The fool has become a spirit, and she can speak

"It's not enough to have a little knowledge. As a general, you have to be responsible for your soldiers. If you are careless, you will lose everything."

Things happened just as Sha Guanghan expected. Within three days, drums were heard from the enemy camp, which meant that they had officially declared war and attempted to attack Sha Guanghan.

However, facing such a tense situation, Sha Guanghan remained calm, as if everything was under his control.

He was seen walking calmly in the camp hidden deep in the forest, flipping through the military book in his hand. At this moment, Sha Guanghan's youngest son ran over like a gust of wind, with a happy look on his face, very excited.

"Daddy! Daddy! The enemy has started beating the drums. It seems they can't hold back any longer!"

Sha Guanghan snorted and laughed: "The emperor of Dalang Kingdom must be too anxious to sit on the throne, so he put pressure on Ji Yuanqiang and Song Baokang. Those who disobey his order will be killed, so we will be busy in the next few days."

"Dad, they look very aggressive! How about we send someone out to fight them?" Sha Yuejin asked anxiously.

Sha Guanghan smiled slightly, gently closed the military book, and replied slowly: "There is no need to go to such great lengths, just let them make trouble first, and wait for them to fall into the trap."

Sha Yuejin said: "But Dad, they have been yelling and cursing outside, and they sound so arrogant!"

Sha Guanghan raised his head and laughed loudly. The rough laughter echoed in the camp, without any trace of the tension of the enemy attacking the door. After laughing, he patiently said to Sha Yuejin: "Jin'er, that's all their strategy. They are just trying to test our strength. There is no need to pay attention to their bluffing. There is no gate blocking us ahead. If they really have the courage, they can just rush in along that road without fighting."

In fact, the enemy did not dare to move forward rashly or take even a single step beyond the line of defense because they knew what was waiting for them ahead.

A soldier in charge of spying came running over, knelt on one knee, clasped his fists and said, "Reporting to General Ji and Captain Song, after a careful investigation by my subordinates, all of Sha Guanghan's men are missing. I don't know if they have evacuated or are hiding."

Hearing this, General Ji Yuanqiang of Dalang State and Commandant Song Baokang of Chaizhou both turned their heads to look at the road opposite, frowning and falling into deep thought.

Song Baokang was still holding the imperial edict that was delivered this morning. He said to Ji Yuanqiang with a serious look, "General Ji, the emperor has issued an order for us to send troops to attack Wan Lianxing immediately. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed without mercy."

Ji Yuanqiang took a deep breath. Although his eyes were firm, they were filled with a hint of worry. He responded, "The situation is urgent now. Even if there are dangers ahead, we have to go through it. But the tricky problem right now is that the enemy is in the dark while we are in the light. We can't even see the enemy's shadow, so who are we going to fight? If we act rashly, we will inevitably suffer heavy casualties. If we suffer heavy losses, Sha Guanghan will definitely take the opportunity to lead his troops to suddenly attack us."

Song Baokang couldn't help but sigh when he heard this: "Alas, the Emperor Ming is in trouble!"

Ji Yuanqiang looked at Song Baokang and asked, "Captain Song, now that things have come to this, do you have any other ideas or strategies to deal with it?"

Song Baokang shook his head slowly and said in a heavy tone: "This is the result of many days of discussion. We have no other ideas."

Ji Yuanqiang thought for a moment and made the final decision: "In this case, let's proceed according to the original plan. First send out two teams of vanguards to lead the charge and test the enemy's strength."

Before this, they had actually made some corresponding preparations, but when their vanguard of 5,000 people charged forward like a tide, things turned out to be worse than they had expected.

They saw that the ground in front of them was covered with densely packed traps of various kinds, making it impossible to guard against them; and huge rocks kept rolling down from the mountains on both sides, as if to bury them all; at the same time, countless arrows shot from all directions like a storm, instantly forming a dense rain of arrows.

In an instant, screams rang out one after another, and the vanguard troops in front fell in a pool of blood in large numbers.

Faced with such a tragic scene, the large force in the rear had to retreat urgently.

However, they had not yet engaged the enemy head-on, and they had already lost a lot of troops in just this round of attacks. If they continued to fight in this way, they would surely lose the battle.

Just as Ji Yuanqiang and Song Baokang were lost in thought at the horrific scene in front of them, suddenly, Sha Guanghan's troops appeared on the battlefield. However, unexpectedly, these soldiers did not come to attack them, but were busy cleaning up the battlefield.

It was obvious that the other side had just successfully repelled their vanguard and was now quickly cleaning up the scene in preparation for their next intrusion.

Seeing this, Ji Yuanqiang and Song Baokang looked at each other helplessly, knowing that it was not appropriate to act rashly at this time. So, the two could only lead the large army and retreat back to their own camp in disgrace.

Ten days later, the sun was still shining through the clouds onto the earth, but the imperial palace of Dalang Kingdom was shrouded in haze.

In the court, the emperor was furious. His sharp eyes swept across all the civil and military officials, and he shouted angrily: "Look carefully at me! The enemy is not injured at all, but most of our people are killed or injured! This battle situation is simply a great shame!"

At this time, the emperor's confidant, Lord Liu, slowly walked out from among the ministers. He first bowed and saluted, and then said righteously: "Your Majesty, please calm down. This is all because Lord Wang's plan was wrong! At the beginning, he vowed that only 30,000 troops would be needed to recapture Fengying and defeat Wan Lianxing in one fell swoop. However, now that nearly a month has passed, not only have we failed to shake Wan Lianxing at all, but we have also suffered heavy casualties. This battle was lost without a fight, all thanks to Lord Wang! In my humble opinion, the top priority is to immediately mobilize all the troops of our Great Lang Kingdom. In this way, if we come out in full force, not to mention the small Fengying, the entire Fengqi will also belong to our Great Lang Kingdom! We must let Wan Lianxing know that his attack on the Southern Yan Kingdom is just a wedding dress for our Great Lang Kingdom!"

As the emperor's confidant and beloved minister, Lord Liu's words and deeds naturally have many points in line with the emperor's thoughts.

However, Lord Wang, who was standing by, was keenly aware that something was wrong. Lord Liu seemed to be giving advice to the emperor, but in fact, he was secretly impeaching himself.