Li Xun just breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to go to the back hall for dinner, when the soldiers came to report, and Liu Xie paid a visit.

Li Xun sighed and said helplessly: "Let him come in." ”

The soldiers answered, retreated, and after a while, Liu Xie strode in.

"Subordinates, see the marshal."

Liu Xie half-knelt and saluted.

"Get up."

Li Xun waved his hand: "If there is anything you can't do after lunch, you can't come back after lunch, I'm busy with work, and I can't skip dinner." ”

Liu Xie said cautiously: "Dashuai, you said it, if you have any latest news, you must report it to you as soon as possible, and your subordinates dare not delay." ”

Liu Xie is an old man who follows Li Xun, in front of Li Xun in the past, Liu Xie occasionally dared to talk and laugh, but with the gradual improvement of Li Xun's status and rights, an invisible majesty is slowly increasing in the hearts of many people.

Li Xun nodded: "What's the latest news on the Dashi Empire?" ”

"Yes."

"Say it."

Liu Xie said: "The war between the Persian Empire and the Dashiren is very fierce, the Persian Empire because of the emperor's personal conquest, and the advantage in military strength, so the war has always had the upper hand at the beginning, but according to the latest intelligence, late the night before yesterday, Ben Lahimo organized a battalion of 1,500 dead soldiers, taking advantage of the heavy snow at night, to attack the grain and grass heavy land 130 miles away from the Persian Empire's camp, and broke the city in one fell swoop, the Persian Empire's grain and grass were destroyed and burned, and the Persian Empire's grain and grass were insufficient, and the troops have been temporarily withdrawn. ”

Li Xun said silently: "Ben Lahimo is really a tiger general. ”

Li Xun and Ben Lahimo do not know each other, but from Liu Xie's intelligence, I know Ben Lahimo, not much, only three times, but every time as long as there is news about him, it is a shocking event, in the situation that the Dashi Empire has been destroyed, it is Ben Lahimo who provoked the last banner against the Persian Empire, and broke out with amazing combat effectiveness and will, with less to win more, defeated Zhan Bai, and stabilized the last piece of land of the Dashi Empire, and now it is in the case of the situation against the trend, It was Ben Rahimo who stood up again, broke through the rear of the Persian Empire in one fell swoop, turned the tide of the unfavorable war in one fell swoop, and won a chance for his side to rest and respite, this person is indeed not simple.

Liu Xie thought about it and hesitated a little, but still said: "It is said that although Ben Lahimo won the victory, he himself was seriously injured, but this information has not been confirmed, I don't know if it is true or not. ”

If there is anything to say about the uncertain news, Li Xun will not ask more, and will take a teacup and drink water.

Liu Xie glanced at Li Xun, and then continued: "Before Zhan Bai and Dashuai went to war, he sent people to Loulan, hoping that they would send troops to help, the king of Loulan agreed, but in the end he did not send troops, we have been buying the vice king of Loulan You Huan, but You Huan's attitude has always been warm, after the marshal entered Suye City, You Huan finally relented and expressed his willingness to be loyal to Dashuai, and then informed the inside story, the Hou Chi clan, who lived in the southwest border of Momeng, withdrew all the troops on the border of Chen Bing and Loulan when the war broke out between Dashuai and Zhan Bai, But the actual intention was to paralyze the Loulan Kingdom, and was ready to launch a surprise attack while the Loulan State troops were out, but this news was learned by the Loulan Kingdom, so Zhan Bai sent people to demand support several times, but the Loulan Kingdom was afraid of the Hou Chi clan and never dared to mobilize the army, and sat back and watched Zhan Bai finally be wiped out. ”

Li Xun put down the teacup and smiled: "I didn't expect the Hou Chi clan to do me a great favor, and I really want to thank them." ”

Liu Xie didn't speak, Li Xun said this, there must be other intentions.

Sure enough, Li Xun's fingers flicked on the table, pondered for a moment, pointed at Liu Xie and said, "Send someone to tell the Hou Chi clan that if there is anything you need help, I, Li Xun, am willing to serve." ”

Since Loulan Guo once agreed to Zhan Bai to send troops to help, that is his enemy, and the enemy of his enemy is his friend, Li Xun has no reason not to contact the Hou Chi clan, and he may be able to get unexpected benefits.

Li Xun said lightly: "What else?" ”

Liu Xie said in a deep voice: "The two countries of Kangju and Khan, which are located in the eastern part of the Western Regions, have recently had close contacts, and they have won the support of many leaders of the two religions at the cost of abandoning the Tianlan Religion and making the Mani and Rhodes Religions the state religions, and they have gathered a large army to prepare for a sneak attack on Xizhou. ”

Hearing this news, Li Xun's eyelids jumped, his face was a little ugly, and he began to calculate in his heart, he led 30,000 troops into Suye City, Juyan City and Zhenshi City each had 5,000 defenders, and there were only 7,000 people left in Xizhou.

Li Xun asked in a deep voice, "How did you know such confidential information?" ”

Liu Xie replied: "The Great Shuai agreed to restore the missionary rights of the Mani and Rhodes Sects in the entire Western Regions, which played a great role, although the vast majority of the leaders of these two sects in the southern Western Regions were willing to cooperate with Kangju and Khan, but their hearts were not aligned, and some people were unwilling to break out a war with the Great Shuai, so they revealed the news to the internal agents there. ”

After listening, Li Xun was silent, pondered for a long time, and finally ordered: "Pay close attention to every move of the southern countries in the Western Regions, and report any people and news immediately." ”

"Yes, Marshal."

Liu Xie bowed and turned to leave.

Subsequently, Li Xun convened everyone to discuss the matter and told everyone the news that Liu Xie had just gotten.

Hearing that Kangju and Khan had ill intentions, and everyone had different expressions, Shan Qiu, Li Cunxiao, Chen Tu and others immediately suggested that they gather a large army and go straight to the south of the Western Regions to destroy Kangju and Khan.

However, Chen He, Zhao Wei and some others suggested that it is best not to fight, supplemented by force, and to win over them, and it does not matter if the negotiations fail, because their plans have been leaked, and this can deter the southern countries, so that they will not dare to mess around, buy time for themselves, and wait until the situation here is stabilized, and then it will not be too late to fight.

After listening to everyone's words, Li Xun's mind was a little biased towards the suggestions of Chen He, Zhao Wei and others, but Fan Zhongyun and Sima Tu had not yet spoken, and Li Xun still wanted to hear the suggestions of the two of them.

"Lao Fan, Sima Tu, if you have any opinions in your hearts, you might as well speak them out and listen to them."

Fan Zhongyun said lightly: "We have just finished the war with Zhan Bai, the soldiers are tired, and they have begun to have a war-weariness, Kangju and Khan have a high prestige and influence among the countries of the Western Regions, if we rashly launch an attack on these two countries, it is very likely to cause resistance in the entire Western Regions, moreover, our forces are limited after all, once the main force enters the south, this side will be very empty, the war has just ended, the people are uncertain, there is no strong force to deter, many people with other intentions, I am afraid that they will take advantage of the chaos." ”

Fan Zhongyun should not have thought of a very good plan yet, but the meaning of his words is very clear, he does not agree with the launch of a war against Kangju and Khan, but he also does not fully agree with Chen He, Zhao Wei and others to negotiate, because this is not a long-term solution, and what should happen will still happen after all.