After occupying Liao County, Chu Bai and Cheng Wan's forces were successfully separated by Ning Ze.

Now, whether Chu Bai or Cheng Wan wants to join forces, you must pass through the city occupied by Ning Ze, otherwise there is no way.

The two had to face Ning Ze alone and could not guard together like before.

Although Chu Bai and Cheng Wan escaped, Ning Ze's army won a great victory.

He occupied Liao County and captured dozens of Chu Bai and Cheng Wan's officials and generals, as well as four thousand prisoners, and more than two thousand surrendered soldiers.

Nearly half of the captured officials surrendered and swore allegiance to Liu Yuanxiang.

The rest of the toughest ones were temporarily detained by Ning Ze.

Ning Ze ordered the people to be appeased and migrant workers were recruited to repair the damaged city walls, and to ensure that Liao County would not be in chaos.

Everything is arranged and convened the subordinates to discuss the next actions.

"Marty!" adviser Wu Jian suggested, "Now Chu Bai and Cheng Wan were defeated and were eliminated one by one. Chu Bai still has five cities, including Yuanzhou Yuan County, Longshou County, Luliang County, Yong'an County, and Qingshan County of Xizhou. Cheng Wan only has three counties in Jiangzhou Nanhai, Hucheng and Bashan. As long as the troops are divided into three groups, our army has the opportunity to capture Jiangzhou in the shortest time. As long as Cheng Wan is eliminated, Chu Bai is isolated and helpless, and the city he is in charge will be ours sooner or later!"

"Brother, I am willing to lead troops to attack Nanhai County!" Dewey immediately asked for his order.

"The last general is willing to lead troops to attack Hucheng!" Wang Wei, wearing a ghost mask, also stood up.

"Since that's the case, my brothers are willing to lead troops to attack Bashan County!" Xiang Rong and Xiang Yan also quickly stood up to grab the merits.

Ning Ze thought for a moment and shook his head slightly: "It's really easy to take down Cheng Wan, but you should beat Chu Bai first!"

"Why?" Dewey asked curiously.

"Although Chu Bai has five counties, only Qingshan belongs to Xizhou, and the people's hearts are the most stable." Ning Ze said, "As for the four counties of Yuanzhou, they are all seized and the people's hearts are not attached. Secondly, regardless of Chu Bai, Cheng Wan will try to delay until Lu Gong makes a move and destroy both. It is probably too late. Before Lu Gong handles the troubles of the surrounding princes, it is enough to destroy them all the way! Relatively speaking, relent Chu Bai is more troublesome than relent Cheng Wan. He borders with Lu Gong's forces and is easy to rush to help. Once the two sides unite, it is even more difficult to break it. Relatively speaking, destroying Chu Bai and relent Cheng Wan, Jiangzhou is too far away, and Lu Gong is unable to intervene. The surrounding princes are busy dealing with Lu Gong and dare not break up with Gu. Then he can deal with Cheng Wan slowly, which is particularly easy!"

"It makes sense!" Dewey said, "Brother is indeed thoughtful."

"At the beginning of the spring of the next year, Lu Gong will definitely send troops to cause trouble!" Ning Ze said, "We must take down Chu Bai in order to fight with all our might."

"But brother, didn't you let Lou Qu attack Bashan County?" Dewey said, "Our main force goes north, Cheng Wan is afraid that he will do his best to deal with Lou Qu, and if the rear is unstable..."

"It's okay, I have arranged it." Ning Ze replied, "Song Gao is prepared. Once the Lou Qu battle fails, he will immediately lead troops to reinforce Langshan County to at least ensure the safety of the two cities of Langshan and Huairou."

"Since my brother is ready, I'm relieved!" Dewey nodded, "How to arrange the Northern Expedition to Chu Bai?"

"Our army wants to defeat Chu Bai before the beginning of spring, so it needs to operate multiple lines!"

"What is multi-line operation?" Wang Wei asked curiously.

"It means to divide the troops and achieve different goals in a battle mode!" Ning Ze said, "Brother Yi, you, Xiang Rong and Xiang Yan, two brothers, led 20,000 troops to Yiyang County, Liangzhou, responsible for attacking Yong'an; Ding Mu, you lead the heavy armored infantry to Ning'an County, Liangzhou, responsible for attacking Luliang; Ghostly, you lead the Futu army to cooperate with the troops of Miao and Bashui counties to attack Yuan County; Gu personally led the team to attack Qingshan and Longshou County. This time, the troops were divided into four groups, and the goal was achieved within two months and the city was successfully captured. Are there any doubts?"

"Don't worry, brother, I will only take one month to win Yong'an!" Dewey responded loudly.

"The general will definitely seize the city in the end!" Wang Wei, Ding Mu and others spoke in unison.

"Okay! Without further ado, we will immediately divide our troops and swear to destroy Chu Bai!"

"Destroy Chu Bai! Destroy Chu Bai..." The generals and officials were all in high morale.

Cheng Wan fled back to Hucheng County, Jiangzhou, and was very worried.

In contrast, his power is much weaker than Chu Bai. Now Ning Ze occupies Liao County and separates Chu Bai from himself. Once the army goes south, it may be difficult to resist by his own strength.

Even if he asks Chu Bai for help, under the current situation, he is afraid that he will not dare to send troops to harass him easily, which means he faces Ning Ze alone.

Lou Qu led his troops to attack in Bashan County, and the two breadboards were particularly dangerous. What should I do?

Cheng Wan was very scared, but he heard that Ning Ze's troops were divided into four groups and actually went north to attack Chu Bai.

This made him feel relieved. As long as Ning Ze did not go south to attack him, there would be a glimmer of hope.

While he was fighting with Chu Bai, he would first kill Lou Qu on the Langshan side, and take the main force of Ningze to head north to quickly retake Langshan and Huairou County. Recruit troops and consolidate the city defense. As long as he survives until the beginning of spring, once Lu Gong attacks Ningze, he can send troops to cooperate. With Ningze's current power, there seems to be no one who can stop the entire success except Lu Gong. Lu Gong will definitely not sit idly by and watch Ningze occupy more cities. Only when the two tigers fight will they have the opportunity to rise.

As for Chu Bai's side, he could not send troops to support him, and hoped that he would persevere until the beginning of spring.

Cheng Wan recruited troops, expanded his military strength to supplement the city defense forces of the three counties, and then quickly chimneyed south to Bashan County.

On the side of Bashan County, Lou Qu was ordered to attack the city and led his troops and defender Dai Yu to attack and defend.

The war continued, and both sides suffered casualties.

Dai Yu was quite powerful in defending the city. Lou Qu failed to gain advantage after several strong attacks, so he could only withdraw his troops and think about countermeasures.

When he heard that Ningze's army easily captured Liao County and divided the troops into four groups to attack Chu Bai, Lou Qu was a little excited and worried at the same time. After all, he had no results on his side, and the gap was too big.

There is no way to solve the problem of siege. I thought that strategists are still very important. If someone comes up with an idea, it may not be so difficult. But the strategist I finally found before died, so where can I find another one?

When we discussed with our brothers, someone suggested: "Didn't we occupy a village on the marching road? Why not send someone to take a look? If there are scholars, please come over and give us some advice."

Lou Qu had no other way, so he sent his subordinates to the village to inquire about the news.

There is an old man in the village who read a few books when he was young and lived on storytelling. Now that his children are old, he enjoys happiness at home.

Lou Qu's subordinates came to him to invite him, but the old man was not happy and asked his children to drive him away.

These subordinates are all bandits together. When they encounter such a thing, they gather their troops to rush to the village.

The old man's family couldn't resist it, so Lou Qu's subordinates tied up the person and took him back to the military camp.

I heard that I brought back a scholar, Lou Qu was very happy and went to meet him immediately.

Seeing the old man being tied up, he asked in confusion.

After his subordinates said carefully what had happened before, Lou Qu suddenly realized and bowed to the old man and said, "Of course, offend! Mr. Wan Wang understands, please stay in the military camp and give me advice!"

The old man was so amused and cried that he said to him: "General, I can only tell stories and make a living. How can I understand these things? If you want to find a counselor, don't look for me! I really can't help!"

"Sir, I am naturally smarter than me after reading books!" Lou Qu said, "I hope Mr. will help you."

The old man had no choice but to read a few books when I was young, but I could barely read. But I had no knowledge of the art of war and did not understand the affairs of the army. I really couldn't help!"

"Sir, do you have someone to recommend?" Lou Qu asked quickly.

The old man shook his head: "In this remote countryside, every literate general, except for the old man, please give up your hands and let me go back to reunite with my family!"

"So it's a useless guy!" said the person next to him, "What are you keeping it?"

"It's the ultimate!" said the old man hurriedly, "I really can't help, please be kind to the general."

Everyone around also showed disappointment. Lou Qu lowered his head and thought for a long time, and said to the old man: "Sir, can tell stories, but have you told the content of marching and fighting?"

“Many stories have corresponding content…”

"Don't the story also talk about the methods of marching and fighting? There are also strategies," said Lou Qu, "Sir, can you teach me the contents of the story."

The old man answered helplessly: "The general doesn't know that the story is extremely exaggerated. The content about marching and war is either mentioned in one stroke or exaggerated description, which is inconsistent with the facts. It is useless to use the bizarre strategies and marching methods in the story in reality! Just like in the Book of All Nations, there is a wolf driving away wolves and killing enemies. If you really dare to learn, the wolves will never attack the enemy, but will pose a threat to you and your army. In addition, there are various so-called strategies, which are made up for everyone to listen to. I am just a storyteller, and most of them tell bizarre stories, which have nothing to do with reality at all and are difficult to refer to!"

"I know whether it can be used as a reference!" Lou Qu thought about it carefully and said to him, "I have no choice. Anyway, I will be a living horse! Mr. Aggrieved stayed in the military camp. I have told me more about the marching and war these days."

"General, I really know those bizarre stories and I know nothing about the content of the marching and war!" The old man was in tears, "You can let me go!"

"Sir, don't worry," said Lou Qu, "I am not an unreasonable person. In this way, if you stay with me, you should re-enter your business and tell stories for me. I can guarantee that after this battle, I will give you generous rewards to me, which is enough to buy some fertile land, and the whole family can have no worries by collecting rent! I will not let you encounter danger, and I will definitely let you return home safely. Mr. has children at home, so I always want them to live a better life, right?"

"But General, I really don't understand military tactics..."

"Just think that the sir was invited by me to tell stories," Lou Qu said. "You don't have to think so much. You just need to tell the stories you know to me, and teach me to know a few words in your spare time!"
Chapter completed!