While Yan Xing and Xi Zhicai were talking on the city, a rapid sound of footsteps came from the city wall classes beside them.

Xi Zhicai listened and smiled slightly.

"It must be the military newspaper in the east!"

Shortly after Xi Zhicai's words fell, Zhou Liang's figure as he climbed up the city wall panting and emerged from the class.

"The lieutenant, the military newspaper from the east, General Niu Zhonglang defeated Li Su in Shan County, and the Bingzhou soldiers who were conquering the expedition have retreated!"

Zhou Liang's words were hard to suppress his excitement. He was also at the core of Yan Xing's Western Liang army. Naturally, he knew that Yan Xing's Western Liang army now seemed to have recovered the northeastern border of Hedong and had a strong reputation, but in fact, due to the Chang'an Incident, he had already fallen into an embarrassing situation where there was a Chang'an court in front and a Hedong County Government behind.

Now, the Bingzhou troops of the Cavalry Commander Li Su have been defeated by Niu Fu from Shan County. Affected by this, the originally dilemma situation has been instantly activated.

The more powerful the Xiliang army in Shan County is, the more pressure it will be helped by Yan Xing, the Xiliang army in Hedong, share more pressure from the Chang'an court.

Even in order to weaken the momentum of the Xiliang army in Shan County, the Chang'an court turned to win over the Xiliang army in Hedong.

In Zhou Liang's view, this is a great situation. You can contact any party in Chang'an and Shan County, and retreat can consolidate the northeastern border of the river and observe the struggle between the two sides.

He suggested to Yan Xing with some excitement:

"Captain, do we immediately send an envoy to contact the people from Chang'an or Shan County?"

"No hurry, we need to wait and see for a while."

Unexpectedly, Yan Xing shook his head.

Zhou Liang suddenly felt a little anxious. In his opinion, taking advantage of the defeat of the Bingzhou soldiers, their troops in Hedong would become the target of active struggle between the two sides. If they missed the opportunity, when Chang'an and Shaanxi County really decided the victory or defeat, their troops would once again fall into a dilemma of being attacked from both sides.

"Captain, if you want to break, you will break. Please think twice!"

Zhou Liang persuaded anxiously, and at the same time looked at Xi Zhicai. Xi Zhicai usually claims to be Yan Xing's think tank, and he is involved in Yan Xing's military and political planning. Why did he not say anything when facing Yan Xing's hesitation today?

In fact, Xi Zhicai originally supported Zhou Liang's approach of seizing the opportunity and resolving the dilemma, but Yan Xing's calm and steady performance at the moment, and after he had just pacified the northeastern border of the Hebei region, Yan Xing decisively sent troops to seize the Pi city, the big city in the northeastern border of the Hebei region, and seized the initiative for his next series of actions, which made Xi Zhicai choose to remain silent for a while.

He also wanted to hear what Yan Xing was waiting for.

The city wall fell into a brief silence for a moment. Zhou Liang, who was impatient in his heart, Xi Zhicai who was observing secretly, and Yan Xing, who was silent, stood on the city wall, all of whom had some thoughts about the current situation.

"I am not unaware of the current great opportunity, but I am going to make a decision in Chang'an and Shan County. In my opinion, I am still a little anxious. Yuan Shan may want to persuade me to take the opportunity to submit to the court and consolidate the northern border, but the situation has changed over the past few months, so who knows that the situation has reversed not recently."

Zhou Liang said for a moment that although the cavalry commander Li Su was defeated, this was not the full strength of the Chang'an court. Wang Yun is now in power in the Chang'an court, and there are also famous generals such as Huangfu Song and Lu Bu as the auxiliary, and his strength is extraordinary.

On the other hand, although Niu Fu's troops repelled Li Su, the Western Liang army in Chang'an had collapsed. The troops of Li and Guo and other captains who were conquering Guandong were far away in the Central Plains counties. No matter how you look at it, they are in a situation of weak power.

At this time, we should take advantage of the defeat of Li Su to write to Chang'an, begging for pardon, and seeking another official title, retreating to the northeast of Hebei, and protecting ourselves. However, when Yan Xing's tone seemed to feel that Shanxian had the ability to turn the situation around.

"The lieutenant means that he believes that Niu Zhonglang from Shaanxi County will have the power to counterattack?"

Zhou Liang asked in surprise, Xi Zhicai also looked at Yan Xing, and he was also very interested in Yan Xing's judgment.

"Calculate the time, the soldiers and horses of Li Jue, Guo Si and others must have received an urgent report from Shan County at this time and rushed to Shan County to help. The soldiers and horses of Shan County should have increased significantly in the near future. Let's see how the Chang'an court will respond next. Let's act when we see the opportunity!"

"Which side of Hedong?"

"Didn't Wang Yi have transported 100,000 stones of corn to the northern border? The cities in the northern border can last another month. "Six Strategies" says, "If the soldiers are not victorious, they will not be defeated. If the soldiers leave the territory, if they do not leave ten days, there will be no destruction of the country. There will be a destruction army and killing generals." Looking at the current situation of Sanfu, the one-month period is enough! We will stop for the time being, hold the troops and keep moving, and watch the collapse of Mount Tai in front of us!"

Yan Xing's words were loud and his decisions were very bold and decisive, which even made Xi Zhicai feel that after Dong Zhuo's death, Yan Xing's judgment of the current situation became more and more sensitive.

But he still had concerns.

It is true that after Wang Yun, who was in charge of the government, was indeed not meticulous and sleek in his work, but Niu Fu, who had just repelled Li Su, was seen from his previous military use, and at this time, he might not be able to take on the important task of turning the situation around and counterattacking Chang'an.

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Hongnong Shaanxi County

Hu Chier brought a team of soldiers to the city gate tower to inspect. A few days ago, they had just repelled the fierce Bingzhou soldiers here and won a victory. However, although the Bingzhou soldiers were defeated, the main general Li Su saw that the situation was not good in the battle formation and escaped in time. He had already brought the defeated soldiers to the direction of Huayin.

What's even more terrible is that Duan Wei, who was originally stationed in Huayin, did not respond to the movement of Niu Fu's troops, which put the Niu Fu army in Shan County in a situation of fighting alone. Although he won, he did not dare to take advantage of the victory to pursue him. The morale in the army was also low due to the death of Dong Zhuo and the sudden changes in Chang'an.

The current situation is very serious. In addition to sending knights to quickly recall the troops of Li, Guo and Zhang San, Niu Fu has been sprouting in a solid state and has been staying in the room of those witches, using witchcraft and divination techniques to curse the defeat of the Bingzhou soldiers and bless his side to win consecutive battles.

The conceited Niu Fu and even the generals' soldiers' bloody battles to retreat to the witchcraft performed by the witches.

Although Hu Chier was born in Yuezhi Hu and was quite superstitious about wizards, she did not agree with Niu Fu's behavior of being addicted to witches every day.

Niu Fu, who was addicted to witchcraft, became moody. A few days ago, he killed Dong Yue, who had been defeated and surrendered to the scene because of the witches.

After this incident, no one in the army dared to talk about the witches in front of Niu Fu anymore. Even Hu Chier, who was Niu Fu's confidant, had to be careful and did not dare to step over the line. The status of those witches in the army seemed to be only under the Central Army General Niu Fu.

With so many worries around him, Hu Chier was in a bad mood. After inspecting the city defenses here, he turned around and walked down the city wall. At this moment, a military officer rushed to the city wall with a superstition.

"Why are you panicking now?"

"The patrol cavalry has a secret letter from the captured battalion and will be submitted to the General of the Central Army!"

Facing Hu Chier's inquiry, the military officer just answered quickly and was about to leave. However, when Hu Chier heard the contents of the words, he felt a move in his heart and asked directly:

"What secret letter in the camp?"

The military officer looked embarrassed, but he was not good at answering in public. He saluted apologetically and was about to leave. However, this aroused Hu Chier's curiosity even more. He quickly stepped over to stop the military officer's mount and said:

"The General of the Central Army is now at the master's house. If you are not afraid of death, just go and ask for a meeting!"

Hu Chier's words really scared the military officer. He hesitated for a moment, and could only get off the horse carefully and whispered beside Hu Chier:

"It's Gansima's secret letter."

When Hu Chier heard that there was something about Gan Ling, his eyes suddenly glowed. He pulled the military officer to the corner of the city wall and asked hurriedly:

"Where is the secret letter?"

The military officer saw Hu Chier's anxious face, hesitated for a moment, and finally took out the secret letter in his arms.

"The additional patrol cavalry sent this morning shot and killed a spy who wanted to swim across the river, and found Gansima's secret letter from him."

Hu Chier quickly grabbed the intensive things from the general and the officer. He glanced at the officer and said seriously:

"It's a turbulent time now, and this matter is extraordinary. I will look for an opportunity to report it to the General of the Central Army. Don't worry about this matter too much. Take the cavalry to patrol the defense zone under your jurisdiction. Don't leak this matter!"

After saying that, Hu Chier no longer cared about the military officer, turned around and joined the team of soldiers he brought and walked towards the city.

When he led the team to an uninhabited street corner, Hu Chier quickly took out the secret letter again, clicked a literate confidant, and asked him to see what was written on the secret letter.

"What exactly is written in this secret letter? Is Ganling and Li Su's Bingzhou soldiers secretly colluding?"

Hu Chier asked anxiously, the prospects of the Western Liang army were worrying, and even Hu Chier felt urgency to harm the fish in the pond. Therefore, when he heard a secret letter from Gan Ling, who had a gap with him, Hu Chier subconsciously thought that it must be Gan Ling who had collusion with the Bingzhou troops who came to fight against Niu Fu.

"This letter was not a secret letter colluding with the Bingzhou soldiers, but was written by Gan Sima to the Hedong Yan Ziwei."

The soldier who read the letter read it roughly and explained to Hu Chier.

"What did you say?"

"It basically means that although Shanxian County has repelled the enemy, the situation is worrying. If Yan Jiaowei has already made plans, please make a decision early and send an envoy to inform him. At that time, Gansima Association leads troops to join us."

"Not?"

"It's gone."

"Didn't you say anything about planning?"

"No."

Seeing the soldiers who read the letter shook their heads with confidence, Hu Chier suddenly slapped the boxing high, and he said to himself:

"I saw that these Yan and Gan were all traitors in the morning. However, the lord kept paying attention to the military strategy of these two people, entrusted them with important tasks, and granted military power. Now that Shan County is in poor power, these two people, one in the south and one in the north, echoing each other, they must have planned to plot against us and take the opportunity to surrender to the Chang'an court."

After hearing Hu Chier's words, the soldier who read the letter was also frightened. He said in fear:

"This matter is of great importance. What is said in the letter is unclear. The villain dares not make any decisions. After all, he will report it to the lord and make a decision."

"The lord is still at the master's house. Are you afraid of death? You dare to disturb me. This matter cannot be delayed. You need to take action first to avoid the traitors of Gan and Yan, and the two thieves who are traitors who are traitors and cause harm to the entire army."

Hu Chier glared at his subordinates and denied his subordinates' suggestions in one sentence. He had long been jealous of Gan Ling, who had previously had a gap, and wanted to get rid of it quickly. Now that he has seized the handle, how can he bear it anymore?
Chapter completed!