?After resting for a night, Li Xun said goodbye to Liu Zhigu and set off to leave.

Zhao Feidu led five thousand soldiers and horses and walked with Li Xun. It was obvious that Zhao Feidu was very reluctant to Liu Zhigu asking him to lead the army to Shanzhou to defend the city, but there was no way. Xu Chengliang was the governor of Longyou South Road.

The envoy could not command him. He could also disobey Wang Renzhi's orders, but Zhao Feidu did not dare to disobey Liu Zhigu's orders. If Liu Zhigu was sitting behind Liangzhou, he might be able to make some small moves, but now

Liu Zhigu, as the prime minister, was also the observer of Longyou Road, supervising the army, and was on the front line. Zhao Feidu would not dare to disobey his orders no matter what, because Liu Zhigu had an opportunity for him.

The right to dispose, disobeying orders on the battlefield, and losing an official position are all minor. Even if you kill yourself, your death will be in vain.

Tubo did not besiege Shanzhou City. They could not win a battle and lost thousands of soldiers and less than 10,000 troops. Although there were only about 2,000 defenders left in the city, there were still people defending the city together. The Tubo general was obviously a wise man.

The people knew that with their small number of troops, it would be difficult to attack the city by force, so they retreated ten miles to monitor Shanzhou City and wait for the arrival of the follow-up army.

Li Xun and others took a detour to say goodbye to Zhao Feidu, thirty miles away behind the city of Zanzhou.

"Brother Zhao, you and I have just said goodbye. I think it won't be long before you and I can see each other again."

Li Xun bowed his hands and said goodbye.

Zhao Feidu took Li Xun's hand and said, "Brother Li, you must come quickly. I don't have many soldiers here, so I'm afraid I won't be able to defend Shanzhou City. It doesn't matter if I die, but I'm afraid that the whole Longyou city will be destroyed."

The overall situation is that once Shanzhou is lost, the entire Longyou will be cut off from the middle. At that time, Tubo can drive straight into the west. There are only 10,000 troops left in the entire Longyou North Road, which cannot be resisted at all.

In this case, Brother Li, you will be in danger."

Li Xun squinted and said with a smile: "The elite troops from Anbei will come to support soon. The situation in Longyou is still very stable. Brother Feidu, don't worry too much."

Zhao Feidu sighed: "Although I say that, the follow-up Tibetan army is about to arrive. The garrison of Shanzhou City is less than 10,000. If the Tibetan army attacks the city with all its strength, my place will be in danger, so Brother Li, you must lead it as soon as possible."

Reinforcements come to help me, even if it means helping me as a brother, I will repay you heavily in the future."

"You and I, brothers, are just talking about this. Besides, I have already issued a military order to Xiang Liu. Within five days, I will definitely lead the army here. Brother Feidu, don't worry."

The two talked for a while, then Zhao Feidu led the army and left.

Watching Zhao Feidu and others leave, Sima Tu came to Li Xun and whispered: "Master, this is a villain!"

"Who says it isn't!"

Li Xun sneered and said: "When I first went to the battlefield, in the Jiangnan battle, this man ran away without fighting and only cared about himself. He almost harmed the entire army. Today he threatened me again. All these things, he Zhao

If Fei Du can't be considered a villain, I'm afraid there won't be any villains in this world."

"You have to be careful when dealing with people like this."

Li Xun waved his hand: "I won't talk anymore. I feel sick when I mention this person."

After saying that, Li Xun turned around and waved his hand: "Let's continue on our way."

At dusk that day, everyone entered Minzhou and arrived at Xiaogu County.

Although the sky is getting dark, there are thousands of people around Xiaogu County, working there to heighten and strengthen the city wall. Once Zhao Feidu's side falls, this place will become the first line of resistance against the Tibetan army.

Therefore, Wang Renzhi deployed five thousand soldiers here.

As soon as we arrived at the gate of Xiaogu County, a group of cavalry came galloping over.

"Boss Li, I've been waiting for you for a long time."

Before anyone arrived, Li Xiao's laughter came out first.

"How did you know I was coming?"

Li Xun also laughed loudly, turned over and dismounted, and strode forward. Li Xiao dismounted and rushed over. The two hugged each other, looked at each other, and both raised their heads and laughed.

"I haven't even entered the city yet, and you just came looking for me. It's not such a coincidence."

"There has been a war over in Langzhou. During the war, I acted as a scout to prevent unexpected events. An hour ago, someone reported your whereabouts. I was originally planning to go out to meet you, but there are too many things going on here.

, I really can’t get away, so I can only wait for you here, Boss Li, you can’t see me outside.”

Li Xun punched Li Xiao and said with a smile: "What are you talking about? How can I, Li Xun, be so narrow-minded?"

While the two were talking, the carriage approached, the curtains opened, and You Min looked outside. She just heard Li Xun's laughter.

When Li Xiao saw You Min, he quickly bowed his hands and said, "I have met my sister-in-law."

You Min nodded, said a few polite words, and then lowered the curtains.

Li Xiao poked Li Xun with his arm and said in a low voice: "Brother Li, you are very happy over there in Wuzhou. Now that my sister-in-law is here, don't capsize the boat."

Li Xun coughed twice, glanced at the carriage, and then gave him a sharp look: "I'm very tired after a long day's journey, so I'll stay here for the night. This is your territory, it's up to you."

Li Xiao chuckled and said, "Of course, I have made arrangements, come with me."

Afterwards, everyone entered the city.

Li Xun took Li Xiao and asked him many things. After all, after being away for so long, many changes must have taken place.

Sure enough, this question really surprised Li Xun.

Due to the suppression and restrictions of the imperial court, the three states of Longyou West Road can only have a maximum of 20,000 troops. But who among those who lead troops in war would dislike having too many troops?

Li Xun was no exception, so at Fan Zhongyun's suggestion, Li Xun recruited young men and women in the name of farming in the three states of Longyou West Road and recorded them in the books. During the slack time, they gathered together and put out weapons and equipment.

He added more training, and because he was in charge of food and had money to earn, he received a positive response from the people. Therefore, Li Xun's half-peasant and half-soldier system was carried out very smoothly in the three states of Longyou West Road.

But now, I learned from Li Xiao that Wang Renzhi actually learned from him and started doing this in Suzhou. Since last year, it has been more than a year now, and he has trained three batches of nearly 10,000 people. The scale is more than

Li Xun's side is much smaller. There is no way. Wang Renzhi's level of trust in Zhao Zhi's heart is naturally far lower than that of Li Xun. He can learn from Li Xun's tricks and still submit letters several times, plus the previous close call.

After the bandits broke into the city, Zhao Zhi agreed, but he was not as free as Li Xun. Zhao Zhi set many restrictions on Wang Renzhi.

When the Tibetan army invaded, Wang Renzhi sent 5,000 soldiers to garrison Xiaogu County, and at the same time he gathered the people who had been trained in the previous period, gave them weapons, and armed them in case of any trouble.

After dinner in the evening, when Li Xiao said goodbye and left, he was a little unhappy: "Boss Li, what's going on? Is the food not to your liking or something, so you drank a little bit of wine."
Chapter completed!