After Li Jing's explanation, Li Shimin quickly understood.

So... Xu Shiji walked around outside Mianchi City.

Moreover, there is no sign of a war in Mianchi City.

In other words, the enemy did not attack Mianchi at all.

They were extremely decisive and directly chose to go far, abandoning Mianchi, which was so close to each other, and heading to attack the farther... Shangzhou!

"Then General Li, should we send a large army to pursue him immediately?" Changsun Wuji couldn't help but say when Li Shimin was silent.

Li Jing glanced at him and sighed: "This cold arrow Zhang has a superb military strategy, and he is like a veteran. With Xu Shiji's troops behind him, he will be lost to Shangzhou long ago when we arrive!"

Immediately afterwards, he knelt down on one knee and bowed to Li Shimin and said, "The last general is incompetent, and was fooled by the enemy, and lost Shangzhou. I beg your highness to punish him!"

He even directly predicted that Shangzhou had been lost.

Li Shimin then reacted from the silence, helped Li Jing up with a wry smile, and said, "The pharmacist should not blame himself too much. It is not because our army is incompetent, but because the enemy is too treacherous. This strategy is linked together and full of fog. If it weren't for the pharmacist's guidance, I would not have thought about the enemy's intentions yet..."

At this critical moment, he naturally would not cut off his own arm.

If Li Jing is gone, he really doesn't know how to face the two humeral generals under Sun Ying.

Moreover, this time, he was extremely lucky to hear Li Jing's words.

He did not rashly lead the entire army to take a detour to Shangzhou.

If he detours, Shangzhou will be lost by then...

The enemy guarded Shangzhou and stopped him, and at the same time attacked Mianchi, they could not even protect Mianchi.

Just at this moment, Cui Zheng, the guardian of Mianchi City, saw his own people and hurriedly ran out crying.

He is the head of the third house of Cui.

When the entire county in Henan rebelled and sacrificed the city, he played a large part of the role.

Li Shimin promised him to be the position of Henan Inner Historian, but unexpectedly, in a blink of an eye, thirty-two states were lost...

He was compromised and arranged to be the guardian of Mianchi and became the city guard of Mianchi.

But who would have thought that this time, he suffered an unintentional disaster.

Lengjian Zhang's troops came several times and headed straight for Mianchi. He was ready to fight to the death behind closed doors.

But who would have thought...

"Your Highness, the enemy has been intimidating Mianchi. He went straight to Mianchi twice, but he didn't stop and ran away..." Cui Zheng hugged Li Shimin's thigh and kept crying.

"I am already ready to die with the city..."

At the same time, I didn't forget to show my loyalty to myself.

After hearing this, Li Shimin twitched his lips and wanted to kick him away.

But he was one of the five surnames and seven hopes, and was also the head of the third house of Cui clan in Qinghe. Li Shimin pondered for a moment, helped him up and comforted him for a while.

On the other side, Li Jing was staring at the map, pondering and chanting, and suddenly shouted: "No! The enemy has captured Shangzhou, and must go to Shangzhou by detour to Xincheng and Yiyang!"

When Li Shimin and others heard this, they were shocked.

...

Shangzhou.

The city guard Wang Zuochuan has become a prisoner.

He is the head of the fourth house of the Wang family in Taiyuan.

He also played an important role in the last rebellion against Wang Shichong.

After the success, he was appointed as the guardian of Shangzhou City by Li Shimin.

It’s a pity that his luck is not as good as Cui Zheng.

After the city was broken, he became a prisoner, tied up with his hands and brought to Zhang Xutuo.

His eyes were dull and his face was full of confusion.

Originally, there were thousands of guards in Shangzhou City, which could resist one or two.

But who would have thought...

The other party did not set up a ladder at all.

I directly placed something strange at the gate of their city.

Immediately afterwards, a loud noise was heard.

Their city gate exploded instantly and wood chips flew.

The consequences of the city gate opening can be imagined...

Zhang Xutuo used the Black Armor Army as the vanguard and killed a group of rebels, and captured everyone.

"Wang Zuochuan? Wang family in Taiyuan?" Zhang Xutuo looked down at Wang Zuochuan kneeling below.

When Wang Zuochuan heard someone calling him, he quickly raised his head and pretended to be calm and said, "I am the head of the fourth house of the Wang family in Taiyuan! You can't kill me!"

He thought the visitor would give him some face to the Wang family in Taiyuan.

After all, the Wang family in Taiyuan is a famous family in the world, and among the five surnames and seven hopes, countless leaders have emerged.

but……

Then he heard the general snorting coldly: "The lord said that under the rule of Wanmin City, there is no need for the five surnames and seven hope families to drag them down and kill them!"

Wang Zuochuan immediately became desperate and struggled hard, but it was useless.

He was dragged down like this and was beheaded and showed his head to the public.

After doing all this, Zhang Xutuo took out the map and immediately ordered hundreds of guards to guard Shangzhou, and the rest...

Follow him all and go to attack Xincheng and Yiyang!

That's right, he just wants to marching and combat without stopping and difficult!

Now that Li Jing and Li Shimin have finally been tricked out, he must seize this opportunity.

"The command of the entire army, if three cities are captured this time, the entire army will be awarded the third rank, and the reward will be ten cents!"

Under this stimulation, the soldiers once again aroused their fighting spirit.

As the lord said, it is better to pursue the enemy with the remaining courage, and not to seek fame and learn from the overlord!

He must do his best in one battle!

...

Mianchi.

Now there are two choices that are placed in front of Li Shimin.

First, continue to pursue Xu Shiji's troops.

Doing so is very likely to encircle Xu Shiji's troops and kill him.

But in the same way, Xincheng and Yiyang will be lost.

The second is to return to the rescue immediately. The two cities now only have 20,000 troops. If they do not return to the rescue, they may not be able to defend for long.

"Your Highness will make a decision early in these two strategies!"

Li Jing knelt in front of Li Shimin and urged in a deep voice.

Li Shimin is hesitating.

Li Jing can only choose one of these two decisions, because once the troops are divided, it is very likely that neither of them will be obtained.

Li Jing chose the second plan, abandoning Xincheng and Yiyang, and attacking Xu Shiji.

Only in this way can we not continue to be fooled by the enemy.

But for Li Shimin...

He has lost Shangzhou now.

You can't lose two more cities.

After hesitating for a long time, Li Shimin smiled bitterly: "There are many people in the court who are ready to watch this king's jokes. Now that I have lost Shangzhou, I must not lose Xincheng and Yiyang again, otherwise--"

He sighed and said to Li Jing: "I would like to ask General Li to deploy and rush to Xincheng and Yiyang."

Li Jing expressed his understanding when he heard this, and said cautiously: "I am not in a hurry to rush to Xincheng and Yiyang, just..."

As he said that, he took out the map, pointed to Xu Shiji's troops who were hovering between Shangzhou and Mianchi, and said in a deep voice: "Once our army returns to help, we will be afraid that the other party will attack Mianchi again..."

Li Shimin: “…”

After so much experience.

He just feels very upset now.

Just a war...
To be continued...