In the past few days when Bang Dun, Xu You and others discussed countermeasures, and the soldiers finally decided to send troops, the Qingzhou army has also been advancing, and the speed of the army's advance is not fast, but the process of fifty miles a day is enough for it to advance to Liucheng in about half a month.

Under the call to defend their homeland, the Wuhuan rangers are not idle, and there are always some people who do not believe in evil and carry out the harassment war to the end.

Although they failed to have any substantial impact, after losing the unified command, there were still people rushing forward one after another, which made the Qingzhou generals understand why the lord was not in a hurry to carry out this crusade almost non-stop.

These Wuhuan people have the characteristics of both Hu and Han, and they are no strangers to the Central Plains, and they can easily hook up with the Central Plains forces, and even merge together.

Don't look at the Wuhuan cavalry who have no rules to fight on their own, so the threat is not great, but such a brave cavalry, once it is commanded by masters like Cao Cao and Sun Ce, and then gets the corresponding equipment, how can the power of the cavalry be doubled?

Wuhuan is now far away from the Central Plains, and Cao and Sun Zhiyi can't hook up, but they are not completely free of Central Plains forces next to them, with Gongsun Du's ability to govern the government, coupled with military means, as well as the heritage left by the hundreds of sons of Liaodong, once he is closely integrated with Wuhuan, a more threatening force than Xianbei suddenly appeared in northern Xinjiang.

At that time, let alone the smooth implementation of the Pingbei policy, if Wang Yu does not personally lead the army to the north again, maybe even Youzhou will be thrown back. Therefore, taking advantage of the prestige of Youzhou's victory, it is a logical decision to sweep Wuhuan away.

To put it bluntly, when Wang Yu made the deployment of the expedition to the east, his mentality was similar to Xu You, and when Wuhuan was still only Wuhuan and relatively weak, he would destroy it in one go, which would save him a lot of trouble in the future.

At the same time that Xu You led the army westward, the generals of the Eastern Expeditionary Army were gathering in the Chinese military tent, passing three letters back and forth.

These three letters came from three places, Liaodong, the vanguard fleet, and the scouts in the direction of Liucheng.

"Fortunately, Gongsun Du finally didn't make a move at the first time of the war, if he started the war, he would have to push the war all the way to Liaodong." Ji Ling patted his chest and let out a long breath.

Only after arriving at the place can you find out why the lord mentioned the Eastern Crusade, General Gongsun and the generals of Youzhou frowned. It is still unknown what happened in Liaodong, but it is indeed not a good place in Liaoxi, and the biggest problem here is the lack of water.

Ji Ling's hometown is in Huainan, he was originally the cavalry captain of Shouchun, and he only joined his command after Yuan Shu became the master of Shouchun, and he has long been accustomed to the environment where rivers and lakes can be seen everywhere. After arriving in Qingzhou, and even Youzhou, although the river coverage has become much lower, it will not make him feel uncomfortable.

But after getting out of the customs, he was really uncomfortable. The climate is too dry, usually walk for a day or two to see a small river, stream, no wonder some people said before that Xianbei and Xiongnu have the habit of taking a bath twice in their lives as sacred to the river. This is Liaoxi, and the drought is like this, and if you go further north, the river is indeed a scarce resource.

In case Liaodong is similar to Liaoxi, with Gongsun Du's means, maybe he can resist for a year and a half, it will really be a big crime.

Zhang Fang's letter came back after Liaodong received the news that the Eastern Expeditionary Army had gone out and Wuhuan was facing the battle, saying that Gongsun Du had at least not done large-scale mobilization, but had just gathered more than 10,000 soldiers and horses from his lineage to deal with the situation, which made people feel a little relieved.

At present, the Wuhuan people have no good countermeasures to their own oppressive tactics, and as time goes by, the war will only become more and more inclined to the side of the Eastern Expeditionary Army. Since Gongsun Du has a wait-and-see mind, his willingness to participate in the war will only be lower and lower, not the other way around.

This is good news for the Eastern Expeditionary Army.

Zhao Yun said in a deep voice: "You can't be careless, the sailors of Liaodong don't need to be assembled, their threat is the greatest." According to Duanxing's letter, after the news of our army's eastern crusade spread in Liaodong, I have never seen Liu Yi and Yangyi, who are the chief and deputy commanders of the water division, who can guarantee that Gongsun Du is not the idea of Ming Xiu plank road and dark Chen Cang? ”

Although the number of Wuhuan rangers is getting smaller and smaller, Zhao Yun is still very dutiful and leads the team to attack every time, under the hard work day and night, his complexion is a little worse than usual, but his spirit has not been weakened by this, and his thinking is also very clear.

"In this way, what Ziyi said in the letter that the fleet exploring the road is not in a hurry to return, and it is necessary to guard the front, just to guard against the Liaodong Naval Division? Did he really find any signs? Yu Ban muttered thoughtfully.

Tai Shici's temper is well known in the army, and everyone thinks that he will not settle down in the fleet for too long, and he will definitely find an introduction to go ashore and find an errand in the army. As a result, he wrote that the fleet that opened the way first had found a problem and needed to stay in front for a long time, which made people wonder if Liaodong was really restless, and it was discovered by Tai Shici.

Qin Feng nodded vigorously and agreed: "With Ziyi's temper, it's really possible." ”

To be honest, he was somewhat worried about Tai Shici, because of Gongsun Du's attention and accumulation, the strength of the Liaodong Water Division was still quite good. The dozens of large and small ships that Liu Yi brought to Qingzhou back then were only a part of the sailors, and no one could find out what their real strength was.

Tai Shi Ci had nothing to worry about if he led the whole army of the Qingzhou Navy Division to meet the battle, the problem was that he only brought five ships. Water warfare is no better than a down-to-earth battlefield competition, no matter how high the martial arts are, it is useless to keep the boat under your feet.

If Gongsun Du is really ruthless, Tai Shi Ci is greedy and reckless, maybe it is really dangerous.

What worries him even more is that if Gongsun Du refuses to take the initiative, but tries to lure Tai Shici into action, it will be even more troublesome. Looking at the meaning of the lord, it should be that he doesn't want to really tear his face with Gongsun Du, if Tai Shici doesn't forgive, this matter is ...... But it's hard.

"What's going on at sea, just send someone to catch up and ask, and it's useless to guess here."

The speculation and worry of the generals made Lu Qiling quite impatient to hear it, and she waved her hand and said: "Ziyi and Wen Chang are such big people, do they still need to let others worry about them like children?" Can you fight, how to fight this kind of thing, which general can not count in his heart? Can you really know the danger and crash into it? ”

All the generals forcibly suppressed the urge to roll their eyes, and reluctantly made a look of listening to their ears, but they all slandered in their hearts: Count the scenes, it seems that you are the most unqualified to say this, Madam, right? If it weren't for the Iron Cavalry, you rushed to the front several times, and the Lord was scared, how could he not want the Iron Cavalry to participate in the Eastern Crusade?

Well, speaking of which, the Iron Cavalry is indeed not very suitable for this crusade.

In the oppressive tactics, the conventional step-by-step advance is enough for the Yulin army, and the cavalry raid is also focused on speed and endurance, and the iron cavalry also does not have. The most fatal thing is that the consumption of the iron cavalry is still very large, and the overall consumption of the 500-strong troops is about to catch up with the 5,000 infantry.

And the occasion when the iron cavalry can give full play to its strength is still in the frontal battle, but the Wuhuan people dare not carry out this the most, the iron cavalry joins the Eastern Expeditionary Army, and there is no place for it at all.

Lu Qiling didn't look at everyone's faces, and said unconsciously: "Xu You, that mouse finally came out of the hole, and the two surnamed Xianyu also appeared. Uncle Zhang, should we strike first and give them a cavalry attack to break each one? ”

Seeing her eyes shining and looking expectant, Zhang Liao began to have a headache, and he also complained a lot about Wang Yu, didn't he say that he would leave this little ancestor in Jixian County, and Mr. rice would be cooked for mature rice? Why was it finally released? If the young boy can't get a fight, he must be impatient, no, he is starting to have bad ideas, if he doesn't agree, she will do it herself.

"Brother Xian Yu is obviously running for our non-existent supply line, and although Xu You has brought a lot of men and horses, but with this person's temper, even if there are many soldiers and horses, when the victory is in hand, it is inevitable that he will still have to play some conspiracy and tricks.

Zhang Liao spoke very quickly, he just didn't want to give Lu Qiling a chance to interject: "Divide the troops and raid, I'm afraid it will fall into his hands, although this thief's character is unbearable, but there are still some ways to play a conspiracy, if you follow his routine, I'm afraid you will be unable to prevent it." ”

"So that's it?" Lu Qiling asked angrily, "When he doesn't exist?" Continue to swagger forward? ”

"That's not either." Zhang Liao shook his head, and found that everyone else stopped talking, they were all staring at him with a serious face, he knew that it was time to come out with some real skills, otherwise he would really have to take the title of nanny.

"Xian Yufu's side, at the beginning, it must have been mainly a temptation, and after finding out that he couldn't find the whereabouts of the grain transportation team, he would definitely hesitate for a while, and only after getting in touch with Xu You could he realize the truth. Only then will he consider changing his mind and fighting Wu Huan back and forth, but that will be at least five days later. ”

As the head coach, Zhang Liao is very clear about his responsibilities. What the lord needs him to do is nothing more than grasp the overall trend of the battle, constantly revise the established strategy according to the changes in the situation between the enemy and us, and finally import the battle situation into the correct mode. Therefore, during this time, his main energy was focused on integrating intelligence from all sides and analyzing the battle situation.

"And before Xian Yufu finally wakes up, Xu Yu's main purpose should also be to contain our army, and by the way, set a few more traps or something, see if you can take advantage of it...... Now that we know their purpose, our army's response method is very simple, as long as they are not allowed to achieve their goal, it will be considered half the success, and if they can let them suffer the consequences of their own misfortune, it will be regarded as a complete victory. ”

Zhang Liao waved his hand vigorously and said loudly: "Therefore, the general's countermeasure is ......"