This was the first time Li Qin felt that he couldn't take the capital.
However, Li Qin then shook his head.
Impossible. From You Chu in Jinzhou to Zhang Shuaizhen in Jizhou, and then to Zhang Fu in Tushubao.
Didn't they all lose to their own subordinates?
With the capital's defenses so weak, how could we possibly fail to take it?
It just takes a little more time.
But he doesn't have much time right now.
Since he raised his army, he has been invincible. With his powerful military might, he was able to deter the governors and generals who held military power, preventing them from making any rash moves.
If they fail to capture the capital for an extended period, their army's morale will be exhausted, and they will show signs of decline.
Because of the short time since I started my army, I haven't had time to digest many of my victories, and my unstable foundation will be exposed.
By then, the advantages you've worked so hard to gain will be completely wiped out.
Those princes and governors who were originally hesitant would immediately swarm in once they saw that he was showing signs of weakness.
His own soldiers, who had originally followed him, would also fall apart in defeat.
Moreover, based on the time calculation, Li Qin suddenly turned his head to look south.
If we continue to expend resources under the walls of the capital...
Reinforcements from Henan or Taiyuan should be arriving soon.
Fortunately, Zhuozhou was captured.
Furthermore, there are two great generals, Zhou Wentong and Wei Xiaokuan, guarding the area.
Although Zhou Wentong may not seem remarkable, he has an exceptional grasp of fighter jets and is extremely brave.
Wei Xiaokuan was his most skilled defensive general.
With those two in Zhuozhou, there shouldn't be any major problems.
Just as Li Qin was looking south towards Zhuozhou.
An army of tens of thousands has arrived near Zhuozhou.
Zhou Wentong and Wei Xiaokuan stood on the city wall, looking at the tens of thousands of troops in the distance and their banners.
They immediately realized that these were reinforcements from Henan.
However, compared to the armies of Jizhou and the capital they had encountered before, their formation was scattered and their armor was severely inadequate.
The morale of the entire army was vastly different from that of the elite troops in Jizhou, the capital, and Xuanfu.
The whole thing is more like the garrison at Shanhaiguan that has remained bloodless for decades.
In reality, they were quite similar. Henan, located in the heart of the country, had not seen the ravages of war for decades.
Their military preparedness had long since deteriorated, and they were no match for the elite troops in the capital, or the border troops in Xuanfu and Jizhou who had been defending against the Tatars for many years.
Moreover, he had traveled a long distance and his physical strength was already greatly depleted.
The commander of these tens of thousands of men, Dong Zhonglou, was not a veteran like Guo Zifeng or Zhao Shuaizhen.
Because it was located in the heart of the territory, I hadn't commanded many battles.
The situation of their army was immediately taken into account by Zhou Wentong and his companion in Zhuozhou.
Zhou Wentong, in particular, said excitedly:
"The army's formation is chaotic and its movements are slow, which clearly indicates that they have reached their physical limits and have become exhausted."
Moreover, their chaotic formation proves that even if they were attacked, they would be unable to mount an effective counterattack.
This is truly a stroke of luck!
General Wei, I'm entrusting Zhuozhou to you.
I only need to lead eight hundred elite cavalrymen to easily repel these tens of thousands of Wu troops.
With eight hundred cavalrymen, I can send tens of thousands of Wu soldiers fleeing in terror.
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