Coming to the map and looking at it, Xu Mao said fairly: "Messenger Cheng Liang, don't toss in Huainan, let him lead the army westward and recover Jiangnan as soon as possible, as for Henan and Huainan, you might as well throw it to the thief army first." ”

"What? So we've been busy for so long, haven't we done it in vain? ”

Xu Mao said fairly: "Then what do you want?" Do you continue to attack Huainan? Don't take it down when we don't get there, Huainan loses it again, that's really stealing chickens and not eating a handful of rice. ”

"Mao Gong is right."

The eldest grandson Wuji said: "Marshal, I think I will do what Gong Mao said, now there is no other way, first control Jiangnan in hand, don't beat chickens and eggs." ”

"Anyway, what you say makes sense."

Cheng Yanjin called a few heralds in and ordered: "Go to General Cheng Liang's camp as soon as possible, ask him to withdraw the army, assist General Wei Chi Baolin, and recover the counties in the south of the Yangtze River." As for Huainan... Let him not worry about it anymore. ”

"No."

Several heralds answered, turned and quickly left.

*************

At this time, in Yangzhou, the atmosphere is just the opposite compared with Suzhou.

Aguduo's army, after capturing Henan, counterattacked Yangzhou; Zhuge Can used the strategy of diverting the tiger from the mountain to attract the Yangzhou garrison to the northeast, and then Lu Yang led the army and easily captured Yangzhou City.

After winning Yangzhou, the Xiliang Army was shocked and returned to its previous strength state.

"Strategist, general, good news."

Outside the main hall, Lu Yang's voice came.

Everyone looked up and saw Lu Yang running in with a smile.

In everyone's impression, Lu Yang is a very stable general, and his joy and anger are never revealed, but now he is so out of shape, what kind of happy event can make him so happy?

Everyone was curious.

Aguduo smiled and asked, "General Lu Yang, what is the good news?" Is it worth your pleasure? ”

Lu Yang walked into the main hall and said with a smile: "General Yu, Yu Junshi, Cheng Liang's house, finally withdrew!" ”

"Oh? How can this be? ”

"Yes, I just received news that Cheng Liang's 50,000-strong army has withdrawn from the Huainan border and has withdrawn to the south."

Ah Gu Duo laughed and said: "Okay, as soon as that disaster star leaves, we will be better done, and the counties and counties of Huainan will be restored in the near future." ”

Zhuge Can also nodded, and arched his hand: "Congratulations to the general, Cheng Liang's stumbling block is gone, we will soon be able to connect Henan and Huainan together, although in terms of strength, it is not as good as in the past, but in terms of geographical location, it is not inferior to the past." ”

Ah Guduo smiled and said: "I know, you want to say, can we join forces with the Northern Desert Army, I have considered this, but this matter has to be taught to the king, I can't be the master." ”

Zhuge Can said confidently: "The king will definitely agree." ”

While he was talking, three soldiers ran in from outside, and one of them was supported and panted in.

When everyone saw it, they were puzzled and asked, "What happened?" ”

The panting soldier said: "General, Xiliang is lost, the king asked me to tell you that he is leading the army out of Qinglong Pass, entering the Guannei Road, coming to meet the general, and let the general feign attack the fortification and attract the enemy's troops." ”

With that, the soldier fainted.

Speaking of which, it was really not easy for him to find this.

There were more than 100 soldiers sent out to report the news, and the rest went to all parts of the south of the Yangtze River.

"What? Xiliang is lost? ”

Aguduo stood up suddenly, a look of horror on his face.

He looked at Zhuge Can and asked, "Military Master, how could Xiliang lose it?" ”

Lu Yang also frowned and said: "Yes, the Tang army has been attracted to the Central Plains by us, who can attack Xiliang?" Could it be that Li Shimin still has an army and is useless? Or.... ”

Lu Yang thought of someone, but after he thought about it, he felt that it was impossible.

Zhuge Can asked: "General, what is the strength of the one named Luo Yi?" ”

"Luo Yi? What strength can he have, but it's just a little Taishou in Longxi. ”

Ah Guduo looked at him and said, "You don't want to say that it was Luo Yi who captured Xiliang, right?" ”

Zhuge Can said: "Apart from him, I can't think of a second person." ”

"Impossible, how many soldiers does he have?"

A Guduo said: "Although I Xiliang suffered serious losses of soldiers and horses before, I added more than 100,000 soldiers and horses later, and the king still has a lot of grain and grass in his hands, how can he not hold on?" Don't say it's Luo Yi, even if it's Li Shimin, there's no way to take me Xiliang. ”

He is very confident in this.

Zhuge Can said: "But don't forget, the general doesn't forget that the current Luo Yi is not the previous Luo Yi, he defeated the Qiang people, occupied the Western Qiang, and got the support of the snowy tribes, and his strength has risen greatly." ”

"His strength is enough to match my Xiliang!"

Ah Guduo sat down slowly, took a deep breath and said, "The king is in trouble, I must go to the rescue." ”

Zhuge Can said: "General, in the sense of humility, according to what the king said, we can feign to attack the inner way, this is a good strategy." ”

"How so?"

Zhuge Can said with a smile: "General, please think about it, there are about 160,000 soldiers and horses in Guannei Dao, which are the most elite troops in the Tang Dynasty, and they are guarding the Beijing Division, even if Jiangnan, Huainan, and Henan have fallen, they have not been mobilized, which shows that they attach great importance to Guannei Dao; If we vigorously lead the army to go, Li Shimin will be shocked, not only the elite of Guannei Dao will come to entangle with us, I am afraid that even Jiang Nancheng Biting Jin, Xu Maogong, etc., will also join the battle. In this way, we restrained Cheng Yanjin, Xu Maogong and others, and indirectly slowed down their recovery of Jiangnan. That's a lot to do. ”

Lu Yang said: "More importantly, the king's order, we have to carry it out, let us go to attract the enemy army, we have to send troops, when the enemy army is attracted, the king can cross the state and reach Yangzhou." ”

Ah Guduo scratched his head, he couldn't quite understand, but since Zhuge Can and Lu Yang both said so, he felt that maybe it was the right choice, so he said: "Okay, then according to what you said, mobilize 200,000 troops tomorrow to..." ”

"Wait." Zhuge Can waved his hand and smiled.

"What's wrong?"

Zhuge Can said: "General, we have a total of 200,000 troops, but we can't all go." Otherwise, if Xu Maogong is desperate and comes to attack my Yangzhou, what should he do? ”

"And what do you mean?"

Zhuge Can smiled: "It's very simple, just go to 50,000, 50,000 pretend to be 200,000, they will definitely not find it." ”

"At the same time, we can also beware of Cheng Biting Jin and Xu Maogong, so that the backyard will not be empty."

So, the plan was formulated.

The next day, 50,000 troops in Yangzhou left and went to Guannei; But this army of 50,000 people, there are many banners, the queue is scattered, there is no chapter order, and it took a long time to finish, and the scouts who inquired about the news thought it was 200,000 and reported the news to Xu Maogong.

When Xu Maogong learned about it, he was shocked on the spot, and then he was puzzled.

"It's strange, how could Zhuge Can attack Guannei Dao? Didn't he kill himself? ”

Xu Maogong wondered.

Cheng Yanjin looked at the map and said with a smile: "Okay, if he dares to attack Guannei, let's not be polite, take the opportunity to capture Yangzhou!" ”