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Text Chapter 659 Expeditionary Force, Course, North by East

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    "Your Majesty wants me to attack Liaodong?" Lu Meng asked in surprise.

    "Of course, otherwise, why would I let the ships gather in Haixi, and why would I let you train soldiers in the sea." Yan Liang replied calmly.

    Lu Meng was surprised and said: "I just thought that the king wanted to attack Qingzhou by sea at most, but I didn't expect that the king actually wanted to take Liaodong."

    The shocked Lu Meng finally understood the purpose of Yan Liang's preparations in the past six months.

    Yan Liang only said lightly: "I have thought about it. Without a strong cavalry, it will be difficult to cross the two river plains. This time Liu Bei invaded Liaodong, Gongsun Kang took the initiative to ask for help. This is a good opportunity given to me by God. I  How can Wang miss it?¡±

    Yan Liang understood his motives. Lu Meng's surprise gradually subsided, his mood gradually calmed down, and he began to think carefully about what Yan Liang said.

    At this time, Yan Liang stood up, stroked Lu Meng's shoulder, and said earnestly: "Ziming, looking at all the generals, you are the only one who has the experience of using troops at sea. Tell me that you have the confidence and courage to make another unparalleled achievement for me."  achievement."

    Yan Liang¡¯s expression and tone were full of expectations and trust for Lu Meng.

    When going on an expedition to the country, the life and death of tens of thousands of troops depended entirely on L¨¹ Meng's hands. No matter what went wrong, Yan Liang was beyond his reach. Even after L¨¹ Meng captured Liaodong and supported his troops to stand on his own, Yan Liang had nothing to do.

    Then, the commander-in-chief of this expeditionary force must have outstanding military talent, strong ability to adapt to changes in circumstances, and also have prestige in the army. In addition, he must have water warfare capabilities, and more importantly, he must have  He has absolute loyalty to Yan Liang.

    " Looking at all the good generals in the Chu State, L¨¹ Meng is the only one who can combine the strengths of all the generals in one body.

    Yan Liang's regard for Lu Meng could be said to be higher than that of other ministers.

    Lu Meng is a smart man, so how could he not feel Yan Liang's expectations and trust in him.  In an instant, Lu Meng felt a ball of surging blood rising in his heart.

    His blood was boiling like never before.

    Pride and confidence are burning like fire. In addition, Lu Meng is extremely grateful to Yan Liang and grateful for Yan Liang's trust and respect for him.

    Suddenly, Lu Meng stood up suddenly.  He bowed deeply to Yan Liang and said with emotion: "The king values ??me so highly, how can I dare to disobey the king's trust? I am willing to lead an army to the sea and vow to open up territory for the king and conquer Liaodong."

    Lu Meng had followed Yan Liang for a long time and was "tainted" by Yan Liang's adventurous spirit. When Yan Liang was so moved, he immediately became heroic and swore a big oath.

    At that moment, Yan Liang praised Lu Meng's heroic spirit.

    The commander of the expeditionary force has been established.  Next, Yan Liang considered which generals to send as Lu Meng's deputies.

    Yan Liang made a preliminary draft based on Lu Meng¡¯s opinions and his own ideas.  Three generals, Pang De, Ma Dai and Zhang Jia, were sent to accompany the army.

    The reason why these three people were chosen to go on the expedition was naturally because they were all from the north and were more adapted to the cold weather in Liaodong.

    Secondly, it is because all three of them were born as cavalry generals.  Yan Liang captured Liaodong just to form a powerful cavalry.  It is most suitable to go out with three cavalrymen.

    Furthermore, now that Ma Yunlu has raised a prince Yan Tai for Yan Liang, Ma Dai and Pang De have a close relationship with Ma Yunlu. With these two generals going to Liaodong, Yan Liang feels more at ease.

    As for Zhang Jia, because he was born in Hebei, he was familiar with the customs and customs of Liaodong. With him accompanying him during the expedition, it would naturally be of great help to assist L¨¹ Meng in his military deployment.

    After selecting the commander-in-chief and generals, the next step is the number of troops and horses to go on the expedition.

    In recent years, Yan Liang has built a total of about 200 sea-going ships. Based on the transportation capacity of these ships, Yan Liang finally decided to send 30,000 elite troops to the expedition.

    With everything settled, a large number of sea ships and 30,000 elite men quickly gathered towards the western line of Haixi.

    In order to make up for the lack of the governor of Xuzhou after Lu Meng sent troops, Yan Liang appointed Gan Ning as the governor of Xuzhou and ordered him to go to Xiapi to take charge.

    On the day of winter, Jia Fan came to see Yan Liang again. He said that Gongsun Kang had sent people to Yingtian again, claiming that Liu Bei's army had entered Liao River and was launching a fierce attack on Liao Tunnel City. The situation in Liaodong was critical, and Gongsun Kang asked for help.  Yan Liang quickly sent troops to support.

    Yan Liang learned from Jia Fan that Gongsun Kang had gathered all the soldiers and horses from the east and west counties of Liao on the line of Liao River, and the eastern hinterland was almost empty.

    The time had come, and Yan Liang immediately made a promise to Jia Fan to immediately send troops to attack the east coast of Youzhou.

    In order to give Lu Fan "peace of mind", Yan Liang also ordered Lu Fan to go to Haixi and personally follow the expeditionary force commanded by Lu Meng to the sea to attack Youzhou.

    Yingtian City North, Pier.

    Yan Liang personally sent Jia Fan north, which greatly flattered the Liaodong envoy.

    "My king's army has been assembled in Haixi. Just waiting for you to rush there, we can immediately raise troops to attack Youzhou." Yan Liang said with relief.

    Jia Fan's face was full of gratitude and he choked up and said: "General Gongsun and I and the people of Liaodong will bear in mind the kindness of your Majesty. We will be loyal to your Majesty from generation to generation and will always be the subjects of Chu."

    "Very good, I know that there are many loyal and righteous people in Liaodong." Yan Liang nodded slightly, very pleased.

    Jia Fan was moved for a long time, then he wiped away his tears and said, "Without further delay, I will take my leave and rush to Haixi."

    Yan Liang did not hold back, and tried to comfort him. He went to the trestle in person to send Jia Fan to the warship going north. He even stood on the shore and watched Jia Fan go away.

    Watching Yan Liang's figure gradually blur on the shore, the grateful look on Jia Fan's face gradually disappeared, replaced by a sarcastic smile.

    "Hmph, common man named Yan Liang, do you think my lord and the people of Liaodong will really surrender to you? Hey, you never imagined that my lord is just lending your hand to deal with Liu Bei. He wants us to  Surrender, hum, go and have your spring and autumn dreams, haha¡ª¡ª"

    Jia Fan kept sneering, his cold face full of sarcasm and pride.

    In this way, Jia Fan took a boat all the way north with ridicule of Yan Liang, and arrived in Haixi a few days later.

    Just as Yan Liang promised, more than 200 large-scale ships have gathered in Haixi Port at this moment, and more than 30,000 Chu army soldiers are camped inside and outside the port.

    As soon as the Jiafan people arrived, Lu Meng, the commander of the expeditionary force, immediately ordered the entire army to set sail.

    So, L¨¹ Meng led the three generals Pang De, Ma Dai and Zhang Jia, led 30,000 cavalry, and more than 200 sea ships, and drove out of Haixi Port in a mighty manner, looking north along the coast.

    Two hundred warships entered the East China Sea and headed north along the east coast of Qingzhou, passing through the sea areas controlled by Liu Bei such as Donghai Kingdom, Chengyang County, and Donglai County.

    The counties along the coast have received a royal order from Liu Bei, ordering them to be on strict alert to prevent the Chu army from landing and attacking the city. Therefore, when Lu Meng's fleet sails, there will be warships of the Yan army following and monitoring it from a distance.

    The fleet traveled smoothly, and a few days later, it arrived at the waters of Weishan City to the east of Donglai County.

    This Weishan City is already the easternmost point of the Shandong Peninsula. After passing through this water area, the fleet can sail northwest and then enter the Bohai Sea. It can reach the east coast of Youzhou in a few days.

    On the deck of the flagship, Lu Meng began to give orders to each ship, ordering them to adjust their course.

    "General Lu, I have something I want to discuss with General Lu." Jia Fan came out of the lower cabin and climbed onto the top deck panting.

    "Mr. Lu, if you have something to do, you might as well just tell him." Lu Meng smiled slightly, with a bit of mischief in his eyes.

    Jia Fan didn't notice it, and still said seriously: "Since we set out to sea, we have always sailed along the coastline. In this way, it is easy for the Yan army to monitor our whereabouts. When the official asked, we passed the Weishan Sea  After that, can we sail the fleet far away from the coast, so that we can hide it from the Yan army and reach the east coast of Youzhou by surprise? "

    Until this time, Jia Fan was still in the dark about Lu Meng's plan, thinking that Lu Meng was planning to lead his army to attack Youzhou.

    "Don't worry, Mr. Lu, the Weishan Sea has arrived, and we will sail away from the coast soon." Lu Meng sneered.

    "Has Weishan arrived?" Jia Fan raised his eyes and scanned the coast. After a while, his face showed a bit of joy.  He has been on several missions and is quite familiar with the sea area from Liaodong to Yangzhou, so he can naturally tell that Weishan has arrived.

    Weishan has passed, which means that Youzhou is not far away. Jia Fan can't be happy when he thinks that he can immediately take Liu Bei's retreat and relieve the crisis in Liaodong.

    Just when Jia Fan was secretly happy, Lu Meng shouted loudly: "Send an order to all ships to turn their bows and change their direction to north by east."

    Change to north by east?

    Jia Fan was stunned for a moment, thinking that Lu Meng had given the wrong order, so he quickly reminded him: "General Lu, you seem to have taken the wrong direction. When we attack Youzhou, we should turn northwest, and north by east is to Liaodong.  course."

    "What's wrong? Yes, we are going to Liaodong." Lu Meng replied seriously.

    Jia Fan became more and more confused and thought Lu Meng was joking, so he smiled and said: "General Lu is really good at joking. His Highness the King of Chu has ordered us to sneak attack Youzhou and copy Liu Bei's retreat. What are we doing in Liaodong?"

    "Really? It seems that the king didn't tell you the truth before he left." Lu Meng sneered, "The secret order I received isThe army went to Liaodong and captured Pingcheng, Xi'an, Ma Zi Shuikou.  "

    As soon as these words came out, Jia Fan was shocked and his expression changed sharply.

    Pingcheng in Xi'an is an important town at the mouth of Ma Zi River. It is the key place connecting Liaodong County with Lelang and Daifang counties in the southeast. If the Chu army captures this city, it will be equivalent to cutting the east and west counties of Liao into two sections.

    But, didn¡¯t the Chu army want to attack Youzhou and relieve the crisis in Liaodong? Why did they want to attack Xi¡¯an Pingcheng?

    "General Lu, this matter is very important. You can't make random jokes. I can't stand this." Jia Fan said in a trembling voice.

    Lu Meng snorted coldly and said coldly: "I have the responsibility of the king, but I don't have the time to joke with you. To tell you the truth, my king has no intention of saving Gongsun Kang. This time I led the army on an expedition.  In the name of attacking Youzhou, he landed in Liaodong and captured the four counties of Liaodong in one fell swoop."

    Every word was like thunder, making Jia Fan dizzy.

    Jia Fan was so frightened that his legs felt weak and he lost his balance. He was so frightened that he fell on the deck.  (To be continued)
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