In the early summer of June, the time limit Sun Quan left to Lu Meng was already halfway through.
Because of the military suppression, Lu Meng planned to quickly pacify Yulin County.
According to Sun Quan's preliminary idea, Jiangdong only needs to actually control the north of Jiaozhou, and the counties within the Shixie family's sphere of influence will remain as they are.
After Ushei left, there was no news from Bushan.
Lu Meng couldn't wait any longer, so he called Lu Fan, the prefect of Cangwu, to discuss: "It's been ten days since the Yue people left, and there's not even a trace of news from Bushan. It seems that Lai Gong is planning to fight tooth and nail. I really don't want to wait any longer."
Lu Fan nodded in affirmation, "The advance troops sent by Lai Gong have now returned to the highlands south of Moon Bay to station themselves. There are many fishing boats sailing to Moon Bay in the upper reaches of Yushui River every day. I don't know what tricks they are doing."
While the Jiangdong Navy was stationed in Gaoyao before heading to Guangxin, Wei Jing had been directing Wu Ju's troops in exploratory 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 there are, they are vulnerable to our Jiangdong fighting ships and building ships. Since they have fortified themselves in Moon Bay, we will go to survey the terrain in person tomorrow." Lu Meng suggested.
"What Ziming said is true. Even if we are an opponent like Lai Gong, we should not underestimate him."
The two reached an agreement and took two boats to the Moon Bay the next day. This is the largest bend in the Yushui River between Bushan and Guangxin.
Mountains south of Moon Bay continuously block the east-west route. A peak hundreds of meters high stands on the south bank of Big Bend. Although there is also a rolling hill on the north bank, there is no problem in marching on land.
"Ziming, look." Lu Fan said, pointing to the wooden building on the top of Nanshan Mountain.
Lu Meng nodded, "Lai Gong wants to be condescending. The lookout he chose is good, but he chose the wrong place to stop the attack. 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 we really want to march by land, we can choose the north bank, how could he stop us?"
"Although Lai Gong is not good at fighting, he is not so stupid. Is there a conspiracy behind it?" Lu Fan asked again.
"Conspiracy? I didn't see it." After Lu Meng finished speaking, he ordered Ge Ge to move forward.
The bend of the river in Yushui is two thousand meters long. The river is relatively narrow and the current is fast.
At this time, the river water was rising in summer, and Zouge encountered great resistance at the corner, but it could not stop this warship, which was known for its speed.
The moment they turned the corner, they saw dozens of small fishing boats dumping sand and gravel into the river. In addition to the fishing boats, there were also several small warships. After they saw Lu Meng walking away, they immediately waved flags and shouted and surrounded them.
"Turn the helm and go back." Lu Meng shouted.
The walking boat is the smallest type of ship in the Jiangdong navy. It has a parapet on its side and more sailors than soldiers. It travels back and forth like a flying gull, out of reach of others.
Lu Meng gave an order and the boat turned sharply with many oars flying. Samoko's boat could not catch up and sailed into Moon Bay in a blink of an eye.
The boat quickly exited Moon Bay. The noise from behind gradually disappeared, and the pursuers did not come.
Lu Fan breathed a long sigh of relief and said: "Looking at the flags on the boat and the soldiers' costumes, it seems that they are really aliens. They dumped sand and gravel in the river. Do they want to stop the flow?"
"Yushui is a big river in Jiaozhou. It is not easy for them to cut off the flow. But the Yue people hired by Lai Gong have some brains. They dump sand and gravel in the narrow place of the river in order to block the speed of our big ship. Through the rapid current, we can Reefs have formed everywhere, but this is just a temporary plan. As long as our ships and fighting ships are steady ahead to clear the way, and we can send people to dredge the river to drive straight in, it can only be considered a stupid method." Lu Meng shook his head and sneered.
"Then we have to march as soon as possible. The more rocks 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 clean up the stones. We have to let Pan Zhang lead the infantry and cavalry to march from the north bank at the same time. We will advance by land and water to capture Bushan in one fell swoop. As long as Lai Gong's support is defeated at Moon Bay, I can return to Jianzhou earlier." I will ask my lord to restore my life." Lu Meng replied.
Lu Fan nodded and said, "Cang Wu's two thousand cavalry can also be commanded by Wen Gui. It's a pity that Yun Kaishan's team was destroyed by Wu Ju, otherwise General Pan could have mobilized nearly ten thousand more cavalry."
Lu Meng shook his head: "Ziheng should keep Wu Ju's soldiers. Now is the time for Cangwu to stabilize the people's hearts. If we take away all the soldiers and horses, be careful to prevent people with ulterior motives from taking advantage of them."
"Did Ziming mean Lan Ziyu?" Lu Fan asked doubtfully.
"Lantian oversees the four counties in Jingnan. Even if he does not intervene in the attack and defense of Yulin County, Bao Buqi will send people from Guiyang to raid Cangwu..." Lu Meng analyzed.
Lu Fan said with a smile: "Cangwu's defense is not working hard. Don't worry. Ziming, I have a thorough understanding of Guiyang's situation a few days ago. The entire county has only three thousand troops, except for the hundreds of troops garrisoned at the northern border pass." , the rest of the troops are scattered in various counties."
"I was the one who was rude. Tomorrow Shui Zhan Zi Heng..." Although both of them are Sun Quan's confidants, each of the ten fingers has its own length. Lu Fan is obviously more favored by Sun Quan, so Lu Meng asked awkwardly, he I'm afraid that this guy will come to compete with me for military glory after picking the peach of Cangwu Prefect.
Lu Fan is a political expert. He immediately saw the other party's doubts and directly reassured Lu Meng. "Ziming is the commander-in-chief who captured Jiaozhou, and I, the Cangwu prefect, am just sitting in the rear..."
Lan Tian's understanding of war is that intelligence work is the top priority of the war. He asked Samoko's people to guard near Moon Bay, and set up lookouts at intervals from the top of the mountain on the south bank to Bushan. The key is A beacon warning can be lit at a certain time, and the message can be conveyed 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 of the enemy. Lantian immediately summoned the generals to deploy combat strategies. The generals were amazed at the speed of grasping military information.
"It seems that the visitors from Jiangdong can't bear it anymore. I guess their fleet will be able to enter Moon Bay tomorrow. How is Chief Sha doing?" Lan Tian asked.
Shamoke clasped his fists and replied: "Yushui is much wider than Yuanshui. Although Moon Bay is already relatively narrow, after twenty days of hard work, we have set up a stone array hundreds of meters long, and small walking boats can pass through it." The fiber drawing method has been used in the past, but for fighting ships and building ships, special river channels must be cleared."
"Listening to the type and number of warships reported by Wushei, General Gan calculated that there were 15,000 Jiangdong naval forces. How long would it take if all these people came to clear the stones blocking the road in the river?" Lan Tian continued to ask.
Shamoko calculated with difficulty on his fingers, "Should it be able to stop it for ten days...or three to five days?"
