After taking Xizhou without any bloodshed, Li Xun led his army northward. The first one to bear the brunt was Haolan State. Haolan State was a small country with a population of no more than 200,000 to 300,000, a few cities, and an army of no more than 2,000 or 3,000, most of which were transferred.

On the western front, although the war with the Dashi Empire has ended, this army is still in the hands of Zhan Bai and has not returned to the country. This has resulted in Haolan Kingdom having almost no military defense force. Its capital, Haolan City, only has more than a thousand soldiers.

The defenders, Li Cunxiao and Yuan He, led 5,000 cavalry, caught up with Zhan Heng, and the two sides fought for a while. Zhan Heng was defeated and fled with the last few hundred people. Yuan He did not pursue, but led the army to continue.

Xi, attacked Haolan City, and captured the city in less than half an hour.

King Hao Languo, together with hundreds of people from the entire royal family, knelt outside the city to welcome the arrival of Li Xun's army.

"In a small country on the outskirts, it is a crime of death not to know that the power of God is coming. Xiao Wang Zheman led the people in the city to surrender and begged the general not to kill innocent people indiscriminately."

King Hao Lan is an old man in his early fifties. Although he is the king of a country, it can be seen from his vicissitudes of life that he, the king, is not comfortable. In fact, this is indeed the case. Dashi is gone and the Jin Dynasty

The army is coming again, no matter who it is, it is always the weak country that suffers.

Li Xun was riding on his horse, looking at Zheman, with a sneer in his heart. Why did he accept surrender? Yuanhe led the army, but Zheman closed the door and resisted desperately. It was Yuanhe's five thousand soldiers who forcibly broke through the city. Zheman

Man became the king of the country and had no choice but to surrender.

Although he was not ashamed of Zheman's behavior, Li Xun still got off his horse, helped Zheman up, and said with a smile: "King Zheman, don't panic. Zhan Bai is acting against the will and intends to invade our Jin Dynasty territory. I have no choice but to

Taking action first, this trip is just to get rid of Zhan Bai, a delusional person, and killing innocent people indiscriminately is against the laws of heaven and morality, and I, Li Xun, cannot do it."

After that, Li Xun shouted back and ordered: "The whole army is stationed outside the city and must not disturb the people's livelihood. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed without mercy."

"yes!"

All the soldiers responded loudly.

Zheman breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Li Xun, and said with gratitude: "In this way, the little king has thanked the general on behalf of the hundreds of thousands of people in Haolan Kingdom."

Li Xun smiled and patted Zheman on the shoulder: "If you have any questions, let's talk about it in the city."

"I'll lead the way for the general."

Zheman nodded repeatedly and led the way.

The 10,000 troops brought by Li Xun were stationed outside the city. This was his promise to Zheman. In other words, Yuan He's 5,000 troops were in the city and there would be no problems.

After entering the city, Li Xun comforted Zheman, then beat him away, and then summoned senior generals to discuss matters.

In the meeting hall, a huge map is placed on the ground. This is a map of the entire Western Region. It is very sloppy, but at least it can roughly see and understand the geography and city distribution of the entire Western Region.

Everyone stood in a circle around the map, and Li Cunxiao shook his head: "This Zheman really has no bones. We haven't beaten him yet, but he actually volunteered such an important thing."

Sima Tu sneered and said: "Businessmen value profits more than righteousness. The merchants in the Western Regions have strong styles and are armed with swords. As long as they can survive, how can they care so much?"

Zhao Zhang said with a smile: "I heard that the deputy king of Hao Languo is a wealthy businessman and the richest man in this country. I just saw it and he is a fat pig with big ears and fat head. Such a person can be a deputy king."

King, this is really unbelievable."

Everyone was joking there, but Li Xun didn't listen much and kept looking at the map.

"Shut up, everyone. If you want to tell a joke, tell it outside."

Seeing Li Xunhuo, everyone shut up.

Li Xun looked away from the map, looked at Fan Zhongyun, and said: "The news about our sending troops to the Western Regions will spread throughout the Western Regions in a few hours. Zhan Bai will definitely take action the day after tomorrow at the latest."

Fan Zhongyun pointed to the seven countries in the eastern part of the Western Region and said quietly: "Our dispatch of troops this time can be said to be unexpected. Zhan Bai and even the entire Western Region countries would not have thought of it in advance. Although Zhan Bai made some preparations, they were all concentrated on

This place is called Xizhou. Now that Xizhou has been conquered by us, the seven countries in the eastern part of the Western Region no longer have any military power to compete with us. We must fight to the death and occupy the seven countries in the eastern part of the Western Region in the shortest possible time."

Shan Qiu frowned and said, "We only have 15,000 men in our hands. Is there any shortage of troops?"

Fan Zhongyun shook his head: "We don't need to consider this now. Let's take down the seven eastern countries of the Western Region first. The military power of the entire Western Region is now concentrated in the western region. It will take at least two to two days from when Zhan Bai gets the news to organizing an army to fight back.

In three days, by that time, our follow-up army of 40,000 will also arrive. At that time, we will use the seven kingdoms of the Western Region as our foundation to compete with Zhan Bai."

Yuan He and Li Changchun both nodded in agreement with Fan Zhongyun's suggestion. They went deep into the enemy's territory and made a sudden attack. What was important was to be quick. When the opponent reacted, it would be the real decisive battle. Fan Zhongyun's intention was very obvious, that is, while the countries in the Western Regions were still fighting, the real decisive battle would begin.

Before reacting, expand the advantage as much as possible to provide favorable support for future wars.

Li Xun pointed at a city called Zhenshi City, which is close to the central region of the Western Region and is the only way from the seven eastern countries to the central region.

"We can send troops to capture Zhenshi City first, cut off the connection between the eastern part of the Western Region and the central part, and form a closed-door attack. Then we can calmly deploy."

Fan Zhongyun nodded and said with a smile: "This is a very good idea."

Li Xun's eyes passed through the generals, and finally settled on Li Changchun's face. Seeing Li Xun's eyes, Li Changchun was shocked and said: "The last general is willing to lead the army."

Li Xun smiled and said: "I order you to lead an army of five thousand and go to Zhenshi City immediately. We must capture this city before dawn tomorrow."

Li Changchun said loudly: "If we can't take this city, we will eventually come to see you."

After saying that, Li Changchun turned around and strode away.

Later, Li Xun ordered Yuan He, Li Cunxiao, and Niu Jin to each lead two thousand troops to sweep away the remaining six countries in the eastern part of the Western Region.

After Zheman surrendered, he explained everything. In order to deal with the Dashi Empire, the entire Western Region countries spent all their resources. However, after the war, Zhan Bai used various reasons to control the armies of the Western Regions countries.

In his own hands, he is stranded in the western region of the Western Region and has not returned. Therefore, the seven countries in the eastern part of the Western Region are now empty of troops. Even the most powerful Jingguo only has three to five thousand troops left.
Chapter completed!