Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 307 Sending out troops (1)

Sun Quan negotiated with Zhuge Liang properly, notified Jiangdong civil and military officials Lian Cao to resist Li, and sent people to recruit Zhou Yu back to discuss the important matter of uniting against the enemy, but it took several months to go back and forth.

At this time, Li Song mobilized a large army to prepare to use troops against Liu Qi in Jiangxia and Cao Ang in Xiakou. He planned to kill Liu Qi and Cao Ang before they had established a firm foothold and formally united.

In the big tent, all civil and military personnel gathered together, and Li Song sat on the main seat.

"According to the report from the spies! Cao Ang sent Zhuge Liang to follow Lu Su to Jiangdong to persuade Sun Quan to join him in fighting against the imperial army. Judging from the time, they should have achieved results."

"Although I am not afraid of them joining forces to fight against the imperial army! But it is also a lot of trouble. It is more difficult than dealing with any of them, but it is not a big deal. For convenience, I decided to defeat them one by one." Li Song said.

"Prime Minister!" As soon as Li Song finished speaking, Wang Lang came out and cupped his hands and said, "Most of the soldiers in our army are suffering from diseases, so they may not be able to fight for the Prime Minister anymore. Moreover, it is the midwinter and the horses have no fodder, so it is not easy to fight , it’s better to wait until the beginning of spring, when the ice and snow melt and then dispatch troops.”

Li Song frowned after hearing this. After the soldiers from the north came to the south, they fell ill due to water and soil problems. He knew about this, but it was not as serious as he said. It was only less than half a month. , has become so serious?

But most of these literati love to brag and exaggerate!There is no real great ability, just like Kong Rong, who is quick-talking but not very capable. The reason why Beihai was attacked by Yuan Tan is that there are people like Kong Rong who have open minds but do not have the strength to fight against the enemy.

As for sending out troops after the ice and snow melt in the early spring, firstly, this delay will give them a chance to prepare, and it will make it more difficult for them to crusade. More, three times, there is more rain in the south in spring, and the climate is humid. Once it rains, it can make the road difficult, which is not conducive to cavalry operations.

Therefore, if you really have to wait until then, you might as well just withdraw your troops and go back to the north. There will be nothing beneficial to your side.

Li Song looked back at where the generals were. He couldn't listen to Wang Lang's one-sided words. He needed to listen to the generals in this regard.

"Prime Minister!" Seeing Li Song's gaze, Xue Rengui, who was at the head of the generals, rushed out of the line, clasped his fists and saluted, "Only a quarter of the generals in the army are sick, and [-]% of those who can fight, and the fodder for the horses is fine." It's not a big problem to ship it from the north."

"There is no problem at all in going to Jiangxia and Xiakou. Our army can also randomly deploy more than 30 troops to fight against the rebels."

"Okay! You can mobilize the army and launch an attack on Jiangxia and Xiakou. We must take Jiangxia and eliminate Cao Ang's forces first to break the Sun-Cao alliance." Li Song said.

"Li Cunxiao and Guan Sheng commanded [-] troops to besiege Xiakou. The attack was going to be fierce, but they couldn't break it. The rest of the troops were on standby!"

"Promise!" Li Cunxiao and Guan Sheng came out, clasped their fists and saluted.

"Prime Minister!" Wang Lang said, "Why is this? Although I don't understand military strategies, I also know the truth that soldiers are precious and fast. I'm afraid it's inappropriate to procrastinate like this!"

"Presumably the admonishing doctor should know the allusion of besieging Wei and saving Zhao?" Li Song laughed.

"Of course I know the allusion of besieging Wei and saving Zhao, but what does it have to do with this battle, I'm stupid! Please reprimand the prime minister." Wang Lang cupped his hands.

"Although Liu Qi claims to have 2 soldiers and sufficient food and grass, he is just bragging. The real strength is only more than [-], but the food and grass are sufficient. It is not so easy to defeat him."

"Cao Ang's army in Xiakou is old, weak, sick, and disabled, and there are only [-] soldiers. The soldiers who can fight are less than [-]. The food and grass are still supplied by Liu Qi. Our army only needs to surround Xiakou. Cao Ang is bound to Jiangxia. Liu Qi asked for help."

"I think Liu Qi must know the reason why the lips are dead and the teeth are cold. Once Xiakou is broken, he will be the next one, so Liu Qi will definitely send troops to reinforce. Our army will be wiped out. This is called a siege." Li Song said.

"What a siege point to fight for reinforcements! You only need to surround a point, and the enemy can be lured out to reinforce this point. In fact, the purpose of our army is the enemy's reinforcements." Yang Xiu stood up and said in a timely manner.

"Prime Minister! What if Liu Qi rescues Cao Ang by water?"

"It doesn't matter! It's the so-called raising a soldier for a thousand days and using it for a while! Now my navy is almost done training, it's time to pull it out and test the results." Li Song smiled, and he planned to let Li Sunshin lead the fleet to prevent the enemy from going by water.

"Pei Yuanqing, Xiao Mahe, Tan Daoji!" Li Song named the three names, and the three hurried out of the line, clasped their fists and saluted, "The last general is here!"

"I order you to command [-] troops each, and lay in ambush on the only way between Jiangxia and Xiakou. Once Liu Qi's reinforcements pass by you, you will destroy them. This time I will personally supervise the battle." Li Song said.

"Obey!" The three of them clasped their fists together and saluted. After the meeting ended, they ordered their soldiers and horses to set off.

"Report!" Cao Ang was discussing important matters with Cao Zhang and others. A tiger guard soldier ran in, knelt down on one knee and said, "Report to my lord! We found a large number of enemy troops coming towards us!"

"What?" Cao Ang and the others were shocked when they heard this!Cao Ang hurriedly asked, "How many soldiers and horses are here?"

"About [-]!" said the general of the Tiger Guards.

Cao Ang and the others took a deep breath. The sum of all here is only [-]. If the old, weak, sick and disabled are not counted, there are less than [-] who can fight.

"Brother! What should we do now?" Cao Zhang asked impatiently.

"Cao Zhen, you lead the tiger and leopard cavalry into battle quickly. The enemy army is coming fiercely. You must show him some color first. Only when they are hurt can our army hold this place temporarily." Cao Ang waved his hand to let the tiger guards retreat. Next, turn your head to Cao Zhendao.

"Obey!" Cao Zhen clasped his fists and saluted, and left after accepting the order.

"Pass down the order! The rest of the people who can hold weapons should all defend, and they must stick to it until Liu Qi's reinforcements arrive." Cao Ang said.

"No!" All the generals clasped their fists in salute, and took the order to leave. While arranging defenses, Cao Ang sent many people to Jiangxia to ask Liu Qi for help.

When Li Cunxiao and Guan Sheng came here, they saw Qianqi rushing out from the enemy army and killed them.

"General Li! The enemy's cavalry is coming up! It looks like they are elite cavalry, I'm afraid they are no worse than our army's cavalry!" Guan Sheng looked at the tiger and leopard riding over.

"Meeting on a narrow road, the brave wins! General Guan Sheng, the cavalry in front of me should be Cao Cao's tiger and leopard cavalry. I want to see who is better between the tiger and leopard cavalry and the Xuanjia army. General Laoguan leads the Xuanjia army personally." Let's fight." Li Cunxiao said.

"Okay! The general is waiting for my news! The Xuanjia army will follow me to fight." Guan Sheng said, shouted, and led the Xuanjia army to fight the tiger and leopard cavalry.

(End of this chapter)