Chapter 808: Ji Ling's Army Is Missing

Sun Ce thought he knew all the generals of Yuan Shu's army very well. If Ji Ling could fight him, only Qiao Rui, Le Jiu, Li Feng and Liang Gang could barely fight against the four veteran generals of Jiangdong. The rest of the generals were not worth worrying about and were barely average.

But now Le Jiu and Li Feng went to defend Huangfu Chaobo, Qiao Rui stationed in Juchao to prevent him from attacking Lujiang, and Ji Ling and Liang Gang went to Xiapi to defend Cao Cao.

Only Zhang Xun led troops to station in Guangling, plus the 10,000 guards of Guangling prefect Yuan Si, on the surface, there were 40,000 troops, but in addition to Guangling City, Zhang Xun also needed to send troops to defend Jiangdu, Hailing and Yuguo. The number of soldiers and horses in Guangling City would not exceed 20,000 at most, so he only needed to send the navy to capture the port of Donglingting, and then the 50,000 troops would attack Guangling City directly.

In Sun Ce's view, Zhang Xun's ability and strength are limited. His troops are at most slightly stronger than his own guards. If his 50,000 elite soldiers attack the city defended by 20,000 soldiers, it will only take a few days to capture it.

Once Guangling City is captured, he will gain a foothold in Jiangbei, and then he can take every step carefully to bring the entire Guangling under his control. As for Yuan Shu's army, facing the attacks of the two powerful vassals Huangfu Chaobo and Cao Cao, how can they have the energy to take care of themselves.

For Sun Ce's strategy, the four old ministers of Jiangdong and the relatives and generals of the Sun family all support it. It's just that the old master has passed away. Although this young master has captured Danyang, he is too young and energetic. Most of the generals under Sun Ce are good at training soldiers but not good at strategy.

Therefore, everyone in Jiangdong supports the dispatch of troops to Jiangbei this time, but they have different opinions on where to attack. Some of the generals of the Sun family suggested sending troops to Lujiang, while the four elders of Jiangdong even clamored to send troops to Jiujiang to capture Shouchun and take back the relics of the old master.

Quan Rou and Lu Dai, who had just joined Sun Ce, suggested attacking Guangling. They had the same idea as Sun Ce. Guangling was a newly occupied place and was far away from Shouchun. Facing the attack of hundreds of thousands of troops from the north, Yuan Shu was most likely to give up Guangling.

The three directions were in dispute, but no one could convince anyone. In the end, Sun Ce made a unilateral decision and ordered the army to attack Guangling on a chosen day. At the same time, he sent a large number of scouts to gather intelligence on Guangling and the surrounding cities.

Just when Sun Ce's army decided on the direction of attack and then trained in Jianye, Cao Cao in Yanzhou was ready to send troops. As expected by others, Cao Cao's direction of sending troops was indeed Xuzhou.

After the emperor's edict was sent to Yanzhou, Cao Cao, who had already prepared to send troops, raised his troops on the second day after Huangfu Chaobo sent troops. The 40,000-strong army marched to Pengcheng, joined the troops of the two counties of Xuzhou, and assembled 60,000 troops to head straight for Xiapi.

When Huangfu Chaobo heard that Cao Cao had sent 60,000 troops to attack Yuan Shu, he knew that Cao Aman was also on guard against him, but this was normal. The two families had fought to the death in the past two years, and it was normal not to trust each other. It would be strange if they could really trust each other.

However, what surprised Huangfu Chaobo was that Cao Charlie and his Tiger Guards did not appear in the troops of Cao Cao's army. It seemed that he was preparing to attack Zang Ba. However, Huangfu Chaobo still did not look favorably on Cao Charlie in the war between him and Zang Ba.

The last time was because he caught Zang Ba off guard, and he also recruited the two generals Chang Xi and Wu Dun to surrender, which enabled him to occupy the three counties of Chi County, Juping County and Bo County without bloodshed. But now Zang Ba has reacted, and the two of them will face each other.

On June 5, Huangfu Chaobo's Andong Army arrived in Yangdi, Yingchuan. At this time, the news had already been received that Yuzhou Governor Kong Rong had already prepared 30,000 troops and handed them over to General He Man. As soon as the Andong Army arrived, they could go out together.

Zongheng Tianxia brought his chief general Chen Dao and 8,000 troops to Yangdi, ready to go out with the army, and left Hengjie and He Yi in Ye County to defend against Nanyang Zhang Ji's army.

When everyone met, it was a lively scene. However, Huangfu Chaobo did not order the army to stay in Yangdi for a long time.

After replenishing some food and grass from Kong Rong, the army continued to set off south.

The army went south all the way, and players continued to lead troops to join. As soon as they entered Runan, Xiping County Magistrate Huang Jin Wudi and his general Huang Zhao led 5,000 troops to join.

On June 10, the coalition army arrived at Pingyu, the seat of Runan. At this time, the number of the coalition army had exploded to 150,000. In addition to the 60,000 troops of the An Dong army, there were also 30,000 troops of the Yuzhou army, 8,000 troops of Zongheng Tianxia, ​​and 5,000 troops of Huangjin Wudi. The rest were nearly 50,000 troops gathered by player lords from all over Yuzhou.

Not only did Huangfu Chaobo's army increase, but Cao Cao's army also increased to nearly 100,000 troops.

The coalition set up a camp outside Pingyu City. From Pingyu to the south, it entered Yuan Shu's territory, so the army must be arranged before it can continue to march, so as to avoid hundreds of thousands of troops attacking all at once. At the same time, he also needed to understand the distribution of Yuan Shu's troops in detail, so that Pang Tong could predict the situation.

Although the army set up camp, Huangfu Chaobo's 5,000 cavalry did not rest. They were divided into ten teams by Huang Zhong and used as scouts to rush to the city occupied by Yuan Shu's army in Runan.

This time, Huangfu Chaobo led only 5,000 cavalrymen into battle, taking into account that most of the battles were sieges. No other cavalrymen went out, and even the other soldiers of the Guards were only equipped with horses, including the Yuanrong Crossbowmen.

Two days later, the cavalry sent back the situation of Yuan Shu's troops in various places. Among them, Xincai was guarded by 30,000 elite troops led by Yuan Shu's son-in-law Huang Yi, while Ancheng and Ruyin were defended by Le Jiu and Li Feng, each leading 10,000 elite troops. Although there were no reinforcements in the other cities, they had closed the gates and were ready for battle.

Looking at the news sent back by the cavalry, Pang Tong had basically figured out Yuan Shu's plan, but soon the news sent back by Shadow from Shouchun made him fall into deep thought again: Ji Ling's 50,000 troops disappeared after crossing the Huai River and entering Xiacai City.

No matter which battlefield they were deployed in, 50,000 troops were a force that could change the situation. Although the coalition had nearly 150,000 troops, when it came to the real battle, they could only rely on the Andong Army and the Yuzhou Army. Oh, they could also add the troops that crisscrossed the world. The other 50,000 or 60,000 troops were just here to make soy sauce.

You should know that the 50,000 elite troops that Yuan Shu's army sent to the battlefield in Yuzhou were all stationed in cities close to waterways. Although Yuan Shu's army did not have a strong navy, it had no problem transporting troops along several large rivers in Runan.