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The army set off in a mighty and mighty manner, with an endless formation.
Liu Ke left Zhang Liao with 30,000 troops to guard Xuzhou, and sent Huang Zhong with 30,000 troops to Shouchun, the seat of Jiujiang County.
This move is to prevent Cao Cao from breaking through Runan County and entering Jiujiang.
Therefore, the number of troops Liu Ke could use was only 150,000.
It was the first time that Yangzhou sent such a large number of troops on an expedition. In many cases, 30,000 to 50,000 troops could determine the outcome of a battle.
Among these 150,000 people, there are 70,000 cavalry troops, all of whom are among the best and are Liu Ke's biggest reliance.
Among the many princes, only Liu Ke and Dong Zhuo could raise so many cavalry.
However, Dong Zhuo's Flying Bear Army performed mediocrely in the last battle, so that Liu Ke broke through all the defense lines.
After Dong Zhuo's death, the Flying Bear Army dispersed. Later, Li Jue and Guo Si fought fiercely, and the Feixiong army was completely lost.
This time, all Yangzhou warriors came out. Including Liu Ke, Lu Bu, Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Tai Shi Ci, Zhang He, Gao Shun, Hua Xiong and others were full of fighting spirit.
Among the counselors, Xun You and Huang Zhong went to Shouchun, Lu Su went to Dongyang City, Chen Gong rushed to Nanhai to join Zhao Yun, and Jia Xu guarded Jiaozhi County.
Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong and others returned to the counties to stabilize people's hearts and organize militia, ready to resist the enemy at any time.
Unlike the 50,000 new troops trained by the Tibetan hegemons, the militiamen are only considered reserve forces.
Shouchun and Dongyang have no shortage of strong men and population. At critical moments, Huang Zhong and Zhang Liao can raise a hundred thousand defenders at any time. Therefore, Liu Ke is not particularly worried about defense. What he really needs to consider is how to defeat the invading enemy forces.
At the same time, only Guo Jia and Liu Ye accompanied Liu Ke on the expedition.
"Fengxiao, are you afraid?" Liu Ye suddenly asked.
The attack on Yangzhou by a million-strong coalition of princes was a test for the counselors. They had to tighten their nerves and look for the enemy's flaws.
Guo Jia took a sip of wine and felt comfortable all over. He obtained a drinking license from Liu Ke on the grounds that drinking would refresh him.
"It's just so so," Guo Jiada said.
"Actually, I also think that our army will have a greater chance of winning if we stick to the river." Liu Ye sighed.
"Natural hazards are important, but man-made hazards are more important," Guo Jiadao said.
It can be said that these 150,000 people are all the elites in Yangzhou. Once the losses are heavy, Liu Ke will have to recruit new troops.
Without a large number of new soldiers entering the battle, they can only fight one-on-one. Yangzhou will win, but it will be a miserable victory.
Therefore, Guo Jia is not worried about winning or losing, but about losses. It was by grasping this that he successfully persuaded Liu Ke to go north first and then south.
Gao Shun, who was in charge of the security mission, sent countless scouts to detect the news. The news reported by each team of scouts was the same, that is, no enemy troops were found.
Yangzhou borders Xuzhou, so Liu Ke decided to visit Xuzhou first.
After deciding on the policy of going north first, Liu Ke was hesitant. There are two groups of enemies coming to the north, one is Cao Cao's 200,000-strong army, and the other is the coalition of Liu Bei, Yuan Shao, and Gongsun Zan.
Which road should be broken first?
Cao Cao's army is undoubtedly easier to deal with in terms of numbers, and is similar to the number of troops that the Yangzhou Army can dispatch.
There are two reasons why Liu Ke did not choose Cao Cao. One is that Cao Cao is cunning and cunning. He has fought side by side with the two armies and is very familiar with them. He will definitely not fight head-on and the battle will easily fall into a stalemate. Secondly, Cao Cao was not prepared and the army still stayed in Chenliu.
This is why Yangzhou¡¯s efficiency provides Liu Ke with a huge advantage, and he has more initiative.
So, he chose Liu Bei who was also unprepared.
Liu Bei and his three allies have a total of 450,000 troops, which sounds very scary, but Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan are still on the road.
Liu Ke wanted to make a time lag and suddenly attack Liu Bei when the Northern Army of the Triumvirate was unprepared.
Xuzhou is the throat of the Allied forces this time, and Liu Ke positioned it as a place to stop losses.
Simply put, it is to control the war within Xuzhou.
If Liu Bei can be severely damaged in an instant, Cao Cao will have to consider Chen Liu's defense.
Because Xuzhou borders Chenliu, Liu Ke¡¯s army is operating in Xuzhou. How dare Cao Cao not keep an eye on it?
Marching into Xuzhou can interfere with Cao Cao's decision-making.
After comprehensive consideration, Liu Ke was unceremoniously prepared to take action on Liu Bei.
When Liu Ke expressed his thoughts, Guo Jia and Liu Ye were amazed.
This is clearly a job grab!
Guo Jia was still calm and composed, but Liu Ye felt uncomfortable. After all, he didn't give a single suggestion.
"Reporting to the lord, no trace of the enemy has been found." Gao Shunhui reported.
Sure enough, as expected, Liu Bei was not ready.
"The army entered Xuzhou and gave Liu Bei a surprise." Liu Kedao.
The word "surprise" made the generals laugh continuously.
"Haha, my lord, you are so bad!" Hua Xiong said.
"That's what we should do. Then the Allies found out that they were the one being attacked. Isn't it interesting?" Zhang He said.
The generals were all in high spirits and headed straight for Xuzhou.
Liu Ke disliked the fact that the infantry was too slow and handed them all over to Gao Shun. He took the lead with the cavalry.
Gao Shun looked confused. He originally wanted to make a contribution, but now that he is good, what else can he gain in the future?
I envy the cavalry so much.
When entering Xuzhou from Guangling, you will first pass through Xiapi County, which is also where Liu Bei stationed his troops.
"Hurry up, the army is ready to go at any time!" Liu Bei urged.
Even though Liu Bei personally supervised it, his subordinates were so busy that they still did not prepare what the army needed.
"My lord, Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan's troops have not arrived yet, so there is no need to rush." ??Li Ru said.
"Of course I won't be so stupid, I just prepared the troops in advance." Liu Bei said.
"My lord, do you mean to force Yangzhou's army to Runan?" Li Ru was thoughtful and quickly thought of the reason why Liu Bei was so eager.
"Yes, as long as our army is ready and we stick to the camp so that Liu Dingfang has no chance to take advantage of him, he will have no choice but to turn around and deal with Cao Mengde." Liu Bei said.
Liu Bei was still bitter about Cao Cao snatching his alliance leader. After all, he was the real initiator.
Li Ru thought for a while and felt that it made sense, so he did not stop Liu Bei.
"Where are Yun Chang and Yide? Haven't they come back yet?" Liu Bei suddenly asked.
Liu Bei's two brothers are his biggest reliance. Hearing that the Marquis of Dongyang is full of powerful generals, he has to guard against them.
"It's a pity that these two people went to Xiaopei to receive Cao Cao's food and grass and did not come back.
This is the material Cao Cao promised Yuan Shao, and by the way, he gave some to the Northern Army.
It¡¯s not because he is rich and powerful, but because Cao Cao has a good face, he can only bite the bullet.
The reason why Cao Cao was so slow in preparing was because he had to provide supplies to the North Army.
But are these supplies free? Of course not, he also hopes that the first army of the North Road will be the leader.
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