The First Military Division of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 320
Chapter 330: The Second Battle Cloud

As soon as Liu Bei's order came, Gao Lan of Xiapi immediately went into battle, and ordered soldiers from all over the country to quickly go to Xiapi to gather and form a new army to go south to reinforce Xu Huang.

Gao Lan was one of the generals who followed Liu Bei in the early days. He has made great achievements in battle and has a high reputation. He was already the commander of the first army. It's because Xuzhou's geographical location is too important, surrounded by powerful enemies, and it is the first line against Jiangdong Sun Ce.

Therefore, Xuzhou needs a general to sit in it and stabilize all parties. This general is Xuzhou's garrison general, who holds the power of Xuzhou's soldiers and horses, and responds to critical situations. For example, in the current situation, Gao Lan needs to take action.

While Gao Lan was still mobilizing troops, Sun Ce had already led an army of 30 to Shouchun. The army took back Liyang City, which was occupied by Xu Huang, and then directly attacked Xuzhou, forcing Liu Bei to transfer his army south.

Zhou Yu knew what Liu Bei wanted to send Zhang Fei to Hedong. Liangzhou must not fall into Liu Bei's hands, otherwise if Liu Bei continued to grow, Jiangdong would have no way out like Cao Cao.

Even if Cao Cao was unwilling to give Jiang Xia to Sun Ce, Zhou Yu would persuade Sun Ce to send troops to contain Liu Bei and prevent Liu Bei from attacking Cao Cao with all his strength. This was also for Jiang Dong himself.

Half a month later, 30 troops gathered in the Shouchun area of ​​Huainan. Outside Shouchun City, there were military camps everywhere, and there were horses everywhere. None of the people dared to wander around. The villages outside the city had already made room for Sun Ce's army, and they all moved to other places. up.

"My lord!" Outside Shouchun City, Zhou Yu led generals Huang Gai, Zhou Tai, Ding Feng, He Qi and others to welcome Sun Ce into the city.

"Well, no courtesy." Sun Ce got off his horse and came in front of Zhou Yu and the others, looked at the generals in front of him, full of pride in his heart, and then led them into Shouchun.

In this way, Sun Ce's army is ready, and after a while, it will attack Xu Huang's army according to the agreement with Cao Cao.

For this Southern Expedition, Sun Ce didn't do anything perfunctory. He is not an idiot, and helping Cao Cao now is helping himself, and if he can take advantage of Liu and Cao's plan to win a part of Xuzhou, it will be considered a big gain.

On the second day, Sun Ce, dressed in military uniform, inspected Shouchun's troops in a dignified manner. Sun Ce's presence in person raised the morale of the hundreds of thousands of troops.

"He Qi led [-] soldiers and horses as the vanguard, Ding Feng led [-] soldiers and horses as my right flank, Zhou Tai led [-] soldiers and horses as my left flank, and old generals Zhuge Jin and Huang Gai led [-] million soldiers and horses to stay behind Shou In spring, keep our rear intact, Zhu Heng and Dong Xi will lead [-] soldiers and horses to stay in Hefei, to protect the army's food road, and the rest, follow my army, and march into Liyang!"

"promise!!!"

Three days after Sun Ce's army was reorganized, Sun Ce's army gave an order, and the army set off, with thousands of horses galloping, battle flags surging, and dust flying, like a murderous dragon, heading towards the border city of Huainan, Liyang City.

Sun Ce spent a lot of money for this southern expedition.You must know that Sun Ce's soldiers and horses are far inferior to Liu Bei and Cao Cao, and there are many places to guard.

In Rujiaozhou, the veteran Han Dang and the general Cheng Bing led [-] soldiers and horses to guard. There are many Shanyue in Huiji County. Thousands of soldiers and horses guarded Jiangxia, and the newly acquired Jiangxia, although he is now an alliance with Cao Cao, but the heart of defense is indispensable. All Sun Ce ordered generals Jiang Qin and Lu Fan to lead [-] soldiers and horses to guard Jiangxia.

Jianye also left generals such as Cheng Pu, Quan Cong, and Lu Ji with [-] million troops to guard, while Wu County, facing the sea to the east, Sun Ce had already guarded against Liu Bei's powerful navy, and asked General Ling to lead [-] soldiers Ma guards Wujun, just in case.

Calculated in this way, the soldiers and horses that Sun Ce can mobilize now are all on the front line of Shouchun, and they have come here with all their strength. At this time, Xu Huang and others are frowning. The horses had just assembled and hadn't left Xiapi city yet.

It will take at least seven days for Gao Lan's army to reach Liyang City. By then, Liyang City has long been besieged by Sun Ce.

"General, retreat, don't let the army suffer a disastrous defeat because of the gains and losses of one city and one place." On the tower, beside Xu Huang, Pang Tong, a young and handsome man with flowing hair, posed in a pose that he thought was handsome and said to Xu Huang.

"I'm not willing, what a wonderful Liyang City." Xu Huang touched the solid wall, his face full of unwillingness and helplessness.

"Hehe, don't do that, General." Pang Tong said, "In the future, when His Majesty's army goes south, not to mention this small Liyang City, even Sun Ce's Jianye, will fall into our hands."

"That's true." Although Pang Tong's words were nice, Xu Huang was still unwilling, but soon made a decision to call up the army and withdraw from Liyang City.

It is absolutely impossible to stick to Liyang City. His soldiers and horses are already smaller than Sun Ce's. Once he is surrounded and loses his mobility, the [-] soldiers and horses in his hands are useless. The Gaolan Legion, that would be fun.

There is no need to put the army in danger for a small Liyang City, even if he is sure to defend Liyang City, but it is not worth such a risk.

Now that Liu Bei's family has a big business, a mere place in Liyang is already dispensable to the Liu Bei Group. There is no need to fight for every inch of land in the face of powerful enemies like Liu Bei did when he first occupied Qingzhou, and he dare not give in at will.

"Let's go." Xu Huang led the army out of the city. On the hillside in the distance, he saw Sun Ce's banner hanging on the Liyang wall from a distance. up.

"Military division, where can we retreat and garrison the army?" On the way to the army, Xu Huang asked Ji Pangtong. young man.

"Xuzhou is mostly plains and hills, so it's not suitable to stop the enemy. Sun Ce's army should be stopped in the forest-shaded mountains outside Xuzhou." Pang Tong had already found a battlefield in his heart, pointing to a dangerous place at the junction of Xuzhou and Yangzhou.

"Green-Yin Mountain is also advisable. I ordered the vanguard general Sun Guan to garrison the army at Lin-Yin Mountain." Xu Huang immediately agreed, and an army of [-] mighty marched into Lin-Yin Mountain to set up camp, waiting for the arrival of Gao Lan's reinforcements, and at the same time making preparations for a big battle with Sun Ce's army .

At the same time that the battle clouds were covering the forest-shaded mountains, Cao Cao learned that Liu Bei had dispatched troops from all over the country to defend against Sun Ce, and immediately ordered Le Jin, the defender of Yuzhou, and Cao Ren, the defender of Yanzhou, to send troops to reinforce Luoyang.

Just in case, Cao Cao ordered the troops of the two states not to go to Luoyang separately, but to reinforce Luoyang together after gathering in Nanyang, so as not to be defeated by Tai Shici one by one.

(End of this chapter)