Li Hongji and Li Hongmao were so surprised that they couldn't even speak, because they really hadn't seen anyone who had brought tens of thousands of troops to attack the city, but they came back before they had drunk half a pot of wine...... What is the situation? Is this the real war with troops?

"Big brother ~ Father asked us to come to the front line to learn to lead soldiers to fight, just to learn this?"

Li Hongji said with a depressed face: "Ying ...... Should...... Probably not. What the hell is Murong Yanchao doing? He came back so soon? Suddenly the eldest uncle came and didn't want to fight, did he?"

The two brothers looked puzzled, but they did not dare to open the gate, because they only saw the dust, but did not see the appearance of the main general, and did not know what the situation was.

Soon, Murong Yanchao, who took the lead, slowly entered everyone's eyes, and Li Hongji hurriedly ordered the city gate to be opened to welcome Murong Yanchao's 'triumphant' return. Observing from a distance, tens of thousands of people in the entire army revealed an air of despair, and the spirit of a team was completely absent, not at all like a team that had gone out on a campaign and returned, but like a large number of hungry people fleeing, or it was a deserter who had been defeated in a battle.

After entering the city, Li Hongji and Li Hongmao hurriedly pulled Murong Yanchao to the city tower and asked in detail. This matter is actually not complicated, that is, Zongxin cast a spell to make the east wind blow, it snowed heavily, and the soldiers were too cold to forcibly attack the city, there was nothing to say, only to come back.

Li Hongji and Li Hongmao's first reaction was not to believe it, but Murong Yanchao alone could have seen it wrong, but could all of the more than 30,000 soldiers have seen it wrong? This is absolutely impossible. Other words...... Zongxin can really cast a spell to change the weather, then this problem is serious, people with this kind of spell defend the city, I am afraid that my father will not be able to lead troops to attack the city of Xuzhou Xicheng.

Li Hongji took a deep breath and said, "King Yan, this thing can be eaten indiscriminately, but you can't talk nonsense." Does Zong Xin really have such great ability?"

", if this hadn't happened, how could I have led the troops out and come back without even drawing a sword? Murong Yanchao said depressedly: "The two princes don't have to worry, I expect that Zongxin is a strategy to delay the army, as long as the materials are sufficient, the clothing and armor are enough, it will not be long before they can regain their strength and attack again." ”

"How much time does it take? The temperature in the south, we didn't have any clothes in the first place, and we don't need winter clothes here, don't you know this?"

"I know...... So now it's all up to the strength of the two princes, if there are not enough clothes and armor, I'm afraid that there is no need to let Zong Xin do it, and we will be frozen to death in Xuzhou. ”

Murong Yanchao is right, Li Hongji is also cold in his heart, the climate here is indeed too different, it is impossible for the south to be cold like this, this should be the weather in the north. Zong Xin tossed like this, and now it took a long time to prepare the winter clothes for the soldiers, maybe the three people present had them at home, but these soldiers were still wearing very thin.

Li Hongji said: "I'm really afraid, if I make this move a few months earlier, I am afraid that the messenger of the Summer Sect will make this move...... Within two days, we'll be wiped out. ”

"I also thought of this just now, so this is the time and fate and luck, even if Zongxin has this earth-shattering thaumaturgy, but fortunately, the clothes of the soldiers in winter have been added a lot, as long as we find winter clothes, and send troops to Xuzhou Xicheng again, Zongxin will have nothing to do with us at that time. ”

Li Hongji said: "It's also our carelessness, in fact, we have already received the news that Xuzhou bought the master's cotton clothes, we originally thought that the cotton clothes were prepared to be used for fire attack, but the result was that we thought too simply, and Zongxin really expected it." But...... This kind of thing, how could we mortals think of it, even if we knew Zongxin's plan, there was no way to predict his next move. ”

Murong Yanchao said: "Two princes, you didn't know the situation at all when you weren't there. Half of the more than 30,000 soldiers were scared on the spot, how could this battle be fought? They were too afraid of Zongxin, as long as Zongxin was here...... I'm afraid it won't be so easy to win. And...... I also think that as long as Zongxin is in Xuzhou Xicheng, maybe our attack will be in vain. ”

"That's right, our attack was in vain. Li Hongji said: "Chai Rong is about to rush to the west of Xuzhou with 80,000 horses, plus the original army of Xuzhou, the number is not much different from ours." The other party is defending the city, let's attack the city, in the case of a small difference in numbers, the strong attack will undoubtedly fail, King Yan, you are also an old Jianghu, I don't need to explain these things to you. ”

Li Hongji actually didn't need to analyze it at all, everyone understood that Guo Wei sent all 80,000 troops to Xuzhou, so there was not much difference in strength between the two sides, and it was impossible to forcibly attack the city. Since Guo Wei has exhausted his 80,000 troops in Xuzhou, there is no reinforcement on the Weizhou side, so the main force should be in Weizhou.

At this time, the task of Murong Yanchao and Li Hongji was to occasionally attack tentatively, to ensure that Xuzhou was unable to withdraw to Weizhou for reinforcements, as long as this was done, the next thing was to wait, waiting for the news that Weizhou would be unimpeded all the way and directly attack Kaifeng.

Murong Yanchao nodded and said, "There is really no need to explain more, I have already contacted my eldest brother Liu Chong and let him know that Guo Wei's 80,000 troops were all sent to Xuzhou." It is estimated that the eldest brother will get the news soon, he will definitely attack Weizhou with all his might, after all, it is above the border, and the strength of Weizhou should be about 10,000 even if it is small, although it will take a little effort, but it is not a big problem, this time Guo Wei is dead. ”

Li Hongmao said curiously: "No, how many troops does Liu Chong have? How will he attack Kaifeng when the time comes? I think this matter is a bit hanging." The Northern Han land is sparsely populated, and it may not be easy to swallow Guo Wei in one bite, and without our help, he would not have won so easily. I think it's better to divide the troops......"

"No ......" X2

Murong Yanchao and Li Hongji broke out in a cold sweat by this two-hundred-five remark, and immediately stopped Li Hongmao from continuing. The reason is very simple, if the division of troops is in Guo Wei's arms, Guo Wei may turn defeat into victory at that time.

Xuzhou's task now is to delay Guo Wei's 80,000 army, which is not a small number, and when it arrives in Xuzhou, it will be 100,000 troops, if Xuzhou is taken in one fell swoop and then broken one by one, and then turn north to resist the Northern Han, Guo Wei may not be defeated at that time.

If Guo Wei wants to be defeated, then the only way is to delay this army and let the Northern Han army attack without any consideration. This time, their main task was to convey to Murong Yanchao the matter of 'raising the war with war, entering the city and slaughtering the city', Li Hongmao didn't know the reason that the army was fighting more and more.

Li Hongmao was a little ashamed, how could there be such a thing? He finally came up with a good solution, but both of them were against it, there was no problem...... It's not bad to allocate tens of thousands of troops to help the Later Han attack Weizhou, anyway, it's just to contain Guo Wei's 100,000 troops, and it doesn't matter if it's a little more or less.

However, Li Hongmao was about to speak, and he reacted again, it seemed that it was not appropriate to do so...... After all, you can't fight all the way through such a far place. If you want to bypass the whole Great Zhou, it is too much time to waste. And this way has to return to the Tang Dynasty from Xuzhou, then to the Southern Han Dynasty to Xishu, and finally enter Tubo, from Tubo to the Northern Han Dynasty...... It's too far, maybe after the battle, the divided soldiers haven't arrived in the Northern Han Dynasty, and it doesn't matter.

Li Hongmao nodded and said, "It's really not good, this way is too far." You can't go straight through the Great Week. Sure enough, my attainments in the art of war are still very low, so my father sent us to study hard. Sure enough, talented people still need to study hard. ”

Li Hongji and Murong Yanchao were both thinking about the same problem, Li Hongmao did not grasp the key point at all, even if he could directly reach the Northern Han Dynasty, he could not divide his troops. Guo Wei originally did not have enough troops to resist the attack of the Northern Han and Khitan, even if he put together the troops, it was completely insufficient, not to mention that the combat quality of the troops he put together was too poor, and it took a long time to run in.

Li Hongji also understands this younger brother, he is like this, he has no ability at all, his brain is not very good, and he doesn't like to study. Sometimes Li Hongji really wants to throw this brother away, but he is his own child, what else can he do? The two brothers have grown up together since childhood, and the other brothers can't say it well, but Li Hongmao is definitely towards himself, and he will not compete for the throne with him, mainly because he does not have much pursuit, which is also reassuring.

There is still a difference between a half-brother and a half-brother, there are too many reasons why Li Hongji doesn't like Li Congjia, if Li Congjia is not a blind man, he will definitely compete with himself for the throne, there is no doubt about this, and he will definitely win...... That's the most important thing.

Li Hongji also admitted that he was a little jealous, after all, such an excellent brother was too much of a threat to himself. After he ascends the throne, he should have a lot less mustard for him.

"Okay, don't think about it, it's better to prepare clothes for the winter first. Murong Yanchao said: "I have no money at all, so I can only ask the two of you to find a way." Otherwise, our soldiers will freeze to death in Xuzhou City. ”

Li Hongji said: "Don't worry, I will find someone to prepare clothes and supplies for winter, but I also have one condition." Although from the current situation, it seems that our main task is to contain the Xuzhou troops, but you can't slack off, we have to organize a few tentative sieges, we will watch Zongxin from a distance, so let us know how powerful Zongxin is, the so-called knowing that the other side has won a hundred battles, we need to know a little more about Zongxin's thoughts. ”

"Okay, as long as you're happy. And I didn't intend to wait here in the first place, as long as the time is right, I will definitely attack the city. The city wall of Xuzhou Xicheng is very short, and the newly built city wall is not strong, as long as there is no help from Zongxin, we will definitely be able to break through Xicheng, and then there will be no obstacles. ”

Li Hongji also nodded with satisfaction, after all, this time my father asked them to learn to fight, and they couldn't stay in the city all the time to drink and chat, they had to do something serious. I didn't officially lead soldiers, so I just learned a little from Murong Yanchao, so that I wouldn't make this trip in vain.