"So Ma Xiaoke and the others have withdrawn their troops. This is good. Since they have withdrawn their troops, they will not immediately launch a second attack on us. We can calmly pacify the north."
"That's right." Tuoba Xiangchang continued Jiang Yuxuan's words: "In this case, do I still need to use the few resources I have left?"
Jiang Yuxuan looked at Tuoba Xiangchang, as if he just had to figure it out.
Prime Minister Tuoba was embarrassed by being stared at by Jiang Yuxuan and said: "It's not that I don't want to use the remaining resources. I'm just worried that if you come back and there are no resources, what will we do? The army and the government will be in chaos. .”
What Tuoba Xiangchang said makes sense. Previously, there was nothing we could do against Ma Heng. Now that the southern border is on hold, there is no rush.
"Indeed, these resources are still retained, but the recruitment of soldiers cannot be delayed, and we must hurry up."
"Expanding the military strength requires not only resources, but also population. The best way is to seize a few cities in the northeast. By then, the territory will be larger, the population will be larger, the resources will be wider, and there will be more soldiers."
"Okay, I will go to Futan City tomorrow to meet the king, and I will leave this place to you." Jiang Yuxuan said.
"Don't worry, it's absolutely fine."
With Prime Minister Tuoba staying in the royal city, the government is harmonious and the people are stable and the industry is prosperous. He can continuously deliver troops and resources to the front line.
After Jiang Yuxuan said goodbye to Tuoba Xiangchang, he immediately left the city and headed north the next day.
In the north, in Futan City, Luo Feng was checking the terrain maps of the cities in the northeast while flipping through several battle reports sent to him in the lord's mansion.
Zhang Shunxiao’s battle report along the way:
"We fought Qin Pei's army in Changgu and won a great victory. One thousand, five hundred and thirty of Qin Pei's troops were wiped out. Our army lost 362 people and is marching towards Alon City."
"Our army has arrived at Alon City and fought with the defenders outside the city. They won a complete victory and destroyed more than 800 Qin Pei's troops. Our army lost more than 100 people. We can capture Alon City tomorrow."
Zhang Xuli’s battle report along the way:
"Fighted with Qin Pei's army outside Taohan City, won a great victory, and Qin Pei's army dispersed."
"Our army has occupied Taohan City with almost no casualties."
"Our army continues to move north without encountering any resistance along the way. We will arrive at Gole City tomorrow."
Luo Feng put down the battle report in his hand, and Zhang Xinyi walked in from the outside and saw Luo Feng checking the map. Knowing that Luo Feng was worried about the war in the Northeast, he said: "King, now Qin Pei's cities in the Northeast can't resist Zhang Xuli and my brother. To attack, we just need to hold Futan City firmly and not allow Qin Pei to support us."
Luo Feng frowned: "Qin Pei must know now that we want to annex his cities in the northeast, and he will definitely attack us crazily."
"Murong Yi is already building fortifications, and Jiang Yuxuan will arrive at our Futan City soon."
"Report, Jiang Hongguan wants to see you." The soldier outside the door shouted.
"Quick, come in." Luo Feng stood up from his seat excitedly and walked directly forward to greet him.
Jiang Yuxuan walked in from the outside together with Murong Yi and Feng Ziying.
Seeing Murong Yi coming, Luo Feng said: "Murong Banner Commander is also here, just in time. Based on your military merit, you will be promoted to Army Commander."
Murong Yi smiled and said: "As long as you can fight with the king, it doesn't matter if you have an army or not."
"This is not possible, it must be done, otherwise what will the others do." Luo Feng said with a smile, and walked to the chair next to him with everyone and sat down.
Rushing all the way from the south to the north, in just about a month, the situation has changed a lot. Jiang Yuxuan said to Luo Feng: "King, our army has been out of crisis during this period of time. Ma Heng from the south has died, and the funeral will not be announced secretly." We are waiting for Ma Xiaoke to return and inherit the throne."
"Ma Xiaoke has returned to Aiqi City a long time ago." Zhang Xinyi said.
"Not bad." Jiang Yuxuan said: "Ma Xiaoke returned to Aiqian City. There is no other news, which means that Ma Xiaoke has successfully succeeded to the throne. I believe there will be an announcement soon."
"Then they will come to attack us when the time comes." Murong Yi said.
Luo Feng chuckled and said: "I'm afraid it's not that simple. I just took over the throne and the country is still unstable. I must deal with some urgent matters. When things are stable, we will have completed the battle to unify the Northeast."
"That's what the king said." Jiang Yuxuan continued: "The crisis in the south has been lifted, the west is stable again, and now only Qin Pei is left."
As Jiang Yuxuan spoke, he raised his head slightly and thought: "On the way here, I have been inquiring about the movements of Qin Pei's army, and I found that there were changes in the surrounding cities, so Qin Pei is probably going to have a decisive battle with us this time."
"Decisive battle, do we have any chance of winning?" Zhang Xinyi asked eagerly.
"No." Jiang Yuxuan said, "But it's not impossible to stop it."
"If you have any good strategies, tell them all at once. Don't hide them." Luo Feng said anxiously.
Along the way, Jiang Yuxuan didn't have any good ideas. He just deduced all the possibilities and came up with the best choice.
"King." Jiang Yuxuan said: "There are two necessities in fighting Qin Pei. One is that Futan City must be defended, and the other is that we must persist until we capture all the cities in the Northeast before we can fight Qin Pei in a decisive battle."
"This is difficult." Feng Ziying said with a troubled face: "Qin Pei is leading the army to come to a decisive battle. How can we still say that we can't wait."
Jiang Yuxuan said with a sad look on his face: "So we have to hold Qin Pei back and do everything we can to hold him back."
"How to delay?" Luo Feng asked.
"First, Qin Pei is mobilizing troops from various cities, and each city has insufficient troops. We sent a battalion of troops to pretend to be a large army to attack the city, and let the battle reports from each city fly all over the sky, making Qin Pei overwhelmed."
"Good strategy." Zhang Xinyi said happily: "In this way, Qin Pei will not dare to spare the troops of each city to attack us, and going back and forth will also waste a lot of time."
"Not bad." Luo Feng said, "Yuxuan, you continue."
"Okay." Jiang Yuxuan continued: "Second, we send a banner of troops to attack Qin Pei, and then send a battalion of troops to sneak attack Qin Pei's resources. If we can burn Qin Pei's resources, then we will be half successful. ”
"Yes." Luo Feng said, "It's just that Qin Pei's resources are not so easy to burn."
Jiang Yuxuan continued: "I have inquired that Qin Pei's main resources are in Kaxi City, but some of his resources are in a military camp in the northeast outside the city, ready to go out to attack us at any time."
"Burn the resources of the Northeast Military Camp in Kaxi City?" Murong Yi asked.
"Yes, that military camp has the strength of an army." Jiang Yuxuan said.
"In that case, what are you waiting for?" Zhang Xinyi said hurriedly: "Then I will be the vanguard to attract them."
"It's up to me to do it. After my flying wing army lures them out, I can suppress them with long-range attacks. You go and set the fire. I will retreat immediately when I see the fire."
"You don't have to argue." Luo Feng said, "Just listen to what Yuxuan has to say."
