Zhao Long didn't hide his plan, and there was no way to hide it.

He must attack the cities, unless Shenwuwei can capture nine cities at the same time without letting any one go, otherwise Liu Jiwu will definitely get the news.

Therefore, it is impossible to conceal the battle plan. We can only fight against the Shun army to cut off their retreat before Liu Jiwu retreats.

In order to slow down the time for Liu Jiwu to discover the plan and retreat, Shenwuwei stepped up its attack on several cities and passes in the north of Nanhu County.

More local legions arrived in Nanhu County, and they took over the city captured by Shenwuwei, and were responsible for the security and logistics transfer in the city.

With their joining, the pressure on Shenwuwei has been reduced a lot. They only need to do one thing, attack!

attack!

Attack again!

As long as there are Shun Kingdom's cities ahead, and as long as the Shun Army is still blocking the front, Shenwuwei will capture and destroy them!

In just three days, Liu Jiwu received bad news that two cities, five passes, and more than a dozen military strongholds had been breached, and more than 30,000 Shun troops had been killed or injured.

At this time, many generals of the Shun Army also saw the seriousness of the situation.

In fact, they already knew the seriousness of the situation, but Shenwuwei's offensive in the past two days completely shattered their inner luck.

There is no hope of winning any longer.

Unless the imperial court sends reinforcements.

But they all know that it is impossible to have reinforcements in a short time.

All the remaining troops of the imperial court were restrained at the northern and southern borders, and the newly recruited soldiers and horses had not yet completed their training.

Sending recruits who haven't completed their training to come up and fight the dry army is to die.

In addition to delaying a little time, it is just to send military exploits to the soldiers of the army.

Or leave seeds for the army!

Liu Jiwu did not apply to the court for reinforcements, because he knew that the application was useless, and it would be better to retrain troops in Nanhu County than to apply for reinforcements.

In fact, Liu Jiwu has been training soldiers since he arrived in Nanhu County, otherwise he wouldn't have so many soldiers under his command.

If he had only relied on the 100,000 troops given to him by the imperial court, he would have been defeated by Shenwuwei long ago.

It's about the same now.

Liu Jiwu had less than 50,000 soldiers and horses, and it would be unrealistic to plan any counterattack at this time.

He can consider retreating to the south.

It's just that the 50,000 people under him who are retreating now will certainly not be able to retreat with him.

Shenwuwei will not let them leave easily.

Without the soldiers and horses under his command, is it really meaningful to retreat successfully?

What did he use to guard the remaining cities in Nanhu County.

At this time, Liu Jiwu's staff members all spoke to comfort the general, "Proprietor, if you keep the green hills, you are not afraid of running out of firewood!"

"As long as you lead some soldiers and horses to break through safely and return to Nanshui City or Lu'an City to regroup the soldiers and horses, you can prevent the dry army from completely capturing Nanhu County."

"And the proprietor, this Nanhu County is not just the Nanhu County of the general and the people of Nanhu County. Although the imperial court is unable to support Nanhu County in a short period of time, the surrounding counties should still have some spare capacity.

Once Nanhu County falls, the counties in the south will face Qianguo's attack directly, and they must understand the reason why their lips are dead and their teeth are cold.

At that time, the proprietor can gather more food and grass, recruit some soldiers and horses from the surrounding counties, and continue to confront the dry army. After the training of the recruits is completed, there is still a chance to drive the dry army out! "

At this time, Lao Cheng's solemn words are also the best choice for Liu Jiwu at present.

Liu Jiwu was obviously moved by what he said.

Although many soldiers and horses have to be given up, at least there is still the possibility of fighting, and there is still hope of victory.

If you stay here, you will surely die!

It just depends on how long he and his soldiers can last.

But let him give up his soldiers and watch them being wiped out by the Gan army, Liu Jiwu still hesitated.

"Wait a little longer, we should be able to gather more troops and break through faster."

In fact, what Liu Jiwu was thinking was two more days. He could order the Shun army to abandon some unimportant cities and military strongholds, and let the troops gather together. Even if they couldn't take all of them away when he broke through, it would be safer than dispersing them.

The staff knew what Liu Jiwu was thinking, so they could only continue to persuade: "Commander, it's not too late, if the Qianjun finds out that we have the intention to break through, I'm afraid they will give up attacking the city and intercept us first.

And they won't watch us gather our forces. "

Liu Jiwu knew that his staff members were right. Since Gan Jun wanted to trap him in the north, he would definitely monitor his actions closely.

Any sign of trouble may reveal his intentions.

Liu Jiwu could only sigh helplessly, "You are right, the army will not give me more time to prepare, and any troop transfer will make them realize that we are going to break through.

It's not too late to break through! "

Liu Jiwu discussed with several staff members for a long time, and came to a conclusion that soldiers and horses still had to be called, even if they would be discovered by the dry army, they had to gather.

"Marshal, now you can mobilize only 8,000 troops immediately. It is very difficult to break through with these troops. You need at least 20,000 troops to ensure a successful breakout."

"However, the deployment of troops will definitely arouse the vigilance of the cadres. Once they find out that we are going to break through, they will definitely deploy troops to intercept us.

So our actions must be faster than theirs~lightnovelpub.net~ and start breaking out before they react. "

Liu Jiwu agreed to the suggestion of his staff, and immediately sent messengers to several generals on the front line to secretly send a message, asking them to come to a commander's mansion as soon as possible and go secretly.

Cannot be discovered by Qianjun's spies.

This is the first difficulty.

On the vast territory in the north of Nanhu County, there are hundreds, thousands or even tens of thousands of spies active in the Qian and Shun armies.

They fought and fought openly and secretly on this land. Every day, two or three digit spies were killed or injured, and they withdrew from the Nanhu County battlefield, and more soldiers would join them the next day.

Liu Jiwu's pressure not only came from the defeat of the Shun army on the frontal battlefield, but also the shocking casualties on the invisible battlefield.

The dry army has an absolute advantage on both battlefields.

It is really not easy for the generals under his command to come to the commander's mansion to see him without anyone noticing.

If you want to keep it secret, you can't bring too many guards. Not bringing more guards means danger.

Once discovered by Qianjun's spies, it is likely to attract Qianjun's pursuit.

The cavalry of the dry army makes Liu Jiwu have no one to fight against the net now!

That's really coming and going without a trace.

Liu Jiwu: They are all cavalry, why is there such a big difference!

He had arranged for cavalry many times to encircle and kill Qianjun cavalry, but all failed.

So I can only lament the gap between the cavalry of the two sides.

Zhao Long also had his own speculation about Liu Jiwu's actions. Although there was no accurate information yet, he was confident that his speculation should be relatively accurate.

"Let the scout battalion keep an eye on it for the next two days. Liu Jiwu is not someone who is waiting to die, he will definitely take action!"

Zhao Long looked at the sand table that was updated every day, and there were only four cities left, and the retreat of the Shun army in the north was cut off.

If Liu Jiwu doesn't want to stand still and die, the action will be in these two days.