Xu Ding did not go to Tan County by sea, but led the army from Donglai to Langya County to Donghai County in Donglai.

Walk down all the way, so that all those who follow him can see it clearly.

"Go back to Lord Tongyu, Xu Ding will leave Donglai and go to Tan County!"

The spies from the states and counties in Langya County immediately transmitted the news back.

"My lord! There are a lot of enemy spies behind him! Do you want to deal with it? Xia Houlan came over and asked.

Xu Dingdao: "No! Let them continue to follow, don't startle the snake, when they arrive in Danxian, they are talking! ”

"No!" Xia Houlan retreated.

Xu Ding's troops did not move fast, because there were foot soldiers, not only cavalry, so it took about three days to reach Tan County.

Seeing Xu Ding coming with troops, Tao Qian was overjoyed and personally went out of the city to greet him.

"Bokang, you're finally here, hurry up and go into the city to rest!" Tao Qian enthusiastically took Xu Ding's hand and wanted to go to the city.

Xu Ding asked: "Tao Envoy Jun heard that Yuan Shu's 200,000 soldiers and horses invaded Xuzhou, what is the situation now?" ”

Tao Qian glanced at Xu Ding's troops and asked, "Bokang, how many men and horses did you bring with you this time to help?" ”

Tao Qian still likes to play this suit deeply, Xu Ding frowned slightly, and only said: "The Ma Bu Army has a total of 17,000 people!" ”

It's only 17,000!

It's a little too little.

Yuan Shu's guy is 200,000 yuan, Tao Qian asked again: "Bokang, do you still have an army of waterway aid!" ”

Zhou Tai and others hid more than 10,000 people on Yuzhou Mountain Island, although Xu Ding did not greet him, but this time he made a great contribution, repelled Liu Xuan's attack from the east flank, repelled his general Zhang Ying, beheaded more than 10,000 enemies, shocked 100,000 Yangzhou soldiers and horses, and greatly relieved the pressure on the southern front.

Therefore, Tao Qian didn't have any plans, thinking that Xu Ding's navy was many and strong, and there would be no soldiers and horses coming from Weiyuan Island on this side.

Xu Ding replied vaguely: "Yes, yes, but not much, they are mainly dealing with Liu Xuan, and dealing with Yuan Shu is just 17,000 people." ”

Tao Qian's mood was a little low, and 17,000 couldn't stop Yuan Shu at all.

When he was about to arrive at the mansion, Xu Ding asked again: "Tao Envoy, there are many eyes and ears outside the city just now, and it is inconvenient for you to answer, now you can tell the situation of the war on the Western Front." ”

Tao Qian sighed and said: "Don't hide it from Bokang, the western front and the eastern front will not be able to form an army, Peng Chengguo will be lost, Yuan Shu's eight-way army has crossed Surabaya, and the two combined troops will enter Donghai County respectively, and they will reach the city within a day or two." ”

"So fast, what about your army?" Xu Ding was really a little surprised, this defeat was too fast.

Peng Chengguo was lost, and Yuan Shu advanced to Tan County.

Historically, your old Tao was not so bad.

Tao Qian smiled bitterly: "The number of soldiers and horses in front is not as good as Yuan Shu, and the generals are cowardly and abandon the city, the most important thing is that Liu Miao won Xiapi and Guangling, and the right wing of Peng Chengguo was lost, and the counties fell to the wind, and all the families betrayed me and surrendered to Yuan."

Fortunately, the soldiers did not lose much, and ran back 30,000, which was enough to comfort and be able to defend Tan County. ”

Thirty thousand!

Too much is not much, and less is not too much.

These soldiers under Tao Qian are all Danyang soldiers, recruited in the early years, and the Yellow Turbans in Xuzhou were suppressed with him, and the soldiers were still quite elite.

The saying that the world's elite soldiers come out of Danyang is not groundless.

It's a pity that Tao Qian doesn't have a decent general to command.

"Since you are here, can you retreat from the enemy?" Tao Qian sat down and asked, and the attendant hurriedly served wine and meat to entertain him and a group of Donglai generals.

Xu Dingdao: "There is no good strategy for the time being, since Yuan Shu has joined forces to come, we will meet under the city for a while to see what kind of quality his soldiers and horses are, maybe if they are defeated in a battle, they can counterattack and recapture the lost counties and cities." ”

"That's all there is to it!" Tao Qian also knew that he had no conditions to talk about the strategy, and all the Hefang and Hecheng on the front line were lost, so he could only be beaten passively in Tan County.

It is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, so she is not urging Xu Ding's plan to break the enemy.

After waiting for a day, Yuan Shu's vanguard arrived at the city.

Knowing that Xu Ding's troops had moved south into Tan County, he did not launch a tentative attack, but only built a camp and waited for other troops to assemble.

Xu Ding said to Huang Zhong: "Han Sheng went out of the city to kill the other party's prestige. ”

"If!" Huang Zhong led two horsemen out of the city, and then rushed to the other party's camp, Yuan Shu's counterattack was extremely fierce, the arrows were sufficient, Huang Zhong saw that he could not approach, so he did not continue to attack, and led the troops around Yuan Shu's camp to go around, and then returned to Tan County.

"Didn't you say that the prince's iron horse is unparalleled in the world? I can't help Yuan Shu's army. Seeing that Huang Zhong returned in vain, Cao Hong sneered, and said something strange in a yin and yang manner.

Xiahou Lan snorted coldly and replied: "If the iron horse is fierce, someone will dare to fight, unlike a certain Cao who saw the enemy, ran faster than a rabbit, and didn't dare to fight." ”

Xiahou Lan naturally refers to Cao Bao, the general of Cao Hong's clan, Cao Bao was originally the head of the military commander sent by Tao Qian to preside over the war in the direction of Pengcheng, but he came back from defeat, which is very clear to the generals of Donglai, so Cao Hong ridiculed Huang Zhong, and Xiahou Lan made fun of Cao Bao.

The same is the Cao family, one is honored, and one is damaged.

"You ......" Cao Hong was so angry that he still wanted to theorize, but Tao Qian shouted: "Okay! There is no need to quarrel, the enemy should not be making trouble at the moment, but be sincere and determined to fight Yuan Thief together. ”

Cao Bao was defeated, although he did not surrender to Yuan Shu, but Tao Qian became more and more worried about the Cao family, but became suspicious.

Xuzhou continued to have families defect to Yuan Shu, which made him more and more uneasy about the family, and his trust in Cao Hong was greatly reduced.

In the next two days, Yuan Shu's army kept coming, and finally gathered into a team of 170,000 troops under the city of Tanxian County.

And Yuan Shu himself also came.

"Tao Qian, my army is so strong that I don't hurry up and wag my tail and beg to surrender and sacrifice the city." At this time, Yuan Shu was extremely arrogant and proud.

The Eighth Route Army entered Xuzhou, and the counties and cities of Xuzhou fell to the wind, and he was expected to return.

He ate Peng Chengguo and half of Peiguo at once, and if half of Donghai County was also taken, as long as Tan County was defeated, the entire Donghai County would be his.

With such abundant capital, it is advantageous to expand to the south or north and south in the future.

Tao Qian was so angry that his face was like a pig's liver, and he scolded: "Yuan Shuxiaoer, you attacked my Xuzhou for no reason, the sword soldiers hurt the people, and the unrighteous deeds will be punished as soon as possible. ”

Xu Ding's eyes lit up, a little surprised, Tao Qian was quite able to scold.

"Hahahaha! Tao Qian don't take advantage of his tongue, how can you stop my 200,000 male soldiers if you are defeated, and I can spare you from dying if you sacrifice the city as soon as possible. Yuan Shu disdained and continued:

"As for your reinforcement Xu Ding, hahaha, he only brought more than 10,000 horses, do you really think that he can win me with this little man? It's hard for him to protect himself, but he can still protect you, don't be delusional. ”

"Yuan Shu, don't you have a good memory, Weihaihou 800,000 coalition troops can be broken, you are less than 200,000, how can you stop the strong army of Donglai, my lord is benevolent and benevolent, I advise you to return to Yuzhou as soon as possible, otherwise the swords and soldiers will meet, and you won't be able to go back when you want to." Tao Qian's subordinate general, Xiahou Bo, couldn't help but scold.

Yuan Shu didn't care, and the horsewhip pointed at the city and said with a smile: "800,000, such a great majesty, just hundreds of thousands of barbarians, the old, weak, sick and disabled can also be worth Xu Ding's boasting for so long, if you don't mention me, I will forget, Xu Ding will immediately hand over the jade seal of the country, otherwise you will die without a place to be buried." ”