After occupying Liao County, the forces of Chu Bai and Cheng Wan were smoothly separated by Ning Ze.

Now whether it is Chu Bai or Cheng Wan, if you want to join forces, you must pass through the city occupied by Ning Ze, otherwise there is no way at all.

The two of them had to face Ning Ze alone, unable to guard together like before.

Although Chu Bai and Cheng Wan escaped, Ning Zejun won a complete victory.

occupied Liao County, captured dozens of officials and generals under Chu Bai and Cheng Wan, as well as 4,000 prisoners and more than 2,000 surrendered troops.

Nearly half of the captured officials and generals surrendered and swore allegiance to Liu Yuanxiang.

The rest of the more stubborn ones were temporarily detained by Ning Ze.

Ning Ze ordered to pacify the people, recruit migrant workers to repair the damaged city walls, and try to ensure that there would be no chaos in Liao County.

Everything is arranged, and the subordinates are gathered to discuss the next move.

"Master Hou!" the strategist Wu Jian suggested, "Now that Chu Bai and Cheng Wan have been defeated, they are just going to be eliminated one by one. Today, Chubai still has Yuanzhou Yuan County, Longshou County, Luliang County, Yongan County, and Xizhou Qingshan County, a total of five cities. Cheng Wan only has three counties of Jiangzhou, Nanhai, Hucheng and Bashan. As long as the troops are divided into three routes, our army has the opportunity to take Jiangzhou in the shortest possible time. As long as Cheng Wan is eliminated and Chu Bai is isolated, the city he is in charge of will be ours sooner or later!"

"Brother, I am willing to lead the troops to attack Nanhai County!" Dewey immediately asked for his life.

"The last general is willing to lead his troops to attack Hucheng!" Wang Wei, who was wearing a ghost mask, also stood up.

"In this case, my two brothers are willing to lead troops to attack Bashan County!" Xiang Rong and Xiang Yan also hurriedly stood up to grab the credit.

Ning Ze thought for a moment and shook his head slightly: "It's really easy to take down Cheng Wan, but at this moment, you should fight Chu Bai first!"

"Why?" asked Dewey, curious.

"Although Chubai has five counties, only Qingshan belongs to Xizhou, and the people's hearts are the most stable. Ning Ze said, "As for the four counties of Yuanzhou, they were all obtained by force, and the people's hearts were not attached." Secondly, both Chu Bai and Cheng Wan will try their best to delay until Lu Cong frees up his hand to eliminate both of them, I am afraid it will be too late. Before Lu Cong dealt with the troubles of the surrounding princes, it was enough to be able to destroy him all the way! Relatively speaking, it was more troublesome to stay in Chubai than to stay in Chengwan, and he bordered Lu Cong's forces and was easy to help. Once the two sides are united, it is even more difficult to break. Relatively speaking, the land of Jiangzhou is too far away to destroy Chubai and stay in Cheng Wan, and Lu Cong is powerless to intervene. The surrounding princes were busy dealing with Lu Cong, and they didn't dare to tear their faces with Lone, and when the time came, they could slowly deal with Cheng Wan, which was extremely easy!"

"That makes sense!" said Dewey, "and my brother is very thoughtful. ”

"In the spring of next year, Lu Cong will definitely send troops to find trouble for Lonely!" Ning Ze said, "Chu Bai must be taken before he can fight with all his might." ”

"But big brother, didn't you let Lou Qu attack Bashan County?" Dewey said, "The main force of our army is heading north, and Cheng Wan is afraid that he will go all out to deal with Lou Qu, and if the rear is unstable, ......"

"It's okay, Lone has been arranged. Ning Ze replied, "Song Gao's side is prepared, once Louqu loses the battle, he will immediately lead troops to reinforce Wolf Mountain County, at least to ensure the safety of the two cities of Wolf Mountain and Huairou." ”

"Now that the elder brother has made preparations, the younger brother is relieved!" Dewey nodded, "How to arrange the Northern Expedition to Chubai?"

"Our army wants to defeat Chu Bai before the beginning of spring, so we need to operate on multiple fronts!"

"What is a multi-line operation?" Wang Wei asked curiously.

"It's to divide the troops, use the campaign mode, and each accomplish different goals!" Ning Ze said, "Brother Yi, you, Xiang Rong and Xiang Yan brothers led 20,000 troops to Yiyang County, Liangzhou, responsible for attacking Yong'an; Ding Mu, you led the heavy infantry to Ning'an County, Liangzhou, responsible for attacking Luliang; Ghost Face, you led the Futu army to cooperate with the soldiers and horses of Miao and Bashui Counties to attack Yuan County; and Lone personally led the team to attack Qingshan and Longshou County. This time, the troops were divided into four routes, and the goal was to be achieved within two months and the city was successfully captured. Do you have any doubts?"

"Brother, don't worry, the younger brother will be able to take Yong'an in just one month!" Dewey replied loudly.

"The last general will definitely take the city!!" Wang Wei, Ding Mu and others said in unison.

"Okay! Without further ado, immediately divide your troops and attack and vow to destroy Chu Bai!"

"Eliminate Chu Bai! Eliminate Chu Bai ......" The morale of all the generals and officers was high.

Cheng Wan fled back to Hucheng County, Jiangzhou, and was very worried.

Comparatively, his power was much weaker than Chu Bai's. Now that Ning Ze occupies Liao County, separating Chu Bai from himself, once the army goes south, it may be difficult to resist it alone.

Even if he asked Chu Bai for help, with the current situation, he was afraid that he would not dare to easily send troops to attack and disturb, which would be equivalent to facing Ning Ze alone.

In the direction of Bashan County, Lou Qu led troops to attack, and the two bread clamps were particularly dangerous, how should it be good?

Cheng Wan was very scared, but when he heard that Ning Ze's soldiers were divided into four routes, they actually went north to attack Chu Bai.

This made him breathe a sigh of relief, as long as Ning Ze didn't go south to attack him, there would be a glimmer of life.

While he was fighting with Chu Bai, he first killed Lou Qu on the side of Wolf Mountain, and took advantage of Ning Ze's main force to go north, and quickly recaptured Wolf Mountain and Huairou County. When the time comes, recruit troops and horses to consolidate the city's defenses. As long as it lasts until the beginning of spring, once Lu Cong's side attacks Ning Ze, he can send troops to cooperate. With Ning Ze's current power, it seems that no one in the entire Dacheng can stop him except for Lu Cong. Lu Cong will definitely not sit idly by and watch Ning Ze occupy more cities, and the two tigers will compete for each other to have a chance to rise on their own.

As for Chu Bai's side, there is no way to send troops to support, and I hope he will hold on until the beginning of spring.

Cheng Wan recruited troops on a large scale, expanded his military strength to supplement the city defense forces of the three counties, and then quickly went south to Bashan County.

On the side of Bashan County, Lou Qu was ordered to attack the city, leading soldiers and horses to attack and defend Dai Yu.

The fighting continued, with casualties on both sides.

Dai Yu is still very good at defending the city, and Lou Qu failed to take advantage of several strong attacks, so he can only temporarily retreat and think about countermeasures.

Hearing that Ning Ze's army easily broke through Liao County and marched north to attack Chu Bai in four ways, Lou Qu was a little excited and a little worried at the same time. After all, there is no effect on my side, and the gap is too big in comparison.

I was at a loss for the siege of the city, and I said that the strategists were still very important, and if someone came up with an idea, it might not be so difficult. But the strategist who was hard to find before is dead, where can I find another one?

After consulting with his brothers, one of them suggested, "Isn't it time to occupy a village on the march?" Why don't you send someone over to see it, and if there are people who are reading, please come and give us ideas." ”

Lou Qu had no other way, so he sent his men to the village to find out the news.

There was an old man in the village who read a few books when he was young and lived by telling stories, and now that his children are older, he enjoys happiness at home.

Lou Qu's subordinates came to invite him, but the old man was not happy, and asked his children to drive people together.

These men were all bandits together, and when they encountered such a thing, they gathered their men and horses and hurried to the village.

The old man's family couldn't resist it, so Lou Qu's subordinates directly tied people up and took them back to the barracks.

Hearing that he brought back a scholar, Lou Qu was very happy and immediately went over to meet him.

Seeing that the old man was tied up with five flowers, he asked suspiciously.

As soon as his subordinates carefully explained what had happened before, Lou Qu suddenly realized, and said to the old man: "Offend, offend! Mr. Wanwang understands, please stay in the barracks and give me advice!"

The old man couldn't laugh or cry, and said to him: "General, the old man can only tell stories and eat with a mouthful, how can you know this? If you want to find a strategist, don't look for the old man! The old man really can't help!"

"Sir has read books, so he is naturally smarter than me!" Lou Qu said, "and I hope that Mr. will be able to help you." ”

The old man was helpless: "When I was young, I read a few books a little, and I barely knew how to read. But I don't know the art of war, and I don't know anything about the military, so I really can't help!"

"Sir, do you have anyone to recommend?" Lou Qu was a little disappointed and hurriedly asked.

The old man shook his head: "In this poor country, everyone is literate except for the old decay." General, please raise your noble hand and let the old man go back to reunite with his family!"

"It's a useless guy!" said one of the people next to him, "what are you keeping for?"

"Yes, extremely!" said the old man hurriedly, "The old man really can't help, please be kind to the general." ”

Everyone around also showed disappointed expressions, Lou Qu lowered his head and thought for a long time, and said to the old man: "Sir can tell stories, but has he also told the content of marching and fighting?"

"A lot of stories have content ......"

"Doesn't that story also talk about how to march and fight, and how to stratagem and whatever. Lou Qu said, "Sir can teach me the content of the story." ”

The old man replied helplessly: "The general doesn't know, the story is exaggerated to the extreme, and the content of the march and battle is either brushed aside or exaggerated, which does not match the truth." It is not beneficial to apply the bizarre stratagems and marching methods in the story in reality! Just like there is a wolf in the book of All Nations, if you dare to learn it, the wolves will never attack the enemy, but will pose a threat to you and your army. In addition, there are all kinds of so-called schemes, which are all made up for everyone to listen to. Old decay is just a storyteller, and most of the stories he tells are bizarre stories, which have nothing to do with reality at all, and are difficult to refer to!"

"Can you make a reference, this official knows it in his heart!" Lou Qu thought about it carefully and said to him, "This official has no choice, anyway, a dead horse should be a live horse doctor! Mr. Grievance stayed in the barracks, and I told my official more stories about marching and fighting in the past few days." ”

"General, the old man really only knows those bizarre stories, and he doesn't know anything about the content of marching and fighting!"

"Sir, don't worry," Lou Qu said, "this official is not an unreasonable person. In this way, if you stay with the official, you should return to your profession and tell stories specifically for the official. The official can guarantee that after this battle, he will give him a rich reward, which will be enough for you to buy some good land, and the whole family will be able to eat and clothe without worrying just by collecting rent! The official will not let you be in danger, and will definitely let you return home safely. My husband has children at home, and he always wants them to have a better life, right?"

"But general, the old man really doesn't understand the art of war......"

"Just Mr. Dang was invited by the official to tell a story," Lou Qu said, "You don't have to think about it so much, you just need to tell the story you know to the official, and then teach the official to read a few words in his spare time!"