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The war had been stalemate for a month, not only Ling Xun was anxious, but several generals under him were also in a hurry, so aggrieved that their mouths were bubbling.

"Young General, this siege is not an option! Luoyang City has enough food and grass, and the art of war has its own words. Only ten times the force can encircle a city. We attack from a long distance, and hundreds of thousands of troops are delayed here. I don't know how much it will cost every day. Food, and if we wait like this for nothing, I’m afraid that the morale of the army will be lost after a long time.”

"Yeah, if it's another ten and a half months, I'm afraid they won't be the ones who are afraid of fighting."

"That's why we just made up our minds. It's better to give up Luoyang, take Huayang Road instead, take Rongcheng, and cut off their food road first!"

Ling Xun listened to his generals discussing enthusiastically without saying a word, but only looked down at the sand table on the table.

Rongcheng is definitely not good. Since it is the granary of Luoyang, Mu Jiu will definitely not underestimate it. The defense there is probably more indestructible than Luoyang.Several of the generals in Ling Xun's tent did not make a living, especially Liu Shuo, who was the old number one person who followed General Zhennan back then, so he quickly guessed Ling Xun's worries.

"The general is worried that Rongcheng will be difficult to attack?"

Ling Xun took a deep breath, and kept his eyes on the sand table, "Since I can see it, it is not difficult for the generals to see it. Why did you propose to change the route to Huayang?"

"Major General, we knew you would be worried about this, so before we came to discuss with you, we sent spies to check. There were less than [-] defenders in Rongcheng, and only a dozen or so formation masters guarded the city. Although there are troops stationed there, as long as you give me a thousand elite cavalry, the road will be cleared for you in less than two hours!"

Ling Xun frowned, "Are you sure? There are less than [-] defenders in Rongcheng?"

How is this possible... that is the granary!

Liu Shuo said: "Major General, although Tanlang has entered the Central Plains, the number of Tanlang's soldiers and horses is there after all, and they are divided into various places to garrison. In fact, the number of troops is seriously insufficient. It is only relying on mysteries to confuse us. The more important the military fortress is, the more important it is. On the contrary, the defense is not sufficient, and some seemingly ordinary passes are deployed with heavy troops, which often catches us off guard and suffers a dark loss. Since the Greedy Wolf King is used to this trick, Anzhi will not set up fog in Rongcheng? Maybe He is sure that we see Rongcheng as an important granary town and dare not attack easily, so he withdrew his troops."

Ling Xun knew that what Liu Shuo said was very reasonable, but he didn't know why, he just felt that something was not safe, and his heart was always at a loss.

"Bring me the Kanyu map and show it to me."

The guards immediately sent over the map of Luoyang area. Ling Xun glanced at it, but waved his hand and said, "It's not this, I want the map of Kyushu."

The generals in the tent didn’t understand this juncture. Ling Xun looked at what the Kyushu Kanyu map was doing, and seeing the young general so vacillating, he sighed in his heart. Gu Yong.

The personal guard changed the map of Kyushu, Ling Xun unfolded it, and looked at it carefully again. Today, half of Daxia's territory is centered on Jingzhou, and the east is guarded by the Yuan family. The situation has been relatively stable. The battle of Zihengwu After that, the Great Xia Army went north and recovered Yuzhou and Xuzhou one after another.To the west of Jingzhou is Yizhou. Since Chen Bing's rebellion, it has been divided and ruled by many formation master leaders. Because the power is evenly distributed, no one dominates, so it is nominally subordinate to the imperial court.The southernmost Jiaozhou is just a barren land where snakes and rats are rampant, and has never been taken seriously.

Ling Xun looked at the spheres of influence of Daxia and Tanlang marked on the Kanyu map. He was already familiar with these in his heart, but looking at them today, Ling Xun always felt that something was neglected by him.

"Wait another three days, if there is still no turning point, then discuss the matter of attacking Rongcheng." Finally, Ling Xun made a final decision.

The generals all had sad expressions on their faces. They wanted to say something more, but Ling Xun ordered them to leave, so they could only leave with a beating of their chests. If it wasn't for the old general's face, he vowed to assist the young general. He disobeyed the general's order and rushed out with his troops regardless.

It was night, and Ling Xun was sleeping in the military tent with his clothes on, but the map of Kyushu that he saw during the day kept appearing in his mind, and sometimes interspersed with Mu Jiu's gentle and smiling face, almost like a demon, until the end Kyushu Kanyu Map was completely defeated by Mu Jiu, completely occupying Ling Xun's brain.

"You bastard!" Ling Xun cursed angrily, wishing he could reach into his head and dig out the remaining voice and appearance of that person.This time he couldn't sleep anymore, so he simply lit the lamp and got up, and shook out the map of Kyushu on the case, trying to find out what made him feel uneasy.

With flickering dim candles, the map dancing in the shadows seems to be different from the daytime. In order to make it easier to see, the soldiers who drew the pictures specially marked the garrisons of Tanlang and Daxia with pen and ink in different colors, representing Tanlang's is written in black ink, while Daxia's is marked with red cinnabar.As a result, black and red intersected intricately on the map, as if two armies were facing each other.

At first Ling Xun just looked at it aimlessly out of boredom, but at a glance, his body suddenly stiffened, his breathing became short of breath, he hurriedly held the candle closer, and then carefully looked at the picture, his mind was buzzing. One sound.

"Come here..." His voice became hoarse, and he yelled, but no one heard him, so he could only stabilize his mind a little, and yelled again at a higher volume.

The guards guarding outside hurried in, seeing Ling Xun's face startled, "What orders does the general have?"

"Order to go down, immediately rectify the three armies, pull out the camp and retreat, there must be no mistakes!"

During the march, especially during the few days of the siege, none of the three armies could sleep soundly. Liu Shuo and others rushed into Ling Xun's big tent as soon as they heard the news.

"Major General, why are you doing so well and want to retreat?"

Ling Xun shook his head, "There is no time to explain, within three days, the army must rush to Xiangyangkou!"

Liu Shuo's face changed when he heard that, "Xiangyangkou? That's not it, isn't that going to cross the Han River..."

"It is to return to Jingzhou by boat from the Han River."

Back to Jingzhou?Did the major general sleep stupidly all night?It took them nearly two months to finally push the Greedy Wolf Army back to the north of Luoyang. Seeing that the situation is looking good, how can they just retreat?Wouldn't it be a waste of all previous efforts? !

Even Liu Shuo, who had always been obedient to Ling Xun's words, couldn't help but frowned, "Young General, I'm afraid that if you withdraw your troops so hastily, you won't be able to explain to the Holy One when you go back, right? How can you be worthy of your dead brother?"

Ling Xun turned cold, "Who is the general here? Do you want to disobey the military order?"

The generals fell silent, but judging by their expressions, they were naturally dissatisfied.

Ling Xun said again: "Don't worry, everyone, I will bear the consequences of this retreat alone. If after returning to Jingzhou, I find that the military order has been wrong, I will voluntarily apologize to the three armies with my head!"

Seeing Ling Xun's firm attitude, the generals knew that they had no other choice, so they had no choice but to take the order and go away angrily. They organized the army to pull out the camp that night and left Luoyang completely before dawn.

In the light of dawn, Ling Xun reined in his horse and looked back at Luoyang City in the team. He gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, Mu Huaifeng, you played around Wei and rescued Zhao with one hand. We will settle this account in the future!"

The Great Xia Army retreated and broke the siege of Luoyang City. Not only the Xia Army, but even the Tanlang side, few people understood why this Major General Ling would withdraw his troops, and would give up the city that had been hard-won for several months. All the troops withdrew back to Xiangyang City, and sailed southward by boat on the Han River, as if burning their buttocks, rushing to Jingzhou's old nest day and night.

Until three days later, the news of Yizhou's rebellion spread throughout Kyushu. A leader of formation masters who usually does not show their mountains and dews, somehow suddenly became capable, and unexpectedly unified them quietly during Ling Xun's Northern Expedition. All the counties in Yizhou led their troops out of Shu at one stroke, and with the array of mages as the vanguard, they captured dozens of cities in one day. The soldiers came to the city of Hengwu and threatened to rescue the emperor.

When Ling Xun received the news, the army had just arrived in Xiangyang, but Hengwu City was already in jeopardy.Those generals who had spoken harshly to Ling Xun before were all too ashamed to lift their heads at the moment, knowing that if Ling Xun hadn't ordered the withdrawal in time, they would not be able to conquer Luoyang, even Jingzhou would not be able to keep it.

If the emperor made a mistake, the temporary companions would be taken care of, so why would they have the face to call themselves the Great Xia Army?

But who would have thought that those ineffective formation masters in Yizhou would suddenly make such a big commotion?

The intelligence officer who came from Jingzhou reported the military situation, Ling Xun asked again: "Who is the formation master who ruled Yizhou?"

The intelligence officer said: "It is Qin Fei, the former governor of Guanghan County."

Qin Fei?This person Ling Xun has a bit of an impression. When he led the army to Yizhou to check the tax household registration, he also saw this person named Qin Fei. If he could only use one word to describe it, it cannot be summed up by the word "stupid bag". I clearly remember the exquisite scene of Qin Junshou shaking his three-fingered fat belly and dancing with the dancer at the reception banquet.

Could it be that this person is a ruthless character pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger?

It's not like...

Ling Xun really didn't want to believe that he was wrong.

Just when he couldn't figure it out, he heard the intelligence officer say again: "Reporting to the young general, I heard that three months ago, Qin Fei recruited a counselor. I heard that the name is Mr. Fuyao. I don't know that Yizhou has changed this time. Is it related to Mr. Fuyao?"

Soaring?

Where did this come from again?

Ling Xun vaguely felt that this person's origin was not simple, so he told Liu Shuo to lead the three armies to return to Jingzhou with all his strength, but he himself rushed back to Hengwu City with the help of formation techniques.