Xu Yuanlang hesitated for a moment, and finally spoke, "General Wu, why don't we two talk alone......

Wu Ming nodded to himself, but Xu Chang and the generals of Lu County couldn't help but be a little worried, and they all said that Xu Yuanlang's move was inappropriate; Xu Yuanlang just waved his hand, and he also knew what his son and subordinates were worried about.

At this time when the two armies were deadlocked, if Li Jing sent assassins to assassinate Xu Yuanlang, the scales would immediately tilt, just like Xue Ju's death.

Although Wu Ming was ostensibly Li Zitong's man, he could not be an assassin sent by Li Jing.

Xu Yuanlang said at this moment that it was extremely inappropriate for him to be alone with Wu Ming, but he still tried his best to go to the side hall first, and Wu Ming naturally had no reason to follow.

After Xu Yuanlang sat down steadily, he began to fiddle with the tea ceremony, and Wu Ming sat helplessly under his silent greeting.

After a long time, Xu Yuanlang personally held the tea cup and said to Wu Ming, "General Wu, please use tea." ”

Wu Ming took the teacup nonchalantly and said with a wry smile, "Manager Xu should know that he is not here to drink tea." ”

"As you just said, seeking cooperation?" Xu Yuanlang's face was not without mockery.

"Manager Xu, if you and I join forces to resist Li Jing's 50,000 people, it is not without a little certainty." Wu Ming listened to Xu Yuanlang's suspicion and said with certainty.

"Even if you win, so what?" Xu Yuanlang asked faintly.

Just listening to this sentence, Wu Ming already knew Xu Yuanlang's thoughts, but how could he refute it?

In the long run, Li Zitong has a black history of biting allies, although the Eastern Navy can still unite with the Jianghuai Army, it will never be possible to work with one heart and one mind, Xu Yuanlang will naturally worry that he will take the opportunity to seize his own territory when he cooperates with Li Zitong.

Besides, there is no conflict between Yun China and the Eastern Navy in the territory, and the Eastern Navy seeks to cooperate with Xu Yuanlang, but it does not mean to treat him as cannon fodder.

Xu Yuanlang is not a fool, how could he not see Wu Ming's intentions clearly?

Wu Ming didn't know how to speak for a while, because his mind was seen clearly, and because the Tao was different, so as soon as Xu Yuanlang finished saying this, he slowly stood up.

Xu Yuanlang immediately waved his hand and said with a smile, "Why is General Wu in a hurry to leave? Although our cooperation cannot be discussed for a while, it is not impossible to talk about it. ”

Wu Ming endured it and said coldly, "If the chief manager has something to say, please speak up, I'm also very busy here." ”

"Does General Wu know how Su You attacked the Goryeo Royal City and how he forced Dou Jiande to surrender to him?" Xu Yuanlang stared at Wu Ming's eyes and asked slowly.

"How do I know?" Wu Ming shook his head a little rebelliously and responded as a matter of course.

"Su You's biggest guard of honor is the strong ship and sharp cannon, General Wu won't have an opinion on this, right?" Xu Yuanlang didn't pay attention to Wu Ming's pettiness at all, but was aggressive.

"This ......." Wu Ming really couldn't deny this, as a general-level figure, he had heard countless rumors about Su You's army, and he had many battle reports about Su You's battles.

Xu Yuanlang nodded, "The reason why I haven't counterattacked Li Jing's army is because most of my soldiers are soldiers in Wagang, and it takes time to train to have combat effectiveness, but secondly, I am worried that Su Yougou will jump over the wall in a hurry, if his fleet arrives, won't it hurt the innocent?" ”

As he spoke, Xu Yuanlang spread out a map of his territory, and beckoned to Wu Ming to see if they would consult together.

Wu Ming knew that Xu Yuanlang's words were high-sounding, but in fact there was no possibility of thinking about innocence, but he still stood up and walked to Xu Yuanlang.

Mountains and rivers are indicated on the map, and there is also a red pen on it that marks the routes that Su You's fleet might use.

Bohai Bay has the mouth of the Xiaoqing River, the upper reaches of the Xiaoqing River is Jishui, the Jishui enters Heze, and the Heze and Surabaya flow into the Grand Canal in Pengcheng; The canal flows east and Yishui out of the East China Sea and south into Huaiyin.......

Lu County is south of Surabaya, and Su You's fleet bombarding Lu County can be said to be effortless; This also means that it is logical for Su You to enter the East China Sea next stop.......

This shocking map suddenly made Wu Ming's back sweat!

After Wu Ming read the map, he held his breath and said, "Manager Xu, farewell!" ”

Xu Yuanlang stretched out his hand again to block it, as if he suddenly remembered the content of the chat just now, and asked with a smile, "General Wu, why rush to leave, aren't we going to talk about cooperation?" ”

"For specific cooperation matters, we will send someone over to discuss with the manager again, if the manager is not in a hurry to surrender!" Wu Ming ignored Xu Yuanlang's obstruction this time and said persistently.

Xu Yuanlang couldn't, so he had to order someone to send Wu Ming out of the city, Xu Chang, Liu Shiche and others followed behind him, wanting to ask him about the results of the negotiation with Wu Ming, but he didn't know how to ask for a while.

After Wu Ming went away, Xu Yuanlang said with a smile, "After Wu Ming goes back, we won't have to worry about the defense downstream, at least we don't have to worry about Su You coming in from the East China Sea; Blocking Su You's fleet, we shouldn't have any pressure to keep Lu County. ”

The generals echoed Xu Yuanlang's words, and they were once again full of confidence in holding and counterattacking Lu County.

It's just that Xu Chang has never been able to understand, what is his father insisting on?

Just as Xu Yuanlang was preparing to counterattack and go out to fight Li Jing for a decisive battle, Liu Wuzhou's renovation of his territory was also nearing the end.

After Li Xuanba captured Mayi, he originally wanted to defend Mayi City with his own force, waiting for Li Tang's reinforcements to arrive, and then give Liu Wuzhou's current territory, Taiyuan County, to achieve a two-sided attack.

But the city walls of Mayi were still not strong enough, and under Wang Xuan's rounds of bombardment, it only took them half a day to blow up the two gates of Mayi, and Li Xuanba had no choice but to retreat to Yanmen.

The same story happened again in Yanmen, where the assault led by Wang Xuan was once again threatening, and after Liu Wuzhou filled in a section of the moat, they blew up a city gate again!

Li Xuanba has enough courage, but his brain can't turn a corner, he didn't expect to block the city gate with a big stone like Li Yuanji, so he will let Liu Wuzhou's army to rescue him like a bamboo.

Li Xuanba retreated again and again, and Liu Wuzhou finally regained his territory and reached the peak of his career.

However, due to the destruction of the city in the past few days, Liu Wuzhou had to order the army to start making up for several cities and clean the moat again.

"The work of a thousand years will be ruined in one fell swoop." Destruction is only a momentary matter, but construction needs to be protracted.

When Li Xuanba marched into Yanmen that day, he led nearly 30,000 troops, but after a siege and a defense of the city, there are now only more than 10,000 remnants, and it is not easy for him to organize an army to take Yanmen again in a short period of time.

After driving away Li Xuanba's foreign army, Liu Wuzhou finally breathed a rare sigh of relief, and then while watching the soldiers and civilians renovate the city wall, he ordered the soldiers to rest and prepare to meet Li Tang's counterattack.

Only three days later, Liu Wuzhou got the news from the scouts in front: Li Jiancheng led the 20,000 elites in Hedong and rushed to Taiyuan at full speed!

After getting the news, Liu Wuzhou couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

The reason why Li Jiancheng came like a moth to a fire must be because he believed that Li Xuanba and himself were inseparable, and if he learned that Li Xuanba was defeated, he could only stop.

It would be nice if there were enough troops to intercept Li Jiancheng's 20,000 men and eat them.

However, there were only 30,000 soldiers left in Taiyuan by Liu Wuzhou before, and the leader was Yuan Junzhang, who could only defend Yuan Junzhang, who had no enterprising heart, and he could only think about eating Li Jiancheng!

Maybe it's just the best to think about it, how could Li Jiancheng only bring 20,000 people to rescue Taiyuan?

Liu Wuzhou soon realized that he was about to face a large-scale offensive and defensive battle that he had never experienced before, and then quickly summoned Song Jingang, Wei Chigong and others, although Wang Xuan only led 800 reinforcements, but also attended the meeting.

After some discussion, everyone roughly determined Li Jiancheng's intentions, the reason why he came in a hurry was indeed to fight with Li Xuanba in Taiyuan, but he didn't expect that Liu Wuzhou only rested in Taiyuan for five or six days and then drove Li Xuanba away with lightning speed.

Of course, Li Jiancheng would not be so blind that he thought that the 20,000 people he commanded and Li Xuanba's 30,000 people could take Jinyang City, which was defended by more than 100,000 people, so he could only be regarded as a vanguard army at most.

What does Li Jiancheng rely on, and how many follow-up troops will there be?

Liu Wuzhou still can't know the answer to this question in detail, but he knows that his most urgent thing now is to lead the army back to Jinyang City, relying on Jinyang City, where the walls are high and the river is deep, to eliminate Li Jiancheng's invading enemies and follow-up troops.

If Li Tang's counterattack can't be repulsed, Jinyang City will only consume but not produce; If Li Tang's counterattack could not be repulsed, the statement of marching into Hedong would be just a joke.......

If he repels the invading enemy, he can not only defend Taiyuan, but also expand his territory to Hedong in one fell swoop, and even block Li Tang's way out of the pass.

In this battle, Liu Wuzhou cannot afford to lose, why is Li Tang not like this?

In terms of time, it is the weather in mid-September, and winter is about to begin; Winter is more suitable for defense than offense, so the timing is more favorable to Dingyang's army.

From the geographical point of view, the Dingyang army relied on the defense of Jinyang City, which was high and deep in the city, what advantages did Li Tang's side have?

From the perspective of people, the Dingyang army has just driven away Li Xuanba, and has won several beautiful battles in a row, which can be described as high morale; Part of Li Tang's army was Li Jiancheng's elite, and part of it was Li Shimin's subordinates who pacified Longxi, although they also had good morale.

Moreover, Li Tangjun came from a long journey, but Liu Wuzhou could return to Jinyang in just a few days to wait for work.

Whether it is the right time and place, or the people, Liu Wuzhou's defensive battle is undoubtedly victorious, and the only unfavorable factor is that Liu Wuzhou's current surplus food is really not much.......

Li Tangjun came from a long journey, and it was not easy to replenish supplies.

When did their war start, and how long could they hold out?