"Come on evil, what did you say? The Mahayana and South Korea coalition forces have arrived in Wuwei County? The Dongshan Pass, which was still in the hands of our army half a month ago, is now captured?" Li Li asked in shock.

Dian Wei nodded and replied, "Yes, lord. Dongshan Pass is where the lord captured Ma Chao more than ten days ago. Now, the breakthrough point for Han Sui and Ma Teng to attack our Wuwei County is just the one that was chosen at Dongshan Pass.

Two days ago, the pass was broken, and only a dozen of the more than 500 guards fled back to Wuwei County, and all the other soldiers were killed in battle."

After listening to Dian Wei's report, the shock on Li Li's face gradually faded away, his expression was calm, his eyes were deep, and he was meditating and silent.

After a while, Li Li's expression changed again, a smile appeared on his face, and said to Cai Yan softly: "Wen Ji, I originally wanted to accompany you today, but the military affairs are busy, so you can take more responsibility and explain to Yu'er and Xin'er for me.

As for the war, you don’t have to worry about defeating generals. Two months ago, I led 7,000 troops to defeat Han Sui’s 60,000 troops. Now the Wuwei army has 40,000 troops, enough to resist the Han-Ma coalition! As long as I, Li Li, are in charge of Wuwei, Han Sui and Ma Teng, two old men, will not be afraid of him even if they lead more troops to come!"

After comforting Cai Yan, Li Li gently embraced Cai Yan's delicate body and gave her a safe hug.

"Wenji, follow me and make your sisters suffer. Only after I lead the troops to defeat Han Sui and Ma Teng's coalition forces can we truly calm down and will have time to accompany you in the future."

After letting go of Cai Yan, Li Li turned around and left. Dian Wei followed closely behind and headed towards the government hall lobby.

Cai Yan watched Li Li leave with a pretty face blushing, his eyes filled with deep love, and he murmured softly: "A man is determined to be in all directions. I, Cai Yan, should be like this. How can I complain? As long as Wenchang has me in his heart, no matter how hard or tired he is, I swear to follow you to the death..."

In the lobby of the county government.

Li Xuan, who had always been calm, was walking around the hall with his head down, with a solemn expression and a hint of worry in his eyes.

"Bang bang bang!"

As he walked into the lobby with a sound footstep, Li Xuan suddenly shook his expression and quickly walked forward.

"Lord, this time my subordinates dereliction of duty and put our army in danger. I was unable to detect the movement of Han Sui, Ma Teng and others in advance, so that the enemy attacked our Wuwei County, and my subordinates learned the news.

My subordinates voluntarily receive punishment, and ask the lord to punish him severely!”

Listening to Li Xuan's apology in his ear, Li Li sat in the main seat with a calm expression, then waved his hand to signal Li Xuan to take his seat.

"Don't worry, Yuanzhong. You don't have to apologize. This incident happened suddenly. The prefect did not expect in advance that Han Sui and Ma Teng's two thieves would lead the army to invade so quickly.

Our army did not notice their troops in advance, which is reasonable. How long has our Wuwei Army been established, it has only been more than two months, but Han Sui, Ma Teng and others are local snakes in Liangzhou, and have been entrenched on this land for most of their lives!

Their dispatch of troops this time can avoid the careful actions of our army, and quietly dispatch troops and generals, and then they will attack the Dongshan Pass in one go. This shows that they have been planning for a long time and are not hastily sending troops, wanting to wipe out our Wuwei army in one fell swoop!

Yuanzhong, where is the Han-Ma coalition army stationed now? Have they sent troops to attack the counties around our county?"

When Li Xuan saw that the expression of his lord Li Li was so calm, he asked him about military information without any rush, and his anxiety dissipated.

"Reported to the lord, according to the urgent report sent by Commander Bo Cai, the coalition forces of Han Sui and Ma Teng were indeed a long-planned large-scale invasion, trying to wipe us out in one fell swoop.

They sent 3,000 iron cavalry to attack the Dongshan Pass at night, and then 80,000 troops slowly advanced into our county. Their accompanying had a lot of military supplies, enough for the 80,000 troops to provide food and grass for a month. After capturing the pass, they did not immediately attack the cities of each county, but instead set up camps on the original camps of our army at the Dongshan Pass, and only sent thousands of light cavalry to plunder the surrounding villages.

After learning that Hanma's army was invading, Commander Bo immediately dispatched 5,000 infantrymen to three counties around Dongshan Pass. He and Li Dian guarded the two cities respectively, and served as a supportive force, and kept the city closed and defended the city to death. Therefore, as of now, the Hanma's army is still camping at the foot of the mountain west of Dongshan Pass. It has not launched a large-scale attack and has not yet captured a city."

"Oh?" Li Li was stunned when he heard this and said in surprise: "Han Sui and Ma Teng have a total of more than 80,000 troops. After capturing the pass, they did not take advantage of the victory to attack. Instead, the army set up camp and guarded the pass. What was their intention to do in this move?"

Li Xuan pondered and said, "Based on his subordinates, the two thieves of Han and Ma must have known about the current strength of our army, and have even found out the details of our army.

Although the Dongshan Pass is not the only pass for our army to go east or south, it is also a crucial pass. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and it is also a shortcut to the east of our Weiwu County and directly connect to Anding County.

The Han-Ma coalition forces camped at the pass, leaning against the pass, and attacking and defending when the battle was unfavorable. When the war was not good, they could also retreat directly to Anding County and escape. Therefore, they were really prepared to defend this pass; no matter what, they would not be as defeated in panic and exhausted as before the battle at the Heilongling Mountains."

"Hahaha!"

Li Li laughed happily when he heard this, and the sorrow between his eyebrows was swept away, his eyes were bright and he was full of fighting spirit.

"More than 20 days ago, I personally led the army to capture Ma Chao alive at the Dongshan Pass. After half a month, Ma Teng formed an alliance with Han Sui, a joint candidate, Liang Xing and Zhang Heng and other remnants sent troops to capture my pass. Yuanzhong, do you think there is some inevitable connection in this?"

"Um?"

Li Xuan pondered in surprise and said, "The lord means that there are detailed works sent by Han Sui, Ma Teng and others in Guzang City. He previously communicated with Ma Chao and Ma Teng and his son. After Ma Chao was captured, Ma Teng also received the news, so he joined forces with Han Sui and others to invade!"

Li Li nodded and said, "That's right, I mean it! However, it is inevitable that there are detailed works sent by Han Ma and others in our county. After all, our Wuwei army has too shallow foundations and many things need to be solved urgently.

Yuanzhong, this time the Hanma army invaded us, but it taught us a profound lesson. The detailed works sent to the counties of Liangzhou and the scouts in the counties must be further strengthened. At the same time, we must vigorously arrest the detailed works sent by the enemy, especially the soldiers hidden in the county, the detailed works of the county government and the enemy's fine works in Guzang City. They must be completely eliminated as soon as possible. Otherwise, every move of our army will be under the surveillance of others. This is too dangerous and will sooner or later cause a disaster!"

"No, my subordinates know, and then start dealing with this matter immediately!" Li Xuan bowed and responded.

After getting up, Li Xuan continued to ask, "Lord, a war is imminent, I wonder how the lord plans to fight against the enemy?"

Li Li's sword eyebrows moved slightly, murderous intent suddenly appeared in his eyes, and he said with a cold expression: "The soldiers come and the generals come and the water comes and the earth station! The Han-Ma coalition forces stationed troops at the Dongshan Pass to intimidate the counties in Wuwei. The ultimate goal is to fight the two armies in the wilderness of our army.

In addition, they came here to have enough food and grass, and made up their minds to fight a protracted war with our army.

However, Wuwei County is the foundation of our army, and this prefect will never allow them to station troops so unscrupulously in our Wuwei County. So since they want to fight our army, then this prefect will fulfill them and lead the army to fight! The Battle of Heilongling allowed us to take Wuwei County into his pocket. However, the Battle of Dongshankou determines whether we can finally gain a foothold in Liangzhou, which is really a battle of life and death that is related to our army.

If we win this battle, our Wuwei army will be able to share the thieves of Han Sui and Ma Teng with each of Liangzhou counties and become a vassal force that is not inferior to the two thieves.

If this battle is defeated, the major event will be over, and we are the generals...."

Before Li Li could finish his words, Li Xuan interrupted and said, "Lord, don't worry. Now our army is strong and has more than 40,000 infantry and cavalry, hundreds of generals, and dozens of generals. The army is in full swing. This time, the decisive battle with the Hanma coalition forces will be destroyed, even if it is defeated, it will destroy the Hanma army, causing their strength to be greatly damaged and their vitality to be severely damaged. The worst result is that Wuwei County is lost again, and our army can still withdraw to the Xiutu Wasteland or Zhangye vassal state, and will never be defeated!

What's more, victory or defeat is common among military strategists. All of our army's independent officials are young generals. After learning the lesson, it takes only a year and a half to make a comeback and regain its glory!

Therefore, the lord doesn’t have to worry about anything else. He can lead his army to fight the Han and Ma army. If he wins, he will be happy, and he will lose. The lord can afford to lose, but Han Sui and Ma Teng are old bones but cannot afford to lose. Once the battle is in a stalemate, these cunning people will definitely have some concerns, which will breed civil strife!”

After hearing Li Xuan's words, Li Li deeply agreed, felt very calm and his confidence increased.

Until this time, Li Li suddenly discovered that Li Xuan had a strong strategic vision and a strong overall view.

Perhaps Li Xuanlin still lacks the ability to adapt to the situation and does not have any calculations, but he is definitely a master who is good at planning the situation and strategic planning, and he is also a great talent in governance. He is a rare and valuable wise man.

In an instant, Li Li remembered that Cao Cao had such a planner, that was Xun Yu, Yingchuan.

Through recent observations, Li Li found that Li Xuan's talent is indeed very similar to Xun Yu recorded in history. He has extremely outstanding government affairs skills and is good at strategic planning. The only difference is that Xun Yu is loyal to the Han Dynasty, not to Cao Cao; while Li Xuan is loyal to him, Li Li wholeheartedly, entrusted his only sister Li Xin to Li Li. As long as he, Li Li, does not die, Li Xuan will definitely not abandon him and find another way out.

To be honest, Li Li was indeed a little panicked when he heard that the Han-Ma coalition had already invaded Wuwei County. He just pretended to be fearless in the face of danger with his strong military qualities, so as to stabilize the hearts of Dian Wei and Li Xuan. In fact, he was very nervous.

However, through this debate with Li Xuan, Li Li was completely calmed down. He had absolute confidence to fight Han Ma. The worst result was to compete with Han Ma's army, and both sides suffered losses. If there was a sudden change in the battle, the result would...

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