"Zhiyuan, I'll leave it to you here." Li Cunhou solemnly told the matter: "Yuan Huaihe can't bear it anymore. Xuzhou army is coming fiercely. I guess if Nanyang is taken down as soon as possible, the Caizhou army collapses in Songzhou, the situation will become unpredictable."

"There is still no movement on Luo Shaowei?" Liu Zhiyuan, who accompanied Li Cunhou, frowned, and said, "This guy is so ungrateful, and the king promised such conditions, but he still refuses to send troops?"

"Luo Shaowei was frightened by Jiang Feng's military power. Thinking about it, Wang Shouzhong of Pinglu was defeated by Jiang Feng in a month. Luo Shaowei's military strength was not as strong as Wang Shouzhong. He was also afraid that he would be pushed forward by us and be beaten by Jiang Feng as a leader."

Li Cunhou couldn't help but smile bitterly. Jiang Feng was indeed a big trouble, but now he could not go all out to fight against him. The miscellaneous people under his command who were not full and refused to give up if they couldn't eat meat. It would be no benefit to let them fight with Jiang Feng to death. They were determined to cause a mutiny.

Of course, Liu Zhiyuan knew Li Cunhou’s difficulties. Not to mention those miscellaneous people, even if Li Cunhou wanted his headquarters to attack Jiang Feng, he would not agree.

This is why Luo Shaowei was asked to restrain Xuzhou. Unfortunately, Luo Shaowei was scared by Jiang Feng's military attack and refused to be fooled.

"Don't worry, in Ruzhou, I will definitely do my best with Chongrong and others, and I will never let Liu Tong escape back to Nanyang." Liu Zhiyuan assured Li Cunhou.

"No, I know it, it doesn't matter whether Liu Tong escapes back to Nanyang or not. The key is to keep his army. You cannot let Gu retreat to Luyang Pass before Gu enters the Nanyang Basin. You must hold him back here, so that the Nanyang Army feels that our Shatuo Army is just like this. Once Gu's army passes through Bizhou, you can let go and fight!" Li Cunhou shook his head, "If you take Nanyang, you can also feed these guys. If you shirk your orders from Gu, don't blame Gu for not being reminiscent of his old love."

"When will the king leave?" Liu Zhiyuan nodded.

"Tonight, Gu will go south to Xuzhou in batches. Remember that within three days, Gu will enter Xuzhou. Within ten days, Gu will pass through Biyang. So you can let go in seven days. The three sons of the Guo family are under your command and will hold Liu Tong's army!" Li Cunhou took a deep breath, "On Yelu Deguang, Gu also sent someone to write, please ask him to go south as soon as possible."

"Ah?!" Liu Zhiyuan was shocked. The Shatu clan had always held a complex attitude towards the Khitans. He hoped that the Khitans could go south to Heshuo, put pressure on Xuzhou and delay Xuzhou. He was also worried that once the Khitans went south to Heshuo, it would probably pose a challenge to the Central Plains hegemony of the Shatu people. Therefore, the attitude within the Jin Dynasty has always been different. Li Cunhou's attitude was unpredictable and had not made a conclusion. Unexpectedly, Li Cunhou had already made up his mind at this time.

"Does Zhiyuan think that he is a little hasty?" Li Cunshak's face also had a hint of bitterness, and there was a little confusion in his eyes. "I really didn't expect that the power of Xuzhou would expand so much. Yuan Huaihe was afraid, Luo Shaowei was scared, and Gu still underestimated Jiang Feng. What's even more hateful is that all the deserters and generals of Daliang were all involved in Xuzhou, and Jiang Feng's power was even more out of control. Gu originally did not want the Khitans to go south so early, but Bai Chengfu was said to have to hand over his daughter to Jiang Feng as a pacified wife. The Tuyuhun people formed an alliance with Xuzhou, and there were hidden dangers behind us, so it would be better to let the Khitans go south as soon as possible."

When Liu Zhiyuan learned that the Tuyuhun people were going to form an alliance with Xuzhou, he suddenly realized that no wonder the King of Jin would be so decisively invited the Khitans to go south. The Khitans and the Tuyuhun people were mortal enemies. Once they went south, they would be subject to the attacks of the Tuyuhun people and Xuzhou. In this way, the three parties would restrict each other, which was a good thing for the Jin Dynasty.

"The king must firmly control Luo Shaowei. We must have allies in Heshuo. Luo Shaowei is the most suitable, otherwise Heshuo will have no room for us to speak in the future." Liu Zhiyuan suggested.

"Well, so Luo Shaowei was unwilling to attack Xuzhou, and Gu did not blame him." Li Cunhou nodded, "In addition, the situation in Guanzhong is also a bit strange. It is said that the Ganzhou Uighurs have already gone south to Guanzhong. What is Yang Wenchang going to do? Dangxiang people are on the way. It seems that Dangxiang people are unwilling to be gunmen for Yang Wenchang."

"King, I'm afraid we don't have so much energy to ask about the matters in Guanzhong. Solving Nanyang is the top priority. As for Dangxiang people, it is also a wolf that cannot be fed, not much better than Yuan Huaihe. From the perspective of subordinates, we can slander it and don't pay too much attention."

Liu Zhiyuan has always had a bad impression of Dangxiang people. A group of guys who bully the weak and fear the strong have a very big appetite, but they are unwilling to give, so it is not worth making friends.

"If you know the distance, people do not have long-term plans, you will have immediate worries. This is an old saying by the Han people. I think it makes sense." Li Cunhou disagreed with Liu Zhiyuan's opinion. "There is a conflict between Dangxiang people and Yang Wenchang, which is not a bad thing for us. Our current strength is not enough to dominate the Central Plains. We still need some allies to help. If Dangxiang people and Yang Wenchang are in a bad mood, then after we take Nanyang, we can support Dangxiang people to restrain Yang Wenchang. But what you said is right. Everything will be done after we take Nanyang!"

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Zhu Mi pressed the Misilian Hunyuan mace in his hand and inserted it into the mud in front of him. His eyes were as sharp as a torch, staring at the front.

The Caizhou Army's counterattack was very strong. No, to be precise, it should be the private army of the gentry in Song City, including some generals and officers from gentry origins.

Logically speaking, these people did not have much hatred with the Xuzhou army, and they didn't know why they sacrificed their lives, which surprised Shang Yunxi and Zhu Mi.

But soon they realized that these people were probably helpless, mostly for the sake of their wives, children and young people in the city.

This can be seen from the several prisoners who were captured later that according to the orders of the Caizhou Army, everyone must launch a charge before they have the opportunity to go back and meet with their families. If a soldier in Xuzhou Army can be killed, they can not only reunite with their families, but also receive a reward of ten taels of silver and will not participate in the battle again.

These characters, who were originally regarded as death in the Heshuo Army, burst out with unprecedented courage for their own family.

Although the gap between them and the Xuzhou army could not be compensated in any case, this kind of desperate battle still affected some of the morale of the Heshuo Army and also brought some losses to the Heshuo Army.

After all, they were all soldiers of the gentry of Songcheng. A year ago, many soldiers of the Heshuo Army were also soldiers of the Liang army. Such stories of almost internal strife and killing each other are still a bit unbearable.

However, as the war became increasingly bloody and cruel, the life-and-death result also forced the soldiers of Heshuo Army to start a massacre, and no longer had the previous pity, especially in long-range strike equipment, they were no longer concerned and swept all the way, causing the offensives launched by these private troops to disappear soon.

A loud "boom boom" sounded, and this was another round of ground-sink magic circles that were triggered.

Although there is the help of magicians, magicians in Caizhou are not vegetarians. They often use double-compound magic. Either the first one is a wooden magic trap, and then an earth magic array is added, or the first one is an earth magic, followed by a fire magic group, or a few low-level magic weapons hidden, which are not valuable, but they are better at causing damage to you in specific situations.

This method not only caused considerable losses to the Heshuo Army, but more importantly, it greatly damaged the morale of the Heshuo Army and forced them to slow down the attack progress.

Zhu Mi suppressed his anger. He knew that as the main general, he could not be emotionally impulsive. Now that he had not even approached the moat, he had already lost more than 300 people. Although most of the injured were injured, there were already more than 100 dead.

The preparations of the Caizhou Army were more thorough than expected, especially the ground and underground around the city wall, and various magical materials were unprecedentedly willing to do so. The Heshuo Army had never encountered such obstacles before, so it also suffered a considerable loss in the early stage.

However, the Heshuo Army's ability to adjust and adapt, especially these Liang soldiers, soon began to advance in targeted teams and divisions, which not only allowed each other to cover each other, expand the exploration area, but also accelerated the pace.

Shang Yunxi seemed much more calm. He knew very well that the more the Caizhou army put in a lot of effort outside the city, the less they were in the city, and they had to use this method to delay the advancement of the Heshuo Army.

Shang Yunxi is not afraid of sacrifice, and he will die in war. The key is whether his death is valuable.

As long as you can reach the moat within the specified time, everything is worth it.

As for the losses, most of the people who died were surrendered by Daliang. If Songcheng was really taken down, these losses could also be supplemented by the surrendered strokes of the Caizhou Army.

"Old Zhu, order the Third Army to speed up the progress, the Fourth Army will circulate and approach from the flank!"

"Yes, Governor!" Zhu Mi issued an order quickly, "The stone cannon car is in place and prepare!"

The giant stone cannon car and the attack distance that entered it can already hit the city wall at this distance, but if it can push fifty steps forward, the attack effect will be better.

"Old Zhu, have you noticed that there is a suspicious place in front of the left." Shang Yunxi's Qianli Jing was always in his hand. "If I judged correctly, the Caizhou Army might have to use the water from the moat to make a fuss. The terrain there is low-lying and the plants are very deep. Once the water is flooded, it can create chaos."

"Governor, the flooding is not very lethal to our army. Even if it causes some chaos, the Fifth Army can reinforce at any time behind them, and they will not succeed at all." Zhu Mi also noticed the abnormality there, "unless they have other conspiracies."

Shang Yunxi's eyes were observing through Qianli Miles. Water attack was not a new trick, especially in this case, general sagging was not very meaningful, but what if the water continued to spread, it would turn this piece into a mud?

Shang Yunxi understood a little.
Chapter completed!