We generally believe that in order to win a war, it is crucial to have generals with great martial arts skills in the army to charge into battle and military strategists who can anticipate the enemy's moves and use ingenious strategies.

In fact, the role that an individual can play in a war is limited. A tall building is built from the ground up. The necessary condition for winning a war is to coordinate the logistics of weapons, armaments, and food supplies.

Throughout the ages, we have all believed that there is strength in numbers and that war only requires the number of heads to be compared. But in fact, the more people there are, the more likely it is that problems with food and fodder supplies will arise, causing panic among frontline personnel, making them unwilling to fight, and subsequently leading to the collapse of the army.

Many of the classic battles in history where the outnumbered side won were caused by this factor.

However, the young king Qin Zhen of Daguang seemed particularly anxious. It took him only two days to prepare, from issuing the order to personally lead the army to setting off.

In two days, whether it was transporting food and fodder, mobilizing laborers, or training soldiers, everything was done in an extremely hasty manner.

You know, this was not a simple autumn outing, but a war involving tens of thousands of troops and hundreds of thousands of people.

Perhaps Qin Zhen didn't realize at all that a battle would actually take place on this trip.

Fortunately, no accidents happened in the first half of the journey. Although he was leading the expedition in person, Qin Zhen did not encounter any barbarians along the way. He faced the heavy rain, passed Juyong Pass, and arrived at Datong from Xuanfu via Yanghe. There was no fighting along the way.

The so-called border emergency, but there is not even a shadow of the enemy?

Isn't Xuanfu in a critical situation because the enemy has cut off its water supply? Where are the enemy troops? Have they received the intelligence and returned home for the winter?

On August 1, after half a month's march, the army led by Qin Zhen arrived in Datong. This was the only place among the many battle reports from the front line where the battle with the Hu Lu took place and the generals were killed. It was also Qin Zhen's final destination.

Qin Zhen will thoroughly investigate the causes and consequences of the deaths of Datong Governor Song Ying and Zhu Mian and others in battle.

After arriving in Datong City, Su Xing did not join in the interrogation of the eunuch Guo Jing and the lieutenant general Shi Xiang who had survived the previous battle by Qin Zhen, and what truth they learned. He was not interested in finding out.

Su Xing knew that Qin Zhen would decide to return home tonight. That's right, the army that came to lead the expedition came to an end without engaging in a firefight with the enemy.

Following the advice of Guo Deng, the lieutenant general of Datong, Qin Zhen did not return via Juyong Pass in the direction of Xuanfu as he had come, but instead changed his route and returned to Zijin City from another direction via Zijing Pass.

Su Xing knew that according to the course of history, the journey back this time would not be peaceful and a storm was about to come.

Therefore, Su Xing did not travel with the army led by Qin Zhen, but arrived at Datong City alone before the army. After confirming that there was nothing strange here, he went straight to Zijing Pass.

He had agreed with Zhang Zhu that if he found any problems on the road ahead, he would notify Zhang Zhu and request a change of route; otherwise, they would march along the original route.

Su Xing wanted to see whether the eunuchs temporarily changed the route because they were afraid that the army would destroy the crops in their hometown. How could such a ridiculous reason appear in history books?

Su Xing was riding his horse at full speed and could already see the shadow of Zijing Pass in front of him, but the electronic card on his waist suddenly rang.

"Why did the electronic card suddenly ring...is it Bai Chu?" Su Xing's eyes lit up and he connected the voice call.

"Su Xing, where are you?"

As soon as the voice communication was connected, Bai Chu's anxious voice came from the electronic card.

"Where else could he be? Qin Zhen has decided to lead the expedition to the north himself. He is now in Datong, preparing to return to Zijin City. I am exploring the way to Zijing Pass." Su Xing shook his head and said.

"Damn it... still can't stop the progress of history?"

"Where have you been?" Su Xing asked again, "You went to Fuhai area this time and got everything done, right?"

"I have returned to Zijin City." Bai Chu said in the electronic card: "The civil unrest in Fuhai area this time was all caused by Gu Ke. His purpose was to lure us and the army out of Zijin City, make a feint to the east and attack the west, and then attack Qin Zhen."

“In a sense, they succeeded.”

"Yes," Bai Chu also nodded in affirmation. "I have been traveling day and night, rushing back under the stars and the moon, but I didn't expect that I would still be too late... Where can I find you? Is it Juyongguan or..."

Su Xing thought about it, but did not give an answer quickly: "I am on my way to Zijing Pass. If there is no problem with Zijing Pass or I can handle it, Qin Zhen's return journey will not be changed, and we can avoid accidents."

Bai Chu was also silent for a while. He understood that since Su Xing did not give a definite answer, it meant that he did not have a complete grasp of the situation and everything was unknown.

"Then I will rush to Juyong Pass at full speed."

"Don't be pessimistic, Bai Chu." Su Xing comforted. "We are not fighting alone. I found a pretty good helper named Yu Man. I also gave him an electronic card that can connect with you. When necessary, you can also provide temporary support to us.

Yu Man is now guarding Qin Zhen. With him around, Qin Zhen is absolutely safe."

"I hope so."

After saying that, Bai Chu hung up the voice call.

Although the situation was still not optimistic, Su Xing breathed a sigh of relief and felt inexplicably more at ease when he learned that Bai Chu had returned.

"Stop, who is coming?"

Unconsciously, Su Xing had already run to the foot of the city wall of Zijing Pass, and above the towering city wall, a sentry guarding the city shouted and stopped Su Xing.

"I'm here to ask for help." Su Xing shouted, "The king's personal expeditionary army encountered the barbarians in Datong City and a fierce battle has already occurred. The king ordered me to send an order to Zijing Pass to urgently dispatch troops for support."

"What?" The guards on the city wall were horrified. "Wait a minute, I'll report it."

Soon, the gate of Zijing Pass was opened, and a middle-aged officer led his troops out on horseback.

"You said that fighting has already taken place in Datong City?" The middle-aged general was slightly surprised but not panicked at all. "Did you see clearly? The enemy in the fight is really the barbarian army?"

"It's strange to say that." Su Xing said with a strange look on his face. "The barbarian army that the king encountered was equipped with all the weapons and armaments of Daguang. When the two sides fought, it was hard to tell who was who.

Anyway, the situation is very critical now, and the king's life may be in danger at any time. You guys should go and support the king. I also need to notify the other opponents to send reinforcements."

As he spoke, Su Xing tightened his grip on the reins, ready to continue riding the horse.

"Stop! You are not allowed to go anywhere!" the middle-aged general suddenly shouted, and the troops in the city gate suddenly swarmed out and surrounded Su Xing.

"What do you mean?" Su Xing was shocked.

"Our meaning is very simple. You are not allowed to go anywhere. Follow me back to Datong. Otherwise, you will die!"

Su Xing's heart tightened, and he had a general idea in his mind.

The commander of Zijing Pass said that he agreed to support Qin Zhen, but he would not allow himself to go to other places to ask for support. The answer was obvious. He would not allow Qin Zhen to really bring in reinforcements, and he did not go to Datong as a reinforcement. His purpose was to kill Qin Zhen himself!

"How dare you!" Su Xing's face changed drastically. "Are you going to rebel?"

As he said that, Su Xing waved his whip, turned around and ran. There were tens of millions of troops in front of him, and it would be foolish to confront them head-on.

"Chase!"

A heart-wrenching roar from the commander of Zijing Pass came from behind him, and the army of Zijing Pass rolled towards Su Xing like a flowing tide, with those who were skilled in mounted archery constantly aiming at Su Xing and shooting arrows.

"Mr. Zhang, quickly inform the king to change his route and return home. There is a murderous intention at Zijing Pass!" Su Xing shouted at the electronic card, but suddenly an arrow flew past his ear and almost blew his head off.

"Damn it! My horse has been running for so long that it has run out of energy. It can't outrun their horses at all. If this continues, I will be caught up sooner or later!"

Su Xing gritted his teeth, took out the duel disk, put it on his arm, and slapped out a card.

"Red-Eyes Black Dragon, use Black Flame Bullet on them!"

The black dragon with blood-red eyes hovered in the air, gathering all its strength, and fired a black fireball at the pursuers. Immediately, a group of them fell down, but the pursuers kept coming and could not be killed at all.

"Run, run!" Su Xing kept waving the whip, trying to speed up and escape from danger.

"Hey, isn't this the high and mighty student council president of Duel Academy? Can you also be so embarrassed?"

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