"Head, we've been here for almost half a month, what the hell are we doing!"

Lang General Zhou Pingyun said to Hou Quan beside him while nibbling on the cold noodle steamed bun in his hand.

Hou Quan glanced at Zhou Pingyun and said lukewarmly: "Lao Tzu can do whatever he wants, you just follow it, don't ask so many whys." ”

Zhou Pingyun pursed his lips and cursed in his mouth.

Hou Quan was in a bad mood, he was too lazy to talk nonsense with him, kicked him over, Zhou Pingyun turned over and sat down, and when he saw that the boss was in a bad mood, he didn't say anything more.

Hou Quan took out a dough cake from his arms, it was beef filling, he tore off half of it and handed it to Zhou Pingyun, who quickly took it and took a big bite of it, he hadn't eaten meat for several days, although this thing was cold and hard, but at least it was meat.

It's the twenty-fifth of January.

This is the middle region of the northern part of the Western Regions, Hou Quan has been hiding here for a full fourteen days with a thousand soldiers and horses, less than a hundred miles to the south, it is the largest in the north, the fourth in the Western Regions, and the capital of the Zhou Kingdom.

In order to attract Zhan Bai to lead the army, Li Xun sent Zhao Zhang, Niu Jin, and Hou Quan to lead a small number of soldiers and horses, pretending to have a large number of troops, and harassing the northern countries of the Western Regions.

On the thirteenth day of the first month, Zhan Bai led an army of 180,000 to Zhenshi City, the main army of the Western Regions was exhausted, Niu Jin and Zhao Zhang immediately led the army back, and Hou Quan did not leave, leading his headquarters of 1,000 troops to hide, waiting for the opportunity to move.

For the sake of safety, Hou Quan cut off all contact with the outside world, and stayed here boringly for half a month, he had nothing to do here, but Li Xun was there a lot of fun.

Zhan Bai thought that Li Xun divided his troops into the northern part of the Western Regions, and the army stationed in Zhenshi City had decreased, which was a good opportunity, so he asked Zhesha to lead an army of 30,000 as the vanguard and set off in a hurry.

Li Xun is waiting for them, leaving Zhesha only an empty city, when Zhesha led the army to occupy Zhenshi City, Li Xun concentrated 50,000 troops, from all directions, Zhesha's army fell into the city, can only be passively beaten, the two sides fought fiercely for two hours, Zhesha was finally defeated, 30,000 troops lost more than half, and finally led more than 10,000 remnants of the army to break through.

Subsequently, Zhan Bai led an army of 50,000 to arrive and joined forces with Zhesha, a total of 60,000 troops, and approached 25 miles away from Zhenshi City.

Li Xun took advantage of the time when his camp was not good, once again led the army to launch a surprise attack, within one day, the two sides broke out a second war, and fought fiercely until late at night, although Li Xun did not take too much advantage, but Zhan Bai faced the fierce attack of the Jin army, he already had fear in his heart, and after the offensive of the Jin army slowed down a little, he immediately led the army to retreat, and retreated to Juyan City, waiting for the arrival of the follow-up 100,000 troops.

On the eighteenth day of January, the follow-up 100,000 troops led by Du Zhongbo and the logistics and military supplies finally arrived at Juyan City, the two sides joined forces, 10,000 troops stayed in Juyan City, Zhan Bai led 150,000 troops to attack Zhenshi City again, and immediately launched an attack, until January 23, five days, the two sides fought more than ten times, no one could help anyone, Zhan Bai listened to Du Zhongbo's advice, led the army to retreat temporarily, camped thirty miles away from Zhenshi City, and formed a confrontation with Li Xun.

"Head, Shaozhou City has another army of 3,000 people out of the city."

A scout ran to Hou Quan's side and said loudly.

Hou Quan's spirit was shocked, he stood up from the ground, and asked loudly, "Where did you go?" ”

The scout replied, "I've followed me for dozens of miles, and they should be rushing to Boulder City as well." ”

Boulder?

Hou Quan walked back and forth, rubbing his left and right hands constantly, his face full of contemplation.

In order to fight against the Dashi Empire, Zhan Bai transferred the armies of the Western Regions to the country, and the same was true of the Cheng Zhou State, but after all, he was one of the top few big countries in the Western Regions, with a population of millions and dozens of cities, although most of the troops were transferred to Zhan Bai, but the capital of his country was still 12,300 defenders in Zhou City.

Hou Quan's lone army went deep into this place in order to take Shaozhou City, but there were too many troops in the city, and he never dared to act, so he could only wait for the opportunity.

Many generals under Li Xun, most of them are born in poverty, just rely on their ability to be promoted step by step, Hou Quan has the same place with them, there are also different places, the same is that Hou Quan is also poor, but the difference is that Hou Quan's poverty only started from his grandfather's generation, Hou Quan's family, once also brilliant, Hou Quan's great-grandfather in the Wuzong Dynasty, did a state festival to make a high-ranking official, his great-grandfather out of the blue is better than the blue, with the festival to make military merits, into the court to participate in the governor's affairs, the right squire of the military department, This is second only to the political hall of the country's high-ranking officials, the Hou family reached its heyday, but the fate changed, Yizong's later years of the throne battle, the winner will only have one, and the losing side, naturally have to face a severe blow, the Hou family at that time supported the defeat of the prince, political failure, for the Hou family to bring disaster, Hou Quan's great-grandfather was cut to the people, imprisoned, and finally because of the humiliation, and chose to commit suicide, the Hou family was beheaded, Hou Quan's grandfather because he was not an adult, so he escaped, But at this point, he has been reduced to a civilian, and his family is in the middle of the road, and it is difficult to turn over.

Hou Quan has been holding his breath in his heart, he is the first group of people to follow Li Xun, Shan Qiu, Yuan He, Zhao Wei including Zheng Chun, these are all famous characters for a long time, they are all generals, they are valued by Li Xun, and they are reused from the new, there is nothing to say, but Zhao Zhang, Li Cunxiao, Niu Jin, Li Zhaodi, these later generations, these people with worse backgrounds than themselves, are now not worse than themselves, or even better, these people are not worse than themselves, or even better, these people are in terms of talent, ability, which point is worse than them?

Especially Niu Jin, a bandit who was born and didn't know a few big characters, actually relied on a ruthless spirit, and made great achievements in the first battle, and in one step he was promoted to the high position of Zhonglang General and Deputy Governor of a state, he was ruthless, he dared to work hard, didn't he have it, didn't he dare?

Although Hou Quan didn't know the situation on the side of Zhenshi City, but Cheng Zhou, including several other countries in the northern part of the Western Regions that still had remaining troops, sent troops to the direction of Zhenshi City several times, it is not difficult to imagine that the battle between Zhan Bai and Li Xun is probably in the midst of a fierce battle, Zhan Bai's side should not take any advantage, otherwise, Zhan Bai will never transfer the troops of the northern countries of the Western Regions to the main battlefield.

"Head, you don't want to sneak attack Shaozhou City, do you?"

After the scout came with the news, Zhou Pingyun saw Hou Quan's expression, and suddenly understood a little, and couldn't help but exclaim.

Hou Quan glanced at Zhou Pingyun and said lightly: "Don't you dare? ”

Zhou Pingyun was stunned, and then smiled bitterly: "I said boss, you weren't so bold before, why did you suddenly make such a big move now?" ”

There is no such title as boss in the army, but Li Xun likes Jiang Daxiong and some other people to call themselves bosses, and follow suit.

Hou Quan said with a smile: "It used to be, and now I want to do a big ticket, I only ask you, do you dare?" ”

Zhou Pingyun thought about it, Shao Zhoucheng was sent out a few times, and now there are less than 5,000 defenders left, and if he really wants to raid, it is not that there is no chance and possibility.

Zhou Pingyun smiled and said: "You are the main general, you have the final say, I have no opinion." ”

"You're still so slippery."

Hou Quan had a smile on his face, and punched Zhou Pingyun hard, and the two laughed at the same time.