civilians didn't know that Jingzhou was about to break out in a decisive battle, and they enjoyed the sunshine of peace.

Huang Quan and Fu Tong each led their troops out of Zigui City; "Tun Chief, do you think we will have a chance to fight in the future?" Qin Shan followed Zhuge Qiao on the wall and watched the army leave the city, and said disappointedly;
"Why are you afraid that you won't have the chance to go to the battlefield? Although we are His Majesty's guards now, once we reach the land of Jingxiang, we will be very tight on the frontal battlefield. This is the time for us to make meritorious deeds." Zhuge Qiao said to Qin Shan He just laughed off the doubts. He knew that sooner or later Soochow would appoint Lu Xun as the governor to fight, and the war would be extremely difficult by then.

The army rested for three days. On the fourth day, Liu Bei received a letter from Ma Liang, "Your Majesty, Wuxi barbarian king Shamoke is willing to lead 5000 barbarians to help the battle. He knows that Han generals Du Lu and Liu Ning also led [-] troops." Come to help the battle' Liu Bei read the letter is also high-spirited, very fortunate, can't wait to rush into Jianye City to capture Sun Quan alive.

"Here's the order to set off for Xiaoting to fight Soochow today"

When the generals got the news, they immediately rectified their soldiers and were ready to go at any time, so as to accumulate energy for the first battle after the founding of the Shu Han; Zhuge Qiao naturally followed Liu Bei to set off with the army at this time, who made him the imperial guard.

The front pioneer Fu Tong met the mountain to open the road, sealed the water and built a bridge, so the marching speed of Liu Bei's army was still guaranteed. On the seventh day, he finally reached a hundred miles away from Xiaoting. He joined Fu Tong's troops and began to build the barracks.

"Xiaoqi (Chen Zhen's words), you write a letter of war and hand it to Xiaoting City, and after seven days, you will have a decisive battle in the land of Lanshang." Liu Bei wrote the letter of war very decisively at this time, but Chen Zhen was puzzled.

"Your Majesty, why does the decisive battle have to take place after seven days? If our army is really defeated in this battle, should we just give up on the conquest of Jingzhou?"

"Five days later, Wuxi Barbarian King Sha Moke will lead [-] Wuxi barbarians; I know that Han generals Du Lu and Liu Ning will also lead [-] troops to help; and this battle will be the first battle of my enthronement, No retreat is allowed. If our army is defeated when the two armies are at war, I will personally lead the Yulin army to defend against the enemy, and we will be killed." Liu Bei did not hesitate to say what he thought in his heart, but he can learn from Liu Bei's heroic posture and Did not fade away with age.

After hearing this, Chen Zhen was also full of emotions, "If your majesty is invincible, the heavens will not tolerate it. I will immediately write a letter of war and send it to Xiaoting." At this time, Chen Zhen was already sweating, not because of how hot the weather was, but because of Liu Bei The determination overwhelmed him.

With the escort of arrows, a book of war rushed to the tower of Xiaoting.

"The governor Liu Bei sent someone to send the letter of war." The soldier who sent the silk had just finished speaking; Han Dang immediately snatched it with one hand,,,

"Liu Bei asked our army for a decisive battle in Lanshang in seven days. What do you think?" Han Dang read the letter of war and handed it to others. During the whole process, there was no trace of anger because of the letter of war, but calmly asked everyone. The opinion of the general can also be learned that Han deserves to be a veteran of Jiangdong.

"In the past few days, my scouts have been investigating the movements of Liu Bei's army. I know from their marching team that Liu Bei will bring up to [-] soldiers and horses for this expedition. There will not be more than [-] soldiers who can be used for decisive battles; and the [-] soldiers and horses we bring are all Jiangdong elites, plus the tens of thousands of defenders in Jingzhou, we have more than [-] soldiers who can fight, why? Fear of Liu Bei" The front vanguard Sun Heng was even more excited when he heard Liu Bei come down to fight, wishing that tomorrow would be the decisive battle.

"Shu Wu (Sun Heng's word) is right. The land of Jingzhou belongs to my lord. Today Liu Bei led an army to seize my lord Jingzhou. How can we not fight? There is absolutely no coward in my Jiangdong children." Ling Tong also echoed. Sun Heng's opinion, after all, among the generals here, only he and Sun Heng are young generals, but being able to hold important positions in the army at the age of 27 or [-] also proves that Soochow is stronger than Shuhan.The youngest generals in the Shu Han camp were in their thirties, Zhang Fei was in his fifties, and Liu Bei was in his sixties.

So all the generals agreed to a decisive battle with Liu Bei in the land of Lanshang; only Zhu Ran thought that the city should be defended until the Han army ran out of food and retreated.

"I also don't agree with a decisive battle with the enemy. The reason why the enemy sent a decisive battle with our army is that they hope for a quick battle and don't want to delay the opportunity. If our army goes out of the city to fight a decisive battle with it, it will be different from betraying the country." Some people opposed the decisive battle. And the words are so thorny, they all look at him; Luo Tong's style is Gongxu, and he became the Marquis of Wucheng at the age of twenty.

When all the soldiers were thinking deeply about Luo Tong's sentence just now, "how different is it from traitorous country"; There will be any losses, but the military order given to us by Marquis Wu is to retreat from the enemy, not to let us stay here. In the past, Cao Cao led millions of people to launch the Chibi War, and our army did not hide in the city, but led by the governor. Then resolutely launched a counterattack and buried Cao Cao's millions of people in the belly of the Yangtze River; now Liu Bei's army is only [-] people, but we have to hide in the city and let him run rampant. This is beyond the tolerance of my Jiangdong children." He came out, and the whole hall was shocked, even Luo Tong was ignited by this remark, which belonged to the blood in the youth's heart, and everyone looked at the person who spoke; He Qi's character is Gongmiao; He is invincible in battle, and is highly valued by Sun Quan.

"Gongmiao's words can be said to be a big hit, and it shows the momentum of the entire Jiangdong children. I, Jiangdong children, should not defend in the battle. Seven days later, I will go to the land of Lanshang to fight with him." Han Dang was also inspired to fight, and no one would want to After building Zhou Yu's feats, he gave the final order.

"Captain Zuo, I have something to say; the land of Lanshang seems to be open, but in fact it is not; there is a dense forest twenty miles to the east, our army can ambush an army, and it will surprise you when the battle is over. Use it as a surprise soldier "Zhu Ran, the prefect of Jiangling and the guard of the rear army, has been serving as a guard in Jingzhou, so he is very familiar with the terrain.

"This plan is very good. General Zhu, you will lead an army of [-] to ambush in this dense forest. Let me command the banner." Han Dang immediately agreed to Zhu Ran's plan.

"Commander Zuo, the last general thinks that a surprise attack will scare the enemy, so he can divide the [-] soldiers into two armies, and set up many flags to deter the enemy, so that they will mistakenly think that our army has many armies ambush in the east. , making him frightened; then we have a [-]% chance of winning this decisive battle," Luo Tong hastily added;

"Joining the army, we have more soldiers than Liu Bei, and the decisive battle is still in our local area of ​​Jingzhou, and we have an ambush, how can we only have a [-]% chance of winning?" Ling Tong was dissatisfied with Luo Tong's remarks, thinking that he was lowering morale.

"The fighters on the battlefield are changing rapidly, and the outcome is between five and five. I just said that sixty percent is because our army has more soldiers and ambushes, so I dare to say that, otherwise it is all five or five." Luo Tong also Said very deeply.

"Okay, let's stop arguing. We will see the outcome in Lanshang's land in seven days. Now, the generals are stepping up training soldiers to prepare for the battle." Han Dang decided to fight Lanshang without hesitation.

In the next few days, the counties in Jingzhou began to dispatch troops, and the destinations were all Xiaoting.

[Luo Tong; this was an unpopular figure in the Three Kingdoms period, and he was indeed very talented, but unfortunately he died young, and he was only 28 years old this time. shined.Later, some unpopular characters will be involved, I hope you like it]

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