The Young and Vigorous Eighth Prince

Hearing what Li Yunzhuo said, the five brothers of the Ning family were even more shocked. They couldn't have imagined that Jiang Fan would even think of this.

In addition to the supplies from the Great Western Dynasty, the Great Western Army also occupied various supply cities in the Great Yan territory. Thousands of troops were left in those cities.

If they could wipe out all of them and trap the Dashi Army directly in the territory of Dayan, then the Dashi Army would really be at the end of its rope.

However, the Dashi Army has already penetrated deep into Jiangzhou and occupied several cities. Several cities on the border of Weizhou are also under the control of the Dashi Army. If they want to compress the living space of the Dashi Army, they must take back these cities in the shortest time possible.

But the problem is that they only have 70,000 troops, plus Li Yunzhuo's 20,000 troops, it is almost impossible to do it in a short period of time.

Even if the enemy only has a few thousand people defending the city, it will take at least several days to capture a city, and there may be heavy casualties, which makes it almost impossible to accomplish.

Ning Pojun wanted to speak out to explain the difficulty of the matter. If the time was dragged out too long, by the time the enemy reacted, if their space could not be compressed to the minimum, they would be put in a passive position.

Seeing that he wanted to talk, Li Yunzhuo smiled and said, "Don't worry, General. Attacking a city is very easy for us. It will only take us half a day to capture a city!"

"We now have 90,000 troops, which can be divided into five groups to attack the city at the same time. Within ten days, we can suppress the Dashi Army in Jiangzhou. Within a month, we can suppress the Dashi Army in Jiangyue City!"

Ning Pojun frowned at the confidence on Li Yunzhuo's face, but when he thought of the terrifying artillery fire they had, he was full of confidence again.

It should be easy to attack the city with that terrifying artillery fire.

Thinking of this, he nodded. He quickly issued an order. In addition to the several thousand people who stayed behind, he led the remaining 70,000 troops. As Li Yunzhuo advanced towards the Central Plains, they began to recapture the cities that were captured by the Great Western Dynasty.

With the help of Li Yunzhuo's army and artillery fire, several border towns on the Weizhou side were fully recovered in less than three days, including the left and right passes of Weizhou Pass.

They quickly headed towards the Central Plains.

At the same time, Jiang Zheng in Fangyuan City also received news that the siege of Weizhou Pass had been lifted and several cities in Weizhou had been recovered.

His face looked a little ugly at this time, and his eyes were full of anger. He was angry that Jiang Fan had left such a backup plan, and he was even more angry that the Daxi Dynasty had betrayed him.

He thought everything should be under his control, but he never expected that the Dashi Dynasty would send out an army of 500,000.

Even if he had 100,000 men, he couldn't face the 500,000-man army of the Great Western Dynasty. Now, hearing the counterattack of Ning Pojun and others, he hesitated.

"Your Highness, should we intervene and help the Great Western Dynasty? With our current strength, even if we cannot defeat Ning Pojun and his men, we can definitely buy them some time so that they won't be trapped and die in Dayan."

Jiang Zheng's confidant looked at him and said.

Jiang Zheng shook his head upon hearing this, with a cold and mocking look in his eyes.

"No need. The Great Western Dynasty cannot be trusted. If we help them, we will only bring trouble to ourselves. It is better to let them fight each other! Either way, it is beneficial to me. Inform them to follow me to attack Xia Liao Kingdom!"

Xia Liao. A small country sandwiched between the Great Western Dynasty and the Great Yan, located in a remote area with few specialties. However, their people are fierce and are a well-known fighting nation.

The Great Yan and Great Western Dynasties tried to conquer this country several times, but they always failed. Later, they gave up and allowed them to exist.

In the current situation, once Dayan defeated the Great Western Dynasty, Jiang Zheng knew that Jiang Fan would definitely find him out, and he had lost his best chance.

Now he could only find a place to develop well and then make plans. If the Great Western Dynasty and the Great Yan Dynasty were both defeated, he could benefit from it.

In this war, both sides will pay a huge price, and one side may even be devastated. At that time, as long as he exerts a little effort, he can annex one side!

Why should he get involved at this time? It would not do him any good.

Hearing Jiang Zheng's words, the confidant nodded and turned to leave. Jiang Zheng also asked people to pack up and prepare to leave. It was no longer possible for him to intervene.

However, he did not regret this incident. Even though the Dashi Dynasty was treacherous, he had achieved his goal.

In order to ascend the throne, he would not care about anyone's life or death, and would not even care whether the Daxi Dynasty would conquer Dayan.

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While Li Yunzhuo and Ning Pojun were working together to squeeze the living space of the Daxi Dynasty, Guan Yizhi sent an army of 200,000 to advance forward at Jiangyue City, heading straight for Hedu City.

The remaining 200,000 troops were besieging Heluo and Heyuan City. He wanted to open up the road to Dayanjing City, and Hedu City was the only way for him.

Only by taking over Hedu City could he march straight into the Great Yanjing City. Otherwise, he would be blocked by the three-sided encirclement, and even if he wanted to take a detour, it would not be so easy.

Not only will it make the army tired, it will also allow Chu Xinghe, Ning Zhen and Chu Yan'er to launch sneak attacks from three sides.

On the day the army set out, it advanced in three directions in a mighty manner. At this time, in Heluo City and Heyuan City, Ning Zhen and Chu Xinghe had already gathered 80,000 troops each.

In Hedu City, in addition to the 30,000 Huaining troops brought by Chu Yan'er, the remaining were 70,000 provincial troops mobilized from various provincial prefectures, a total of 100,000 people.

Almost all the troops that Dayan could mobilize were mobilized. Faced with the aggressive 400,000-strong Dashi Army, the entire court and the country were shocked and terrified.

When Chu Xinghe and Ning Zhen learned that Guan Yizhi had sent out an army of 200,000 to attack Hedu City, they wanted to send out the troops in the city to support Chu Yan'er.

But the total number of troops they had was 160,000. Even with the troops under Chu Yan'er's command, there were only 260,000 troops, which was simply no match for the enemy's 400,000 troops!

But no matter what, they could not see Hedu City being captured. Once Hedu City fell, Kyoto would no longer have a defense line. Dayan would also face the risk of extinction at any time.

Just as the two were preparing to send troops, they received a letter from Chu Yan'er. When they saw Chu Yan'er's letter, the two veterans were stunned, their eyes full of disbelief.

Compared with Ning Zhenlai, Chu Xinghe had great confidence in his daughter. He decided to keep his troops in place and use the 80,000 troops in the city to hold back the 100,000-strong army of the Daxi Dynasty.

As for Ning Zhen, after careful consideration, he also decided to follow Chu Yan'er's advice and not send troops to help. He used the 80,000 troops in his hands to hold back the 100,000 troops of the Great Western Dynasty.

After all, if they sent out a large army, they would most likely be used by Guan Yizhi of the Daxi Dynasty to encircle and attack the reinforcements.

At this time, on the wall of Heyuan City, Ning Zhen looked towards the distant Hedu City, his eyes full of worry. Beside him were several generals, one of whom looked at Ning Zhen and said:

"General, the princess asked us to keep our troops in place. Are we really not going to send troops to help? The total strength of Hedu City where the princess is now is no more than 100,000."

"Yes, and 70,000 of them were transferred from various states. I'm afraid their combat effectiveness is not as good as that of the logistics troops of the Great Western Dynasty."

"As for the 30,000 Huaining troops brought by the princess herself, I'm afraid their combat effectiveness is not much stronger than that of the Zhoufu troops. Can these 100,000 people resist the 200,000 troops of the Great Western Dynasty?!"