Although Dalin Ren'an did not listen to Dalin Taige's advice in the end because of his face, and bowed down to Li Xun, his son led 8,000 cavalry from his headquarters to follow Li Xun to help in the battle, and Dalin Ren'an did not object.

It can be seen from this that the attitude of the general of Loulan Guo Xun towards Li Xun has also changed, and Li Xun took the risk of staying in Anlin and treating them with sincerity, and finally achieved results.

Li Xun led an army of nearly 20,000 and spent three days rushing to Zhenshi City.

The development of the war situation was very rapid, and Jun Yanting, the king of Kangju Kingdom, in view of Zhan Bai's previous experience, knew that once the war fell into a stalemate, with the strong combat effectiveness of the Jin army, he was by no means his opponent, so after storming Zhenshi City for three days, Jun Yanting decided to make a desperate bet and besiege Zhenshi City with 50,000 soldiers, and he led the remaining 50,000 troops to bypass Juyan City and go straight to the core of the Western Regions, Suye City.

Li Xun looked at the map and swiped his finger over it.

He entered the Western Regions with more than 55,000 troops, after several battles, the losses were not large, there are still about 47,000 people, the large rear garrison of Xizhou is 5,000, and the army in the eastern part of the Western Regions has all been concentrated in Zhenshi City, with 10,000 people, 10,000 in his own hands, and Su Ye's side is led by Shan Qiu, with 20,000 soldiers and horses, and the remaining more than 2,000 people, which are in the hands of Hou Quan, with Cheng Zhou as the core, to take care of things in the northern part of the Western Regions.

Hou Quan's army is the least, but with the settlement of the matter between Loulan and the Hou Chi clan, the situation in the northern part of the Western Regions should not be a big problem, Li Xun gave Hou Quan instructions before leaving, not to act rashly, try to appease people's hearts, and act cautiously.

"Dashuai, Mr. Fan's letter."

A personal soldier hurriedly walked into the tent and handed the letter in his hand to Li Xun.

Li Xun did not rush to Zhenshi City, where the city wall was tall, Zhao Wei led 10,000 troops to defend it, and Jun Yanting led an army of 100,000 to attack for three days without breaking through, and now there are only 50,000 people left, which is not a big problem.

When he reached eighty miles west of Zhenshi City, Li Xun ordered the army to stop, in the name of resting, but in fact it was clear that he had other plans.

Fan Zhongyun sent a letter to inform Li Xun that he had ordered the 8,000 defenders of Juyan City to abandon the city and retreat to Lincheng, and Shan Qiu led 7,000 soldiers to wait there, and the two sides joined forces, a total of 15,000 people, to guard Lincheng.

"Lord, Fan Zhongyun's strategy of retreating is very good."

Sima Tu looked at the appearance on the letter and praised it with a smile.

Li Xun nodded, Fan Zhongyun obviously saw through Jun Yanting's thoughts, and took the scheduling and direction of the battle situation in his own hands, Jun Yanting had just raised his troops, and the momentum was huge, it was the time when morale was the highest, and the strength was also overwhelming, and it was obviously very unwise to fight with him in the field, Jun Yanting bypassed Giant Rock City and went straight to Suye City, which was actually a more clever decision, doing so, it seemed risky, but his strength was superior, if the defenders of Giant Rock City went out of the city to attack from behind, he could just turn around, In a decisive battle, if the defenders of Giant Rock City do not come out, then Suye City will only have more than 10,000 Jin troops, and Jun Yanting will attack with an army of 50,000, and the possibility of victory will be very great.

And this is only a military consideration, from another aspect, the situation in the central and western regions of the Western Regions has not been completely stabilized, if Jun Yanting arrives at this time, the people's hearts will fluctuate, those with ulterior motives may take advantage of the opportunity to move, and at that time, the situation will be very passive.

Now, the 8,000 Jin army of Juyan City took the initiative to withdraw their troops, retreated to Lin City, and joined forces with Shan Qiu, and Lin Cheng was only more than two hundred miles away from Su Ye City, if Jun Yanting still wanted to bypass Lin Cheng and go straight to Su Ye City, it would not be a risk, but to find death, once he did this, the armies of Lin Cheng and Su Ye City would be flanked back and forth, even if Jun Yanting had an advantage in strength, I am afraid that he could only fail, so Lin Cheng was a hurdle that he could not bypass.

"General, what else do you have to hesitate about, this is the right time to attack."

Darling Terrace persuaded him.

Xun Bojing shouted loudly: "A group of rabble, what is there to be afraid of, my Loulan cavalry is all good men, only 5,000 people can defeat them." ”

Xun Bojing really looks down on the countries of the Western Regions, not only he thinks so, but also Dalin Taige and Xun Daofu think so, it's just that they are not as arrogant as Xun Bokeh, for so many years, except for Loulan, there is no decent army in the Western Regions at all, Zhan Bai has just grown stronger, and has a strong army in his hands, but it has been wiped out by Li Xun, so in the eyes of Xun Bojing and others, Jun Yanting looks like a huge force and a huge number of soldiers and horses, but most of them are temporary conscriptions from the people, Combat effectiveness is definitely not good, there is no need to worry.

When it was less than a hundred miles away from Zhenshi City, Li Xun suddenly ordered the army to stop advancing, and this stop was nearly a day, and everyone was a little puzzled.

Li Xun was still pondering and did not speak.

Sima Tu said with a smile: "We marched in a hurry for three days, and the soldiers were tired, so rushing into the battlefield in such a hurry, even if the enemy was sheep, it was possible to overturn us, so it was better to be cautious." ”

Da Lin Taige smiled bitterly: "This is almost a day's rest, it is enough, let the general give the order to attack quickly, the eight thousand Loulan cavalry in my hands are willing to be the vanguard." ”

Xun Daofu looked at Li Xun, but he had some other ideas, and asked softly: "General, but you already have other plans?" ”

Li Xun nodded, glanced at everyone, and said, "Our initial plan was to combine with the army inside and outside Earthquake Stone City, defeat the 50,000 Kangju and Hao Khan coalition forces outside the city in one fell swoop, and then march to Suye City to have a final decisive battle with Jun Yanting. ”

Sima Tu understood Li Xun and chuckled: "The lord should have another idea. ”

"Not bad."

Li Xun turned around and came to the map, and everyone hurriedly gathered around.

Li Xun pointed his finger at Lin Cheng: "Lin Cheng used to be Zhan Bai's grain and grass logistics center, the city is tall and strong, and the single enemy is defended by 15,000 people, Jun Yanting wants to forcibly break through, I am afraid it will be very difficult, the battle situation in Lin Cheng is most likely to be a stalemate between the two sides, and no one can win in a short time, thinking about it, even if we don't go back for a while, Suye City is safe for the time being, and the battle situation on Fan Zhongyun's side will not have any big problems." ”

Li Cunxiao was the first to react and said loudly: "In this way, we will have space and time to carry out other military operations. ”

Li Xun looked at Li Cunxiao and said with a smile: "What did you think of?" ”

Li Cunxiao said with a smile: "The bottom of the kettle draws salary, and smashes the Yellow Dragon." ”

Hearing this, Dalin Taige and the others immediately understood that Li Xun was preparing to take advantage of the situation to continue the march after defeating the 50,000 Kangju and Hao Khan coalition forces outside the city, and go straight to the lair of Kangju and Hao Khan.