At this time, two detectives suddenly came, one of the two detectives said that Wang Yan of Xishu sent troops to fight Chang'an, and the other said that Xu Zhihao of Eastern Wu sent troops to fight Xuzhou.

When Li Cunqiao heard this, he was in a hurry.

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At this time, Li Cunmiao was in a hurry, and suddenly two more reports came:

"Report! reported to the emperor that the big thing was not good. Wang Yan of Xishu has taken Chang'an! ”

"Report! reported to the emperor that the big thing was not good. Xu Zhihao of Soochow has taken down Xuzhou! ”

When Li Cunmiao heard this, he couldn't help but be taken aback: Why are Wang Yan and Xu Zhihao so fast? They have already taken my Chang'an and Xuzhou? They took my Chang'an and Xuzhou, don't I have half of the country?

Li Cunmiao has a total of five states, and as soon as Chang'an and Xuzhou are gone, two-fifths of his country is gone!

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After Li Cunmiao heard the news, he was in a hurry.

Li Cunmiao hurriedly brought in a few important ministers under him.

The few important ministers that Li Cunqiao found were, of course, Guo Chongtao, Li Siyuan, Li Cunxiao, Li Cunba, Yu Xiaotian and others.

At this time, Guo Chongtao, Li Siyuan and others also got the news that Xishu had taken Chang'an, and Dongwu had gone to Xuzhou.

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Soon Guo Chongtao, Li Siyuan and others arrived.

After Li Siyuan saw Guo Chongtao, he glared at Guo Chongtao first.

Li Siyuanxin said: What did I say, did people call? I've said many times before, don't give people a red flag, but you just won't listen.

At this time, Guo Chongtao also saw that Li Siyuan was dissatisfied with him, but he pretended not to see it.

At this time, it can only be like this.

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Li Cunmiao discussed with the ministers, of course, the soldiers came to cover the water.

Then. Li Siyuan asked Li Cunqiao for an order, and he wanted to take 100,000 horses to save Chang'an.

So, who will save Xuzhou?

Naturally, it is Guo Chongtao's business.

However, at this time, Guo Chongtao was a little embarrassed.

It is also to save the city, but saving Chang'an City is different from saving Xuzhou City.

This time Xishu attacked Chang'an, and he used 100,000 horses. This time Soochow hit Xuzhou. He used 200,000 horses. There are a total of 200,000 horses in the court, and you Li Siyuan took away 100,000 at once, and you want me to use 100,000 horses to deal with other people's 200,000 horses?

However, Guo Chongtao thought about it, and he still asked for an order.

Guo Chongtao said in his heart, I don't believe that my 100,000 horses can't deal with Xu Zhihao's 200,000 horses? I'll show you a win. Isn't Xu Zhihao just a doll?

Guo Chongtao is with an angry order.

Li Cunqiao also saw it.

Li Cunqiao said: "Prime Minister Guo, do I want to add more people to you?" ”

However, this time Guo Chongtao was wrong.

This time, Guo Chongtao really encountered a difficult situation.

Guo Chongtao didn't expect the Southern Sage to come forward this time.

Guo Chongtao said: "No. ”

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On this day, Li Siyuan took 100,000 horses. He took the general Li Cunba, and he saved Chang'an.

At the same time, Guo Chongtao also took 100,000 horses, he took the generals Li Cunxiao, Yu Xiaotian, etc., and he saved Xuzhou.

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Wang Yan and Xu Zhihao really took Chang'an and Xuzhou?

How can they be so fast?

Let's talk about Xu Zhihao first.

After Xu Zhihao decided to fight Xuzhou, he wanted to give Li Cunqiao a surprise attack.

Because then he can play more turf.

If you don't attack suddenly, if you hit it like that. As soon as Li Cunmiao's reinforcements arrived, he would encounter great trouble.

After Xu Zhihao thought about that idea. And he consulted with some of his generals.

The generals under Xu Zhihao include Xu Tianci, Xu Tianshun, and the southern sage Sima Deyun.

At this time, Xu Tianci spoke: "Marshal, I want to get an order to get his Huainan." ”

Xu Tianshun also spoke: "Marshal, I want to get an order to get his Yancheng." ”

When Xu Zhihao heard this, he was very happy.

Xu Zhihao also has this meaning.

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So, what kind of military location is Huainan and Yancheng? Are Huainan and Yancheng important?

Huainan and Yancheng are the southern gates of Xuzhou.

Huainan and Yancheng are only fifty miles away from the border line between Li Tang and Eastern Wu.

If you want to make a surprise attack, go to Xuzhou. It was necessary to make a surprise attack on Huainan and Yancheng first.

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Speaking of which, I have to say, how important was Xuzhou at that time?

At that time, Xuzhou was like the capital of one of our provinces now.

If Xuzhou is taken down, this province will be almost completely taken down.

At that time, Xuzhou was in charge of all of what is now Shandong. The northern part of Jiangsu.

At that time, Li Cunmiao was only in charge of five states, and Xuzhou was one of them.

Moreover, because Xuzhou is a state-level city, it has a lot of grain and grass, and there are many soldiers and generals to guard him.

If Xuzhou is taken down, all the grain and grass in Xuzhou City will be obtained, and the soldiers guarding Xuzhou will also collect a part of it.

What is a "state city"?

It's a state-level city.

At that time, the administrative units were prefectures, cities, prefectures, and counties.

Of course, cities at the state level have much more food and grass than cities at the prefectural level, and there are many more soldiers.

Cities at the state level have much more food and grass and much more soldiers than cities at the county level.

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Just talk about Xu Tianci and Xu Tianshun.

Xu Tianci and Xu Tianshun asked for orders to fight Huainan and Yancheng, and Xu Zhihao agreed.

Xu Zhihao asked how many soldiers they wanted?

They said, "Only twenty attendants." ”

Xu Zhihao said: "Okay! ”

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With ten followers, can you get Huainan and Yancheng?

If you attack suddenly, you can only bring fewer people, and you can bring tens of thousands of horses at once, and people won't find out all at once?

As soon as people find out, as soon as the gates of the city are closed, as soon as you want to enter the city, they will fire arrows in a random manner, then it is not called a surprise attack.

This time, Xu Tianci and Xu Tianshun want to learn from the Ganning Baiqi robbery Cao Ying back then.

At that time, Gan Ninggan Xinba once robbed the grass camp.

In Xuzhou, we only took ten people to take the city.

If we succeed this time, we will be even more powerful than Gan Ninggan Xinba back then.

At that time, Gan Ning Gan Xinba brought 100 people, and we only brought 20 people.

At that time, Gan Ning and Gan Xinba just went to Cao Ying to make trouble, and we really went down the enemy's city.

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Before Xu Tianci and Xu Tianshun left, they also discussed, they wanted to take the city at the same time.

Not at the same time, not to take the city.

If you don't take the city at the same time, if there is an early one and a late one, the early one takes down the city, and the late one makes the family take precautions in advance, then it can't be taken.

Xu Tianci and Xu Tianshun discussed that they would take the city tomorrow night.

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Xu Tianci and Xu Tianshun also agreed with Xu Zhihao that when they saw the fire in the city tomorrow night, they would immediately send troops to reinforce them.

Xu Zhihao said: "Okay. ”

Because Xu Tianci and Xu Tianshun are afraid that there will be one in thousands of miles.

If you take twenty people to completely take a city, no one dares to say so accurately.

If you can kill the guards in the city with twenty people, then you can still do it.

You can't just do it, it's all around you people, after you do it, it's impossible to say whether people will fight to the death or surrender to you.

In case people fight to the death and you have too few people, it will not be easy to do.

Therefore, reinforcements need to arrive in time.

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In this way, Xu Tianci and Xu Tianshun each set off with twenty people.

Xu Tianci and Xu Tianshun took Huainan and Yancheng, and the battle of Xuzhou began. (To be continued.) )