On this night, there were major battles in several places on the border of the south of the Yangtze River, and corpses were everywhere and blood flowed like rivers.

Until dawn, the battle was not over.

The situation of the battle here was truthfully reported to Zhuge Can by the scouts.

In Suzhou City, in the palace, Zhuge Can held several battle reports in his hand, and after reading them, he angrily spit out a mouthful of blood on the spot.

"Strategist, are you alright?" A pro-guard next to him was startled.

"I... I'm fine! I'm fine! Zhuge Can stood up, took a few battle reports, and said angrily: "Blame me, blame me!" Why didn't I think that this was Xu Maogong's strategy?! ”

"How many of you..."

"Strategist." A few pro-soldiers bowed their hands slightly.

Zhuge Can said: "You go and give the order quickly, let Lu Yang and Wu Qing..." ”

At this point, he didn't go any further.

Several pro-soldiers were puzzled and asked, "Strategist, what did you say?" ”

Zhuge Can sighed heavily, returned to his seat and sat down, and said, "Forget it, forget it, it's too late to give the order at this time!" According to the speed of the enemy's army, I am afraid that I have defeated all the armies at this moment and went to join Xu Maogong and others. ”

At this point, there are only two paths to take.

First, let Lu Yang and Wu Qing return to the army, and together with Dong Le, intercept the enemy, or defeat the enemy.

But when he thought about it, Lu Yang, Wu Qing, and Dong Le didn't have many men and horses in their hands, less than 50,000, of which there were only 20,000 iron cavalry and 5,000 chariots, could they defeat more than 100,000 Tang troops? What's more, now the Tang Army is carrying a big victory.

Also, if the army is returned, then Yangzhou will not be lost, and if Xu Maogong captures Yangzhou again, it will really be a failure.

The second is to let the soldiers and horses in Suzhou City dispatch 15,000 to set up an ambush halfway, which may be urgent, after all, the enemy will pass through Suzhou.

But he thought about it again, if the soldiers and horses in Suzhou were transferred away, and Xu Maogong took advantage of the situation to attack, what should he do, if he lost Suzhou, wouldn't it be even more involved.

So, as soon as he summed it up in his heart, he made up his mind that the soldiers and horses in these two places could not move, and could only sit and watch the success or failure.

Thinking of this, he hurriedly took out the map and muttered: "I want to see, what the hell is Xu Maogong doing, using Yangzhou as bait, where can he escape?" ”

"Without Yangzhou, where to retreat? Don't you want Huainan? ”

He stared at the map, studying it carefully.

A little, he found some clues, on the west side of Cheng Yanjin and Xu Maogong's camp, there is a small road, which can go to Guannei and turn to Henan, Zhuge Can suddenly realized, and said with a smile: "I see, I want to entrench in Henan and continue to compete with me." ”

"Xu Maogong, it's really not simple, it's all in a desperate situation, but let him come up with a way to escape..."

"A few of you."

"Strategist." A few of the soldiers answered.

Zhuge Can said: "Send someone to keep an eye on the battle in the south, and if our soldiers are defeated, let the defeated soldiers return to Suzhou." ”

"No."

Zhuge Can continued: "Then order Lu Yang, Wu Qing, and Dong Le, withdraw the soldiers who blocked the road, and all the troops will go to Yangzhou, and after capturing Yangzhou, they will be stationed in place. ”

"No."

A few pro-soldiers hurried to herald.

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The fighting in the south did not cease until noon.

Cheng Liang and Yu Chi Baolin won a great victory and finally defeated the enemy's 40,000 iron cavalry.

At the same time, Suiyang City was conquered by the Xiliang soldiers, but there were only 10,000 Xiliang soldiers who attacked Suiyang, and they were all infantry.

Just like that, I watched 40,000 iron horsemen in the hands of the Tang Army.

Under the joint attack of Cheng Liang, Wei Chi Baolin, and the 160,000 army, plus the enemy was surrounded, and was flanked on both sides, he was very passive; In the end, no less than 20,000 were killed, more than 10,000 were scattered, and the remaining thousands fled back to Suiyang.

After repelling the enemy, Cheng Liang and Wei Chi Baolin didn't say a word, and led the army straight to the camp of Xu Maogong and Cheng Yanjin.

The defeated army of Suiyang received an order from Zhuge Can, and also withdrew to Suzhou.

In this battle, the Xiliang soldiers suffered a big loss, losing the most elite Xiliang iron cavalry, but at the same time, they also hit Cheng Liang and Wei Chi Baolin hard. When cleaning the battlefield, it was found that there were more corpses on the field than the Xiliang soldiers of the Tang Army, and there were no less than 40,000 corpses everywhere, many of which were lightly injured and seriously injured!

Two days later.

Cheng Liang and Wei Chi Baolin led an army of 120,000 to meet with Xu Maogong and Cheng Yanjin's camp.

In the tent of the Chinese military camp, everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Cheng Liang and Wei Chi Baolin coming in.

"Xiaoliang, Baolin, you're finally back." Cheng Yanjin stepped forward to look at the two of them and asked, "Are you all right?" ”

At this time, Cheng Liang and Yu Chi Baolin were covered in blood all over their bodies, and they didn't know if it was the enemy's or their own bodies, and their whole bodies were emitting an unpleasant stench.

The two patted their chests, and Cheng Liang said, "Dad, I'm fine." ”

"I'm fine, too."

Xu Maogong asked, "Can the casualties of this battle be counted?" ”

Cheng Liang said: "Yu Junshi, on the way back, it has been counted that we have lost 40,000 soldiers... There are 120,000 left. ”

"Why is there such a huge loss?"

Cheng Liang explained: "The battle was too rushed, and after the battle ended, we didn't have time to clean up the battlefield at all, so we hurriedly marched, and many soldiers were only slightly injured and didn't have time to keep up, so.... ”

The crowd understood.

Xu Mao said fairly: "Then don't delay any longer, let's set off for the whole army and go to Henan!" ”

"Cheng Liang, Yu Chi Baolin."

"The end will be."

"You two, you still have to take charge of the aftermath, lead 50,000 troops to ambush in the mountain stream path, and escort our army to evacuate."

"Order." The two of them bowed at the same time.

Although they are very tired now, thinking of the safety and future of the army, both of them cheered up themselves.

This battle ended with Xu Maogong and Cheng Biting Jin leading the troops to withdraw.

On the third day of the withdrawal, the two received news that Aguduo had led an army of 100,000 to return! This news scared Xu Maogong out of a cold sweat, and secretly retreated quickly, if he was half a step slower, the Tang army would really be wiped out.

After this battle, the losses of the Tang army were unprecedented; originally led 300,000 troops to the expedition, but now only 140,000 have returned, losing more than half of them, and also losing Yangzhou.

Yangzhou is gone, which means that Huainan is not guaranteed.

In this way, Aguduo and Zhuge Can, that is, the vast waters of Jiangnan, Huainan, and the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, if there is a naval army, they can drive straight into the north and south.

What's more, after winning Huainan, the land of the Tang Dynasty was divided into two sections, and the huge land of Jiangdong was left alone...

Although Jiangdong is not a large territory, it is not as good as Huainan, and it is also low and narrow, but after all, it is a land of thousands of miles, and it is also linked to the southern Xinjiang mountain range, and its geographical location is equally important.

Judging from the current situation, the momentum of Xiliang is extremely huge, and it is even more difficult for Datang to fight back.