Xu Mao said fairly: "If we attack Suzhou, we will be attacked by the three armies outside the city, so if we attack the three armies outside the city, will Suzhou come to the rescue?" I don't think it will be, one is that there is no cavalry in the city, and it is impossible to rescue and evacuate, and the other is that his strength is not good, once the troops are transferred out of Suzhou, what should Suzhou do? Three, hum, Suzhou has hoarded a large amount of grain and grass, does he dare not take it into account? ”

"Our army is divided into three routes, with at least 80,000 troops on each road, rushing to attack the southwest, southeast, and Suiyang City, and within three days, we must completely annihilate the enemy! I will lead an army of 50,000 to surround Suzhou, so that Zhuge Can will not be able to get out. ”

"When the three armies are solved, let's go back and attack Suzhou, we will definitely be like a tiger descending the mountain, a tiger roaring and a whale swallowing, like a bamboo!"

"Good!" Cheng Yanjin smiled: "Then do it, let's go tomorrow!" ”

Xu Mao said fairly: "Let's fight here, there are too many benefits; Zhuge Can is in distress, and A Guduo is bound to come to the rescue! The Xiliang soldiers from all over Huainan will be withdrawn, and our army can take advantage of the situation to recover Huainan. ”

"And there are not many garrisons in Jiangnan, let's solve Zhuge Can, and we can quickly recover the cities, of course, this has to be after solving Aguduo!"

Listening to Xu Maogong's eloquent talk, the five-body body that everyone admired was thrown to the ground, and in a few words, he had the opportunity to recover Huainan and Jiangnan.

Immediately, everyone agreed with Xu Maogong's attention and decided to launch an attack on Suzhou and the surrounding forces in two days!

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Two days later.

Jiangnan Road, Suzhou City.

After receiving the report, hundreds of thousands of troops left Yangzhou and went to Suzhou, southeast and southwest of Suzhou, Suiyang and other places.

In the main hall, apart from him, there is only one general, Lu Yang!

Lu Yang is the first fierce general under Ah Gu Duo, and he is also a wise general, in Zhuge Can's words, if you want to compare A Gu Duo with Lu Yang, he values Lu Yang more and likes Lu Yang.

It is true that Aguduo is obedient and brave in battle, but he is too reckless, and if there is no one to give advice, he will not be able to make a decision.

"Strange, strange... Xu Maogong: What is this doing? Did he want to attack my three camps at the same time? Isn't that too bold? Zhuge Can stood next to the map and said with a puzzled face.

Lu Yang said with a smile: "Strategist, don't think about it, Xu Maogong just relies on his own large number of soldiers, doesn't take us seriously, wants to attack my three garrisons at the same time, and wants to besiege me together with Suzhou." Hum! This time, it's really a godsend, let's plan well and fight a big victory! ”

Zhuge Can said: "But I don't understand, how dare he divide his troops into four ways?" Isn't he afraid that I will attack Yangzhou? Not afraid of sneaking up on his armies? ”

"Strategist, why are you confused, he doesn't know about our transfer of troops to Suzhou, and he still thinks that our Suzhou only has 50,000 people." Lu Yang said excitedly.

Zhuge Can slapped the table and said with a smile: "Oh! Hahaha... Yes, yes, I'm confused! ”

"Humph! What a godsend!

As early as half a month ago, Xu Maogong, Cheng Biting Jin, etc., had not yet come to Yangzhou, Zhuge Can was afraid of Xu Maogong, or attached importance to Xu Maogong, he sent a letter to A Guduo, asking to mobilize 50,000 iron cavalry to help first, anyway, Huainan attacked almost the same, compared with Huainan, or Jiangnan is more important, A Guduo did not hesitate, according to Zhuge Can's suggestion, 50,000 elite Xiliang iron horses, all marching at night, resting during the day, it took a full ten days to rush to Suzhou City, not to mention Xu Maogong, even Qin Huaiyu, Huainan Province Jiedu envoy Cao Yundu, Yangzhou Metropolitan Governor Feng Shaoqing, also did not know.

Looking at the map and studying it for a while, Zhuge Can shouted, "Someone." ”

Immediately, four or five soldiers ran in.

He said: "A few of you, go to the southeast camp, the southwest camp, and the Suiyang City garrison to give orders, let them be careful and prepare to defend the city, without my order, no one is allowed to retreat, let alone attack!" ”

"No." All heralds retreated.

Zhuge Can asked: "General Lu Yang, how many soldiers and horses do we have in Suzhou City now?" ”

Lu Yang arched his hand and said: "There are 50,000 elite Xiliang iron cavalry, 5,000 chariots, 5,000 spear warriors, 5,000 archers, and 5,000 shield soldiers!" ”

"Well, there are 70,000 of them! That's enough! ”

Zhuge Can said: "As far as I know, Xu Maogong's 350,000 people, except for 70,000 or 80,000 veterans, the rest are all new soldiers, and there are no iron cavalry, and even the 10,000 light cavalry in his army are newly formed and have no combat effectiveness. ”

"Such an army, if it is a field battle, our 50,000 iron cavalry and 5,000 chariots will be enough to win!"

After thinking about it for a long time, Zhuge Can finally made a bold decision!

With 50,000 iron horsemen in hand and chariots galloping, why not do a good job and completely defeat Xu Maogong, Cheng Yanjin and others?!

Zhuge Can said: "After his more than 200,000 people go to attack the southwest, southeast, and Suiyang, our praying mantis catches cicadas and yellow finches behind, and uses 30,000 iron horsemen to attack their rear army!" Lu Yang, this time it's up to you to go and defeat them completely! ”

"Order!"

Lu Yang thought for a while and asked, "Strategist, we still have 20,000 iron cavalry and 5,000 chariots, why don't we use them?" ”

"Hmph, these 25,000 elites, I have to keep them, just camp between Suzhou and Yangzhou, I will see how his hundreds of thousands of troops can go back to Yangzhou, after you lead the army to defeat the enemy soldiers who have entered all parts of my Jiangnan, we will try to capture Yangzhou again, this time, we must not let Xu Maogong escape!"

"Yes!" Lu Yang said excitedly.

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On this day, the weather was clear and cloudless.

Under the leadership of several Tang generals such as Xu Maogong, Cheng Yanjin, and Changsun Wuji, Yangzhou City had an army of 300,000 and left Huainan and came to the border of Jiangnan.

Of the 300,000 troops, 240,000 went to attack the southeast village, the southwest wall, and Suiyang City, of which 60,000 were led by Xu Maogong and besieged Suzhou.

In this way, in general, it is a four-way army.

At this time, there was no movement in the direction of Suzhou City, except for a few spies and heralds sent out yesterday, there was no action until now, and there was no preparation for even defending the city.

After five days of marching, Xu Maogong, Cheng Yanjin and others finally came to the city of Suzhou, and the soldiers set up a position to surround the city.

On the city tower, Zhuge Can poked out his head, looked at the recruits under the city, and chuckled: "General Lu Yang, how many soldiers and horses do you need to defeat these people?" ”

"I only need 10,000 iron riders!" Lu Yang said with certainty.

"Is it going to go out of the city now?"

"No, forget it for today, wait two days. Let's wait for his other three-way army to go away, and then attack Xu Maogong, hum... ”

Lu Yang said: "Sir, don't worry, this time, we can not only destroy Xu Maogong, but also recapture Yangzhou, Huainan is just around the corner." ”

The two looked at each other and laughed, but just for a moment, the two quickly closed their mouths again, for fear of being discovered.