Although Dalin Ren'an did not listen to Dalin's advice because of his face and bowed to Li Xun, his son led 8,000 cavalrymen in the headquarters to help with the war, and Dalin Ren'an did not object.

The two brothers Xun Daofu and Xun Bohanjing were also on the expedition with Dalin Tai Pavilion. From this point of view, it can be seen that the general Xun, the Loulan Kingdom, also changed his attitude towards Li Xun. Li Xun took the risk of staying in Anlin and treating them sincerely, and finally achieved results.

Li Xun led an army of nearly 20,000 and took three days to reach Zhenshi City.

The battle situation was developing very rapidly. King Junyanting, the king of Kangju Kingdom, knew that once the war was in a stalemate, with the strong combat effectiveness of the Jin army, he would definitely not be his opponent. Therefore, after three days of attack on Zhenshi City, Junyanting decided to make a desperate bet and besiege Zhenshi City with 50,000 soldiers. He led the remaining 50,000 troops around the Giant Rock City and headed straight to Suye City, the core of the Western Regions.

Li Xun looked at the map and stroked his fingers.

He entered the Western Regions with more than 55,000 troops. After several major battles, the losses were not large. There are still about 47,000 troops in the rear of Xizhou. The troops in the eastern part of the Western Regions have been concentrated in Zhenshi City, with 10,000 people, and he has 10,000 people. Su Ye's side is dominated by Shan Qiu, with 20,000 troops and 2,000 troops and more than 2,000 remaining. In Hou Quan's hands, with Chengzhou as the core, he manages the things in the northern part of the Western Regions.

Hou Quan had the least army, but with the resolution of the matter between Loulan and Hou Chi tribes, there should be no major problems in the situation in the northern part of the Western Regions. Before leaving, Li Xun gave Hou Quan instructions not to act rashly, try to calm people's hearts and act cautiously.

"Master, Mr. Fan's letter."

A personal soldier hurried into the tent and handed the letter in his hand to Li Xun.

Li Xun was not in a hurry to Zhenshi City, where the walls were tall and Zhao Wei led 10,000 troops to guard the city. Previously, Jun Yanting led a 100,000 army to attack for three days but failed to break through. Now there are only 50,000 people left, so there is no big problem.

When he reached eighty miles west of Zhenshi City, Li Xun ordered the army to stop, in the name of rest, but in fact, he obviously had other plans.

Fan Zhongyun wrote a letter to inform Li Xun that he had ordered the eight thousand defenders of Juyan City to abandon the city and retreat to Lincheng. Shan Qiu led 7,000 soldiers and others there. The two sides joined forces, with a total of 15,000 people guarding Lincheng.

"Lord, Fan Zhongyun's strategy of retreating to advance is very good."

Sima Tu looked at the character in the letter and smiled and praised.

Li Xun nodded. Fan Zhongyun obviously saw through Jun Yanting's mind and took the dispatch and direction of the battle situation into his own hands. Jun Yanting had just started a army and had a huge momentum. It was the time when his morale was at its highest. It was obviously very unwise to fight with him in a field. Jun Yanting bypassed Juyan City and attacked Su Ye City directly. It was actually a relatively clever decision. Doing this seems to be risky, but his troops are dominant. If Juyan City defenders leave the city and attack from behind, he can just turn around and fight with him. If Juyan City defenders do not come out, then Su Ye City will only have more than 10,000 people in Jin army. Jun Yanting attacks with a 50,000 army, and the victory may be very great.

Moreover, this is just a military consideration. From another perspective, the situation in the central and western regions has not been completely stable. If Jun Yanting leads his troops at this time and people are in a state of ulterior motives, those with ulterior motives may take the opportunity to move. By that time, the situation will be very passive.

Now, the eight thousand Jin troops in Juyan City voluntarily withdrew their troops and retreated to Lincheng, joining forces with Shan Qiu. Lincheng is only more than 200 miles away from Suye City. If Jun Yanting still wants to bypass Lincheng and attack Suye City, it is not a risk, but a death. Once he does this, the troops of Lincheng and Suye City attack forward and backward. Even if Jun Yanting has the advantage of military strength, he may have to fail. Therefore, Lincheng is a hurdle that he cannot avoid.

"General, what else do you have to hesitate about? This is a great time to launch an attack."

Dalintai Pavilion advised and persuaded him.

Xun Bokeh shouted: "What's there to be afraid of in a group of mobs? All of my Loulan cavalry are heroes. They only need five thousand people to defeat them."

Xun Bokeh really looks down on the countries of the Western Regions. Not only did he think so alone, but Dalin Taige and Xun Daofu all felt that way, but they were not as arrogant as Xun Bokeh. Over the years, except for Loulan, there was no decent army in the Western Regions. Zhan Bai emerged and had just grown stronger. He had an army with strong combat power in his hand, but it had been eliminated by Li Xun. Therefore, in the eyes of Xun Bokeh and others, Jun Yanting seemed to be huge and huge in power, but most of them were temporarily recruited by the people. The combat power was definitely not good, so it was not worth worrying.

Less than a hundred miles away from Zhenshi City, Li Xun suddenly ordered the army to stop moving forward. This stop took nearly a day, and everyone was puzzled.

Li Xun was still pondering and didn't speak.

Sima Tu smiled and said, "We marched for three days. The soldiers were tired. They rushed into the battlefield in such a hurry. Even if the enemies were sheep, it might be possible to overturn us. It would be better to be cautious."

Dalintai Pavilion smiled bitterly and said, "It's almost a day's rest, which is enough. Let the general issue an order to attack quickly. The eight thousand Loulan cavalry in my hand are willing to be the vanguard."

Xun Daofu looked at Li Xun, but had some other ideas and asked softly: "General, have you already had other strategies?"

Li Xun nodded, looked at everyone, and said, "Our initial plan was to combine with the army inside and outside of Zhenshi City, defeat the 50,000 Kangju outside the city, the coalition forces of the two countries of the Han and Khan, and then marched into Suye City and fought the final decisive battle with Jun Yanting."

Sima Tu knew Li Xun and chuckled, "The lord should have another idea."

"good."

Li Xun turned around and came to the map, and everyone hurriedly surrounded him.

Li Xun pointed at Lincheng: "Lincheng was once the important place for Zhan Bai's food and grass logistics. The city was tall and strong. Dan Qiu was defended by 15,000 people. Jun Yanting wanted to break through forcibly, which may be very difficult. The greatest possibility of Lincheng's battle was that the two sides formed a stalemate. No one could win in a short period of time. Thinking about this, even if we don't go back to help for the moment, Su Ye City will be safe for the time being, and Fan Zhongyun's battle situation will not have any major problems."

Li Cunxiao was the first to react and said loudly: "In this way, we have space and time to carry out other military operations."

Li Xun looked at Li Cunxiao and smiled and said, "What did you think of?"

Li Cunxiao laughed and said, "Take the firewood from the cauldron and attack the Huanglong."
Chapter completed!