Yuan Shu looked down, but saw that the person who proudly invited to fight was his newly established prince, the eldest son Yuan Yao.

Immediately afterwards, Prime Minister Yang Hong also stood up and arched his hand: "The prince is reasonable, Your Majesty only needs to divide part of the soldiers and horses, and take a defensive position on the two sides of Xuyi and Lujiang, but use the main army to deal with Su Zhe, as long as Su Zhe is defeated, the remaining two soldiers and horses will definitely collapse without a fight." ”

Yuan Yao followed: "At that time, my father can take advantage of the situation to go north, destroy Su Zhe in one fell swoop, seize Yanjing Erzhou, and then order the Han Emperor to officially cede the throne to my father. ”

Yuan Shu's face was shocked, and in a blink of an eye, the smoke disappeared, and he said happily: "You two are reasonable, I am the master of the destiny of heaven, how can it be compared to Su Zhe, Liu Bei, Sun Ce, and other lowly disciples, it depends on the plan of the two of you." ”

At that moment, Yuan Shu passed down the holy decree and ordered the general Chen Lan to lead 5,000 elite soldiers to enter Xuyi City to prevent Liu Bei.

At the same time, he also ordered to send 5,000 elite soldiers to Zhang Xun, the Taishou of Lujiang, and ordered him to hold on without a fight, in order to base Sun Ce.

In the end, Yuan Shu ordered the crown prince Yuan Yao to lead an army of 50,000, with Ji Ling, the general of the expedition to the north, as the vanguard, to lead the army into Yingshui, and go to the front line of Ruyin, which belongs to Runan County, to deal with Su Zhe.

At this time, Cheng Yan Xiang in the imperial history said: "Your Majesty, that Su Zhe is known as the head of the Nine Wonders, when the world Wolong, destroy Liu Bei, break Dong Zhuo, defeat Lu Bu, Cao Cao, almost invincible, although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is extraordinary, but compared with that Su Zhe, it seems that there is still something lacking, Your Majesty asked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to lead the army to go on the expedition, will it be a bit risky." ”

As soon as these words came out, before Yuan Shu could speak, Yuan Yao was already furious.

He jumped up and said angrily: "Yan Xiang, what do you mean, do you want to say that I, Yuan Yao, will not be the opponent of Su Zhe's thief?" ”

Yan Xiang frowned and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is angry, although Su Zhe is from a humble background, but how can he judge the superiority because of his noble background in such a thing as commanding the army, the minister thinks that this battle must be carried out by His Majesty in person." ”

Yan Xiang was loyal and admonished, extremely uneasy about Yuan Yao's strength, and strongly advocated Yuan Shu's personal conquest.

At the first moment of Yuan Shu, he also had the idea of pro-conquest, but in his mind, he couldn't help but think of the delicate concubines and beauties in the harem.

Thinking of this, Yuan Shu snorted coldly: "Then Su Zhe is nothing, he is just a lowly clown, and he still needs me to take action in person, and it is enough for the prince to go out to clean him up." ”

Yan Xiang still had to be persuaded again, Yuan Shu was impatient, waved his hand and said: "Since you are so worried, then Yan Qing will go with the army and assist the prince." ”

Yan Xiang had no choice but to give up his life.

Yuan Yao glanced at Yan Xiang and snorted disdainfully, not giving him a good look.

"Okay, I'm tired too, Yao'er, you should leave as soon as possible, I am waiting for your good news in the capital." Yuan Shu's expectant gaze looked at Yuan Yao.

Yuan Yao hurriedly arched his hand, and said confidently: "Father, rest assured, it won't be long before my son will send the news back to the capital, and my father will wait for the good news from his son." ”

……

West bank of Yingshui, Xiangcheng.

It was nearly night, and 30,000 Soviet troops arrived at the city that must be passed through on the way to Huainan.

Su Zhe learned that Yuan Shu had sent a large army north to meet the battle, so it was convenient for the county government to gather all the generals to discuss the strategy of breaking the enemy.

"Yuan Shu didn't come to meet the battle himself, but he sent his precious son to meet him, which was a bit unexpected to me." Su Zhe sneered.

Pang Tong said: "After Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor, he was extremely poor and luxurious, and he was addicted to wine all day long, and he couldn't stand the pain of war, so let him leave Wenrou Township and come all the way to fight with us, of course he didn't want to." ”

The veteran Huang Zhong said again: "Even if this is the case, Yuan Shu should also send a battle-hardened future to face the battle, why did he send his son that gentleman to come?" ”

"It's very simple, Yuan Shu is not worried about others leading the troops, so he wants his son to be the commander." Su Zhe explained Yuan Shu's intention in one sentence.

The generals suddenly realized that they looked down on Yuan Yao for a while.

At that moment, Su Zhe asked the generals to offer suggestions and discuss how to clean up Yuan Yao and successfully kill Shouchun City.

And from Yingshui to the south, if you want to kill Ben Shouchun, you have to pass through the three cities of Ruyin, Yingkou and Fengtai.

Among them, Ruyin is the gateway to the north and south of Huai, and Yingkou is located at the intersection of Yingshui and Huaishui, guarding the two water systems, as for the Fengtai, it is the last city that leads to Shouchun after entering Huaishui from Yingshui.

If Su Zhe wants to attack Shouchun, he must capture these three cities.

This first city is Ruyin City in front of you.

And Yuan Yao was not stupid, he ordered the general Ji Ling to lead 37,000 soldiers and horses into Ruyin City, putting on a posture of waiting for work, and he led 13,000 soldiers and horses to sit in Yingkou, forming an echo with Ruyin City.

Su Zhe's soldiers and horses were only 30,000, which was 5,000 less than the number of Yuan Yao's defenders in Ruyin City, and it was obviously unrealistic to capture Ruyin with 30,000 soldiers and horses.

"Yuan Yao thought that we would definitely move step by step, attack Ruyin first, and then attack Yingkou, if we can bypass Ruyin City, kill Yuan Yao by surprise, and directly attack Yingkou, then Ji Ling's army in Ruyin City will be defeated without a fight."

The veteran Huangfu Song is worthy of being a famous general, and he was the first to offer Su Zhe a clever plan.

Su Zhe's eyes lit up, and he nodded: "Old General Yizhen's strategy is not a clever plan. ”

At this time, Huang Zhong said: "Yingkou City is located on the south bank of Huaishui, if our army wants to capture the city, we must first cross the Huaishui, and if we want to force the Huaishui, we must mobilize boats and rafts on a large scale, and then it will definitely arouse the awareness of the enemy, and our plan for a surprise attack will not be exposed." ”

"This is a problem...... Su Zhe touched his chin and looked at Pang Tong with a smile, "Tong'er, this problem is up to you to solve." ”

Pang Tong let out a helpless wry smile, stood up, and paced the hall with his hands in his hands, exuding a wisdom temperament that did not match her beauty.

After a while, Pang Tong's thin lips were slanted, and the corners of his mouth swept into a confident smirk, and then he explained his plan unhurriedly.

"Good! That's it! Su Zhe slapped the case and smiled happily.

At that moment, Su Zhe used Pang Tong's strategy to solve the problem of the raft first.

Seven days later, Su Zhe asked Huangfu Song to lead 5,000 soldiers and horses, leave Xiangcheng under his banner, and along the west bank of Yingshui, pretending to bluff into Ruyin City.

Su Zhe led the main army and quietly crossed to the east bank of Yingshui, traveled day and night, bypassed Ruyin City, and went straight to Yingkou City.

Four days later, at dusk, Su Zhe led 25,000 soldiers and horses and finally arrived on the north bank of Huaishui.

On the south bank of Huaishui, the outline of Yingkou City is already faintly visible, as long as he crosses Huaishui smoothly, he can surprise and attack Yingkou City.

It's just that the coastal line is empty, and there is no shadow of half a boat in sight.

The soldiers all gathered on the bank, looking at the rolling water, with a blank face, all thinking about how their lord planned to let them cross the river, could it be difficult for them to swim over?