In the old Tang Palace in Nanyang, Sun Kewang sat in the center of the main seat, with two military advisors Xu Yixian and Pan Duao sitting at the lower seat. Next were Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, Ai Nengqi, three former adopted sons of Zhang Xianzhong, as well as Wang Shangli, Feng Shuangli and other generals. In addition to Wang Dingguo, Ma Yuanli and Liu Jinzhong who were leading troops outside, it can be said that all the main figures gathered here.

Sun Kewang looked excited and looked at Li Yan and said, "Young Master Li, what you said is true. King Lu Yan will go to Ningyuan soon?"

Li Yan stood in the middle of the main hall, next to Li Zicheng's adopted son Li Shuangxi. He smiled faintly and bowed, "It's true, if something is expected, he is already on the way to Liaodong at this time."

Li Zicheng has many generals under his command, Liu Zongmin, Li Guo, Liu Fangliang and others can stand alone, Tian Jianxiu, Gao Yigong, and Liu Tichun are also powerful generals who are good at fighting. These people can fight, and stationed in a place to train troops is also a good player, but in terms of maintaining stability and governing the people of one side, Li Yan can play much greater role than them.

In terms of trust, Li Zicheng obviously believed in the Shaanxi generals who had been through life and death with him, but he had to rely more on Li Yan. At first, it was him who proposed to defeat Nanyang with Sun Kewang, and then defend Luoyang, occupying a dangerous place with elite troops and continuously delaying time. After the training was completed, he sent troops eastward to seize the entire Central Plains. From now on, the entire plan went smoothly. In just a few months, he trained nearly 100,000 elite troops. Although his combat power could not be compared with the old camp, he was not sure how much he could get better than the situation when he first fought with the official army.

Later, when Lu Xiangsheng came to Henan, Li Zifeng thought he would suffer a storm. However, because of insufficient troops, Lu Xiangsheng spent a lot of time integrating his subordinates, making it impossible for him to attack Li Zicheng and Sun Kewang at the same time. For this reason, his attack targets have been focused on Sun Kewang's troops in Nanyang, and Li Zicheng has to deal with the two troops Fu Zonglong and Yang Wenyue. Compared with Lu Xiangsheng, the hungry wolf, these two people are like two old sheep. After several months, they have not even broken through the first line of defense they have deployed, which is simply incompetent.

After Lu Xiangsheng took office, he thought that his few troops would destroy Yuzhou, Xinye and other places, and pressed Sun Kewang to the surrounding areas of Nanyang Prefecture City. Sun Kewang was extremely angry when he saw Li Zicheng holding heavy troops without supporting him. He threatened that if Li Zicheng did not send reinforcements, he would give up Nanyang and lead his troops to Hanzhong, and then let him deal with Lu Xiangsheng by himself.

Wanluo is one, if Nanyang is in trouble, Luoyang will become an isolated city. At this time, Li Yan also saw Lu Xiangsheng's purpose. He wanted to attack Sun Kewang and provoke conflicts between the two peasant armies, so as to achieve the goal of defeating each. After hearing Li Yan's advice, Li Zicheng also realized the seriousness of the matter. Seeing that the soldiers he trained were basically completed, he sent Li Yan as a general, led Liu Tichun, Li Shuangxi to lead 10,000 new soldiers and two old battalions to Nanyang to appease Sun Kewang.

The foundation of the rebellion army led by Li Zicheng was the soldiers of the old Eighth Battalion he trained in Shangluo Mountain. Each battalion had 3,000 people, with a total of eight battalions. Not only were the first-class equipment among the peasant army, but the most powerful combat power was also the most important. The most important thing was that they were extremely loyal to Li Zicheng. This time he directly sent two of the battalions to Nanyang, and also let his adopted son Li Shuangxi lead him personally, which was enough to show his sincerity for Sun Kewang and his determination to station in Nanyang.

Xu Yixian had met Li Yan before. At that time, he came to meet Sun Kewang as an envoy and raised the question of how to divide it after the two sides captured Nanyang. Later, he came again and suggested that the King of Chuang was willing to give up the entire Nanyang. At that time, Zhang Xianzhong was not long after his death, and the army was in need of a breathing place, so Xu Yixian tried his best to promote this matter at that time. But later Lu Xiangsheng came to support military affairs. He first defeated the left fifth camp, then defeated Xiao Yuan camp, and attacked Nanyang with heavy troops, and continued to several places.

At that time, Xu Yixian gradually realized that Li Yan had deliberately dug a hole to jump. Nanyang's terrain was complex and easy to stick to, but compared to Luoyang, it was just an ordinary city. Lu Xiangsheng was familiar with military affairs and knew that compared to Li Zicheng, it was obvious that his own army was easier to break through. Therefore, he was just defending on the front line of Luoyang and formulated a plan to break Nanyang first and then attack Luoyang. After several months of his own army, he was defeated repeatedly, while Li Zicheng took the opportunity to grow and grow.

For a long time, the self-armed army was just a watchdog for Li Zicheng, and was still the kind of watchdog that was thankless to work. After seeing this clearly, he also found Li Zicheng's lifeline and threatened to give up Nanyang to force Li Zicheng to send reinforcements. Li Zicheng did send reinforcements, and suddenly brought 16,000 soldiers, including two old battalions.

This matter should have been happy, but Xu Yixian was not happy at all, just because Li Yan brought the news that Lu Xiangsheng was going to Liaodong. He even thought that Li Zicheng should have received this news long ago and sent troops here not to help, but to snatch territory. Because since they arrived, they knew that his enemy was about to leave without a fight. Such an opportunity was too coincidental.

Xu Yixian admired Li Yan and was both jealous, admired his talent and was jealous of his ability. He was curious why Li Yan could predict everything every time? Looking at Sun Kewang's excited look, he sighed silently. His master was still too young, and he was not inferior to the depth and thoughts of the eight kings in the past. He smiled faintly and looked at Li Yan and said, "Mr. Li, since King Lu Yan is going to Liaodong, the remaining generals are not afraid. We rely on ourselves to deal with everything. I wonder when Mr. Li will lead his troops back to Luoyang!"

Sun Kewang was stunned for a moment, and was about to speak, but Pan Duao shook his head gently. He swallowed and spitted, choosing to continue watching.

Li Yan smiled and said, "Mr. Xu, are you going to drive us away?"

Xu Yixian said tit-for-tat: "Mr. Li led his troops to support him. Since we are enough to deal with everything, of course there is no need to bother Mr. Li anymore."

Li Shuangxi said angrily: "Mr. Xu, although King Lu Yan will go to Liaodong, the news we have received is that he only brought three thousand personal soldiers to the place, and the remaining army is still around Nanyang. We are here to help you on the order of the father and commander, and there is no other malice. You are now treating us as thieves. What is the intention?"
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