In the thick military tent, Liu Siyuan inserted an iron bran into a steamed bun, placed it on firewood and roasted it repeatedly until the outer layer was burnt yellow. He tore it off, put it in his mouth and chewed it slowly, and then roasted it again. Eat a few bites of the scorched buns and drink a sip of warm rice wine, which was very pleasant.

The tent door was lifted open, and a cold wind blew in, causing him to shiver involuntarily. The burning fire flames rushed upwards, almost lit up his neatly trimmed beard.

He raised his head in annoyance.

A man with disheveled hair and blood staggered in, followed by two Liu's children who were pressing their hands on the hilt of the knife.

"Kan Yan? Are you still alive?" Liu Siyuan sneered and slapped the rice wine in his hand heavily on the shorter table. "Useless things, 20,000 people against 5,000 people, and they didn't expect you to win, but even if you support for a long time and drag it until dark, you can't form a stalemate with them. What's the use of such a waste?"

Kan Yan stood with his head down, his face full of shame.

Not to mention for a long time, he was defeated by the Right Guard army without even a single hour. When he ran away, he did not even dare to return to his fort because he knew where the Right Guard would chase.

Liu Siyuan glanced at Kan Yan in disgust, ignored him, and started roasting his own steamed buns on his own.

It was originally a seamless plan. As long as Kanyan could fight until dark, the army he led would surround Li Rui's troops from all directions, and then wipe out them out in one go.

By annihilation of these 5,000 elite soldiers of Li Rui, the confrontation between Mozhou and Pingzhou will be resolved, which will enable one side to regain some initiative in its strategy and improve the current decline in Li Ze's troops' repeated defeats and their morale is sluggish, which makes the soldiers shudder when they hear it.

In order to achieve the goal of severely damaging the right guard of Liu Chenglin, Zhang Zhongwu and Deng Jingshan began to plan this drama a few months ago. For this, they spent a lot of money to force guys like Kan Yan from Yingzhou, Liaozhou and other places to the border areas, so that they could become the front pawns and covers of the headquarters, and of course, they also have the function of bait.

He spent a lot of money and food to provide Kan Yan's troops with a lot of weapons, but in the end, he still ended up in vain. How could Liu Siyuan not be furious?

When Liu Siyuan, who was commanding the army to encircle from afar, heard the news that Kan Yan was defeated so quickly, a mouthful of old blood almost spurted out.

After a while of silence in the tent, Kan Yan whispered: "General Liu, the Tang army has entered my fort at this moment. They have just won a big victory. They will definitely relax their vigilance. It is better to march overnight and catch them off guard."

Li Siyuan laughed loudly and glanced at the other party: "I still need you to teach me how to fight?"

"I dare not, I dare not!" Kan Yan said repeatedly.

"Do you think Liu Chenglin's army is like you?" Liu Siyuan said contemptuously: "Let me tell you that just after nightfall, my scouts had several fierce battles with his scouts, killing more than 30 scouts from the other side, but many scouts escaped. At this time, the department must have been on high alert. You asked me to march dozens of miles in the night and then attack a heavily guarded fort?"

Kan Yan had nothing to say.

"Get down and draw out the specific situation of your fort, especially those secret paths, and you must clearly mark them." Liu Siyuan waved his hand like a flies.

"General Liu, my subordinate, haven't had a meal for a day." Kan Yan said with a smile.

Liu Siyuan glanced at him viciously, and finally said, "Give them some food tents and so on, let them camp five miles away from the camp."

"Yes, the head of the family!" Behind Kan Yan, a Liu family child bowed.

Kan Yan was taken down, and Liu Siyuan snorted. If there was no place to use this guy, he would have wished he could have slaughtered it with one knife. It would be a pity to see it without seeing it, and it would be a pity to not listen to it.

When Gu Han suddenly heard the news inside the Kanyanwu Fort, he was shocked. He looked at Li Rui and opened his mouth wide for a long time before asking, "What's going on?"

"My scout went forward twenty to thirty miles in several directions. It was at this distance that I discovered a large-scale enemy." Li Rui sat down and said.

"Where did the enemy come from? Didn't it mean that Deng Jingshan's main force was completely restrained by the general?" Gu Han was a little confused. "Is it possible that Zhang Zhongwu transferred the large army, but such a large-scale mobilization could not be hidden from us!"

"It's not the troops sent by Zhang Zhongwu, but Liu Siyuan." Li Rui said: "I underestimate this thief!"

"Liu Siyuan?"

"The largest wealthy clan in Mozhou. After we defeated Deng Jingshan in Mozhou, Liu Siyuan and his clan moved to Pingzhou with Deng Jingshan. It seems that after this person arrived in Pingzhou, the entire family had begun to become armed. According to the scouts who fled back, Liu Siyuan should have gathered the troops of several large families who fled to Pingzhou together, and some slave troops formed this army. The scale should be no less than 30,000." Li Rui said.

Gu Han blinked: "The number of 30,000 is not too much. During the day, didn't we just defeat Kan Yan's 20,000 soldiers?"

"Judge Gu, these are two concepts." Li Rui shook his head and said, "The direct armed forces of these clans are extremely strong in combat. They use clans as a link to form an army. From high-level officers to ordinary whistle chiefs, they all have a surname. In a team, fathers, sons, brothers, and uncles may fight in the same team, which is really life-threatening. More importantly, when he was in Mozhou, although Zhang Zhongwu relied on them, there were some restrictions, but now Zhang Zhongwu ignored them at all and even provided help to them. This made these clan troops advance by leaps and bounds on equipment, and it can be said that they have everything."

"At least those slave soldiers are vulnerable, right?"

"Before the war, the direct line is behind, the slave army is ahead, the slave army is the suicide squad, and the direct line is the supervisory squad. Unlike the rabble in Kanyan, if they can't win, they will run away. These slave army will still have a way forward. If they move backward, their master will kill them without blinking." Li Rui said.

"So, are we not going to win?" Gu Han said with some dissatisfaction: "You are the main general, why are you losing before the battle?"

Li Rui laughed: "Judge Gu is so kind. Am I telling you about the enemy situation? We are lucky. It seems that Liu Siyuan wanted to take advantage of the fierce battle with Kan Yan to wrap our dumplings, but he probably didn't expect Kan Yan to lose so quickly, which made his plan lose. Although we are still passive now, we have this fort, which is very different."

"Isn't I going to be surrounded here yet?" Gu Han said angrily.

"If it was a wild land to fight against it, I really didn't have much confidence, but now I am defending the fort, so let Liu Siyuan taste what it means to have a copper wall." Li Rui said proudly.

"We don't have enough food. You just told me that all our food is only half a month's food!" Gu Han said.

"That's the normal algorithm. In this situation, of course it's another algorithm." Li Rui said: "I have ordered that all unnecessary livestock be killed and that they can't consume food. In addition, all the food will be centralized and coordinated from today on. In fact, we can save money for half a month and can last for a month."

"One month is enough for our reinforcements!" Gu Han said happily.

"If General Liu just comes to save me, then is he still General Liu?" Li Rui laughed. "This can play a big game."

"What does this mean?" Gu Han said inexplicably.

"Deng Jingshan pulled out the frame and restrained General Liu's main force. Liu Siyuan quietly prepared to eat me. If Liu Siyuan couldn't eat me in one bite, he would be restrained by me here. Tens of thousands of troops were not optional for Deng Jingshan." Li Rui sneered: "Deng Jingshan didn't know that the Zuo Jinwu Guard stationed in Xue Chong, Zhuozhou, is almost Mozhou now? I just took this opportunity to deal with them hard. Even if he couldn't eat Deng Jingshan in one bite, it would be fine to beat him to five tuberculosis and seven injuries."

"Li Xiang had already mobilized General Xue's Zuo Jinwu Guard before?" Gu Han said in shock: "Did Li Xiang have expected this scene long ago?"

"That's not, it's just a coincidence." Li Rui smiled and said, "Actually, our young master just wants to show off his martial arts to the other party so that you can gain more initiative in the negotiations. This is called a coincidence, an armed parade turns into a major battle, haha, it's amazing."

"That's it, but the premise is that we must be able to hold on!" Gu Han said.

"Judge Gu, you're relieved. I still have a lot of experience in defending the city." Li Rui said. "Let Liu Siyuan understand what is solid and what is clearly close, but it is like a natural barrier."

That night, half of the right guards slept in the warm room, while the other half was busy all night, strengthening the city walls, laying down the city defenses, and making all preparations to face the enemy. By dawn, the right guards, who had breakfast and appeared in high spirits, appeared at the city head in high spirits, and after a busy night, they fell asleep after a full meal.

When it was bright, as the scouts' fast horse ran back, the dark enemy finally appeared on the horizon.
Chapter completed!