After Lu Meng encouraged and boosted morale, he immediately led his troops to advance to the west.

This force of 20,000 men still used the infantry and cavalry commanded by Pan Zhang as the vanguard. Lu Meng's own naval force could now only be used as infantry.

When the army had marched fifty miles, Pan Zhang sent out sentinel flying horses to report. Lai Gong's troops took advantage of their own retreat and advanced several miles forward, setting up camp on the hill where they were originally stationed.

This is a complete slap in the face. Now, regardless of the south bank or the north bank, all the commanding heights are occupied.

The geographical advantage plays a greater role in the war.

Pan Zhang ordered the front troops to move forward slowly, and he personally went to the rear to see Lu Meng to ask for advice.

Lu Meng was a little dumbfounded after hearing this. He thought Lai Gong was still waiting for work, but he didn't expect that he would now take the initiative. This was the first time he encountered such an insidious opponent.

"General, the other army occupies the commanding heights, what should we do?" Pan Zhang asked for instructions.

Lu Meng frowned, thinking that he needed to ask me about this matter? He immediately replied in a deep voice: "If you order the army to continue moving forward, how can it stop because the other party occupies a high point?"

"Wei." Pan Zhang clasped his fists and accepted the order, urging the army to move quickly.

Since most of them did not have horses to travel with them, it was almost dusk when the twenty thousand people arrived at the northern part of Moon Bay.

Pan Zhang pointed at the hill with a riding whip in his hand and said: "General, look."

Lu Meng saw from a distance that the camps were scattered on the hillocks, and the blazing beacon fires were burning on the mountains on the south bank.

Needless to say, the whereabouts of Jiangdong's soldiers and horses were promptly communicated to Lai Gong.

"Call the whole army to camp on the spot. Let's rest for the night and fight again tomorrow." Lu Meng ordered.

"Only." After the general Pi next to Lu Meng responded, he immediately flew to convey the general's order.

Upon seeing this, Pan Zhang immediately reminded: "Be careful, Lai Gong takes advantage of our army's fatigue from far away and comes to rob the camp at night."

Lu Meng affirmed: "The Jiangdong army is all here, how can we be robbed by the enemy again? I will put the whole camp of the Chinese army on guard at night, and you can just tell the soldiers to rest peacefully."

"I know." Pan Zhang also nodded.

"I see that the opponent's camp is neatly arranged, and the defense of this camp is quite organized. I really underestimated him before, and I don't know what the opponent's combat effectiveness is. Tomorrow you will lead the front to be responsible for the first round of attack. All the horses need to be raised.

Be energetic." Lu Meng continued to give instructions.

"Wei." Pan Zhang responded with clasped fists.

It was already dark after the army set up camp. After a day's journey, they were so hungry that their eyes were filled with stars. Lu Meng first arranged for the Chinese army to stay on guard, and then arranged for each camp to set up pots for cooking.

Due to its proximity to Yushui, every move in Lu Meng's camp was controlled by the beacon tower on the south bank of Moon Bay.

In order to prevent the eyes on the opposite mountain from leaking information, Lü Meng specially arranged for soldiers to observe the beacon tower on the opposite bank. He concluded that this was Lai Gong's biggest source of intelligence. Maybe he would really come to rob the camp while his side was cooking and resting.

The observation post is directly connected to the guard responsible for vigilance, forming a complete response linkage mechanism.

But from the moment Lu Meng set up camp, Lai Gong treated them as if they didn't exist and didn't make any reaction at all.

The beacon fire on the sentry tower on the south bank of Moon Bay has not been lit for a long time. The Chinese army guards who are responsible for the alert are a little tired mentally, especially after the aroma of rice in the camp fills the air, their attention has turned to the inside of the camp.

It's really not a pleasant feeling to eat and drink with your companions while you stand guard by yourself.

Then each battalion lined up to receive meals. This was the most chaotic time of the night.

Lü Meng camped with his back to the water, and there were gates on the east, west and north sides.

Because Lai Gong's camp was on a hill to the west, Lü Meng asked Su Wei to focus on the northwest.

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In the eastern part of the camp, several guards were first killed by silent bamboo arrows.

Then dozens of torches were thrown onto the tent by Samoko's cavalry, and flames instantly climbed into the sky.

"It's gone..."

"Enemy attack..."

"There are thieves robbing the camp..."

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The eastern part of the camp was mainly composed of naval forces. They were so frightened when they saw the fire that they immediately thought of the fire ships in Moon Bay.

Shouts and screams spread everywhere, and soon spread throughout the camp from the east.

The soldiers of each battalion had just picked up the bowls. After seeing the fire and hearing the shouts, no one had any appetite.

The private military system adopted by Jiangdong, Sun Quan as the commander-in-chief may not be able to order and prohibit it, let alone Lu Meng is still the general. For their own interests, the small commanders of each battalion asked their subordinates to put down their bowls and pick up their swords, and spontaneously participated in warning and defending against the enemy.

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The whole camp was in a commotion during the meal, and Lu Meng quickly summoned the army sergeant in charge of the night guard to ask questions.

Army Sima: "There are fewer guards in the eastern part of the camp. We were attacked by a small group of enemies just now, but they left after a simple harassment. I have asked people to chase them out..."

"What's the damage to the camp?" Lu Meng asked.

"Three or four tents were burned..." Army Sima replied.

Lu Meng commanded in a deep voice: "Lai Gong has indeed played a conspiracy. My instructions just now were not enough. He must have sent cavalry to retreat. This place is less than three miles away from the enemy camp. Additional guards must be sent to the east, west, and north gates."

"Wei." Army Sima responded with clasped fists.

Lu Meng had no intention of eating at this time, so he hurriedly summoned the generals from each battalion to appease the soldiers.

After a commotion, the soldiers' dinner was either cold or overturned in panic, so Lu Meng had to ask the fire-headed soldiers to light the fire again.

Lan Tian asked Gan Ning to select 300 cavalry from the barbarian cavalry, and divided them into ten squads to prepare for the wheel tactics. Gan Ning personally commanded them, with the main purpose of tiring the enemy.

Yushui flowed quietly at night, summer insects chirped crazily near the camp, and there was a beeping whistle at that time.

This was destined to be an unforgettable night in Lu Meng's military career, because the three hundred barbarians came to harass him every hour.

The harassing cavalry sometimes set fire, sometimes they just made a noise at the gate of the stronghold and then left. Lü Meng sent troops to chase them, but because the terrain was unfamiliar, they could not catch up.

Around midnight, some of the soldiers in the battalion had not even had a good bite of hot rice.

Not to mention that the navy led by Lu Meng could not have a good rest, even Pan Zhang's forward infantry and cavalry were always worried.

Lü Meng had no choice but to increase the number of guards. Some people suggested that he should ignore this innocuous harassment. However, Lü Meng did not dare to bet. What if there was a real robbery of the camp among the ten harassments?

Around the time of Chou, Gan Ning organized the last harassment, and then retreated to the barracks according to the established route to rest.

Lu Meng's central army guards had been extremely exhausted from torture, and they would not send any more troops to pursue them at this time.

Gan Ning's harassing troops slept soundly after returning to camp, but the Jiangdong Army's camp was in pain.

The soldiers who were afraid of death stayed up all night, the cautious soldiers were still waiting for the thieves to attack, and as the commander-in-chief, Lu Meng did not dare to sleep.

In the middle of the night, when Gan Ning did not come to harass, many soldiers suffered from insomnia.

Early the next morning, the fire-headed soldiers set up the stove to cook with dark circles under their eyes.

Lu Meng got up early and ordered the general to reorganize the troops. As a result, the whole battalion was in a state of depression.
Chapter completed!