The problems facing us are difficult to solve.

Yang Pu is taking a gamble. He has no choice but to persevere.

If the attacker was someone else, maybe he would surrender.

No matter how high the walls and solid the city are, it is impossible to defend it. The situation is hopeless. Even if our own troops are withdrawing now, there will be no share in Yang Pu. Whether it is Huaiyou or Yue, they will pounce on him like a tiger or wolf and tear him to pieces.

If there were no ant thieves going south, Xu Wenzhen could easily resolve the Luzhou war. However, now Li Jing is in Shanyang and the combat effectiveness of the Hailing Army is also worrying. Once the ant thieves really capture Chuzhou, the situation will be passive. Perhaps evil wolves who are still waiting and watching will pounce on them.

The hateful thing is Huaiyou, with an ambiguous attitude and an unclear attitude that has always been neither yin nor yang. He pretended to be a mediator to persuade his side to retreat. On the other hand, he also expressed that he wanted to divide the sphere of influence between Yang Pu and his side, which were all unrealistic topics. Xu Wenzhen certainly knew that this was just delaying time, but what was the other side's purpose?

Another round of attack was repelled. Seeing the bloody wounded soldiers moaning and being sent down, the doctor was bandaging some of the minor wounded.

Another army is gathering in the whole army to prepare for today's fifth attack.

It has to be said that Yang Pu’s foundation in Luzhou is quite solid, and he has also made great efforts in the construction of Luzhou’s urban defense system, fully utilized all kinds of favorable aspects. With unity, this bone is not easy to chew.

Xiao Yan is still a little more immature. He lacks some experience in dealing with the scoundrels of Huaiyou. He has not been able to figure out what his opponent wants for so long.

When Xu Wenzhen's eyes returned to the Lord's body, a soldier was submitting a letter. Looking at the sharp change of expression on the Lord's face, Xu Wenzhen's heart was a little nervous. He didn't know what was wrong, but it was definitely not a good thing.

When Xu Wenzhen approached Li Bing's side, Li Bing's heavy breath meant that he was in a bad mood so bad that he could not be worse. "Zhu Zi! How dare he deceive someone!"

"Master?"

"Jiang Feng actually surrendered Yang Xun! Now the Huai You Army has entered Haozhou City, and the vanguard has arrived in Zhaoyi and occupied Zhaoyi!" Li Bing to pieces the letter in his hand, waved his hands, and walked back and forth, "Yang Xun is a dog sitting in a sedan chair and ignorant. He promised that the governor of Haozhou would not send troops into Zhongli City. What else would he do? Unexpectedly, he actually hooked up with Jiang Feng in private! Zhonghua, why are there no news about our actions in Zhongli City?"

Xu Wenzhen took a deep breath, so that's it!

He had been thinking about what Huaiyou was trying to do so, and had considered whether Huaiyou would raid Haozhou. However, although there were not many garrisons in Haozhou, there were still three to five thousand troops. Although Yang Xun had no other skills, there were quite a lot of people in Haozhou. Once he raised his arms, the Huaiyou Army would not be able to take Haozhou so easily.

The information returned from detailed feedback shows that the only four infantry troops stationed in Shouzhou is stationed in Shouzhou. It is said that the recruited Heshuo Army is gradually arriving in Shouzhou. However, the army that traveled like this for a long distance and fought in Yingzhou could not be able to go into battle again without resting, so this is a little careless.

Unexpectedly, Yang Xun surrendered to Jiang Feng!

He did not have much hope for his lord Yang Xun and Xu Wenzhen to surrender. Yang Xun could not express his attitude before he could see him in Luzhou. Therefore, Xu Wenzhen felt that it was normal to delay for a period of time. As long as Luzhou is taken down, Haozhou will naturally be issued an edict.

But he never expected that Haozhou would surrender to Huaiyou on his own initiative, which made the situation turn sharply.

After controlling Haozhou, the Huaiyou Army even pushed the army to Zhaoyi. Zhaoyi was only a hundred miles away from Xuyi in Chuzhou. The key was that due to the insufficient military strength of Chuzhou, there was only one army in Xuyi who trained troops to garrison. At that time, he thought that if he could take Luzhou as soon as possible, he quickly retreated from Haozhou to Xuyi. Unexpectedly, this was the case.

For a moment, Xu Wenzhen didn't know what to do.

Retreat? This is definitely not possible. The war has been halfway through so much energy, but withdrawing troops from Luzhou is not only a great loss of morale, but also leaving behind future troubles. What's more important is that retreating now does not make much sense. Should we conquer Haozhou and fight a battle with Huaiyou?

"Zhonghua, what should I do now?" Li Bing's face was gloomy, but his emotions had been controlled. It is useless to get angry now, so countermeasures need to be considered.

"Your Majesty, it's no big deal to take Haozhou with Huaiyou. For us, even Luzhou can be abandoned, let alone a Haozhou. Our primary goal is to ensure that the Yang Pu clan must be under our control and cannot be used by others. As long as this goal is achieved, nothing else is important."

Xu Wenzhen's mood gradually calmed down and he sorted it out carefully, "Maybe this is still an opportunity."

"An opportunity?" Li Bing asked in a daze.

"I have to admire Jiang Feng for being a good guy who is a good guy who is a scheming man. He successfully fooled Xiao Yan, so that we didn't understand what he wanted to do." Xu Wenzhen's thoughts became clearer and clearer. "He wanted us to help him take Luzhou and then hand it over to him. He had a good idea, and he could get Luhao and the other two states without spending a soldier. He was the one who was able to get Luhao and his ideas!"

"Oh?" Li Bing still didn't understand.

"Your Majesty, you see, they have taken Haozhou and have already occupied the terrain advantage. Jiang Feng is very clear about our current situation. He is going to create such a situation. Taking Haozhou is just to increase the weight of his requirements." Xu Wenzhen's eyes flashed with bright light, "I dare to make a bet that Xiao Yan will soon hear news, and the Huaiyou Army will immediately send troops to Luzhou, and act as a gesture of joining forces with us to attack Luzhou."

"Then what's the point of doing this?" Li Bing still couldn't understand.

"Yang Pu must have a connection with Jiang Feng, that is, he is urging this tone. Now, as soon as Jiang Feng expresses his attitude, the morale of the Luzhou defenders will collapse immediately, and Luzhou can be taken immediately!" Xu Wenzhen analyzed, and his thinking became wider. "He knew very well that we would not turn against him now, and he also knew that the ant thief was moving south in a large scale. We must return to Chuzhou immediately, so we can get the two states with just a hand. How smart is this kind of plan?!"

Li Bing took a breath and said in disbelief: "Isn't this a waste of time we worked in vain, but we were making wedding clothes for him?"

"It's not entirely true. Jiang Feng also knows our bottom line and knows what we want. He will give it to us by Yang Pu's clan. This is also a good thing for him. If Yang Pu stays, he will not be stable in Luzhou." Xu Wenzhen said with a wry smile: "This guy has calculated everything clearly."

"Your Majesty, Xiao Yan almost tore me up on the spot. I saw that his eyes were about to spit out of fire!" Cui Shang, who looked embarrassed, spread his hands helplessly. Thinking of Xiao Yan's desire to eat people just now, he subconsciously shivered.

"Understand, understand, anyone who encounters such a thing will be extremely upset, but Xiao Yan is the messenger of Li Bing, representing Li Bing, and he can tell the difference." Jiang Feng smiled helplessly, and the deception was applicable at any time. Aren't we also being disguised as Lu Tong?"

"Hey, I'm afraid of seeing the people over there in the future. I've been talking nonsense there for so long, and this character has been defeated." Cui Shang was still a little disappointed. As a scholar, this kind of thing should have been done by a debater, but it's important. There is no suitable candidate, so Cui Shang can only take it.

"Actually, Xiao Yan is angry on the surface, and he should understand that this is the result that everyone can accept." Jiang Feng didn't care. "Now the ant thief is invading Chuzhou in large numbers. If you drag it out for a day, Chuzhou will be a little more dangerous. They are now in a deadlock. Our proposal can help them break the deadlock."

"But they lost a lot of money when they come." Yang Kan stretched out his body, "Your Majesty, I thought I could still move my hands and feet in Haozhou, but I didn't expect that Chunlai was really powerful, so I just told Yang Xun to surrender. Zhang Ting now has occupied Zhaoyi. I wonder if you are willing to let him cross the border and occupy the capital Liangshan?"

"I'm afraid it won't work. The agreement has not been agreed yet. This is going to be stirred up. I'm afraid that Li Bing will really turn against you." Cui Shang quickly advised: "Besides, the ant thief is attacking Huaiyin. It's hard to say whether Xuyi can be saved,..."

"It is precisely because we have to guard against ant thieves that we must occupy Duliang Mountain. Otherwise, once Xuyi is trapped, the ant thieves can step into Haozhou and rage at any time." Yang Kan retorted: "This is very unfavorable for us to consolidate the rule of Haozhou. If we control Duliang Mountain, a strategic location, even if the ant thieves capture Xuyi, we dare not stay for a long time. We will defend ourselves in danger and just can suppress Xuyi!"

According to the agreement reached with Yang Xun, Haozhou surrendered to Huaiyou, but the Huaiyou Army did not enter the capital of Haozhou Prefecture to govern Zhongli City, but only controlled Zhaoyi City on the eastern border, which was also a defensive posture against the east.

However, Huaiyou only symbolically sent Zhang Ting's Fourth Army to occupy Zhaoyi. If the ants thief army really attacked, the Fourth Army would definitely not be able to stop it.

"Can the power of a single army be suppressed by Xuyi?" Cui Shang shook his head repeatedly, "Qilang, you should not have too much appetite. Yes, we are now taking the initiative, but you also need to look at our current situation. Lord Chen has long been stretched. If we continue to expand the army, the financial resources will be difficult to support. If we do not expand the army and take down the two states of Luhao, we are already five prefectures and eighteen counties. If we add Yingshang and Shangcai in Southern Yingzhou, there are twenty counties with a population of more than two million. Such a large piece of land requires us to slowly operate and integrate, which takes time!"

The last sentence, Cui Shang almost shouted out...
Chapter completed!