Therefore, Zhan Bai's action was completely a prelude to the first and then the prelude, forcing the countries of the Western Regions to have no way to retreat, but to unite and fight against the Dashi Empire together.

Under the leadership of Zhan Bai, the Western Regions finally defeated the Dashi Empire, Zhan Bai is undoubtedly great, but his greatness is only widespread among the people at the bottom of the Western Regions.

As far as the nobles of the Western Regions are concerned, they are very dissatisfied with this. Why is this happening? Because their interests have been seriously compromised.

Ninety percent of the wealth in the Western Regions is highly concentrated in the hands of nobles and merchants from various countries, and the people at the bottom are very poor. The ordinary people of the Western Regions have no money and can only contribute, while the nobles and businessmen of the Western Regions are greedy for life and afraid of death and are unwilling to contribute, so they can only contribute.

The Western Regions and Dashi fought for three years, and Zhan Bai gained great prestige, while the people at the bottom were rejoicing, and finally asked for the oppression and bullying of the Dashi Empire, but the nobles and high-level of the Western Regions countries suffered heavy losses, and their financial and material resources were greatly reduced, and they were extremely dissatisfied with this.

Zhan Bai intends to start another war, this war is money, relying only on the power of one country, it is simply not able to afford the consumption of 200,000 troops, Zhan Bai can only continue to seek help from the countries of the Western Regions, but was categorically refused, so Du Zhongbo's strategy and suggestions are very good, and Zhan Bai also agrees, but without the help of the countries of the Western Regions, he cannot be used at all.

Zhan Bai spent a lot of effort to persuade the countries of the Western Regions, to give a promise, if he laid down the western part of Longyou, he was willing to take out half of the land, to the most people who donated the most money, to establish a country, this temptation is not bad, finally to get support, and finally raise enough military funds, but this time, the time has dragged on to the middle of December, the weather is cold, Zhan Bai in the persuasion of Du Zhongbo, intends to lead the army to the east to Xizhou, but the army has just rested for less than three months, the soldiers are unwilling to start the war again, plus many people go home to visit relatives, has not returned to the barracks, the army is not in order, and the spies reported that although Li Xun defeated the Tubo army, he himself also suffered heavy losses, with less than 20,000 troops in his hands, and Zhan Bai felt that it was okay to start a few days later, so he delayed.

Soldiers are impermanent, and water is impermanent.

War is two-sided, multifaceted, not wishful thinking, you can do whatever you want.

On the day of the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, it was the most solemn and lively day for the Han people, and Zhan Bai could not have imagined that on this night, Li Xun led his army to cross the Mulang River, with Chen Tu as the internal response, and easily attacked Moyang City, Zhan Heng was defeated, and his 20,000 troops were almost completely annihilated, and then, in less than two days, Li Xun swept through the seven eastern countries and occupied Zhenshi City, and the news spread, shocking the entire Western Regions.

The first year of Tianhe, the third day of the first month.

Earthquake Stone City, where a full 50,000 troops have gathered.

In this expedition, Li Xun sent more than 55,000 troops, plus more than 10,000 people from Chen Tu, a total of 67,000 troops.

occupied the seven eastern countries, and more than 10,000 troops were stationed there, and Li Xun still had 50,000 troops in his hands.

In the conference hall, Li Xun convened all the generals to discuss the major affairs of the military aircraft.

More than a dozen people gathered around a map, where Li Xun pointed and discussed with everyone.

Li Xun arrived yesterday evening with a follow-up army of 45,000.

Wang Dezhao pointed to the map and said: "Marshal, the armies of the Western Regions are mainly concentrated in the western region, and the defenders in other regions are all old, weak, sick and disabled, and the military strength is very empty. ”

Li Xun was silent, he only had more than 60,000 troops, and after occupying Xizhou and the Seven Eastern Kingdoms, he had already divided nearly 20,000 troops to garrison, and now he sent troops to attack the northern, southern and central regions of the Western Regions, which may be overwhelming, but what about after the defeat? Hundreds of cities, he must divide his troops to garrison, and now he only has 50,000 troops for attacking, no matter how few, he will be a little powerless.

"No."

Li Changchun objected: "Our main enemy is Zhan Bai and his 150,000 army, which is the main force of the Western Regions, if we don't destroy them, even if we occupy the entire Western Regions, it will be difficult for us to hold on." ”

Li Cunxiao nodded and said: "General Li is right, occupying land and cities, that is a matter of the future, our main goal now is to defeat Zhan Bai, as long as Zhan Bai is eliminated, the military power of the Western Regions will no longer exist, what will be used to resist at that time?" ”

"The soldiers are fast, we should quickly come up with the next military plan, if the time drags on for a long time, the Western Regions will react, I am afraid it will be another bitter battle."

"We have occupied the seven eastern countries, such a large piece of land, we should be content, it is better to stop there."

Many generals expressed their opinions.

Li Xun didn't rush to express his position, but looked at Chen Tu and said lightly: "Chen Tu, do you have any ideas, say it and listen to it." ”

Chen Tu thought for a while and said: "Dashuai, Zhan Bai knows this person very well, this person has a steady personality, is cautious, and has always liked to plan before acting, there is a person named Du Zhongbo by his side, who is his strategist, this person is also very powerful, we suddenly sent troops, although they were caught off guard, and it went smoothly, but at the same time, before Zhan Bai figured out our information, I don't think he would act rashly, it is very likely that he will lead the army to gather Anshu Kingdom and defend it, although Suye City, the capital of Anshu Country, is strong, if he avoids it, he will not fight." It's hard for us to break through. ”

Hearing Chen Tu say this, Li Xun nodded, Fan Zhongyun also told himself, Zhan Bai can defeat the Dashi Empire, this is not simple, this person is by no means an ordinary person.

Fan Zhongyun's eyes kept looking at a place on the map, Juyan City, one hundred and eighty miles away from Zhenshi City, where there were 15,000 garrisons, which was a relatively warlike army in the Western Regions, and the leading general was the younger brother of Emperor Bilan, Zhesha.

Chen Tu's surrender is not only more than 10,000 troops including him, but his understanding of all aspects of the Western Regions, especially the garrisons of cities in various regions of the Western Regions, Chen Tu is very knowledgeable.

Li Xun whispered to Fan Zhongyun: "Old Fan, you have heard all the generals' suggestions, what do you think?" ”

Fan Zhongyun glanced back at everyone and said lightly: "The raid battle is nothing more than to catch the other party off guard, but the territory of the Western Regions is very large, and we can only win for a while by relying on the raid, but not the overall situation." ”

Li Xun nodded, Fan Zhongyun was right, the raid is just a means, not a strategy. 2k reading web