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Chapter 569 War Materials
Li Hongji and Li Hongmao were so surprised that they couldn't even speak, because they had never seen an army of tens of thousands go to attack a city, and then they came back before the wine was half full... What's going on? ?Is this the real leading troops to fight?
"Brother~Father asked us to come to the front line to learn how to lead troops to fight, is this just for learning?"

Li Hongji said with a gloomy expression, "Ying...ying...it shouldn't be. What the hell is Murong Yanchao doing? He's back so soon? Uncle suddenly came and doesn't want to fight, does he?"

The two brothers were puzzled, but they didn't dare to open the city gate, because they only saw the dust flying, but they didn't see the appearance of the general, and they didn't know what was going on.

Soon, Murong Yanchao, who took the lead, slowly came into everyone's eyes, and Li Hongji quickly ordered the city gate to be opened to welcome Murong Yanchao's triumphant return.Observing from a distance, the tens of thousands of people in the entire army exuded a breath of despair. A team was completely devoid of energy, and it didn't look like a team that went out and returned. Otherwise, they are deserters who have been defeated.

After entering the city, Li Hongji and Li Hongmao hurriedly pulled Murong Yanchao to the gate tower and asked them in detail.This matter is actually not complicated, that is, Zong Xin cast a spell to make the east wind blow, the sky fell heavily, and the soldiers were too cold to forcibly attack the city. There was nothing to say but to come back.

Li Hongji and Li Hongmao's first reaction was not to believe it, but Murong Yanchao might have misread it alone, but did all the more than 3 soldiers misread it?This is absolutely impossible.In other words... If Zong Xin could really cast spells to change the weather, then this problem would be serious. If someone with such spells defended the city, his father might not be able to attack the west city of Xuzhou even with his own troops.

Li Hongji took a deep breath and said, "King Yan, this food can be eaten indiscriminately, but you can't talk nonsense. Zong Xin really has such great ability?"

"Bullshit, if this kind of thing hadn't happened, how could I lead soldiers out and come back without even drawing my sword? Do you think it was my first day leading soldiers? Half of the territory of the Later Han Dynasty was fought by me with a sword. "Murong Yanchao said depressedly: "You two princes don't have to worry. I guess Ding Zongxin's strategy is to delay the attack. As long as there are enough supplies, clothing and armor, it won't take long for him to regain his strength and attack again."

"How much time will it take? The temperature in the south, we didn't prepare any clothes, and there is no need for winter clothes here, don't you know that?"

"I know... so now it all depends on the strength of the two princes. If we don't have enough clothes and armor, I'm afraid there is no need for Zong Xin to do it. We will be frozen to death in Xuzhou."

What Murong Yanchao said was right, Li Hongji felt a chill in his heart, the climate here is indeed too different, it is impossible for the south to be so cold, this should be the weather in the north.Zong Xin made such a fuss, and now it takes a long time to prepare the soldiers' winter clothes. The three people present may have them in their homes, but these soldiers are still wearing very thin clothes.

Li Hongji said: "I'm really afraid. If Zongxin used this trick a few months earlier in Xia Tian, ​​I'm afraid... Within two days, our entire army will be wiped out."

"I also thought of this just now, so this is fate and time. Even though Zong Xin has this astonishing thaumaturgy, it is fortunate that the winter soldiers have already added a lot of clothes. As long as they find winter clothes, they can wear them again." If soldiers are dispatched to the west city of Xuzhou, then Zong Xin will have nothing to do with us."

Li Hongji said: "It's also our fault for being careless. In fact, we have already received the news that Xuzhou bought the master's cotton coat. We originally thought that the cotton coat was to be used as a fire starter, but it turned out that our thinking was too simple. Zong Xin really had Prediction. But...how can we mortals think of such a thing, even if we know Zong Xin's plan, there is no way to predict his next move."

Murong Yanchao said: "You two princes, you didn't understand the situation at the time. Half of the more than 3 soldiers were scared to pee on the spot. How can we fight this battle? They are too afraid of Zong Xin. As long as Zong Xin is here... ...I'm afraid it won't be so easy to win. And... I also think that as long as Zong Xin is in the west city of Xuzhou, maybe our attack will be futile."

"That's right, our attack is futile." Li Hongji said: "Chai Rong is about to rush to the west city of Xuzhou with 8 horses. Including Xuzhou's original army, the number is not much different from ours. The other side is defending the city." , let’s attack the city, and in the case that the numbers are not much different, the strong attack will undoubtedly fail, you are also a veteran of the rivers and lakes, King Yan, so I don’t need to explain these things to you.”

In fact, Li Hongji didn't need to analyze at all. Everyone knew that Guo Wei sent all [-] troops to Xuzhou, so the strength of the two sides was not much different, and it was absolutely impossible to forcibly attack the city.Since Guo Wei has used up [-] troops in Xuzhou, there will be no reinforcements from Weizhou, so the main force should be in Weizhou.

At this time, the task of Murong Yanchao and Li Hongji is to occasionally attack tentatively to ensure that Xuzhou is unable to withdraw and go to Weizhou for reinforcements. As long as this is done, the next step is to wait, waiting for Weizhou to go all the way unimpeded, and directly attack Kaifeng. information.

Murong Yanchao nodded and said: "There is really no need to explain more. I have already contacted my elder brother Liu Chong to let him know that Guo Wei's [-] troops are all sent to Xuzhou. It is estimated that elder brother will get news soon, and he will definitely Attack Weizhou with all our strength, after all, it is on the border, Weizhou's army strength should be about [-], although it will take a little effort, but it is not a big problem, this time Guo Wei is dead."

Li Hongmao asked curiously: "Not really, how many troops does Liu Chong have? How will he invade Kaifeng then? I think this matter is a bit unclear. The Northern Han Dynasty is sparsely populated. It may not be easy to swallow Guo Wei in one go. Without our help Help, he won't win so easily. I think it's better to divide the troops..."

"No..." X2
Murong Yanchao and Li Hongji broke into a cold sweat when they were shocked by the two hundred and five remarks, and immediately stopped Li Hongmao from continuing.The reason is very simple. If the troops are divided, it will hit Guo Wei's arms, and Guo Wei may turn defeat into victory at that time.

Xuzhou's current task is to delay Guo Wei's [-] troops. This is not a small number. When Xuzhou is reached, there will be [-] troops. Guo Wei may not be defeated.

If Guo Wei wanted to be defeated, the only way to delay this army was to let the Northern Han army attack without hesitation. When the Northern Han Dynasty became flat, many people would take the initiative to follow suit and surrender automatically.This time their main task was to convey to Murong Yanchao the matter of 'supporting war with war, entering the city and slaughtering the city'. Li Hongmao didn't even know the reason why the army fought more and more.

Li Hongmao felt a little ashamed. How could such a thing happen?I finally came up with a good solution, but the two of them were against it, no problem... It’s not bad to allocate tens of thousands of troops to help the Later Han attack Weizhou. Anyway, it’s just to contain Guo Wei’s [-] troops, a little more or less. It doesn't matter.

However, just as Li Hongmao was about to speak, he realized that it seemed inappropriate to do so... After all, it is impossible to fight all the way to such a far away place.If you want to go around the whole big week, it's too time-consuming.Moreover, this journey will return from Xuzhou to Datang, then from the border of the Southern Han Dynasty to the Western Shu, and finally enter Tubo, from Tubo to the Northern Han Dynasty... It's too far away, maybe the soldiers who were sent out after the battle have not arrived yet The Northern Han Dynasty also said that it was not necessarily true.

Li Hongmao nodded and said: "It's really not good, this road is too far away. I can't pass through Da Zhou in a straight line. Sure enough, my attainments in military art are still very low, so my father sent us to study hard. Sure enough, I am very talented. People still need to study hard.”

Both Li Hongji and Murong Yanchao were thinking about the same question. Li Hongmao hadn't grasped the point at all. Even if he could directly reach the Northern Han Dynasty, he couldn't divide his troops.Guo Wei didn't have enough troops to resist the attacks of the Northern Han Dynasty and the Khitan. Even if he put together his troops, he was completely insufficient. What's more, the fighting quality of the troops he put together was too poor. It would take a long time to adapt and go directly to the battlefield. It's just giving away people's heads.

Li Hongji also knew about this younger brother, he just had no ability at all, his brain was not very good and he didn't like to study.Sometimes Li Hongji really wanted to throw this brother away, but he was his own after all, so what else could he do?The two brothers grew up together since they were young. The other brothers said it was not good, but Li Hongmao was definitely for himself. He would not compete with him for the throne. The main reason was that he did not have too much pursuit, which was also reassuring.

There is still a difference between brothers with the same father and mother and half brothers with the same father. There are too many reasons why Li Hongji doesn’t like Li Congjia. If Li Congjia is not blind, he will definitely compete with him for the throne. Doubtful, and he will definitely win... This is the most important thing.

Li Hongji also admitted that he was a little jealous, after all such an excellent brother was too much of a threat to him.After I ascended the throne, I should have much less grudges against him.

"Okay, don't think too much about it, the next thing is to prepare the clothes for the winter." Murong Yanchao said: "I am completely out of money, so I have to ask you two to find a way. Otherwise, our soldiers will Frozen to death in Xuzhou City."

Li Hongji said: "Don't worry, I will find someone to prepare the clothes and supplies for the winter, but I also have one condition. Although from the current situation it seems that our main task is to contain Xuzhou's troops, but you can't Slack, at least we will organize several tentative sieges, we will watch Zongxin from a distance, at least let us know how powerful Zongxin is, the so-called knowing the enemy is invincible, we need to know more about Zongxin's thinking. "

"Okay, as long as you are happy. And I didn't plan to wait here. As long as the time is right, I will definitely attack the city. The city wall of Xuzhou West City is very low, and the newly built city wall is not strong. As long as there is no Zong With the help of Xin, we will definitely be able to break through the West City, and then there will be no obstacles."

Li Hongji also nodded in relief. After all, the emperor asked them to learn how to fight this time. They can't stay in the city drinking and chatting all the time. They have to do something serious.He had never formally led a soldier, so he happened to learn a little from Murong Yanchao, so that he would not make this trip rashly.

(End of this chapter)