"According to the intelligence provided by Yan Yu and the results of scout detection, Fucheng is only garrisoned by a part of the Shu army, and from the current situation, the Shu army is in short supply on all fronts, with more than 50,000 Jiang Weijun guarding the Sword Pavilion, more than 10,000 people guarding Zongpre guarding Langzhong, more than 30,000 Liu Yin guarding Yunxian County, and only 10,000 or 20,000 people guarding Chengdu, and it is almost impossible to reinforce Fucheng in a short period of time. There is Liu Yin guarding Yuxian County, and there is no hope of taking it in the short term, and the current situation of our army is not conducive to protracted combat, so it is the best policy to capture Fucheng and attack Chengdu in a roundabout way. Lu Kang was confident, and his eyes showed a confident glow.

Sheng Man said with a little puzzlement: "It is difficult to capture Fu County, and there is really no hope of conquering it in the short term, but the last general still has a trace of doubts, if the Metropolitan Governor wants to attack Chengdu in a roundabout way, why should he choose to take Fu County in the north, if the road along the Jiangxi to the south is not just to give full play to the strengths of our army's navy, why does the Metropolitan Governor give up the near and seek the far, and the easy and difficult?" ”

Lu Kang's expression was indifferent, and he smiled and said: "The southern line is along the Yangtze River, and the channel is narrow and dangerous, which is not conducive to the operation of our naval army, not to mention the information just received, Jianning Taishou Huo Yi has led the troops of Nanzhong to enter Jianwei, and he can come to the aid of Chengdu at any time, so the plan to march on the southern route is not advisable." Although Fucheng is adjacent to the Sword Pavilion in the north, Jiang Wei faces hundreds of thousands of Wei soldiers, lacks skills, and is unable to return to help, from Fucheng to Chengdu, all the way is smooth, and there is almost no enemy soldiers, so attacking Fucheng seems to be dangerous, but in fact it is as stable as a mountain. What's more, Fucheng is a key place in the north of Sichuan, connecting Jiange in the north, Langzhong in the east, and Chengdu in the south. Jiang Weizong pre. It's like a thorn in the back. The overall situation of Xichuan is in my hands! ”

"Then how does the Metropolitan Governor solve the problem of the grain route? Thousands of miles of grain hanging, difficult to transport, and difficult to prevent the attack of the Shu army, if the grain road is intercepted, the consequences are unimaginable. Sheng Man said worriedly.

Lu Kang smiled slightly, pointed to the map, and said, "Princes, please take a look." From Jiangzhou to the north, through the Dianjiang, Deyang, Guanghan can go straight to Fucheng, this Fushui, but there is a great place for my Dongwu water division. The cost of transporting grain by water is only about 30% of the grain transported by land, and by controlling this waterway, grain, grass, baggage, and soldiers can be transported to Fucheng, an important town in northern Sichuan, in a steady stream. ”

Everyone's eyes can't help but light up, now all the military supplies are transported from Jingzhou to Jiangzhou, and then from Jiangzhou to land. Supply to the front, as the battle line continues to extend. The logistical supply of the Wu army has become more and more difficult, and now Lu Kang has proposed to extend the water transportation from Jiangzhou to Fucheng, which has undoubtedly greatly reduced the burden of logistics and transportation.

As for the safety of this waterway, no one seems to be worried, after all, Jiangdong's sailors are famous all over the world, and although the Shu army seems to have some sailors, they dare to compete with Jiangdong's sailors with those few broken boats?

Thinking of this, everyone can't help but sigh a little, although the rivers in Shu are vertical and horizontal, but most of them are rapids and canyons, dangerous shoals and bad waters, if it is really as dense as the water network in Jiangdong, it is enough to hit Chengdu with the water army alone.

Most of the water surface of Fushui is one or two miles wide, from below Fucheng, the water flow is relatively gentle, although the large building ships can not be navigated, but the general Mengchong fighting ships and transport ships can pass safely, there are Mengchong ships to escort, no one worries about the safety of the transport fleet.

The plan was quickly determined, Lu disobeyed Xue Ying to lead 5,000 troops to garrison Deyang, Sheng Man to lead 10,000 troops to garrison Guanghan, Xue Ying's task was to be responsible for the unimpeded passage of the Fushui waterway, Sheng Man's responsibility was to keep an eye on Liu Yin's movements in Yunxian County, hold Guanghan, and at the same time set up camp tents in Yundong Guang, planting flags all over the place, used to confuse Liu Yin.

The main force of the Wu army died down and quietly headed north, aiming at Fucheng, which was 400 miles away. Lu Kang ordered Zhang Xian to be the front, led 3,000 elite soldiers, all changed into the military uniforms of the Shu army, traveled under the stars and nights, and rushed to Fucheng first.

Then Lu Kang reported the overall plan to Sun Xiu, the lord of Wu, and said that the matter was urgent and could only be cut first and then played. Lu Kang is very clear that the fighters on the battlefield are often fleeting, for the generals must judge the situation and capture the fighters in order to win the initiative on the battlefield, Shuzhong and Wuchang are separated by thousands of miles, and the exchange of letters will take at least ten days.

At the same time, Lu Kang asked the Lord of Wu to increase troops, the longer the battle line is stretched, the more troops are needed, the more cities the Wu army occupies, the more garrison troops will be invested, all the way forward, plus combat and non-combat attrition, the troops that can be put into the field battle will be less and less, so Lu Kang asked the Lord of Wu to send another 30,000 to 50,000 troops to Shuzhong to solve the shortage of troops.

Although Lu Kang understood that this time he could send 100,000 troops into Shu, it was already the upper limit of the mobile forces that Wu could mobilize, and Wu still had 200,000 troops, but they still had to be deployed on the long front of Yangzhou, Jingzhou, and Jiaozhou to guard against all possible emergencies, after all, Wei was eyeing each other, and the dissident forces in Jiaozhou were ready to move, and it was impossible for Wu to put all its forces into the western front.

Therefore, Lu Kang proposed to Lord Wu at the same time that he should mobilize the second-line reserve army, although these troops are not strong in combat, but they are not too big a problem to defend the city, and transfer these garrisons into Sichuan, but the elite troops from Yong'an, Jiangzhou and other places can be transferred to the first line.

Four hundred miles of road, Zhang Xian only took three and a half days to finish, in the early morning, over a low mountain beam, Zhang Xian saw the tall city wall of Fucheng.

To the west of Fucheng is the towering mountains, the turbulent water surrounds the city, this important town in northern Sichuan is located in the environment of the mountains and rivers, the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Since this is not far from the front line of the Sword Pavilion, and the Shu Imperial Court has issued several edicts, repeatedly asking all cities and localities to strengthen their vigilance, although it can be clearly seen that the defense of Fucheng is extremely tight, the city gate is closed, the drawbridge is high, and the flickering cold light can be seen from time to time on the high city wall, which is the light reflected by the soldier's armor and weapons in the morning sun.

According to the exact information, there are only 1,000 Shu troops guarding Fucheng, although the strength is a little weaker, but Zhang Xian does not despise such a strong city wall, even if the Wu army invests ten times stronger troops than the defenders, it may not be able to conquer it in a short time. At this moment, Zhang Xian only had 3,000 foot soldiers in his hands, and if it was a strong attack, he would have no chance of winning at all.

However, Zhang Xian was not worried, and even seemed to be confident, because he came this time not to attack, but to sneak attack. (To be continued......)