In mid-August, the midsummer is over, and the autumn breeze arrives.

The weather was clear, and I didn't feel the slightest bit of heat.

After more than half a month of rapid marching, Fan Lihua finally arrived at Tan County, the county seat of Donghai County.

Tanxian is a very large city, the city defense is strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Historically, he was not only the county seat of Donghai County, but also the state seat of Xuzhou, and it was only after Liu Bei took control of Xuzhou that the state seat was moved to Xiapi.

If the historical development trajectory is followed, after Cao Cao captures Xuzhou, he will move the state administration back to Tan County.

It is conceivable that Tan County has a position in Xuzhou, and its city defense is no less solid than any city in Xuzhou. If even this place can't stop Yuan Shu, then there will be no city in Xuzhou that can stop Yuan Shu.

After Fan Lihua arrived here, she discussed with Lu Yi, the lieutenant of Donghai County, and banned the entire Donghai County, and caravans were not allowed to pass through all cities and official roads, and the rest of the scattered people also had to go through a strict inventory.

Her 70,000 new troops were all stationed in Tan County.

But the strange thing is that she did not strengthen the city defense of Tanxian County, nor did she transfer troops to defend against the enemy, but locked herself in a military tent, and she didn't know what she was busy with.

The generals in the army came several times, but they were also stopped by her own soldiers.

"General Fan, the county lieutenant Lu Yi is here, saying that there is an important letter for you." The voice of a soldier was heard outside the tent.

"Ask him to come in."

"Yes."

Lu Yi entered the military tent, glanced at Fan Lihua, and saluted: "The last general, Lu Yi, has seen General Fan." ”

"Well, what's the matter?" Fan Lihua didn't look up, her eyes were always fixed on the map in front of her.

"General, the last general has received another piece of information from Yangzhou, please take a look at it." Lu Yi handed a bamboo slip to Fan Lihua.

Fan Lihua took the bamboo slip in her hand, frowned and asked, "The prostitute sent someone to send it again?" ”

"Yes."

Fan Lihua sat down and said, "Captain Lu, what is the identity and background of this Yangzhou prostitute, and does it have anything to do with us?" Why do you send us letters again and again? What is the purpose? ”

"This... I don't know. ”

"Then hurry up and check, I want to know as soon as possible."

"Yes."

Lu Yi turned around and left the military tent.

Fan Lihua opened the bamboo slip and looked at the information with some impatience.

Why is it impatient? Because this information was sent by the prostitute, she could think with her toes that the prostitute must have something to do with her brother Fengxian.

Looking at the things sent by her rival, of course she was very unhappy and irritable.

But when it comes to the current battle situation, she has to watch it, so her irritability is forced by the situation, and it evolves into impatience.

"Yuan General Ji Ling, reckless personality, not to be afraid, but this expedition, accompanied by Zhang Xun and Lei Bo, the two are also generals under Yuan Shu, Zhang Xun is cautious in his use of soldiers, Lei Bo is good at martial arts, they will help Ji Ling, I hope the general is careful. The distribution of Yuan's forces was as follows: 40,000 iron cavalry, 15,000 chariots, 60,000 spearmen, 80,000 sword and shield men, and the rest were siege equipment soldiers and grain and grass guards. About 220,000 troops, carrying a hundred days' worth of food. Among them, 40,000 iron cavalry are the army directly under Ji Ling, the commander of the chariot Li Feng is also the old department of Ji Ling, and the other branches of the army are all under the command of Zhang Xun and Lei Bo. ”

After reading the information in her hand, Fan Lihua was both surprised and delighted, got up and said: "Great, with this information, I can design to destroy the enemy." ”

But the thought of such important information being sent by a prostitute made her even more curious about the identity of the prostitute.

"Such important information should only be known to the senior generals in the Yuan army, how can a prostitute know?" She didn't understand, and she didn't bother to think about it, the most important thing now was to defeat the enemy army.

She hurried over to the map and began to deduce.

Two hours later, Fan Lihua passed down the military order, summoning all the generals above the rank of captain to the Chinese army's big tent to discuss matters.

The meeting was attended by fourteen lieutenants and two adjutant generals. These people were all transferred by Fan Lihua from Gao Shun's army.

The fourteen captains, who used to be in the Gaoshun Army, also served as centurions, and after Fan Lihua transferred them, they were directly promoted to captains, so these people were grateful to Fan Lihua, and they also directly established her status in the new army.

And the two deputy generals are none other than the two of the eight strong generals under Lu Bu, Song Xian and Cheng Lian.

They are old men in the army, from the time when the princes of the Eighteenth Road asked for Dong, they followed Lu Bu from birth to death, and they were a little dissatisfied with Fan Lihua's ascension, but because of Lu Bu's prestige and Fan Lihua's bravery, they could only reluctantly support.

Fan Lihua sat facing everyone and said, "The general already has a strategy to break the enemy. Now, generals, it's time for you to make a difference. I hope that all those present here will act in strict accordance with my military orders and will not discount them in the slightest. Only if we are united will it be possible to defeat Ji Ling. ”

"The general is saying that with our 70,000 new army, we can defeat Ji Ling's 200,000 elites?" Song Xian asked.

"yes, what's the problem?"

Cheng Lian thought he had misheard, and continued to ask: "What does the general mean, do you want to take the initiative?" ”

"Of course. Otherwise, how to defeat Ji Ling? ”

At this time, not only Song Xian and Cheng Lian, but even the other captains were shocked and doubted Fan Lihua's words. Everyone knows that Ji Ling is here, there are 200,000 elites, such a powerful army, how can tens of thousands of recruits be able to compete?

Song Xian hurriedly said: "General, you have to think twice, none of our 70,000 people have ever been on the battlefield, and they are not as good as the elite under Ji Ling. ”

"yes, isn't that self-defeating?" Cheng Lian echoed casually, and then hugged his fists and said: "General, I suggest that you should garrison Tan County first, Tan County has a strong defense and can block Yuan's army." When the enemy's spirit is a little weaker, try to break the enemy. ”

Fan Lihua was confident, got up and said: "Generals, I understand your feelings very well, it is indeed a little difficult to defeat the enemy's 200,000 army with 70,000 recruits, and even I am not absolutely sure. ”

"However, judging from the terrain of Xu and Yangzhou, we are more suitable to take the initiative to attack and fight in enemy territory."

Walking to the map, Fan Lihua pointed to the map and said: "At present, Ji Ling has led the army through Danyang County, and more than 300 miles ahead, it is Jian'an County adjacent to our East China Sea. This creates the most favorable conditions for us to win more with less. If we let the enemy in, we will reach our Donghai County, the terrain of Donghai County is open, and the enemy's iron cavalry and chariots will block the roads, besiege the county seat, and trap us here. Even if we can hold Tan County, how long can we hold on? Ladies and gentlemen, do not forget that we only carried two months' worth of grain and grass on this expedition, which could not support the long-term consumption. Once Tanxian is besieged and there is a shortage of grain and grass, our army will be in a desperate situation. Therefore, only by intercepting the enemy in Jian'an County, Yangzhou, can we ensure the grain route of our army. I already have a specific battle plan, and I have a certain degree of certainty that I can repel the enemy army, you might as well think about it, whether to stay in Tan County and wait for death, or follow me into the enemy territory to fight? ”