Fan Zhongyun pointed at Giant Rock City and said in a deep voice: "We have perfectly achieved the initial goal. For the next war, we have only two choices and directions. One is to fight fast and slow, and take advantage of Zhan Bai before he can gather his troops.

Before you are ready, capture the Rock City, and then drive straight into the country of Anshu. Try to capture the country in the shortest possible time, and try to break up the morale and morale of Zhan Bai's army so that it can be in chaos. Anshu is Zhan Bai.

If his own country is lost, Zhan Bai will have no room to display. He can only lead his troops to fight us to the death. The second is to fight slowly and quickly. If Zhan Bai is already on guard, give up everything and gather troops to defend Ansu.

Then, there is no room for the military plan of attacking quickly and slowly. At that time, when we are deep in the enemy's territory, supply is difficult, and the rear is empty, Zhan Bai can completely avoid confronting us, use Anshu to hold on to block the enemy, and then take a detour to cut us off.

The way out."

Li Xun understood what Fan Zhongyun meant. He had captured Xizhou and the seven eastern kingdoms, and had a stable rear. He could calmly carry out the follow-up war with Zhan Bai. There was no need to go alone and enter the central part of the Western Region. If the war situation was really

As Fan Zhongyun said, Zhan Bai did not fight a decisive battle with himself, but held on to Suye City without fighting, and then led his army to take a detour to cut off his supply route. If so, he and the 60,000-strong army would be in real danger.

War is not gambling. Unless it is a last resort, there is no need to compare with the other party. Even if it is really impossible, the worst thing is to return to Wuzhou. Anyway, in this battle, in terms of money and food, I have obtained very generous rewards.

You can get a satisfactory answer for yourself, the court, and everyone.

However, there are many adventurers in the army. They do not agree very much with Fan Zhongyun's suggestion, because it is just his personal guess. If not, wouldn't it be that a great opportunity has been missed?

Seeing everyone arguing there, Fan Zhongyun remained silent, returned to his chair, sat down, and drank tea quietly. Li Xun waved his hand and said with a smile: "We have been discussing this for more than two hours, and everyone is tired. I

Let someone make food, eat first, and then we can continue the discussion after eating."

Li Xun changed the topic and wanted to stabilize the situation first. The scouts sent to Giant Rock City should be back soon. It won't be too late to make a decision after the specific news there is discussed.

Sima Tu whispered from the side: "Mr. Fan is right, my lord must not act rashly."

Li Xun smiled and said quietly: "I know it well, don't worry."

Taking everyone's suggestions into consideration, Li Xun thought over and over again, and his heart was actually leaning toward Fan Zhongyun. However, with such an important decision, Li Xun could not act arbitrarily, otherwise Wang Dezhao would not be convinced, and Li Changchun and many generals would not be convinced. After all, what really belongs to Li Xun

The troops of the headquarters, including Yuanhe's five thousand cavalry, are too tough and may cause a stalemate in everyone's relationship. At this critical moment of the war, Li Xun may not have the ability to lead everyone to turn things upside down, but he can neutralize everyone's relationship and mood.

, Li Xun can still do it.

Things came to an end quickly. While everyone was eating, the scouts who went to Giant Rock City finally came back.

Emperor Bilan's brother Zhesha and his 15,000 troops stationed at Giant Rock City have already abandoned the city. Along with several countries around Giant Rock City, their nobles and troops have all fled to Ansu. Time is running out.

The scouts were divided into two. One part of the scouts returned to Zhenshi City and told Li Xun the news they had obtained so far. The other part of the scouts continued to go deeper and inquire about the movements of the countries in the central part of the Western Region.

After receiving this news, everyone was silent. It turned out as Fan Zhongyun had guessed. Emperor Bilan's brother Zhesha gave up Giant Rock City and retreated. There was only one possibility, and that was to retreat to Suye City. Giant Rock City had become an empty city.

, now that everyone is marching into the Anshu Kingdom, it is very likely that, as Fan Zhongyun said, they will go deep into it and be unable to extricate themselves.

The way Wang Dezhao, Li Changchun and others looked at Fan Zhongyun gradually changed, expecting the enemy to have an opportunity, and that was all.

Li Xun looked at Fan Zhongyun and said: "Old Fan, things are exactly as you said. In this case, we cannot act rashly."

Chen He cupped his hands towards Fan Zhongyun and said with a smile: "Mr. Fan, if things go as you expected, we can only stay put for now, but what about in the future? This is someone else's territory after all, and we won't be able to defend it for long."

"Wait for James to come by himself."

Fan Zhongyun said quietly: "The defenders of Giant Rock City retreated with an obvious intention, which was to get out of the way and let us get in by ourselves. We stood still and Zhan Bai's plan could not be realized. Then he could only lead the army to form a formation with our army.

Confrontation."

Wang Dezhao frowned and said: "Zhan Bai's troops are superior to ours, and they are fighting on the mainland. If there is a confrontation, we may not be able to take advantage."

Fan Zhongyun glanced at everyone and saw that Chen He had a relaxed face and a smile. He was moved in his heart and asked aloud: "Brother Zhi Li seems to be confident. Do you already have a countermeasure in mind?"

Fan Zhongyun did not have many interactions with Chen He, only a few meetings, but he was deeply impressed by this man, who had outstanding strategies and careful thinking.

Chen He smiled, stretched out his finger, and said: "Use silence to stop, and then control others."

Li Xun's eyes flashed, thinking of something, and asked: "Wait for the opportunity to control the enemy from within?"

"The handsome man is wise."

Chen He clapped his hands in admiration, flattered, and then said: "Although Zhan Bai has many soldiers and horses, they are a collection of all the countries in the Western Region. Each has its own interests and concerns. Now we suddenly arrived and swept across the seven eastern regions.

For them, the current country is a formidable enemy. This is the same as the former Dashi Empire. Therefore, the current countries in the Western Region will definitely unite as never before to deal with us together. But if the threat we give them is not what they imagined.

It's so big, or some people's interests are harmed, but some people are not. Wealth and adversity are not equal. When the time comes, someone will definitely stand up. In order to protect their own interests, I'm afraid they will do anything."

After listening to Chen He's words, Li Xun fell into deep thought.

Chen He glanced at Li Xun, and then looked at Fan Zhongyun, who also looked at him. The two looked at each other with smiles on their faces. Fan Zhongyun was deeply impressed by Chen He, and the same was true for Chen He. Fan Zhongyun's depth

Chen He admired the strategy and strategy very much. He knew that Fan Zhongyun must have thought of these things he thought of a long time ago. The reason why he did not say it, but let himself say it, was to build his reputation and integrate into Li Xun as soon as possible.

among the group.

Chen He couldn't help but admire this kind of mind and personality.

Three days passed quickly.

In the first year of Tianhe, the sixth day of the first lunar month.
Chapter completed!