"I failed to protect the envoy. Commander Xu, please rest assured. Before the envoy appointed by the imperial court arrives, I will do my best to protect Nanjun City." Li Jun assured him hurriedly.
Xu Meng looked at Li Jun with an indistinguishable expression: "Both the county lieutenant and Lu Shijun were assassinated for Jun's daughter, and Jun's daughter also pulled out the spies who were staying in Zhijiang City. This is to cut off my contact with the general. So.
The general is isolated and helpless, and the distant water cannot save the nearby fire. The war ahead may not be optimistic.
I want to lead troops from Jiangling County, sneak attack Jiang'an County at night, and approach the gate of Nanping County, thinking that the general will relieve the siege. What do the county officials think?"
"Commander, please forgive me. The people of a certain small town are fortunate enough to be appointed as Nanjuncheng County Lieutenants. It is really their luck that they were promoted by Governor Lu. I really don't know anything about marching. Although the commander-in-chief has generals who are fighting in the south and the north, they are full of wisdom and tricks. I think they must be the superiors."
The best strategy." Li Jun looked ashamed, but he also showed a hint of wanting to speak but hesitated.
Xu Meng's eyes became more and more unpredictable: "If the Lieutenant has something to say, it's okay to say it. Although I have fought with the general a lot, sometimes it is inevitable that a leaf will blind my eyesight. Maybe the Lieutenant's words can enlighten me."
Li Jun still struggled for a moment before saying: "Commander Xu has a big belly, let me be so arrogant. If what I said is inappropriate, I hope Commander Xu will forgive me."
"Speaking."
Li Jun thought for a moment, seemed to have weighed his words, and then spoke carefully: "The Jun family is very scheming. Now that I think about it, since the general was poisoned, he has fallen into her scheme step by step. With her mind, she has cut off the relationship between the general and the general.
I contacted the commander, and I may not have guessed that the commander is so anxious at this moment that he will find another way to send troops from Jiangling to relieve the general's urgent need."
Xu Meng listened carefully and nodded in response.
Seemingly inspired, Li Jun continued: "You need to be more careful when leading this."
He stopped short of what he said. As for suggesting Xu Meng divide his troops into two groups or several groups, if he said it too clearly, it would be easy to do bad things.
To deal with a suspicious person like Xu Meng, you have to say something to let Xu Meng know that he is thinking about Guan Longjun and his heart is still towards Zhou Guang. At the same time, you have to behave less thoughtfully, at least not more thoughtfully than Xu Meng.
Xu Meng asked some more questions, but Li Jun had nothing useful to say and left in a hurry.
Originally, he planned to divide his troops into two groups and lead 7,000 men out of Jiangling to attack Jiang'an and approach Nanping County.
Now after listening to Li Junzhi's words, he changed his mind. He took five thousand people and another five thousand people to Zhijiang City to borrow a road. If there was a conflict with Jun Ci, five thousand people would not be easy for Jun Ci to take.
Down.
As for himself, he would be extremely cautious without Li Jun reminding him, and he had to take the risk on this road.
When Xu Meng led Guan Long's army out of Jiangling County and headed straight for Jiang'an County, the battle in Songzi City brought both sides into a moment of anxiety.
Liu Zong led 30,000 people to attack Songzi City for three days. For three days, Zhou Guang relied on his unique ability to mobilize troops and generals to defend Songzi City.
"General, the food in the city can only keep us for two more days." The soldiers beside Zhou Guang, whose faces were covered in dust and glowing with blood, came to report.
When Jun Ci abandoned the city suddenly, she naturally had no time to take away the original food and grass in Songzi City, and she would not take it away if she had time.
Zhou Guang sent people to search from house to house again, and the people in the city had already fled. Only by collecting these grains could they last for so long.
"We don't have it, and they may not have it either!" Zhou Guang sneered.
This place is far away from Nanping County. Liu Zong has already sent people to escort the grain and grass once. How much grain and grass supply does Nanping County have?
They were in civil strife in the Northern Dynasty, but could the Southern Dynasty be united?
Liu Zong was unable to attack for a long time, so no one in the Southern Dynasty complained?
What's more, he has already sent a message to Yuan Duo. As long as Yuan Duo operates properly, Liu Zong will definitely withdraw his troops!
As Zhou Guang expected, someone on Liu Zong's side was causing trouble and he was faced with the dilemma of insufficient food and grass supply.
"Master Marquis, our food and grass can only supply the entire army for two more days at most."
After three days of fighting, Zhou Guang still had more than 2,000 men left, while the Southern Dynasty army still had more than 25,000 men. Their consumption was much higher than Zhou Guang's.
"Nanping County has not adjusted the grain?" Liu Zong looked very embarrassed.
"Master Marquis, this is the letter handed to Master Marquis by the governor of Nanping County."
Liu Zong pulled it, opened it, took it out, and threw it away all at once. The paper made a rattling sound, which showed his anger.
All the evasive words in the letter made the veins on his forehead jump.
"Master Marquis, why don't you withdraw the troops?" Song Po, who had been held captive by Liu Zong, said, "The general will look at the character of Jun's daughter. If she doesn't deal with Zhou Guang, she will refuse reinforcements, but she may not refuse reinforcements of food and grass. And we...
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The answer is self-evident, they are about to face the dilemma of running out of ammunition and food.
"Commander Song spoke highly of the enemy commander." Liu Zong said in a strange tone.
Song Po didn't think much about it and just assumed that Liu Zong was unhappy. He thought of the conversation with Jun Ci that day and couldn't help guessing: "Master Hou, Zhou Guang has 20,000 Long Army soldiers, and there are more than 10,000 people. Ruo Mo
As expected, the general should retreat to Nanjun City. The closest route to Nanjun City is not along Zhijiang City, but out of Jiangling County... then you can go straight to Nanping County, so you have to guard against it."
He wanted to go to Jiang'an County to guard him in person, but Liu Zong refused to let him go.
"What Commander Song said is not unreasonable. If it is true, it is not a bad thing." Liu Zong was eager for the Guanlong Army to arrive at the gate of Nanping County. There are still 30,000 people in Nanping County. How many Guanlong Army can there be?
Ten thousand people?
Is it possible to successfully siege the city?
When Nanping County is also attacked, it will naturally come to beg him obediently!
"Master Hou, the people of Jiang'an County are innocent..." Song Po guessed Liu Zong's thoughts, but he did not agree.
"To achieve great things, don't stick to trivial matters." Liu Zong didn't care about the life and death of the people in a small county. "If the Guanlong Army can be completely annihilated, it will severely damage the spirit of the Northern Dynasty!"
"Master Marquis, Jun's daughter is guarding Yidu City and is watching eagerly. I'm afraid she is just waiting for us to lose both sides so that she can reap the benefits!" Song Po couldn't help but advise.
"Does the commander-in-chief of the Song Dynasty think that the 10,000-strong Guanlong Army can perish together with my 50,000 soldiers and horses?" Liu Zong didn't believe it.
Even if he used 20,000 troops to destroy Guan Long's army, and there were still 30,000 troops left, if Jun Ci took advantage of the opportunity to send troops, he would take advantage of the victory to pursue the victory, destroy both armies of the Northern Dynasty in one fell swoop, capture Yidu and even Nanjun City, and return the entire Hedong County to the territory of the Southern Dynasty.
!
"General, Jun's daughter..."
"Okay, Commander Song." Liu Zong was impatient to listen to his fear of Jun Ci, so as not to make his officers afraid of Jun Ci. "Commander Song is worried about the country and the people. Tomorrow, Song will attack the city.
The commander leads the troops."
Song Po looked at Liu Zong's retreating figure and wished he could just ride back to Nanping County regardless.
However, his position was lower than that of Liu Zong, and it was Liu Zong who redeemed him. If he really ran away, Liu Zong was afraid that he would execute them as deserters.
He looked at the map and became more and more worried about Jiang'an County.
Sure enough, that night, news of the fall of Jiang'an County came.