Chapter 48: Arrogance and Confidence

How could Tao Qian suddenly attack Xianyang for no reason??

In fact, Tao Qian, as the supreme administrator of Xuzhou, has been paying attention to the sudden appearance of Xianyang City for a long time. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info At first, he thought it was the handiwork of a wealthy family in Xuzhou, and let his children come out to practice...... Tao Qian is not a native of Xuzhou, he wants to be able to reach the government in Xuzhou, so he has to rely on the local powerful forces in Xuzhou, so at the beginning he turned a blind eye to the appearance of Xianyang City, you can do whatever you want, as long as you don't mess with me.

However, during this period of time, Xianyang City suddenly became frequent, even if Tao Qian didn't want to pay attention to it anymore, he had to face a large stack of information about the movements of Xianyang City on his desk every day, and as his subordinates became more and more familiar with Xianyang City, the information in it became more and more substantial, and even portraits have appeared recently.

Okay, Xianyang City went around plundering the strongholds of the Yellow Turban Thieves? This is a good thing! Tao Qian has always had a headache for the Yellow Turban Thieves, and if this suddenly bubbling Xianyang City is really willing to suppress the Yellow Turban Thieves, Tao Qian is even willing to report to the imperial court to ask for credit for Qin Lan. But in fact, it was the complete opposite, Xianyang City not only did not suppress and slaughter these rebellious Yellow Turban rebels, but instead co-opted them. The leading general of Xianyang City is Guan Hai, who has made Tao Qian suffer several losses before!!

Well, if it's just like this, Tao Qian has to ask his subordinates to inquire whose children are so capable, and even the Yellow Turban General can accept them. However, Tao Qian looked at the portraits of Qin Lan and his generals sent by his subordinates, and he only felt thrilled at that moment.

Tao Qian was appointed by the imperial court to Xuzhou to suppress the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and of course he knew that the leader of the Yellow Turban Rebellion was Zhang Jiao, who claimed to be a great sage and mentor. Zhang Jiao and even the portraits of his two younger brothers Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang, Tao Qian had seen them in the capital Luoyang, and he was happy at that time, because he could become a state pastor because of this. But at this time, when these portraits appeared in front of him again, Tao Qian felt not happy, but a chill.

Why did this horn come to Xuzhou? Could it be that they are about to make some big move? Take my Xuzhou first? No wonder, they are constantly gathering yellow turban rebels at the moment! No wonder......

Qin Lan put on the yellow scarf treasure costume and held the Great Sage and Mentor Staff in her hand, which was indeed too much like Zhang Jiao's dress...... It's just that what Zhang Jiao is wearing is not a real yellow scarf treasure costume, but a fake and shoddy product that he specially found someone to order, and only what Qin Lan is wearing is the real genuine. But Tao Qian's scouts didn't know, and when looking at it from a distance, the appearance of the characters could almost be ignored.

Therefore, Tao Qian regarded Qin Lan as Zhang Jiao who caused chaos for a while.

After thinking about it for a long time, Chen Deng, a subordinate general urgently recalled by Tao Qian, finally rushed back to Tan County, the state capital.

Chen Deng, Zi Yuanlong, Xuzhou Xiapi people. He was unruly, knowledgeable, and resourceful. At the age of twenty-five, he was filial piety and served as the magistrate of Dongyang County. Although he is young, he can understand the people's feelings, care for the weak and raise orphans, and is deeply respected by the people. Later, Xuzhou Mu Taoqian promoted him to the rank of lieutenant of the agricultural school, in charge of agricultural production in a state. But don't think that Chen Deng is just a civil servant, he is also very tough in terms of military attainments, and he is the most relied on general under Tao Qian. Historically, after Tao Qian died of illness, Xuzhou was managed by Chen Deng, and later presided over the position of state pastor to Liu Bei.

After reading the information of Qin Lan and others, Chen Deng advocated sending troops immediately. He believes that it is precisely because of the small population in Xianyang City that it needs to gather everywhere to recruit the Yellow Turban rebels. This is the best time, otherwise the "Zhang Jiao" in Xianyang City will gather more than a million yellow turban thieves like sawing deer, and Xuzhou will be in chaos, and no one will be able to suppress it at that time.

Tao Qian nodded in agreement, and immediately sent a tiger talisman to order the general Cao Bao to lead a large army to conquer.

Tan County was only a hundred kilometers away from Xianyang City, so as soon as the army on this side moved, the scouts sent by Qin Lan immediately received the news. At this time, because Guan Hai led the army in Xianyang City to encircle and subdue the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Yellow Turban thieves in Xuzhou could only flee one after another. The stronghold is still there, but it is always empty, and the Yellow Turban Rebellion has fled.

As a result, Qin Lan had to spread scouts all over Xianyang City within a hundred miles, searching for traces and gathering points of the Yellow Turban Rebellion. Because of this, the dispatch of the army of Tan County will be seen correctly.

Qin Lan, who learned the news for the first time, immediately began to prepare for the battle.

He had to fight.

Tao Qian is a state pastor, and he is an important member of the party appointed by the imperial court, he thinks that Qin Lan is guilty, then Qin Lan must be guilty. On the other hand, Qin Lan believes that Tao Qian is guilty, but there is nowhere to appeal. Even if this represents one thing, Qin Lan is still the pavilion chief of the imperial court, and he is also a court official, but Qin Lan's position as the pavilion chief is as different from Tao Qian's position as the state pastor, and it is completely one heaven and one earth. Therefore, in this case, Qin Lan's desire to attack the county seat, county seat, and state city of Xuzhou is tantamount to a fool's dream, because this kind of behavior is tantamount to rebelling against the imperial court, and will be wanted and attacked by all forces.

But now it's completely different. Tao Qian took the initiative to send troops, and Qin Lan was forced to defend himself. And with this excuse for war, Qin Lan could launch an attack on any city in Xuzhou in the future, because after Tao Qian sent troops to him, there was only a personal enmity between the two, and it did not involve rebellion against the imperial court.

Therefore, this battle must not only be fought, but also fought beautifully!!

Knowing oneself and knowing the other side can win all battles. From this moment on, Qin Lan kept sending multiple groups of scouts to investigate the movements and intelligence of Cao Bao's army. So soon, when Cao Bao was just halfway there, all the information of his army appeared in front of Qin Lan.

Under Tao Qian's rule, it was naturally a regular Xuzhou army, and the combat effectiveness of the soldiers and the equipment of the Yellow Turban Army were not on the same level as the Yellow Turban Army of the grass team. As the commander of this leading army, Cao Bao led a total of 20,000 volunteers, 6,000 scouts, 70,000 pikemen, 50,000 sword and shield soldiers, 50,000 archers, 20,000 light cavalry, 10,000 iron cavalry, 7,600 bed crossbows, 6,000 rushing chariots and 2,000 catapults.

The types of troops since the Iron Cavalry are all high-level troops that cannot appear in the Yellow Turban Army, and they are also what Qin Lan lacks the most at present. Judging from the strength alone, Qin Lan has almost no possibility of winning, especially that Tao Qian's regular soldiers are not a scattered team like the Yellow Turban Army, and the generals and regular troops who come out of the state city are subject to the science and technology bonus of the state city. Qin Lan didn't have to think about it to know that Tao Qian's Tan County must be a tenth-level full technology. Because in the Three Kingdoms of Blood, all the famous cities have always had all the technology level ten, because they have existed for a long, long time.

Qin Lan's newborn Xianyang City has only about two levels of scientific and technological strength. After this period of hard work, the number of troops was counted, 6,500 volunteers, 4,000 scouts, 27,000 spears, 23,000 sword and shield soldiers, 56,000 bows and arrows, 7,800 light cavalry, 200 iron cavalry, 200 bed crossbows, 100 chariots, and 200 stone throwers.

Such a force dares to face the battle??