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Xuzhou, East China Sea

The potters and Cao Bao recruited all the soldiers from the nearby counties and counties to the East China Sea, a total of 23,000 people, and absorbed more than 20,000 bandits and 10,000 forcibly conscripted militiamen, a total of 50,000 people, and the potters appointed Cao Bao as the general as the "state pastor", and his younger brothers Cao Feng and Cao Lin were the deputy generals, leading 50,000 troops to Xuzhou. Cao Bao's cronies Feng Huang led 5,000 troops to Xiapi for the vanguard, and Xiapi was in a hurry.

Tao Ying "appointed" Zhao Yu as a general in Guangling to raise 20,000 troops to respond, Zhao Yu's brother Zhao Feng led the forward 3,000 all the way to Huai'an, and Huai'an asked Liu Bei Feishu for help. At the same time, Zhao Yu once again sent a letter asking Yuan Shu to send troops, and Zhao Yu's cronies and clansmen in Guangling were all named "county guards" and "county orders".

In Xuzhou, when he learned that the Tao brothers had rebelled, Xiapi and Huai'an were in an emergency, Liu Bei quickly summoned everyone to discuss countermeasures.

Among the government offices, Liu Bei is the main seat in the hall, and the left side is Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Mi Fang, Zhou Cang and other military generals, and Gao Ping is in the first place on the right side (because it has the greatest credit to Xuzhou, so Mi Zhu is the first to give the first place to Gao Ping), and under it are Mi Zhu, Sun Qian, Chen Deng, Jian Yong, Chen Qun and other civil officials.

After everyone finished saluting, Liu Bei said: "Now that the Tao brothers have rebelled, and the people of Xuzhou have suffered from war for no reason, do you have a good way to break the enemy?" ”

"Big brother don't have to worry" Zhang Fei opened his throat and shouted: "Tomorrow, I will kill him with my second brother without leaving a piece of armor"

Guan Yu also said proudly: "What a foot is the Tao family's two children, they are cut in front of the battle."

Mi Zhu came out and said: "The two generals are not impatient, the enemy army is strong today, and our army is small, so we cannot be defeated."

"Pottery merchants and Tao Ying have tens of thousands of people to attack, Xuzhou only has more than 10,000 people, although the two generals are brave, but they are outnumbered, and the chances of victory are not much" Chen Deng also worried.

"Why don't you send someone to ask for foreign help," Sun Gan said.

"No" Chen Deng hurriedly stopped: "If you ask for help, only Yanzhou Cao Cao and Shouchun Yuan Shu are the closest, but both of them have the heart of a tiger and a wolf, and they have always intended to annex Xuzhou, and the disaster is even worse than that of the Tao brothers."

"This can't be done, that's not possible, can't you wait for the Tao child to attack, it's just that my brother was a little better and let go of these two thieves, why don't you follow the words of the high boy, let me Lao Zhang stab me to death with a spear at that time, and save a lot of trouble" Zhang Fei spread his hands and shouted.

Everyone talked about it, and Gao Ping lowered his head slightly to make a contemplative state, in fact, Gao Ping is not worried about the tens of thousands of horses of the Tao brothers, the first no general to lead the troops, the second no witty people to conspire, especially the Tao Shang's people, although there are many people, but it is a temporary patchwork, victory or can move forward bravely, if defeated for a while, it will be scattered, as long as the danger is guarded, the battle can be broken with the courage of Guan Zhang, but now Xuzhou is so big that the movement will attract foreign enemies, at present, only Cao Cao and Yuan Shu are most likely to intervene in Xuzhou, At this time, Cao Cao was fighting fiercely with Lu Bu in Yanzhou, and he should have no time to look eastward, but Yuan Shu sat in Huainan and Shouchun land, and the soldiers were full of food, so it was very likely to send troops to Xuzhou, and Guangling Zhao Yu and Yuan Shu had been secretly communicating for a long time, and the original intention of Zhao Yu's rebellion may be to welcome Yuan Shu into Xuzhou.

Everyone has been talking for a long time and can't come up with a good way to break the enemy, Liu Bei sighed secretly, Sun Qian and Jian Yong are all internal affairs talents, Chen Deng and Mi Zhu are from a family, and the strategy is insufficient, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are more than brave, and the strategy is insufficient.

Suddenly saw Gao Ping in contemplation, his eyes lit up, maybe only Ziqing could really solve the crisis in front of him

"Why is the military advisor silent?" Liu Bei said with a smile, and everyone also focused on Gao Ping, and the lobby was a lot quieter for a while.

Gao Ping was taken aback, got up and said, "Lord, Ping is thoughtful!" ”

"Oh, isn't Ziqing already having a good plan in his chest?"

"Hehe" Gao Ping chuckled, "No! ”

When Liu Bei heard this, he couldn't help but sink and everyone in the hall looked at Gao Ping in puzzlement, and Gao Ping, who had always been witty, suddenly said this is beyond people's expectations.

Gao Ping observed everyone's reaction slightly, got up and said, "I don't have to worry about the tens of thousands of Tao brothers and horses!" The First World War can be decided, so why bother to plan"

Liu Bei's eyes lit up and he couldn't help asking: "Ziqing and tell me more"

"The key to victory or defeat in the war lies in the five things, namely, the time, the location, the people, the generals, and the legal system," Gao Ping said while stretching out his fingers and enumerated: "Today, the lord inherits the order of Tao Gong to receive Xuzhou, which is the right time; The name of the lord's benevolence and righteousness spreads far and wide, and is supported by the people, this occupies people, Guan Zhang Er will have the courage of ten thousand people, the army is disciplined, only the geographical advantage is not advantageous among these five things, Xuzhou is located in the plain, a horse and a flat river, there is no danger to defend, plus the city wall is low, not conducive to defense, so if the enemy soldiers come to the city, then Xuzhou will be in danger, the day before yesterday Tao Gongzu is a lesson from the past. In the current situation, only a small number of men and horses can hold down Tao Ying's 20,000 rebels, and your heavy troops can quickly break the 50,000 army of the potters."

"The lord can order General Guan to be the main general, Yuan Long to lead 5,000 men and horses to defend Huai'an, as long as Tao Ying and others can be dragged on, on the other hand, he personally led the Xuzhou army to break the pottery merchant first, and the merchant defeated to take advantage of the situation to attack the East China Sea and other places, Tao Ying learned that the pottery merchant was defeated, Zhao Yu was quite timid, at that time they were lonely, but they retreated without a fight."

"Ziqing can't be trusted" Chen Deng said: "According to the report from the secret agent, Shouchun Yuan Shu is now frequently mobilizing people and horses, and it seems that he is going to send troops to Xuzhou."

Gao Ping waved his hand and continued: "The key to this battle is how to quickly defeat the pottery merchants, so the elite of Xuzhou must all be dispatched, Yuan Shu, the dry bones in the grave, if he doesn't come back, if he comes, as long as he uses a little trick, he will have no return, you can make Zhou Cang lead four hundred flying dragon guards, six hundred light cavalry ambush in the mountains and forests between Lingbi and Si, Ping will give him another one, if Yuan Shu does not come to return, if he comes to attack Xuzhou, he must go here, and then he can act according to the plan, and Yuan Shu will be anxious."

"Yuan Shu is far away from Xuzhou, but with 10,000 pairs of potters and 50,000 troops, can you have a chance of winning?" Liu Bei hesitated and said: "These 50,000 horses are not Yellow Turban thieves, but there are nearly 20,000 Danyang elite soldiers of Cao Bao inside."

"Don't worry, don't worry" Gao Ping smiled: "Ping has its own strategy to break the enemy, but the heavenly opportunity must not be leaked, we still send troops to Pi first, otherwise when the main force of the pottery merchant arrives, Xia Pi will be broken."

"You, every time you are so mysterious," Liu Bei scolded with a smile.

On the same day, Liu Bei divided his troops into two routes, rescued Huai'an, and sent troops all the way to Pi. Of course, Zhou Cang quietly went to Lingbi and Si County with his cavalry.

When Liu Bei's 10,000 horses arrived at Xiapi, it was already the evening of the fourth day, why? Because Gao Ping asked the soldiers to go out day and night, hide their whereabouts, and quietly came to Xiapi. He quietly entered the city at night.