Xiangyang City, the city lord's mansion.

"Su Mengzhen is attacking again. Li Zhong asked Li.

Li Xun replied weakly, his mother's departure was really a big blow to him. But during this time, he was still designed to resist the invasion of the temple.

Li Zhong said again: "This time the number of troops seems to be a little more than before...... We really overestimated Su Mengzhen. ”

From spring to summer, Su Mengzhen had led his troops to attack Anxiang City three times, but they were all repulsed and returned in vain.

At this time, Li Zhong also remembered that his father had just died, and Su Mengzhen took advantage of the chaos of the Sanhe Sword Sect to lead troops to retaliate, and was attacked by his uncle Li Kang at the risk of death, and repelled Su Mengzhen's 3,000 soldiers with 800 soldiers. Although Li Kang was seriously injured by Su Mengzhen in this battle, and died of his injuries afterwards, after all, this belongs to the category of personal force and has nothing to do with regular soldiers.

Li inquired: "Zhengbing is not Su Mengzhen's director, and Anxiang City is a famous fortified city...... As long as we hold on until Shenxiao Dao sends reinforcements, we can regain the lost ground......"

Li Zhong sighed: "Relying on people, it is impossible not to pay the price." You still have to grow up early, and you can beat the temple alone like your grandfather......

Li Xun snorted, but suddenly remembered the proud young man like a brother.

He may be more powerful than his grandfather, but Wu Feng is by no means comparable to Su Mengzhen. He is growing, but Wu Feng may grow faster.

Can you really beat him?

Thinking about it, Li Xun suddenly exclaimed: "Not good!"

Li Zhong was stunned: "Little bamboo, what's wrong?"

Li Xun's expression was cautious: "Daddy." After these three pursuits after repelling the Shentang army, they all won a lot of money, but isn't it too easy?"

Li Zhong was shocked: "Are you saying that Su Mengzhen deliberately used the militia to cut off the queen and show weakness to us?"

Soldiers are divided into militia and soldiers, in terms of warriors, they can only be called warriors when they have reached the level of forging bones or above, and the number of militias is generally four to ten times that of soldiers, but in the war they are just cannon fodder, or responsible for transporting grain and grass, building walls, etc.

Only a group of soldiers can bring the power of the battle array into full play. Therefore, in many cases, the calculation of the strength of the two sides only counts the soldiers, not the militia.

"But ......," Li Zhong muttered, "what's the benefit of this?"

Li Xun didn't answer directly, but said, "Senior Brother Jiu Zhongci told me yesterday that he got information that the mountains in Xiangyang County have not been very stable recently. ”

Xiangyang County is a basin terrain surrounded by mountains, and the Sanhe Sword Sect really controls only the plain area at the bottom of the basin, and there are a large number of mountain barbarians living in the deep mountains.

The large and small tribes and the wealthy tribes liked to send troops to attack the mountain barbarians in order to open up land, plunder the population, and seize wealth. Because this practice can enhance the strength of the Mikawa Sword Sect and expand the source of troops, the Mikawa Headquarters has always had an encouraging attitude.

However, such an approach will inevitably suffer retaliation from the mountain barbarians, so sporadic battles have been continuous.

Li Zhong said: "The disease of ringworm and scabies...... Wait......"

His face finally changed dramatically.

"Daddy, you get it. Li Xun sighed.

Li Zhong is not as good at strategy as his son, but Li Xun has already mentioned him, and it is impossible for him not to understand.

Su Mengzhen attacked Anxiang City for the first time and lost his troops, but he did not pick off a single city wall brick. If he had been smart, he should have switched directions.

However, Su Mengzhen is a well-known smart person.

Since he continued to defeat Anxiang City and then continued to retreat, it only proved that he had full confidence in conquering Anxiang City.

Su Mengzhen's first three attacks on Anxiang City did not use all his strength at all.

The Three Rivers Sword Sect also took it lightly, and during this time, various tribes and Hao clans were still sending troops to attack the mountain barbarians.

What Su Mengzhen wants is this kind of lightheartedness.

Now that he has sent people to incite the mountain barbarians, it is conceivable that the mountain barbarians will have an unprecedented counterattack. A large number of troops will be pinned down, and they will not be able to rescue Anxiang City.

And Su Mengzhen plans to take this opportunity to mobilize more troops and conquer Anxiang City in one fell swoop.

He is not at all going to fight for a long time.

A feint attack with three losses and a quick attack is much more cost-effective than a protracted tug-of-war and I don't know if I can take it.

Li Xun's poor state is also in Su Mengzhen's calculations, otherwise Li Xun should be able to see through this strategy.

Li Zhong's divorce from his wife will definitely affect Li Xun's state, Li Xun's state is not normal, and Su Mengzhen is completely sure about conquering Anxiang. Otherwise, this kind of strategy of deliberately losing troops and losing generals, if it still fails, it will be too cost-effective.

"Damn it......" The flesh on Li Zhong's face trembled.

The father who can unite with the gods and demons, Li Qing, the best leader in the history of the Li family, was not eliminated in the competition, and finally relied on luck to make his father die tragically, how could he be an idle person?

Four years ago, Su Mengzhen was beaten too badly by Xue Yiren on the edge of the Han River, almost all the troops were wiped out, and he fled back alone. This makes many people think that Su Mengzhen is not enough, but the truth is probably that Xue Yiren is even more terrifying than Su Mengzhen!

Li Zhong cast an inquiring look at his son.

Li Xun also gently bit the snow-white and beautiful dental floss.

"I will deal with the problem of the mountain barbarians, and it will be more effective to use strategy to fight incitement, and I only need a relatively small number of troops. ”

"Immediately fly the pigeon to pass the book to the guard of Anxiang City, Huang Xudao, and let him defend it at all costs. Daddy issued an overall mobilization order, and did his best to mobilize all the troops that could be mobilized to rescue Anxiang City! In this kind of pure offensive and defensive warfare, the role of strategy is no longer very large, and it is mainly a contest between regular soldiers......

Li Xun remained calm and analyzed, but his palm was already on his forehead.

Sweat oozed from the apex of his forehead.

He knew very well in his heart that since Su Mengzhen was fully mobilized, and Wu Feng was by his side to assist, it would probably be difficult to keep Anxiang City.

Now it's just a matter of doing your best, you can't show cowardice, but you must leave a good way back, to ensure that after the fall of Anxiang City, you can smoothly withdraw the city soldiers and preserve your strength.

But Anxiang City was originally the birthplace of the Li family, and once it fell, it was really hard to say how many tribes and wealthy clans would throw themselves to Su Mengzhen. Maybe the entire Xiangyang County will face a complete collapse!

This is really the outcome of the war, and it was decided before it began.

"Deliberately losing three times will inevitably cause the soldiers to have a psychological shadow and affect the morale and morale of the army. Li Xun's expression was cautious, but his eyes were already a little gloomy, and the strong sense of frustration made him feel suffocated: "This is Su Mengzhen's only flaw, if you want to break the game, the only hope is only here, please pay attention to my father." ”