Finding that Yanhu 20,000 steps rode over Yutai, Lin Jian immediately ordered Liu Miaozhen to be the main general, Zhou Pu, Sun Zhuang, Li Liang and others as deputies, leading 20,000 steps to ride and a large number of baggage from Huaiyang, along the southeast foot of Xiangshan Mountain, to the northwest to Xuzhou.

Ma Lantou assisted Lin Tie to stay in Huaiyang, Lin Tie and the generals stood at the head of Huaiyang City, watching Liu Miaozhen lead his troops away, in the field of vision, Xiangshan stretched to the northwest, under the blue sky, there was no end in sight.

Between Huaisi and Huaiyang, the plain terrain is the mainstay, and only a series of low hills that are roughly parallel to each other such as Xiangshan, Taoxu Mountain, Huangsangyu and Quanshan are distributed between Xuzhou and Huaiyang. These mountains are about dozens of zhang, more than 100 zhang high, can be regarded as the remaining veins of the hills in southwest Lu, the foothills, although not high, but the peak is steep, and most of them are northwest to southeast direction, in the topography, make Xuzhou and Huaiyang, including Xiao County, Tongshan County, Suixi County between Xuzhou and Huaiyang also form a whole.

In addition, north of Xuzhou, four connected lakes, including Weishan Lake, Zhaoyang Lake, Dushan Lake and Nanyang Lake, form a topographic barrier of more than 200 miles to the southwest of Shandong; Bianshui and Surabaya, which connect the river and Huai, flow through the east and west sides of Xuzhou - this kind of topography is excellent, which makes Xuzhou's geographical advantages very prominent, so it has become a place where soldiers must fight since ancient times, and it is also the key place for the north and south forces to compete on the eastern front.

"Only by standing at the head of the city and looking at the northwest, looking at the hills and mountains, can we slightly appreciate the importance of Xuzhou being located in Huaisi," Gao Zongting sighed, "Only by successfully taking Xuzhou, with Xuzhou as the center of gravity, supplemented by Huaiyang, Xiapi, and Suining, the situation of Huaisi can be considered complete, and there are 30,000 or 50,000 elites, who can also be defended, so as to calmly clean up the southern line and bring more opportunities......"

Lin Lian nodded, if it weren't for Xuzhou being so important, he wouldn't have let Liu Miaozhen take most of the elite combat power out of the city to fight the enemy in this situation......

Although the luxury family is weak, but there is still a certain counterattack strength, it is foreseeable that the luxury family is waiting for the good opportunity that Yanhu may bring after breaking through the Hehuai defense line, but Huaidong can not give the luxury family any chance, even if Xuzhou's strategy is not ten percent sure, it is still worth a try.

"Although it was found that the Yanhu division that went south from Dongping and went to Xuzhou through Yutai took Zhou Zhizhong as the general, about 20,000 people, which was not bad as expected, but from Dongping and Shouzhang to Xuzhou, it was only more than 300 miles away, and the elite cavalry stationed in Yanhu on the periphery of Dongping traveled quickly and rushed to the Jiulishan battlefield, and it only took two days at the earliest," Ye Junan said, "Even in the new annexed army, Zhou Zhizhong's troops cannot talk about the most elite combat power." On the surface, Yan Yu's soldiers and horses in Dongping took Yuan Lishan as his general, and he had to beware that Ye Ji Duodi had sneaked to Dongping to preside over the war, and Zhou Zhizhong's department was likely to be the stone that Ye Ji Duodi threw out to ask for directions......

"Yes," Lin Jian sighed, "Once the battle of Jiuli Mountain begins, it will be necessary to cleanly divide the victory and defeat and take Xuzhou in two days. Once it drags on, or if Yan Yu confirms that Chen Hansan is indeed reliable, it is likely that the elite cavalry of the headquarters will be transferred south to participate in the battle, and at that time, we will be too passive......"

At the moment when Liu Miaozhen led his troops out of Huaiyang, the order signed by Lin Tie to incorporate the Huaisi troops into active duty to assist in defending the city took effect, but once the scale of the battle in Jiulishan was delayed, Lin Tie could gather and lead the troops to Xuzhou to support less than 20,000 in two or three days.

Even considering that Dong Yuan would not sit idly by, but in the face of the enemy army entering the periphery of Xuzhou, it is likely that more than 70,000 or 80,000 cavalry elites, and this battle will be won less and more defeated.

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Shouzhangcheng in the northwest of Caozhou, although it is nearly 50 miles away from Dongping City, but this place is located between Daliang, Caozhou and Jining Zhucheng, Yanhu won Shouzhangcheng in early October and stationed more than 10,000 elites.

Yan Hu's elite intentions in Shouzhang were to block the westward escape of the remnants of Liang Xi who were besieged in Dongping, and to monitor the Changhuai army, whose main force was still in Daliang, so as not to make it move east to disrupt the war situation in Dongping. The Yanhu soldiers and horses advanced further south from Shouzhang, and could even further cut off the passage between Jining and Caozhou, blocking Liang Chengchong's westward escape from Jining.

With the development of the war situation, Shouzhang, an unknown small city, became a key point in the development of the Hehuai war.

Lu Guogong Liang Xi retreated to Dongping but more than 20,000 remnants, Dongping is a small city, the Dongping is surrounded by water, and there is no need for tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.

After the passage from Shouzhang to Jinan was completely opened, Yanhu Nan's conscription horses were more likely to assemble in Shouzhang, so as to better grasp the initiative of the entire Hehuai war.

Before the middle of October, Ye Ji Duodi was in Jinan, until it was confirmed that Lin Jian went north from Chongzhou to Huaisi to supervise the battle, Ye Ji Duodi and the veteran Nahe Xiongqi left Jinan and entered Shouzhang, so as to be able to grasp the development of the Hehuai war at any time.

Ye Ji Duodi at the age of 14 with his father and brother to fight, has been 20 years so far, experienced more than 100 battles of all sizes, only Yang Xin's defeat is a big setback he has never suffered in his life, not to mention the loss of soldiers, he himself is on the battlefield to discount his right leg, leaving a disability to walk lame in this life.

Although Shouzhang is less than four hundred miles north of Huaiyang, it is colder than Huaiyang at this time, Ye Ji Duodi is wearing a gray fur coat, sitting on the Hu bed, spreading the map of Hehuai on his knees to study carefully, and it is inconvenient for Nahe Xiongqi and Yuan Lishan to stand beside him and lean over to look.

"Lin Lian is good at using trickery and making decisions, and his subordinates kill Liu Yefei, but there is no mud and water, how can he not guard against Chen Hansan's secret defection to our court? However, Xuzhou is particularly important to the situation in Huaisi, so Lin Tie may still see this as a good opportunity to seize Xuzhou, and take a risk," Na He Xiongqi advised, "Zhou Zhizhong's troops may not be able to fight a tough battle, and it is okay to use him to throw stones to ask for directions, but even if he and Chen Hansan will have 40,000 troops together, and 20,000 elites in Huaidong, the victory or defeat is still five or five." It can't be delayed tonight at the latest, and if it's too late, it is likely to miss the best time to take Xuzhou. I don't need many soldiers and horses, so please let the third prince allow those sons and daughters under my command to go south to support Zhou Zhizhong......"

The Huaiyang Town Army was recruited by the Liumin Army, but the outpost battle was so fierce, and the brave place of the Huaiyang Army generals, all the people in Shouzhang City were all relieved, and they were indeed more elite than Zhou Zhizhong. Yuan Lishan had previously transferred Zhou Zhizhong's department to the south to take Xuzhou, and the meaning of throwing stones to ask for directions was heavier.

There are more than 10,000 elite cavalry in Nahe Xiongqi's department to follow Ye Ji Duodi's southern expedition, but since the southern expedition, they have all been based on the new annexed army as the main force, and Nahe Xiongqi has led more than 10,000 elite cavalry and nearly 30,000 elite cavalry in Ye Ji Duodi's headquarters, which have not come in handy......

Ye Jiduodi was silent, and Yuan Lishan said: "It is true that as General Nahe said, can Lin Lianyan not guard against Chen Hansan's changes?" Lin Jian knew that Chen Hansan had the possibility of conspiring with our army, but he still sent troops and horses from Huaiyang to Xuzhou north, why? Lin Lian can draw 20,000 troops from Huaiyang, and Zhou Zhizhong led his troops south, and there were 40,000 male soldiers in the place where Chen Han's three soldiers were united. I thought Chen Hansan might not be reliable! When the situation is not clear, it is not an old strategy to rashly invest elite troops on the southern front. If you can get Xuzhou, that's it; If 20,000 elites are lost on the southern front, the war around Dongping will not be able to continue......"

Yan Ji all the land has fallen, Yuan Lishan's family and clan are in the north, the Yan lord is very courteous, Yuan Lishan saw that the Yuan family's qi has been exhausted, the general trend of the world does fall on the side of Dayan, so he died and surrendered, was named the righteous marquis, and led the generals of the Jiliao army to try their best to use it for the Northern Yan, and the Jizhen army surrendered to the base, and Yuan Lishan became the largest mountain in the new annexed army.

The Jizhen Army was the last elite border army that the Yuan clan relied on, and it did not play its due role during the war, and the situation of Yanji fell apart and collapsed, and the Jizhen Army also surrendered on a large scale into the system, and also preserved a relatively complete combat force, whether it was attacking Jinhai, attacking Yangxin, or capturing most of Shandong, it was the main force.

In comparison, Chen Zhihu's prestige is not below Yuan Lishan, and his repeated achievements are more prominent than Yuan Lishan, but Chen Zhihu is good at fighting alone, even if he is forced to surrender when the food is exhausted, his troops are less than 10,000 people.

Ye Zier, the lord of Yan, intended to assign the Xuanfu army to Chen Zhihu, so that Chen Zhihu and Yuan Lishan would lead the new annexed army as the king's forerunner. However, in order to win, Chen Zhihu did not hesitate to use other people's subordinates to deceive and lure the enemy, which caused a lot of complaints, and no general was willing to be controlled by him.

Now Yuan Lishan and Chen Zhihu are under the control of Ye Ji Duodi, and when Ye Jiduodi led his troops to the south, Ye Jier, the lord of Yan, also taught him to use Yuan Lishan and Chen Zhihu to use Qi, which is also the characteristics of the two of them.

It is said that this trip to Xuzhou, Chen Zhihu led the most suitable dispatch, even if the Xuzhou failed, with Chen Zhihu's elite, it can also ensure that he will not suffer a big loss. However, in the later stage of the Qingzhou War, Chen Zhihu has been staying in Dengzhou, Qingzhou and other places to clean up the mess, and has not been able to transfer it in time.

Ye Ji Duodi also knew that now was the best opportunity to seek Xuzhou, but Yuan Lishan's analysis cut his mind: What kind of confidence did Lin Jian have?

can't see through Huaidong's reality and reality, how can he dare to throw the elite of Dayan into it?

As Yuan Lishan said, if 20,000 elite cavalry were lost under the city of Xuzhou, this battle would not be able to be fought.

With the use of troops, the total number of South Vietnamese troops in the Hehuai area is now more than theirs: the remnants of the Liang family have 450,000 troops, the Changhuai army has nearly 50,000 soldiers and horses, Dong Yuan has 30,000 soldiers and horses in Suiyang, and Huaidong has 50,000 elite troops in Huaisi, with a total strength of about 1780,000. Their soldiers and horses around Dongping were less than 120,000.

It's just that it is a cold winter at present, and the terrain of Hehuai is extremely conducive to cavalry combat, and the South Vietnamese armies lack cavalry, and the intrigue between the factions makes it difficult to tacitly cooperate with the battle, so they watched them surround Dongping and stop their troops.

Once they lose their troops in Xuzhou, the Southern Dynasty armies will inevitably be stimulated, as long as the Southern Dynasty troops and horses are closer to Dongping, this battle will not be able to continue, and they will eventually be forced to withdraw and retreat to Jinan.

One is to take the risk of taking Xuzhou, the other is to ensure the overall situation of Hehuai, which is more important, can Ye Jiduodi weigh it in his heart?

Once bitten by a snake and afraid of the well rope for ten years, seeing that Ye Ji Duodi was silent, obviously inclined to agree with what Yuan Lishan said, Na He Xiongqi insisted: "Although there is a mystery that cannot be seen through, I still insist that at this time, I should immediately send the elite horse south; Even if I see the wrong opportunity, I don't have the ability to leave my department in the periphery of Xuzhou if I want to come to Huaidong......"

"General Nahe is getting more and more frustrated!" Ye Jiduodi said with a smile.

Na He Xiongqi's face was gloomy, this was said by Ye Ji Duodi, he couldn't lose his temper with Ye Ji Duodi, but his face was always ugly, of course, his qualifications were also old, and he was not afraid of colliding with Ye Ji Duodi, so he only said: "There is a good opportunity ahead, don't the three princes dare to stretch out their hands?" ”

The most fundamental thing is that he wanted to ensure that the flanks of the main force of the southern invasion were not harassed, so he could not lead his troops to withdraw from the battlefield.

Otherwise, which elite cavalry could have killed a foot soldier on the open plain?

But no matter what, in the battles of Yannan, Lin Jian was attacked and saved, and Na He Xiongqi could not cover up the weakness that must be saved in time, and it was indeed a big defeat, so that Na He Xiongqi could not defend himself.

But this time, unlike the Yannan War, Xuzhou could not be obtained, and Nahe Xiongqi could withdraw at any time without worry. Whether it is the Huaidong Army, or the Huaixi and Changhuai Army, they do not have the ability to surround more than 10,000 elites outside Xuzhou City in this ice and snow.

From Shouzhang south to Xuzhou, it is only 300 miles away, but I am not afraid that I will not be able to come back.

"Good!" Ye Ji Duodi didn't want to make others laugh at him for being cowardly and afraid, so he beat his knees and said, "Nahe, you will lead the cavalry of your headquarters to the south." You should arrive in Xuzhou the day before you, and you should also know that if the time is no longer there, you must not force ......"

Na He Xiongqi nodded in agreement, and he also knew that the biggest flaw of this dynasty was that the people were not prosperous. Although the Yanxi tribes have made up 150,000 cavalry, there are more than 300,000 men of pure blood, and there are not many 10,000 horsemen to lose.