"Nine hundred longbows, three hundred and twenty horn bows, two hundred and six Hun short bows, ninety-one Xinjiang bows, one hundred and ten carved bows, and one hundred and sixteen thousand one hundred and twenty-five arrows. There are 350 crossbows and more than 14,000 special crossbow arrows. It's okay, it's okay, it's enough. ”

After muttering softly to the statistics of Guangling weapon bow and arrow reserves, Tao Ying breathed a sigh of relief, Di Rong has scraped the ground in Xiapi and Guangling in the past few years, and it is not in vain to scrape the ground, so he has left himself a fairly acceptable weapon reserve, especially in the most important feather arrows, the storage is quite sufficient - before the invention of standardized wind feather arrows, ordinary feather arrows must be pasted with bird feathers, and the cost is not ordinarily expensive, so Tao Ying will win the battle. The generals of the Gentleman's Army, who used an average of thirty-five arrows to kill one enemy, were still furious.

Rest assured, considering the productivity of this era, Tao Ying still instructed Zhang Yu on the side: "General Zhang, please immediately send an auxiliary army to the battlefield where I fought with the Zhenrong rebels a few days ago, carefully clean the battlefield, pay special attention to collecting broken arrows, remove all the feathers on them, and bring them back to Guangling City." In addition, send people to collect and purchase bamboo, willow, pole and fish bladder glue, kraft glue, bone glue and other arrow-making materials, seize the time to collect, the more the better. ”

"No, Childe, please rest assured, the last will send someone to do it immediately." Zhang Yu agreed, and immediately arranged for two deputies to go down and handle it separately. Then Zhang Yu turned to Tao Ying and asked, "Childe, Yuan Shu sent Sun Ce to attack Guangling, I don't know if you have a decision?" Is Guangling guarded or abandoned? ”

"If I want to give up Guangling, what else do I do with collecting materials for making arrows?" Tao Ying smiled and said: "Besides, isn't it a pity to give up so directly, the important town of Guangling, which was finally recovered?" ”

"But can we hold it?" Zhang Zhi was a little worried, "Sun Ce has always been known for his courage and good fighting, and in the past, it was said that Lujiang was too guarded by Lu Kang and had both courage and strategy, and he won more than 100,000 people in Huang Sui, and he was named a loyal general by the imperial court, with 2,000 stones in the ranks. However, such a brave and resourceful famous general met Sun Ce'er, but he was killed and retreated, so he could only close the city and defend it, and finally Sun Ce'er easily broke through the city of Lujiang and died of illness. Sun Ce is so brave, even if we guard Guangling, I'm afraid we won't be sure. ”

"Of course I know that Sun Ce can fight, but I will never give up Guangling City." Tao Ying said quietly: "Although Guangling was greatly damaged in the Zhenrong Rebellion, the population and economic foundation are still there, and it is very easy to recover. Besides, Guangling City is still quite strong, and it may not be impossible to hold on. ”

"Since Childe insists on sticking to it, then he will take his own orders." Zhang Yu was helpless, so he had to say: "Then there will be two suggestions, one is to ask Gongzi to give up the three counties of Tangyi, Yuguo and Jiangdu, concentrate manpower and material resources to Guangling, and stick to the city of Guangling." Second, please send a messenger north to Xuzhou to ask the lord for help, and ask the lord to send reinforcements south to rescue. ”

"The first suggestion is a good idea, but Tangyi is too far away, and it is too late to transfer the population and grain and grass, fortunately, Tangyi is only a small city, and the people are short of food, so leave it to Sun Ce Xiao'er, and transfer the population and grain and grass of the two counties of Yuguo and Jiangdu to Guangling." Tao Ying had an expression of confidence in his chest, and said: "As for the second suggestion, forget it, General Zhang, you don't know the current situation of the Xuzhou army, and my father can send us reinforcements?" ”

"Childe, do you want our army to fight alone?" Zhang Yu was surprised.

"Wrong, it's a division of troops!" Tao Ying sneered and said: "General Zhang, you stay in Guangling City, and I will lead the Junzi Army out of the city to fight a field battle and deal with Sun Ce'er." ”

"Childe, are you kidding?" Zhang Yu jumped up, "You want to lead the army of eight hundred gentlemen to meet Sun Ce Xiao'er again?" Sun Ce Xiao'er is not as good as Zhenrong Xiao'er, if Zhenrong Xiao'er's team is a group of rabble, then Sun Ce Xiao'er's team is a tiger and wolf division! And Sun Ce is brave and resourceful, and he will not make the same mistakes as the Zhengrong dog thief! ”

"Old general, you heard it, I didn't go to fight with Sun Ce Xiao'er, I said to deal with him!" Tao Ying smiled and said: "Guangling to Shouchun is more than 700 miles, there is no waterway to pass, Sun Ce Xiao'er's land grain road is also more than 700 miles, General Zhang, as long as you hold on in Guangling City for a while, when Sun Ce Xiao'er is forced to ask for food from the rear, that is, his death time has arrived." ”

"Childe wants to cut off Sun Ce'er's grain channel?" Zhang Yu's eyes lit up, and he finally understood Tao Ying's true plan.

"Not bad." Tao Ying nodded and smiled: "As the old general said, Sun Ce Xiao'er has both courage and strategy, and most of his subordinates are veteran generals who can fight well. Therefore, the only chance for our army to turn defeat into victory is to make an idea from Sun Ce'er's more than 700 miles of grain road. ”

"It's a good idea to cut off the enemy's food routes." Zhang Yu was a little tempted, and hesitated: "But Sun Ce is used to using soldiers, how can he not guard against our army cutting off his grain route?" Although Gongzi's Junzi Army is good at long-distance raids, once Sun Ce'er encircles Guangling, the Junzi Army is afraid that it will be difficult to even break through the city. ”

"I've already said that I won't be passive in Guangling City." Tao Ying smiled even more relaxed, and said: "I want to pull the Junzi Army out of the city, fight guerrilla warfare with Sun Ce Xiaoer in the field, find a good opportunity to break the enemy in the sports war, and at the same time share the pressure of defending the city for you, so that Sun Ce Xiao'er does not dare to attack the city with all his strength, and he does not even dare to sleep." ”

"Childe, are you talking on paper again?" Zhang Yi smiled bitterly, "With the mobility of the Junzi Army, it is not very difficult to deal with Sun Ce Xiao'er, and I believe this very much." But when you go to the wilderness to fight, how do you supply your military rations, forage and bows and arrows, and if you bring less, you won't last much time, and if you bring more, how can you give full play to the advantages of long-distance running? ”

"Don't worry, my Junzi Army has very low requirements for military rations and forage, and as long as there is a little supply, it can hold out for a long time." Tao Ying smiled very happily, and said: "And I plan to build two grain and grass supply points in the mountains and forests in the wild, and store a batch of grain and grass and weapons to ensure that I can fight for more than fifty days." ”

"Really?" Zhang Zhen was a little skeptical.

"Old general, please rest assured, the juniors are still young and reluctant to die, so the juniors will not joke with their lives." Tao Ying said with a smile: "There is another point, guarding the fortified city with infantry, fighting with the Junzi Army, and disturbing and destroying the enemy's grain route are also the Xuzhou Guard Strategy conceived by the younger generation when they decided to form the Junzi Army." At the same time, it will be the best way for the infantry and the gentleman's army to fight together, this is a rare opportunity to train troops, please don't persuade the old general anymore, the younger generation has made up his mind, and he doesn't want to miss this golden opportunity. ”

"In that case, then the general will be ordered." Zhang Zhi couldn't resist Tao Ying, and knew that the gentleman's army was the best in the world to escape, so he said: "But the last general has one thing to please remember, if the war is unfavorable, please ignore the last general, you can retreat first, although the last general is not talented, break through and retreat at any cost, this point is still grasped, and the son does not have to worry about the last general." ”

"Okay, I promise you." Tao Ying solemnly promised, and then Tao Ying told Zhang Zhi again: "Old general, Sun Ce Xiao'er is indeed brave and good at fighting, and he is brave and strategic, which is very dangerous, please be careful when you are trapped in Guangling." The younger generation has a plan to help the old general defend the city, please adopt it. ”

"What's Childe's plan? The last will listen to you. Zhang Yu asked curiously.

"My father and Sun Jian used to be good friends." Tao Ying recalled and said: "But after Sun Jian's death, when Sun Ce was living in Jiangdu, Xuzhou, he recruited talented people under my father's rule, made a wide range of people's hearts, and angered my father, and my father was angry and expelled him from Jiangdu and drove him back to Qu'a, and the two families have been feuding since then." Later, my father had a bad relationship with Sun Ce's maternal uncle Wu Jing, and the grudge with Sun Ce was deeper, and then later, Sun Ce sent his father's old department Lu Fan to Jiangdu to meet his mother, and took the opportunity to spy on the military situation in Xuzhou, which angered my father again, and my father ordered Lu Fan to be arrested and tortured, and finally although Lu Fan was rescued by his entourage, our Xuzhou army also formed a great enmity with Sun Ce'er! ”

Speaking of this, Tao Ying finally showed the fox tail of a hypocrite, and said with a smile: "So, the old general, you can hype up these old things in Guangling City, and then spread rumors, just say that Sun Ce Xiao'er has made an oath to follow the example of Cao Thief to slaughter the city for revenge, once Guangling is breached, the people of the whole city will not spare any of them, and they will all be killed cleanly!" As a result, the soldiers and civilians of Guangling can't help but fully support our army in defending the city. ”

"Childe's clever plan, the last general understands." Zhang Yi laughed even worse, lowered his voice and said: "Please rest assured, when the people of the two cities of Yuguo and Jiangdu are transferred to Guangling, the last general will immediately send people to spread these rumors, forcing these people to help the last general defend the city." ”

Tao Ying smiled heartily, and at the same time, Tao Ying was also a little suspicious in his heart, and said secretly: "Sun Ce sent troops to attack Guangling this time, is it really just to help Yuan Shu take advantage of the fire to rob?" Counting the time, the backbone behind this kid's head has also grown, and the Lu Fan who offered advice to Yuan Shu is also the old department of the dead old ghost Sun Jian, he offered a plan to persuade Yuan Shu to send Sun Ce to attack Guangling, could it be that he wanted Sun Ce to take the opportunity to read his strength? No, Sun Ce is a poisonous snake, he can't be allowed to grow up, and his fangs must be pulled out as soon as possible! ”

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Although Tao Ying's wishful thinking is good, it is a pity that things are easier said than done, the Xuzhou army that has just recovered Guangling has a foothold that is not stable, not only to appease the residents in the city, search and kill the heinous Zhenrong remnant party, but also to seize the time to reorganize and surrender the army, repair the city defense, and prepare weapons to defend the city, and at the same time have to transfer the neighboring Yuguo and the people of Jiangdu to clear the wall, and even more have to build two secret supply points under extreme secrecy.

So after a busy day, in the early morning of the next day, which was also the 30th day of August in the first year of Xingping, Tao Ying decisively made tactical adjustments, decided to lead the Junzi army out of the city in advance, and took the initiative to go west to meet Sun Ce's invading army, and used guerrilla tactics to delay the advance speed of Sun Ce's army, so as to gain time for the Xuzhou army led by Zhang Zhen to prepare for war. And Zhang Zhen also knew that time was precious, so it was rare that he did not object, but just told Tao Ying to be careful, and agreed that Tao Ying personally led the Junzi Army out of the city to meet Sun Ce. It was Lin Qing's little girl who caused some trouble for Tao Ying, pestering Tao Ying to go with her, but Tao Ying said that he would not give in this time, and scolded Lin Qing for being a bloody dog.

"Do you think I'm going on an outing, I'm going to hunt?" Tao Ying roared at Lin Qing, "You're seventeen years old, and you're still so ignorant?" I'm going out of the city to fight, and I'm going to slow down Sun Ce'er's marching speed, who is Sun Ce'er? A fierce general who can be counted on the fingers of the board under the sky! I'm going to fight him, and I'm not even sure about myself, and if I take you, the one who drags his feet, won't he die even worse?! Besides, are you trained for wilderness survival? Can you drink mare's milk to satisfy your hunger? Can you cut the blood vessels of the war horse, drink blood to save your life, and sew the blood vessels of the war horse on? Can you eat raw snake meat, rat meat, and ants without even blinking an eyelid? I didn't practice these skills, and I dare to fight guerrilla warfare with my gentleman's army?! ”

The first time she was scolded by Tao Ying like this, Lin Qing's little girl was so angry that she was tearful, and she was very aggrieved and pulled away by Zhang Zhen, Tao Ying glared at this little girl again, and then turned her gaze to Xu Sheng next to her, and said: "Wen Xiang, I don't plan to take you this time, it's not that I don't believe that you can't endure hardship, it's that I have a more important task to give you." ”

"The last general understands, please give instructions to the child." Relying on the merit of beheading eleven bodies in the battle with Zhenrong, Xu Sheng, who had been promoted to the goal of the tooth by Tao Yinghuo, replied respectfully.

"Remember the Macedonian phalanx I taught you last night?" Tao Ying asked first, and seeing Xu Sheng nodding, Tao Ying said again: "You go to the surrender team to select two hundred suitable surrender troops, seize the time to teach them the tactics of this phalanx, and train them urgently." Although this phalanx tactic has many flaws, and it has long been eliminated in the West thousands of miles away, it has never appeared on the land of China, and if we suddenly use it, even if it is Sun Ce'er, it will definitely be caught off guard, and it can be used as our infantry surprise. ”

"The last will obey." Xu Sheng clenched his fists and agreed, and said: "In fact, the last general thinks that there is still room for supplementation in this tactic, for example, the shortcomings of poor melee combat can make up for the ...... by allowing soldiers to equip short weapons." ”

"You can do it." Tao Ying waved his hand to interrupt and said, "To be honest, I also see this Western tactic in the book, I don't know a lot, I just think that this tactic can be used for a surprise attack, the effect should not be bad, and it is easy to train and easy to equip." If you have any good ideas, you can do them as much as you want, don't be afraid of failure, you and I are still young, and what we both have is the time and opportunity to sum up our experience and develop our strengths and avoid weaknesses. ”

"Gongzi Xie trusts, Gongzi knows the grace of encounters, even if Xu Sheng is broken, it will be difficult to repay him!" Xu Sheng was really excited, and he didn't understand why Tao Ying trusted himself so much, and he was so reliant on his subordinate who had just defected.

Feeling grateful, Xu Sheng suddenly remembered something again, and hurriedly said to Tao Ying: "Childe, regarding the Guangling battle situation, there will be a suggestion at the end, I don't know if Childe will adopt it?" ”

"Just say it, if it's good, I'll do what I say." Tao replied.

"Childe, why don't you ask General Zang Ba for help?" Xu Sheng suggested: "The prince's refusal to ask the lord for help is due to the fact that the lord's troops are insufficient, and the temporary deployment of a large number of troops will inevitably be in a hurry to destroy the defense of the five counties of Xuzhou. But General Zang Ba's troops are very abundant, and his combat effectiveness is not weak, and Gongzi, you have already cut off the head of Zhenrong and reached the promise to General Zang Ba, and General Zang Ba should also keep his promise and accept your command. Also, based on what the last general saw and heard in Langya, I feel that General Zang Ba is a person who does what he says. ”

"Good idea." Tao Ying nodded and said, "Now that the autumn harvest has just ended, Zang Ba's military rations should also be sufficient, and there should be the strength to send troops south." As for whether it will succeed or not, it depends on whether Zang Ba keeps his promises. That's it, I'll write a letter to Zang Ba immediately, and then send a fast horse to send the head to Kaiyang. ”

After some intense preparations, after bringing half a month's dry food, at noon that day, Tao Ying once again led the eight hundred gentlemen's army out of the city alone, and went west to take the initiative to meet Sun Ce, striving to delay the advance speed of Sun Ce's army, and this time, the soldiers of the Junzi Army finally had the rotation of war horses that Tao Ying dreamed of.

Zhang Zhen led the generals of Xuzhou to see off the Junzi Army at the west gate of Guangling in person, and after saying goodbye to these Xuzhou generals who had obviously changed their attitudes, Tao Ying was about to give the order to set off, but on the city wall above his head, there was a crisp woman screaming, "Nerd, you have to be careful——! ”

Tao Ying, Tao Ji and others looked up, and saw that on the wall of the west gate of Guangling, where the Xuzhou soldiers were heavily guarded, there was a young girl who did not know the origin of the young girl who did not know when to stand. Seeing Tao Ying looking up at herself, the girl raised her little pink and white fist again, and threatened loudly: "Nerd, if you dare to come back badly, see how I clean you up!" ”

"Beauty! What a beautiful woman! Tao Jise exclaimed, "How can there be such a stunning beauty in Guangling City?" I've been in Guangling for a few days, why haven't I seen it? Regret, regret! ”

"She is your future second sister-in-law, don't make up your mind!" Tao Ying knocked on Tao Ji's head with a chestnut, and couldn't wait to look at the girl a few times, and said secretly in his heart: "Stinky girl, she is so beautiful in women's clothes, she is even more beautiful than my eldest wife Mi Zhen." ”

After shouting two words, the girl turned around and ran up the West Gate Tower, but when she went up the stairs, the girl raised her hand and wiped her eyes, apparently already weeping. Tao Ji beat his chest and paused, pulling Tao Ying's sleeve and just complaining, "Second brother, when did you know this big beauty?" Why didn't you tell me before? Tell me, what's her name? Are there any sisters?! ”

"You've seen it a long time ago, who told you to have bad eyes?" Tao Ying muttered, shook off Tao Ji's pull again, and shouted: "I'm going to set off soon, you still want these things, like what?!" ”

After drinking Tao Ji, Tao Ying got on the horse, raised his whip under the banner of the gentleman and shouted: "Go!" Guan Guan Ju Dove ——! ”

"Guan Guan Ju Dove, in the river island, fair lady, good gentleman - ————! Guan Guan Ju Dove, in the river island, fair lady, gentleman. Gentleman, gentleman, fair lady, gentleman, gentleman——! ”

In the military song full of bad taste, the eight hundred gentlemen followed behind Tao Ying, holding high the banner of the gentleman fluttering in the wind, benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom and trust, and gentleness, courtesy, and frugality. When the gentleman's banner disappeared into the dust and smoke, in the city tower, the girl finally couldn't help crying bitterly............