On the right rear side of Shouchun City, there is the Eastern Army Group commanded by Zhao Ying, with millions of people, including more than 100,000 NPC troops, the player's strength is slightly inferior to that of the Central Army Group, and the NPC troops are mostly drawn from other members of the alliance, and the strength is naturally not comparable to the troops of the Central Army Group, but it is also equivalent to the strength of some first-class players and the strength of small NPC warlords, which should not be underestimated. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

On the left rear side of the Alliance Army was the Western Army Group, and Lin Ran appointed Jiu Jing and Zhuge Dian as commanders.

The personnel of the Western Group Army Group are somewhat uneven, most of them are spontaneously participated by Yangzhou players, and most of them are idle players, and their combat effectiveness and discipline are somewhat difficult. Lin Ran was actually unwilling to bring such troops to the battlefield. It's just that the enthusiasm of these players shows that the alliance is indeed in Yangzhou now, and Lin Ran is not easy to refuse, so he asked Jiu Jing and Zhuge to take some elite troops to organize these loose players, and conduct training on the spot in the rear of Shouchun City, and use them as reserves of the alliance army at necessary and critical moments.

In these precious ten days, Lin Ran commanded the army to set up positions in Huainan all the time to strengthen the defense. In just ten days, the walls of the entire Shouchun City were almost half taller. The entire Huainan area was almost overwhelmed by countless fortifications, almost ten steps and one trap, five steps and one rejection, and there were defensive positions of the alliance army everywhere.

The first order issued by the temporarily established headquarters of Shouchun City was to let the enemy fall into the torrent of our army until he suffocated to death in despair!

In such an atmosphere, ten days passed in an instant. Lin Ran sent a large number of spies and spies to infiltrate the vicinity of Xuzhou City, and found a lot of intelligence and the movements of the enemy army.

In the past few days, the flood in Xuzhou has finally receded, but after this flood, almost all the 10,000 acres of fertile land in Xuzhou, which had just sown seeds, have not been harvested, and Ma Tahu Chen and Cao Caojun will not be able to get a grain from Xuzhou in the next month.

After the flood, the weather in Xuzhou cleared, and the flooding river was a few hours later, and the ground and roads were re-revealed.

However, there are still a large amount of mud and debris piled up on the road, which seriously hinders the march of Cao Cao and Ma Tahu Chen's army, and must be cleaned up, so that their marching speed was delayed again, and Lin Ran had more time, and successively transferred more soldiers and horses from the Yangzhou boundary to supplement the three army groups.

"Xiaobai, we have prepared so well, and the defense is impregnable, what I can't understand is that under such circumstances, why do Ma Tahu still resolutely start a war with our alliance? It seems to me that it is very unwise to use your own tired troops to attack a place where you can rest and work. A staff officer of the military department asked Lin Ran suspiciously when he was resting.

Lin Ran nodded noncommittally and said, "Indeed, in terms of tactics, even if Ma Tahu Chen has foreign aid like Cao Cao, and the total number of his side exceeds four million, the final chance of victory is only five or five. “

"Then why does he insist on fighting us in Shouchun City?" The staff officer became more and more confused.

Lin Ran stared at the map of the Huainan region in front of him, and said without thinking: "This is because Ma Tahu Chen has realized that strategically, he has fallen into a desperate situation!" ”

"Strategy? Desperate? The staff officer chewed on these two words repeatedly, and did not taste them for a while.

"Little White Boss, can you tell us more about it?" The other staff officers of the headquarters were also interested in the conversation between the two of them, and gathered around to ask Lin Ran.

These staff officers of the Command Department are all smart people among smart people, but Lin Ran felt that if he could communicate his strategic layout with them, he might be able to implement it better, so Lin Ran patiently explained to them.

"Our Yangzhou Alliance, if we want to further develop, we must enter the Central Plains through the springboard of the Huainan region, as long as we seize the Central Plains region, we can basically lay the foundation of the great cause of the king, and in the future, we can achieve the foundation of the unification of the Huaxia region.

Obviously, Ma Ta Hu Chen's strategic target is also the Central Plains region, although Luoyang is rich, but it is not a stable place, it is very vulnerable to attacks from all sides, and he needs a truly safe base camp. The west is cool and bitterly cold, Jingzhou Liu Biao's power is extremely strong, and there are strong enemies such as Jizhou Huaxue League, Yuan Shao, Zhang Yan, Gongsun Hairpin and so on in the north.

Therefore, our two alliances have formed a conflict point in this strategy, which means that our two families, whoever wants to achieve their own strategy, must be based on the premise of defeating the enemy! In order for the Central Plains region between our two sides, war is inevitable.

And now, we occupy the Huainan region, from Xuzhou, is only one step away, if they do not immediately defeat us now, drive us back to Jiangdong, the Central Plains, must be occupied, at that time, the strategic attempt of the Huaxia Alliance will be completely broken, and the Huaxia Alliance will inevitably go from strength to decline. ”

"I see." Lin Ran's clear, concise and concise analysis made all the staff officers suddenly understand that the truth behind this war that seemed to be triggered by the competition for NPC historical generals was such a huge strategic consideration.

The purpose of both sides of this war is to compete for hegemony in the world!

After some tossing, the combined forces of Ma Tahu Chen and Cao Cao finally led more than 4 million troops to the border area of Huainan County more than ten days later.

Lin Ran brought back the enemy's intelligence from the scouts, and found that although there were many people, the army of Ma Tahu Chen had also been organized and managed, and there were rules and regulations between the movements, and the march of more than four million troops had no chaotic situation, among them, many management methods in the army were applied.

"This horse is stepping on the dust, and he is really not an ordinary person. It's a fierce rival to be taken seriously! After returning from observation on the front line, Ah Fei changed his hippie smiling face and reported to Lin Ran seriously.

On the front line, the army pressed the border, and the alliance troops stationed on the Huainan border could almost see the enemy's face, but Ma Ta Hu Chen and Cao Cao did not immediately attack, on the contrary, the entire front line fell into an extremely silent state before the storm, Ma Ta Hu Chen and Cao Cao built a large number of camps opposite their own defenders, dug a large number of trenches, and stationed them to rest.