Three days later, Zhao Tong, the king of Qu, and his party came to Wu'an City, Wuzhou, Li Xun was not in a hurry to return, anyway, in his opinion, Zhao Tong and others came to find fault, even if they were enthusiastic and low-key, they couldn't change their attitude towards themselves.

Li Xun stayed in the Western Regions for another ten days, dealt with the important matters in hand, and was about to return to Longyou, when a sudden riot slowed Li Xun's pace.

Hou Quan successfully took Xingcheng, the capital of the Zhou Kingdom, by means of a sneak attack, which made Zhan Bai have to divide his troops to suppress it, so that on the main battlefield of Juyan City, Zhan Bai's military strength and morale were weakened, which can be said to be of great help to Li Xun's final victory.

After Zhan Bai was eliminated, Hou Quan in the name of freedom, recruited Dashi people as soldiers, this move was positively responded by the Dashi people in the northern Western Regions, in a short period of time was to raise tens of thousands of soldiers, Hou Quan's strength suddenly increased greatly, and then, Hou Quan sent 10,000 troops Chen Bingcheng into the border of Zhou, making a posture that can attack Juyan City at any time, to contain Zhan Bai, on the other hand, Hou Quan is to lead an army composed of 20,000 Dashi people, because of the hatred of Dashiren for the people of the Western Regions, they fought very bravely, just five or six days of effort, It is to sweep through the eastern countries of the Western Regions.

However, with the return of 20,000 troops led by Ji Ge, the crown prince of Cheng Zhou, Hou Quan began to feel pressure, and had to concentrate his forces to defend Xingcheng and form a confrontation with Ji Ge's army.

Many people didn't expect what happened later, because of Zhan Heng's recklessness, Zhan Bai quickly perished, Li Xun and Hammer Er Qi reached a reconciliation, Hammer Er Qi took the initiative to withdraw from the Western Regions, Li Xun in order to eliminate Hammer Egg's concerns, said that the big stone people in the Western Regions can leave with Hammer Euqi at any time, and he will never force him to stay, this decision has somewhat shaken the military heart of Hou Quan's army, after all, the main component of Hou Quan's army is the big stone people, because of Li Xun's decision, a large number of big stone people began to leave, Accompanied by Hammer Echo returned to the Dashi Empire against the Persians, which made Hou Quan's strength decline, although Li Xun stationed 5,000 soldiers in Zhenshi City, Ji Ge did not dare to move, but Hou Quan's main forces were concentrated in Xingcheng, and the defense of other countries in the north was empty, under Ji Ge's deliberate provocation, Juti and Wuyi began to rebel, Hou Quan sent troops to fight, although he was undefeated, but he could not win, and Ji Ge led the army into Xingcheng, Hou Quan had no choice but to retreat and defend Xingcheng, and immediately sent people to Li Xun for help.

Hou Quan's main force did not suffer any losses, there are still more than 20,000 soldiers, but only 2,000 of them are their own people, this is Hou Quan's headquarters soldiers and horses, and they will definitely obey Hou Quan's orders with all their hearts, and most of the others are Dashi people, these people's combat effectiveness is already very weak, and the equipment is not good, plus Hammer Aeqi repelled the advance of the Persian Empire in the western region of the Dashi Empire, Li Xun also had a promise, and the Dashi people in the Western Regions can leave and return to their homeland at any time, so many Dashi people already have the heart to leave, They will never fight to the death with the people of the Western Regions here, because it makes no sense, Hou Quan is also afraid that the army's spirit will be dissipated too quickly, and before the enemy comes, his army will be scattered, so he gave up all the city garrisons in the northern part of the Western Regions, and concentrated all the troops in Xingcheng, the capital of the Zhou Kingdom, so that everyone has no way to retreat, and can only wait for help.

Fifteen thousand troops were assembled outside Suye Castle and consisted of 5,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry.

Li Xun entered the army of only 30,000 people in the central region of the Western Regions, and the strength was originally very limited, with the two countries of Kangju and Khan in the south of the Western Regions having abnormal movements, they could launch a riot at any time, Li Xun only divided 10,000 troops to garrison Zhenshi City, closely monitored every move there, formed a certain deterrent effect, and sent Wang Suyi, who had a good relationship with the countries of the Western Regions, to Kangju and Khan to carry out covert activities.

The situation in the southern part of the Western Regions is not out of control at present, because there are still great differences among the high-level leaders within them on whether to launch a riot against the Jin Dynasty, and it will not cause war for the time being, but Hou Quan's side is already very dangerous, and the entire northern part of the Western Regions is completely in turmoil, once Hou Quan fails, the chaotic situation in the north will inevitably sweep the entire Western Regions, and the situation that Li Xun has finally seized and stabilized will be lost, so the situation in the northern part of the Western Regions must be controlled, and it must be fast, once it is formed for a long time, The hearts of the people in other regions of the Western Regions are quite stable, but I am afraid that they will immediately fluctuate violently and have abnormal hearts, after all, Li Xun belongs to the foreign invading forces, and as far as the people of the Western Regions are concerned, they naturally have a hostile mentality of rejection.

"Jieshuai, the northern countries of the Western Regions are moving in groups, the momentum is huge, there are many people, it looks very scary, in fact, it is just a group of rabble, as long as they can achieve a big victory, frustrate and deter their morale, they must be timid, and the battle behind will be easy to fight."

Shan Qiu pulled Li Xun and said.

Although Li Xun is Shan Qiu's boss, he is very polite to him, and the relationship between the two is also very good, and they are both brothers in private, but on external occasions, Shan Qiu is very self-respecting, and he will generally respectfully call Li Xun a section commander.

Li Xun nodded: "Don't worry, I won't give them a chance to do big." ”

This trip to the northern part of the Western Regions, Li Xun convened everyone to discuss the day before yesterday, and a decision had been made at the meeting, this battle must be fast, the means must be ruthless, if you can't deter the countries of the Western Regions, things like this will happen again in the future, only if they are scared, they will be afraid, Zhan Bai's defeat can only represent the will of a few rights, not the majority of the overall high-level of the Western Regions, only if the fundamental interests of the high-level of the Western Regions are greatly threatened, they will be willing to submit and be willing to rule the Jin Dynasty in the true sense.

"Big Brother Shan, Suye City will be handed over to you, take care of everything and act cautiously."

Li Xun made a final admonition.

Shan Qiu nodded, indicating that he understood.

The central and western regions of the Western Regions are the most populous and economically developed areas in the entire Western Regions, but it is also the most stable area in the entire Western Regions, Zhan Bai and the Dashi Empire have been fighting fiercely for several years, and then they have fought with Li Xun, Hammer and other forces, killing and wounding too many people, the people in the Western Regions here are very war-weary, and people are determined, although Li Xun occupies this place by force, but they are treated with gentle means to let them recuperate, and their will to resist is not strong.

After an explanation and farewell, Li Xun immediately led 15,000 troops to the northern part of the Western Regions, where the situation could not be delayed.

In the middle of the night, four hundred miles away from Chengzhou Guoxing City, a large number of troops had been assembled here in advance.

Dozens of cavalry galloped over, Brother Wa dismounted, ran quickly to Brother Ji, and said loudly: "Big brother, the Jin army has set up camp, just seventy miles away. ”

Brother Ji asked urgently, "Where are you stationed?" Who is in charge? ”

"On Xingfei Mountain, it is Li Xun, the commander of the Jin army, who personally leads the army."

Hearing this, Brother Ji slapped his hands heavily, laughed and said: "Great, the Jin army is encamped on the top of the mountain, it is simply self-defeating, we will attack the camp tonight, and we will capture Li Xun alive." ”

Brother Wa said with some puzzlement: "Big brother, we have an army of more than 70,000 people, and our strength is five times that of them, why bother with such trouble, just kill them directly." ”

Brother Ji waved his hand: "The two armies are fighting, don't take it lightly, the lion fights the rabbit, and you must go all out." ”

Brother Ji followed Zhan Bai and the Dashi Empire for several years, although most of the time was in logistics, but after all, he had been in the army for a few years, and he had a little knowledge of military affairs, unlike Brother Wa, who was long in the deep palace, and knew nothing about military affairs, thinking that the absolute superiority in numbers could represent everything.