Portable Space Can be Summoned

The food and grass for the Shenwu Guards will still have to be supported by Dongting County for a short period of time.

It takes time to invade the hinterland of Nanhu County, it also takes time to find the notorious wealthy households, and it takes even more time to search and transport food from their homes.

There are many rivers in Nanhu County, more than Dongting County.

What Zhao Long lacked most was warships, and Shi Kuan could only lack more than him.

In Nanhu County, where the water system is developed and there are many rivers, Shi Kuan's three thousand soldiers and horses have a very difficult time walking. It is not difficult to move, but it is almost the same.

The resistance of the Shun Army was a minor problem, mainly because of the small rivers, creeks and swamps that were blocked in front of us after walking for a while, which was too annoying.

Especially a swamp, which may look like a lush grassland on the surface, but

Moreover, most of these swamps still have miasma. If you want to pass through, you have to prepare antidote pills, which is very troublesome!

Going around would take a long time. Just two days after entering Nanhu County, Shi Kuan felt like he was going to lose his hair!

well!

In fact, Zhao Long is still responsible for this. Nanhu County has been developed for many years, and the mountains, rivers and lakes in the county have been fully utilized. Only the area next to Dongting Lake still has some swamps.

It's not that the Nanhu County government doesn't want to develop it, but that the actual control of these swamps is not in the hands of the government, but in the hands of aristocratic families.

Of course, the Nanhu County family only secretly controls these places, and the government also acquiesces to them. After all, these swamps are not only remote, but also difficult to develop, with too much investment and too little output.

So why should Zhao Long be blamed?

Because his order to Shi Kuan was to attack the hinterland of Nanhu County as quickly as possible, this cut off the possibility of Shi Kuan marching from the official road.

The official march was indeed very fast, but was intercepted by Shunjun.

Liu Jiwu's 100,000 troops were not only defending Dongting Lake, but there were also tens of thousands of local soldiers (mostly new recruits) available in Nanhu County. It was impossible to defeat Shi Kuan, but it was possible to intercept them for a period of time.

Either fight all the way through the official road, or go around from a remote area.

Shi Kuan chose the latter path, but now he regrets it.

"If I had known that the swamp was so difficult to navigate, I might as well have gone through the official road directly."

In the past, when the Shenwu Guards fought, they encountered mountains and rivers, so they didn't have to worry about the terrain.

The Shenwu Guards were now more powerful than before, and Shi Kuan never thought that his march would be hindered by the terrain.

It's just that it's too late to change paths now, so we can only waste time.

Even if it’s not easy to leave, you have to leave!

Shi Kuan led a battalion of Shenwu Guards to march in a corner of Nanhu County, and he easily eliminated some patrols and scouts from the army.

But this is not necessarily a good thing, and Shi Kuan cannot guarantee that all the favorable troops on the road will be annihilated.

The Shun Army probably already knew that a cadre of troops was breaking into the hinterland of Nanhu County from a remote road, and the cities along the way were on heightened alert.

Zhao Long's idea of ​​allowing Shi Kuan to quickly break into Nanhu County to seize food and feed the war with war may come to nothing.

The prepared Shunguo city cannot be captured easily, and Shi Kuan's troops are not enough to capture a normal-sized city.

There are eleven cities in Nanhu County, among which Nanhu County City is considered a large city with more than 500,000 residents. In the past, Shi Kuan's three to five thousand soldiers and horses could not even touch the city walls.

Even if it was an ordinary county town, Shi Kuan would have to use some tactics if he wanted to capture it.

If a county town knew in advance that the Qian army was going to attack the city and made defensive preparations, it would be difficult to capture it even with five thousand divine guards.

Therefore, Zhao Long did not think about conquering the city of Nanhu County from the beginning, but asked Shi Kuan to target the numerous forts in the hinterland of Nanhu County.

Some of these forts were built by the government, and more were built jointly or independently by aristocratic families in Nanhu County.

In the past, the Shunguo government did not allow civilians to build Wubao. Buildings like Wubao were built by the people to resist the government from the day they were born.

Gujiao\u0026lt;/span\u0026gt;Any court that is powerful and has strong control over the country will basically not indulge the private sector in building Wubao.

Except for special countries, among the three hegemonic countries, except Shunguo, the other two countries do not restrict private people from building Wubao.

Because restrictions cannot be restrained, the aristocratic family of Qi State is very powerful among the two countries. Every time an official proposes a memorial to restrict private construction of Wubao, officials from the aristocratic family will suppress it.

Some local officials want to prevent the aristocratic families under his rule from building Wubao, but the results are often not very good.

The aristocratic families of Chu State are even worse than Qi State, because the royal family is the largest aristocratic family. Under the leadership of some unwilling royal families, the major aristocratic families not only built Wubao, but also built small cities.

These small towns are like a small kingdom, and the words of King Chu have no effect here.

Only Shunguo has made every effort to crack down on private construction of forts from the very beginning of the founding of the country.

Whoever dares to build will be destroyed.

It wasn't until Yang Yuan was born, and the Divine Guards were victorious under Yang Yuan's command that they defeated Shunguo and abandoned their armor. Only then did the aristocratic families in Dongting County, Nanhu County and other counties boldly build docks one after another. fort.

Later, Dongting County was occupied by Qian's army, and the number of Wubao in Nanhu County increased a lot.

Shi Kuan liked the increase in the number of Wubao, "It would be great if there were more Wubao. The whole family can stay neatly in the fort and wait for me to come to your door!"

It had been three days since Shi Kuan came out of the swamp, far exceeding the time limit set by Zhao Long for him.

There is no way around this, war is full of unpredictability, and even the Shenwuwei cannot control the overall situation.

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In Dongting County, after Zhao Long's order came, the generals who stayed behind immediately prepared to transport grain and grass to Nanhu County.

Yang Yuan has already filled the granary. They have one less mobilization step than Shunjun. They only need to load the grain on the ship and transport it to Nanhu County.

"Be careful when you get to the lake. There are many ferries for Shunjun. There should be Shunjun's warships on the lake. Don't be attacked by them."

"Understood, I will be careful."

The generals who stayed behind in Dongting County watched the grain transport fleet turn into a few black spots on the lake and slowly disappear.

He wished he could escort the grain and grass to Nanhu County in person.

It’s a pity that I can’t go!

Although Zhao Long did not think that the Shun army would counterattack Dongting County, necessary defense was still necessary.

It's just that the generals who stayed behind were more unlucky and could only stay in the rear, basically missing the battle.

On Dongting Lake, Xu Fan still led the fleet to wander on the lake.

It's not that he doesn't want to fight, it's just that he doesn't want to fight Ganjun on the shore.

He worked hard for more than half a month to train these thousands of navy troops. The time he spent on the shore to fight with the dry troops was not wasted!

"My judgment will not be wrong. The Qian army will definitely transport food from Dongting County..."

Xu Fan kept encouraging himself in his heart.

But it still depends on the battle on the shore. As long as the Gan army does not grab enough food on the shore, they must transport food from Dongting County.

"Liu Shuai should be able to block Qian Jun's offensive."

Xu Fan respected Liu Jiwu who gave him full trust. He also believed in Liu Jiwu's strength. It was impossible for Qianjun to defeat him!

Xu Fan's trust in Liu Jiwu did not increase his combat effectiveness at all. He had to retreat when he should be defeated.

The second day after the Shenwu Guards landed in Nanhu County, they broke through several military forts and their offensive became more and more fierce.