The Fifth Battalion suffered heavy casualties and had to stay in Yanggu County to repair it. One was to wait for the wounded to return to the team, or recruit like new recruits on the spot. Secondly, it could also carry food and grass for the troops heading to Luzhou City. Although the Meng people retreated, their cavalry came and went like the wind. When the brigade left, there might be many small groups of people roaming. Once the unprotected food and grass encountered them, it would be a huge loss. But no matter what, Li Fugui's fifth battalion could not enter the battle in a short period of time, which made Yun Zhao's troops at hand a little stretched.

The order to mobilize the Third Battalion and the Cavalry Battalion into Luzhou to fight was issued, but Yun Zhao could not wait on the spot. He had to march towards Luzhou City immediately. He brought his relatives' 1,000 cavalrymen and together with Wang Qiang's Fourth Battalion, he stayed in Yanggu County for only three days before he set off.

After Tinig returned in Yanggu County, he did not come to attack Yun Zhao again, but rolled towards Shuntian, the capital of Luzhou. All signs seemed to indicate that the Mongolian army's target was Shuntian Mansion, and Tinig's blocking was just to delay the operation of the Anqing border army. Now that most of the Anqing border army had gathered, they finally gave up and wanted to seize Shuntian Mansion before Yun Zhao.

However, Yun Zhao's doubts were not answered. The Fourth Battalion did not rush to Shuntian all the way, but instead fought steadily, advance step by step, and fought with the cavalry. The most important thing was that they could not find any opportunity to attack. Once they were found, it would be a disaster for the infantry. On the contrary, the cavalry did not have many opportunities to attack the infantry array with dense formations.

Five days later, Wang Gui heard from Shuntian Prefecture that about 30,000 cavalry of Barutu arrived at Shuntian Prefecture and were making final preparations before siege, and Tienig's nearly 20,000 cavalry of Tienig will also meet with him in about two days.

Nearly 50,000 cavalry gathered in Shuntian Mansion. I'm afraid Zhuo Yiming is so anxious that he is about to jump off his feet? Yun Zhao stopped moving forward instead. At this time, he only had more than 10,000 troops in his hands. If Barutu was a trick of besieging the city and fighting aid, the real danger was not Shuntian Mansion, but himself. The Mengren was best at playing this set, with the power of the cavalry. It came and went like the wind. If he was not careful, he would be strongly impacted by the cavalry.

Once he missed the opportunity, Shuntian Mansion would no longer have the intention to resist. There would be no soldiers to rescue outside and no city to defend inside. Yun Zhao was very clear about this principle. As long as he did not lose, Shuntian Mansion's will to resist would never disappear. With the strength of Shuntian Mansion's city, it was obviously not something that could be done in a short time.

But the people around Shuntian Prefecture would not have time to retreat into the city, they would probably suffer.

Shuntian Mansion, Barutu, Wuliqi and others looked up at the majestic city in front of them, and they all gasped. The moat, which was about a few meters wide, was walking around the city. The city was nearly thirty meters high, and there was a horse face every few dozen meters. There was no blind spot on the entire attack surface that could be used.

"Damn, the people of Dayue are not good at fighting. This city is built more and more solid. Could it be that they belong to turtles!" Wu Liqi murmured: "Prince Barutu, do you think that if you really want to capture this city, how many troops do the city need?"

Barutu also frowned, "If there are 20,000 or 30,000 elite troops in this city, and if you want to defeat him, you must get ten times the strength and besieged for a long time, you can succeed."

"In other words, we need 300,000 soldiers!" Wu Liqi said with a hey voice, "Didn't this mean that we will never be able to defeat this city?"

"Why do we have to fight?" Barutu sneered, "We are not good at sieging cities. This is an indisputable fact. We are few inhabited people, and each one is extremely precious. How can we fill them in and compete for such a city? If it is Shangjing, it is almost the same. It is not worth our work here."

"You mean, we have guys like Han Zhong?" Wu Liqi smiled.

"Yes, Wu Liqi, don't look down on Han Zhong. This man is of great help to the unity of our people. The first batch of infantry soldiers he trained has been listed, and Your Majesty also praised him. Fifty thousand people! Han Zhong only took less than a year to train 50,000 infantry for us. Moreover, this man has great experience in siegeing and defending the city. If we want to compete with Dayue for the world, we must have a broad mind like the desert and accommodate talents like Han Zhong."

"When will I not be able to tolerate him?" Wu Liqi curled his lips.

Barutu smiled, "You often speak sarcasticly at court meetings. Don't look at this person who is tolerant and not speak. Be careful that he will take revenge on you in the future. Although this person is talented, he is not broad-minded."

Wu Liqi laughed, "I'm still afraid of him? Who am I, the dignified Prince of Political Affairs, he is just a dog of our Dayuan."

"But this dog will become stronger and stronger!" Barutu said: "Han Zhong is talented, and his four characters are extraordinary. It can be imagined that for a long time, all our infantry generals of Dayuan were from Han Zhong's hands, and most of them will be led by these four people. Han Zhong will inevitably become another important force in our Dayuan. Therefore, it is always okay to be polite to him."

Wu Liqi spat, "I don't know what Your Majesty is thinking. Letting such a guy lead such a large force is not my race, but his heart will be different. People like Han Zhong must be on guard against it."

Barutu laughed, "You can think of it, and of course Your Majesty will also think that many things have been done, but Han Zhong, Your Majesty must use it. And as more and more people like Han Zhong join our Dayuan in the future, Han Zhong's power will be dispersed. Using his talents, he must limit his ambitions to a certain range. This is Your Majesty's strategy for Han Zhong."

"Oh? What means did Your Majesty use?" Wu Liqi asked with interest.

"You're not careful!" Barutu smiled and said, "Didn't you read the imperial palace report two days ago? Our Zuo Prime Minister is married to his daughter!"

"It's Azith! I really didn't pay attention. This dog didn't give us a happy post. I had to beat him hard when I went back! Her daughter is not bad, is she a warrior from that tribe?" Wu Liqi smiled.

"His husband's surname is Han Jiang, and he is Han Zhong's adopted son!" Barutu laughed.

Wu Liqi was stunned for a while and spitted hard, "Damn it, a flower is inserted into cow dung! Azis is actually willing!"

"What is he unwilling to do? He took a big advantage out of thin air. Who is Han Jiang? The first general of Dayue in our Yuan Dynasty to command more than 10,000 troops, with a total of 20,000 infantry under his command. Azis has been in charge of us. Why? Isn't it because he has no soldiers? He is from the Gorros tribe. But now Gorros's patriarch Gro is very careful about him, fearing that Azis will seize his position as the leader. Now it's different. He has a son-in-law with military power. Do you believe it? When we return to Yanjing, the tone of this guy talking to you will inevitably change greatly?"

Wu Liqi was stunned for a while, "That's true. We Mengren are people who speak by strength. Now we are afraid that Gro will not be able to sleep at night."

"Don't worry, he will die!" Barutu sneered, shaking the reins, and then walked back.

"I heard that Tinig suffered another loss in Yun Zhao's hands?" Wu Liqi tilted his head, "Is he losing a lot of people?"

"This kid has grown up and suffered losses, but I feel much more relieved than the previous stubbornness. I will be able to meet with us in about two days." Barutu said.

"Yun Zhao doesn't know if this time will be as we wish, so that we can settle the old accounts?" Wu Liqi said gritting his teeth: "Our army gathers in Shuntian Mansion, and Shuntian Mansion is the place he must take. He will definitely come to rescue him in a hurry. Tienig has the chance to knock him on the road."

"No hope!" Barutu shook his head, "This Yun Zhao is almost becoming a spirit now. I seem to see another Guan Pengju growing up. He can't guess what we mean."

"If we had known today, we should have done our best to destroy this son. If we had killed this guy, how could we have caused these troubles today?" Wu Liqi sighed.

"Who could have thought that a mere horse thief could become a big trouble today?" Barutu said regretfully: "There is no regret medicine in this world. Moreover, this time our goal is not to defeat Yun Zhao, just trap him. After returning, you will lead your troops to act according to the prior agreement. Even if Yun Zhao arrives at Shuntian Prefecture, the Luzhou he obtained is a place full of holes. The places we occupied have cut the entire Luzhou into pieces. It is not an easy task for him to integrate Luzhou. Let him fight one by one. Isn't Han Jiang's 20,000 infantrymen here to do this?"

"I always feel that Your Majesty's plan is too huge this time?" Wu Liqi said with some disconfidence, "And the complexity of implementing it is far beyond any previous battle example. If there is a problem in any place, it will be difficult to achieve full results!"

"The Yue people are so strife!" Barutu smiled and said, "Li Jian will never allow Su Can to join Liang's 200,000 troops across the river. This is our opportunity. If we succeed this time, we can cross the river in one fell swoop. Even if we fail, we can still cut the river and control it. Didn't that be the case when we came out of the desert? So, this time the plan was successful and the icing on the cake, and if it failed, it had nothing to do with the overall situation."

"The sixteen northern states are always incomplete without Yizhou and Luzhou. Moreover, it is always uncomfortable to have such a tiger sleeping soundly beside the bed!"

"This plan is over, and it's time for us to deal with Yun Zhao!" Barutu laughed. "We have closed the gate of Yun Zhao's family. He is trapped in the north, and there are no reinforcements outside. The people of Dayue are busy with internal fighting. While we are sitting in the mountains and watching the tiger fight, we can free up our strength to deal with Yun Zhao. I want to see how long this tiger can last! (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!