"Guo Jia, Lu Su, you two are military advisors and will go out with the army!" Liu Xiu glanced at the people below and only named Guo Jia and Lu Su to go with the army.
Looking at his subordinates again, Liu Xiu sighed in his heart, there were still too few talents.
This world is one of the mythical Three Kingdoms. On the battlefield, even small soldiers can wield weapons weighing hundreds of kilograms. Their combat effectiveness is comparable to that of Bixuan, the martial master in Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty. As for those high-level generals, the combat effectiveness of extraordinary warriors is even more terrifying. But that's all.
Economy, culture, politics, etc. are still maintained at the ancient level.
The high-ranking generals here are all extremely ferocious, but their lifespans are not long. Most of them are at the level of normal people, and there is nothing special about them.
This is the mythical Three Kingdoms. Only the force of force is seriously exceeded, and everything else is normal!
After the discussion was over and everyone dispersed, news of the dispatch of troops came, which probably caused a shock in Yangzhou.
Maybe not long after Liu Xiu left, some aristocratic families came out to stir up trouble... No, before he was defeated, the aristocratic family would be very stable. The reason why the aristocratic family was a noble family was because they knew how to speculate, and it was okay to make them worse.
, it’s okay to have two boats, but if you want to fight bloody battles, would rather die than surrender, and become a martyr, you absolutely cannot.
After a day's rest, the 50,000-strong army was sent out.
boom!
The army was dispatched, with flags flying and horse hooves roaring. Fifty thousand elite infantrymen boarded the ships and sailed eastward along the Huaihe River.
"Yangzhou has sent troops. Fifty thousand troops are heading east along the river. Send the news back quickly!"
"Going eastward along the Huaihe River, you will inevitably go north to Guangling County!"
A secret agent is hidden in the city, urging the secret method to be passed back.
Soon, Liu Biao of Xiangyang and Yuan Shu who was based in Nanyang learned that they had disappeared and began to attack Yangzhou to contain the Yangzhou army and relieve the pressure on Xuzhou.
Tao Qian learned the news and sent Zang Ba and Cao Bao to support.
"Greetings, my lord!"
At this moment, outside the camp, Zhang Liao, wearing battle armor, paid his respects.
"Wen Yuan, who has the talent of a general, is my Xia Houying!" Liu Xiu praised.
"Don't dare to speak like a master!" Zhang Liao said modestly.
"What an elite force! General Zhang Liao's ability in training troops is amazing!" Guo Jia and Lu Su followed behind, looking at the condition of the soldiers with expressions of admiration.
"My lord, you have given me a reward. I am ashamed of myself. I have been confronting the Xuzhou Army for more than a year, but I was unable to completely defeat the Xuzhou Army on the opposite side." Zhang Liao said with shame.
"It doesn't matter, this battle is the moment when Xuzhou Army will be destroyed!" Liu Xiu said calmly.
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The navy advanced for only one day and arrived at Hongze Lake. Hongze Lake is the largest lake in Xuzhou, with a vast area that can't be seen at a glance.
"Such a large lake is a good place to build a water fortress and train navy troops! Tao Qian didn't use it to train troops?" Guo Jia sighed.
Lu Su sighed slightly and said: "Tao Gong can only protect the land, but he has no intention to pacify the world and no signs of forge ahead!"
Liu Xiudao: "Tao Qian is old, already fifty-eight years old, and may be buried at any time. When people are old and confused, they have no ambitions! You know your destiny at fifty!"
If Tao Qian were twenty-eight, or even thirty-eight, he would have fought hard to compete in the world; but at fifty-eight, he could be in the coffin at any time, and he has no intention of fighting for hegemony. In other words, even if he had
Thoughts and age don’t allow it.
After more than half a day, the water surface became narrower, and Huaiyin City was in sight.
"Ling Tong, go and attack the city!"
Liu Xiu said calmly.
"General, I obey!" Then, Ling Tong led his troops to attack, and the battle began.
Boom!
Along with the order and the sound of war drums, Ling Tong led the army to attack, followed by ladders, siege vehicles, etc. It only took a moment to kill the city, and in less than half an hour, the city was captured.
There is really nothing exciting to describe about war, it is just dead people, dead people, dead people.
"Everyone, follow me into the city!"
Liu Xiu led everyone on horseback into the city, and arrived at the government office first. The army was in strict discipline, but there was no looting.
"Huaiyin City is where the Xuzhou Army was buried!" Liu Xiu said lightly.
Soon after, the Battle of Huaiyin broke out.
Xuzhou Army dispatched water and land, about 300,000 soldiers and horses, to attack Huaiyin City, but was blocked by Lu Su. They fought fiercely here for ten days and failed to defeat the enemy. During the fierce battle, Liu Xiu led the navy to block the retreat from Pengze Lake.
, use fire attacks to defeat the enemy
The Xuzhou army counterattacked and fought fiercely for a month without defeating the enemy. During the fierce battle, Xuzhou generals Cao Bao and Zang Ba were killed, and all 100,000 Xuzhou troops surrendered.
Then, the troops approached Guangling City, but Chen Deng refused to surrender.
The army attacked it and attacked with artillery. In just half a day, the city fell and Chen Deng and his son were killed.
Three days later, the troops arrived at Xiapi.
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In Xiapi City, Tao Qian stood on the city tower, looking at the army in the distance, and suddenly felt powerless. In just two months, the Yangzhou army defeated the elite Xuzhou troops and marched to Xiapi. At this moment, the people in the city were panicked and the troops were insufficient.
, crises continue.
"The future life is terrible!"
Tao Qian sighed.
The next day, a letter of surrender was delivered.
Sincerely, Mr. Tao:
"The Han Dynasty is declining, the world is in turmoil, heroes are rising together, and they have different thoughts. I wonder what Tao Gong is thinking? If Gong wants to rule the world, be a prince, or an emperor, he can refuse to stay for the rest of his life. But if Tao Gong wants to be a rich man, he will surrender.
Huh! The soldiers then descended, but what happened? The dead are still the Han people. If Xuzhou is conquered, the people will be injured, the bones will be exposed in the wild, and there will be no roosters for thousands of miles. How sad!"
"If he is confused, I will flood Xiapi. At that time, the city will be destroyed and the three tribes will be destroyed. As for me, it is impossible to be disabled! In his hands, millions of people will live, and in Tao
I hope you will choose carefully!"
The letter of surrender was sent, with threats and deals.
"What a Liu Xuande!" Reading the letter, Tao Qian sighed: "It's a pity that I am old, already fifty-eight years old. If I were twenty-eight years old, I would definitely compete with you! I didn't lose to you, I
It’s lost to time!”
The next day, Tao Qian surrendered, and Liu Xiu defeated Xuzhou and captured the entire territory of Xuzhou.