Guan Ning recalled the autumn of the 29th year of Longjing.

At that time, he had not yet inherited the throne, and was still a down-and-out prince who was not recognized by others.

Deeply framed, he entered the battlefield with only hundreds of remaining soldiers wandering around, and finally defeated the Wei army step by step and won...

The situation now is so similar to that then.

The same is the Wei and Liang coalition forces!

Then, let’s defeat you again!

Guan Ning's eyes gradually solidified, and there was murderous intent flashing in his eyes!

Daning has reached its most dangerous moment, and the situation in the northern barbarians in the western region is unknown. What he has to do is to resist the attack of the Wei and Liang coalition forces on the southern battlefield and defeat them!

"Your Majesty, the front line reported that the enemy troops have made movements!"

At this time, Cheng Hui, deputy commander of the Second Army of the Border Guard Army, came to report.

Stationed in Huaizhou are the two border guard armies. Currently, the Wei army has occupied most of the area in Huaizhou, and the two sides are confronting each other.

"What's going on?"

"The troops are starting to move out."

Cheng Hui said: "It's just that the scale is not large and they haven't launched an attack on our army yet."

"They should already know that the Western Region Army has attacked the Central Plains."

Guan Ning was not surprised by this.

The Wei and Liang countries must have special intelligence channels.

Next, they should take advantage of this opportunity to launch a swift attack.

"I believe that Liang Jun in Beilin Province will do the same. He immediately sent an order to Hao Cang so that he does not have to confront the enemy head-on. If necessary, he can avoid his sharp edge and continue to retreat!"

"Still retreating?"

Although Cheng Hui was in Huaizhou, he also knew about the war situation.

In the early stage, our own troops kept retreating and were about to give up the entire Beilin Province.

If we retreat further, we will have to give up Yuanzhou.

Guan Ning knew what Cheng Hui was thinking, and he said: "The plan drawn up before the war set up two buffer zones, one is Beilin Province, and the other is Yuanzhou!"

Cheng Hui understood.

The so-called buffer zone is a place that can accept becoming a battlefield and occupied by enemy forces.

Beilin Province plays a great role!

Guan Ning was very fortunate that Zhu Zhen's impulse at that time gave Daning the opportunity to obtain Beilin Province, so that the war could go more smoothly.

In fact, Yuanzhou played the same role, gaining time while giving up land.

This is all within the plan.

"What about Huaizhou?"

Cheng Hui asked: "Do you want to give them all up too?"

"let!"

Guan Ning said: "The Wei-Liang coalition is not necessarily easier than us. In comparison, they can't bear the long-term consumption."

Guan Ning has his own judgment on this point.

The country of Liang was in a state of chaos due to its aggressive military campaign.

The State of Wei also fell into chaos because of the Great Wei Baoqian. He prepared many back-ups. If his uncle did not control it in time, the Great Wei Baoqian might be replaced by Daning Baoqian.

These are all factors that affect war.

Now we just have to persevere and see who can hold on!

Only this time, Guan Ning made a mistake in his judgment. The expected rapid attack by the coalition forces did not appear. Instead, he was very conservative. Several attempts were mostly feints. He did not launch a large-scale attack on Daning's army, and did not even use large-scale troops.

Very rare.

"What are the Wei and Liang coalition forces going to do?"

Guan Ning looked at the military map and began to think.

The Wei army has occupied most of the Huaizhou area, and the border is very clear. Pingcheng where he is located is considered the frontline area.

"The enemy's main force is stationed in Anseong. If they want to continue to advance south, they must capture this place."

Cheng Hui, deputy general of the Second Border Guard Army, pointed to a location on the military map... Go up to Liaocheng!

Guan Ning is no stranger to these places. He has fought in all of them.

In Shangliaocheng, the Wei army was even burned.

"Our army has 50,000 troops stationed in Shangliaocheng. This is not a small number. Why hasn't the enemy attacked yet?"

"The idea is probably to besiege but not attack."

The generals were discussing.

Guan Ning frowned. Wei and Liang must have known about the attack in the Western Region. They should have attacked quickly and violently. Why were they not in a hurry now?

This in itself is very abnormal.

Unless... they also want to delay.

It should be!

Guan Ning reacted immediately.

They knew that the Western Regions were attacking Daning, so they thought of conserving their forces, temporarily slowing down the attack, and leaving the main attack to the Western Regions!

This is a good strategy.

Naturally, they believed that the longer the delay, the more detrimental it would be to Daning.

Guan Ning immediately figured out that the enemy had changed their tactics...

"If they don't attack, we won't fight either."

Guan Ning immediately said: "But we must send out scouts to investigate in detail and pay attention to its movements at any time."

See who consumes more energy than whom!

But what the enemy wants to do is not just consumption, but also destruction!

They did not attack the city, but during this period dozens of small armies were sent out!

Cast the net wide and catch more fish.

These troops sent out are all carefully selected. They are elites and at the same time, they are also dead soldiers!

Because they have no intention of going back, their mission is to go as deep into the hinterland as possible to carry out destruction!

Each team can range from thousands to hundreds. This is to accumulate experience in advance and evaluate the difficulty and duration of survival in order to make further arrangements...

Before this, the coalition forces also had sufficient preparations.

During the army's rest period, they sent out a large number of spies to detect the enemy's situation and obtain detailed military deployment.

Generally speaking, Daning's military deployment is relatively conventional, with troops deployed in important cities, like dots one by one.

In other words, the defense line is not a whole, but has gaps.

The coalition forces mobilized their forces to feign an attack to attract the attention of Daning's army. During this period, they all passed through the defense line to complete the destruction mission...

Xue Qiang was a thousand-man general in the Wei army.

After selection, he got a thousand elites and led them here.

Burning, killing, looting, and wanton destruction.

That's his mission!

The journey was uneventful, but what confused him was that he didn't encounter any people here.

None of the so-called fertile fields were found.

If you want to destroy, you don't know what to destroy.

The fields were overgrown with weeds and there were no signs of cultivation, and all the houses seen were empty, which was good, as it provided them with a place to hide.

But it doesn't make any sense.

This is the same as the area they have captured. All the people have been relocated long ago. In other words, the entire Huaizhou may be like this.

Unless they passed through Huaizhou and headed to Yongzhou, but how could this be done?

All the teams that came were stunned, so their trip couldn't be in vain, even if they were to attack the enemy's stronghold and the food road.

There are many teams and they are spread out.

But this was their first time doing something like this, and it was really rough. They thought they were hiding, but they didn't realize they were noticed very early.

Guan Ning also received the report immediately.

"So far, we have found at least six such teams, with a strength of approximately 8,000 people."

Cheng Hui's report made Guan Ning fall into deep thought.

"We have grasped their specific location and can eliminate them at any time, but their purpose is still unclear."

"I already know."
Chapter completed!