Fan Zhongyun said: "It's too late, Alef's role is limited to Xiazhou and Shazhou, and I hope that his intervention and mediation can keep the situation in these two states stable." ”

You Chong and Gan Tuyuan understood the deep meaning of Fan Zhongyun's words, Wuzhou's side, in the end, it is necessary to solve the problem through war.

You Chong was puzzled: "Mr. Fan, what do you mean when you say it's too late?" ”

"100,000 people in the Central Plains stay in Shazhou, the longer the time drags on, their emotions will become more and more uneasy and panicked, once this sentiment spreads, the entire immigration plan, it is very likely that it will be in vain, we have to fight quickly, can not be delayed any longer."

Li Xun knew that Fan Zhongyun must have seen his own thoughts, so he would say this.

Li Xun said in a deep voice: "This time is actually an opportunity, the entire Wuzhou diehards, now the vast majority of them are gathered together, there was no excuse before, it was not easy to start, but now it is just a net, only by completely eliminating these strange people, Wuzhou will have the possibility of long-term stability." ”

Fan Zhongyun agreed: "Li Xun is right, the previous Wuzhou, on the surface seems to be a pool of calm, but in fact it is secretly turbulent, this time it broke out in advance, for us, it is indeed a good thing, if these people are really relocated to the counties of Longyou, once it breaks out in the future, then the chaos will not only be in Wuzhou, but will lead to the great turmoil in the entire Longyou Province, which is more harmful, and now they are concentrated in Wuzhou, eliminated in one fell swoop, and it is a good thing for the country and the people." ”

After You Chong and Gan Tuyuan heard this, they nodded again and again, and they had to say that what Fan Zhongyun and Li Xun said was indeed reasonable.

"Governor, what do you want to do?"

Li Xun pondered for a moment, and finally said: "You and Gan Tu are far away, the commander of the headquarters of 4,000 soldiers and horses to guard Wu'an City, I will lead the remaining 2,000 soldiers, escort grain and grass, and rush to Wuzhuo County, after the reinforcements from Suzhou converge with us, I will immediately have a decisive battle with the mob." ”

When the deliberations were finished, the people dispersed.

Two thousand troops, quickly assembled.

Li Xun walked out of the Governor's Mansion, and Jiang Daxiong was leading the horse and waiting there.

"Be careful in everything, Yuan He and Shan Qiu are both good generals, with them, there shouldn't be a big problem."

Fan Zhongyun gave his final instructions.

"Wait for my good news."

Li Xun smiled, with Fan Zhongyun here, he was not worried about the safety of Wu'an City.

"Governor, two thousand soldiers have been assembled outside the city, and all the dry grain and grass are loaded into trucks, ready to set off at any time."

Hou Quan arrived on horseback and reported loudly.

"I'll see you later."

Li Xun nodded to Fan Zhongyun, then turned around and got on his horse and rode away.

.........

At dusk, Li Xun arrived in Wuzhuo County, and no one went out to greet him, and he entered the barracks.

"In times of war, it is not advisable for the Lord to go out, and he will not be able to greet the governor in person, so please forgive your sins."

Yuan He bowed his hand, with an apologetic look on his face.

Li Xun waved his hand and said with appreciation: "I don't value these false courtesies, and you did the right thing, and you have no merit." ”

After that, Li Xun looked at Shan Qiu and asked, "Brother Shan, how is the defense of the camp?" ”

Shan Qiu said: "The defense is very perfect, if you are fine, I will take you around." ”

"Okay, let's take a look."

Li Xun instructed Yuan He to arrange the soldiers and grain and grass he brought, and then went to the forefront of the camp with Shan Qiu.

The whole camp is several miles long and wide, the city wall is several zhang high, the banner on the wall is clear, the swords and guns are erected, there is a solemn atmosphere, looking at it from afar, it can make people feel awe.

"When was this camp built?"

Li Xun asked out loud, saying that it was a camp, but in fact, it was already a small siege, and with such a scale, it was impossible for Yuan He and others to build it in a short time.

Shan Qiu introduced: "This besieged city was built by a large stone nobleman, which was once used to keep slaves in captivity, and now it is used by us. ”

Li Xun shook his head: "The high-level of the mob doesn't seem to have any strategic vision, and such a good frontier and important place was given to us for nothing without sending anyone to garrison it." ”

"There are people stationed there, there are not many people, only more than 2,000 people, and it only took us half an hour to capture it."

Shan Qiu said: "The mob has a clear goal this time, which is to concentrate all the forces and have a decisive battle with us, so as to avoid being scattered and broken by us one by one like last time. ”

Li Xun said lightly: "It seems that the defeat of Taxian County has shocked them a lot, causing them to dare not divide their troops again." ”

Shan Qiu nodded and said, "That's true, Yu Yanhui has made a lot of contributions to this battle. ”

Li Xun smiled, Yu Yanhui is a bit utilitarian, but his personal military ability is really good, if he can really belong to himself, he can consider reusing it.

Yu Yanhui's Shazhou defense envoy was not given by Li Xun sincerely, but forced by the situation, and had to do it as a last resort, so Li Xun has always left a back hand in his heart, and after things calm down, he will slowly elevate Yu Yanhui with the withdrawal of soldiers and the transfer of personnel, so that he will be taken down in the end, but in this battle of Taxian, Yu Yanhui showed outstanding military intelligence, and his personal combat was also extremely brave, and finally won more with less, and won a big victory in Taxian, which made Li Xun suddenly look at him with admiration, and his original thoughts have also changed somewhat.

"What's going on in Wuzhuo County, but I have sent someone to investigate."

Turning to the topic, Li Xun asked about the situation of the mob camp in Wuzhuo County.

"We sent a large number of scouts to find out the news, almost every hour, there will be the latest news, although the number of mobs is large, but weapons and horses are extremely scarce, they have now selected 10,000 young and strong people, including 800 cavalry, issued with weapons, these days have been training."

Li Xun asked, "Do they have enough food?" ”

Shan Qiu pondered for a moment, and then said: "This can't be counted, but after the riot, we didn't have enough troops to pursue it on a large scale, which gave them time to calmly gather and retreat, among the mob, they were all ordinary people, such people, even if they left, they must be dragging their families with them, and they would definitely bring some rations with them, so I guess that this group of mobs, their food reserves, should not have any problems if they hold on for ten days and half a month." ”

Li Xun nodded, didn't ask more, and looked into the distance.

After listening to Shan Qiu's introduction, Li Xun already has a rough blueprint in his heart for the next step of the entire battle situation, the mob is now concentrating weapons and manpower and training, obviously making final preparations, he wants to trap them in Wuzhuo County, and when they run out of food, the plan to attack again seems to be unworkable, because the other party is not without the strength to fight, and at that time, even if he does not move, the other party will take the initiative to come and seek a decisive battle.

Li Xun's current thinking line is to stand still, gather all the troops, garrison here, and wait for the other party to come, or take the initiative to attack, that is, put the location of the decisive battle here, or Wuzhuo County, a hundred and twenty miles away?