With the vision of the blue soaring bird comparable to that of an eagle, even if the sky is dark, it can completely see the deployment of troops in Zuli City.

In the entire Zuli City, according to what Li Zhengtong saw with the vision of Lan Xiangniao, it was estimated that there were about 4,000 soldiers and horses. Half of the more than 4,000 soldiers and horses were arranged on the north city wall, and at a glance it was clear that they were deliberately prepared against the threat of Li Zheng from the north.

Originally, Li Zheng was going to use the sound to attack the west - taking advantage of the fact that the sky was not yet clear, he used a part of the foot soldiers in the Ming Dynasty to kill the northern city wall, and made a siege appearance with great fanfare, attracting most of the attention of the defenders in Zuli City, and trying his best to thin out the defenders of the remaining city walls. Then make another part of the soldiers and horses hidden in the shadows bypass the northern city, and suddenly attack from other directions, and it will definitely be broken with one blow.

But Xun Ying's approach disrupted Li Zheng's plan.

But Li Zheng was not annoyed.

Although the soldiers and horses under Li Zheng's command are strong, they have obvious shortcomings - they are not good at attacking cities. In the past, because there were not many men and horses under him, he was reluctant to fill his life in the frontal siege battle, and many times he fought with the enemy, and he used tactics to win more with less.

However, Li Zheng knew that if he wanted to dominate the world in the future, it was indispensable to attack the city head-on. The sooner you accumulate experience, the more beneficial it will be for future battles. So when Xun Ying disrupted his original plan, Li Zheng simply pushed the boat down the river and began to implement this idea.

Seeing the cavalry going away, Li Zheng led 20,000 foot soldiers and followed unhurriedly. At the same time, the blue bird on the shoulder of Tong Guò kept receiving information from another blue bird that was still hovering above Zu Li.

But five or six miles away, in less than half an hour, the army arrived at the foot of Zuli City.

In the eye, there was only a corpse in armor lying under the city, and the Zuli City Gate seemed to welcome guests, it was so wide open, and there was not even a figure on the city wall!

Li Zheng was not surprised when he saw this, what happened here before, the spiritual transmission had already made it clear to him.

With a wave of his hand, Li Zheng shouted: "Enter the city!" ”

When Li Zheng led the army to the Yamen of the county in the city, he was greeted by Xun Ying, who was full of heroism and smiling like a flower.

"Didn't expect that, did you?"

Xun Ying wrinkled her nose, not without showing off.

Li Zheng smiled and said, "I really didn't expect it, but I saw it." ”

When Xun Ying heard this, she saw the blue bird on Li Zheng's shoulder again, and the smug look on her pretty face disappeared all of a sudden. Jiao snorted, glanced at Li Zheng, Xun Ying stretched out his hand to signal, and a middle-aged man who looked like a scribe stood out next to him.

"In Xia Zu Li Zhang Yi, meet General Zhenxi!" The middle-aged scribe looked up at Li Zheng with some joy in his eyes.

"You are," Li Zheng looked suspicious.

"In the next Xi for Zuli County Order." Zhang Yi replied: "Yi has heard the prestige of General Zhenxi, and knows the recent situation in Lingzhou and Fuping, so I want to find a better way out for the people of Zuli!" ”

Hearing this, Li Zheng understood in his heart.

Previously, through the spiritual transmission, Li Zheng saw that Xun Ying led his troops to Zuli City, and was discovered from afar, and the raid failed. So when he arrived at the city, he changed his strategy, first intimidating and threatening, and then inducing, using both soft and hard, to get the defenders to open the city and surrender. But Zu Li Shou was a descendant of Han Sui, so he naturally refused to give in, and even stood at the head of the city and shouted and provoked, but was suddenly pushed down from the city!

Then the gates opened.

After seeing Zhang Yi, Li Zheng understood that it was this Zuli county order who made this qiē.

After talking for a while, Li Zheng probably understood the reason.

Zhang Yi is a native of Zuli, although he was recruited by Han Sui to be the commander of Zuli County, but he was very resentful of Han Sui's actions.

With the gradual strengthening of Li Zheng's power, Han Sui's sense of crisis became more and more intense, so he became more and more harsh on his rule, levied and extorted violently, and all kinds of taxes overwhelmed people, and even forcibly conscripted young and strong soldiers to enhance his strength!

And Zu Li is close to Li Zheng's territory, as Zu Li's county order, Zhang Yi is a merchant who comes and goes, and he has a deeper understanding of the situation under Li Zheng's rule.

Such a comparison shows the advantages and disadvantages of both sides.

Especially after Li Zheng issued an edict on recruiting displaced people, many people in Zuli were unbearable to the oppression of Han Sui's policy, and secretly dragged their families and moved to Li Zheng's rule.

So at that time, Zhang Yi had a thought.

Even if Li Zheng did not send troops to conquer Han Sui this time, it must not be long before Zhang Yi took the initiative to surrender.

Soon after Xun Ying led his troops to the city, Zhang Yi knew the news and immediately rushed to the city, and saw that it was the army under the command of Li Zheng, the general of Zhenxi, who came to attack, and made a decision immediately.

Most of Zuli's defenders are local young and strong, and Zhang Yi has a good reputation in Zuli and is quite popular. Therefore, under Zhang Yi's orders, the soldiers did not object, and when Han Sui's guard was standing at the head of the city, he pushed him down the city and fell to his death, and then immediately opened the city gate to welcome Xun Ying into the city.

When Li Zheng arrived in the city, Xun Ying had already wiped out all the enemy generals' descendants with Zhang Yi's cooperation.

"You're still proud, you're lucky."

Li Zheng looked at Xun Ying with a smile, stretched out his finger and tapped her smooth forehead.

Xun Ying opened Li Zheng's hand and said angrily: "Luck is also my luck!" After a pause, he asked again, "Is it considered meritorious service?!" ”

"Count, why don't you count."

Li Zheng was speechless.

Without hurting a single soldier, Li Zheng occupied Zuli, which can be regarded as a good start. However, this time he made up his mind to play Blitzkrieg, so he naturally couldn't stay in Zuli, and appointed Zhang Yi as the county commander of Zuli at the moment, so that he could maintain the current situation and wait until the war was over, and then reward him for his meritorious deeds.

For Zhang Yi, Li Zheng's first impression was very good. Whether he really joined Li Zheng because of Han Sui's actions, or saw that Li Zheng was more promising, and volunteered, it shows that this person has some insight. The former is principled and idealistic, while the latter shows that the person has vision.

No matter which one it is, it is worth reusing by Li Zheng.

The army didn't stay in Zuli for a moment, and immediately pulled out the camp and went south and went straight to Ayang!

Ayang belongs to Hanyang County, bordering Gaoping County, Anding County, and is separated by the Longdi Shengtou Mountain, which is 100 miles long. The southwest of Ayang is Pingxiang, the south is Chengji, Xianqin, the southeast is Luoyang, and Hanyang governs Jicheng, just behind these counties.

Now, Jicheng is where Han Sui's base camp is located!

As long as this line of cities is broken, Han Sui's chest and abdomen are open, and Li Zheng's army can drive straight into the heart and heart!

Wuwei, Zhangye County.

Since the end of the war in March, Li Zheng has taken the northwest of Wuwei, and Han Sui has stationed troops here to confront Zhang Shan's army. In the small Zhangye County, Han Sui's army reached 50,000 people!

Its commander was the three generals who were besieged by Zhang Shan, Linsong and Lu Shuiyi from Guzang Cheng Yin, candidates, and Li Kan!

These three people were ordered by Han Sui to divide the 50,000 army into three divisions, and 20,000 were stationed in Zhangye County, commanded by Cheng Yin. Fifteen thousand troops were encamped in the east of the city, and the commander was a candidate; An army of 15,000 was encamped in the west of the city, with Li Kan as the commander.

The three generals each led their subordinates to watch over each other, thinking that their defense was like an iron bucket, and a drop of water did not leak.

However, it was said that Zhang Shan and Pang De commanded the army overnight, and along the way, they took the wolf cavalry as the forerunner, knew the enemy scouts, and listened to Jia Xutiy, and adopted the tactics of 'attacking the heart'!

This 'heart-attacking' plan is actually as the name suggests - attacking his henchmen, rather than psychologically breaking the enemy's fighting spirit.

Jia Xujian yì Zhangshan divided into two divisions, each with 1,000 soldiers, with great fanfare, and tried his best to act as the main force, each to the east and west of Zhangye, and confronted it.

And the real main army, at the fastest speed, interspersed between the two battalions, went straight to Zhangye County!

According to Jia Xu's inference, Cheng Yin, who was stationed in Zhangye County, must not have imagined that without solving the east and west battalions, the army under the command of Zhang Shan would directly attack Zhangye. In this way, Cheng Yin must be negligent in taking precautions, and there is a great possibility that he will go down to Zhangye County in a war!

Even if Zhangye is not captured in the first battle, it will be severely damaged and frightened. Therefore, Cheng Yin will definitely send people to ask for help from Li Kan, the candidate of the east and west battalions.

However, the candidate, Li Kan, was dragged by the 'main force', and did not dare to come to the aid with all his strength, so he sent a team of men and horses, which also happened to eat it and weaken the strength of the enemy army. This can be regarded as an alternative encirclement and reinforcement plan!

Of course, Jia Xu also knew the drawbacks of this strategy - if he couldn't take Zhangye as much as possible, once the enemy troops in the east and west camps figured out the truth and reality, Zhangshan would be besieged on three sides.

Of course, this is only a very small possibility. With Lan Xiangniao monitoring at any time, Zhang Shan and the others know the movements of the enemy army well, and if it really comes to that time, the troops will be withdrawn. It's just that he didn't do it in a battle, and I am afraid that he will not be able to cooperate with Li Zheng's overall plan, thus delaying the fighter.

However, after listening to Jia Xu's plan, both Zhang Shan and Pang De tried their best to approve of it. Because they believe that they will definitely lay down Zhangye in the shortest possible time!

As long as Zhangye is broken, the enemy troops in the east and west battalions will be like rootless pines, and the bones in the mound are just dry bones!

On the third day of the seventh month, Jicheng, Han Sui Fushang.

"What?!"

In the study, with a loud shout, Han Sui swept everything on the desk to the ground.

"Lord" Yan Xing looked at the furious Han Sui with a gloomy face, and muttered for a moment, not knowing what to say.

In less than three days, Zhangye fell, Cheng Yin and the candidates died in battle, and only one Li Kan remained, with thousands of remnants of the defeated generals, fled back to Hanyang.

At the same time as the fall of Zhangye, Ayang in the north was also captured, and Li Zheng's army pointed directly at Jicheng.

And in the territory of Anding, first Chao Na fell, and then the Bird Clan, Linjing were broken, Pengyang, Yinpan, and Quail Yao descended from the wind!

This series of accidents almost blinded Han Sui!

After Han Sui was furious, he sat behind the desk in a trance, only feeling weak.

After a long time, I got up and turned to look at the map hanging on the wall.

"I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it" Han Sui looked at the map, the corners of his eyes were about to crack, and he gritted his teeth and said: "I didn't expect the thief surnamed Li to be so cunning that he would take advantage of the wedding night to launch a war!" It's a group of people who deceived me Han! ”

Han Sui looked at the map, north, east, west, and now a large area of fallen land, and couldn't help but itch his teeth with hatred. He didn't expect that Li Zheng would start a war at such a time!

Of course, he didn't know that with the death of Emperor Ling, the Great Han Dynasty was about to come to an end. Li Zheng's choice of this time is the best time.

The first emperor died, the new emperor ascended the throne, followed by the rebellion of the ten permanent servants, and then Dong Zhuo entered Beijing. The center of the imperial court, where can you still bother with the border war?!

Just taking advantage of this opportunity, Han Sui was not mentally prepared and caught him off guard!