Zhang Mao sent Chen Zhen all the way out of the Assassin's Mansion. After Chen Zhen went out of the mansion to bid farewell to Zhang Jun, he took the reins handed over by the guards in the mansion, and then turned over to the horse proudly. Gone from the dust. Zhang Mao looked at his distant back, firmly believing that this young man could bring hope to Liangzhou's rebirth.

Zhang Jun's trust is not blind. This young man's analysis of the situation is very good. Although the Jincheng front line is now struggling to support, as Chen Zhen said, Longxi was initially decided, and the people's hearts were not attached, and Liu Yao was eager to go east at this time, just to force Liangzhou to submit with a strong army, so as to strive for a stable rear for Liu Zhao. Under this situation, he was able to go east to compete with Shi Zhao in the Central Plains.

However, the mountainous terrain of Liangzhou in Longxi Province made it impossible for these hundreds of thousands of Zhao troops to carry out smoothly, and it also made it infinitely more difficult to transport their baggage. With such a large number of soldiers, the daily ration consumed was not a small amount. The manpower and material resources required to transport these materials from the distant Guanzhong region are even more incalculable.

It was precisely because this logistical supply line was dangerous and long that Chen Zhenfang suggested going east from Xiping and Jinxing, penetrating directly into the hinterland of Longxi, and harassing Liu Zhao's baggage supplies. The results may not be significant in the short term, but after a long time, the army will inevitably face a situation where it will be unsustainable. At that time, Liu Zhao will inevitably retreat.

However, it is a pity that Liangzhou at this time could not draw a large number of elite soldiers. Otherwise, the day Liu Zhao withdraws his troops will be the time for Liangzhou to counterattack!

However, because the elite of Liangzhou, which was trapped in a corner of the southwest of Longxi, and the army besieged and monitored by Liu Zhao were still in a stalemate, and the state could no longer draw troops, such a large-scale counteroffensive and the strategy decided by the first battle were immediately shelved by the anxious Zhang Zhijun.

Under such a critical situation, Zhang Mao could only ask for a preservation. It's not that he doesn't have the ambition to expand the territory, it's just that the current situation makes it really difficult to gather forces for a counterattack. The fate of Liangzhou is uncertain.

Li Yanzhao in the camp led his troops to inspect a circle, and then climbed the watchtower to look at the Zhao army camp on the other side of the river, although the siege of the city was unfavorable for several days, and the morale of the soldiers was low, but the camp was still in order. It's just that since the destruction of the pontoon bridge, the Zhao army has become even more lazy in the past two days. On several night patrols, Li Yanzhao saw that the camp of the Zhao army opposite was brightly lit, and the soldiers drank and had fun all night. However, the more he looked at the other party's lazy posture, the more uneasy Li Yanzhao became.

Was it Liu Yue himself who was dazed and indulged the generals in the camp, or was he using this to confuse his own army, and then launch a surprise attack in an unexpected place?

Li Yanzhao came down from the upper floor, and then paced slowly, walked to the left of the camp gate, and saw that his subordinates went to inspect the various tents again, and then carried out thirty or forty corpses one after another.

Although the number of these soldiers was greatly reduced by this protracted bloody battle, the surviving ones also lost a little vitality and vitality. However, these soldiers, who have experienced blood and fire, are gradually undergoing changes that they themselves have not even noticed. In their eyes, the initial pity and benevolence were missing, and in their place, there was only a murderous aura that made people feel chilled all over their bodies.

Seeing that there were wounded soldiers dying every day in the camp, most of the Lingju County soldiers led by Gao Sima were also unbearable and fearful at this time. Li Yanzhao raised his eyes to look at the camp where they were, but he saw that these rabble were gathering together in twos and threes, and compared with his own soldiers, their white faces and unbearable expressions were incompatible with this large camp full of terror, death, and despair.

Li Yanzhao found a nearby fire, then sat down, and used a thick branch that had just been broken off from the barracks to gently pluck the firewood in the campfire from time to time to make it burn more vigorously. However, just when he was enjoying the short and comfortable time when he didn't have to think about military affairs and life, there was a strong wind behind him, blowing the fire in front of him into a spark.

Li Yanzhao couldn't help but feel extremely annoyed. It is rare that in the midst of all the busy fatigue, there is such a short period of leisure time that can be lazy, but the thief God still wants to disturb his good things, he can't help but look up at the sky, and the thief's curse words almost blurted out.

But when he heard the faint thunder in the sky, it suddenly changed color.

Unable to care about much, Li Yanzhao hurriedly ordered the battalion sergeants to pack up the grain, grass, ordnance and other materials that should be placed outside. The originally lifeless camp was instantly busy, and even the soldiers who had carried the dead wounded soldiers to bury them step by step were now energetic and quickly finished what they were doing, and then quickly ran into the camp to take shelter before the first wave of heavy rain came.

Seeing that the heavy rain was coming, Li Yanzhao couldn't care about his identity, so he rolled up his sleeves at this time, carried the grain bag placed outside on his shoulder, and mixed with a group of soldiers and rushed towards the granary in the camp. When the heavy rain fell, Li Yanzhao also personally carried a grain bag and ran towards the granary.

Heavy rain poured down on the tents in the camp, on the carts that were scattered in the camp, on the walls of the camp, and on the tiled roofs of the granaries...... Li Yanzhao put down the grain bag, and when he ran out again, he still saw several bags of grain stacked on a row of carts not far from the warehouse. Raindrops were falling from the sky and greedily burrowing into the sacks of grain......

Li Yanzhao saw this situation, regardless of the heavy rain, and rushed to the rain curtain again. The soldiers who were hiding in the granary and wanted to be lazy to avoid the rain, seeing that Dai Sima had rushed to the rain curtain to rescue the military rations regardless of his identity, where did they still have a reason to take shelter from the rain under the eaves? So they also rushed out, and then they all arrived in front of the row of carts and carried the grain to the granary. In accordance with Dai Sima's instructions, the water-soaked grain was piled up at the door of the granary, so that it could be taken directly when cooking tomorrow.

When the last grain bag was carried to the granary, Li Yanzhao finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then sat down on the ground, still shaking the water on his clothes and armor. Now his clothes are basically soaked. The soaked clothes clung to his body, and it was extremely uncomfortable.

Just as he was secretly struggling with how to solve this uncomfortable situation, he seemed to think of something, and hurried out of the granary and went straight to the watchtower. The shouts of the soldiers behind him were also drowned out in the rain.

Li Yanzhao climbed the watchtower and looked in the direction of the Zhao army camp on the other side of the river, the camp that used to be brightly lit was now dark, and in the quiet night, he couldn't even see the direction of the camp.

That strong feeling of uneasiness began to wantonly collide with Li Yanzhao's heart. He stumbled down the watchtower, and then went straight to the tent where Cao Jian was.

When Cao Jian was woken up from a state where he was almost asleep, he was actually extremely unhappy. However, when he saw that the person who came to wake him up was Li Yanzhao, that unhappiness immediately disappeared.

"Cao Jian. Put on your raincoat and take your brothers on horseback to keep watch outside the camp. Li Yanzhao said softly: "This rain came strangely, and the Zhao army camp was quiet again, and I always felt uneasy in my heart. ”

Cao Jian got up and dressed quickly, nodded, and then, put the bamboo whistle to his mouth, and blew several short and powerful signals one after another.

"Assemble!" Cao Jian put on his armor, tied the belt, and then put on a raincoat and walked out of the tent, shouting loudly.