The authorities are obsessed with bystanders, but in fact, Xiao Yao is not too optimistic about the Chen army's attack on Huaibei this time!

In addition to the fact that there is no firearms in his army, the Chen army has returned to the traditional era of cold weapon warfare, and the main force is basically the Chen army, which is mainly infantry, and his combat effectiveness cannot be compared with the Qi army with cavalry as the main force!

And this time the battlefield is in the Huaibei region, compared with the Huainan region with many rivers and lakes, the geographical climate has become much drier, especially in the autumn and winter, it is almost rarely raining, which allows the cavalry of the Qi country to play their role greater, a team of 100 cavalry charged, even if there are thousands of infantry troops, it is difficult to resist!

In addition, the people of Huaibei have been under the rule of foreign races in the north for nearly a hundred years, and even Xiao Yao's great-grandfather Emperor Liang Wu could not recapture Huaibei in the hands of Qi, so the people of Huaibei do not have much sense of identity with Chen Guo, which makes Chen Guo not have a broad mass base in Huaibei as in Huainan! It is also difficult to get the support of the people to launch an attack on Xuzhou!

Therefore, Xiao Yao had long expected that the attack of the Chen army in Huaibei would not be as smooth as in Huainan, but Xiao Yao never expected that the Chen army would suffer such a heavy defeat, not only lost so many troops, but even killed Xu Jingcheng, the commander of the Eastern Route Army!

"Young master, although we don't have experienced spies like those in the army, and they can also use fast horses to send the battle report back to Jinling in time, but our beggar gang has already developed to the Huaibei side, so according to the news from the beggar brothers over there, this time Gao Changgong used the strategy of breaking down one by one, and after defeating Xu Jingcheng's East Route Army in Xiapi County, he defeated Lu Guangda's Middle Route Army in Xuzhou City the next day!" Zu Yuan reported to Xiao Yao.

"Gao Changgong defeated Xu Jingcheng and Lu Guangda one by one? Didn't Wu Mingche's previous strategy of attacking Xuzhou allow the Central Route Army and the Eastern Route Army to join forces to attack Xuzhou City? Why did Xu Jingcheng and Lu Guangda not unite, but were broken by Gao Changgong one by one in two places? Xiao Yao asked puzzledly, although he had been dismissed and removed from his post by Chen Xu, as the favorite general of Wu Mingche, the governor of the Northern Expedition, Xiao Yao still had a way to know such a secret thing about the strategy of the Chen Army's Northern Expedition!

"According to the observation of the beggar brothers lurking in Xiapi County and Xuzhou City, they saw the defenders of Qi in these two cities, and when they saw the Chen army approaching, they suddenly sent an army out of the city with great fanfare, saying that they were going to reinforce the other party, leaving only a small part of the troops to guard the city! As a result, as soon as the two Chen armies arrived, they immediately surrounded and besieged the city, so they were joined by the defenders in the city and the troops sent out of the city before, and the two Chen armies that were preparing to attack the city were defeated! Zu Yuan looked at the report from the beggar gang and said truthfully, he was not interested in military warfare, so he couldn't see what was wrong here!

"The armies of the East and the Middle Route were defeated by Gao Chang Gong with the same strategy in two places? How did he know the route of the attack of these two armies? I remember that Wu Mingche's strategy for attacking Xuzhou was to require these two armies to maintain close contact after approaching Xuzhou City or Xiapi County, and then fight steadily and steadily, step by step, unite their forces, and use the tactics of flanking to first take Xuzhou City or one of Xiapi County, and after gaining a firm foothold, they will try to plot another city! Why did Lu Guangda and Xu Jingcheng just arrive at these two cities, and before they could unite, they both ordered to attack the city without authorization? Xiao Yao keenly discovered this problem.

"Didn't Gao Changgong send an army out of the city on the grounds of reinforcing each other in the two cities before, leaving only a small number of troops to defend the city? Presumably, Lu Guangda and Xu Jingcheng both saw that the Qi army's defense of the city was so weak, and they felt that the opportunity could not be lost, so they immediately ordered the siege of the city! Zu Yuan explained. Second Chinese Network

"First of all, he pretended to send a part of his troops out of the city, creating the illusion that the defenders of the city were weak, and lured Lu Guangda and Xu Jingcheng to choose to attack the city immediately regardless of the original strategy, which immediately cracked Wu Mingche's attack plan of the two armies to join forces! But this strategy is very risky, in case the forces defending the city can't withstand the siege of the Chen army, it is impossible for the Qi army to counterattack the Chen army with the inside and the outside! Why is Gao Changgong so confident and dares to make dangerous moves? Xiao Yao asked puzzled.

"This is easy to explain, because Gao Changgong has those firearms snatched from the young master! According to the scene seen by the beggar brothers hiding at the foot of the city at the foot of the city to observe the battlefield at close range, it was said that Lu Guangda had surrounded Xuzhou City and was preparing to attack, but the Qi army launched a sudden sneak attack with artillery behind them, so that the Chen army gave up the siege and turned around to encircle and annihilate the sneak attack troops, but Gao Changgong led a cavalry to rush out of Xuzhou City, and charged from behind the Chen army who had just turned around, and as a result, Lu Guangda's 30,000 army was broken through at once! Unexpectedly, Gao Changgong had already learned to use these powerful firearms, and the 30,000 troops of our Chen State were so vulnerable, and it would be troublesome for us to fight them in the future! Zu Yuan said worriedly.

"They have the help of Zhang Dabao, a traitor, so they naturally know how to use these firearms, and the recipe of black powder is very simple, I believe that Gao Changgong now knows how to prepare black powder!" Xiao Yao didn't care about the fact that the Qi army also had firearms in his hands now, but suddenly asked: "Then in Xiapi County, is the Qi army also attacking the Eastern Route Army with artillery?" ”

"This is not true, I listened to the report of the brother who was in charge of observing the battlefield in Pi County, when the Eastern Route Army was preparing to attack the city, it suddenly messed up, and then they also heard that it was because Xu Jingcheng's headquarters was suddenly attacked and Xu Jingcheng was assassinated, which suddenly made the entire Eastern Route Army chaotic! Although there were explosions and muskets at the scene, I didn't see the Qi army using artillery! Zu Yuan shook his head and said.

"Sneak attack? Only bombs and muskets? Could this Qi army assassinating Xu Jingcheng be the same group of Qi killers who were assassinating me on the outskirts of Jinling? Xiao Yao seems to have figured it out!

"What does the young master mean?" This time it was Zu Yuan's turn to not understand.

"Those killers in Jinling City are lurking in Jinling, in addition to assassinating me, there is also a purpose, which is to find out the battle plan of the Chen army to attack Xuzhou! Only when Gao Changgong learned of the detailed deployment of this battle plan could he carry out targeted defense against the eastern and central armies, first showing the enemy weakness and luring Lu Guangda and Xu Jingcheng to abandon the original plan and choose to attack immediately, which gave Gao Changgong a chance to break through one by one! In dealing with the 30,000 Chen troops attacking Xuzhou City, Gao Chang used the huge power of the artillery and artillery that was taken from me, even if Lu Guangda's 30,000 Chen troops were extremely brave, they could not resist the attack of artillery! And in Xiapi County to deal with the East Route Army, Gao Changgong used beheading tactics to assassinate Xu Jingcheng with this group of assassins who assassinated me, the commander of the army died suddenly, and the East Route Army must be in chaos without a fight, even if there are not many defenders in Xiapi County, they can defeat the East Route Army! Xiao Yao analyzed.

"It turned out that Gao Changgong had already known Chen Jun's detailed attack plan in advance! Then it all makes sense! No wonder he can use his troops like a god like a god, and use this strategy of breaking through one by one to deal with the superior Chen army in numbers! Zu Yuan also wanted to suddenly realize, and then asked puzzledly: "How did Gao Changgong get this battle plan for the Chen army to attack Xuzhou?" ”

"How did those Qi killers lurk in Jinling at the beginning? Can let so many Qi killers evade the great search of the imperial court, can continue to lurk in Jinling City, assassinate me, and can easily get Chen Jun's operational secrets, then who else! Xiao Yao sneered and said, he already had the answer in his heart!