The course of the war was as Li Ze had expected in advance, and the two sides formed a stalemate through the Juma River.

Lu Long's army is very strong. For more than ten years, they have been fighting continuously. A army of hundreds of battles is undoubtedly the best choice, whether in terms of combat skills or combat experience.

But Wuwei is not bad either. After two years of continuous battles, the survival of the fittest has gradually emerged.

Li Ze put himself above the position of a weak man. He believed that he was more powerful than the Lu Long army, and the Wuwei Army was still a little worse than the Lu Long army, so at the beginning of the battle, what Wuwei had put on was a defensive stance.

He gathered heavy troops with Laishui County, using Rongcheng, Pucheng and Wuhui County as a chain to create a system that can attack Zhuozhou and defend Yizhou in the future. After Laishui County, not only was Cao Xin's left governor's yamen established here, but after Li Ze's arrival, Li Ze's general's headquarters was also standing here.

The troops of both sides seemed to be different, and they were both elite troops. The Lu Long army in Zhuo County was led by Zhang Zhongwu himself, while the Wuwei army in Yizhou was commanded by Li Ze, but in fact, Cao Xin was arranged by Cao Xin, and the general under Li Ze was in charge of Laishui. Li Ze's biggest role here is mostly to boost morale.

Whether it is Cao Xin or Zhang Zhongwu, they are all people with extremely rich war experience, and it is difficult to find too many flaws from their arrangements.

Both sides had just experienced the autumn harvest, had complete food and grass, and had nearly a year of truce, and were well prepared. Under such circumstances, a stalemate was inevitable.

After repeated battles, both sides won and lost each other, but no one could break through the opponent's fundamental important position, and even a battalion was extremely difficult to take down. It was impossible to take down a battalion and killing a few soldiers was really irrelevant to a large army of more than 100,000 people. How much loss is, it will be easy to replenish enough troops in the future.

For Li Ze, such a fighting situation is what he wants.

Stalemate, delay, and both sides slowly grind time.

Under the rule of Wuwei, there were many people, and Li Ze was not afraid of loss at all. Under such a combat situation, Li Ze did not even need to mobilize the whole. At present, except for the army, there were only Yizhou, Dingzhou, Yingzhou and other places, which were mobilized by the whole place. In other places, what should they do?

But for Lu Long, it's different.

Although they have a vast territory, they are seriously lacking in terms of population. For example, this large-scale mobilization cannot last. If they persist for two to three months at most, they will inevitably be unable to persist.

Zhang Zhongwu had two choices, either turn off attack to defend, disperse the army, and defend based on the city to deal with Wuwei's attack. Or he went alone and found an opportunity to fight Li Ze in this battle and defeat Li Ze, thus taking the full initiative.

Without thinking, Zhang Zhongwu will definitely choose the second path.

If he goes from attack to defense, he will be afraid that he will always defend like this.

In Yingzhou, Liu Chenglin's right guards had already gained the upper hand in the battle with Deng Jingwen. Deng Jingwen was just struggling to support him, waiting for Zhang Zhongwu to win.

Li Ze was not in a hurry at all. He hoped that this battle would delay longer, so that he could see the situation in the Central Plains more clearly. People with ulterior motives were the most irritating. As long as they made a move, they would feel more calm.

To put it bluntly, Li Ze hopes that the world will be in chaos. Not only is Zhang Zhongwu jumping out, but if more people jump up and change the king flag on the city wall, he will be happier, because in this way, he can clean up one by one with justification.

In terms of military affairs, people like Cao Xin, Shi Zhuang, Tu Lichun, Wang Sili, and others were idle. Li Ze, with the help of Yang Kai, organized civilians to build roads and water conservancy in Yixian and other places.

It would be a waste to have so many people gather here, just eating a meal without putting in effort. War is only temporary, but production and operation will continue. The roads with all kinds of connections and the perfect water conservancy and irrigation facilities are a matter of benefit in the present and future generations.

These things that happened in Yizhou and Dingzhou can naturally be hidden from the Lu Longjun, who is just separated by water.

"Li Ze wants to spend time with us." Zhang Zhongwu frowned and looked at the small flags of confrontation between the two sides, red and black, and the confrontation between the two sides was clear at a glance.

"Yes!" Fei Zhong nodded and said, "In the lurking spy report, Li Ze has started to mobilize a large number of cotton coats, cotton pants, cotton hats, and even gloves to Dingzhou and Yizhou, and firewood and charcoal are also transporting large quantities to Yizhou and other places. He is indeed preparing to confront us for a long time."

Zhang Zhongwu's brows frowned even deeper.

"Jingsai, our soldiers and many others are wearing summer clothes. They don't even keep up with autumn clothes, let alone winter clothes and cotton wool." Fei Zhong swallowed and sighed.

"Let's start now, how much can I mobilize?"

Fei Zhong shook his head slowly: "Jiangshou, this is not just a problem with the army, but also a large number of auxiliary soldiers and civilians, and they also need it. In the past, we never provided winter supplies to these people. In addition to these people, there were also a large number of Khitan cavalry. After the Yeluqi incident, we also began to provide them with combat supplies. Once this head is opened, it is impossible to stop again. To promote Mien and fight Mihou. I didn't give it before, and they passed it, but once it is given and suddenly stops, there will be greater resentment."

"In other words, if we confront each other, we can't get through this winter." Zhang Zhongwu said.

"Our core army can naturally survive, but a large number of auxiliary soldiers, civilians, and even Khitan cavalry can't survive." Fei Zhong said: "If there were no them, how could this battle be fought?"

"In other words, we must look for opportunities to fight and find a chance to fight with our opponents." Zhang Zhongwu nodded and said, "It's a pity that Li Ze shrank his head like a turtle. Shi Zhuang from Laishui County is really like a stone. Behind him, Cao Xin, who is a traitor, must have a backhand arrangement, and it's difficult to find a chance to break through."

"There are always opportunities. Strengthen the attack and keep attacking. Perhaps in the continuous attack, the opponent will reveal some flaws on its own." Fei Zhongdao.

After the war entered November, it suddenly became fierce. Under the tide-like attack of the Lulong army, Suicheng and Rongcheng were shaking. Cao Xin continued to draw troops from replenishing the front line in order to stabilize the defense line. Shi Zhuang, who was guarding Laishui County, led his troops to cross the Juma River and counterattack into Zhuo County, intending to force the Lulong people to return to support.

The two sides were entrenched along the River Juma, and finally the war entered a white-hot stage.

In mid-November, Shi Zhuang captured the North New City of Zhuozhou and established a forefront position on the north bank of the Juma River for the first time, which greatly boosted the morale of the Wuwei army. Within a few days, Shi Zhuang led his troops to nearly 10,000 soldiers. Based on the North New City, he went to Fanyang City and then to Zhuozhou looked crumbling.

But in Yizhou, not to mention Cao Xin, who had been through the battle for a long time, even Li Ze became a little suspicious.

This shouldn't be the case! Did Zhang Zhongwu ignore his base camp Zhuozhou in order to defeat Suicheng?

"There is a ghost!" Li Ze said decisively.

"There is a ghost!" Cao Xin focused his attention.

Of course there is a ghost! Because just when Shi Zhuang attacked the Juma River and even took the important town of Zhuozhou, his main force also crossed the Juma River and stayed away from Yi County. On the south bank of the Juma River, attacked Rongcheng, the Lulong army in Suicheng suddenly slowed down the pace of the attack, and the center of gravity of the army began to tilt slightly towards Laishui County.

They wanted to cut off Shi Zhuang's way back.

They didn't want to swallow Shi Zhuang, they wanted to block Shi Zhuang from returning to help.

Because at this time, the 20,000 cavalry led by Zhang Zhongwu had already traveled hundreds of miles, crossed the Beijuma River, and rushed straight to Yixian, and in this direction, there was only an army stationed.

It is from Chang'an, and is ready to hone one of his Shence Army. It is just three thousand troops.

And Li Ze and Cao Xin are all in Yi County at this moment.

Zhang Zhongwu drove the auxiliary soldiers, civilians, and even the Khitan cavalry to attack regardless of casualties and even abandoned the purpose of several heavy cities in Zhuozhou. At this moment, it was finally clear at a glance.

He wants to launch a beheading battle and directly take Li Ze.
Chapter completed!