Heyang, this is a small city, and the inhabitants of the city are only more than 1,100 households. and a large city with 10,000 households as a unit, it seems too shabby. However, this place is one of the most important strategic places in the world, and the imperial court even set up a special Heyang Festival envoy to manage it. Because of this, there is the Heyang Bridge, which spans the Yellow River and communicates the north and south!

At this moment, Heyang City, this city has gathered the attention of people from all over the world. Li Cunhuan rode his horse to a high slope, from which he could see the whole picture of Heyang City. At the foot of the high slope, there is an endless army, black iron armor, and the war horses under the crotch are all relatively short but tenacious grassland horses, which are the black-clothed army of Lu Long's strong army. The tall horse, covered in golden bright armor, is the iron riding capital.

There are also phalanxes lined up, holding spears pointing straight to the sky, iron tower shields in one hand, and a long white feather inserted in the pitch-black helmet. The Loyal and Filial Piety Army is known for its perseverance. In addition, there are other armies that have surrounded Heyang City.

Li Cunhuan turned his head slightly and looked to the north, he thought of the Xuanwu general Zhang Guiba.

Although Zhang Guiba did not surrender, the captured Zhang Guiben even went on a hunger strike to die. However, the defenders of Jincheng were not as tough as the two commanders, and the soldiers of the west gate defected, followed by the soldiers of the east gate to rebel. Zhang Guiba was forced to retreat into the inner city, and at this time Zhang Guiba had no more than 800 people under his command. Li Cunhuan was not ready to fight hard with Zhang Guiba. Four battalions of infantry (2,000 people) were left behind, as well as wounded soldiers and surrendered soldiers, to stay in Jincheng. Forgive Zhang Guiba and dare not fight hard with the 2,000 Lu Long Army, not to mention that there are more than 6,000 surrendered troops among them. This allowed Li Cunhuan to rest assured that he would lead the main force south, otherwise even if he occupied Tianjing Pass, Li Cunhuan would have to leave tens of thousands of people to guard against Zhang Guiba, after all, Zhang Guiba had 7,000 men under him.

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"Hah! Ha! Don't run, beauty, let the lonely king catch you and know the power of the lonely king's big gun! Zhu Wen's eyes were covered by a ribbon, but it only made Zhu Wen's vision a little blurry, so Zhu Wen's pace was not slow.

In the hall of only about 80 square meters, six beautiful women are giggling to avoid Zhu Wen's capture, and the most exciting thing is that these six women are all over 20 years old, and mature women under 30 years old. It was just a long tulle skirt on her body, with a thin ribbon no more than two fingers wide tied to her chest, and the grass underneath was even more desolate, without any cover. As he ran, the waves were turbulent and swayed up and down, as if trying to break free from the thin ribbon two fingers wide.

Seeing that Zhu Wen, who was wearing a wide robe, his blood was boiling, and the guy under his crotch was angry and hideous. A beautiful woman slowed down as she turned the wooden table, and Zhu Wen took the opportunity to step forward and hug the beautiful woman. Haha laughed.

Zhu Wen tore off the thin ribbon on his eyes, and said with a smile: "Beauty, you are the lonely king who caught you!" How do you say the Lone King should punish you? ”

As Zhu Wen spoke, the big palm of the Kwai fan lifted the tulle, and the big hand kneaded the soft white chest without hesitation.

The beautiful woman said with a silky half-gasp in her eyes, "Ah! Chitose, you say...... Yes! What do you say, ah! Just do it! Yes! The slave is going to die! ”

Hearing this, Zhu Wen's blood boiled all over his body, and he only felt that the hot blood in his body was surging towards his abdomen.

Zhu Wenyin smiled: "Then the lonely king will punish you like this!" ”

As soon as Zhu Wen's words fell, he twisted the beautiful woman, and the snow-white ass was towards Zhu Wen's abdomen, making the posture of an old man pushing a cart, and was about to raise the gun and jump on the horse, and stab it fiercely. But at this time, I only heard "Bang! A loud bang frightened Zhu Wen's big gun and turned into an earthworm in an instant.

Zhu Wen is so angry! Paralyzed, it won't scare impotence! Before his head was turned, he could only hear Jing Xiang's panicked voice. "Chitose! Big things are wrong! Li Cunhuan set up an ambush to annihilate the Shenjie army, and Zhang Guiben was captured. Tianjing Pass surrendered, although Jincheng didn't know what the situation was, Li Cunhuan had already surrounded Heyang! I'm afraid the situation in Jincheng is not much better! ”

When Zhu Wen heard this, he was taken aback and didn't bother to settle accounts with Jing Xiang. He grabbed a belt and fastened his robe. put clogs on her feet, and as for the beautiful woman who was teased by Zhu Wen, she could only rely on her own hands to solve the problem by herself.

"I'm anxious that the generals will go to the White Tiger Hall to discuss the military!" Zhu Wen's footsteps were fast, and he ran to the White Tiger Hall first. But people are unlucky, they really drink water and stuff their teeth. It's November, the wind is blowing, and there was a light snow last night. Zhu Wen didn't feel anything in the room just now because of the heating. Walking out of the door because Li Cunhuan had already surrounded Heyang, all his thoughts were on Heyang, and when he arrived at the White Tiger Hall, Zhu Wen had already sneezed again and again, and two jade chopsticks hung on Zhu Wen's nose, falling one after another, just like the wooden barrel that fell up and down.

The generals came to the White Tiger Hall and were also surprised to see Zhu Wen's appearance. I don't know what's going on, but it makes Zhu Wen so embarrassed. When Jing Xiang said his words, everyone couldn't help but be surprised. However, fortunately, because of the arrival of the cold winter, the grain and grass in the army have been prepared for a month. But the question is what about a month from now?

At present, Zhu Wen, north of the Yellow River, only controls the two prefectures of Jiangzhou and Hezhongfu! How to support the needs of the 80,000-strong army. The Yellow River freezes until December, and it is only a few days later than that when the Yellow River can be crossed. Grain and grass are inevitably insufficient.

"Chitose! At present, Li Cunhuan is really deceitful too much, and he is against my Xuanwu everywhere, please use the army to fight with Li Cunhuan, this kid! General Liu Han stared at him and said murderously.

As his name suggests, this person is a fierce general in the Xuanwu Army, and he is not soft at all when he kills people, even if it is a cute baby of one or two months old, Liu Han has tried to kill him. He is a rather feared figure in the Xuanwu Army, but this person has a characteristic, that is, he is loyal to Zhu Wen, so although in addition to fighting, he offends many people and calls few people in the world, but he is quite valued by Zhu Wen.

"That's right! Chitose, we can't sit still! Paralyzed, if Li Cunhuan captures Heyang, he will definitely go south to Luoyang, and now Luoyang Mansion is just 10,000 newly recruited soldiers and horses. It's not that a certain family looks down on Zhang Quanyi's old guy! He's a soft egg! can't stop Li Cunhuan's attack at all! Li Si'an, the commander of the Flying Cavalry Army, said with a disdainful face.

When the generals heard this, many people nodded in agreement, even if some people were scruples, but their faces already showed that disdain. In Xuanwu, although Zhang Quanyi is quite respected by Zhu Wen, his prestige in the army is not very good. Because Zhang Quanyi won meritorious service for Zhu Wen Tuntian, it naturally made the generals who won meritorious service in the battlefield the most hateful. Lao Tzu has this status by working the battlefield, and you, this guy, will get a similar status to Lao Tzu by directing those mud-legged people to plough the fields in the back. This is almost the same thought in the minds of the generals.

Although Li Si'an's words were difficult to hear, Zhu Wen still knew that Li Si'an's words were indeed right. It is really impossible for Zhang Quanyi to block Li Cunhuan's attack. However, if he leads the soldiers and horses to fight Li Cunhuan to the death like this, it seems that neither the quality nor the quantity of the soldiers can compare to Li Cunhuan. In addition, Li Cunhuan held the side of Heyang, waited for work at ease, and took advantage of the time and place, this was obviously a game with more defeats and fewer wins, so that Zhu Wen did not dare to issue orders at will.

Zhu Wen pondered for a moment, but he didn't know what to do, so he asked Jing Xiang beside him, "What is your opinion, military advisor?" ”

"In this form at the moment, it is inevitable for Chitose to return to his teacher, but in order to prevent Li Cunhuan from setting up an ambush, or waiting for work. The whole army marched forty-five miles every day and set up camp! Jing Xiang interrupted in the middle of his words.

I saw Li Si'an patting the armrest, and said angrily: "What are you talking about, military advisor!" Forty-five miles a day, and by the time we arrived outside Heyang City, I am afraid it would have been almost fifteen days! gave Li Cunhuan half a month, didn't he send Heyang City to Li Cunhuan? ”

When the generals in the White Tiger Hall heard this, they couldn't help but nod their heads slightly, but because of Jing Xiang's identity, no one patted the armrests like Li Si'an, and even the ones who spoke in favor were only two or three people. It can be seen that Jing Xiang's popularity and prestige are indeed not low.

Although Zhu Wen felt that Li Si'an's words were reasonable, Zhu Wen had always believed in Jing Xiang. So Zhu Wen hesitated, but still stood up to Jing Xiang, and shouted angrily at Li Si'an: "Li Si'an, is there a lonely king in your eyes!" Shoot the chair? You kid wants to be blinded by the military stick! ”

As soon as Zhu Wen got angry, Li Si'an immediately withered, sat aside, lowered his head and looked at his toes, and he didn't know that he thought that there was something special about Li Si'an's toes, which could attract this big man so much.

Zhu Wen snorted coldly, and then said to Jing Xiang and Yan Yue: "Military Master, go on." The lonely king sees that rabbit cub dare to interrupt you again! The Lone King broke the rabbit's leg! ”

Seeing Zhu Wen defending himself like this, Jing Xiang's eyes couldn't help but flash a touch of emotion, as the saying goes, a soldier dies for a confidant. Jing Xiang cleaned up his mood, stroked the delicate wood grain on the armrest of the wooden chair with his left hand, and said slowly: "Chitose, don't look at us slowly, we will lose Heyang City, Chitose, how many soldiers and horses do you think Heyang City has?" But 2,000 people, in such a war of hundreds of thousands of people, how much impact can it have? On the other hand, if Heyang City is still under the control of our army, will Chitose save it or not? ”

Speaking of this, Jing Xiang paused, and when he saw Zhu Wen nodding thoughtfully, he knew that his words had been agreed by Zhu Wen. Then he said: "If you don't save yourself when you die, then the morale of the soldiers in Heyang City will definitely be even lower, and they even surrender to Li Cunhuan with self-defeat." And it also undermines morale in the military. But to save, that will allow Li Cunhuan to wait for work and take advantage of the time and place. How sure does Chitose think he is sure of defeating Lee Cun-hwan? ”

When Zhu Wen heard this, he hesitated, stretched out two fingers, and said slowly: "Two percent...... No! ”

The generals in the White Tiger Hall couldn't help but be taken aback when they heard this, although they didn't believe it in their hearts, but Zhu Wen, who had always been rebellious, could say this, I am afraid that it would not be able to fake it. Even with Zhu Wen's proud and arrogant surname in the past, in order to take care of his own face, he can't say anything smaller.

Jing Xiang nodded and said, "It's almost the same as what the lower officials think!" ”

In fact, Jing Xiang was giving Zhu Wen face and did not tell the truth. In Jing Xiang's view, if the battle is hastily engaged, it will be a percent combat strength at most. Now the weather is cold, and the ground is frozen. In addition, the area around Ha Duong is a wide plain. The cavalry in Li Cunhuan's hands is even more like a fish in water. On the contrary, the Xuanwu army is mostly foot soldiers, so it seems to be more passive. In addition, Lu Longjun produced a new kind of armor this year, cotton armor, which is more warm. It can make soldiers more accustomed to cold weather, so that their combat effectiveness will not drop too much. On the contrary, the soldiers under Zhu Wen have more than three layers of people, not to mention leather armor, and they have two linen clothes on their bodies, not to mention their defensive power, and they often freeze so hard that their hands and feet are stiff, and I am afraid that nearly 100 people will have to freeze to death this winter. Coupled with the fact that Lu Long's army waited for work, and there were more than 10,000 more troops than the Xuanwu army, so calculated, Zhu Wen's chances of victory were at most one percent.

Jing Xiang continued: "And if we slow down the march, we can let the army rest for nearly an hour, the speed is slow, but if Li Cunhuan wants to wait for work, it is impossible." Besides, it would not be of much use for Li Cunhuan to take Heyang City. Our army returned to the division, do you dare to send troops to the south? Although the soldiers under Zhang Quanyi are all newly recruited, there are 10,000 of them! Luoyang City is also a city with high walls and thick walls. There are fewer soldiers and horses sent, which is useless, but a waste of troops. If there are too many factions, there will be at least 30,000 people, so Li Cunhuan will have about 60,000 people left in his hands, or even less than 60,000. Does Li Cunhuan dare to take this risk? ”

When the generals heard this, most of them showed a look of sudden realization, and nodded in deep agreement. Of course, there are also some people who hold on with disdain, including Li Si'an.

Jing Xiang continued: "Then Li Cunhuan can only concentrate his troops and horses to fight us in Heyang. Although I dare not say that this battle will definitely be won, it can also increase the chances of winning by 20% to say the least. And we didn't immediately fight Li Cunhuan, but confronted Li Cunhuan in Hayang. Chitose is now urgently recruiting the eldest prince to return to Luoyang from Tongguan, and when the Yellow River freezes three feet, Chitose ordered the eldest prince to lead his 50,000 soldiers and horses to cross the river from Luoyang on the ice, so that Chitose will occupy the advantage in military strength, and have a thirty percent chance of victory. That adds up to seven! Although it is foolproof, it is also advantageous to say less! ”

In fact, Jing Xiang knew that it was only sixty percent, but in order to appease the army, he had to follow Zhu Wen's exaggerated data with a clear conscience. When the generals in the White Tiger Hall heard this, they were naturally overjoyed.

Zhu Wen was even more happy and said: "What the military advisor said is similar to what the lonely king thinks!" Not bad! Not bad! ”

Zhu Wen has not forgotten to take part of the credit to himself by this time.

(To be continued)