Chapter 159

Xuzhou, Guangling Commandery, Pingan County

At this moment, Lin Yang's forty thousand troops are stationed here, confronting Tao Qian's army in the direction of Huaiyin from afar!

In the County Magistrate's office of Pingan County

"My lord, nowadays the army is sixty miles away from Huaiyin, and in two days, they can arrive!" Cheng Yu pointed to the position on the map and analyzed the current situation of the army for Lin Yang!

Nowadays, Lin Yang has Gu Yong, Wang Can, and these people, so he doesn't need Cheng Yu to sit in the rear!

This time, leading forty thousand troops to go on an expedition, Lin Yang not only brought Zhao Yun, Taishi Ci, Dian Wei, and others, but also brought Cheng Yu out!

"According to the scouts, Cao Bao in Quyang has already led his army here, and in at most one day, he will converge with Zhao Yu in Huaiyin!"

Lin Yang's army moved, and it was impossible for the Xuzhou side not to notice!

Cao Bao went south from Quyang to converge with Zhao Yu, obviously having received Tao Qian's order!

With the two armies converging, the troops under Cao Bao's hand will reach as high as sixty thousand!

"Hmm, sixty thousand troops, there is no need to be too concerned!"

With forty thousand troops arriving under his command, Lin Yang has confidence in dealing with Cao Bao's sixty thousand troops!

"My lord, although the Iron Pagodas are strong, this Tao Qian has cavalry!"

Zhao Yun, standing off to the side, hesitated for a while and reminded him!

The Iron Pagodas are strong!

As the commander of the Iron Pagodas, he naturally understands their terrifying lethality!

But Zhao Yun also understands the weaknesses of the Iron Pagodas very well!

With men and horses in armor, the Iron Pagodas are simply too heavy!

The war horses sent by the Mi family are all excellent war horses!

But they can only withstand two rounds of charging before they have to stop and rest!

In the state of one man and three horses, the number of charges Zhao Yun's Iron Pagodas can launch is limited!

This is the first point!

The second point is the most critical!

The speed of the Iron Pagodas is too slow!

Dealing with people like Zhang Chao, who had no cavalry under his command, they were naturally invincible!

But Tao Qian has five thousand cavalry in his hands!

"Zilong, don't worry; you don't need to pay attention to those five thousand cavalry; just charge at the other party's camp!"

He naturally understands Zhao Yun's worries!

The lethality of the Iron Pagodas is terrifying!

But that is for dealing with infantry!

Dealing with the light cavalry of this time, there is no way!

They can't catch up!

Once Tao Qian's five thousand cavalry have no containment, the impact on Lin Yang's main force will be quite significant!

"Yes, my lord!"

Zhao Yun furrowed his brows slightly, understanding that Lin Yang had already made a decision, bowed, and retreated!

"Zhongde, continue!" Lin Yang turned his head and looked at Cheng Yu, signaling for him to continue speaking!

"My lord, the next problem is where we will fight!"

Pointing to the map before him, Cheng Yu continued speaking!

"The land of Huaiyin is flat; besides the hills in the southwest blocking it, the terrain is high, and other places are plains, flat as a pancake!"

Hearing Cheng Yu's narration, Lin Yang's eyes lit up slightly!

Plains!

Plains are good!

Flat as a pancake, this is how the Iron Pagodas can exert their greatest strength!

"However, in this way, my lord, it means our army will have no danger to defend!"

Plains can let the Iron Pagodas be flat as a pancake, but the disadvantage is that their forty thousand troops will also have no danger to defend!

Tao Qian's five thousand light cavalry will not let go of this great opportunity!

Hearing that there was no danger to defend, Lin Yang also furrowed his brows slightly!

Five thousand cavalry charging, plus tens of thousands of troops attacking!

This is a real field battle!

But if they defend the city, the advantages of the Iron Pagodas will be completely lost!

"Fight!"

Hesitating for only a moment, Lin Yang's eyes flashed with sharp light, and he directly slapped the map!

Defending the city is not the way to win!

Since there is no danger to defend, then fight Cao Bao to the death on the plains!

One battle to decide life and death!

See if his Iron Pagodas will crush the enemy army first!

Or if the other party's cavalry will crush his camp first!

"Tomorrow the army will set out and head to Huaiyin!"

Ordering Cheng Yu, Zhao Yun, and others, Lin Yang, at this moment, decided to fight Cao Bao to the death on the Jianghuai Plain!

Zhao Yun, Taishi Ci, and others who received the order all bowed and left!

Subsequently, Lin Yang also called Li Gang over and gave him instructions in his ear!

This battle!

Concerns the future of Xuzhou, and also concerns the future of him, Lin Yang!

The next day, as the army set out, the entire forty thousand-strong army marched majestically toward Huaiyin City!