Tuli Khagan was already shaken by Jie Li's words.
Since he had already decided, he had to deal with the problem of the unstable morale of the army.
So Tuli asked,"
"Then how does Khagan think we should stabilize the morale of the army?”
"Are you going to spread rumors within the army and make them believe that this Li Yi is a fake?”
Jie Li Khan shook his head and said,"
"Spreading rumors is certain, but it can only solve a temporary problem.”
"If we want to solve the problem at the root, we have to eliminate that so-called Li Yi!”
Tuli couldn't help but let out an "oh" and asked in puzzlement,
"How are you going to eliminate him?"
Khan Jie Li smiled confidently and said,"
"Didn't he call himself Li Yi? Then pass down the order for all the scouts to move out. Wherever he is in Youzhou now, we will go and besiege him!”
"Not only must we besiege him, we must do it with great fanfare. We must let him know that our Turkic army of more than two hundred thousand is waiting to fight him!”
......
Youzhou, fifty miles outside Pan County.
This was a mountain forest, and there was an army hidden all over the mountains and plains.
On the commander's flag at the side, the words "Li Yi" were written!
At this moment, Li Yi's team had grown to more than 40,000 people!
As the army needed a temporary rest, Li Yi ordered the 40,000-strong army to set up camp in the forest and rest for the night.
He was sitting alone in his own tent.
Too much had happened in the past month. Li Yi did not have enough time or space to rest.
But now, he had to calm down and sort out the current situation.
Within a month, Li Yi had already conquered thirteen cities around the main city of Youzhou!
The situation in each city was different.
Plundering by the Turks was inevitable.
Some resisted stubbornly, suffering heavy casualties.
Some opened the city gates wide in an attempt to reduce unnecessary casualties.
There were also traitors like County Magistrate Cui, who colluded with the enemy and betrayed the country, only asking for their own lives!
However, the cities were different, and the final result was similar.
80 - 90% of them were injured or killed.
As a result, every time Li Yi went to a city, the remaining people in the city would willingly follow him to attack the Turks!
Just like the people of Xiang County, they had a white turban on their heads and killed the enemy with their bodies!
It was also because of this that Li Yi was having a headache.
Out of the forty thousand soldiers, half of them were old, weak, women, and children.
Apart from the three thousand cavalry under his command at the beginning and the five thousand White Turban soldiers who had fused with the souls of the Breaking Ranks Battalion, these five thousand people were all excellent soldiers with excellent combat strength, regardless of age or gender.
Of the remaining thirty thousand soldiers, half were young and strong. Some were border soldiers who had not been killed in battle, while others had been captured by the Turks to be enslaved.
In the end, there were only 10,000 people left.
They were all old, weak, women and children…
Even with Li Yi's brain, he was a little troubled now.
If these commoners who followed him voluntarily were willing to leave, they would not have followed him in the first place.
When he was in Xiang County, he had no choice but to let the five thousand old, weak, women, and children fuse with the army spirit to strengthen the army.
This was the beginning, and the other cities were taken down. When the commoners saw-
Heh, if they can go, why can't I?
Li Yi couldn't say that they had fused with the army soul but they hadn't!
Now, it felt like it was too big to be dropped.
After thinking about it, Li Yi felt that he could not keep these 10,000 weak women and children any longer.
First, his goal was to launch a counterattack against the Turks, and the civilians without combat power would greatly slow down the army.
Secondly, during a war, no one would have the energy to take care of the people around him other than himself.
These 10,000 people did not have the ability to protect themselves and could only be cannon fodder on the battlefield.
He made up his mind.
They would march into Pan County tomorrow!
Pan County was located in a special place which was closest to the main city of Youzhou Province among all the towns and counties in Youzhou Province.
After settling the old, weak, women, and children in Pan County, Li Yi was naturally not at ease to leave.
A group of commoners who had no combat strength was no different from sending them to the battlefield in a broken city.
"Place them in Pan County, and then use Pan County as a stronghold…"
"Even though I'll have lost thirty thousand men by then, it'll be enough to defend the city.”
"But this isn't a solution. We still have to find an opportunity to counterattack the Turkic army in Youzhou.”
Li Yi thought about it and had a rough idea, but it was not completely clear.
......
The next day.
Pan County, Youzhou.
Outside the city gate, Li Yi raised the flag.
The army was lined up in hundreds of camps!
Forty thousand people, even if they were divided into a hundred cubes, still had an extremely powerful deterrent force!
It was still Li Yi who took the lead and rushed out of the city gate to call for battle.
"I am Li Yi. If you surrender, I will not kill the prisoners!”
The Turkic soldiers on the walls began to discuss this matter.
Li Yi was here to fight!
Kill the prisoners!
A moment later, the city gate of Pan County slowly opened.
The three to four thousand Turkic soldiers had surrendered before the battle even started!
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