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Chapter 851: Letter from afar

Since Sun Ce's conquest of Jiangdong, the local gentry did not have much stability. During the Sun Quan period, the foreign wars lost more than they won, and the national strength gradually shrank to the weakest of the three families.

When the enemy troops were at the city, the gentry would surrender for the sake of their interests, but now they were a little ahead of time. In addition, Hu Ke had to follow Zhang Zhao's orders by controlling the Jianye army.

The rich were more worried about gains and losses than the poor, and they also acted very positively after deciding to surrender. They sent a basket of letters to the outside of the mansion, and the guarded Jiefanwei sent them to the dock.

In less than a day, Hu Ke collected thousands of letters from home. He knew the weight of these letters, so before he could collect them all, he asked the cargo ship to transport a batch.

When Hu Ke's cargo ship passed Pengli Water Village, Gan Ning was leading his troops to besiege Chaisang City. Xu Sheng guarded the lonely city and resisted stubbornly. When he learned that Hu Ke had controlled Jianye, Gan Ning asked Sun Neighbor and Zhang Cheng to persuade him to surrender every day.

In late August, the cargo ship full of letters passed by Pengli, Nanchang, and Xingan, and finally stopped at Yichun Wharf to dock.

At this time, Lan Yuan, with Ding Feng's support, led the army to seize Yichun and directly cut off Lu Fan's supplies.

During this period, Lu Fan and Zhu Huan and other new forces helped, and began to attack at any cost. The vitality of both sides was decreasing every day.

As the main attacker, the Wu army suffered even greater losses. In more than ten days, the injuries were injured and severely injured as many as 10,000 people, and nearly 7,000 casualties were killed and 7,000 in Lantian.

If any changes in the two armies will continue to fight according to the current war losses, Lantian will be completely destroyed in more than a month, while the Wu army will survive nearly 30,000 soldiers, so Lu Fan will not retreat even if he sacrifices this way.

The battlefield situation cannot remain unchanged. Lu Fan's optimism comes from the source of pressure in the rear. Pingxiang was previously emptied by Xi Zhen and people and things, and any materials had to be transported from Yichun by land. Food, arrows, medicines and other combat preparation materials usually only maintained for three to five days. On the contrary, Lantian's supply was quite sufficient.

After the decisive battle with Lu Fan began, Lantian did not have enough information about Lanyuan, Gan Ning, Hu Ke and others due to the long distance between them, and it was not clear when they could complete the closure. So at the beginning of the war, Dianjun lieutenant sent to the counties in the jurisdiction to recruit reserve personnel.

When the soldiers in the battalion could hardly stand it, they would transfer these people to the front line to delay time. Moreover, Lantian had the last trump card, which was useless, that was Xin Dengzhuang located in Linwu County.

Xin Dengzhuang has a tradition of slack farming and martial arts practice. Now it has developed into a 20,000-person village. There are thousands of young and strong people who can fight. They can go to battle without training and can go to battle with Lantian.

Suddenly one day, when the Wu army was not attacking, Lantian looked at the distant city and smiled, thinking that the plan to remove the firewood from the cauldron was probably done.

Two days after Lan Yuan captured Yichun, Lu Fan dragged his tired body back to his residence. After deploying tomorrow's combat mission with the generals, he asked someone to take off his clothes and fall on the couch. He heard someone calling him in a daze. When he opened his eyes, he found that it was his son Lu Ju.

"The world's discussion is here." Lu Fan called out.

Lu Ju waved his hand gently, and the waiters outside the door entered one after another and began to deliver food into the tent.

"Father, please finish your supper before resting." Lu Ju helped Lu Fan up.

Lu Fan sat up and glanced at the table, frowned immediately and said, "Why are there only a few plates of side dishes? How could it be enough for my father to eat?"

"Uh...father, please eat some first, and let me prepare more tomorrow night." Lu Ju clasped his fists awkwardly.

When Lu Fan was young, he was a county official. When he was proposing to marry, he was disliked by his mother-in-law from a wealthy family because of his ordinary family. If it weren't for his outstanding birth, he wouldn't have been favored by his wife Liu.

Liu's family is beautiful and wealthy. After Lu Fan married her, his quality of life improved. He gradually developed a character of timely enjoyment and even squandering. He usually dressed beautifully, had a majestic ceremonial ceremony when he went out, and he was very particular about food. He did not feel wronged when he was marching and fighting. He had more than a dozen exquisite side dishes to drink every night.

When Lu Fan saw that he only presented five or six plates on the case, his good mood suddenly fell to the bottom. After hearing Lu Ju's explanation, he did not let go, but continued to ask: "I personally command the battle. Can't you do small things in the rear to manage food and grass?"

Lu Ju wiped off the sweat beads on his forehead and explained sincerely: "It's not because the child is unwilling to do his best. It's because there are not enough ingredients in the city, so..."

"Where is the excuse? Fresh fish should be delivered in Yichun every day. If you are lazy, you are lazy. What excuses are you looking for here?" Lu Fan said excitedly, slapped the table heavily and knocked over a bowl of stewed radish.

Lu Ju replied bitterly: "No one has been delivering supplies for two days in Yichun, so there is no fresh food in the city. If the operation there is a few more days, the white rice from each battalion will not be available. The child will send someone to Yichun tomorrow..."

Lu Fan stood up and said sternly: "Why don't you report such a big deal early? How dare this guy Luo Tong dereliction of duty? I will send someone to Yichun to ask for guilt tomorrow and ask what this guy wants to do?"

"Why don't you wait a moment? After all, it's still in war. If Gong Xu is forced into anger, he might continue to be negative..." Lu Ji persuaded.

"The worldly discussion makes sense. My father saw that he was from Jiangdong, so he kept him in Yichun to receive food and grass. But how could the army be fed? Tomorrow, you will take your confidant general to Yichun and then take his post as the one who was left behind in Yichun. Since the food supervision work is not done well, let him go to the front line to fight." Lu Fan did not allow himself to be choked.

Lu Ju nodded slightly, then pointed to the dishes on the table and asked, "Look at today's supper..."

"Only eat some..."

Lu Fan was hungry at this time and had no choice but to surrender. After eating, he returned to the couch to rest with dissatisfaction.

The next morning, Lu Fan's door was knocked loudly. He had just rubbed his sleepy eyes and saw Lu Ju appearing in front of the bed, and his face was filled with anxiety.

"What are you doing in a panic early in the morning? Shouldn't you be ready to go to Yichun? Why do you run to your father's house?" Lu Fan frowned.

"Father, something is not good, Yixing sent supplies today..." Lu Ju replied in a swallowing voice.

"Is Luo Gongxu so happy? Hearing the conversation between us father and son last night, he sent supplies to the front line?" Lu Fan felt incredible.

Lu Ju shook his head and replied: "You'd better go with me to see. Those supplies are not for food, they are all letters from the soldiers..."

"Letters from home?"

Lu Fan stood up with a suspicious look on his face and stretched out his hands. Lu Ju walked over to change his father's clothes. The father and son then rode a horse to the treasury where the grain was stored in the city.

The newly delivered cloth bag was filled with letters written by Jianye. Lu Fan opened a letter with a bad premonition, and the contents of it shocked him like a copper bell.

This general worked hard on the front line, and Zhang Zibu took the lead in surrendering again?
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