Xu Ding did not go to Tan County by sea, but led the army in Donglai from Donglai to Donghai County through Langya County.

All the way down, let everyone who pays attention to him see clearly.

"Go back and report to your lord that Xu Ding has left Donglai for Tan County!"

The spies from various states and counties in Langya County immediately sent the news back.

"My lord! There are many enemy spies following behind! Do you want to deal with it?" Xia Houlan came over and asked.

Xu Ding said: "No need! Let them continue to follow, don't startle the snake, talk about it in Dan County!"

"No!" Xia Houlan backed away.

Xu Ding's troops did not move fast, because there were infantry, not just cavalry, so it took about three days to reach Tan County.

Seeing Xu Ding coming with troops, Tao Qian was so happy that he went out of the city to meet him.

"Bokang, you are finally here, go to the city to rest!" Tao Qian enthusiastically took Xu Ding's hand to go into the city.

Xu Ding asked: "Tao Shijun heard that Yuan Shu's 20 soldiers invaded Xuzhou, how is the situation now?"

Tao Qian glanced at Xu Ding's troops and asked, "Bokang, how many troops did you bring with you this time?"

Tao Qian still likes to play with this suit, Xu Ding frowned slightly, and said: "The Mabu Army has a total of 7000 people!"

Only seventeen thousand!

Too little.

That guy Yuan Shu was worth 20 yuan, and Tao Qian asked again: "Bokang, do you still have an army of water to help you!"

He knew about the fact that Zhou Tai and others hid more than 1 people on Yuzhou Mountain Island. Although Xu Ding did not greet him, he made a great contribution this time and repelled Liu Yao's attack from the east wing. His general Zhang Ying beheaded more than [-] enemies, deterred [-] Yangzhou soldiers and horses, and greatly eased the pressure on the southern front.

So Tao Qian didn't care about anything, thinking that Xu Ding's navy was large and strong, so there wouldn't be soldiers coming from Weiyuan Island on this side.

Xu Ding replied vaguely: "There are, but not many. They mainly deal with Liu Yao, and only my 7000 people are dealing with Yuan Shu."

Tao Qian was a little depressed, [-] yuan couldn't stop Yuan Shu at all.

When he was about to reach the mansion, Xu Ding asked again: "Mr. Tao, just now there are many eyes and ears outside the city, so it is inconvenient for you to answer. Now you can tell the situation of the battle on the western front."

Tao Qian sighed and said, "To tell the truth about Bokang, the western front was just as defeated as the eastern front. After Pengcheng was lost, Yuan Shu's Eighth Route Army all crossed Surabaya, and the combined forces, one on the left and the other on the right, entered Donghai County. It took a day or two. We're at the bottom of the city within a few minutes."

"So fast, where is your army?" Xu Ding was a little surprised, the defeat must have been too fast.

Pengcheng was lost, and Yuan Shu advanced to Tan County.

You old Tao has never been so bad in history.

Tao Qian smiled wryly: "The number of soldiers and horses in front is not as good as Yuan Shu's, and the generals have cowardly fought and abandoned the city. The most important thing is that Liu Yao won Xiapi and Guangling, and the right wing of Pengcheng Kingdom fell. Jiang Yuan.

Fortunately, the soldiers didn't lose much, and they ran back [-], which was enough consolation, and they were able to defend Tan County for a while. "

Thirty thousand!

Say too much and not too much, say less and not too much.

The soldiers under Tao Qian are all Danyang soldiers. They were recruited in the early years, and they were quite elite when he suppressed the Yellow Turbans in Xuzhou.

The saying that the best soldiers in the world come out of Danyang is not groundless.

It's a pity that Tao Qian didn't have a decent general to lead him.

"Since you're here, Bokang, can you make a good plan to retreat from the enemy?" Tao Qian asked after sitting down, and the attendants rushed to entertain him and the Donglai generals with wine and meat.

Xu Ding said: "There is no good strategy yet, since Yuan Shu has joined forces, we will meet at the base of the city for a while to see how good his soldiers are, maybe they will be defeated in one battle, and they will be able to counterattack and regain the lost counties and cities. "

"That's the only way!" Tao Qian also knew that he had no conditions to talk about strategy. He lost all the river defenses and river cities on the front line, so he could only be passively beaten in Tan County.

It's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice, so she didn't ask Xu Ding for a plan to defeat the enemy.

After waiting for a day, Yuan Shu's vanguard arrived at the city.

Knowing that Xu Ding's troops had gone south into Tan County, they did not launch a tentative attack, but just built camps and waited for other troops to gather.

Xu Ding said to Huang Zhong: "Han Sheng went out of the city to kill the opponent's prestige."

"If!" Huang Zhong led two cavalry out of the city, and then charged towards the opponent's camp. Yuan Shu's counterattack was extremely fierce, with sufficient arrows, Huang Zhong saw that he could not get close, so he did not continue to charge forward, and led his troops around Yuan Shu. The Ministry turned the camp around, and then returned to Tan County.

"Didn't you say that the Junhou's iron cavalry is unparalleled in the world? There is no way we can't help Yuan Shu's army." Seeing that Huang Zhong returned without success, Cao Hong sneered, and said something strange.

Xia Houlan snorted coldly and replied: "When the iron cavalry is fierce, there must be someone who dares to fight. It's not like a certain Cao who ran faster than a rabbit when he saw the enemy, and he didn't even dare to fight."

Xia Houlan was referring to Cao Hong's fellow general Cao Bao, of course. Cao Bao was originally the person in charge of the military commander Tao Qian sent to lead the war in the direction of Pengcheng, but he came back after being defeated. The generals in Donglai knew this very well, so Cao Hong ridiculed him. Huang Zhong and Xia Houlan made fun of Cao Bao.

The same is the Cao family, one is honorable and the other is damaged.

"You..." Cao Hong was so angry that he still wanted to argue, but Tao Qian shouted: "Okay! Don't quarrel, don't make troubles in front of the enemy, and fight Yuan thief together with sincerity."

Cao Bao was defeated. Although he did not surrender to Yuan Shu, Tao Qian became more and more worried about Cao's family, and became suspicious instead.

In Xuzhou, aristocratic families continued to turn against Yuan Shu, which made him more and more worried about the aristocratic families, and his trust in Cao Hong was also greatly reduced.

In the next two days, Yuan Shu's army continued to come over, and finally assembled a team of 17 troops under the city of Tan County.

And Yuan Shu himself also came.

"Tao Qian, before we kill our army, hurry up and beg for mercy, surrender and offer the city." At this time, Yuan Shu was extremely arrogant and proud.

The Eighth Route Army entered Xuzhou, and all the counties and cities in Xuzhou surrendered in anticipation.

He took Pengcheng and half of Pei at once, and if he also took half of Donghai County, as long as Tan County was taken, the whole Donghai County would be his.

With such a strong capital, it will be beneficial to expand to the south or north and south.

Tao Qian was so angry that his face was like a pig's liver, and he yelled: "Yuan Shu, you attacked me for no reason. You attacked Xuzhou with swords and soldiers and harmed the people. You acted unrighteously. You will be punished as soon as possible. Now I have reinforcements to help you. My city, if you don’t want to die far away, you should return as soon as possible, otherwise the sky will be angry and the people will complain, and your army will bring disaster.”

Xu Ding's eyes lit up, he was a little surprised, Tao Qian was pretty good at scolding.

"Hahahaha! Tao Qian, don't use your tongue. How can you stop my 20 soldiers with your weak army? I will spare you if you donate the city as soon as possible." Yuan Shu sneered, and continued:

"As for your reinforcement Xu Ding, hahaha, he only brought more than 1 troops. Do you really think that he can win me with this little force? He can't save himself, but he can protect you. Don't be delusional. "

"Yuan Shu, do you have a bad memory? Weihaihou's 80 coalition army can defeat you. You have less than 20. How can you stop Donglai's strong army? My lord is kind and merciful. I advise you to return to Yuzhou as soon as possible. Otherwise, when swords and soldiers meet, you will not be able to go back if you want to." Tao Qian's general Xia Houbo couldn't help but said.

Yuan Shu didn't take it seriously, pointed at the top of the wall with a horsewhip and smiled, "80, what a majesty, a mere hundreds of thousands of barbarians, old, weak, sick and disabled, is worth Xu Ding's bragging rights for so long, if you don't mention me, you will forget, Xu Ding Immediately hand over the Chuanguo Yuxi, or you will die without a place to bury you."

Chapter 390

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