"Urgent military situation, urgent military situation!"
In July, when the weather turns cooler, in Qu'a City, a man riding a "war horse" galloped through the busy city. However, the city defense army in charge of public security had no intention of blacklisting him.
——Those who carry military intelligence and ride horses in the busy city are innocent.
After all, military information that needs to be sent by messengers is basically urgent military information. Otherwise, Cheng Ji can be used to convey the news, and there is no rush.
Soon, this military information was placed in front of Bai Tu's case, and Lu Bu, Lu Su, Chen Gong and others were also immediately found by Bai Tu.
"It's Xuzhou's military situation." Bai Tu said immediately when he saw that Lu Bu had also arrived.
Lu Bu, who was originally indifferent, also focused his attention when he heard the word "Xuzhou".
After all, Yuan Shu's attack on Xuzhou this time was aimed at Xiaopei as his outpost, and Zhang Liao and Gao Shun were both at Xiaopei.
And although Jiangdong is now relatively safe, because Yuan Shu has consciously blocked Huainan, Diao Chan has been in Xiaopei.
"The city of Xiaopei is broken..."
Just as Bai Tu finished speaking, Lu Bu became visibly nervous, but then Bai Tu smiled and said, "It's just a great victory."
Seeing Bai Tu's expression, Lu Bu breathed a sigh of relief - although he didn't know what "big victory" meant when the city was defeated, but if Zhang Liao, Gao Shun or Diao Chan were at fault, Bai Tu would never be so showy.
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"Last month, Hou Cheng and Wei Xu from Ding Yuan's old tribe colluded with the Xuzhou nobles and intended to sacrifice the cities of Xiaopei and Pengcheng..."
Hearing that Hou Cheng and Wei Xu actually rebelled, Lu Bu was very angry - but the hard disk was right, they were Ding Yuan's old troops and had little to do with him, Lu Bu!
"Fortunately, Song Xian, the general of my adoptive father, and Cao Bao of Xuzhou City, understood the righteousness well. Under the inducement of the rebel generals in the army and the nobles in the city, they pretended to surrender to the enemy, and secretly reported it to Wen Yuan and Liu Shijun..."
Song Xian, Wei Xu and Hou Cheng were all like-minded friends, and Cao Bao was an anti-Liu vanguard in Xuzhou city.
Therefore, it can be said that it is expected that the two of them will be regarded as "one of their own" and be roped in to dedicate the city together.
However, what was unexpected was that Song Xian and Cao Bao actually came to Infernal Affairs!
As for Song Xian, Bai Tu probably became more reliable because of his sincerity and good seduction.
As for Cao Bao...
Bai Tu was confused at first, but he soon realized that Cao Bao originally offered the city to Lu Bu not long after Liu Bei occupied Xuzhou, and Liu Bei had no chance to win over him.
However, after Lu Bu initially refused the position of Xuzhou Mu, he immediately came to Jiangdong. Cao Bao obviously also hates Yuan Shu, and there is no buyer to sell Liu Bei for the time being.
In Liu Bei's case... whether it was "buying people's hearts" or "showing kindness", over time, even Cao Bao was moved by it and his mentality changed.
It's just that maybe on the surface, he still can't let go and can't directly take effect, which misunderstood other anti-Liu Xuzhou nobles.
Not only did Liu Bei take the opportunity to uncover the spies in Pengcheng, he also used the trick to make Zhang Liao and Gao Shun pretend to fall into the trap, causing Xiaopei to be captured by Ji Ling. In fact, under Guan Yu's suggestion, Weishan was dug up.
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Now, with the support of his armor, Guan Yu can activate the power of the blue dragon with all his strength, which can cause the water vapor to condense quickly. In addition, it is the summer flood season. The floods covered Xiaopei the night Ji Ling entered the city. The army camp sergeants were killed and wounded countless people, and they fled all night.
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Ji Ling led his troops to withdraw from Xiaopei, intending to repair on higher ground. As a result, they waited all night. After the flood finally receded, they found Zhang Liao's "defeated army" stationed on the hills and attacked.
Gao Shun was trapped in the camp, making it impossible for him to form an army, and Zhang Liao took the lead and killed Ji Ling.
Although Ji Ling was skilled in martial arts and could usually fight Zhang Liao happily, after running around all night, not only was he physically and mentally out of shape, but even the horsepower of the armor's engine was somewhat insufficient, and he was chopped into pieces by Zhang Liao after twenty or thirty rounds.
He put on the indigo mask, hoping to lose his life, and hurriedly retreated.
On the other hand, after Zhang Liao cut off the commander's flag, the morale of the 20,000 to 30,000 Huainan Army remnant soldiers further declined, and Ji Ling's command scope was also greatly reduced. He was defeated by Zhang Liao and Gao Shun's troops and horses!
So far, Yuan Shu's attacks on the north and south, and the two armies' attacks, all ended in failure.
Ji Ling had no choice but to return to Ruyin County in the north of Runan County, gather the defeated troops, apologize to Yuan Shu, and beware of Liu Bei's counterattack!
But in fact, Liu Bei had no time to worry about it. Although the water attack and fire attack were strategies in which the weak defeated the strong, water and fire were ruthless. After the water flooded Xiaopei, even if there were Cheng Ji guarding the city and people in the villages outside the city warning, the disaster would not
No one knows where they are, but Liu Bei and Zhang Liao are both searching for and rescuing people and assisting them in post-disaster reconstruction.
Moreover, the roads are muddy and difficult to navigate, and they are unable to counterattack Ruyin. The most they can do is take advantage of Yuan Shu's weakness to recapture the southern part of Xiapi County, Xuyi, and Huaiyin.
As for Yuzhou, not only were the people affected by the disaster, but Xiaopeiji was already obviously dissatisfied. Xiaopei's public sentiment had also been greatly reduced. On the contrary, it had the effect of weakening the city's defense, and the efficiency of the government's decrees had also been significantly reduced. This is exactly the opposite of the public sentiment.
the result.
Zhang Liao had told Guan Yu before that after this plan, he would withdraw from Xiaopei, which was undefendable.
After all, the city defense was greatly reduced at this time, and Zhang Liao did not want to use Bingzhou's old troops to defend such a dangerous city.
Liu Bei also expressed his understanding of this. According to the previous agreement, Zhang Liao would assist Liu Bei in attacking Huaiyin, a county south of the Huaihe River, under the jurisdiction of Xiapi County, but geographically it was close to Guangling County.
After success, as long as you go south along Hongze Lake, passing through Sanhe, Fanliang Lake, and Zhongdu River, you can reach Guazhou Ferry, which governs Guangling County. Later Wang Anshi wrote a poem that goes, "Between Jingkou Guazhou and one water, Zhongshan Mountain
Only separated by several mountains."
The "Guazhou" in the poem is the current "Guazhou Ferry", Jingkou... Baitu has not been built yet, but now there is Dantu County on the riverside, just fifty or sixty miles east of Qu'a, and
The location of "Jingkou" is not far away, and it is also where Wujun's navy formed a stronghold.
"Yishuijian" naturally means just across the Yangtze River.
At that time, as long as the north and south attack, and Guazhou is captured, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun's passage back to the south will not be a problem. Even if Yuan Shu is seriously injured, he will not use all his strength to stop Zhang Liao...
If there is only one port on the shore, it cannot be defended alone. To the north of Guazhoudu, within twenty or thirty miles is Guangling City, the county seat of Guangling County. The city is deep and the walls are thick. If you focus on defense, you must attack by force.
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Therefore, unless we are determined to capture Guangling, or the navy is far superior to Huainan, there will be no way to defend Guazhou and we will have to retreat to Jiangdong.
The current navy in Jiangdong is definitely better than that in Huainan, but Baitu has not vigorously developed the navy like Soochow in history, so it cannot be regarded as a "far victory".
"Father, Gongtai, you should station troops at Dantu now and send troops to greet Wen Yuan and Zhongda when they return. If Guangling holds firm, bring Wenyuan and Zhongda back. If Guangling sends troops... we can wait for an opportunity to seize the city!
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Although capturing Guangling would mean gaining the upper hand in the geographical competition of "Jiangdong vs. Xuzhou", in order to avoid a fierce battle, Bai Tu still handed over the decision-making power to those on the front line.