Su Chen took a sip of water and continued: "This is just one of them, and the second is that His Royal Highness King Zhao has an army of more than 100,000 people who have survived, and this time he sent 100,000 elite soldiers to follow me to the north, Jiangnan Province is very empty, if the vassal kings of other regions want to take advantage of the situation at this moment, I am afraid that it will be a catastrophe." ”

"Third, if my guess is right, His Royal Highness King Zhao should be the same as I thought, Xuchang City can be abandoned, we have Ye Cheng has already taken a big step forward, I am afraid that at this time, His Royal Highness King Zhao's gift has already embarked on the road north to Beijing."

Song Shide asked as if he didn't understand: "What does the general mean is that His Royal Highness King Zhao has actually been ready to give up Xuchang City for a long time?" ”

Su Chen took off his armor and only felt relaxed.

"Yes, His Royal Highness has already thought about it from the beginning, we actually took advantage of it this time, successively swallowed hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses of the Xuchang Army, and then defeated Xuchang City, and when we return to Yecheng this time, His Royal Highness King Zhao will have more than 200,000 troops in his hands to use!"

"Looking at the whole world, except for the imperial court with 200,000 troops, the rest of the vassal kings in various places have only 100,000 military horses at most, saying that it is 100,000, but in fact, there may not even be 100,000 behind the scenes."

"The vassal king with the fewest mercenaries has only five thousand soldiers at his disposal, and the pattern has changed again.

But everything has not changed, and it has returned to a delicate balance.

That is, the world is no longer the largest in the imperial court, with His Royal Highness King Xuchang and King Zhao in second place, and other vassal kings in third. ”

"It's that the imperial court and His Royal Highness King Zhao are the strongest, and the other vassal kings are in third, if my guess is right, there will be no major turning points and changes in this matter.

As long as we can return to Yecheng smoothly, the next thing is the time for other feudal kings to huddle together to keep warm, there is a court in the north and King Zhao in the south, and if the other vassal kings don't huddle together to keep warm, sooner or later they will be annexed. ”

Song Shide fully understood, no wonder Su Chen could be a general, he was commanding the soldiers to fight here, and he had almost touched all the major events in the world over there.

It's a pity that Xuchang is such a good Central Plains town.

Xiao Shi asked puzzledly: "But why don't we take risks and keep Xuchang City in our hands, this Xuchang City is an important town in the Central Plains, and with Xuchang we can train more cavalry, isn't it?" ”

Su Chen nodded: "That's right, but don't forget that the imperial court still has General Jiang Yu in charge!"

As you saw just now, although I was fighting with General Jiang Yu on the surface, it was actually General Jiang Yu who gave me a chance, probably because I felt sorry for him as a teenager. ”

"The imperial court sent General Jiang Yu out this time, the meaning is already obvious, we have stepped on the bottom line of the imperial court, if we take a step forward at this moment, it will really be a rebellion, and then not only will we face the imperial court, but also the vassal kings of other places, after all, the vassal kings of other places also want to keep the current glory and wealth, who knows if the position of the vassal king can be kept after the change of master?"

"I have made up my mind, Xuchang can't stay for a long time, now the soldiers and horses of the imperial court have surrounded Xuchang City, if my expectations are good, tomorrow there will be a direction to the east or south, and the military horses of the imperial court will be withdrawn, and a gap will be opened for us to leave."

Song Shide couldn't understand again.

"If the general does what the general said, this is a great opportunity to annihilate us, why doesn't the imperial court annihilate us just now? In this way, won't His Highness have less power to fight for the world? ”

Su Chen scolded with a smile: "How do you read the art of war?" Haven't you heard that the master must be que, and the poor should not chase after him? Trapped us in Xuchang City, in exchange for only us to fight the trapped beasts, the court is not a rich man, and there are only these soldiers in hand, if we fight to lose both, or even die together, then isn't it that the other vassal kings have taken advantage? ”

"The imperial court is also very satisfied with the current status quo now, otherwise, it will not be too late for the imperial court to come after we have broken through Xuchang City, right?"

"You two must remember, don't spread my words when you go out, don't let the soldiers of the three armies hear it, if it affects morale, I must ask the two of you to ask for guilt, even if it is a retreat, we have to withdraw a tone!"

……

Inside the camp of General Jiang Yu.

Jiang Yu's eldest son, Jiang Xiong, is serving his father at the moment, removing the heavy armor on his body.

"Father, why didn't you just cut that kid with a knife? This kid is a talented person and King Zhao, sooner or later, he will trouble the world one day? ”

Jiang Yu moved his body after taking off his armor.

"Don't I know that this person is a great talent, and it is precisely because he is a great talent that I don't want to kill the killer, and he did force my weapon away, and the two of us are tied, which is nothing to say."

Jiang Xiong looked at his father, and a sense of sadness rose in his heart, he hated, hated why God didn't let him inherit half of his father's talent.

If he had half of his father's talent, his father would not be struggling to guard the early Yuan Dynasty and wait hard for someone who could take over his father's responsibilities.

"Father, the child knows that the father is moved by compassion, why don't I pretend to be a messenger tonight and go into Xuchang City to talk to Su Chen in person, maybe ...... Maybe it will make him lose his way. ”

"Lost?" The old general's eyes gradually became cloudy: "Who knows if you are lost in following the imperial court these years?" ”

"He and King Zhao are in a cooperative relationship, King Zhao is not his master, and King Zhao does not have the ability to master him, we have to let him see clearly that the court is determined to get better."

"I have made an agreement with him, Xiong'er, you will pass on the order of your father, and order our army at the south gate of Xuchang to evacuate early tomorrow morning, and release a road for them to return south, we will enter the city early in the morning, and go out of the city at noon to pursue, I will personally test and teach this kid."

……

In the early morning of the next day, Su Chen slept unsteadily, woke up early, and coincidentally, at this time, King Zhao's personal soldiers came to report that when the sun was rising, the imperial army at the south gate of Xuchang had been evacuated.

Su Chen let out a sigh of relief, fortunately, he and Jiang Yu finally reached some kind of tacit understanding, and then it was the time for the real test, it wouldn't take long after leaving the city, Jiang Yu would definitely lead his troops to chase after him.

Although Jiang Yu didn't really want to push himself and others to a dead end, he always had to do a full set of plays, and the court was also staring, if he only took Xuchang City, but the court army did not pursue him decently, then I am afraid this is a bit too fake.

"Order, retreat, return home......"