As it turns out, Li Ru was wrong this time.

Anyi was not captured by Guo Si's army. Zhang Xiu, as the vanguard, was now dulling his troops under the city.

Guo Si led the remaining half of the troops and had just approached Anyi.

The plan to attack Anyi obviously had a change.

The generals knew it well, but no one dared to say it in person.

The reason is that Guo Si, as the main general, temporarily divided his troops and changed his plan.

If Li Ru's original idea was to use Zhang Xiu, who was always brave in the army as the vanguard, Guo Si led the army to follow, avoid other cities and drive directly to his confidants. Within three days, Anyi would definitely be defeated.

However, after the Guo Si army entered Hedong, the speed began to be slow, but it also caused the phenomenon of raiding the countryside along the way.

The southeast of the Hebei region is rich in scholars and people. The Xiliang soldiers who plundered through the countryside all made a fortune, and naturally they could not get faster. The soldiers who did not have the opportunity to participate in the plunder were not worried about the lack of people but the unevenness. Seeing that the comrades in the army were getting profits, they were also very envious, and instead were unwilling to rush to the road.

Seeing this, Guo Si was unwilling to punish those soldiers of the Xiliang Army who followed the tradition and plundered the villages, so he had to instead meet the requirements of other Xiliang Army soldiers.

However, Guo Si is also a person who has experienced a lot of battle formations. He knows that if he goes deep into the enemy territory at this time, he will indulge the soldiers of the Xiliang army to plunder it freely, he will undoubtedly seek death.

Therefore, he sent envoys to make great contributions. With the imperial edicts and the might of the army along the way, he issued an edict to Jiexian, Yishi and other cities, ordering the chief officials of each city to surrender quickly and eat pots of slurry to welcome the king's army.

As a result, Guo Si was slapped in the face. He thought he would surrender, Yi and other cities all resisted surrender, and strengthened the walls and cleared the fields to resist his army.

Among them, Zheng Duo, the magistrate of Jie County, was even more stubborn and cunning. He pretended to be willing to surrender. He also sent a large group of cavalrymen who went to send an edict to recruit surrender and a large group of cavalrymen who showed off their martial arts skills to enter the city. After the true form was revealed, he directly killed the envoys and cavalrymen who entered the city, and hung their heads on the city tower to show his intention to lead the scholars and people of Jie County to resolutely resist the invading Xiliang army.

Guo Si, who suffered such a great humiliation, was immediately furious, and the generals under his command catered to the superiors and asked for battle enthusiastically. So Guo Si divided his army into two parts, one continued to attack Anyi, and joined the vanguard Zhang Xiu's men and horses at the city, while the other team was led by himself, and he turned to the southeast, swept across the cities and counties of Jie County.

Faced with Guo Si's army attack, Jie County Magistrate Zheng Duo resolutely resisted the city, but his troops were weak. Although Zheng Duo led the soldiers and the people to resist at the city, after a long battle, Jie County was still defeated by the Western Liang soldiers who were standing by one after another, like wolves and tigers.

After Guo Si won, he was proud and ordered the captured Jie County Magistrate Zheng Duo to take him to his presence. After humiliating him a little, he indulged the soldiers of the Xiliang Army who fought hard to break the city and plundered the city.

As a result, all the fallen Hedong cities and towns suffered great troubles.

Guo Si's army, which had captured Jie County, became more and more braver, and then continued to Xiacheng, Jiucheng and other places. With the power of great victory, they forced the Yi family to surrender. The army was invincible and was invincible all the way.

Therefore, when Li Ru sent flying cavalry to report to Guo Si that the rear army had designed to defeat the Hedong Zhoushi and was leading the army to Anyi to meet with Guo Si's main force, he also received good news from Guo Si's army:

The main army conquered the cities and bounded the territory in Hedong, and had already entered Jiexian, Xiacheng, Jicheng, Yishi and other cities. Guo Si was also leading the victorious army to rush to Anyi with great power.

However, Li Ru, who received such good news, was not happy and worried. He grabbed the military Chinese letter, beat his chest and stamped his feet, and said angrily:

"In the past, Le Yi came to Qi 72 cities, but before Jimo, Tian Shan restored the country. Fuchai defeated the Yue army by Fujiao. If he did not take Kuaiji, then Goujian would swallow Wu. Why? Jimo and Kuaiji are all Qi. If Yue is in the heart of his heart, he will not take advantage of the situation and take it, it is like raising a tiger to be a disaster."

"The same is true in the battle of Hedong today. Yan Yan revealed that his army was outside, and the family members of the generals, officials and soldiers were all in Anyi. If they were found, Yan Yan's army would collapse, and all cities in Hedong could be declared. This was the good strategy for Han Xin to settle Wei in the past."

"The latter general did not know the root of the matter. He did not take Anyi but took Jie County. He conquered cities and plundered the towns and gathered the towns. He did not hurt the fundamental key of the enemy. Although there were too many cities, what's the use of suppressing it? If Anyi was solid, the army would definitely not be able to advance or retreat. When Yan Yan returned to the army to rescue him, looking at the Hedong territory, the soldiers, women and children were all enemies. We were in it. If we had a slight defeat, we would be imprisoned at the level of the lower level. I was afraid that it would be difficult for a horse to cross the river west!"

Zhang Ji dragged his weak and sick body and marched on horseback. He heard Li Ru's annoyed words, his face changed slightly, but he didn't say anything, but pointed to the official road ahead and said:

"Shizhong Li was still worried. Although Anyi has not been sent, it will inevitably be trapped in the siege of our army. When the generals arrive later, with our follow-up troops, we will definitely be able to take advantage of the victory. In this battle in Hedong, the chances of victory will still be on our side!"

"We'll catch up, just now!"

After hearing this, Li Ru looked up at Zhang Ji. Although the horse's face was very long, he did not refute it.

He was just planning and making suggestions and changing the power of military use, but he still held it in Guo Si's hands. According to Guo Si's character, he was afraid that he might not be able to listen to his subsequent words. Even if he was reluctant to listen, he would not keep them in his heart.

Instead of this, it would be better to catch up, go to the city of Anyi to meet the army, and then wait and watch the changes.

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Hedong, Anyi.

Yan Su, who was staying in Anyi, accompanied by Yan Xing, climbed the stairs to the top of the city.

He held the battlements at the top of the city and looked out from the battlements. He saw that the originally peaceful and prosperous city of Anyi had changed. Rows of trees were cut down, and houses on the outskirts of the city were also demolished and burned. There were no more people from Guizhou in the four fields, but only the whistling Xiliang cavalry and the dense military tents in the Guosi army camp.

After the enemy's vanguard, Zhang Xiu's troops, who were vanishing to Anyi, whistling Xiliang cavalry did cause waves of commotion outside the city at the beginning, and the city was even more shocking and panic.

However, Anyi was the capital of Hedong County after all, and there were three thousand county soldiers stationed here. After Yan Xing, the military officer who was in charge of Hedong, had undergone many repairs and rectifications. Yan Xing, a military general who stayed in Anyi, hurriedly commanded the county soldiers to go to the city to defend. Ding Zhuang in the city was soon summoned by the county government and was involved in the matter of transporting weapons and defending weapons for the guards in the city.

Zhang Xiu originally drove the Guizhou head outside the city he had captured, trying to fill the gully and take the opportunity to attack the city, but after trying a round of siege, he gave up this unrealistic method.

In the past few years, the city walls of Anyi have been repaired and reinforced many times, and the moat outside the city has been widened and deepened a lot. Facing the three-dimensional city defenses with high walls and deep valleys, as well as guards with excellent defense, this is like a hard bone that the striker cannot chew.

To this end, Zhang Xiu chose to build a camp outside the city and sent light cavalry to cover the battlefield to clear hidden dangers and obstacles for the arrival of the army.

As a result, in the next few days, Zhang Xiu did not wait for the main force led by Guo Si, but waited for a follow-up army assigned by Wu Xi, the general under Guo Si.

When Zhang Xiu learned about Guo Si's arrangement, he was quite furious. In his opinion, he had taken the risk of raiding and had already reached the city of Anyi. However, the Guo Si army, who had originally agreed to follow up in the rear, changed their plans in the middle of the process and divided their troops to attack cities in Hedong for small profits. Isn't this like putting his vanguard team in danger?

Guo Si used troops as if for his own benefit, so he plundered cities and gathered wealth, goods and goods. In his opinion, it was natural. To capture Anyi, wipe out Yan Yan, and avenge Zhang's uncle and nephew, obviously, he must be second-class, and everything must be based on the interests of Guo Si himself and his soldiers.

Just relying on others' roofs, although Zhang Xiu was furious, he just dared not speak out.

After joining the army with Wu Xi, Zhang Xiu advocated attacking the city. After inspecting the city defense in Anyi, Wu Xi changed his original intention and chose to build large-scale siege equipment, plunder the township and gather military rations and livestock for the arrival of the army.

In Zhang Xiu's view, his troops were rushing all the way, and the troops were at the city. The city of Anyi was shocked several times in a day. Just when the defense of Anyi was not solid and the officials and soldiers in the city were still determined, they could take advantage of the situation to attack, so that they could conquer Anyi City in one go.

If time is delayed, Anyi's defense will only become more and more stringent, and the determination of the guardians in the city will become stronger. At that time, it will be even more difficult to conquer it.

But after Wu Xi saw the strong city defense of Anyi, he obviously had other ideas in his mind. In his opinion, other generals followed Guo Si's command, conquered the city and made achievements one after another, gained both fame and fortune, but he was lucky and was assigned to Zhang Xiu's gang to chew on the hard bones of Anyi.

Looking at the city defense of Anyi, it is not possible to conquer it within one or two days. If you attack Anyi, no matter whether it is a victory or a loss, your own troops will not get much benefit. Instead of letting your soldiers die and injured in vain and making wedding dresses for the subsequent arrivals, it is better not to seek merit, seek no mistakes, and first gain real benefits and contributions for yourself, and be in an invincible position.

Therefore, Wu Xi blindly advocated slow attacks and opposed Zhang Xiu, who was strongly advocating the attack. Although Zhang Xiu was aggressive, Wu Xi had more soldiers than Zhang Xiu, and was also a confidant general under Guo Si. Compared to Zhang Xiu's poor force and short-term foreign army, who had been surrendering for a long time, he was obviously much more dominant in the army.

The result of this new and old dispute is the siege of the city, which is indecisive.

So in the past few days, Wu Xi, in the name of building siege equipment, sent his troops and horses to bypass Anyi, and turned to Jutingli and Wubao Manor in other townships outside the city.

Zhang Xiu was eagerly looking forward to the arrival of the army led by Guo Si, while looking at the shadows of the shadows on the Anyi city walls were anxious.

Of course, while Zhang Xiu stood on tiptoe and looked at the Anyi city wall and walked anxiously, Yan Su, who stayed in Anyi in the city, became more and more worried as time went by, so he had to climb up the city wall himself every day to observe the movements of the enemy troops outside the city.
Chapter completed!