"As for Guangling County, the land of Guangling also belongs to the land of Jianghuai, if the lord captures Guangling, he can take all the land of Jianghuai!"

"However, under the wing of Cao Cao, the Guangling Chen clan has been operating in Guangling County for a long time, and it can be said that it has deep strength and deep roots! Chen Deng, Chen Jiao, father and son of Guangling Chen, although they are snakes and rats at both ends, but their father and son are insidious and cunning, and they are also one of the few heroes in Xuzhou. With the two of them in Guangling County, coupled with the strength and heritage of the Chen family, if the lord wants to capture Guangling County, he will have to go through a hard battle! ”

"It's December now, and it will be snowing heavily soon, and the time is not allowed, this is definitely not the time to attack Guangling County! After the lord takes the cities of Huailing and Xuyi, he can feint to attack the high mountains and Dongyang line of Guangling County, contain some Guangling soldiers and horses, and then see how Sun Bofu chooses to wait for the opportunity! ”

After Pang Tong finished speaking, he bowed down and said, "This is the minister's shallow opinion, and please ask the lord to decide!" ”

Yuan Yao chuckled a few times and said, "Shi Yuanzhi's opinion is reasonable, the land of Xuzhou is notoriously easy to attack and difficult to defend, otherwise Xuzhou would not have changed hands several times in just a few years." Only Huailing, Xuyi and other cities in the south of Xuzhou are big cities, and there is Huaishui as a barrier, so it is not difficult to hold these cities after capturing them. On the contrary, the land of the city to the north of Huaishui is easy to attack and difficult to defend, if it is captured, it needs to be guarded by a large army, which will inevitably involve the energy of our army, which is really not suitable for attack! ”

"As for Guangling County, this is also a hard bone, so let Sun Bofu go and get it first. If it captures Guangling County, it will inevitably be guarded separately, and then it can also divide its forces to reduce the threat to our three counties; Even if he can't capture Guangling County, with his ability, he will definitely be able to test the depth of Guangling County's roots, and it will be easier for our army to attack Guangling again. ”

The crowd bowed one after another: "The Lord is wise! ”

"This attack on Liu Bei, there is no need to make a lot of trouble, dispatching a large army not only costs the people and money, but also easily arouses Liu Bei's fear, and then Liu Bei's villain army comes to fight with our army, which is not good for our army." Yuan Yao pondered for a moment, and then said: "This expedition to Xuzhou is only for the empty troops of Huailing, Xuyi and other cities, and only 30,000 soldiers and horses can be used to achieve complete success!" ”

"Yang Zaixing, Zhang Xutuo, the two generals will listen to the order!"

Yang Zaixing and Zhang Xutuo stepped forward to worship and said, "The end will be here!" ”

"Yang Zaixing led 10,000 personal guards, and Zhang Xutuo led 10,000 wolf troops, and followed me to Xuzhou to conquer Liu Bei!"

"No, we will receive the order, and I am willing to die for the Lord!"

After selecting the soldiers with the army, Yuan Yao looked at Pang Tong and said, "Shiyuan will also send troops with me to serve me in the military!" ”

Pang Tong came out of the column and bowed: "No, the minister receives the order, and he will live up to the trust of the lord!" ”

Yuan Yao looked around at everyone, and finally looked at Liu Ye, and said: "Mr. Ziyang stayed behind for Anhui County, led the rest of the soldiers and horses to sit in Anhui County, and led the military and political affairs of the three counties. ”

Liu Ye stepped forward and bowed: "No, the minister will live up to the trust of the lord when he receives the order!" ”

After arranging the expedition and staying behind, Yuan Yao continued: "Okay, let's all go down and prepare, and the army will go out early tomorrow morning!" ”

Everyone bowed one after another: "We wish the lord a hundred victories in a hundred battles and a prosperous martial arts!! ”

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Early the next morning, Yuan Yao, Yang Zaixing, Zhang Xutuo and Yue Yun led 10,000 personal guards and 10,000 wolf troops to Jiujiang County. After Yuan Yao arrived in Hefei, he ordered Li Siye to lead 10,000 tiger troops to join the conquest army, and ordered the general Huang Zhong to lead the rest of the soldiers and horses to defend Hefei.

After dawn, Yuan Yao and the generals led an army of 30,000 to continue north, along the bank of the Chishui River to the east of Xiapi County, Xuzhou!

Xuzhou has a total of five counties, namely Donghai County, Xiapi County, Langxie County, Pengcheng County and Guangling County, Xuzhou Prefecture is in Xiapi County's Xiapi City, and now Liu Bei is gathering heavy troops here to guard against Cao Cao.

The land of Xuzhou is vast, and Xiapi County alone has jurisdiction over seventeen counties, but most of the seventeen counties of Xiapi County are in the north of Huaishui, only Dongcheng County, Huailing County, Gaoshan County, Xuyi County and Huaiyin County are located in the south of Huaishui, which belongs to the land of Jianghuai from the topography!

Dongcheng, Huailing and other four counties are connected together, this piece of city land is also the purpose of Yuan Yao's expedition to Xuzhou, Huaiyin County and Dongcheng four counties have Guangling County as a barrier, for Yuan Yao is lonely, so although Huaiyin City is a famous big city, but not Yuan Yao's goal in this battle.

Dongcheng County is close to Jiujiang County, Liu Bei in order to ease the relationship with Yuan Yao, did not garrison here, Yuan Yao led 30,000 troops to appear outside Dongcheng City, Dongcheng County Commander hurriedly led the county officials out of the city to surrender.

In troubled times, it is the most common thing for the city to change the king's flag.

Yuan Yao could also understand the difficulties of these petty officials, so he did not embarrass them, but ordered Li Siye to send a captain to lead a thousand soldiers and horses to take over the city, and then led the army to set up a large camp outside the city.

After the army set up camp, Yuan Yao summoned the generals to the tent and said: "Now that the east city has been down, the rest is Huailing, Xuyi and Gaoshan three cities, Gaoshan is the closest to Dongcheng, Huailing is second, and Xuyi is the farthest, just in case, I decided to divide the army into three ways to attack the three cities at the same time, I don't know what you think?" ”

Li Siye was most familiar with the situation of these three counties, and first stepped forward to bow and said: "Back to the lord, the troops of the three counties of Huailing are weak, and the Huailing City with the most defenders is only more than 1,000 soldiers and horses garrisoned, and my army has as many as 30,000, even if it is divided into three roads, it is enough to capture the three counties at the same time. ”

Zhang Xutuo did not show weakness, and also stepped forward to bow and said: "What General Li said is very true, as the saying goes, the soldiers are noble and fast, and our army is sufficient, so we can quickly take the three cities in one fell swoop in case Liu Bei suddenly sends reinforcements to reinforce the three counties!" ”

Yuan Yao nodded slightly, looked at Pang Tongyi's eyes, Pang Tong also nodded in recognition of this matter, Yuan Yao saw this, and then said: "Okay, in that case, then my army will be divided into three ways and attack these three counties at the same time!" ”

"Li Siye listens to orders!"

Li Siye stepped forward and bowed: "The end will be here!" ”

"You led the troops and horses of your headquarters to attack Gaoshan County, Gaoshan County is adjacent to Guangling County, after capturing the city, you will be stationed on the spot to guard Guangling Chen Deng's soldiers and horses, waiting for my order."

"No, the last general will take the order!"

"Zhang Xutuo listens to the order!"

Zhang Xutuo stepped forward and bowed: "The last general will listen to the order!" ”

"You lead the troops and horses of your headquarters to attack Xuyi County, Xuyi County is the farthest away from Dongcheng, you have to go to the stars day and night, be sure to take the next city!"

"No, the last general has ordered, and the lord will take this city within three days!"

"Okay, the general said this, I will be relieved!"

Yuan Yao waved his hand to order Zhang Xutuo to retreat, and continued: "Xuyi City has Hongze Lake as a barrier, and the army is not suitable to cross the river. Huailing City is also under the important town of Pi, and I will lead the guards to attack in person, and maybe I can take this opportunity to meet Liu Bei's subordinate martial arts! ”

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