Liu Bowen's eyes flashed with a glimmer of light and said, "Yes, Lord General can actually subdue the Song clan in the south, and even shock the Demon Sect in such a short time and unify the entire Jiangnan area. We subordinates, let's not talk about helping the adults, at least we must guard the foundation of the north for the adults."

People with extremely intelligent and extremely intelligent people like Liu Bowen and Li Ruohai cannot see how Fang Xiaoyu's unification of the south will have the impact on the general trend of the world.

If Fang Xiaoyu only unifies the south, at most it would make the heroes in the north feel a great sense of urgency, which would prompt the north to complete unification in the shortest time. During this period, it would not be so easy to enter the north from the south.

But Fang Xiaoyu is different. Fang Xiaoyu not only unifies the south, but more importantly, in the north, Fang Xiaoyu occupies a land of one state. In this way, it can echo the north and the south, which is also because the Li family, Li Mi and others dare not sit idly by.

If they really watch Fang Xiaoyu's power grow, then why are they fighting for the world? Just prepare to surrender early, and at least they can save their lives.

After Liu Bowen and Li Ruohai came into a state of high alert in the entire Youzhou, Liu Bowen and Li Ruohai even discussed with each other and made the decision to recruit troops again.

Conscription can be big or small, but it must be approved by Fang Xiaoyu no matter what. However, they cannot contact Fang Xiaoyu for a while, so the two of them decide on their own and recruit the troops first. When Fang Xiaoyu returns, they will apologize to Fang Xiaoyu.

He recruited another 100,000 troops, plus the 50,000 troops that had originally stayed to guard Youzhou, and there were almost 150,000 troops in Youzhou.

With 150,000 troops in hand, Liu Bowen and Li Ruohai were just a little relieved. They knew very well that unless Fang Xiaoyu or Long'er returned, they would not have much effect at all when facing the broken-level strong men.

But even though they knew this, the two had to fight. They couldn't sit there and wait for death. There was still a glimmer of hope for fighting, but if they didn't fight, there would be no hope.

Such a huge movement in the north is naturally not something that anyone who is interested can hide. On the big ship, Fang Xiaoyu looked at the news about the north and raised his lips slightly, and chuckled: "Liu Bowen did not disappoint me!"

Whether it was Song Que or Shi Zhixuan, they naturally understood that Fang Xiaoyu said this because Liu Bowen took the initiative to recruit soldiers. In their opinion, although Liu Bowen's move was a bit beyond his reach, it has to be said that Liu Bowen is not an idiot to make such a decision under such a critical situation.

What made Fang Xiaoyu curious was the appearance of Li Ruohai. What Fang Xiaoyu could not have imagined was that such a person with broken potential would appear in the Zhenbei Army.

Looking at the introduction about Li Ruohai in the information, although there was not much, it also pointed out that Li Ruohai was discovered by Longer from the Zhenbei Army.

Song Que looked at the introduction about Li Ruohai and laughed: "There are these great sages under his command, and it is enough to expect that we can rush to Youzhou."

Li Ruohai has the strength no less than Shi Zhixuan. He may not be the opponent of the broken strongman, but he still has the ability to delay time.

With their group of people's journey, they can arrive in Youzhou in at most three days. No matter how crisis is, even if Youzhou falls, I believe that Fang Xiaoyu's strength is enough to turn the world around.

Of course, the premise is that Liu Bowen and Li Ruohai can save the Zhenbei Army, rather than fighting for the entire army to be wiped out.

After all, Fang Xiaoyu and Song Que can suppress the coalition forces or even counterattack the coalition forces, but the war cannot be maintained by them, such as the strong men. They can conquer cities one by one, but without troops to occupy them, they are also unable to do anything, so they can't just stop after the battle.

Therefore, Fang Xiaoyu's expectation for Liu Bowen and Li Ruohai is to retreat step by step while holding back the coalition forces and protect the strength of the Zhenbei Army as much as possible.

The coalition forces were full of momentum, with the three coalition forces totaling as much as 150,000, especially two strong men of the broken level were in charge. It can be said that no matter which side, they were full of confidence in this battle.

If Fang Xiaoyu or any of Mrs. Long'er were in charge of Youzhou, they would not be so optimistic. The key is that Fang Xiaoyu is far away in the south of the Yangtze River and Mrs. Long'er's expedition to the grassland was the time when Youzhou was the most empty.

It can even be said that in the eyes of Dou Jiande, Li Shimin and others, it is simply a big deal to mobilize them so much.

However, even though they thought so in their hearts, they still formed such a formation, to ensure their safety, directly crush Youzhou with ten percent of their strength, and to remove the foundation of Zhenbei Army in Youzhou in one fell swoop.

The army traveled, flags covered the sun, but the speed of the army was not very fast.

In the big tent, Li Shimin, Dou Jiande, Shen Luoyan and others gathered together to listen to the reports of several generals.

One of the generals below said, "Several generals, the Zhenbei Army is too cunning. They harassed and attacked from time to time during our march, which greatly reduced the speed of travel. If this speed continues, it will be at least two days later than the time we scheduled to invade Youzhou."

It turned out that after Liu Bowen and Li Ruohai decided to delay the time, they sent out a series of harassing teams. The task of these teams was not to fight head-on with the coalition forces, but to hold the coalition forces as much as possible and to make them enter Youzhou as late as possible.

He waved his hand and signaled the generals to go down. In the tent, Li Shimin sat there, his eyes fell on Shen Luoyan and said, "Mr. Shen, why not talk about it, what exactly is Zhenbei Army's intention to do this?"

Shen Luoyan looked up at Li Shimin and said, "The second young master knows it well, why should I ask Luoyan?"

Dou Jiande glanced at the two of them a little tickledly and said, "Okay, Liu Bowen and the others want to hold us back. Let's talk about what we should do. If time has taken it for a long time, if any of Fang Xiaoyu or Mrs. Long'er returns to Youzhou in time, it will not be so easy for us to take Youzhou."

Li Shimin sneered and said, "What if Fang Xiaoyu returns to Youzhou? Don't forget that there are two broken powerful men in our side. At that time, we will simply kill Fang Xiaoyu to eliminate future troubles."

Dou Jiande's face looked a little ugly. Whether it was Wagang or Li family, there were broken strong men in charge, but he only had broken strong men in charge, which made his voice in the coalition forces suppressed a lot.

If it weren't for the territory he occupied bordered Youzhou, and once Youzhou sent troops south and the land of Hebei was the first to be hit, he would never have come to be angry.

However, Dou Jiande looked at Li Shimin contemptuously and said, "Second Young Master, don't forget that Meng Chixing was dispatched like the Mongol Yuan, and the two broken powerful men of the Eighth Master Ba, but what's the result?"

Li Shimin was choked and narrowed his eyes and said, "That can only be said to be Meng Chixing. The Eighth Division Bas are not strong enough. If they are strong enough, how could they be defeated so miserably."

Chen Luoyan frowned. The three coalition forces naturally had their own thoughts and had their own plans. If Fang Xiaoyu had not put too much pressure on them, the three parties would have killed themselves long ago, so how could they have sent troops together?

However, in the face of the enemy, Li Shiming and Dou Jiande are still fighting openly and secretly, which makes Chen Luoyan secretly worried about whether this will go smoothly.

With a light cough, Chen Luoyan spoke: "Two, big things are the most important. The most important thing at the moment is to pull out the Zhenbei Army in the shortest time to solve our major problems."

Dou Jiande snorted coldly, and suddenly stood up and said, "A family led their own troops to strangle the soldiers in the North."

As he said that, Dou Jiande left, he was obviously preparing to lead his army to strangle the harassing people sent by the Zhenbei Army.

Not only Dou Jiande, but Shen Luoyan, Li Shimin each sent a group of troops to protect the army.

As a result, the speed of the army's march suddenly increased, but the fighting between the teams sent by both sides was also very fierce, with war reports of all sizes almost every day.

Finally, two days passed, and in the army, several people rode on high-headed horses and looked at the city ahead.

This city is the entrance to Youzhou. After passing the city ahead, it enters the boundary of Youzhou. At this time, the city is full of flags and the city gates are closed. One thousand northern troops are guarding the city with great tension.

Even if you usually have to let go of three or five thousand troops to guard such a city, but at this time, one thousand troops were arranged.

The general guarding the city stood on the high building and looked down, looking at the dark army, a strange look flashed in his eyes.

Li Shimin drove forward and said to the general on the city tower: "General Mo, you are just abandoned sons of Zhenbei Army. Since Zhenbei Army abandoned you, why don't you follow the will of heaven and open the city to surrender? I, Li Shimin, can guarantee here that as long as you are willing to surrender, you will never hurt you and others."

The General Mo leaned out and looked at Li Shimin and said, "I have long admired the name of the second prince of the Li family. Can you allow Mo to consider it and give him a reply to the second prince in the evening?"

Li Shimin showed a happier look on his face when he looked at Tianse and nodded slightly, "Since that's the case, Shimin will wait for General Mo's news. I hope General Mo can make the right choice and not let Shimin down."

After fighting the horse and turning around, Li Shimin returned to the army. Shen Luoyan and Dou Jiande looked at Li Shimin. Li Shimin told the situation to both of them.

Dou Jiande couldn't help but shout, "What are you thinking about? He is clearly delaying time. If you want me to say, just ask Ziyang Zhenren or Qinglian Sword Immortal to take action. You can take this city with a cup of tea. Why waste time here?"

Li Shimin frowned and said, "That's right, but if we attacked each city one by one, it would still take a lot of time. If we can persuade these generals of Zhenbei Army, as long as we are at the city, these Zhenbei Army will surrender in sight. Wouldn't it also save a lot of time?"

After hearing Li Shimin say this, although Dou Jiande was a little dissatisfied, he had to admit that Li Shimin's considerations were very reasonable. They could not fight each city one by one.

With a cold snorting, Dou Jiande said, "Since that's the case, I'll leave this city to the second young master to deal with, and Dou will wait for the result."

Chen Luoyan didn't say anything, but said to Li Shimin: "The second young master will take care of the priorities of it yourself."

In the evening, Li Shimin appeared under the city again and called out General Mo Li and said, "General Mo, I don't know what the general is thinking about? Shimin is very sincere. Even if General Mo doesn't think about himself, he must consider these brothers under his command."

Mo Li leaned out and looked at Li Shimin and said, "Second Young Master, Mo Li has surrendered. Please give Mo Li some time. After an hour, Mo Li should open the city gate and welcome the second young master into the city."

Li Shimin was naturally happy to hear that Mo Li was willing to surrender, but the other party had to wait for an hour to open the city gate, which made Li Shimin a little displeased.

However, after thinking about it, Li Shimin nodded at Mo Li and said, "Shimin agreed. After an hour, I hope General Mo Li will not let Li down."

An hour later, the city gate rumbled open. Li Shimin and others accepted Mo Li's surrender, and the army slowly entered the city, but now the sky has darkened.

According to the plan, they should have taken the city long ago, but they may have appeared under another city now. However, because Li Shimin recruited a surrendered guard, they were dragged until nightfall.

Marine at night is a taboo. Even if there are broken strong men in the army, Li Shimin and others dare not marching at night.

If there is an ambush at that time, the army will fall into chaos and the Broken Powers will not be able to solve the problem.

So the army stationed in the city all night, and the next morning, the army drove straight to the next city.

Within the next two days, the coalition forces fought without a single battle, and they even seized ten cities in a row, accounting for almost one-third of the large and small cities in Youzhou.

This record is not uncommon, but in the big tent, Dou Jiande stared at Li Shimin. He heard Dou Jiande say to Li Shimin: "Li Shimin, what do you mean? Can't you, your second son of Li, see that the other party is delaying our march speed? If you persuade the city to descend one by one, in the end, I'm afraid that the Zhenbei Army on the grassland will have returned before we take down Youzhou City."

Li Shimin took a deep breath, raised his head and stared at Dou Jiande and shook his head slightly, "General Dou, I can be sure that Mrs. Long'er is chasing Temujin's army on the grassland at this time, and it is impossible for her to rush back to Youzhou within ten days and half a month."

Chen Luoyan couldn't help but narrow her eyes when she heard this, and a smile hung on the corner of her mouth, saying, "Oh, it seems that the relationship between Li and Meng Yuan is not simple. She can even know the news on the grassland."
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