The sudden arrival of the Jin army swept through the seven eastern countries in less than three days, causing the entire Western Regions to fall into a panic.

Du Zhongbo's strategy and suggestion to Zhan Bai attracted the Jin army to go deeper, with Zhesha's 60,000 troops as the partial army, stick to Suye City, block the Jin army, with Zhan Bai as the main force, lead 150,000 troops to garrison Shuguo, Zhan Bai and Zhesha formed a corner of the situation, retreat can be defended, advance can besiege the Jin army, if the situation is favorable, you can detour behind the Jin army, cut off its grain route.

Du Zhongbo's strategy was very good, and it was immediately adopted by Zhan Bai and quickly implemented.

But there was no shortage of shrewd people under Li Xun, and Du Zhongbo's plan was soon seen through by Fan Zhongyun, Chen He and others, so Li Xun did not move, and 50,000 troops were stationed in Zhenshi City to calm the brakes.

Jhamber walked around the room, his brow furrowed and his expression bored.

Du Zhongbo sat aside, bowing his head slightly, his face contemplative, and he didn't say a word.

It's the twelfth of January.

Since the Jin army captured Zhenshi City on the second day of the first month, it has been a full ten days, and the Jin army has always stood still, without any action, Zhan Bai and Du Zhongbo know that their intentions and strategies may have been seen through by the Jin army.

Zhan Bai was hesitating now, and he was hesitating whether to stand still like the Jin army and brake quietly, or lead the army to Giant Rock City and fight the Jin army.

Du Zhongbo strongly suggested that the troops should not move, at least at this stage, the weather is cold, it is not the best time to launch an attack, and moreover, since the Jin army dares to come, it must be prepared, although the army in Li Xun's hands is only 50,000, but they must be elite, and Zhan Bai seems to have more than 200,000 troops, but only 350,000 are really elite, the Jin army is holding on to the Zhenshi City, Zhan Bai rashly attacked, I am afraid that he will not get any benefits.

Moreover, the Jin army took the initiative to launch an attack, swept through the seven eastern countries, and the morale was high, so it was better to wait for the opportunity, and after a month and a half, wait for the Jin army to pass this period of high morale, and then march to the Jin army, which is a safe policy.

But Zhan Bai also has his bitterness, after Li Xun conquered the Seven Eastern Kingdoms, if it was a big killing, causing the hatred of the people in the Western Regions, it would be easy to do, but the thing is just the opposite, Li Xun was strict with military discipline, after capturing the city, Qiu did not commit any crimes, stabilized law and order, and the former Dashi Empire was completely different, and Li Xun sent troops to the Western Regions, fighting Zhan Bai's intention to invade Wuzhou, treachery, and help Tubo attack Wuzhou's slogan.

The matter between Zhan Bai and Tubo was very hidden, and not many people knew about it, but now Li Xun spread this matter and publicized it widely, so that the people in the entire Western Regions knew about it, so that the countries of the Western Regions knew why Li Xun wanted to send troops, which caused the countries of the Western Regions to generally begin to be dissatisfied with Zhan Bai.

This is obviously Li Xun's sowing discord, Zhan Bai and Du Zhongbo both know that there are many nobles and high-level people in the Western Regions, and I am afraid they can also see it, but they still accuse Zhan Bai and put pressure on him, which is why they have long been dissatisfied with Zhan Bai, and now they have followed this excuse and broke out in general.

After Li Xun conquered the Seven Eastern Kingdoms, he treated the people well, and did not kill innocents indiscriminately for the nobles of the Seven Kingdoms, but sent them all out of the country, and after the nobles of the Seven Kingdoms fled to the Anshu Kingdom, they complained about the brutality of the Jin army, and the reason was very simple, although Li Xun did not kill them, but let them all go, but also looted and confiscated all their wealth, which moved their fundamental interests, Li Xun killed them to the point that they didn't feel anything, but moved their wealth, that is, it was not a common day, For them, Li Xun is tantamount to being more brutal and vicious than a murderous demon.

After these men fled to the kingdom of Anshu, they strongly demanded that Zhan Bai immediately lead the army to Zhenshi City to destroy the invading Jin army and help them regain the lost wealth and land.

Zhan Bai has been procrastinating under the pretext of this time, but it can't be delayed for long, because the 150,000 troops in his hands, of which more than 20,000 soldiers, are all from the Seven Eastern Countries, and these soldiers are also nostalgic for their homeland and worried about their relatives.

Du Zhongbo broke the silence and said to Zhan Bai, "What do they say? ”

After the war with the Dashi Empire, the Western Regions countries asked the armies to be disbanded, and the soldiers returned to their own countries to continue to serve their own countries, rather than in the hands of Zhan Bai, but although the Dashi Empire perished, the Persian Empire was rising, and Zhan Bai temporarily kept the army in his own hands under the pretext that the Persian Empire's friends and enemies were unknown, but as time went by, the countries began to become more and more impatient, and this time the Jin army suddenly attacked, Sweeping through the seven eastern kingdoms, the six northern states of the Western Regions, which were closer to the Jin army, were extremely frightened, and the kings of these six countries strongly demanded that Zhan Bai release his own soldiers and let them return to the northern part of the Western Regions to defend against a possible attack by the Jin army.

Zhan Bai still delayed, but after a long time, the morale of the army was shaken, and the soldiers belonging to the six northern countries of the Western Regions had begun to desert, although the number of them was not large now, but in the long run, I am afraid that there will be more and more deserters, and Zhan Bai will be uncontrollable at that time.

Zhan Bai looked at Du Zhongbo, shook his head, and sighed: "Sometimes, I can't help myself!" ”

Du Zhongbo pursed his lips, Zhan Bai said this, the meaning is very clear, he already has the mind to compromise, but in Du Zhongbo's opinion, Zhan Bai does not need to have so many worries at all, the more than 200,000 troops in his hands, belonging to the countries of the Western Regions are only seventy or eighty thousand, and most of the rest are three years ago, in order to fight against the Dashi Empire, recruited by Zhan Bai, this part of the army soldiers, all of them are composed of the lowest poor, in order to recruit enough young soldiers, Zhan Bai gave a generous treatment, as long as he joined the army, In the Western Regions, those who cannot afford to pay off their debts and cannot afford to work will be forced to be slaves in the end.

Zhan Bai led everyone to defeat the Dashi Empire, and the nobles and high-level of the Western Regions countries reacted calmly, but for those poor people and soldiers, they got great benefits, so Zhan Bai has a strong prestige and appeal among these people.

Regarding the persecution of the Western Regions, Du Zhongbo felt that Zhan Bai's attitude was too weak, and he should be tougher and act according to his own plan instead of being controlled by others.

Both of them were silent for a while, and then Zhan Bai said: "The main force of the Jin army is stationed in Zhenshi City, and we may be able to make a detour to the northern part of the Western Regions and attack it from the flank." ”

Du Zhongbo glanced at Zhan Bai, since he said this, he had obviously made the decision to send troops, although this was not the best result he hoped to see, but Du Zhongbo knew Zhan Bai's character, since he had already decided, he couldn't say anything.

After thinking about it, Du Zhongbo said: "The Jin army divided its troops to attack the north and south of the Western Regions, and the troops in Li Xun's hands are probably less than 50,000, while we have a large army of 200,000. ”

Listening to Du Zhongbo's suggestion, Zhan Bai pondered for a moment and finally nodded.

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