In the company of the special operations brigade led by Fang Dali, there were more than 100 soldiers, and only one platoon of more than 30 people came back alive. The rest were killed in the battle when they broke through. Of the more than 1,600 men and horses of the First Regiment of the Second Division led by Tian Kuo, half of them were killed in battle alone, and nearly 300 people were seriously injured. It can be said that after this battle, the first regiment of the second division was abolished. In order to be able to burn the grain and grass in the rear camp of the Southern Han army, Ma Teng's rapid support division held back the enemy so that Gongsun Jian could create an opportunity to lead people to rescue Tian Kuo, and therefore paid a lot of price, and the entire division lost nearly 300 soldiers and horses. After all, horseback combat was not their strong point, and they were originally formed to be able to quickly maneuver to support the battlefield, rather than regular cavalry.

The most important thing is that Tian Kuo, who is the commander of the first division, was also seriously injured in this battle, but fortunately, he did not miss an arm or leg, and his life was worry-free, but he could no longer command the battle in a short time. Not only Tian Kuo, but even Gongsun Jian himself suffered two stab wounds, but he didn't notice it at the time, and he didn't feel pain until after the battle.

Gongsun Jian ordered Tian Kuo and the more seriously injured soldiers to be transferred to the rear for treatment, while he himself sat in the big tent wrapped in gauze bandages and thought about the next battle.

The gains and losses of a battle are not on Gongsun Jian's heart, what Ke Weiyi makes Gongsun Jian feel a headache is Liu Mang's sergeant command ability. If you can see and guess the use of troops, the other party can also detect it in advance and make corresponding arrangements. This made Gongsun Jian particularly headache. If this continues, it will be a fool's dream to defeat the other party and occupy the entire territory of the Southern Han Kingdom.

Fortunately, good news soon came. The special operations brigade and amphibious division and the sixth division that were sent by Gongsun Jian to sabotage the mainland of the Southern Han Dynasty came one after another. Almost all the bridges and wharves in the Southern Han Kingdom were destroyed, and the roads for transporting heavy grain and grass in the rear were also completely destroyed. Many officials of the local county government and yamen were also assassinated by them, and at the same time, many militia groups and the private armed forces of rural landlords and tyrants were also killed. Even the relief granaries of the imperial court set up in various places in the Southern Han Kingdom were burned down.

After getting the news, Gongsun Jian finally let go of most of his hanging heart. The more chaos in the Southern Han Kingdom, the more favorable it was for Gongsun Jian's war. Now even in the face of Liu Mang's army of more than 200,000, he doesn't care at all. As long as you don't take the initiative to confront the other party head-on and maintain the current situation, soon the logistics of the Southern Han Army will completely collapse, and that time is the time for Gongsun Jian to fight the other party.

Moreover, Liu Mang still has to face all kinds of internal problems in the Southern Han Kingdom at this moment, and he can't find the main force of the Zhou army for a decisive battle. Even the capture of Xihua City will not solve the problem. Moreover, Gongsun Jian had already sent a message to Qian Tuan, the king of Chu, who was holding Xihua City, asking the other party to be ready to abandon Xihua City at any time to protect his troops.

While Gongsun Jian was thinking about how to deal with Liu Mang, in the camp of the Southern Han army, Liu Mang, the king of the Southern Han Dynasty, was angry with the ministers under him. At this time, he also understood the conspiracy that Gongsun Jian had planned from the beginning. The other side did not intend to fight face-to-face with him at all, but used this despicable attack tactics to make his own country chaotic without a fight. Especially now, although some of the grain and grass have been burned by the other party, it can still support it for a long time. But what about the current grain and grass after it has been eaten? The information sent from the rear is now basically cut off from the way to the camp. Even if the local government organizes the people to desperately repair, you can't prevent the other party from continuing to destroy and attack.

In addition, there are no official officials in many places in the Southern Han Dynasty, because they were all infiltrated and assassinated by the special operations brigade. As a result, many local governments now have no one to call the shots, and naturally they are in chaos. Some people even took the opportunity to occupy the county seat and state capital and set themselves up as kings. It can be said that the entire Southern Han Kingdom has become a mess at the moment.

"Shameless thieves are insidious." Liu Mang, the king of the Southern Han Dynasty, slapped the bookcase in front of him and smashed it. I have to say that this king of the Southern Han Dynasty is indeed a martial arts master. It is estimated that if he and Gongsun Jian go head-to-head face-to-face, the three Gongsun Jian may not be opponents.

However, Liu Mang has more than just force, and his military talent for leading the army is also very good. Even Gongsun Jian admired it very much. And his mind is quite flexible. After carefully calming down and thinking about it, Liu Mang decided to start dealing with Gongsun Jian's tricks in two parts.

First of all, Liu Mang decisively gave up the plan to continue to attack Xihua City, and instead reduced his army of more than 200,000 to zero, but still maintained an absolute advantage in numbers, ranging from 30,000 to 50,000 people per team, and began to leave the camp in batches, maintain a suitable rescue distance from each other, and then swept across the entire territory of the Southern Han Kingdom, not only to find an opportunity for the other party to destroy the gang of guys in their rear, but also to continue to collect all kinds of materials and grain and grass, and by the way, organize local people to repair roads and restore traffic. At the same time, all kinds of materials collected from the province were transported back to the capital of the Southern Han Kingdom.

Secondly, isn't your Gongsun Jian going to wreak havoc? Then I Liu Mang will too. More than 20,000 people were selected and organized from the army, divided into dozens of teams, and after bringing enough rations, they set off, bypassing Xihua City and heading to the territory of the Zhou Wangfu. Let's also go to sabotage, and whether it's against the government, even the civilians in the countryside won't let go, in short, we must let Gongsun Jian taste the bitterness of his own intrigues.

Almost overnight, the battalion of the Southern Han Army was disbanded, and the generals who had been assigned tasks began to act one after another. This made Gongsun Jian, who had been paying attention to the other party, a little confused, and waited until he figured out the other party's true intentions. Gongsun Jian patted the back of his head and began to regret it. Once the soldiers of the Southern Han Kingdom really entered the territory of their own territories, then the next ones to suffer were those of their own subjects.

Gongsun Jian hurriedly began to order the closure of the various passes connected with the Southern Han State and sent heavy troops to defend them, and at the same time urgently transferred back the special operations brigade and amphibious warfare division, and ordered them to pursue the Southern Han army that tried to penetrate deep into his territory to cause sabotage. It is imperative that all the more than 20,000 people be killed, and that the other party must not be allowed to wander around in his own territory and do evil.

"Nai Nai, this Liu Mang is not stupid, he actually knows how to repay the other in his way. I underestimated him. Gongsun Jian sat in the tent and profoundly reviewed the judgment mistakes he had made. At the same time, I also felt a little powerless.

It would be nice if I was stronger. Or you can wait a little longer and buy more time to develop your strength. Unfortunately, time is running out, and once you don't seize or grasp some opportunities, it is likely that it will be more difficult to do them again in the future.

Maybe I'm really in a bit too anxious this time. However, even if he could not defeat Liu Mang and capture the entire Southern Han Kingdom, he could cause great damage to the Southern Han Dynasty. It made it difficult to recover from the great injury of the Southern Han Dynasty. Not enough, what is in front of Gongsun Jian now is not to prepare to withdraw the army, but how to fight next.

Liu Mang's strategic intentions are obvious, while learning from Gongsun Jian to go to the opponent's territory to cause destruction, while shrinking the defense, since Gongsun Jian is unwilling to fight him head-on, then he is the same. Concentrate all your resources on the capital, then abandon all other territories and wait for a decisive battle with you near the capital. If you don't come, then you will never be able to occupy the entire Southern Han Dynasty. Even if you occupy other places, it is useless, and you can't really rule at all. Moreover, Liu Mang will also attack from time to time to give Gongsun Jian an effective blow. But if you want to capture the capital of the Southern Han Dynasty, then you can't avoid fighting to the death with Liu Mang's army. If you win, the Southern Han Dynasty will naturally perish, but it will be defeated, hehe, the consequence is naturally that the Great Zhou King of Gongsun Jian is estimated to be sitting on the end.

Therefore, facing a dilemma, Gongsun Jian really had a headache. Fortunately, there are also advisers by his side, Shi Fangheng, the head of the palace, and Qian Tuan, the king of Chu, together with Gongsun Jian, came up with an idea for Gongsun Jian, and no longer pulled Zhou Guo in to stir up the situation at this time, which can not only break the current stalemate with the Southern Han Dynasty, but also get help from the outside. Winning the Southern Han Dynasty is the best choice, at most, at that time, it will give the Zhou State some benefits and territory, and sooner or later it will still be the Great Zhou. And if it is defeated, or there is no way to achieve the final victory. It doesn't matter, as long as you still retain your strength. By the way, maybe you can pit the court of the Zhou Kingdom, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

After weighing the pros and cons repeatedly, Gongsun Jian finally made a decision to send an envoy to Shangjing to invite Zhou to join him in sending troops against the Southern Han State. The price proposed by Gongsun Jian was that if the Southern Han Dynasty was destroyed, Gongsun Jian was willing to share the territory of the Southern Han Kingdom equally with the Zhou court. The one near the west belonged to Gongsun Jian, while the state capital to the east belonged to the Zhou state.

After a long discussion in the quarrel, the court of the Zhou State proposed that if Gongsun Jian was willing to return the four central and southern prefectures that had been forcibly occupied to the imperial court, then the Zhou State would be willing to send troops to help. If Gongsun Jian is unwilling, then the court of the Zhou State can only stand aside and watch the excitement, maybe when it will be unfavorable to Gongsun Jian to occupy it, and it will send troops to help a group of Southern Han States.

Faced with the threat of the Zhou court and taking advantage of the opportunity, Gongsun Jian actually agreed. At the moment, he desperately needs someone who can break the current situation for him, so that he has the opportunity to turn the situation around, so as to effectively fight the Southern Han again, and finally achieve the final victory of this battle.

The court of the Zhou State did send troops, but only 20,000 horses were sent. And it was not with Gongsun Jian to attack the Southern Han Dynasty together. I went all the way south along the southeast direction of the Southern Han Kingdom, and I had a bit of the taste of you hitting yours and me beating me.

Fortunately, Gongsun Jian was not angry, but felt that such an arrangement was very good. Having such a partial division involves the other party, at least you can reduce some pressure on yourself. At present, Gongsun Jian is also trying to find a way to redeploy the strategy, concentrate the forces in his hands again, and start the sweeping and occupation work along the pre-determined route.

Liu Mang, the king of the Southern Han Dynasty, began to shrink, so he didn't need to fight guerrilla warfare with the other party anymore, and simply went straight to capture one government and one place. But Liu Mang is not a fool, after seeing Gongsun Jian's strategic intentions clearly, he also regrouped his men and turned around to find Gongsun Jian again for a decisive battle.

This time, Gongsun Jian did not choose to avoid, but the whole army lined up to prepare for a real fight with Liu Mang. Because at present, the army in Liu Mang's hands is not as large as before. More than 20,000 people were sent to the Gongsun Jian territory to cause sabotage, and if nothing else, Xie Wu's special operations brigade and Ding Feng's amphibious warfare division would let them go and never return. In addition, in order to sweep away the Sixth Division that was still behind him to fight and destroy, Liu Mang sent more than 30,000 people to deal with it, and at the same time maintain the safety of logistics support. In addition, the court of the Zhou State sent troops south, and once again sent 30,000 soldiers and horses to meet it. Counting left and right, the original more than 200,000 soldiers and horses are now less than 150,000.

On Gongsun Jian's side, the second, third, fourth, and seventh field divisions, as well as the sixth field division, which is about to return to join the main army, totaled more than 30,000 people in the four field divisions, plus more than 6,000 people from Ma Teng's rapid support division and more than 20,000 soldiers and horses under the command of King Chu. There are more than 60,000 people in total, although it is less than half of the opponent's troops, but Gongsun Jian still has a chance of winning a battle. Besides, Gongsun Jian is not stupid, it seems that he wants to fight the other party, but he will definitely not really come up and fight to the death.