Chapter 529: A Family
"Your Majesty, can't you really send one or two innate masters?" Shen Yan's eyes showed a flattering smile, looked at the emperor, and said with a hippie smile.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Shen Yan immediately saw a touch of seriousness in the emperor's eyes, and hurriedly put away the hippie smile and said seriously.
"Please rest assured, if this battle is not successful, it will become benevolent, and Wechen will definitely drag down the strategic blackmail and temptation of the White Lotus Sect, and let them follow Wechen's strategic deployment."
When Shen Yan heard that the White Lotus Sect was besieging Lingnan without attacking, he had already thought of the White Lotus Sect's idea, encircling the point and sending reinforcements was just a phenomenon, and the real intention was strategic blackmail and temptation. Unexpectedly, there are also strategic masters in the White Lotus Sect, it seems that it was a fluke to defeat the two armies of the White Lotus Sect in Lingnan before, and this time leading the Great Xia Royal Army to Huaibei County may face a serious challenge.
But isn't that more interesting?
With less than 4,000 troops to conquer more than 200,000 White Lotus Sect, no matter from which point of view, he is not the winning side, if the imperial court is like this, the White Lotus Sect will also be the same, and this is the opportunity for himself to turn the tables, as long as he is properly deployed and leads the White Lotus Sect by the nose, he will not be able to achieve a few small victories without tasting.
Shen Yan never thought that he could defeat the White Lotus Sect with less than 4,000 Great Xia Royal Army under his command, and there are indeed many examples of winning more with less, but it does not mean that he will also have the probability of winning more with less, therefore, leading the army to Huaibei County, in addition to the necessary luck, is more about strength, even if there is strategy and tactics, it is based on a certain strength.
Of course, even if he doesn't have much confidence in his heart, Shen Yan can't show anything in front of the emperor, on the contrary, he must show a certain amount of confidence, otherwise, the emperor will feel that he doesn't have it in his heart, and he can't pick up the big beam, and he will gradually lose trust and respect in the emperor's heart. At the same time, it is not possible to show absolute confidence, otherwise, the emperor will feel arrogant.
It's hard to grasp this degree. However, Shen Yan at least performed well in dealing with the emperor, and did not lower his image in the emperor's mind.
"I know that you have some real skills, if you can create another miracle this time, I will reward you when you return to Jinling." The former army of Jinling can't help but save it, to be precise, in view of the momentum of the White Lotus Sect, the imperial court can't help but make a posture, otherwise it will chill the hearts of the soldiers of the former army of Jinling, and it will also lose the hearts of the people of Huaibei County.
Xia Qi also knew in his heart that it was impossible to defeat the White Lotus Sect with Shen Yan's army alone, and if he wanted to defeat the more than 200,000 troops of the White Lotus Sect, he didn't have to think about it without more than 100,000 troops.
Although there are hundreds of thousands of troops in the imperial court, Xia Qi cannot mobilize these armies at the moment, and there are many hidden factors, not only that the general soldiers of the various armies in Jinling are not convinced by each other, but also that Xia Qi has a strategic deployment of various armies, coupled with the infiltration of these armies by the family, Xia Qi does not believe in these armies very much, although the strength of the family has not completely penetrated into the armies of Jinling.
This is a very terrible phenomenon, Xia Qi does not dare to guarantee that these armies that have been infiltrated by the family will not secretly communicate with the White Lotus Sect on the battlefield or make false promises, but as long as there is a trace of risk, Xia Qi will not use these armies, and at the same time, not sending Jinling troops can also let them guard against each other.
Of course, in addition to the various armies in Jinling, there are also many Xiang troops in the local area, which is also a huge number of troops, although the combat effectiveness is not necessarily strong, but it is still possible to take it and fight with the White Lotus Sect. However, even the armies in Jinling have been infiltrated by the family, not to mention the local box army, therefore, the local box army cannot be used.
After thinking about it, the only thing that could be used was Shen Yan's Great Xia Royal Army. However, with the strength of Shen Yan's command, it was not enough to give the White Lotus Sect a gap between his teeth, let alone hope to win. Xia Qi's approach obviously had the intention of sending Shen Yan to death, but Xia Qi had no other better way at the moment, and Shen Yan had always been good at creating miracles, so Xia Qi did not have the intention of letting Shen Yan delay the fighter this time.
"Weichen, please rest assured that this time when he goes to Huaibei County, Weichen will definitely fight hard and live up to the emperor's expectations." Shen Yan also understood in his heart the emperor's helplessness in making this choice, so a flash of affirmation and perseverance flashed in his eyes, and he said loudly.
Shen Yan knew very well in his heart that the emperor could not move other armies at the moment, he could only move his own Great Xia Royal Army, but he knew that the Great Xia Royal Army was a drop in the bucket at all, so when he proposed to form a servant army, the emperor agreed after a little contemplation, although there was no need for the imperial court to bear any funds during the battle, but the more important thing was that the emperor hoped that he would have more troops on hand.
Shen Yan dared to lead the Great Xia Royal Army to Huaibei County is gambling, why is the emperor not gambling, for this reason, the emperor also sent Xia Yuanxu to follow Shen Yan's side, although Xia Yuanxu is a prince without any influence and strength, but after all, the identity is still a prince, once it falls into the hands of the White Lotus Sect, it can be the same as the three princes of Xiangzhou Mansion, and it is a strange thing to live in.
This is also an important reason why the White Lotus Sect has been besieging Xiangzhou Mansion but not attacking, after the imperial court knows the news that the three princes are besieged, they will definitely think about how to rescue them, unlike the prince who has become a captive, the value of the captured prince is far less than that of besieging but not attacking.
"Your Majesty, if there are no other orders, Wechen will retire first, Wechen will go to the barracks on the outskirts of Beijing, and by the way, let the soldiers of the Great Xia Royal Army rest for half a day." Shen Yan looked at the emperor who had a touch of contemplation and hesitation in his eyes, and a touch of sincerity appeared on his face, and said well.
"Your Majesty, during the time that Wechen is not in Jinling, I hope that the emperor will take care of the dragon body and wait for the good news of Wechen."
"Go ahead. Originally, I thought that I would leave you to have dinner with me, but since you were going to the barracks on the outskirts of Beijing to join the soldiers, I would not interrupt your communication with the soldiers. A strange look appeared in Xia Qi's eyes, glanced at Shen Yan, and said slowly.
Xia Qi is also a person who knows the soldiers, and knows that it is a very important thing for generals to communicate with soldiers before the war, so that soldiers will feel from their hearts that they are valued by the people above, and they will be more righteous and dedicated when fighting. From this point of view, Shen Yan is a person who knows the soldiers very well, so it is not important that Xia Qi wants to leave Shen Yan for dinner.
In the summer, it was not a grace to leave Shen Yan to eat, but in my heart, I wanted to treat Shen Yan as a family, a real family.