Lu Su calculated from the size of Lü Meng's fleet and estimated that 10,000 Jiangdong soldiers arrived in Huainan.

It would be a joke to attack Shouchun with such a small number of troops, but Taishi Ci decisively led his troops out of Liyang when the fleet appeared in the waters of the Lujiang River, and then went straight to Hefei north of Chaohu Lake.

General Song Qian sent the order first, and Lu Meng's fleet cooperated later. Taishi Ci could not refuse.

Lu Meng has taken over as the governor. If Taishi Ci does not act according to his orders, he will not be able to gain a foothold in Jiangdong in the future.

Song Qian and Taishi Ci left the city together and stopped at Chaohu to wait for Lu Meng.

When Taishi Ci was leaving, he repeatedly warned Song Qian about the food and fodder problem, saying that he was only carrying enough supplies for five or six days to contain Liu'an.

I hope that Lu Meng will send the military rations Taishi Ci needs as soon as possible during his march to Shouchun.

There is a waterway from Lu'an to Shaopi in the north. According to the picture created by Taishi Ci, Jiangdong's ships going north from Feishui will eventually anchor in Shaopi, and their own military rations are indispensable among them.

Taishi Ci thought that if he could not stop Zhang Liao, he could lead his troops to withdraw from Lu'an to Shaopi, and then use the power of the Jiangdong navy to continue to contain Zhang Liao.

It turns out that the people in Lu'an were dying and running away, and now there is only a deserted and empty city left.

Zhang Liao stationed troops here for strategic needs, which was similar to Taishi Ci's stationing in Liyang. However, Liu'an was full of soldiers and no civilians, so daily grain and grass military supplies had to be transported by Shouchun.

Taishi Ci thought that as long as Shouchun was besieged, Liu'an would soon feel the danger of running out of food. He only needed to try his best to hold Zhang Liao back until the other party was completely out of food, so that he could settle old and new grudges together.

Taishi Ci had wonderful thoughts, but the reality was cruel to him.

Song Qian met Lu Meng by the Ruxu River and directly reported on Taishi Ci's military ration situation, Liyang city defense deployment and other information.

Seeing Lu Meng frowning, Song Qian hurriedly added: "The last general suggested twice, secretly and openly, to ask Taishi Ci to bring all the garrison troops in the city, but he used the excuse that the bandit Chen Lan was entrenched in Fuling, so he must leave one behind."

Thousands of soldiers and horses guard the city, the last general"

"It doesn't matter."

Lu Meng stretched out his hand to interrupt Song Qian and comforted himself: "There are only a thousand people. Even a strong attack is easy. Besides, I can also use tricks to break the city. As for the thief Chen Lan, if he dares to stroke the tiger's beard, I will dare to destroy him."

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"Yes, yes." Song Qian agreed and stepped aside.

Lu Meng immediately glanced at the generals on the deck, and finally his eyes fell firmly on Pan Zhang.

"Wen Gui, if I give you two thousand soldiers and horses, can you successfully take down Liyang?"

"In the end, the general will definitely live up to his mission."

Hearing Pan Zhang's sonorous response, Lu Meng nodded with relief.

He glanced at Song Qian again, and then added: "Taishi Ci left Taishi to guard the city. I heard that if you can't do it with military skills, you can disguise yourself as a grain transport team and let General Song go with you to open the city gate. Later,

The matter is simple."

"Wei." Pan Zhang and Song Qian said in unison.

After the team was assembled and assembled, Lu Meng also disembarked and came to the front of the army. He called Pan Zhang aside and said: "Liyang is the city of Jiangdong, and the people are the people of Jiangdong. After you break the city, you must comfort it. If there is any obstruction,

All we need to do is kill less people to establish authority, and organize literate soldiers and civilians as soon as possible to write family letters. I want to borrow family letters to make Taishi Cizhong betray his relatives, and he can't help but be captured."

"The general will save it."

Pan Zhang nodded and asked: "I wonder where the general will station his troops? It would be convenient for the general to break the city and report his victory."

"Chaohu."

"only."

Lu Meng had multiple considerations in choosing Chaohu. First, he wanted to wait for Pan Zhang to capture Liyang and control the prisoners, so that he could go north to persuade Taishi Ci to surrender;

Secondly, he had been a prisoner of Longxiang and had psychological shadow. At this time, he passed through Hefei without saying hello, which was not justified both emotionally and rationally;

Thirdly, Long Xiang had a precedent of helping Taishi Ci, and he was worried that Long Xiang would come to "meddle in other people's affairs" again, so the purpose of garrisoning Chaohu was to monitor Hefei.

Pan Zhang unloaded dozens of carts from the ship, filled them with dead branches and leaves from local materials, and covered the carts with green curtains. This was the "wine and meat" prepared for Li Yang.

Lü Meng looked at the motorcade behind the team and thought that even with the wisdom and knowledge that Taishi enjoyed, he would definitely not be able to see this clever plan of his. Then he boarded the boat with confidence and headed towards Chaohu Lake.

Walking to the junction of Ruxushui and Chaohu Lake, Lü Meng saw that there were mountain peaks on both sides of the mouth of the river. It was an excellent place to build a fort. He planned to wait for Sun Quan to appoint Liyang as the captain before he proposed to build a fortress at Ruxushui mouth.

fortifications.

Lu Meng kept this matter in mind, and continued to move forward without saying a word. The fleet passed through the dangerous and narrow water mouth, and behind it was the Chao Lake that suddenly opened up.

Two years ago, Cao Cao led his army to the west to Huainan. Lu Meng also followed Sun Quan and Zhou Yu to hide in Chao Lake. However, the fleet was originally parked on the south bank of Chao Lake and now it was heading to the north bank.

Not long after the fleet entered Chao Lake, Lu Meng's relaxed expression suddenly became solemn. He faintly saw a building similar to a watchtower on the north shore.

Lu Meng knew very well what it was. Sun Quan mentioned it when talking about Longxiang, saying that Longxiang built a docking area and a high tower in Chaohu Lake. Its purpose was to guide merchant ships and fishing boats in the lake and to berth them.

It was originally a move to benefit the people, but the scene in front of him seemed unusual. Even the young general Ling Tong saw the problem.

"Grand Governor, there are watchtowers a few miles along the coast. They should have been built by Hefei Longxiang? This guy built the sentry so far!"

"Yes, it turns out that there are only a few in the entire Chaohu Lake, but based on the current situation, dozens of them should be built. However, Longxiang is not used for military purposes, but is used to guide fishing boats and merchant ships."

"Guide the way? If he is used for military purposes, wouldn't every move we make be seen by him?"

"hehe."

Lu Meng smiled bitterly: "Last time we were defeated by Cao Jun in Huainan, we lost only the city of Liyang. Do you still care about how far Long Xiang can build? He is now the real governor of Lujiang."

"There are so many watchtowers on the shore." Ling Tong frowned and admonished: "Let's just stop in the middle of the lake. It feels uncomfortable to be stared at."

Lu Meng shook his head and said, "It doesn't matter. Taishi Ci asked Long Xiang to use the passage to cross the border. We should also inform him when we cross Shishui. Anyway, we didn't stay in Huainan for a long time. We were so secretive that we were left behind. The fleet will arrive later.

Make a reservation and I will send someone to Hefei."

Ling Tong was surprised after hearing this: "I heard that the warships from Jiangdong and Shouchun were all running smoothly in the past two times. Why do you need to inform Longxiang this time? The governor thinks too highly of him, right?"

"It used to be unobstructed. That was because the lord sent someone to negotiate in advance. You will know when you pass by Old Hefei. The Shishui River is very close to the city. If you don't communicate with the other party in advance, do you think Long Xiang will get it wrong?"

After Lu Meng finished speaking, he sighed. When he mentioned Hefei, he remembered the days when he was a prisoner.

Because of this humiliating experience, Lu Meng felt inexplicably inferior to Long Xiang.

Ling Tong nodded as if he understood. He only took part in his late father's service last year. He had never been to Hefei once, so he was unfamiliar with everything in Huainan.

I didn’t have much idea about Long Xiang. I only heard people say that he didn’t want to make progress, so I had a feeling of contempt in my heart.
Chapter completed!