Now that he figured this out, Huangfu Chaobo was relieved again. However, he turned his head to look at Huang Zhongdao: "Fengxiao's words are very reasonable. Since it is a war, it is inevitable that there will be casualties of soldiers. It is just that Han Sheng still needs to emphasize to the generals and minimize the number of them. Unnecessary casualties of soldiers."

"The final commander!" Huang Zhong quickly got up and promised.

Huangfu Chaobo waved his hand, motioned him to sit down and speak, then looked at Pang Guo and said, "Then how to arrange the specific force distribution and deployment?"

"The four cities of Jiuxian, Shiguo, Xiyang, and Geyang must be captured. Only in this way can the army's retreat be guaranteed. After all the four cities are captured, one general will be left to guard the four cities and the other army Then he went down the Dabie Mountains all the way to the southeast and turned to attack the cities of Anfeng and Huanglou."

Guo Jia walked to the map and talked about it in various forms: "Then the army dived south (to Rijiali) County and Longshu. As for the southeast of Lujiang County, how the army is arranged is irrelevant. Separate strategies, whether to attack the county seat first, and then attack the county seat, it all depends on the situation."

"It's just..." At this point, Guo Jia groaned a little, and gently tapped his finger to a location on the map, and said: "The two of us still haven't reached an agreement on the city of Lu'an."

Huangfu Chaobo was taken aback, looked up at the two of them, and said, "What happened to Lu'an?"

Guo Jiachao Pang Tong nodded, and Pang Tong stood up and said, "It is just that Lu'an is only two hundred miles away from Shouchun, and the cavalry will be able to get there every day. If we occupy this city, it will definitely make Yuan Shu restless. Yes, if we do not occupy this city It is possible that the Lu'an garrison will be blocked in the back of my army southward. If the war goes unfavorable, it will be a serious threat to my army’s retreat."

"What do you two think?"

"Fengxiao's intention is to ignore Lu'an and go around the city directly, because there is nearly fifty miles away from Lu'an City to the foot of Yumai Mountain of Dabie Mountain. This distance is enough for my army to move. My suggestion is to take Lu'an. But no heavy troops are stationed for defense. It is only necessary to prevent Yuan Shujun from undertaking 10,000 soldiers to seize the city."

Huangfu Chaobo listened to it and fell into contemplation. The two plans were exactly the opposite. It can also be seen that Guo Jia prefers to use surprise weapons, while Pang Tong is actually good at using surprise weapons, but he has been with Huangfu Chaobo over the years. , Became a little more cautious.

After thinking about it again and again, Huangfu Chaobo decided to take Liu'an for the sake of safety, but in terms of garrison defense, he was not prepared to leave nearly ten thousand troops on defense like Ge Yang and Yucheng.

The initial strategy has been decided, then just wait until the main force arrives. And Huangfu Chaobo handed over five thousand Tussock cavalry to Huang Zhong to use him as a scout, using the time he waited for the main force of the army to figure out the surrounding situation.

Guo Jia’s words were not wrong. Just when they were discussing how to capture Lujiang, the Emperor Zhong was exploding with thunder and anger in the Shouchun Palace a few hundred miles away, and he used six hundred miles to report the loss of the floating bridge. The urgent situation was sent to Shouchun. Less than two hours after Huangfu Chaobo got the news, Yuan Shu also got the news that the An Dong army had crossed the Huaishui River.

So he immediately ordered the recruitment of civil and military officials for discussion. Who knew that after more than an hour, there was no useful thing to discuss, and Yuan Shu was furious at the Golden Temple.

In the end, Shu Zhao suggested that two thousand elite defenders should be transferred from each city to Shouchun to form the Shouchun City Guard. Now there are 28 cities in Lujiang and Jiujiang, so a total of 50,000 can be gathered. Six thousand armies, even if some of the city's soldiers were too late to be deployed, at least a 40,000 city guard could be formed.

Then the general Ji Ling was transferred back, and he presided over the Shouchun defense battle. As for Xuzhou, they had to defend the city firmly, and it would last a day.

As for the transfer of 2,000 soldiers from the city, each county was ordered to recruit another 3,000 infantry. As a result, the number of soldiers and horses in each city reached more than 6,000, and half of them were veterans. The strength of the troops is enough to drag the Anton Army to the general's return.

Shu Zhao’s proposal made Yuan Shu very admired, and soon his imperial decree was written by the paperwork next to it, and then handed over to him to check it carefully. After confirming that it was correct, the big seal of Yuxi was sealed. Give it to the **** and distribute it to the two counties and cities.

After being prompted by Shu Zhao, someone soon suggested that since the Anton Army had crossed the Huai Shui River and Sun Cejun was in Guangling again, the General Qiaoyu in Juchao City led an army of 10,000, which had lost the meaning of defending Sun Cejun. At that time, they were defeated by the Anton Army, and they were not stationed in Shuxian County to defend the Anton Army with the 10,000 army of Lujiang Prefect Yuan Huan.

His suggestion was also affirmed by Yuan Shu. In an instant, all the officials in the hall were inspired, and the suggestions were blurted out one by one, no matter whether it worked or not, let it be said first, and won the emperor's approval.

Three days later, the Anton Army finally arrived within the boundaries of Xinxi County. Tens of thousands of troops, together with their food, grass, and workhorses, formed a team that was more than ten miles long, like a red dragon. Squirming towards the pontoon.

In the past few days, in addition to arranging the expansion of the camp, Huang Zhong also set up several pontoon bridges over the Huai River together with Zhou Tai's navy so that he could cross the river as soon as the army arrived. On the other hand, Zhou Tai arranged the nearly two thousand navy soldiers he had brought on board the captured Yuan Shujun warship, and was responsible for patrolling the waters within dozens of miles upstream and downstream of the pontoon.

Of course, investigating the movement of Yuan Shujun in the surrounding city and collecting effective information was handed over to the two military divisions Guo Jia and Pang Tong. After several days of careful investigation, the Anton Army had basically figured out the arrangement of Yuan Shujun's forces.

Except for the imperial forest army and war barracks in Shouchun, Yuan Shujun arranged five thousand defenders in each county town, and ten thousand defenders in the county town. And based on the intelligence gathered in the past few days, as Guo Jia expected, Yuan Shujun is adjusting his forces.

According to reports from the scouts, when they were investigating in Geyang, they discovered that although the gates of Geyang city were closed and the city’s defenders were patrolling day and night like a major enemy, they discovered that just last night, there was a team of two thousand people. The soldiers and horses suddenly left Ge Yang and headed east.

After receiving this news, Guo Jia keenly felt the abnormality of this soldier and horse, and then he ordered Shi A to order the Shadow Guard to screen out all the intelligence gathered in Huainan cities these days.

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