"See Your Highness."
"No gift."
Ning Fan looked at the figures in front of him, glanced at Li Xiuning, smiled in return, and said softly: "Thank you for your hard work, everyone."
"Your Highness!"
Jia Xu took a step forward. Although he had captured Julong City, there was no hint of joy on his face at this moment. Instead, he said solemnly: "At this time, King Huai's army is on its way."
A look of concentration appeared on Ning Fan's face, and he said in a deep voice: "The number of troops under King Huai's command is only 70,000, but now we have more than 100,000 troops under our command, and we have the advantage of defending the city..."
"Your Highness!"
Jia Xu knelt down directly, forcibly interrupted Ning Fan's words, and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, please quickly send your troops back to the capital to aid."
"Um?"
Ning Fan's expression trembled slightly and he stared straight at Jia Xu: "Xuanjian Pass..."
"It must be broken."
Jia Xu spoke with determination, but Ning Fan's brows furrowed deeper, and his tone gradually became lower: "There are 100,000 elite soldiers stationed at Xuanjian Pass, and the emperor's brother also led 30,000 cavalry to rush for reinforcements."
"Even if Da Yan has 300,000 soldiers and horses, it is impossible to defeat the city in three days."
"What if it's five hundred thousand?"
As soon as Jia Xu finished speaking, the expressions of all the surrounding generals changed. Ning Fan even looked at Jia Xu fiercely: "When did you receive the news?"
"call!"
"Your Highness, no matter how many troops Da Yan dispatches this time, the Xuanjian Pass will be broken this time."
"What's the meaning!!"
Ning Fan also had a hint of anger on his face, but Jia Xu said calmly: "This time the Great Yan Kingdom came out in full force, and half a million soldiers and horses came to knock on the pass. No matter how hard we defend, the Xuanjian Pass will be broken."
"Now, His Majesty has secretly dispatched the Zhenbei Army to set up an ambush in the mountain pass behind Xuanjian Pass, waiting for Dayan to enter the situation."
"What!"
Ning Fan's expression suddenly changed, and he said with a deep expression: "Since the Zhenbei Army's army has moved south, why don't they directly enter Xuanjian Pass to garrison?"
"Yes!" Li Xiuning also said with a puzzled look on his face: "Even if one hundred thousand soldiers and horses enter the Xuanjian Pass, Da Yan's half a million soldiers and horses can't even hope to enter the middle of the pass."
"Why not just send troops into the customs?"
Jia Xu let out a long sigh and said with relief: "The Zhenbei Army is stationed at the gateway to the northern border of Dayu. Do not touch it lightly. Once the Zhenbei Army enters the pass, it will definitely be noticed by Dayan's intelligence agency."
"By then, if Dayan knows that the northern territory is empty, their northern troops will definitely bypass the desert and attack Dayu from the north."
"Besides, even if reinforcements enter the pass, a fierce battle to defend the city will still be inevitable."
Jia Xu looked at the corpses everywhere under the city tower and murmured: "The entrance of the valley at Xuanjian Pass is a natural chasm. As long as an ambush is buried, even if a million-strong army of Dayan Kingdom comes to attack, they will be defeated. "
"Then why not let the defenders of Xuanjian Pass withdraw from the pass?"
"Your Highness!"
Jia Xu's eyes glowed with a faint light, and he said in a deep voice: "If the defenders of Xuanjian Pass retreat, it will definitely arouse Da Yan's suspicion."
"hehe!"
A sneer appeared on Ning Fan's lips, and he said lightly: "So, the one hundred thousand defenders of Xuanjian Pass have become the abandoned sons of the imperial court?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone fell silent, and Ning Fan knew very well that perhaps this was the most correct decision made by the court, but if he had known about it in advance, he would have tried his best to stop it.
Because among the values of his previous life, never abandoning or giving up is always the first criterion.
However, living in these troubled times, especially in this cold-weapon era where the weak preyed on the strong, and the feudal era where imperial power was supreme, he also knew that a real man should not be as kind as a woman.
Perhaps at this point, his character is more inclined to the eldest brother.
"Your Highness, it is not that your Majesty and the imperial court intend to abandon the hundred thousand sons of Xuanjian Pass."
Ji Sui looked at Ning Fan who looked lonely and said in a hoarse tone: "I, Dayu, have no way out. There is no room for mistakes in this battle. Otherwise, it will not be the hundred thousand men of Xuanjian Pass who will die, but me." Dayu’s people were slaughtered by the thousands.”
"Dayan's half a million troops are marching eastward, but they also have hundreds of thousands of troops stationed in the north. Now is the best time for them to invade Dayu for the only time in a hundred years."
"They will never miss it. If they don't use the Zhenbei Army, the imperial court will have no troops to use. But if they do use the Zhenbei Army, once Da Yan knows about it, their northern army will immediately overwhelm the border."
"I was also born on the battlefield and have experienced the love of Pao Ze. However, this plan was known to me in advance. Even though I can't bear it, I will still do it!"
"Besides, the sacrifice of my sons at Xuanjian Pass will not be in vain. The soldiers and horses of Da Yan Kingdom want to capture Xuanjian Pass, and there are hundreds of thousands of men stationed there. If they want to break through the pass, they must at least bury two people under the pass. One hundred thousand soldiers and horses.”
"They deserved their death!"
Although Ji Sui's tone was low, it was still sonorous and powerful. Ning Fan felt a pang in his heart. In his previous life, he was born in a peaceful and prosperous time, and losing dozens or hundreds of people in an accident was a major event that broke the sky.
But now, there are a hundred thousand soldiers and horses buried in the Western Region!
One hundred thousand!
What a cold number. If they knew that the imperial court had no troops to send, would they be desperate?
If they knew that the imperial court had abandoned them, would they be heartbroken?
Ning Fan also gradually understood why he was kept from knowing this plan, because whether it was Emperor Yu, Jia Xu, or Zhuge Liang and others, they all knew something about his character.
"Your Highness, mercy does not command troops!"
Jia Xu said with a gloomy face and a very serious tone: "The top priority is to immediately mobilize troops to bury Dayan's half-million troops in my Dayu as much as possible."
"If we win this battle, from now on, our borders on all four sides of Dayu will be stable."
Ning Fan loosened his clenched fists and stared straight at Jia Xu: "Did you propose this plan?"
Jia Xu hesitated for a moment and nodded slightly: "I am willing to be punished by His Highness."
Ning Fan glanced at him lightly and said calmly: "Don't be in a hurry to return to Beijing. Now that you are here, you will never have any further trouble."
"Instruct the three armies to prepare to meet the enemy."
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royal palace.
Guo Jia wore plain clothes and came to the imperial study. He looked at Emperor Yu who was half lying on the dragon chair with his eyes closed and was silent for a long time.
"coming."
"See Your Majesty."
"sit."
Emperor Yu opened his eyes, looked at the plainly dressed figure in front of him seriously, and said calmly: "Duke Jingguo's army is already in place."
"Um!"
Guo Jia nodded slightly, seemingly not surprised or overly happy.
"Your Majesty, the common people want to know more about the news from the Eastern Territory."
"Eastern Territory?"
Emperor Yu couldn't help but burst into laughter and said: "The battle in the Western Territory will not end, I feel uneasy. There is no battle report from the Eastern Territory... yet."
"Your Majesty, by this time, the dust has settled in the Western Region."
"The key to this battle for me, Dayu, lies in the eastern border."
"Um?"
There was a sparkle in Emperor Yu's eyes, and there was a hint of doubt in his expression.
"Your Majesty, the reason why the common people came up with the plan to defeat Da Yan this time is for the plot of the Eastern Territory."
Guo Jia's eyes shone with wisdom, and he said calmly: "If it is just to defend the Western Territory, the army from the capital will come out in full force and garrison at Xuanjian Pass, and they can hold on for a while."
"But if this is the case, I, Dayu, will gain nothing after a bloody battle."
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