Liu Yuanwen sighed, "Forget it, you go and get ready, and I'll go meet the prince."
Xiao Jingyun finished his lunch and was about to take a break. When he heard that Liu Yuanwen asked for an audience, he quickly received him in his main hall seriously.
There were no formalities upon meeting, and Liu Yuanwen got straight to the point.
"Your Highness, I heard that Xue Feng was setting up defenses along the Daqing River. I have a few words to say to you."
Jamel Xiao nodded and made a gesture of invitation.
Liu Yuanwen continued, "Although the ice on the Daqing River is not frozen solid, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but there are many people on the other side, so sooner or later we will be able to attack."
"If the enemy breaks through, the 30,000-strong army may be in danger."
Hearing this, Xiao Jingyun secretly sighed in his heart, what a scumbag, even though Liu Yuanwen doesn't know martial arts, he sees the problem very clearly.
"Oh, Prince Liu is right, what should we do? Go on."
After Liu Yuanwen clasped his fists again, "General Xue can be ordered to retreat at night after holding on for three days. This will at least preserve the strength of our Dacang Kingdom and achieve my goal."
After hearing these words, Prince Xiao Jingyun really had mixed feelings in his heart.
I have thought of these aspects by myself and have spoken to Xue Feng alone.
Among all the generals under his command, no one mentioned this matter to him, but Liu Yuanwen did it.
And the Liu family is experiencing such unfair treatment.
Liu Xiangnan was driven by his father to become a monk at Xiangguo Temple, and Liu Rumei got married in a small mountain village. She even shamelessly invited no one, but this Liu Yuanwen...
When he thought of the infinite gratitude on Xiao Jingyun's face, he cupped his fists at Liu Yuanwen and said, "Oh, after hearing what you said, I suddenly became enlightened. I didn't expect to thank Liu Shizi so much for this."
Liu Yuanwen didn't say much, stood up and bowed again, "His Royal Highness is busy with official duties, so I will take my leave first."
Xiao Jingyun made a gesture to Zhou Quan and asked Zhou Quan to send Liu Yuanwen all the way out of his palace.
After walking out of the Prince's Palace, Liu Kai came up to him, helped Liu Yuanwen into the sedan, and then called people to go back. After walking all the way, Liu Kai asked tentatively, "Master, how are things going?"
Liu Yuanwen told the story from beginning to end, but Liu Kai shook his head slightly after listening.
Liu Yuanwen was sitting in the sedan and couldn't see Liu Kai's expression, but he could feel that Liu Kai suddenly stopped talking.
"Butler, why are you silent?"
Liu Kai hurriedly clasped his fists again, "Eldest Young Master, I guess from the conversation between you and the Crown Prince, I'm afraid His Highness the Crown Prince has already thought of this thing we are thinking of, but he still pretends to be very happy."
After listening to Liu Kai's words, Liu Yuanwu was silent for a while, and after a long time he let out a long breath, "You are right, His Royal Highness, you are a talented person, you will definitely think carefully about such things."
"It seems that if we want to reinstate my father to his post, we have to work harder."
Liu Journal said nothing. Sometimes this kind of thing has nothing to do with hard work. This is simply Xiao An's attempt to maintain his son's rule.
Then Liu Yuanwen sighed again, "It's a pity that I can't go into battle to kill the enemy..."
Of course Liu Kai understood what Liu Yuanwen meant by sighing here. The young master still wanted to call Liu Rumei back, but writing a letter to Liu Rumei last time had no effect...
Three days passed in the blink of an eye. At this time, Xue Feng's defense was already in danger by the Daqing River. The army of the Great Earth Kingdom launched more than a dozen attacks in a day. Countless soldiers stood on the bow of the boat, shooting arrows and crossing the river. It's not Xue Feng's side. From north to south, with the help of the north wind, I'm afraid it really can't be defended.
Finally, we persisted until dark. The cold north wind blew through, and a thin layer of ice formed on the river.
Xue Feng retreated to the big tent and took a simple sip of the hot soup. He kept thinking about Prince Xiao Jingyun's instructions to him to hold on for three days and retreat overnight. Today is already three days.
But if you want to retreat, you have to pretend to be a little bit smart, at least not to let the soldiers on the opposite side find out, follow closely, and steal your retreat.
After thinking about it, Xue Feng ordered his people to quickly tie up dozens of straw men, put on clothes and armor, and stand around his tent like soldiers on guard.
They also asked people to add more wood to the fire, and the fire expanded, at least to ensure that the fire would not go out until dawn.
After everything was ready, Xue Feng ordered a quiet retreat.
Thirty thousand people retreated silently, but the soldiers of the Earth Kingdom on the opposite side were not aware of it.
The sun came out early the next morning.
Zhu Meng was the first to come to the river. He took the initiative to lead the way and attacked Wannian City in a detour. However, he did not expect to be blocked by the Daqing River. He did not attack for two days. This was a slap in the face, so he Zhu Meng had to think of a way quickly. He squatted by the river and looked at the other side. Soon, Zhu Meng felt that something was wrong.
It stands to reason that the sun is out now, so breakfast should be cooking on the other side. After all, smoke is already curling up in his barracks, but there is no life on the other side. Even the firewood piles around the Chinese army's tent were extinguished, and the soldiers standing guard remained motionless.
Suddenly he came to his senses and slapped his thigh suddenly.
"Oops, I was fooled. The enemy troops on the other side withdrew."
Hearing his shout, the surrounding soldiers gathered around and looked up to the other side.
The Daqing River is only twenty feet wide.
There is a thin mist on the river in winter.
After the sun came out, the fog dissipated somewhat, and the other side could be vaguely seen.
After looking at it carefully, the soldiers present also let out bursts of exclamations.
"Really, it looks like they have withdrawn. Look at the soldiers who are not moving at all."
"Oh, that's all fake. Of course it won't move."
Zhu Meng felt very uncomfortable when he heard everyone talking.
After working hard for a few days, he was tricked again, but there was nothing he could do about it. It had already happened. Zhu Meng could only bite the bullet and come to see the prince of the Great Earth Kingdom, Jonah, again.
After meeting, he quickly bowed and said, "Your Highness, the defenders on the opposite side seem to have withdrawn. Should we take advantage of the victory and pursue it?"
Seeing Zhu Meng's dejected look, Jonah didn't say anything. After all, Zhu Meng was still very busy these days, so Jonah just nodded lightly.
"General Zhu, don't worry about this. As long as our army crosses the Daqing River and is only two hundred miles away from Wannian City, we can reach Wannian City in just one day and one night."
After hearing these words, Zhu Meng's heart was filled with gratitude. The prince did not hold him responsible, but trusted him and ordered all the soldiers to attack immediately.
Soon, the soldiers of the Great Earth Kingdom became busy.
Dozens of boats are linked together to form a floating bridge.
Following the pontoon bridge, we soon reached the north bank of Daqing River.
The leading soldier shouted loudly to Xue Feng's camp, but there was no response from the other side.
Some people tried to shoot with bows and arrows, but the soldiers standing guard remained unmoved!
