"The two generals are so Yaxing, they actually came here to hide and relax."

Li Xun and Gu Yong were chatting, and a voice came from behind them, but it was Fan Zhongyun who came.

Li Xun chuckled and said, "Old Fan, why are you here?" ”

Fan Zhongyun smiled and did not answer Li Xun's words, but said: "The wind in this city is refreshing. ”

Gu Yong said with a smile: "Mr. Fan, I heard that Li Xun arrived in Xiaogu County safely, you actually slept for a whole day and a night, it seems that Li Xun's status in Mr. 's mind is very high." ”

Gu Yong left a Mr. Fan, right a Mr. Fan, very polite, but also with a trace of respect, after he returned to Xiaogu County, only then did he know that Li Xiao and Gao twice went out of Xiaogu County and restrained the Tubo army that came from the southwest, all of which were the credit of Fan Zhongyun, and it was he who tried his best to persuade Wang Renzizi to send troops, which greatly helped and reduced the pressure on Li Xun, and made great contributions to this successful breakthrough and retreat, Fan Zhongyun contributed a lot, this is a person with extraordinary strategic vision and talent, although the official position is very low, but from the imperial examination, is a serious scholar, such a talent naturally deserves Gu Yong's respect.

Fan Zhongyun said lightly: "He is my creditor, if something happens to him, who will I pay my debt to?" ”

Gu Yong glanced at Li Xun, and sighed a little in his heart, for Li Xun, he used to look down on him, but the contact in the past few days has touched Gu Yong a lot, Fan Zhongyun and Sima Tu are all strategic talents, Shan Qiu, Zhao Wei, Yuan He and others, are even more rare generals, and Li Cunxiao, who has twice won more with less, Lei Wanhai who shot De'an, and Jiang Daxiong, who is extremely powerful, are young generals who are not old, but have a lot of room for growth, Li Xun's subordinates are really full of talents.

Gu Yong didn't understand, how did these people Li Xun gather under his subordinates, talented people are generally very arrogant, why should they be willing to follow Li Xun? Gu Yong asked Li Xun about these doubts, and Li Xun answered four words, venture capital.

What does venture capital mean, Gu Yong didn't understand it at first, until Li Xun explained it, he said with great emotion, this kind of courage and vision is not something ordinary people can have, you Li Xun can go to this day, it's not unreasonable, I Gu Yong is convinced.

Several people chatted for a while, and someone came to report that it was Wang Renzi who summoned Gu Yong to discuss the matter.

"You two talk, Lord Wang has something to do with me, go first."

Gu Yong left first.

Watching Gu Yong walk away, Li Xun said to Fan Zhongyun: "Old Fan, you seem to have something on your mind. ”

The two have known each other for almost ten years, they are both superiors and subordinates, and they are also friends, Li Xun knows Fan Zhongyun too well, don't look at him smiling all the time, but the bitterness and heaviness in the smile that can't be erased, how can Li Xun not see it.

Fan Zhongyun walked to the edge of the city, looked at the black and oppressive Tubo army outside the city, and sighed: "I'm afraid Xiaogu County won't last long." ”

Li Xun said with a solemn face: "As long as we are united, we will be able to defend it." ”

Fan Zhongyun shook his head and said lightly: "You can't represent the word "unity" alone. ”

Li Xun frowned and said, "You mean to say that Wang Renzizi intends to give up Xiaogu County?" ”

Fan Zhongyun said: "Wang Renzi's henchmen and advisers suggested that he abandon the entire Longyou South Road such as Suzhou, Ganzhou, Guazhou, Minzhou, etc., concentrate all his forces, stick to the Longyou West Road, stretch the logistics line of Tubo, look for fighters, and wait for the arrival of reinforcements from the imperial court. ”

After listening to Fan Zhongyun's words, Li Xun fell into deep thought, this strategy is actually not bad.

Li Xun sneered: "During this time, Wang Renzizi made every effort to transfer the people of the four states of Longyou South Province, it turned out to be this plan, he just decided alone, what else can I Li Xun say?" ”

Li Xun felt uncomfortable, for such a major matter, Wang Renzi didn't even have a meeting, and he didn't even say hello, he decided by himself, why did he? He is the envoy of Wuzhou Jiedu, and now it is a time of war, and he has the right to act cheaply, and Wang Renzizi can't control himself.

Fan Zhongyun saw Li Xun's thoughts, and said softly: "Wang Renzizi is not arbitrary, the war is open, and it is right to move the people to a safe place after all, as for the next thing, Wang Renzizi will definitely gather all the generals and discuss it publicly, such a big thing, he doesn't count it alone." ”

Li Xun heard something from Fan Zhongyun's words and asked, "Old Fan, do you think Xiaogu County can hold it?" ”

Fan Zhongyun said: "Xiaogu County is now defending more than 60,000 people, this is in our hands, almost all the military force, these 60,000 people, except for you brought from Wuzhou, Gu Yong from Liangzhou, and Gao from Jiannan, more than 20,000 people are veterans, the rest of the people are newly recruited in the past two years, the combat effectiveness is not strong, today's siege you have also seen, Tubo five rounds of siege, casualties in about 10,000 people, we defend the city, occupy the geographical advantage, the casualties are as high as nearly 4,000 people, Tubo has 200,000 troops, Even if it is the number of desperate lives, it can fight all of us, and the city defense of Xiaogu County is high, it is not a strong city, and it is not a good thing to fight with Tubo here. ”

Li Xun frowned and was silent in thought.

Fan Zhongyun glanced at Li Xun, and then said: "When the imperial army will come, no one knows, even if it comes, now the entire Longyou North Road is in the hands of Tubo, Tubo garrisons the state with 100,000 troops, even if the imperial court has 200,000 troops, in a short period of time, I am afraid it will be difficult to break through, instead of fighting with Tubo here in Xiaogu County, it is better to take the initiative to retreat, open up space, and buy enough time for ourselves and the imperial court." ”

Li Xun walked back and forth, thinking about things, and after a long time, he stopped his pace, looked at Fan Zhongyun fiercely, and said in a deep voice: "I don't understand, although Ma Wu was defeated, the loss was not big, and it was possible to go south again at any time, why did Tubo dare to concentrate most of the main forces here and carry out a strong attack, aren't they afraid of Anbei's army?" ”

Fan Zhongyun said in a deep voice: "I came to you, just to tell you, I have already figured out that Gewa dared to lead the main army of 200,000 to come, so it is very likely that the Liao Dynasty has reached some kind of agreement with Gewa, or to give a promise, Tubo will not face the threat of Anbei, so that Gewa will lead the main army to attack desperately, and all the reasons make sense." ”

Li Xun's heart was shocked, is this possible? There must be something, between countries, there are only interests, no emotions, as long as the interests are enough, what bullshit alliance, that's all bullshit, and Fan Zhongyun rarely guesses wrong, Li Xun believes in his judgment.

At this moment, a soldier hurried over and reported loudly: "General Li, Lord Wang has summoned you to discuss the matter." ”

Li Xun asked, "Just call me alone?" ”

The soldier shook his head and said, "No, the generals above the second general have all gone." ”

Li Xun and Fan Zhongyun glanced at each other, Wang Renzi convened everyone to discuss at this moment, and it seemed that there was really a big matter to discuss.