Unlike Lu Xun's worries, Pan Jun was not crazy. On the contrary, he was very calm, almost cruel. ◎◎
Wu Jun's biggest problem at present is lack of food. Wei Ba's purpose is also very obvious. He just wants to block Pan Jun's way and starve him to death here. As long as he persists for about ten days, no matter how Pan Jun saves, he will completely Food shortage. Once there is no food, there is no need to fight. Pan Jun's army will collapse and even mutiny will occur. The hungry soldiers, especially those barbarians who were originally recruited by force, will not hesitate to attack They attack.
The Wei Overlord won without a fight, and the Shu Han's strategic goal of weakening the Jingzhou Army of Wu State was overfulfilled.
If he wants to thwart the Shu Han's conspiracy and defeat Wei Ba, he must persist for a longer time. Pan Jun knows very well that his food is insufficient, and Wei Ba's food is also insufficient. His advantage is only that he can persist longer than himself. A little longer.
It's just a little bit.
Wei Ba fought out of Jinping Mountain and ran all the way. It was impossible for him to bring too much food. Generally speaking, a soldier has six liters of rice a day, which is one stone and eight buckets of rice a month. One stone and eight buckets of rice is more than fifty kilograms, including weapons. , the total amount of armor is about a hundred kilograms, which is the limit of weight that a strong man can carry. In other words, without the rush of logistical supplies, an army can carry at most one month's worth of food, and these people need to be strong. Otherwise the quantity will have to be reduced further.
According to Lu Dai's analysis, after Wei Ba came out of Jinping Mountain, he had several opportunities to replenish supplies. Coupled with the rice from Xupu, there should be no problem with the baggage that Wei Ba brought with him to last for two months. But it can last for two months. This does not mean that he can persist here for two months. Wei Ba still has to give himself time to move out. It will take him a month to get from here to San Valley, and even to Jinping Mountain, he will need half a month. So The time he lasted here was only a month and a half at most.
This is calculated based on Wei Ba's current military strength. If prisoners are added, his food consumption will be greatly increased, and the time he can persist will be further shortened.
Pan Jun's intention was very clear, which was to attack fiercely at any cost. On the one hand, he would consume Wei Ba's combat supplies such as arrows, stones, etc., and clear obstacles in the water. On the other hand, he would kill those who were weak in combat effectiveness or were slightly injured. When a soldier is brought to Wei Ba's sword, he will either kill him or capture him. In short, reduce his own food consumption and increase Wei Ba's food consumption. If the two trade off, he can extend the time he can persist. Shorten Wei Ba's persistence time.
In two days, the battle losses exceeded 3,000 people. This was not enough. Pan Jun decided to reduce the number of two to three thousand people. In the end, the remaining elites were more than 5,000 elites. The real elites only supplied these 5,000. man, he will have five to six extra days.
Such thoughts cannot be said to ordinary soldiers, or even certain generals. This decision is too cruel, and not everyone can accept it rationally. But Pan Jun always felt that Lu Xun should be able to understand, so he told Lu Xun He was very surprised by what he said and didn't quite accept it. When Lu Xun said that the food could be delivered to him within five days, he also responded with considerable doubts.
He decided to do it his own way. While maintaining the pressure of water attack, he sent people up the mountain to attack Wei Ba's position. Although he knew that Wei Ba could not be unprepared and the casualties would be very high. But he still had to do it. Because he needs to reduce the number of mouths that consume food every day by two to three thousand.
Part of the tasks fell on Lu Dai's shoulders.
In Pan Jun's opinion, Lu Dai's main force followed Lu Kai to break out south, and the remaining people were all trash. They were chased by hundreds of barbarians and lost their dignity. They had long lost the dignity of warriors. They should die first. However, Facing Lu Dai, a trusted veteran of Sun Quan, he had to speak more tactfully.
Lu Dai was too smart and knew what Pan Jun meant as soon as he heard it. He was very sad. This was Pan Jun's biggest insult to him, but he couldn't refute it. Compared with Pan Jun's men, his men had indeed been killed by barbarians. His courage was broken. This time the three-pronged army attacked, and his route suffered the worst defeat. First, Lu Kai was defeated at Emperor Nu Lake, then Wuyang fell, and then the Xuefeng Mountain camp was lost. General Dai, who had followed him for many years, Wei and Chen Shi died in battle one after another, losing nearly ten thousand people. Even he himself was chased like a wild dog by a little-known young general. He was out of his mind. If it weren't for Pan Jun, he had already collapsed. What qualifications would he have to fight with him? Pan Jun made irresponsible remarks.
"Okay, tomorrow I will lead my troops up the mountain and attack the bridge." Lu Dai stood up and walked away slowly. Looking at Lu Dai's old back, Pan Jun suddenly felt a sadness in his heart. He asked himself, I Is it too cruel to do this? This is a veteran who has been with the king for more than thirty years. What should I do if something goes wrong?
Pan Jun quickly got up and chased after him, and stopped in front of Lu Dai: "Lv Gong, the war is dangerous, so don't go alone, just send one of your subordinates. I still need Lv Gong's help here."
Lu Dai glanced at him and twitched the corner of his mouth: "Of course I will command my subordinates. Although I am old, I can still wield a sword. General Pan, thank you for your kindness. If the general is so interested, why not give me some food? , I’m afraid I won’t have a chance to come down to get food.”
Pan Jun hesitated and blushed: "Please don't worry, Mr. Lu."
"Thank you." Lu Dai said, stretched out his hand to push Pan Jun away, and walked away slowly.
The next day, Lu Dai personally led the remnant army to exit the canyon and found a mountain road. After two days of hard work, they finally reached the south end of the overpass. Wei Ba protected the overpass very closely. As soon as Lu Dai appeared in sight, Wei Ba After receiving the news, he immediately sent Jin Dongliu to stop the attack. With the help of the dangerous terrain, Jin Dongliu defended tightly. Lu Dai fought hard for a day and didn't even see anything like the overpass. Almost all of the more than a thousand people They died in battle, and the remaining dozen or so people were exhausted and unable to fight any more.
However, Lu Dai was still full of fighting spirit. He led the guard battalion to launch the last attack, braved the rain of arrows, and crawled towards Jin Dongliu's position. Looking at the white-haired Lu Dai crawling hard on the mountain road, There were only two personal guards left around him, but they still refused to retreat. Jin Dongliu sighed, raised his hand and ordered the crossbowmen to stop firing.
The crossbowman put down his crossbow, and there was no more whistling of arrows. The surrounding area was quiet, except for Lu Dai's panting like a bull. Jin Dongliu jumped out of the bunker and waited quietly for Lu Dai to climb up.
As soon as the archers stopped, Lu Dai noticed it. He glanced up, feeling neither ecstasy nor sadness. He grabbed the stone next to him tightly, gritted his teeth, and used all his strength to finally climb up and stand. In front of Jin Dongliu. Two personal guards followed, holding shields and sabers, standing panting in front of Jin Dongliu. All their energy had been spent on this mountain road, but they still stood In front of Lu Dai, he protected his general.
Jin Dongliu slowly pulled out his long sword, held it with both hands, raised it high above his head, and looked at Lu Dai with bright eyes: "Jin Dongliu, Commander Chen, challenges the old general."
Lu Dai panted violently. When he heard what Jin Dongliu said, he was not surprised at all. He took two deep breaths, nodded, pushed aside the two guards guarding him, and walked towards Jin Dongliu.
In front of Dongliu, he slowly pulled out the long knife, wiped the sharp blade slowly with his sleeve, looked at his gray face on the long and narrow blade, and said lightly: "Do you have any wine?"
Jin Dongliu was stunned for a moment, took a step back, and put away his knife. "Come here, serve wine to the old general."
A barbarian ran over and handed a bamboo tube to Lu Dai. Lu Dai took the bamboo tube, raised his neck, drank a few sips, threw the bamboo tube away, sprayed a mouthful of wine on his sword, and laughed loudly: "Okay.
, have fun, have fun! Young people, come and fight."
Jin Dongliu raised his sword and stepped forward again. Lu Dai roared wildly and rushed forward. The wine-smelling sword went straight to Jin Dongliu's neck. Jin Dongliu parried with the sword, and the two swords rubbed against each other, making a sharp whistle.
Voice.
"Kill!" Lu Dai yelled, swinging his knife and slashing again.
Jin Dongliu blocks again.
Lu Dai struck three times in succession, and Jin Dongliu struck three strikes in succession. When Lu Dai struck out with the fourth strike, he was out of breath, his steps were disordered, and the knife had lost its direction. Jin Dongliu let out a loud roar and swung his knife to block Lu Dai's weak and weak body.
With one knife, the tip of the knife passed by Lu Dai's neck.
Hot blood spurted out. Lu Dai stood still, swayed, supported his body with the sword in his hand, touched his neck with one hand, looked at the blood in his hand, and smiled at Jin Dongliu.
"Young man, thank you very much!"
"Have a good trip, old general." Jin Dongliu put away his sword, took a step back, and bowed in salute.
Lu Dai sighed and slowly fell back. The two guards rushed over and supported his body, preventing him from falling to the ground. Lu Dai closed his eyes and the sword in his hand fell to the ground with a "Danglang" sound.
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Two personal guards caressed the corpse and cried bitterly.
The remaining soldiers in the distance were stunned and at a loss.
While Lu Dai was fighting on the south bank, Zhu Ji also led an attack with 2,000 men on the north bank. His mission was the same as Lu Dai's, which was to find a way to destroy this overpass that symbolized the general's side. He met Lu Dai and
He was just as tenacious in blocking and had no skills in breaking the formation, but he was not as desperate as Lu Dai. He was thinking of ways while fighting.
Wei Ba also knew that Zhu Ji had no chance of succeeding, so he just sat calmly on the overpass, thinking about his own thoughts. Standing on the overpass that was a hundred feet above the ground and swaying in the wind, at the beginning
It can make people feel frightened, but at the same time it can give people a strange kind of stimulation and pleasure. Wei Ba found that he liked this feeling.
After hearing Jin Dongliu's report, Wei Ba raised his eyebrows and snorted. After being silent for a long time, he said calmly: "Send his body to Lu Xun. Take some effort and leave him a whole body."
Have some decency."
Jin Dongliu hesitated for a moment, then bowed and accepted the order: "Thank you, young master."
Wei Ba turned to look at Jin Dongliu and couldn't help but chuckle: "Zhaoming, I only care about your face. Otherwise, with what he did in Jiaozhou, he wouldn't be worthy of such courtesy. Hurry up and wait.
If Zhu Wu knows about it, I'm afraid he won't agree. In addition, throw all the corpses, including the prisoners killed these days, into the water and send them to Lu Xun together."