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Chapter 178
Li Ruoshui and Li Gang were just in time for dinner that day when they saw Chen Xun.

Sun Zheng just came back from outside the city to report on his work. He had led his cavalry battalion to harass the Jin army in the north of the city for three consecutive days. He came back this time to rest.

Chen Xun simply invited the three of them to have a "working meal" together.

At the dining table, Sun Zheng ate the fastest. He was full in less than a quarter of an hour, and then he watched the other three continue with a bowl of tea.

Li Gang and Li Gang were gentle people, and they ate slowly, but they finished eating before Chen Xun, and then the three of them watched Chen Xun continue to gobble up food for three or four people before stopping.

"Captain, every time I eat with you, I feel like I can eat an extra bowl!" Sun Zheng said with a smile.

A personal guard came up to clean up the mess on the table and served tea to the four of them again.

"When this war is over, I will invite you all to drink, and then we will have a good meal." After replying to Sun Zheng's words, Chen Xun turned to Li Li: "At present, there is a shortage of supplies in the city, so we can only entertain you two for a few simple meals. The war is urgent, and you can't drink. This time, I'm going to slow you down, let's remember first, and I will make up for you later."

"Where is it, this is already very good. I only dare to serve so many dishes at a time during the New Year and holidays." Li Ruoshui waved his hands and said with a modest smile. Thinking that he used to be the servant of the official department, he must be invited every now and then. Have a big meal.

In fact, although this dinner lacked elegance, it was not much different in terms of richness and quantity. It included chicken, duck, fish, eight large bowls of meat and vegetables, and plenty of rice. Ordinary wealthy families would definitely not dare to eat like this.

Since Chen Xun became rich in this life, he is still very willing to spend money on himself. He is not extravagant, but not harsh either.

Next, Chen Xun did not continue chatting with Li Gang, but first asked Sun Zheng: "You are going to help in the battle this time. How do you feel about the current battle situation in Fengqiu?"

This was a test question. Sun Zheng put down the tea bowl in his hand and began to answer seriously:
"When I returned today, the Jin army had not yet broken through the city. But in my opinion, those Qin Wang army could no longer hold on. The Jin army kept attacking fiercely, sparing no expense. Fengqiu is a small city after all, and the city walls were smashed. After calling it several times, I guess King Qin’s army is at the end of its strength.”

"What you and Ke Lei estimate are pretty much the same. Now Fengqiu is mostly supported by our people. If Ke Lei hadn't sent [-] Xuzhou soldiers in for Lai Qingyun, it would have been defeated by the Jin Army by now." Chen Xun Xun did not treat Li Gang and Li Ruoshui as outsiders at all, and continued to talk about the battle situation on the front line: "Many soldiers of the King's Army tried their best to escape across the river, but Ke Lei captured a large number of them. Now it has become difficult to deal with these deserters."

These deserters were not essentially members of the Chen Jiajun. The Chen Jiajun had no right to deal with them. Simply arresting them would be considered an overstep of authority.

The generals of King Qin's army in the city had an ambiguous attitude and did not say how to deal with them. Instead, they asked Ke Lei to raise those people.

If this continues, it is estimated that other soldiers of King Qin's army will follow suit and escape across the river, and then be caught by Ke Lei and eat for free.

"This is indeed difficult to handle. If you let him go, it will be equivalent to acquiescing to the retreat of King Qin's army. If he kills him, he will offend the general of King Qin's army." Sun Zheng also frowned after hearing this. These pig teammates are really... It's so unreasonable.

After listening to this, Li Gang and Li Ruoshui realized that it was up to the Chen Jiajun family to fight against the Jin army.

This was the case in Kaifeng before, and it is also the case in Fengqiu now.

King Qin's army in the five northern cities and Zhang Shuye's Zhang family army were completely responsible. "It's not an option if we continue to waste it like this. Now I'm considering whether to let the Jin army cross the river first. Otherwise, the fighting spirit of the King Qin army will become lower and lower, and our casualties will become greater and greater." Chen Xun rubbed his eyebrows with his hands. , very headache.

If these Qinwang troops from Song Ting were left inside Chen Jiajun, it is estimated that none of them would survive.

A vegetarian meal!

"You can't let the Jin army cross the river, otherwise you will let the tiger return to the mountain, and there will be endless troubles." Li Gang, who had rarely spoken since entering the door, interjected.

"On this point, Li Xianggong is a little worried. Even if the Jin army crosses the fork of the Yellow River, there is still the Yellow River to the north. With the ability of our Chen family army's navy, it is impossible for the Jin army to cross the Yellow River safely." Sun Zheng retorted.

This is the gap in information. So far, Li Gang's understanding of Chen Jiajun is still very limited, and he doesn't know that Chen Jiajun has invincible water power.

The forks of the Yellow River are too narrow, and pontoon bridges can be built to force the crossing, which limits the use of the navy.If it were the Yellow River, they would have to use ferries, and then the navy would be able to exert its full combat power.

"Besides this point, there is another more important point." Li Gang did not ask how powerful Chen Jiajun's navy was, but changed his mind: "If the Jin army crosses the fork of the Yellow River and shows a resolute intention to retreat, then think about it It will be a bit difficult for King Qin’s troops from the west, south and east directions to chase across the river.”

Everyone understands that the difficulty here is not simple.

"I didn't expect this." Chen Xun nodded in agreement. In fact, the King Qin army from three directions dared to come to Kaifeng because they saw that the Jin army was planning to retreat, otherwise they would not have dared to rush forward.

In Li Gang's opinion.With the Jin army in Kaifeng, the preconditions for the common enemy between King Qin's army, Chen Jiajun and King Qin's army were established.Without the Jin army, Kaifeng's current ownerless state will inevitably reproduce the development process of the heroes' struggle against Dong in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

Compare Kaifeng today with Luoyang in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

The Jin army is like Dong Zhuo, the Qin army is like the eighteen princes, and Chen Xun is like Cao Cao.

The only difference is that the Jin army no longer has the emperor in their hands.Chen Xun sincerely resists the Jin, but he will not pursue it alone like Cao Cao.

Dong Zhuo abandoned Luoyang, and the heroes garrisoned troops but refused to drive away.Jin Jun abandoned Kaifeng, and these Qin Wangjun will definitely make the same choice.

"Then we, Chen Jiajun, cannot be allowed to stand alone in Fengqiu. With the Jin Army's desperate fighting style, we will definitely not be able to hold on for long with so few people." Sun Zheng put forward his own opinion: "Let's go. , On the contrary, compared to the Jin army, I think these King Qin's troops are better to fight. When the time comes, we will withdraw Fengqiu's troops to Kaifeng and defend it, we will definitely be able to hold it."

The Jin army now has no horses, no supply source, and no retreat. It has become a mad dog that has been provoked.A dog jumps over the wall in a hurry, and a rabbit bites someone in a hurry. Facing the already desperate Jin Army, Chen Jiajun was under great pressure.

And in Sun Zheng's opinion, if the military strength is not much different, the Song Army cannot defeat the Jin Army, and the Jin Army cannot defeat the Chen Jiajun, then the Song Army will naturally not be able to defeat the Chen Jiajun.

(End of this chapter)