During the Wuzong period, the Great Stone Empire in West Asia rose and conquered countless kingdoms, eventually leading to the Western Regions. At that time, the Jin Dynasty had a heroic emperor, virtuous ministers and famous generals, and its national power was at its peak.

Fierce battles broke out between the two empires in the Western Region. After several battles, the Dashi Empire had no choice but to withdraw from the Jin Dynasty. In the end, it had no choice but to retreat. The two countries signed a treaty of friendship. Although this treaty was only verbal, how powerful the Jin Dynasty was at that time. Dashi Empire

The empire really does not dare to break the contract easily.

After Wu Zong's death, Yizong succeeded to the throne. He was mediocre and untalented, and took little care of government affairs. As a result, the border force was weakened, and his control over the countries in the Western Regions began to weaken. The situation once again started to become chaotic. Seeing this, the Dashi Empire came back again and defeated the Jin Dynasty in one fell swoop.

The military power in the Western Regions did not stop until they reached Suzhou. The five hundred miles north and south of Ganzhou were used as the boundary. In the following sixty or seventy years, although there were frictions from time to time, there were no major wars. After all,

For the Dashi Empire, the Jin Dynasty was too far away, and their main energy was not here.

After listening to Li Zhong's words, everyone looked at each other. The land of the seven states south of Longyou has been occupied for more than eighty years since Yizong. In many people's subconscious, it is no longer the land of the Jin Dynasty.

have been fundamentally separated.

Ma Wu also looked shocked. Li Zhong's thinking was too broad and he couldn't keep up. He was still thinking about how to repel Tubo, but Li Zhong's ambitions had already covered the entire Longyou.

Li Zhong looked at Ma Wu and smiled softly: "Ma Wu, what do you think Tufan's real intention is for sending troops this time?"

"Although Tupan Zanpu has been on the throne for five years, he is still quite young and his foundation is not solid. This time he sent troops to the Jin Dynasty, probably because he wanted to establish his own reputation through war."

The imperial court had already concluded Tufan's intention to send troops to attack the Jin Dynasty, and Ma Wu also strongly agreed with this view.

"You are right."

Li Zhong smiled faintly, turned around and walked to the map, picked up a long pole and pointed it at Shanzhou. Everyone gathered around him.

"Tufan's attack this time seems to be aggressive, but in fact it is measured. If they really want to compete with me, the Jin Dynasty, they can station 50,000 troops outside Langzhou City to contain Huang Shen, and assemble the remaining 250,000 troops.

When he stormed Shanzhou, Yu Wenzhen only had 25,000 defenders in his hands. Even if the city was strong and strong, facing ten times the enemy, he probably wouldn't be able to defend it for a few days. After fighting for so many days, facing the superior strength of Tufan, Huang Chong and

Yu Wenzhen didn’t send anyone to ask you for help. It can be seen that they are not under great pressure. What’s the reason?”

After hearing this, Li Xun nodded repeatedly, feeling that Li Zhong's analysis was extremely powerful, so he couldn't help but say: "It seems that Tufanzan Puyi no longer breaks the city and expands the territory, and his men are too perfunctory to attack the city with all their strength."

Li Zhong put down the long pole in his hand, turned around, glanced at Li Xun, smiled and nodded: "This general said a lot."

Ma Wu asked softly: "What are the commander-in-chief's plans?"

Li Zhong did not answer, but asked: "Ma Wu, do you still remember Zhang Zhongjing?"

Zhang Zhongjing?

Ma Wu thought for a while, patted his forehead, and finally remembered: "It is said that this person likes to travel around. He has been to Mobei Monan, Annan Champa, Southwest Ailao, Tufan and even the Funan Dynasty. Fifteen years ago

I traveled throughout the Western Regions and never heard from him again."

"He has returned and went directly to the Anbei Protectorate to bring me important news."

Li Zhongshuang continued: "Since the sudden death of the Emperor of the Dashi Empire ten years ago, the kings in the country have fought for the throne, causing trouble in Xiaoqiang, fighting each other, and wars have continued. Now they are torn apart. Most of the 300,000 troops stationed in the Western Regions have been transferred back to the country to participate.

The fight for the throne..."

After Li Zhong explained in detail, everyone had a general understanding of the situation in the Western Regions. It was very simple. The emperor of the Dashi Empire died suddenly ten years ago without leaving a will. The kings with military power were fighting for the throne. You killed me.

I'll kill you. In the past ten years, the throne has changed seven times. The current emperor is named Axipoli. He was once the governor of the Western Regions. After winning the throne, in order to stabilize the domestic situation, he sent troops back from the Western Regions and re-employed Han generals.

, organized a Han army of 30,000 to assist Dashi soldiers in guarding various parts of the Western Regions. Zhang Zhongjing returned to the Jin Dynasty. When he was passing through the Western Regions, the Han army general Ma Wencheng found him and asked him to bring a message to Li Zhong, explaining the current situation in the Western Regions. If Li Zhong was willing to take back

In his homeland, he is willing to help each other.

At this point, Li Zhong's eyes brightened, and he became a little excited, and said loudly: "Now that Tufan has regained its strength, there are hundreds of thousands of armored elites. If they retreat to the plateau, there will be such powerful enemies waiting in the rear.

Even if there is a great opportunity in front of us, we can only look forward and sigh. Now that it is presented to our door, there is hope for Longyou to regain it. If we let such a good opportunity pass, we will definitely leave a bad name in history..."

After Li Zhong said so much, everyone vaguely understood.

Ma Wu asked: "What exactly does the commander want to do?"

Li Zhong said in a deep voice: "Now that you are here, don't leave. Leave all the 300,000 Tufan troops here."

Everyone was shocked. He was worthy of being the most famous general in the Jin Dynasty. With such courage, he really had the potential to swallow up mountains and rivers.

Ma Wu heard this with excitement. After so many years, his old boss still hasn't changed. If he doesn't want to do it, he will do something big.

Ma Wu held up his hands and said: "Ma Wu is willing to obey the orders, the commander-in-chief may give orders."

"We are willing to obey the command of the commander-in-chief."

Seeing everyone expressing their opinions, Li Zhong finally had a happy smile on his face. He said so much just to convince everyone to listen to him. The reason is very simple. Although Ma Wu was once his subordinate, he is now also a high-ranking official.

It is not under his jurisdiction, and there is no need to listen to his orders. If Ma Wu is unwilling to take risks, Li Zhong can only do anything about it, no matter how high his prestige is.

Li Zhong patted Ma Wu on the shoulder and said in a deep voice: "Immediately order Huang Shen and Yu Wenzhen to abandon Langzhou and Shanzhou and lead their troops to Liangzhou to assemble."

"The last general immediately sent an order to Huang Zhen and Yu Wenzhen to abandon the city and return to Liangzhou."

Ma Wu pondered for a while, and finally nodded heavily, abandoning Langzhou and Shanzhou without authorization. Once the battle failed, Ma Wu's head would definitely be at risk, but Ma Wu believed in Li Zhong and believed that under his leadership, this battle would be won.

Brilliant results will be achieved.

Li Zhong said: "You evacuate the people in the city immediately, and when Huang Zhen and Yu Wenzhen arrive with their troops, immediately abandon Liangzhou and retreat to Huizhou."

Ma Wu understood the meaning of Li Zhong's words and asked in surprise: "The commander-in-chief is not with us?"
Chapter completed!