"Naturally, they won't die in vain."

Gao Renhou also knew that Li Shun was also a little dissatisfied, although they had more than 7,000 casualties combined, the Tiance Army was not much better.

Unlike them, the Tiance Army has fewer troops than them and can't withstand such attrition, so this casualty is still acceptable.

"According to previous observations, although the camp of the Tiance Army is tight, there are still many problems in fact.

The large battalion of the Tiance Army is well defended on the left and right, but the Chinese army is indeed very weak. Just now, our army has broken through the camp of the Tiance Army, but unfortunately the number of troops is too small and it has not been able to achieve many great results.

I think that when the weather is clear, we will launch an attack and attack the left and right flanks of the Tiance Army with a part of our forces, forcing them to expose the central army, but concentrate the superior forces to attack the Chinese army.

In the battle of more than 100,000 people, if you want to end the battle as soon as possible, then capture the thief and capture the king first, and capture the king of Shou alive, the Tiance army will naturally collapse, and we can also win the war quickly. ”

"What about the cavalry of the Tiance Army? If we don't want to find a way to contain its cavalry, at the critical moment, the cavalry of the Tiance Army will kill from our flank, what will we do to stop it? "The 7,000 cavalry of the Tiance Army is an existence that everyone has been worried about, and if the 7,000 cavalry cannot be contained, the harm caused by it may cause the entire army to collapse.

"Therefore, we must wait for the arrival of the Qiang cavalry, and the Qiang cavalry plus our cavalry will be enough to contain the cavalry of the Tiance Army.

But there is a problem, and that is that we have to wait for the weather to clear before we can have a greater advantage. In the past few days, it has rained heavily and the roads are slippery, which is not conducive to the attack of cavalry and infantry, and the Tiance army only needs to hold on, and we have nothing to do with them. Gao Renhou quickly thought of a countermeasure.

Li Shun's expression eased slightly, in fact, in the matter of fighting, he admired Gao Renhou, after all, the other party used to be his boss, commanding the Xichuan army to quickly take Dongchuan.

As for being forced to this point by King Shou this time, there is indeed a coincidence, and it can only be said that they all underestimated King Shou's strength.

Now they knew that the Tiance Army had been split into the left and right Tiance Army before. And according to their current estimate of the Tiance Army, the strength of the troops, plus the local state soldiers, may be as high as 70,000 people, what is this concept?

In the entire Xichuan, there are only 50,000 or 60,000 troops for so many years, which is still what Chen Jingxuan has been operating for many years. It has only been more than a year since Li Ye left Zhenshan Nanxi Road, how could he possibly raise an army of 70,000 people? Where did he get that much money to raise so many troops?

Where did Li Ye get so much money, Li Shun and these people naturally don't know, Gao Renhou knows a little, but now he can't manage so much.

While Gao Renhou and others were studying the weaknesses of the Tiance Army, Li Ye was counting the casualties.

In the battle just now, the Tiance army lost a total of 5,300 people, of which 2,700 were killed in the battle, and the others were wounded.

This loss was not significant, considering that the enemy had left more than 6,000 corpses in front of their large camp. Moreover, many of the wounded soldiers of the more than 2,000 people were wounded by arrows, and only if they were properly treated, they could still return to the army.

However, as soon as the war began, more than 5,000 people were lost, which made the hearts of the generals cloudy. They only had an army of more than 40,000 men, and the loss of 5,000 was this time, and excluding the non-combatants in the army, the army they could actually fight was actually in the early 30,000s.

On the other side, there are still more than 50,000 coalition troops, and the gap is getting bigger and bigger.

"Your Highness, Commander Zhao is here."

Just as Li Ye was thinking, a rush of footsteps came, and a Jinyi guard soldier came to report.

"Order him in!"

Everyone in the big tent didn't know what Li Ye was doing when he asked Zhao Xiong to come in at this time, but it wasn't a whim.

Zhao Xiong, who was dressed in bright light armor, strode in, and when he saw the other generals on both sides, he came directly to Li Ye and saluted, "See Your Highness." ”

Li Ye raised his head and said, "This time this king has an important task entrusted to you. The 60,000 troops of the East-West Sichuan Coalition Army, the daily consumption of grain and grass must be astronomical, and it will definitely not be able to support it by relying on Hanzhou alone, and there must be a place for grain and grass hoarding in the rear.

You lead your own cavalry, and the king will give you another cavalry, and let you lead the cavalry of both capitals to look for it. It's best if you can burn the enemy's hoarded food and grass, but if not, your mission is to disrupt the enemy's supply lines and cut off their supplies. ”

After speaking, Li Ye took out a military order and handed it to the other party, which was more specific than what he said.

"The last general obeys!"

Zhao Xiong received the order, and then he and the other cavalry were to leave the big tent and go to the place where his troops were stationed. Not long after, the two cavalrymen, with more than 2,000 cavalry, quietly left the camp in the night, headed southeast, and then crossed the Longquan Mountains into Chengdu or Hanzhou.

Originally, a detour from the west was most suitable, and the terrain was relatively flat. However, it is very likely that the west side will encounter the Qiang cavalry, and Li Ye already knows that the Qiang tribes in Victoria and Maozhou have sent troops, and if they encounter the Qiang soldiers, it will have a great impact on the whole plan.

"Your Highness, we only have seven thousand cavalry, and now that Commander Zhao has taken away more than two thousand, will the remaining cavalry be insufficient?" Liu Qi said worriedly.

"No, in this battle, the cavalry is not the main force, and the remaining cavalry is enough to cope with all changes. For a period of time, stick to the big camp, no matter how the enemy provokes, and do not fight, we must wait until the sky is clear, that is our chance to counterattack. Li Ye said in a deep voice.

The coalition forces are waiting for the weather to be clear, and Li Ye is also waiting for the weather to be clear, and only when the sky is clear, the armies of both sides will give full play to their greatest advantages.

If Gao Renhou's forces are weak, he may risk attacking in the rain in this situation. But with Xichuan's reinforcements, his side has an advantage, and in this case, he is naturally unwilling to take risks. After all, if he fails, he really loses everything.

And Li Ye deliberately showed weakness to make Gao Renhou and others look down on him. The combat effectiveness of the Shenji Battalion can only be maximized when the weather is fine, and during this time, he is not worried about Gao Renhou's attack, but he is only worried that the gunpowder of the Shenji Battalion will be damp, which will be troublesome.

Just when the Dongxichuan Coalition Army and the Tiance Army were waiting for the sunny day, the news of the war in Shu reached Chang'an.

This news undoubtedly shocked the entire Chang'an, including the court.

At this time, Li Ye, the king of Shou, suddenly sent troops to attack Dongchuan, nominally on the grounds of the rebellion in Sanzhou, which was before Dongchuan's intervention. But combined with the intelligence of many parties, it is not so simple.

According to the excerpts sent by Gao Renhou, the envoy of Dongchuan Jiedu, Li Ye, the king of Shou, sent more than 40,000 troops to occupy Jianzhou and Zizhou successively, and now besiege Mianzhou.

This is a lesson to Dongchuan, this is to destroy Gao Renhou's rhythm.

Most of the ministers in the court knew that King Shou had a festival with Tian Lingzi, Chen Jingxuan, and Gao Renhou, but because Tian Lingzi provoked Wang Chongrong, they did not deal with King Shou.

The ministers knew that Tian Lingzi would have to deal with King Shou sooner or later, but they didn't expect King Shou to strike preemptively and attack Dongchuan.

Of course, what surprised them was that King Shou sent 40,000 troops, when did Shannan West Road have so many troops? When the Tiance army left Chengdu Mansion, it was only 10,000 people, and now there are 40,000? And it is impossible for King Shou to transfer all his troops to attack Dongchuan, which means that King Shou still has an army in his hands.

A prince, the younger brother of the current emperor, has an army of 50,000 or 60,000 in Shannan West Road, next to Chang'an, which is not good news. To put it mildly, if King Shou has an idea about that position, he can send troops at any time, and he can go to Chang'an City in a few days.

These ministers didn't expect that King Shou, who was only 18 years old this year, had so many troops in his hands. If King Shou is interested in the throne, shouldn't they also consider it and leave a way back for themselves?

However, all the ministers obviously didn't dare to speak, but they all subconsciously glanced at the emperor on the dragon chair, and found that the other party's face was blue and very ugly.

Looking at the few letters in his hand, Li Yi couldn't help but get angry, and he was not in the mood to continue reading, so he threw the folds on the table and slammed the table, "What does this Shouwang want to do?" Do you want to rebel? Without the will of the imperial court, he attacked Dongchuan without authorization, where did he put the imperial court? ”

Li Yi's reflection was also expected by the ministers, but they really couldn't comment on this matter. King Shou's move was indeed suspected of rebellion, but King Shou did not attack Chang'an, but only attacked Dongchuan, and did not say that he wanted to rebel, and not long ago he escorted the tax burden to Chang'an.

At this time, if it is defined that King Shou is rebelling, it is very likely to force King Shou to rebel.

If it was before, it wasn't impossible, but now ...

Just ten days ago, Wang Chongrong occupied Tongzhou.

This is not the point, Wang Chongrong is only 30,000 people, so there is nothing to be afraid of. However, Wang Chongrong actually pulled Li Keyong over, and Li Keyong sent 40,000 troops, and together with Wang Chongrong, he was stationed in Shayuan to confront the allied forces of Zhuzhen.

For a time, there were nearly 200,000 troops hoarding in this place.

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After Li Keyong led the army to Shayuan, he did not attack immediately, but went to kill Tian Lingzi, Zhu Mei, Li Changfu and others.

Kill Tian Lingzi? Li Yi also smiled, he wanted to kill, it would be good if the other party didn't kill him, he still killed the other party?

Li Yi, who had no choice, could only issue an edict to reconcile, but it was not used at all, Li Keyong did not agree, and the court did not agree, so he and Wang Chongrong jointly attacked the imperial army commanded by Zhu Mei and others.

No one expected that Li Keyong would unite with Wang Chongrong, and his attitude was so strong.

For Li Ke to use his Shatuo army, the whole court and the central government are also jealous, everyone knows the strength of the Shatuo army, and the recovery of Chang'an mainly depends on the Shatuo army.

At this time, although King Shou showed his rebellion, he had not rebelled after all, but he was just fighting with Dongchuan. Compared with Shouwang, Shayuan's side is the most important, and if it doesn't work, Chang'an may not be guaranteed.

So even though Li Yi was very angry, the ministers did not stand up and express their intention to crusade against King Shou, and it was still impossible to distinguish which was more important?

Happy Lantern Festival to all!

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