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After all, Hui Qu's team was still the main force of Yuan Shu's army. Although they were caught off guard by Junzi's army's weird tactics, they collapsed and fled. Junzi, who never liked hard battles, also tried his best to pursue and kill, wishing to give birth to a three-headed and six-armed attack, but in the end

After escaping the pursuit of the Junzi Army, there were still more than 5,000 Yuan Shu's soldiers on the southern front who escaped back to Feicheng alive under the leadership of Hui Qu's brother Hui Cheng - of course, these more than 5,000 Yuan Shu's soldiers escaped back to Feicheng

When they arrived at Hefei City, they were already in a state of disarray, having thrown away their armor and were hobbling and exhausted. Countless people burst into tears as soon as they returned to the city.

Originally, with the Junzi Army's ability to attack, there would be absolutely no problem in running a long distance to the gates of Hefei City. However, after a nearly hundred-mile pursuit, although the horses could still hold up, the Junzi Army's upper and lower ranks were so tired that even their arms were weak.

He couldn't lift it up, and there were even cases where soldiers fell off their horses one after another. Seeing this, Tao Ji, who regarded the Junzi Army as a treasure, had no choice but to order the troops to retreat and return in order to avoid danger.

Qu Yang handed over orders to Tao Ying, but Tao Ying was more afraid of the Junzi Army's unexpected losses than Tao Ji, so he had already dispatched Chen Dao to lead his army south to assist, allowing the exhausted Junzi Army to successfully withdraw to Quyang.

In this battle, the Junzi Army once again defeated a large number with a small number. Although the battle was brilliant, the result was not very satisfactory. Especially after roughly figuring out how many defeated soldiers fled back to Feicheng, Tao Ying habitually put his hands behind his back.

He walked around in the lobby with a worried look on his face. When asked about the reason, Tao Ying answered frankly: "I found that I had underestimated Yuan Shu's army on the southern front. You can think about it. After the commander died in battle,

Even with the collapse of the army and the full pursuit of the Junzi Army, nearly half of the defeated troops were still able to flee back to Fei. How can such an army be comparable to the enemies we encountered on the Zhuyi battlefield last year?"

"Second brother, it's not that the enemy is too powerful. It's that the younger brother's troops are too few." Tao Ji protested loudly: "The Gentlemen's Army only has a total of 1,500 people. Of course, it will not be easy to kill more than 10,000 enemies. If you kill them all earlier,

Gentleman, the number has been expanded to 3,000. This time, at least tens of thousands of enemies can be eliminated on the battlefield!"

"Expand the Gentleman Army to 3,000 people? You asked me to go there to find such a war horse?" Tao Ying asked helplessly, not wanting to get entangled with his stupid cousin on this topic, but continued to analyze: "If

If my prediction is correct, after receiving this news, the reinforcements transferred by Yuan Shu from Lujiang will definitely be much more cautious in marching and fighting. If we want to rely on a lone army of the Gentleman Army to severely damage Yuan Shu's Lujiang reinforcements, I'm afraid it won't be that easy."

"What my lord said is true. As long as Yuan Shu's Lujiang reinforcements don't act foolishly, they will be extremely cautious in their subsequent marches and battles, and will not give our army a good chance to defeat each other." Lu Su agreed, and added: "Our army has carefully planned its operations.

In the Ming Dynasty, Yuan Shu's Lujiang reinforcements had more than 20,000 troops. In addition, nearly half of Liyang's army fled to Fei. If the lord wants to adhere to the tactics of defeating each one, the army to face the Lujiang reinforcements cannot rely on the Junzi Army alone. It must be

Only by dispatching more troops can we be sure to capture Yuan Shu's Lujiang reinforcements."

Tao Ying pursed his lips and said nothing, while Chen Dao next to him said worriedly: "Military advisor, isn't it too risky to do this? The main force of our army is only about 35,000 soldiers. With this small force, we have to protect the food road.

, we must control Yicheng, Dangtu and Quyang footholds, and guard against Yuan Shu's main force on the northern front in Shouchun and Qiaorui's partial division in Yinling. Our forces are stretched thin, so if we divide our forces to fight against Yuan Shu's Lujiang reinforcements, I'm afraid there will be a counterattack.

Come here and be defeated by the enemy one by one."

"Uncle Zhi's worries are justified." Lu Su nodded and said with a smile: "However, in Su's opinion, after the main force of our army goes south to fight the Lujiang reinforcements, Yuan Shu may not have the courage to attack Quyang with all his strength."

"How do you see it?" Tao Ying turned around and asked Lu Su.

"Yuan Shu is an arrogant and arrogant man, with a fierce appearance but a weak heart. If he had the guts to come to a decisive battle with our army, he would have come long ago." Lu Su replied calmly: "It has been five days since our army captured Quyang. Quyang and Shouchun

The distance is only more than forty miles. If Yuan Shu had the courage to counterattack Quyang, he would have already reached the city. But in the past five days, Yuan Shu not only sent troops to counterattack, but also returned the troops sent to rescue Quyang to the west of Feishui.

With the help of rich and powerful defenses, this is enough to prove that Yuan Shu is already afraid and no longer dares to hope that he will be repeatedly defeated by the northern troops at the hands of our army. In this case, our army may not have to risk a fight."

Tao Ying began to be tempted and walked to the map sand table to ponder his analysis. Lu Su also followed to the sand table, gestured with the distance and said: "My lord, we can also take a step back and prepare for the worst. Even if Yuan Shu has the courage to send troops, our east side

Qiao Rui realized that the situation was not good, so he surrounded Wei and rescued Zhao and sent out troops to attack Quyang and Dangtu. We also have cities to defend in Quyang and Dangtu. We don't need too many troops to hold on until the main force returns to support. And the distance between Quyang and Hefei is only

It is only 220 miles away, and it will only take three days at most for the main force to return for reinforcements, and Yuan Shupifu’s main force on the northern front will go out of the city to fight in the field, which will also give our army the opportunity to defeat him one by one."

Tao Ying thought about it for a long time, and finally gave the order: "Send the order to Yicheng, let Song Xian cross the river and go south. Yicheng will be handed over to Qin Yi and Xie Yan to guard together. Song Xian's army will be stationed in Dangtu. More than 8,000 soldiers in Dangtu City will surrender to Song Dynasty."

Xian and Zang Ba each had half of them. Zang Ba left 2,000 of the 7,000 Xuzhou veterans under Zang Ba’s command for Song Xian to assist in defending the city. The remaining 5,000 were left to Zang Ba to personally lead the march south, with the Huainan troops as the vanguard to monitor Qiao Rui outside Yinling City.

, you don’t have to attack the city, you can only fight in the field. Once Qiao Rui leaves the city, he will attack him immediately! After I kill Yuan Shu’s Lujiang reinforcements, I will personally lead the army north, join forces with him to attack Yinling City, and kill Qiao Rui, this smelly cockroach.

"

Lu Su respectfully agreed and immediately wrote down the order. Tao Ying then explained: "Zijing, leave the matter of drafting the order to Chen Ying. From now on, you will personally supervise it. We will immediately start to strengthen the defense of Quyang City with all our strength. I will personally lead the army."

After we go south to fight Yuan Shu's Lujiang reinforcements, Quyang, our army's largest granary, will be entrusted to you." Lu Su agreed again and immediately went down to organize auxiliary troops and civilians to strengthen the city defense. Chen Deng's brother Chen Ying took over the order.

On an errand, I wrote the military order for Tao Ying. Tao Ying verified that it was correct, signed it and sealed it, and sent a fast horse to deliver it to Yicheng and Dangtu without mentioning it.

………………

Deputy Director Tao and Lu Su, who had been led astray, both made good plans. While reinforcing the city defenses, the troops moved dangerously, and they continued to disperse the troops that did not have an advantage, and concentrated the elite troops to form a local reliance.

The strong bullied the weak, and prepared to eat up Yuan Shu's Lujiang reinforcements, Yinling garrison and Shouchun garrison one by one. They also calculated the distance and were ready to return reinforcements at any time. However, although the wishful thinking was good, the next war will happen.

The development of the project greatly exceeded the expectations of Deputy Director Tao and Lu Su...

Let’s first look at the side of Little Yuan Sangong. The harsh and timid Little Yuan Sangong was really scared by Lu Su’s words. In just over five days, the Xuzhou army first defeated the main force of Yuan Shu’s army on the north bank of the Huaihe River.

In a few hours, they broke through the Huaihe defense line, which Yuan Shu's army had high hopes for, and then attacked three Huainan cities in one go, beating Qiao Rui, the chief general on the northern front of Yuan Shu's army, to the point where he was hiding in Yinling City.

Dare to show his face! Such bad news came one after another, and the young Yuan Sangong, who was strong on the outside but hard on the inside, was frightened. Naturally, he not only lost his previous arrogance, but also did not dare to have the courage to confront the Xuzhou army directly.

The same was true for Little Yuan Sangong in Kuangting. In the battle of Kuangting, Little Yuan Sangong, who was supported by Black Mountain bandits and Huns soldiers, was arrogant at first, but was defeated by the big Yuan Sangong and Cao Lao. Little Yuan Sangong became timid.

I simply didn't even dare to meet Boss Cao. I would rather leave my hometown in Nanyang and jump thousands of miles into the Dabie Mountains, and run to Huainan to seize the territory of Chen Wen, the governor of Yangzhou at the time. I don't dare to stay in Nanyang to fight with Boss Cao.

Because of this, when the Xuzhou army captured Quyang with the help of internal troops, Xiao Yuan Sangong, who had tens of thousands of troops in Shouchun, did not even have the courage to counterattack Quyang. He just retreated to the Feishui defense line and watched the Xuzhou army forty miles away.

Outside Quyang City, he stabilized his steps, and at the same time, he ignored the firm opposition of his boss Bo Yanxiang, who was far-reaching. He dug his own grave and sent his envoy Runan, and invited the famous boss nemesis Liu Huangshu to go south for reinforcements. However, when he received Huiqu reinforcements and suffered a disastrous defeat,

After the news, Xiao Yuan Sangong was furious and wrote a letter asking Zhang Xun why he did not personally lead the army to the north for reinforcements, and he did not have the courage to leave Feishui and Shouchun fortress protection. He increasingly sat back and watched the Xuzhou army establish a foothold in Quyang, just hoping that the Lujiang reinforcements would go smoothly.

When they arrived at the northern front, they didn't have the courage to send troops to receive reinforcements, so they handed over all the defeated God-given fighters to Deputy Director Tao.

As for Yinling Qiaorui, in fact, long before the Huiqu Army was defeated, General Qiaorui had already considered sending troops to contain the Xuzhou army, or sending troops to meet the reinforcements from the southern and western fronts, so that his reinforcements could successfully reach the northern front.

, to reverse the current dilemma of the Huainan army fighting separately on the northern front, turn the Huainan war into a battle, and use the advantage of having more troops and sufficient food to defeat the Xuzhou army, which has few soldiers and needs to transport food and grass. Unfortunately, General Qiao Rui does not have enough strength.

, the army's mobility is even less than that of the Xuzhou army, and there is really little confidence in field operations outside the city. In addition, Tao Ying was extremely vigilant about Qiao Rui and always left the main force in Quyang, forty miles away, to monitor Qiao Rui. Therefore, even though the poor General Qiao Rui knew

The Xuzhou army may adopt various tactics to defeat them, but they can only huddle in Yinling City. The army does not dare to leave the city for more than ten miles at will. They almost watch the Huiqu reinforcements being severely damaged by Junzi's army and then retreating.

Now, Tao Ying, who is very wary of Qiao Rui, has transferred Zang Ba to contain Qiao Rui full-time. Poor General Qiao Rui has no courage to leave the city at will. He can only desperately strengthen the defense of Yinling City and prepare for a long and hard battle.

At the same time, he tried every means to contact Hefei and kept praying to the sky, praying that the reinforcements sent by Liu Xun would be more cautious and steady, and successfully arrive at the northern line to rendezvous with friendly forces and stabilize their pace, and then Yuan Shu's army would have hope of counterattack.

General Qiao Rui's heartfelt prayers were not in vain. The only miscalculation made by Deputy Director Tao and Lu Su was with Liu Xun's support force...

Although the reinforcements sent by Liu Xun from Lujiang were located to the west of Shouchun, due to the convenience of marching and the army assembly point in Shu County, the 20,000 reinforcements led by Liu Xun's brother Liu Kai were the same as the reinforcements from Huiqu sent by Zhang Xun.

, they all took the flat official road of Hefei to rush north for reinforcements on the northern line. Therefore, when the support army led by Liu Kai and Liu Wei arrived in Hefei, they naturally ran into the remnants of Huiqu's army, and also from the Huiqu clan brothers.

Huicheng learned the detailed story of Huiqu's army's defeat from his mouth, and roughly understood the power of Xuzhou's army.

"Fifteen hundred cavalry, beat your 12,000 army like this?" Not to mention, Liu Kai really couldn't believe that the Xuzhou army was so terrifying, and couldn't help but ask Hui Cheng: "General Hui,

Are you sure you met only 1,500 Xuzhou cavalry? Did you miscalculate the number? The Xuzhou cavalry was actually more than that?"

"It's absolutely 1,500 cavalry." Huicheng, who still had gauze tied on his forehead, sounded very depressed and replied dejectedly: "The ranks of the hypocrite army are very neat, just like a scale drawing. I counted them carefully.

However, the hypocrite army only had one thousand cavalry at first, and then five hundred more came."

Liu Kai was a little speechless. After a long time, he sighed: "I heard that the Hypocrite Army has never lost a battle since its debut. It is indeed worthy of its reputation. This battle is difficult to win."

"General Hui, Ye has a question." At this time, Liu Ye, the prime minister of Lujiang County who had been listening, spoke slowly and asked: "General Hui, I heard from you that the most difficult thing about the Xuzhou Gentleman Army is that it can be done anytime and anywhere.

Even in the middle of a fast charge, they can turn around and fire arrows on the galloping horses. Our cavalry cannot catch up with them and cannot hit them - so I would like to ask General Hui, what is the range of the Junzi Army's horse bow?

?Compared to a walking bow or a powerful crossbow?"

"This..." Huicheng really hasn't considered this, but fortunately, Huicheng is more attentive enough to count the number of enemies on the battlefield. After carefully recalling it for a long time, Huicheng slapped his thigh and exclaimed.

: "Yes, how could I forget this? The hypocrite uses a short horse bow. Although the range is similar to the ordinary wooden bow used by infantry, our strong crossbows and full-strength crossbows can shoot farther than them!

"

"It is indeed the case." Liu Ye nodded, then turned to Liu Kai and said: "Second General, although the Junzi Army in Xuzhou is powerful, it is not something to be afraid of. When our army encounters them, as long as they fight in formation and use strong bows,

If you use hard crossbows to shoot at them, even if you can't catch up with the gentleman's army, you can still shoot them away."

Liu Qie twisted his beard and calculated, then nodded after a long time and said: "Mr. Ziyang's words are reasonable. It seems that in the future when our army encounters the Junzi Army, the only way is to shoot at each other with bows and crossbows. Fortunately, our army often fetch water."

In battle, there are many crossbowmen in the team, so we will not suffer any loss in shooting against the Gentleman Army, and equipping cavalry is much more expensive than equipping infantry. It is cost-effective for our army to exchange three infantry archers for one Gentleman Army cavalry."

"Uncle and nephew suggest that when our army goes north, it must be more cautious." Liu Xun's eldest son Liu Wei on the other side said: "In this case, once there is a surprise attack by the gentleman's army, we can immediately form a square formation to meet it.

Fortunately, the terrain in the north is open, which is very suitable for our army to form a formation and fight."

When Liu Kai heard this, he was very satisfied and immediately nodded in agreement. When he was discussing the time to go north with Liu Ye, the army staff officer assigned to him by his brother, Liu Ye picked up the military intelligence reports of Huicheng's remnant army in the past few days, shook his head and said

: "Second General, there is no need to be anxious. Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you be victorious in every battle. Please allow me to read the military intelligence reports over the past few days, and then discuss with the Second General the time to send troops."

"What you said is absolutely true, so Mr. Lao Ziyang should have bothered more."

Liu Kai also had great respect for Liu Ye, a resourceful clan member of the Han clan. Not only did he not rush Liu Ye, but he also deliberately lowered his voice and quietly discussed with Huicheng the matter of joining the Lujiang Army and the Liyang Army to go north. He was eager to atone for his merits.

When Huicheng agreed to let Liyang Army accept the command of Liu Kai, Liu Ye had already quickly read through the military intelligence information collected by Huicheng's remnant army in the past few days, and closed his slender eyes to calculate for a long time. Liu Ye suddenly suddenly

Opening his eyes, he said sternly: "Second General, our army cannot go north! Once we go north, we will inevitably encounter the main elite of the Xuzhou bandit army, and may even encounter Tao Ying himself! By then, the Xuzhou bandit army will be waiting for work, and our army will be in danger!"

"How did Mr. Ziyang know this?" Liu Kai asked in surprise.

"We know from the troop deployment of the traitor Tao!" Liu Ye picked up a letter and said seriously: "This letter was sent by General Yinlingqiao Rui. It clearly states that Tao Ying was placed nearby by the traitor.

The main force of Quyang, which was nearby, was not used, but the traitor general Zang Ba was transferred from Dangtu and stationed outside Yinling City to confront General Qiaorui, but he did not launch an attack on the city! It can be seen that the task given to Zang Ba by Tao Ying's traitor was only to contain

General Qiao Rui, General Qiao Rui has no time to send troops to meet our army! The purpose of Tao Ying's traitor's arrangement is very obvious, that is to free up his main combat force, form a local advantage, and defeat our army one by one! And Tao Ying's traitor's third

One target must be our Lujiang reinforcements!"

Of course, Liu Qie's brain couldn't keep up with Liu Ye's thinking rhythm. After thinking for a long time, he barely understood Liu Ye's analysis. Then Liu Qie asked doubtfully: "Mr. Ziyang, the traitor Tao Ying asked Zang Ba to restrain Qiao Rui.

With his main force freed up, he may also be preparing to throw his main force into the Shouchun battlefield. How do you know that the traitor Tao Ying will send his main force to deal with our army?"
To be continued...