Chapter 884 Three Cobblers Are Better than Zhuge Liang

If Ji Ling could ignore Yang Hong's words, but Yan Xiang also objected, then Ji Ling would also hesitate. At this moment, Shu Zhao next to him suddenly came out and said: "Your Majesty, I have a plan. To deal with the foreign troops, the general can use his own troops instead of his generals. Your Majesty will be fine if you promise heavy profits!"

Shu Zhao's suggestion made everyone's eyes light up. Yuan Shu quickly agreed to his suggestion. With a stroke of his pen, the imperial edict was immediately sent out. The soldiers and horses in the two counties of Huainan were under Yuan Shu's promise of huge profits. , quickly concentrated on Shouchun, and within a few days Ji Ling collected 50,000 soldiers and horses, and then transferred mid-level and senior generals from his own army to reorganize these soldiers and horses and prepare them for the battlefield.

After discussing the arrangement of troops, everyone began to discuss strategies to deal with the enemy. After a whole day of deliberation, Yuan Shu finally agreed with the strategy of Ji Ling and others. Then Yuan Shu issued an order, with Ji Ling as the chief general and Shu Zhao as the military adviser, to lead an army of 200,000 to fight against the Antong Army coalition.

Afterwards, Yuan Shujun's troops and horses began to mobilize frequently. Although Anton's army was alert, Yuan Shujun was fighting at home after all, and the specific situation of Yuan Shujun's troop mobilization was not very clear.

On the eighth day of May, the two armies of the Anton Army successively captured the cities of Geyang and Xiyang of Yuan Shu's Army. Subsequently, Huangfu Chaobo summoned the generals of the army in Geyang to discuss how to deal with Yuan Shu's counterattack. However, Because I was afraid that the information was really limited, in the end, I left it alone.

In desperation, Huangfu Chaobo ordered the army to rest and reorganize, while arranging Shi A to gather intelligence quickly.

A few days later, Shi A received information that the cities of Qisi, Liao County and Yangquan had received a large number of reinforcements from Yuan Shu's army. According to the news from the shadows, Qisi city alone had received 15,000 reinforcements, and Liao behind them The county and Yangquan cities also received thousands of reinforcements.

As a result, there were nearly 30,000 troops in Qisi City, more than 10,000 troops in Liao County and Yangquan, and Shouchun's troops reached nearly 200,000. It seems that Ji Ling was afraid that the Anton Army would follow the Huai River. Heading all the way east, we headed straight for Huanglong.

On the 11th, after careful analysis of the troop mobilization of Yuan Shu's army, Huangfu Chaobo and Pang Tong Guo Jia discussed and left Wang Ran to lead a total of 20,000 soldiers from one school and three school defenders to guard Geyang, while Han Siam led the army. A total of 10,000 soldiers from one school and one garrison guarded the Xinxi Pontoon Camp, and the remaining 120,000 troops began to march to Hulou and Anfeng.

As for the rest of the cities in Xiyang, they are all handed over to the Lujiang Xuanwu Camp newly recruited by Kong Xin. Currently, Kong Xin's Xuanwu Camp only has two schools of troops, one of which is his special unit of Great Qin Ruins, and the other is of ordinary soldiers. War soldiers. However, although it is a newly established two-camp army, it is still more than enough to defend three county towns. Zuo Chengzu, the governor of Lujiang, has also taken office in Bian City. Although there are only five counties under his rule now, the two of them are very motivated.

A few days later in the afternoon, the army arrived in Anfeng. At this time, the Anfeng defenders seemed not to have expected that the Anton Army would abandon the strategy of marching eastward to Shouchun and instead go south to attack the remaining cities in Lujiang. They saw the Anton Army outside the city. Allied with the Yuzhou Army, General Anfeng mobilized troops to defend the city wall, and at the same time sent messengers to seek help from the surrounding cities via land and water.

Looking at the reaction of the defenders in the city, Huangfu Chaobo couldn't help but smile at each other with Pang Tong and others. Sure enough, Yuan Shujun thought that his army would send troops to Shouchun, and deployed most of his troops on the south bank of the Huai River. He did not expect that his army would not I never thought about fighting him to the death right now. In the end, I ended up benefiting both Cao Cao and Sun Ce.

Seeing this situation, Huangfu Chaobo ordered the army to camp first. Early the next morning, Huang Zhong made war arrangements according to the originally agreed plan. Huang Zhong and Wang Yong led an army of 50,000 to attack Anfeng, while Zhang He and Huang Wudie led an army of 50,000 to attack Anfeng. An army of 50,000 besieged Hulou, and Huangfu Chaobo led the Guards to provide support.

After Zhang He and Huang Wudie's 50,000 troops left, Huang Zhong began to make preparations to attack Anfeng.

On the top of Anfeng City, the defender looked at the tens of thousands of Anton Army soldiers and horses who had broken camp and headed south under the city. He was secretly happy. After the Anton Army could no longer be seen,

Then he said to a general next to him: "Li County Lieutenant, immediately send someone to follow the Anton Army's southward march. After confirming that the army has arrived in Yulou County, you will immediately report to the general."

If Huangfu Chaobo could see the situation in Anfeng City at this time, he would be surprised. In Anfeng City today, there are not the five thousand defenders they knew, but about 20,000 defenders, including The heavy infantry combat barracks under Five Thousand Ji Ling. The leading general was Ji Bao, the heavy infantry leader. In addition to his 5,000 heavy infantry, there were also 10,000 Shouchun city guards in Anfeng City and the 5,000 garrison troops in Anfeng City.

But for now, only the soldiers of Anfeng Guards appeared at the top of the city, while the soldiers of the heavy infantry and city guards were still hiding in the military camps in the city. Even the residents in the city did not know that so many soldiers had been added to the city. Army.

This is not only true in Anfeng City, but also in Yulou City dozens of miles to the south. The guard is Li Gui, another heavy infantry captain under Ji Ling, and the military strength is the same as Anfeng, with a total of 20,000 troops.

Yes, Yuan Shujun perfectly demonstrated this time what it means to have three cobblers standing up to Zhuge Liang. When Yuan Shu decided to send out an army of more than 200,000 men, Yang Hong, Shu Zhao and Yan Xiang, three military advisors in their eighties, finally cooperated once and saw through the strategies of the natural geniuses Guo Fengxiao and Fengchu Pang Shiyuan.

And the first person to see through it was Yang Hong, a flatterer who was looked down upon by everyone. In Yang Hong's opinion, Huangfu Chaobo would not be so stupid as to rush into Shouchun City and fight to the death with his own tens of thousands of elite troops. In his opinion, he would never do such a thing that would harm himself and benefit others, so a smart person like Huangfu Chaobo would not do it either.

Since they would not attack Shouchun, the biggest possibility for the An Dong army was to go south to Shu County and control the entire Lujiang River first. When they controlled Lujiang, Cao Cao and Sun Ce's armies should have almost attacked the vicinity of Shouchun, and then they could run all the way to Shouchun City to pick up the bargain.

So the three cobblers racked their brains, and with the addition of Ji Ling, a general of Yuan Shu's army, the half-baked emperor's blind cat met a dead mouse. After a day of discussion, they finally determined the strategy.

Inspired by Huangfu Chaobo's strategy of crossing the river by repairing the plank road in the open and crossing Chencang in secret, Yuan Shu's army also prepared to deceive the sky and cross the sea. Fifty thousand player soldiers were deployed to the cities that Li Feng was responsible for defending. Of course, these soldiers entered the cities in the name of the elite troops of Yuan Shu.