Zhao Youdan tried his best, and fled back to Nanliang Mansion in endless fear and panic.
The news brought back by Zhao Youdan made Zhao Guoshan panic. Another two thousand elite soldiers were sent in, and even the left general Guo Guibang's life and death were unknown - it was estimated that he was in great danger.
Previously, they lost nearly four hundred Foundation Establishment Stage masters, and this time they lost more than two thousand elite soldiers. Seventy percent of the elite soldiers of Nanliang Prefecture have been lost.
Zhao Guoshan, who was panicked and lost his own opinion, had to ask for advice from his adviser and civil minister Li Yuanming.
Li Yuanming was also shocked, but he tried to calm himself down at this moment, closing his eyes and thinking. After a long time, he finally opened his eyes and said, "Sir, given the current situation, there is only one way left, which is to pretend to surrender tomorrow morning and take this opportunity to capture all the main generals of Anyang. Only in this way can there be a glimmer of hope."
Zhao Guoshan was a prefect after all, and after the initial panic, he finally calmed down. After listening to Li Yuanming's suggestion, he immediately shook his head, "It's too risky to have only one method. Beichen Yuqing and Yan Zhengqing are not stupid, they may not be fooled! Is there any other way?"
Li Yuanming's tone was much heavier. "There is another way, that is... send people to attack Anyang and capture several important figures in Anyang! If we can catch Xia Qingqing, then... all problems will be solved!"
Zhao Guoshan was obviously shocked by this bold "strategy". After a long silence, he said with some anticipation, nervousness, worry, and helplessness, "How likely is this?"
Li Yuanming said immediately: "Wait for the right general Zou Zhiquan to arrive, select 100 elites in the foundation-building stage, and attack Anyang overnight. In this way, the success rate should be more than half!"
"Half? That's too low!"
Li Yuanming sighed slightly: "Sir, there is a Xu Ren in Anyang. Having this person in charge of Anyang will only increase the uncertainty."
Zhao Guoshan thought about it, and suddenly looked at Li Yuanming, "What if you lead the team yourself?"
"Eighty percent chance!"
Zhao Guoshan hesitated for a while, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Then I'll trouble you to take the risk and make the trip."
Li Yuanming immediately became serious and said, "I will do my best!"
The atmosphere was a little dull for a while. After waiting for a long time, Zhao Guoshan asked again, "Sir, do you think Zhongshan County can come to reinforce now?"
Li Yuanming immediately shook his head, "Zhongshan County is in trouble now."
"Can't even protect yourself?" Zhao Guoshan repeated.
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More than a thousand miles away, in Dingshan Prefecture, the seat of Zhongshan County, Shi Chengsong, the governor of Zhongshan County, was also discussing with his advisers and generals.
But Shi Chengsong had a bad temper and would beat people at any time, so the only person who could discuss things with Shi Chengsong was his strategist, the Wencheng of Zhongshan County—Gu Songfeng.
At this moment, between the two of them was a letter from Zhao Guoshan, the governor of Luliang County. The letter had two meanings: first, we were attacked and Anyang was not playing by the rules; second, Anyang's attack was too fierce and we couldn't stop it, so you have to help us.
Anyang played unconventionally, not only Luliang County was in a passive position, but even Zhongshan County was in a passive position. Although it seemed that Zhongshan County was temporarily spared from the disaster, it must be understood that Zhongshan County and Luliang County were like grasshoppers on the same rope. As long as one of them could not withstand the pressure, the other would definitely not be able to escape!