After the sad soldiers left the city. After a big victory, Shenzhou completely stabilized its feet. The enemy retreated dozens of miles away. Although the opponent still looked like a large-scale attack, everyone knew that Lu Long's carefully planned drama to Chengde had basically come to an end. Unless Lu Long and Zhang Zhongwu sent troops to come in large numbers, it would be impossible to capture Shenzhou with Zhenwu's army alone.

As the stalemate grew, Cheng De breathed, reinforcements from Zhenzhou, Zhaozhou and other places arrived, and Zhenwu even had to switch from the attack in front of him to the defensive posture. In terms of overall strength, Cheng De's war potential is really much stronger than Zhenwu.

From a strategic perspective, Zhenwu should actually withdraw his troops now, with tens of thousands of troops outside, and every day's food, drink, defecation and sensation is an extremely terrifying number.

But Zhenwu Army and the Yingzhou Army led by Shi Yi were still firmly nailed to Shenzhou, as if they were looking forward to something.

Of course there are still opportunities.

Although Zhang Zhongwu's main army and Gao Pian have officially started fighting and it is impossible to send reinforcements, they have another ally that is not considered an ally, that is Zhu Shou of Henghai.

Wang Feng and Shi Yi now pin their hopes on Zhu Shou. As long as Zhu Shou makes a breakthrough, Chengde will still be their meal on the plate.

In Shenzhou City, Li Anguo fell ill completely and lost his son in old age, which was a huge blow to him. What he lost was that he had high hopes, hoping that he could continue the family's glory eldest son.

When the enemy army was approaching, he tried hard to boost morale. Once the situation eased, he could no longer hold on and fell completely.

Cao Xin became the highest commander in Shenzhou City, but at this time he was also cold and could not wait all day.

The people sent by Wang Mingyi to deliver the letter brought the news that the Henghai Army had launched a large-scale attack on Yizhou.

"No wonder, no wonder Wang Feng was defeated, and Chen Bing refused to retreat in Shenzhou. It turned out that they still had a trump card." Cao Xin looked at Gongsun Changming, "Sir, what should we do now?"

Gongsun Changming was also helpless. From the beginning of the three families resisting Lu Long, to now, the three families have become one who have taken care of Chengde together. Wang Feng deserves to die, but Zhu Shou is even more disgusting. His ability to change his mind is really perfect. This trick has put some damage on the situation Chengde had just turned into another hammer.

"At present, I can only pray that the young master can block the troops of Henghai, and at least gain more time for us." Gongsun Changming sighed: "Duke Cao, I know you want to go back to Yizhou immediately, but this is absolutely impossible."

"I know." Cao Xin said: "Zhenwu is still eyeing the city of Shenzhou. I feel like I am returning to the army. Not only will Shenzhou be protected, but I am afraid that even myself will not be able to return to Yizhou safely. Although Lu Long's Khitan cavalry suffered a huge loss, there are still less than 5,000 cavalry. In the city, they can't do anything to us, but I feel like I am returning to the army. Along the way, they have an opportunity to take advantage of it."

"The letter must not be able to be defended. The young master strengthened the city wall in Wuyi and prepared to defend the city is also a good strategy. As long as they cannot take Wuyi, they will not dare to go deep into Yizhou alone." Gongsun Changming thought for a moment: "On the one hand, I hope the young master can stay longer. On the other hand, I will ask Mr. Li to write a handwritten letter to Zhenzhou. The troops gathered in Zhenzhou can be divided into one to go to Yizhou for rescue."

Cao Xin nodded and said yes.

"The third aspect is that I hope that Li Anmin from Zhaozhou can send troops to Zhenwu as soon as possible, so that Wang Feng will have to return to his army in order to protect his lair. The fourth aspect is, Cao Gong, if we launch a moderate counterattack, will we have hope of victory?" Gongsun Changming continued.

"After these battles, we know ourselves and our enemy. It is extremely difficult for us to launch a counterattack to win. This is just to consume our troops in vain and reward the scouts. Zhenwu and Yingzhou Army camps were built extremely strongly and supported by each other, so it is difficult for us to attack one of them." Cao Xin said: "As for what Mr. Zhaozhou mentioned, I am very worried now."

"Because of Li Bo?"

Cao Xin nodded: "Li Bo and Mingren were captured together. Mingren died at the city of Shenzhou, but Li Bo has been missing. I am now worried that the other party will threaten Li Anmin with Li Bo. Once Li Anmin delays sending troops to revive martial arts for this reason, our troubles will be even greater."

"Don't tell Mr. Li about these things for the time being." Gongsun Changming sighed: "In the direction of Yizhou, I still believe in that boy Li Ze, or he can bring us some unexpected surprises."

Cao Xin smiled bitterly: "I hope this is the case, but sir, it is hard to cook without rice. No matter how good Li Ze can, he has no choice but to have a little strength in his hand. When the two armies face each other, how can there be many fancy things? In the end, it is not that big fish eat small fish, small fish eat shrimp. Once Li Ze is defeated, Wuyi is lost, Yizhou's gate is opened, and our Chengde is about to be defeated."

The two of them met silently. Even if they were as clever and smart as them, they were helpless when facing such a situation.

"If there is really no way, I can only attract Chen Bang to Chengde." After a while, Gongsun Changming said quietly: "It's better than giving Chengde to Zhang Zhongwu."

"Chengde was fought by Mr. Li and us old brothers with each other, and for this, how many old brothers we died and how many relatives and friends we died. We will never bow our heads until the last moment." Hearing Gongsun Changming's words, Cao Xin said solemnly: "It's not the most desperate time. Besides, even if we attract Chen Bang to Chengde, it's too late to go."

While the two were talking, You Yong stepped in.

"Mr. Cao, sir." You Yong bowed his fists and said, "Just just came to report that the enemy had divided the troops. The Khitan cavalry bypassed the city of Shenzhou and went deep into my Chengde. The last general wanted to lead the cavalry out of the city."

"Are you a trap that you want to lure our cavalry out of the city and then gather and annihilate them?" Cao Xin asked.

"I'm afraid not." Before You Yong answered, Gongsun Changming had already said: "Zhang Zhongwu drove the Khitan cavalry to fight and never gave enough food and salary. More supplies were robbed by the Khitan cavalry themselves. Until now, I'm afraid that the supply of the Khitan cavalry has already had problems, so I can only rob it."

"Duke Cao, the last general takes Chengde Langqi as his vanguard and gathers all the cavalry out of the city. If the Khitan cavalry wants to fight to the decisive battle, I will fight with him. If they just want to plunder, it will be better. It is a good time for us to kill them in large quantities." You Yong said. "Otherwise, if they let them do whatever they want, not only will the people in Chengde suffer, but the soldiers in the city will also be unstable."

"General You said," Gongsun Changming said: "What I am most worried about is that these Khitan cavalry are nominally plundering, but in fact they are heading to Yizhou to support Henghai's troops. If Yizhou is lost, Shenzhou will inevitably be out of protection. The main force guarding Shenzhou is the Yizhou soldiers. Even if you, the commander, are unmoved, the soldiers below are homesick and worried about the safety of their families. Where can they still have the heart to defend the city? General You left the city, as long as he deals with it carefully and keeps bringing back the news of victory, the morale of the army in the city will be safe!"

"Then do it like this, Lao You, you are an old military service, there is no need for me to tell you anything. Be careful of everything, and we can never afford to lose any more." Cao Xin warned.

"I will understand." You Yong nodded.

Looking at You Yong's back as he left, Cao Xin turned to look at Gongsun Changming and said, "Sir, I'm afraid you'll ask you to have a good talk with Suning. The current situation has just eased, and Suning's small movements have been constantly. This person is now a little disregarded because of Li Che's death. I'm very worried that he will do something bad. But this person has a special identity and Mr. Li doesn't say anything, so I can't do anything to him."

"Don't worry about this person, he can't make any big waves." Gongsun Changming shook his head, lowered his voice, and told Cao Xin about Hu Shier. Looking at Cao Xin's shocked expression, Gongsun Changming smiled bitterly: "You should know why I am so confident in that kid, right? Others take one step, look three steps, he takes one step, look ten steps. Since he can calculate the rebellion of Zhenwu, can't he calculate the possibility of Henghai turning against the enemy in the middle and making a comeback?"

The reason why Gongsun Changming dared to tell Cao Xin about Hu Shier was naturally because Cao Xin's Yizhou is now in Li Ze's hands, and he was not afraid that Cao Xin would ruin Li Ze's affairs at all. More importantly, Cao Xin has always been ambiguous on Li Ze's problem, and he has indirectly helped Li Ze a lot. If Li Ze takes office, Cao Xin will undoubtedly become the most important member of Li Ze. Now it seems that as long as Cheng De survives this difficulty, there is no doubt that Li Ze will reach the sky in one step.

After a while, Cao Zhicai said silly: "After saying this, I suddenly became full of confidence again."

"I'm the same!" Gongsun Changming nodded and said, "So you just need to do a good job in Shenzhou's defense. If Suning wants to jump, he will let him jump. The happier he jumps, the faster he falls."

Cao Xin nodded. Once Li Ze takes office, it is inevitable that he will not deal with Suning. I believe Suning has also thought of this now, so he is eager to gather his strength again after Li Che's death. But he never thought that Li Zeqi had already taken action first when he was in the first place.

"If this person died bravely in order to defend Cheng De in this battle, it would be the best ending." Gongsun Changming said: "In this way, the end of the whole clan can be avoided."
Chapter completed!