Li Xun said in confusion: "How could Gao Shancai fight so easily?"

Gao You said: "There is an inner responder, and the inner responder opened the city gate. Gao Shancai did not encounter any resistance and directly entered the city. Li Congshan was unprepared and eventually suffered a great defeat."

Li Xun wanted to ask again, but Kou Xiong said impatiently: "Gao Shancai has achieved success. We should send troops immediately to eliminate Li Congshan in one fell swoop, and then lead the army northward to completely eliminate Li Conggu."

Li Xun looked at Yan Yi and Zhang Jin, and their faces were full of excitement and excitement at this moment.

Seeing this, Li Xun sighed and finally issued an order: "Gather the army and send troops."

That night, ninety thousand troops were assembled.

Li Xun originally wanted to leave 20,000 people to defend the city, and only sent 70,000 troops, but was strongly opposed by Kou Xiong, including Yan Yi, and felt that it was unnecessary. In their opinion, Li Congshan had been defeated and Zhaozhou fell. The lowest result of this time was to capture the five states including Zhaozhou. If there was a chance, he would even directly destroy Li Conggu in Weizhou. In this way, what's the point of leaving 20,000 people to guard Mingzhou?

Only by concentrating the greatest strength can we obtain the greatest results.

Li Xun stood on the city wall and watched silently as the army slowly left the city.

Ninety thousand troops gathered in Mingzhou, sixty thousand were stationed outside the city, and thirty thousand were inside the city.

The 60,000 troops outside the city have been assembled, while the 30,000 troops in the city will take a certain amount of time from assembled to leaving the city.

"Boss, it's almost done, let's go out of the city, too."

Jiang Daxiong came to the front and whispered.

"No hurry."

Li Xun said to Qi Dafu beside him: "Go and tell Cao Guoan and let him concentrate all his weapons, equipment and food and grass to store them together. Once the situation changes...it will destroy them all for me and don't leave them for the enemy."

"Yes, sir."

Qi Dafu responded and turned around and left.

Under Li Xun's insistence, five thousand soldiers were left to guard the city, and Cao Guoan was responsible.

"Boss, don't you say you can win this time? What's the need for you to do this?"

Jiang Daxiong asked in confusion.

Li Xun shook his head and said in a low voice: "There is nothing in this world that can be affirmed."

Of course, Li Xun did this not because he thought he would lose this battle, but because he was just out of precaution. If he was really defeated, Cao Guoan would have enough time to burn all his weapons, equipment and food and grass, and would not leave it to the enemy.

Afterwards, Li Xun got off the city wall and headed to the front of the army, where Kou Xiong and others were waiting.

"Li Xiangguo, I think you should stay in the city. Just leave these rough work to us."

Kou Xiong felt more comfortable when Li Xun was not here.

Li Xun said indifferently: "I have been leading troops for a long time than the prime minister, so General Kou doesn't need to question my ability."

"I naturally dare not question Li Xiangguo's ability."

Kou Xiong flattered him, Li Xun saved his life during the Battle of Lingnan, and this little face must be given.

At this time, the Malaysian newspaper reported to the latest news from Chouzhou.

After Li Congshan from Zhaozhou was defeated, the news came back to Chouzhou. Wu Chuang immediately assembled his army and led 30,000 people to Anping County for support, leaving 10,000 people, led by Yang Shan to guard the city.

Hearing this news, Kou Xiong immediately said loudly: "Don't worry about Chouzhou, kill Anping County immediately and catch Li Congshan and others in one go."

Li Xun vetoed: "First beat Yang Dan and take down Chouzhou."

Kou Xiong said with great dissatisfaction: "There are only ten thousand people in Chouzhou, what do you care about? If you do this, you will be a waste of time and a missed opportunity!"

Li Xun said in a deep voice: "Although Li Congshan was defeated, he was defeated but not defeated. The number of troops in his hands is still very considerable. At this time, Li Congshan occupied Anping County and defended the city. There were 30,000 Wu Chuang's 30,000 troops to support him. The two of them joined forces and their strength was still not to be underestimated. Even if we go, it would be difficult for us to break through Anping County in a short time. In this way, Li Conggu, Weizhou, will have continuous energy and send troops to support him. Once such a situation is formed, we will not be able to eat Li Congshan in one bite."

Yan Yi said: "Do you want to conquer Chouzhou, then further capture Pingzhou, and completely cut off Li Congshan's retreat?"

“That’s exactly that.”

Li Xun nodded and said, "Chouzhou has 10,000 defenders, even fewer defenders in Pingzhou, only three thousand, and we have 85,000 troops. At most two days, we can take down Chouzhou and Pingzhou one after another. At that time, we can block Li Congshan's retreat, and threaten Li Conggu, Weizhou. The dominance of the entire battlefield will be in our hands."

After hearing Li Xun's words, Yan Yi and Zhang Jin both nodded in support, and this plan was indeed better.

Kou Xiong frowned and said, "Is it necessary to be so troublesome?"

Li Xun said softly: "Kou Xiong, Li Conggu is our enemy, and Gao Shancai and Chen Qingzhu are indeed not our friends. They kill each other and consume their own strengths. It is the most beneficial to us in the overall situation."

Yan Yi said to Kou Xiong: "What Li Xun said makes sense, so don't sing the opposite tune."

Although Kou Xiong was a little dissatisfied, he finally agreed to Li Xun's plan and did not say much.

Afterwards, Li Xun asked Gaoyou to send someone to Anping County to inform him of the situation and let Gao Shancai and Chen Qingzhu act according to the opportunity. If they can successfully conquer Anping County and eliminate Li Congshan in one fell swoop, it would be the best. If they can't do it, then trap him. The two sides temporarily stalemate. When they successfully take Pingzhou and break off Li Congshan's connection with Weizhou, they will immediately send troops and kill Anping County from behind. The two sides attack each other forward and behind to eliminate Li Congshan. This is safer and easier.

Four hours later, Li Xun led his army to the city of Chouzhou.

Yan Yi said: "Stay for an hour and then launch an attack."

Li Xun and others agreed.

Kou Xiong asked for a fight and said, "Leave this headline to me to fight!"

Yan Yi smiled and said, "No one snatched you."

An hour later, the sky was already bright, and the soldiers had a full meal, and their mental and physical strength had been greatly restored.

Subsequently, Kou Xiong led 20,000 troops from his headquarters to launch a fierce attack on Chouzhou.

The resistance of the Chouzhou defenders was very tenacious. After half an hour, Kou Xiong did not capture the city.

Li Xun said to Zhang Jin and Yan Yi: "You each lead 20,000 soldiers to launch an attack from left and right, and take down the city as soon as possible."

Yan Yi and Zhang Jin nodded, then counted the troops and led the troops to fight.

Half an hour later, the opponent was outnumbered. The city's defense was broken, and Yang Shan led 5,000 troops to abandon the city and fled.

"Sir, Chouzhou has been taken down."

Qi Dafu said happily.
Chapter completed!