Zhang Jia and Xu Ziyuan immediately stood on the Yellow River embankment. Behind them, the Right Wu Guard Army was building a camp. Apart from a river, this was under Shuozhou and the other was the area ruled by Tiande.

The river that rushes in the past is still covered with thick ice at this moment, making it look extremely quiet.

"It's like a painting!" Xu Ziyuan stroked three long whiskers and shook his head and said authentically.

"It's not quite a painting, there are too many scars on it!" Zhang Jia did not sigh like Xu Ziyuan, and said, "I guess at this time, Peng Fang had lost more than a big loss."

"After all, Peng Fang has an army of 30,000, so she won't lose so quickly, right?" Xu Ziyuan said.

"If I were Chinan, Delhi, I would definitely use one army to restrain the Tiande army in Zhongshoucheng, and then use the main force to ambush Peng Fang halfway. Peng Fang did not listen to our persuasion and insisted on returning to the army in Zhongshoucheng. In such weather, if you are tired and busy, how can you be invincible!"

Xu Ziyuan let out a breath and shook his head. "Although I don't have any colds about Peng Fang, I still hope he can win a battle. Even if the hope is small."

"Peng Fang is also a long-time general. It's not that she doesn't know the risks here, but she still holds the chance of luck. Being his subordinates will be a bloody disaster for eight lifetimes." Zhang Jia snorted: "War is war, there are not so many luck. If you hope to make mistakes on the enemy, you are simply using the lives of a warrior as a joke."

"Not everyone is like General Zhang." Xu Ziyuan suddenly smiled and said, "You can take it and let it go. These six words are easier said than done. Peng Fang is also a dominant person. If you want him to bow to Li Xiang, you will be a disciplined minister from now on, but I am afraid that it will be more uncomfortable than killing him."

"Then I have to kill Hi Luo!" Zhang Jia said: "The best outcome of him is to die at the hands of the Tubo people, and he can also get a name for resisting foreign aggression and death in battle. If he dies at our hands, ha..."

"General Zhang, I don't understand military affairs. I just asked why we didn't cross the river and march immediately!" Xu Ziyuan looked back at the camp that was being built behind him: "Chinan Delhi is fighting fiercely with Peng Fang. Even if Peng Fang is defeated, there are still three thousand nails in the broken ship. It can always give Delhi Chinan some trauma. If we follow and pounce, we might be able to take a big advantage. We are nailing here now, isn't it giving the other party time to recover?"

Zhang Jia laughed.

Xu Ziyuan was the local governor and Li Ze's confidant, but since he worked with Zhang Jia, he has never been concerned about military affairs. Of course, Zhang Jia has never been concerned about civil affairs, as long as Xu Ziyuan can guarantee his food and salary on time.

Let professionals do professional things. This is what Li Ze often says. Xu Ziyuan does not understand military affairs. If it weren't for Li Ze's rule, if it weren't for Li Ze's rule, Xu Ziyuan would have been helpless if Xu Ziyuan reached out to the army. After all, compared with Xu Ziyuan, there was still a layer of separation between him and Li Xiang.

Now it seems that Li Xiang’s rules are indeed prescient.

"Governor Xu, if we want to take advantage of this, we will most likely suffer the loss in the end." Zhang Jia said: "Delhi Chinan is mostly cavalry, with extremely strong maneuverability. He can choose the battlefield at will and the location of attack at will. And the most powerful 8,000 cavalry in our army have already followed General Li Zhonglang. Now we are mainly infantry. Think about it, even if Peng Fang has just appeared in Chinan in Delhi, we will take advantage of it if we pounce on it? At that time, the opponent simply interspersed our retreat and immediately made us lose."

Xu Ziyuan's face turned red, and it was indeed the case that it was true. He thought about his own advantages, but he did not think about the enemy's advantages.

"If I just want to defeat my opponent, I will add Li De and Yang Xing and push him over, and I will not be afraid of Chinan, Delhi. But this time Li Xiang wanted to severely damage Tubo, and he was to hurt him, so that they could sit on our negotiating table honestly, then we had to think about it."

"So let Li De and the others take such a long way to raid Xishoujiang City?" Xu Ziyuan said: "I'm still quite worried. The weather is really not very good?"

"Don't worry, Li De was born as a Ranger, and the cavalry I gave him were mainly Turkic cavalry. They were all used to this kind of weather." Xu Ziyuan said. "Take the Xishoujiang City and force Delhi Chinan to attack us. I wait for him here."

"If he doesn't come to attack us, he will turn around and fight Li De from Xishoujiang City?" Xu Ziyuan asked.

"Distance, food and grass!" Zhang Jia said: "If Delhi Chinan doesn't want to end up with Peng Fang, then he can only come and fight me. He comes and fight me. Within a distance of less than a hundred miles, as long as he defeats me, he can break into Shuozhou, and there will be enough food for him to eat. If he goes to fight Xishoujiang City, haha, four hundred miles is enough to take his life. Even if his cavalry can arrive within two or three days, what about his infantry? Can he rush there? Weighing the pros and cons, he might as well have done a battle with me."

"He can also break into Hedong!" Xu Ziyuan reminded.

Zhang Jia looked at Xu Ziyuan with a smile and said, "It's not that good. I don't even need to fight, so I can go to the city of Suicide in Harvest."

The two of them looked at each other and laughed.

What Zhang Jia admires most is that Li Ze can always gather many things that seem to be unrelated to each other and then solve them in a package.

Just like this war, Li Ze thought not only to hurt Tubo and solve hidden dangers in the northwest direction, but also planned to open up the Hexi Corridor, reset the Beiting Protectorate of the Western Regions, and control the desert south and north.

Of course, we can also use this war to sort out the problems within the town and prefecture again. Compared with the previous few things, this last thing is the most difficult.

It’s better to say something about Hezhong. In Zhang Jia’s opinion, those so-called local wealthy families are now just fat pigs waiting to be slaughtered. No matter how powerful they jump, it is difficult to jump out of the pigpen. It’s hard to say that Hedong is.

If Delhi Chinan did not come to compete with him, but instead rushed to Hedong, Zhang Jia would like to see him accomplished.

"If Delhi Chinan really goes, I will tell Li Cunzhong that I am happy to recruit troops to help him encircle and suppress Delhi Chinan." Zhang Jia smiled.

"It is easy to send God to God, I'm afraid Li Cunzhong won't agree at all." Xu Ziyuan said.

"I will respect his opinion very much, but if they lose because of this, I can't blame me." Zhang Jia spread his hands and said.

Xu Ziyuan sighed: "I'm afraid that if Li Cunzhong responds improperly, Hedong will suffer a big loss. At that time, we will always lose."

"In my opinion, Li Xiang must have a backup plan. Even the problem I thought of, Li Xiang would not think of it?" Zhang Jia smiled and said, "Even if there is any problem, it will be limited to the Hedong area at most. Governor Xu, sometimes sacrifice is inevitable. But as long as the result is good, that would be good."

Xu Ziyuan nodded. He understood what Zhang Jia said, but for a moment, it was still a bit difficult to accept in the feelings.

The two of them stopped talking, just looked into the distance.

In the evening, the scouts sent by Zhang Jia finally returned. With them, several Tiande Army, with blood-stained miserable people, were led by a Guidelang General.

"How bad was you losing?" Zhang Jia asked directly at the shocked General Gui Delang.

With a loud bang, the Guidelang general knelt down in front of Zhang Jia and repeatedly knocked: "Please send troops immediately to save our Tiande Army."

"Of course I need to save you. Let me talk about your situation first!" Zhang Jia waved his hand, "How bad was you losing?"

General Lang lowered his head and tears fell down, "The 30,000 troops will not exceed 5,000 people in the end who can break out. Following Jieshoucheng to escape into Zhongshoucheng City, my team of cavalry, finally came to ask General Zhang for help from Jieshoucheng."

Zhang Jia sighed: "If I had known today, why should I have been? When you withdrew your troops overnight, I sent someone to tell Peng Fang that we two families will join forces and advance slowly, and do not care about the gains and losses of a city and a pool, and focus on preserving the vitality, but Peng Fang flatly refused, causing tens of thousands of soldiers to die in a bad life."

"Jingshou has regretted it. I also asked the general to send troops quickly to rescue our Jieshou. The virtues of heaven are unforgettable." General Lang kowtowed heavily.

"Of course, you have to save me, but how to save me still needs to be carefully considered!" Zhang Jia waved his hand: "I hope Peng Fang can hold on for a while in Zhongshoucheng."

"What does the General mean?"

"I had known for a long time that your commander would inevitably lose a lot of losses when he left, but with my strength, it was difficult to compete with a large number of Tubo cavalry, so I could only think of another way. Now, my cavalry has detoured the desert to attack Xishoujiang City. Once I took Xishoujiang City, the way back to Chinan in Delhi was cut off. At that time, it would be a good time for me to march."

General Guidelang opened his eyes wide, "But, I am afraid that Zhongshoujiang City will not last long?"

"What is this? There should be no shortage of food and grass in the city of Zhongshoujiang. Your general brought thousands of people into the city and guarded for ten days and half a month. Is there any problem?" Zhang Jia shouted, "Okay, you have worked hard all the way. Go down and get hurt and have a good rest."

Two guards came over, half supporting him, half forcing him to take the General Guidelang down.

"Zhang Xi." Zhang Jia thought for a moment, then turned to look at a general in the tent.

"The last one will be there."

"You lead your cavalry across the river. Once you find Tubo scouts, try to keep them as much as possible."

"yes!"

Zhang Xi turned around and wanted to go.

"Wait a minute!" Xu Ziyuan called Zhang Xi: "If you find someone fleeing on the road, tell them to escape to Shuozhou."

"I understand, Governor Xu!"
Chapter completed!