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Chapter 208 The Battle Has Started
The days around the New Year's Eve always go by quickly, even the big families in the capital will prepare to eat some lighter food around the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, to cleanse their appetite and prepare for the new year's affairs.

The delicacies that the people had stored for a year were exhausted as early as the tenth day of the first lunar month, and the remaining days were no different from usual, except that on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, they would pack a few yuanxiao to send their families away.

For the children of princes and princes, the New Year is called enjoyment, but for ordinary people, the New Year is like a knife, which ruthlessly slaughtered their poor families.

On the fifth day of the first lunar month, Huai Yunqian ordered to put porridge or meat in various places in the capital. The people in the capital had a relatively comfortable year, but for the people in the north, it was not a happy year. Then there is a taste.

Youzhou.

The soldiers and civilians in Youzhou have spent a full year in tension, and they can receive reports from all over the world every day. If there is no accident, it will not be long before Rongdi will start the Northern War, and Youzhou will definitely bear the brunt of it.

Li Shichen was busy in the Governor's Mansion. Today was the Lantern Festival, but he was not in the mood to spend it. Naturally, the reason was that yesterday's elite troops from Tuoba Dragon City were dispatched, and their destination was Youzhou.

The situation in Yanran's country is also very different this year. In the past, Murong Yanzhi, who was the leader of peace, lost power in the court meeting this time, and the state affairs began to be controlled by Murong Yancheng, who was the leader of the war.

"Father, after receiving a secret report from Yanran's country, Yanran will also go south with Rongdi!" Li Guanjun hurried over. He was a bit at a loss for allocating rations and deploying defenses these days.

Youzhou City has high walls and thick mountains, and it is a good place to defend. If the supplies in previous years were distributed on time, the Li family and his son would not have such a headache.

The most important problem is that in the past, when the supplies were transported to Youzhou, they were deducted layer by layer. Over the years, Youzhou began to decline from a 30,000 army, until now there are only [-] people, which is barely able to maintain operations.

This is the result of Li Shichen's implementation of the garrison system long ago, but Youzhou was originally the site of the Three World Wars, and in addition to the raids by the Rong and Di cavalry in previous years, the garrison system cannot be implemented here.

"Who is Yanran in command?" Li Shichen looked closely at the map, which marked all the possibilities of Tuobalongcheng's attack, while at the other end, he had already marked the attack path of Yanran.

"Old acquaintance, Qin Buhai." Li Guanjun said in a deep voice, he stared at Li Shichen closely, Qin Buhai lost to Li Shichen back then, probably he has been bored in his heart.

Now that they have the upper hand, Qin Buhai might use all means to defeat Li Shichen. If this is the case, that is the biggest hidden danger in Youzhou.

"If it was Qin Buhai, then our pressure would be much easier." Li Shichen sighed, and the father and son fell into a deep silence. They naturally understood the weight of these words.

As long as Qin Buhai is in command, no matter how the soldiers in Youzhou are assigned, he will definitely lead the army to where Li Shichen is. In other words, wherever Li Shichen is, that is where the main attack will be.

"Rong Di sent 100,000 elite soldiers, and Yan Ran brought siege soldiers and heavy cavalry this time. Calculated to have nearly [-] people, this battle is not easy!" Li Guanjun rubbed his sore eyes.

Li Shichen knew very well that the chances of winning this battle were very low, and Tuoba Longcheng was personally in charge, and Qin Buhai was also a battle-tested man, so it was not easy to deceive their eyes.

"Our troops are still a little less, how can 30,000 people defend the three city gates?" Li Shichen closed his eyes, and it was the first time he felt the dilemma of having no soldiers to use.

If he could give him [-] more troops, he is confident that he can defend for several months. At that time, as long as Liu Cun and the others lead troops to outflank the rear of the two armies, they will be able to wipe them all out.

But where did they conjure up these 20,000 people out of thin air?Li Guanjun thought to himself, if he could conjure up 20,000 people now, he would accept it even if he was asked to insert the bid.

Outside the general tent, two figures came here. The soldiers were startled when they saw the tokens they showed, and then hurried to the general tent to inform them.

"Marshal, come from the capital!" One sentence woke up the Li family father and son who were in deep thought, and they hurried out of the general tent, only to see a man and a woman standing under the carriage, the man looked like a woman, and the woman was dressed in red.

"Your Majesty Li Shichen pays homage to His Majesty!" Li Shichen bowed slightly, and all the soldiers present were stunned. Is this girly little boy the current Majesty?

Don't they all say that His Majesty once led troops to raid Rong Di Wang's tent?Looking at his face, it didn't look alike, but Li Shichen ruled the army strictly, even if the soldiers had doubts, they didn't say anything.

"You're very polite, General Li. I'm here to see the situation in the northern border!" Huai Yun shook his cloak lightly, giving way to Nangong Xing.

They originally planned to leave on the [-]th day of the first lunar month, but Nan Gongxing saw that the situation in the northern border was not good, so they had already set off ten days ago, and visited many arrangements of Li Shichen along the way.

"Miss!" The father and son clasped their hands towards her. They knew what happened to Nangong's family, and they didn't have any opinion on Nangongchang's choice.

"Don't talk about politeness before the battle, Uncle Li, I already know your deployment, what is most lacking now is the soldiers, right?" Nan Gongxing acted quite competently, as soon as he arrived at the place, he was straightforward when chatting about affairs.

Li Shichen didn't hide his predicament either, and brought the two of them into the tent, where their deployment was placed on the sand table.There are three deployments for Youzhou City, the first is the natural defense line, with Goulian Mountain as the terrain as the first defense.

The second line of defense is at the outpost of Youzhou. The outposts here are densely covered, and they have long been connected together. Li Shichen deployed a small number of troops here.

The third line of defense is Youzhou City, which is high and deep. In the battle of destroying the country, Li Shichen relied on Youzhou City to prevent Yanran's 200,000 troops from going south, providing defense for Nangongchang to destroy the East China Sea Kingdom.

These three defenses are the best choices that can be made based on the terrain of Youzhou. Even Huai Yunqian can't find anything wrong here, but the root cause is the lack of supplies in Youzhou City.

"I can only deploy 5000 people in Gou Lianshan, 2000 people in the outpost, and I put all the horses in Youzhou City." In front of the two of them, Li Shichen did not hide anything.

"Gou Lianshan originally relied on the terrain, and 5000 people and horses are a little less. If 10,000 people are deployed, even if the two countries want to see Youzhou, they will have to peel off their skins." Huai Yunqian naturally knows the importance of Gou Lianshan.

But Li Shichen smiled helplessly: "Impossible. What we lack most now is people. I only have 30,000 people in my hand, and the armor rate is less than [-]%. In such a situation, I can only make this choice."

Huai Yun sighed lightly: "I have suffered in Youzhou all these years. I thought about the difficult conditions in the Youzhou camp, but I didn't expect it to be so difficult."

Although the armor-wearing rate of Jingguo's prefectures is different, there is only one special case like Youzhouying, which is less than [-]%, which is the result of Huai Dongqing's deliberate suppression.

"The nearest Mengzhou and Shazhou battalions cannot be transferred. I squeezed out 30,000 people for you, 150,000 against [-]. Does General Li have a chance of winning?" Huai Yun stared at Li Shichen with bright eyes.

"I can't guarantee anything else, but with 60,000 people, I can hold on to Youzhou for at least three months!" Li Shichen was cautious as a general and never boasted.

He said that he can hold on for three months, maybe even longer, but he is still prepared for the worst. If the two countries use the power of the whole country, he is also confident that he will use 60,000 people to stop them for three months.

"Okay, the old general is so courageous, the junior will definitely clear all obstacles for the old general!" Huai Yunqian waved his hand, covering Jiangnan Road with one hand.

"I recruited 30,000 people from Jiangnan Taoist soldiers that Zhao Bocheng worked so hard to train. I started to come here a few years ago with grain deposits. I don't think it will be long before they arrive. It will all be arranged by the old general!"

Li Shichen's eyes showed doubts. He only played the performance after the New Year's Eve. Hearing what Huai Yunqian said, he seemed to have been prepared for a long time.

"Don't think about it, I told him that if you suddenly mobilize troops until now, Youzhou will be unable to hold it long ago." Nan Gongxing put down the cup in his hand, Li Shichen was not surprised at all.

What Nangongchang can do, he believes that Nangongxing can also do it.After seeing Huai Yunqian finished speaking, Nangong Xing stood up and looked at the sand table.

"It is reasonable to say that the northern border has just thawed and the permafrost has not eased. It is not a good time to send troops, but the Rongdi people can't wait, so they discussed with Yan Ran to send troops together. This also gave us a chance." Nan Gongxing's eyes changed. It became sharper, at this moment Li Shichen seemed to see Nan Gongchang's shadow.

"What chance?" Li Guanjun asked impatiently, Nan Gongxing smiled slightly, and then pointed to the large swamp area outside Youzhou City, which was artificially created by Yan Ran.

"Originally, the swamp was built with great effort because we were afraid that Jingguo would destroy Yanran at will, but now it happens to be usable." Nangong Xing counted the sun.

"In two days, I will get a heavy snow here, and the swamp will turn into frozen soil, which will definitely delay their progress for about a month." Nan Gongxing's words suddenly relieved Li Shichen's urgent need.

However, Li Guanjun was a little skeptical: "Can you really ask for a heavy snow? This year's spring is relatively early, and it is not so easy to think about the next heavy snow."

"What others can't do, doesn't mean I can't do it." Nangong Xing clapped her hands, she wasn't joking, but she was sure that a heavy snow would come in no time.

But in the minds of the soldiers, there would be no problem showing some sense of mystery, which was what Nan Gongchang told her before she went out.

"Even if you know that you are not a god, you still have to pretend to be a god, so that the soldiers will have confidence in their hearts, so that they are not afraid of death."

"But isn't it a lie?"

"How can there be any deceit or not? As long as you calculate accurately, you will be respected as a god when you go to fashion. This is human nature."

"There are no gods in this world, there are only people who can use the world's affairs skillfully!"

(End of this chapter)