Wang Lang is also known as Wang Situ. His granddaughter Wang Yuanji married Emperor Wen of Jin Dynasty Sima Zhao and gave birth to Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty Sima Yan.

Although Wang Lang was not a good general, he was still somewhat resourceful and readily accepted Tao Qian's appointment to assist Cao Bao in commanding the Yihe Navy.

Maybe Wang Lang still doesn't know how brutal the real battlefield is, and his and Cao Bao's opponent is the brave general Xu Sheng...

At the same time, Generals Xiang Yan and Yang Ye officially took over Tao Qian's troops.

"The coalition has a total of 1,500 heavy cavalry and 30,000 light cavalry."

Yang Ye counted the number of coalition cavalry and found that he had a strong army.

Thirty thousand cavalry is definitely a lot.

In addition to 30,000 cavalry, the coalition army also had more than 100,000 infantry archers and 20,000 naval troops. The force assembled in Tancheng was large enough, just to block the southward advance of Langya Kingdom.

"It is said that the Langya Kingdom has 50,000 soldiers. It is currently expanding its army and is expected to maintain a maximum of 100,000 soldiers. Half of them are new soldiers and may be left by Chu Zimou to defend the city, so what we are really facing is Chu Zimou's 50,000 soldiers.

We can add up to 10,000 new troops. We have a heavy cavalry force of 1,500 men in our hands, which can break through Chu Zimou’s army at the critical moment in the plains around the Yi River."

As Yang Wudi's lord, the lord of Guangling County was not lacking in brains and could easily deduce Chu Tian's military strength.

His speculation was also very close to the facts. It was impossible for Chutian to send all the 100,000 troops south, and he would definitely keep new troops to defend the city.

He concluded that Chu Tian would lead 50,000 veterans and 10,000 new soldiers south, for a total of 60,000 troops.

The mistake made by the lord of Guangling County was that he did not expect that Chutian would have the combination of Hua Xiong and Xiliang Cavalry, nor did he expect that Chutian would also have a historical military general, Princess Pingyang Li Xiuning.

Li Xiuning's Detachment of Women can be compared to a cheating existence. As long as there are qualified soldiers, the Detachment of Women can be recruited. Even if they are equipped with the worst weapons, they are high-level units.

The third mistake was not knowing that Lu Zhi, one of the "Three Heroes of the Late Han Dynasty", had agreed to serve as Chutian's military advisor when needed.

The fourth mistake...

"We have many soldiers and generals, so we should take the initiative to launch an offensive instead of passively defending."

When Yang Ye learned that he had 1,500 heavy cavalry and 30,000 light cavalry, he thought of taking the initiative to attack.

He is an offensive general, unlike Xiang Yan, who is a defensive general.

"Wrong, we have many soldiers, but our generals are not large..."

The lord of Guangling County once counted the generals owned by Chutian, including Xue Rengui, Zhao Yun, Li Guang, Hua Mulan, Xu Sheng, the Taishan bandit, and an infantry general suspected to be Zhou Yafu.

The lords of the remaining four counties in Xuzhou combined with Tao Qian, and then they pieced together the combination of Xiang Yan, Yang Ye, Song Jiang, Cao Bao, and even Wang Lang used them.

Yang Ye asked for orders again: "The last general can lead a group of cavalry to invade the Langya Kingdom, attract the Langya Kingdom's cavalry out of the city for reinforcements, and then ambush them."

"Are you sure?"

"Nine out of ten are guaranteed. Before the decisive battle, if we can defeat its troops, reduce their morale, and destroy their cavalry, the decisive victory rate can be increased by 30%."

"Just do what you want."

The lord of Guangling County thought for a while and finally decided to let Yang Ye interfere with Langya Kingdom's preparations for war.

Yang Ye led 10,000 light cavalry to leave Tancheng and move to Jiqiu County in the north, threatening Liangshan Town and Xiacheng.

"Yang Zheng took the initiative to lead 10,000 cavalry to attack!"

"Send a team of infantry archers to respond. If Yang Ye is defeated by the Langya cavalry, we will respond."

Xiang Yan cooperated with Yang Ye for the first time. Out of caution, Xiang Yan decided to send 20,000 infantry to meet Yang Ye.

"Tao Qian still has a Danyang soldier in his hand, but he has never been willing to take it out. This Danyang soldier is his main force, and it is also his power to intimidate the major families in Xuzhou. He is probably afraid that after handing over the Danyang soldier, we will ignore him."

Xiang Yan's lord once asked Tao Qian for a special unit, the Danyang Soldiers, to be used in the decisive battle with the Langya Kingdom, but Tao Qian was unwilling to hand over the Danyang Soldiers to the command of a foreign general.

Xiang Yan pondered: "If I could recruit thousands of special troops... it would be easy to destroy the Langya Kingdom."

"Defeat Chu Zimou and occupy the Langya Kingdom. After my power expands, I will establish a high-level infantry battalion and recruit troops for you."

Xiang Yan's lord made a promise.

On the other side, Yang Ye led 10,000 light cavalry into Kou Langya Kingdom, bypassed Jiqiu County, and threatened Xia City.

"Cavalry, cavalry of Tao Qian's coalition!"

Jiqiu County stationed 5,000 troops, most of them new soldiers, to defend the city. When they saw the dust rolling outside Jiqiu County and the black cavalry passing by, they couldn't help but feel numb.

Although there is no worry that the cavalry will attack the city, Jiqiu County may be surrounded, or the opponent may have other plans.
Chapter completed!