"What does the prince mean that we have to take the initiative? That Xiao Yao is scheming, he is now marching to our Xuzhou with such a swagger, could it be that he wants to lead us to take the initiative, and then he will come to us with a plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, and then send another army to attack Xuzhou City? Wei Xiangyuan reminded.

"According to Xiao Yao's cunning mind, there is definitely this possibility, but we have to walk into his trap! Now the Chen army has only sent Xiao Yao and his forward brigade to reinforce Renzhou, so at present, in the entire Xuzhou territory, only Renzhou and Supre County are still garrisoned by the Chen army! After the death of the Chen army of Suzhen County, the commander Xu Jingcheng, they are no longer in trouble, so only the Chen army on the side of Renzhou is left, as long as we defeat them in one fell swoop, then Huaibei will be safe, and the Chen army will not dare to say anything about the Northern Expedition and the recovery of Huaibei in the future! I believe Xiao Yao also thinks so, as long as we are defeated, then the entire Huaibei will be equivalent to falling into their hands! So they also want to have a decisive battle with us, and decide the winner in one battle! Good! Since Xiao Yao is marching with such fanfare now, wanting to attract us to attack and fight them, then we will directly block them on the road! Gao Changgong said fiercely.

Therefore, as Xiao Yao said, even if Gao Changgong knew that Xiao Yao might be using the strategy of diverting the tiger from the mountain to them, Gao Changgong had to step into this trap and lead the main force of the Qi army stationed in Xuzhou City to take the initiative to go out of the city to meet Xiao Yao! After all, on the battlefield, taking the initiative is still better than passive defense, and whoever has the initiative in battle will have more advantages!

Xiao Yao led the forward brigade and Lu Guangda's main force of the Middle Route Army, which had only more than 10,000 left, and then chose the fastest and most convenient route, marching to Xuzhou with great fanfare and swagger all the way, which made it easy for Gao Changgong to choose the location to block Xiao Yao, which was Chenggao County, which was only less than 20 kilometers away from Xuzhou City!

On the twenty-seventh day of the lunar month, Xiao Yao led the army all the way to the north, and finally came to the vicinity of Chenggao County!

In fact, Renzhou City is less than 100 kilometers away from Xuzhou City, and it took only one day and one night for Lu Guangda to lead those remnants of the defeated army to flee back to Renzhou, but now it took Xiao Yao almost five days to arrive near Chenggao County, more than 20 kilometers away from Xuzhou City, which made Lu Guangda, who was following Xiao Yao, very anxious and irritable.

But Xiao Yao can't help it, after all, the artillery battalion now has four bulky bronze cannons and two machine guns, as well as a large amount of ammunition and supplies, and the artillery alone has to be pulled by four mules, so of course the speed can't be fast! And now he will not make the mistake of dividing his troops to fight when he was in Linying County, so he has always asked He Fu's musket battalion and Huang Wenyuan's cavalry battalion not to rush to attack, and must keep a distance from the artillery battalion with a large amount of supplies, so as to meet each other!

However, although Xiao Yao's march was slow, he had already sent a lot of scouts to reconnoiter the enemy's situation in front, and in Xuzhou City, there were also many beggar disciples who were closely watching Gao Changgong's every move in Xuzhou City, and then mixed with the crowd of people who fled out of the city in large numbers to avoid the war, and then passed the information to Xiao Yao.

"Commander, we found out that Gao Changgong had already led the main force of the Qi army stationed in Xuzhou City two days ago, left Xuzhou City, and stationed in Chenggao County, which is not far ahead, it seems that they also want to fight a decisive battle with us on this flat land! After all, their cavalry and that artillery unit can give full play to their greatest advantage in this wide flat land! Huang Wenyuan finished reading the information that came up, and then said to Xiao Yao.

"This Chenggao County, I heard that it used to be called Xiao County, it seems that I Xiao Yao is really fateful! Haha, General Lu, look, I was right before, this Gao Changgong was led out of Xuzhou City by me all of a sudden! Xiao Yao said to Lu Guangda with a smile.

"General Xiao is strategizing and clever, Lu is ashamed of himself! But what Lu admired the most was that there was still General Xiao's internal response in Xuzhou City, and they were these completely inconspicuous beggars, they also brought out so much information in the city, with this information, it was really easy for us to attack Xuzhou City! Lu Guangda patted the ass of his temporary boss and said.

"Know yourself and know your opponent, win all battles! Now that the main force of the Qi army in Xuzhou City has been brought out by Gao Changgong, it means that the defense in Xuzhou City is empty now, and there is this internal intelligence, I believe that with General Lu's ability, he can capture Xuzhou City soon! Xiao Yao said with a smile. Latest

"Lu vouched for his head and promised to take Xuzhou City in one fell swoop! However, when the time comes, General Xiao will drag Gao Changgong's main force to Xiao County! Otherwise, when the time comes, they will suddenly return to Xuzhou City, and then Lu will be like the last Xuzhou War, and he will be attacked back and forth by Gao Changgong! Lu Guangda said with palpitations.

"General Lu, please rest assured, I also use my head to vouch, I will definitely drag Gao Changgong to death in Xiao County, and defeat them in one fell swoop, when they are beaten by us and flee, I believe that you have already broken through Xuzhou City, and as long as you close the city gate tightly, the only place where Gao Changgong can escape is Xiapi County!" Xiao Yao said confidently.

"Okay, in that case, tonight I will take my troops, take a small road to Xuzhou City, and then take it in one fell swoop! Here, Lu also wished General Xiao a victory, defeated the Qi army in one fell swoop, and lived a long life! Lu Guangda said excitedly, after all, it is a great credit to break through Xuzhou City!

"General Lu can set off with these beggars at that time, although they are all beggars, but they are very familiar with the situation in Xuzhou City, I believe they will be able to help General Lu!" Xiao Yao commanded.

"Yes! They are all General Xiao's internal responses, and Lu will definitely treat each other politely and seriously consider their suggestions. Lu Guangda saluted, and then turned around and went out to prepare.

"Commander, we gave this Lu Guangda the great credit of breaking the city, it seems that he is still quite knowledgeable, and now he is really polite to the commander, he looked down on the commander before he became a general at a young age!" Huang Wenyuan joked that as the son of the commander of the Western Route Army, he knew the gossip between these generals best.

"It's just a city, what kind of great merit is it, our main purpose this time is to take revenge on Gao Changgong, so of course I won't let General Lu interfere in this duel between us and Gao Changgong!" Xiao Yao shook his head and said.

"Now that we and Gao Changgong's two armies have come to Xiao County, it seems that we can fight to the death with Gao Changgong tomorrow!" Li Nong, who had not made much noise, said, and from his tone, it could be heard that he had been holding his breath, waiting for an opportunity to vent.

"Fight to the death? I won't give Gao Changgong such a chance! You are all my Xiao Yao's brothers, how could I let you go and fight with Gao Changgong! Tomorrow's battle will only be a massacre of our Qi army! Xiao Yao said with a sneer.

"Then what tactics are we going to use against Gao Changgong tomorrow? The artillery unit led by Zhang Dabao's traitor has dozens of artillery pieces, and its power cannot be underestimated! Moreover, they also have a cavalry of several thousand people, including thousands of heavy cavalry, and our artillery battalion has only four guns, if they attack us head-on with artillery, and then use cavalry flank impact, our artillery is afraid that it will not be able to cope with it! He Fu reminded that he was the commander of the musket battalion, so he didn't know much about the power of the Napoleonic guns and hand-cranked Gatling machine guns.

"This kind of tactic that you can worry about, I believe it is the tactic that Gao Changgong wants to use, because when I taught you a lesson, I once told you about this tactic, so Zhang Dabao also knows! And only this tactic can give full play to the maximum power of his troops! Xiao Yao nodded and said, then suddenly showed a treacherous smile and said, "But when I talked about this tactic at that time, I didn't seem to say that the opponent was also using muskets and artillery!" ”