Xu Maogong thought about it, walked to the map, and pointed: "You see, it is not easy for the Xiliang soldiers to enter Henan, they have to cross more than 600 miles, and after entering Henan, they have to go to great lengths to attack the 50,000 soldiers and horses we have deployed, and it will take some time, I estimate that Zhuge Can wants to capture Henan, and it will be three months later." ”

"We can take this opportunity to capture Jiangnan, if we win Jiangnan, hum! Then we won't suffer, Jiangnan and Huainan were originally in the battle situation by them, we want to capture, it is very difficult, but they led the army to leave, but gave us a chance, Jiangnan was recovered, they could not get the support of Xiliang, and Yangzhou in our hands, and then the sea area to the northeast will be controlled, it will completely cut off the connection between them and Jiangnan, Huainan, as long as we hold these hundreds of miles, hold Yangzhou, and win five months, it is very likely to take this opportunity to recover Jiangnan, Huainan, Jiangdong and other places, At that point, the tide of battle will be different. ”

"Hahaha... What a great idea! Cheng Yanjin laughed and said: "Strategist, you have such a good plan, why didn't you say it earlier, we are worried in vain." ”

Originally, everyone was still sad, but when Xu Maogong said this, they all smiled.

The eldest grandson Wuji said: "In this way, we have to race against time, and we have to compete with the enemy for time?" ”

"Not bad."

Xu Maogong kept looking at the map, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this plan was feasible, he said with a smile: "The most important thing for us now is to capture Suzhou, once Suzhou is breached, it will completely cut off the enemy's retreat, they just want to come back, but they can't come back." ”

Cheng Yanjin said excitedly: "I will let Cheng Liang lead the troops to go, and within two days, Suzhou will be captured." ”

"Wait."

Xu Mao said fairly: "Zhuge Can is too cunning, he is afraid that he will not allow us to cut off his retreat like this, and we have to leave a team of soldiers and horses to ambush him halfway to prevent him from coming." ”

"Also, here, here, there are 50,000 enemy soldiers stationed in each, if we don't solve these 100,000 people, let's attack Suzhou, I'm afraid there will be some trouble."

"What's the idea of the military advisor?" Eldest Sun Wuji asked.

Xu Maogong sneered and said: "These 50,000 people in the north, we are not good to eat, he may join forces with Zhuge Can at any time, or Zhuge Can will come back to help, but these 50,000 people in the south, we are decided!" ”

"Cheng Liang."

"The end will be."

Xu Mao said fairly: "The day after tomorrow, you will lead 50,000 troops to attack Suzhou." ”

"Order."

"Yu Chi Baolin."

"The end will be."

Xu Mao said fairly: "You have 20,000 iron cavalry and 10,000 chariots, and you are ambushed on this plain, as long as the 50,000 garrisons in the south move, you can rush up and defeat them." ”

"Order."

Xu Maogong smiled: "In this way, we will pull out a nail, as for the 50,000 people in the north, when we learn that we have annihilated the 50,000 people in the south, we will definitely be very panicked and go to meet Zhuge Can, and then our army will take advantage of the situation to seize the camp and cut off their retreat." ”

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Two days later.

After Zhuge Can's army left far away, the Tang army in Yangzhou City also rested.

Cheng Liang led 50,000 troops to attack Suzhou, and at the same time, Wei Chi Baolin also set off with 10,000 chariots and 20,000 cavalry, and according to the plan, he was ready to annihilate the 50,000 people stationed in the south.

As for Xu Maogong, Cheng Yanjin and others, they will continue to garrison Yangzhou and control the situation, the most important thing is to prevent Zhuge Can from going south, once they go south, they will go to block it, no matter what, they can't let the enemy come back to help, disturbing Cheng Liang and Yu Chi Baolin's plan.

From Yangzhou to Suzhou, the distance is still a little far, especially for the infantry, carrying powerful siege equipment, baggage, trebuchets, etc., it is more difficult to walk, and it takes a lot of time.

It took a week.

Cheng Liang led the troops to the outside of Suzhou, about ten miles away, and set up camp.

That night, I rested for the night.

By the next day, the army had set out to siege the city as planned.

And when they received this news, the 50,000 people stationed in the south and the 50,000 people stationed in the north all hesitated.

They were ordered to protect Yangzhou and Suzhou, and if any city was attacked, they had to lead troops to the rescue; Some time ago, when Yangzhou was attacked, they were ready to go to the rescue, but before the soldiers and horses moved, they received news that Yangzhou had been captured, so they brought the army back, and today, Suzhou was attacked, should they go to the rescue?

According to Zhuge Can's order, of course they had to go, but judging from the situation, they felt that they didn't dare to go.

The reason is very simple, behind them are Xu Maogong and Cheng Yanjin, if the enemy leads the army and is flanked, what should I do?

At this time, they didn't know the news that Yu Chi Baolin's iron cavalry and chariot had followed.

The two armies hesitated for a long time, and finally, on the third day of the attack on Suzhou City, the 50,000 people in the south couldn't bear it anymore, and dispatched 40,000 of them to Suzhou, preparing to attack Cheng Liang's troops who were attacking Suzhou.

As soon as the 40,000 troops left, Cheng Liang and Wei Chi Baolin both received the news.

The three days they had been waiting for were really like years, and they wanted to turn around and attack the 50,000 directly, but when they thought of Xu Maogong's plan, they gave up. But unexpectedly, the enemy really took the bait, which made the two of them ecstatic, especially Yu Chi Baolin, after receiving the news, he immediately let his iron cavalry chariot press up, ready to choose a smooth place to annihilate the enemy.

A day later, the two armies met in the territory of Suzhou.

Yu Chi Baolin attacked from behind, only 10,000 chariots were dispatched, and in only one hour of battle, he killed 40,000 enemies on the march and was defeated!

There was basically no suspense in the battle, there were 40,000 people, and there was no chance to resist, and 10,000 taels of chariots pressed up, leaving only the desperate escape.

After chasing and killing for most of the day, the battle stopped, and after that, Wei Chi Baolin received an order from Xu Maogong to go to meet with Cheng Liang and strive to capture Suzhou as soon as possible.

At the same time, Xu Maogong also made a ruthless move, he first sent 50,000 people, pretending to attack the 50,000 enemy troops stationed in another place, and halfway through, the 50,000 people fled when they heard the wind and went to Henan to meet Zhuge Can.

So the people sent by Xu Maogong took advantage of the situation to capture that small county, and then turned back, captured another county in the east, and annihilated all the 10,000 enemy troops who had been left inside.

In this way, as long as Suzhou is breached, the way back to Jiangnan for the Xiliang army will be completely broken...

But even so, Xu Maogong was not at ease, he asked people to set up a camp between Suzhou and Yangzhou, there were not many soldiers and horses, only 5,000 people, but it was enough to go to block the road to Henan.

There is also a large area of Henan in the northeast that is close to the sea area, and Xu Maogong also sent people to capture two small cities in succession to garrison them to prevent the enemy from taking the opportunity to pass through the gaps.