Imperial Power Of Han Dynasty

"Oh? Come and listen." Zhang Jai asked.

"Now that Cao Ren and Cao Xiu go north to Huainan, the Cao Jun troops in Huainan area have been replenished, and Cao Jun's navy can rely on Chaohu for defense. Even if our army goes north and Liu Bei join forces, it will only be two to three times as powerful as Cao Jun. , It’s still difficult to win Hefei City eagerly.” Gao Chong said leisurely.

Zhang Jai seems to understand something: "You mean...Xuzhou?"

"Yes! Our army can send a navy army to Chaohu with fanfare to attract the attention of the enemy, but in fact lead the main force to surprise Guangling County!" Gao Chong said flatly: "As long as we can take Guangling County, we can echo the generals. And you can take the opportunity to surprise Pi, if you can catch the false emperor, this is a great credit!"

Among the Three Kingdoms, Soochow has attacked Hefei many times. The most famous is that after the Battle of Chibi, Sun Quan led a 100,000 army to attack Hefei. Instead, Zhang Liao was defeated by 8,000 people, beheaded Chen Wu, and almost captured Sun Quan. Thanks to being protected by Lu Meng, Gan Ning, Pan Zhang, Jiang Qin and others, he escaped from the dead.

After that, Sun Quan was still eager to see Hefei, and later led his army to attack many times, but he was never successful. Instead, he made the reputation of Manchong, Tian Yu and others.

But in fact, Soochow did not always focus on Hefei, but also chose another strategic direction, that is, Guangling County in southern Xuzhou.

The navy was launched from Wu County and the attack on Guangling County started from the time of Sun Ce. It's just that Chen Deng, the prefect of Guangling County at that time, was proficient in military strategy and good at defense, and he had a Danyang soldier of tens of thousands under his hand. Danyang soldiers were extremely talented, coupled with Chen Deng's strategy, so Sun Ce never succeeded.

After Sun Ce passed away, Sun Quan also sent troops to attack Guangling County, but he still broke his head in Guangling County.

Liu Bei borrowed from Sun Quan to live in Jingzhou temporarily. Later, Liu Bei attacked west to obtain Yizhou. Sun Quan asked Liu Bei for Jingzhou. If Liu Bei refused, Sun Quan sent Lv Meng to take down the three counties of Changsha, Guiyang and Lingling. Taking Xiangshui as the boundary, they returned to Lingling County and reconciled with Liu Beijun.

At this time, Sun Quan asked Lu Meng: "How about our army attacking Xuzhou northward?"

Lu Meng, who replaced Lu Su as the chief governor, said: "Now Cao Cao's attention is focused on the north. If our army sends troops to attack Xuzhou, it will succeed in all likelihood, but once Cao Cao reacts and mobilizes heavy troops, even if there are seven. The army of 80,000 is also difficult to defend, so it is better to attack Guan Yu, all to the south of the Yangtze River."

It can be seen that it is absolutely possible to attack Xuzhou from the north of Soochow.

After listening to Gao Chong's suggestion, Zhang Jai couldn't help but his eyes lit up: "Boan, what you said is very reasonable."

Having said that, Zhang Jai stood up, paced back and forth in the hall a few times, and said: "Wen Pin Lao Cheng is prudent, and he can be ordered to lead a 10,000 navy to the north of Chaohu Lake, echoing Liu Beiyao, leaving Zhu Huan to guard Jiangdong and comfort Gentlemen's hearts, you and I led a fifty thousand water infantry army northward to Xuzhou and surprise Guangling!"

"Okay, I'm going to make arrangements!"

...

Xuzhou, Guangling County.

Chen Deng was processing official documents in the county guard's mansion, and the sound of messy footsteps outside the hall made him frown.

"Father, father!"

"What are you panicking? I can't hold back when you encounter something. How can you do big things like this?" Chen Deng reprimanded his son Chen Su.

"Father, the famous general of the Xiliang Army, Zhang Jai and Gao Chong led an army of 100,000! Ready to attack my Guangling County!" Chen Su said in a panic.

"Ok?"

In fact, Zhang Jai and Gao Chong led an army of 50,000. The 100,000 was a false claim to scare Cao Jun.

"Impossible, the main force led by Liu Ye is no more than 100,000 people. The South Route Army with Zhang Jai and Gao Chong is a partial division, and there will be some loss in the battle along the way. How can there be a hundred thousand people?" Chen Deng shook his head.

"Where are the enemy troops?" Chen Deng asked. In Guangling County, the rule is to the south. If the enemy troops land from the sea, they will soon be able to drive all the way north.

"The enemy seems to have reached Tanglin."

"Immediately order Danyang soldiers to assemble in the direction of Guangling, and be careful of enemy raids!" Chen Deng ordered.

"Here!"

Chen Deng gave an order, and 20,000 Danyang elite soldiers immediately assembled in the direction of Guangling. In fact, Xuzhou soldiers are not weak, but they lack good commanding generals. For example, letting a famous general like Chen Deng command the elite of Danyang, the combat power that can erupt is naturally conceivable.

"Father, is our army really going to fight Zhang Jaw?" Chen Su worried: "Now the general situation is complete, and all Cao troops have been frustrated. Although Prime Minister Cao is brilliant, it is difficult to save the decline."

"Are you planning to make me surrender?" Chen Deng looked at Chen Su.

Chen Su was a little frightened by his father's gaze, and bowed his head and said, "The kid doesn't mean that, it's just a precaution for the sake of his father and family."

The Chen family is also quite influential in Xuzhou, especially the two million Danyang soldiers, which are almost equivalent to the private soldiers of the Chen family. Cao Cao can't mobilize them. The more the family is, the less impulsive it is. Once political gambling fails , It is very likely to face the disaster of extinction.

"However, what you said also makes sense."

"Well, send someone to send a letter to Zhang Jai."

Having said that, Chen Deng immediately sat at the table before writing, grinding and writing, and in a moment he waved a letter and handed it to Chen Su.

"What did father write in the letter?" Chen Su asked curiously.

"It's nothing, it's just an appointment to meet each other." Chen Deng said slowly.

"Ah? What! No, it's too dangerous. What if one jaw leads the army and grabs his father?" Chen Su hurriedly shook his head and rejected Chen Deng's suggestion.

"What are you afraid of? Our army will lead the army to wait, and you can rest assured that Zhang Jai is a famous general under Liu Ye's account. He is wise and brave. He will not do such things. You just send the dead men to deliver the letters. That's it." Chen Deng said slowly: "If there is no accident, this time we should be able to avoid the disaster of swordsmen."

A letter can save you from the disaster of swordsmen? Chen Su was a little unbelievable, but his father Chen Deng's wisdom was indeed incomparable to others, and Chen Su nodded, took the letter and walked out, looking for the dead man to deliver it.

"Oh... the child Su'er is loyal and honest. If he were to be a magistrate of a county magistrate during the Taiping period, it would be considered to be Qingming, but in troubled times, being too honest is not a good thing."

Chen Deng sighed and muttered to himself: "I hope Liu Ye can end this war as soon as possible. When the world is peaceful, I won't have to worry about the Chen family."

"Cough cough cough..."

Chen Deng suddenly flushed and coughed.