Uncle Detective Di Renjie, I build a crime-solving team

Chapter 454: Khitan troops approach the city

Li Cunxi, who had just lost a son, once again got another son without any blood relationship.

However, this son seems to be much more reliable than the previous one.

Li Cunxi, who was on horseback, glanced at Bakhina, then dismounted and reached out to help Bakhina up.

"My son Bahanna, please get up quickly! My son Bahanna, please get up quickly!"

"From the father!"

"My son!"

"From the father!"

"My son!"

After accepting Bakhan's son, Li Cunxi did not stay any longer. After bowing to his good brother Jili Khan, he was about to leave Shiguo.

When everyone was reluctant to leave, Jili Khan suddenly said:

"My brother, Chongzhou is in crisis. You can't wait for more than a few people to return home. If you are blocked on the road, won't you be in danger?"

"I intend to have someone escort you back to your country and obey your orders."

"My dear brother, please do not refuse my kindness no matter what. This is also a small help I will give you on behalf of my son."

Just as Jili Khan finished speaking, he saw flags flying in the distance and someone leading thousands of cavalrymen approaching.

The leader ordered the army to stop a few hundred meters away, and then rode over with a general.

When they got nearby, the two men stopped their horses, dismounted and trotted over.

"General Daleha led Buzhen to pay his respects to His Majesty!"

The two generals stood in front of Jili Khan.

Upon hearing this, Li Cunxi immediately looked at the Turkic general Daleha, whose name he had only heard of but never met.

And Bu Zhen, one of the commanders of the Turkic Tiger Division, standing next to Dalha.

Among the three tiger divisions of the Turks, each tiger division has its own commander.

The main force for foreign warfare was led by three commanders, whose names were Bu Zhen, Sieg and Jie Libian.

Li Cunxi had never seen these three people, but he had heard of them in the royal court.

"Bu Zhen, I order you to escort them back to the Great Zhou and obey Lord Li's orders during the war between the Great Zhou and the Khitan."

"After the war is over, you will return to Turkic and report to me."

The taciturn general received the order and bowed to Li Cunxi.

Everyone mounted their horses, left Shiguo and headed towards Chongzhou.

When Li Cunxi and his party were leaving under the protection of Bu Zhen's cavalry, a group of people secretly targeted them.

The leader secretly gave orders, and everyone followed the large army heading to Chongzhou and followed them secretly.

……

Chongzhou.

On top of the city tower.

Wang Xiaojie looked coldly at the Khitan army under the city wall, and glanced at Wang Tiehan who was following him.

"It came so fast, damn it."

"Tiehan, go and call Honghui, Liu Xuanli, Li Kaigu, Song Wuji, Feng Kai, Chen Kai, Wu Jing, Jiang Qiong and other generals to the central army tent. I want to call the troops."

Wang Tiehan bowed, turned around and went down the city wall.

Soon, all the generals arrived at the central military tent.

Wang Xiaojie, who was sitting in the commander's seat, lowered his eyes, glanced at everyone, and said:

"There is bad news. Our enemies, Li Jinzhong and Sun Wanrong of Khitan, are already outside the city gate."

"There are two more good news."

"The first is that General Zhao Wenhui and I have decided to follow Lord Li Cunxi's strategy and form a pincer attack to prevent the Khitan army from attacking without authorization."

"Second, Li Fuyin is already on his way back to Chongzhou."

"In the next period of time, we must guard Chongzhou well and not let the Khitans capture it."

"Now, send a copy of the Tang newspaper to the Helanshan Post Station, which is destined for the divine capital Luoyang."

"Inform His Majesty of the situation here."

"Let's discuss the next battle deployment as well."

Only fifteen miles outside Chongzhou City was the camp of Zhao Wenhui’s army, which was located between the mountains and the water.

Upon hearing the bad news brought back by the messenger about the Khitan troops besieging the city, Zhao Wenhui sat sideways in his chair with a grim expression.

"These damned Khitans should have been slaughtered to pieces back then."

"It's really too good of a deal to treat them like dogs. Now these dogs actually dare to rebel. They really deserve to die!"

Huang Zhen stood aside, not knowing what to say.

The general's attitude towards the Khitans was to order them around like dogs.

This is not the right attitude to treat other races.

If they bully others like this, it would be strange if they don’t rebel.

But if there was any, he, the deputy general, couldn't say it, and it was not his turn to speak.

"Keep watching these Khitans. If they dare to attack the city, report back immediately."

Zhao Wenhui made the next arrangements very calmly.

This method of forming a pincer attack between the two armies to guard against enemy attacks is indeed a very good defensive method in offensive and defensive battles.

No matter which side is attacked, the other side can always help.

If the attacking side does not have ten times more troops than the defending side, they can only watch helplessly.

Just like now, seeing the city defense of Chongzhou right in front of him, Khitan Li Jinzhong could only watch and stop.

"There are many talented people in the Great Zhou army. This kind of defense method is indeed enough to stop us here."

Li Jinzhong closed his eyes. The gray hair and wrinkles on his face made this old man in his sixties look extremely pitiful.

He had suffered from the bullying of Zhao Wenhui, the governor of Yingzhou, and was insulted like a dog by the other party. He thought that this time he would be able to kill Zhao Wenhui without a burial place.

But unexpectedly, in the end, it was all in vain.

He led an army of more than 100,000 to the city, but was still unable to face Zhao Wenhui and Wang Xiaojie who divided their forces to resist.

A siege war originally required ten times the number of troops as the enemy, not to mention that Zhao Wenhui, who had set up camp fifteen miles away from the city, could attack him at any time.

"What now?"

Sun Wanrong frowned. Being older than Li Jinzhong, he felt quite uncomfortable as he looked at the important town of Chongzhou which was so close.

"Retreat, retreat, retreat thirty miles, set up camp, I must attack Chongzhou..."

"In Chongzhou, there are still our allies, members of the Snake Spirit."

"Although they are worthless, they will always find a way to make Chongzhou fall."

Li Jinzhong sighed, turned his horse around, and left with his Khitan warriors.

On the city wall, Wang Xiaojie, who had just arrived, watched the group of Khitans leave without saying a word, and turned around and went down the city wall.

"Be vigilant and don't take it lightly."

Su Honghui made some arrangements and then walked down the city wall with the remaining generals.

"The war is so urgent, why don't we seek help from those people in Li Fuyin's office."

"See if they have any way to help us defend against the Khitan attack."

Song Wuji followed Su Honghui and mentioned the officials in the headquarters.

Most of those officials came from the capital and were there to assist Li Cunxi in handling the case.

What can these people do?

It's still bullshit after I came here.

Su Honghui shook his head and said, "They are all officials who talk nonsense. What can they do?"

Song Wuji hurriedly said: "I do remember that there is a son of the King of Wei in there, who was left behind by Lord Li."