Lou Yuan stood at the head of the city, looking at the direction of the river in the distance, squinting but not knowing what he was thinking.

Then he ran up to the city in three steps and two steps, and when he saw Lou Yuan, he hurriedly ran over, and hurriedly said: "The king ....."

Lou Yuan waved his hand and motioned for him not to speak yet. Sui Xi was stunned for a moment, and saw that Lou Yuan still maintained that appearance, as if he was listening to beautiful music, but no matter how Sui Xi listened, he didn't seem to feel anything.

"Do you smell it?" Lou Yuan suddenly asked thoughtlessly.

Sui Xi tried to smell it, but he didn't smell anything, "My lord, I didn't smell anything." He replied honestly.

"If you don't smell it, it means that you are not qualified to be a general, in the future, remember to be more restrained, don't be ostentatious." Lou Yuan said with his eyes closed.

Sui Xi's face was red and white for a while, and he didn't know if he had done something bad, so he let Lou Yuan teach him a lesson, so he could only keep accusing himself, saying that he would never dare to do it again.

Sui Xi is not Lou Yuan's descendants, but he has a sweet mouth, and he is more able to figure out Lou Yuan's thoughts, so he is highly praised by Lou Yuan, but he is too ostentatious, and Lou Yuan's descendants have a lot of disagreements, so he is not less reprimanded by Lou Yuan.

"Let's go, go back."

Lou Yuan said, took the lead and got off the city, rode on his horse and walked towards the city lord's mansion. Jiuyuan is the building of the Wei State, somewhat of the style of the Wei State, even the City Lord's Mansion has it, but there are few people living here, only when the Lou Yuan comes back, it will live for a day or two from time to time, and it is usually abandoned. Now he has shrunk all the main forces of the Lou Fu army near Jiuyuan, and the city in the clouds is in a state of confrontation, in his opinion, Zhao Jun's next target is Jiuyuan, as long as Jiuyuan is defended, all the previous efforts of Zhao Jun will be abandoned halfway.

He was indeed afraid of the cavalry of the Zhao army, and that kind of casualty ratio was not something that Lou Nuren could bear. Zhao has a huge territory, there is no need to worry about supplementation, but Lou Yuan is not good, in recent years, almost all rely on plundering to survive, there are gradually stronger Huns in the north, he must preserve his strength, otherwise the next one to die will be himself.

"Tell me, what's new in the clouds." Lou Yuan sat down and asked with a big grin.

"According to the report of our spies in Cloud City, there are only two thousand soldiers and horses in Cloud City at this moment, and the rest of the soldiers and horses have left."

Lou Yuan picked up a bronze jue, slowly poured himself a glass of wine, put it to his lips, thought for a while and said, "In other words, Cloud City at this moment is equivalent to an empty city, if our army concentrates all its strength, it will definitely be conquered." ”

Sui Xi smiled and said, "Not only that, there is no general stationed in Cloud City at the moment, only King Zhao alone, if the king sends troops, not only will this city be at his fingertips, but also the king of Zhao State can be captured." In this way, if it is under the threat of us, Zhao Jun will not be able to retreat even if he wants to. Not only that, but the last general thought that he could also take the opportunity to ask Zhao Guo to give me some supplies in exchange, and then we could plunder Zhao Guo. ”

Sui Xi's eyebrows fluttered, but he didn't think that Lou Yuan was still indifferent, and while slowly taking a sip of wine, he looked at the few cases in front of him, and didn't say a word for a long time. "In other words, King Zhao is in the clouds, and there is hardly any army around him that can help him, right?"

"Not entirely." Sui Xi said, "According to intelligence, the main force of the Zhao army was active in the southern part of Jiuyuan, but it did not contact our army, but ran towards Xishanzui, which seemed to block the road of our army to the west; There is another unit stationed near Yuanyang, but it is not fixed, and it seems to be between Yunzhong and Yuanyang. According to the last general, if our army wants to attack Cloud City, it must first entangle this army, otherwise I am afraid that the previous achievements will be wasted. ”

Lou Yuan put down the bronze jue, stood up, walked to the map, looked at the several cities Suixi said on the map, and thought about it while looking at it.

Indeed, looking at Sui Xi's analysis on the map, if it is really as the intelligence says, then Zhao Jun has almost no defense around the clouds, just like two fists stretched out, but none of the fists can defend themselves, such a result is that if there is a large army starting from Jiuyuan and going straight to the clouds, then the clouds can only resign themselves to fate. Indeed, someone must pester this unit stationed in Yuanyang, otherwise it will be easy to give up halfway in this battle that will kill the door.

So the question is, why did Zhao Jun dare to open the door wide?

If Zhao Jun was too proud after the battle of Yuanyang and dared to ignore Lou's annoying attack power, it would be reasonable. However, Zhao Jun has a veteran like Niu Jian this time, will he agree to implement such a strategy? Or is it that King Zhao is bent on going his own way, and even Niu Jian can't go against it? It seems possible. But there is also a probability that Zhao Jun set up a maze array in Cloud City, waiting for Lou to throw himself into the net, and then capture it in one fell swoop.

Which one is it?

"Is there cavalry in Cloud City?"

"No, only foot soldiers. It seems that Zhao Jun wants to defend this Cloud City this time. Sui Xi said, in his opinion, Zhao Jun only relied on two thousand foot soldiers, I am afraid that he will not be able to hold the clouds at all.

"Not necessarily." Lou Yuan shook his head and said, "Although Cloud City is worse than Jiuyuan, if you want to defend it, it is not that you can't hold it. The city in the clouds is small, although two thousand people are stretched, but we are not good at attacking the city, and there is no siege equipment, it is not easy to attack for a while and a half, if it is delayed for a moment or three, I am afraid that the reinforcements of the Zhao army will come one after another, and it will be dangerous at that time. ”

The biggest headache for Lou Yuan is that whether it is Yuanyang or Xishanzui, it is close to Jiuyuan and not far from Yunzhong, in other words, if Zhao Jun goes all out to help, I am afraid that he will be wrapped in dumplings under the city before he has conquered Yunzhong City. From Xishanzui to Yunzhong, and from Jiuyuan to Yunzhong, there is almost a gap of about an hour, that is, within two to three hours, the reinforcements of the Zhao army can reinforce Yunzhong City.

What if you stick to the Nine Plains?

Lou Yuan also thought about it for a long time, and it may not be impossible to stick to Jiuyuan. The walls of Jiuyuan City are relatively tall, and the food reserves are sufficient, even if there are more than 10,000 people and horses on their side, they can support it for two or three months. After two or three months, the grassland will be even colder, and Zhao Jun is not used to such a climate, so he will definitely withdraw from the grassland early. When the time comes, Yunzhong and Yuanyang will still return to their own hands.

The problem is that Lou is not good at defending the city, and is good at field warfare. Under the strong attack of the Zhao army, it may not be able to hold it. Yuanyang City is an example of this. Now Lou is annoying because he can't hold the city, and he can't beat the cavalry of Zhao State, and the situation is very embarrassing.

"King, look at this ......" Sui Xi didn't understand, obviously the obvious result, Lou Yuan still hesitated, could it be such a good opportunity, Lou Yuan was ready to give up?

Lou Yuan put his finger on the map and did not answer him.

The finger was taken away from the map, but Zhao Yong's mind was still on it.

"It's been seven days, and Xu Yuan is estimated to be about to take the Guyang Kongdao." He muttered.

Zhao Yong asked to take Guyang Kongdao within ten days, the purpose was to cut off his escape route after Lou Yuan sent troops to Yunzhong, if Lou Yuan defended Jiuyuan, then Xu Yuan's move would not be of much significance, but after seven days, Lou Yuan had not made a decision. According to his speculation, Lou Yuan is a thoughtful person, but a little arrogant. Zhao Yong placed himself here, and his troops were scattered everywhere, putting on a look of being killed, hoping that Lou Yuan could put aside all his worries and attack him with all his might. And the Zhao army can take all the Jiuyuan region into his arms without distraction, then the time of the war will be greatly shortened, after all, the Five Nations Alliance Army does not know how to fight with the Qin Army, in case the Five Nations Alliance Army loses, it will take revenge on the Zhao Army in turn, so Zhao Yong is so risky.

Of course, there are other reasons why he is so big.

"Your Majesty, Jia Shixi asked for an audience."

"Let him in."

Xi bowed his body, walked into the main hall, and bowed to Zhao Yongna: "Meet the king." He looked up, and the scar on his face was like a dragon, slightly hideous in the candlelight.

"How's the morale today?" Zhao Yong left the map, looked at the joy in front of him and said. According to Zhao Jun's regulations, a sergeant is a grassroots commander who is one level higher than the soldiers. A private of the first class could command five hundred, a sergeant of the rank of two thousand five hundred, and a lieutenant of the right rank of three of the sergeant. Xi is a high-class armor sergeant, and these two thousand foot soldiers happen to be under his command.

"Return to your lordship. Juan Jia is the elite of Zhao State, and it is the direct army of the king, and of course the morale is also the highest. ”

"Lone has faith in the Roll Armor Battalion. It's just that what we are facing is very likely to be 10,000 building annoying troops, and when the time comes, I am afraid that our army will even have a problem defending the city, and I am really worried that the soldiers will be uneasy. ”

"The Roll Armor Battalion only met the enemy, not retreated. This is the king's admonition to the Juanjia battalion, whether it is the robes who died in battle, or the brothers who were ordered in danger, they have never violated the king's admonition. It is to please rest assured that even if the Juanjia Battalion fights to a single soldier, it will ensure the integrity of the monarch safely. ”

I didn't say it, but I was somewhat unconvinced by Zhao Yong's questioning. It is also the elite of Zhao State, and the cavalry Baijin has shown its excellent combat effectiveness in various battles large and small, not to mention that Zhao State is now mainly building cavalry, although it also belongs to the elite troops of the Zhao Army, but the Juanjia Battalion saw the great achievements of the Baijin Battalion, and of course felt uncomfortable.

As for Xi, he once survived in the First Battle of Zhongshan, and after being recruited into the Roll Armor Battalion, he thought that he would have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of his life. Unexpectedly, the life of the Roll Armor Battalion was even more cruel, because everyone was holding back their strength, wanting to obtain greater combat exploits and make the people in the Baijin Battalion look up to themselves. Just like the veterans of countless armor battalions said: "In the armor battalion, you can only die on the battlefield, and there is no way back." ”

"Do you know what 'curly armor' means?" Zhao Yong asked suddenly.

Xi was suddenly stunned, and replied honestly, "My subordinates don't know." ”

"Roll up your armor, put away your armor too. That is, only when the battle is defeated, the truce, and the retreat are called curly armor. ”

This explanation makes Xi confused, who doesn't want their troops to be called scary to death, so that others will fart and pee when they hear it, and they can't wait to run away. But Zhao Yong gave them this name, which was really unexpected.

"The meaning of loneliness has been told to you today, and you should tell everyone that they will keep it in their hearts, rot in their stomachs, and engrave it in their bones." Zhao Yong said, "Since ancient times, the roll armor has been tied, and there has never been a roll of armor to hide the edge. Loneliness just wants you to hide your edge and let others look down on you. But once you want to use you, you will trust your life and pay for each other, and there will be no return for death. ”

I'm sorry, I'm sorry, there's something going on at home in the past two days, and I really don't have time to update. But if you say that you will start today, you will definitely not break your promise. The war on the steppe is almost over, and the battle of Hangu Pass is about to start again, and the outline is already listed, so you don't have to worry.

(End of chapter)