Liao Yun's department lost more than 200,000 deniers of grain and grass, tens of thousands of steel knives and instruments of King Wen, and many many good things, all of which were lost, at this moment, countless people moved to the south, but it was too late, and the people of the snow region had already entered the city.

Burn, kill, rob, plunder, do all evil!

Hexi County fell into a cruel war for a while, and people were dying every day.

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"Report, urgent report at the border gate..."

"Newspaper... I want to see Your Majesty.... ”

Ten minutes later, on the Golden Palace, a soldier with a mixed voice of blood cried bitterly: "Your Majesty, Xiping Pass has been lost, tens of thousands of our soldiers have been killed and wounded, General Liao asked me to ask for help, Hexi County is in a hurry!" ”

After the soldier finished speaking, he fainted, and Wang Xu immediately shouted to take him down for treatment.

In the court, all the ministers were shocked, the people of the Snow Region were so fierce this time, they captured Xiping Pass, and the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses of Liao Yun and Lei Yan were vulnerable, which was really unexpected.

Holding the copy of the recital sent by the soldier in his hand, Wang Xu took a deep breath, Liao Yun had already written very clearly in the recital, the people of the snow region had countless secret weapons, and there were trebuchets with an unusually long attack range, which caught Xiping Pass off guard, and in less than three hours after the battle, Xiping Pass was breached, and all the defenders fled in a hurry.

"These snowy people are really hateful, I must completely exterminate them this time!"

Wang Xu took the case: "Order all the generals to quickly reorganize the army, and I want to conquer the border land in person!" ”

"Your Majesty can't, Your Majesty can't." Han calligraphy and painting hurriedly came out of the ranks.

"Why not?"

Han Shushu: "Your Majesty's golden body, how can you go to a dangerous place, this matter still needs to be remembered for a long time." ”

At this time, everyone knelt down, and even those generals did not agree with Wang Xu's personal expedition, however, Wang Xu was absolutely unwilling.

"The Snowy People are so rampant. I vow to kill them all, you don't need to persuade them anymore! ”

Wang Xu said: "Give the order, Qiancang, Zheng Feng, Zheng Li, Fukangan, and Sun Yu will accompany you, with a total army of 430,000. Choose a day to go west! ”

"Retreat!"

Wang Xu brushed his sleeves away.

Han Shushu sighed, he still hasn't finished speaking.

Han calligraphy and painting came, followed Wang Xu's footsteps to the harem Yonghe Palace.

"Your Majesty, do you really want to go on a personal expedition?"

Wang Xu said: "You think I'm joking? Of course, we have to conquer it ourselves, and we have to cripple the people of the Snowy Land, so that they will never be able to rise! ”

"Your Majesty. Weichen knows that if the people in the snow region are not removed, it will be difficult to stabilize the rear, however, if Your Majesty takes an army of 430,000 to the west, Hu Ling, Cai Wenzhuo and others come to attack our imperial capital, how should we deal with it? ”

Wang Xu laughed twice: "Do they have the guts?" ”

Han Shushu analyzed: "Your Majesty, make good use of soldiers, don't worry about victory and defeat first; This time, the snowy people captured Xiping Pass and used a large number of secret weapons. These weapons were apparently sold to them by the Southern Capital High Power, what does this mean? ”

"This is very likely to be a plan of the high power, if Your Majesty makes a big move in order to exterminate the people in the snow region, it is very likely that the high-power army will be defeated, and the emperor will be in danger at that time."

"We really want to let the rear be stable, and Ran Ran Gaoquan also knows this, so it is extremely reluctant to see us calm the rear, so. He will definitely do everything possible to obstruct him, and even send troops to come. ”

Han Shushu took a deep breath: "Even if Gao Quan doesn't really come to attack, he only needs to send 500,000 troops to be stationed in the border area of Wu County, Your Majesty in order to guard against the imperial capital." They also had to withdraw their troops, and at that time, they would lose their money and money, and the westward expedition would fall short. ”

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Han Shushu said very reasonably, Wang Xu refuted speechlessly, he was also confused just now on top of remembering the year, and he didn't even think of this layer. At this moment, listening to Han Shushu say this, it is like an empowerment, and I suddenly realized.

"And what do you think?"

Han Shushu shook his head: "Weichen hasn't thought about it yet, but there will always be a way, but the army must not go west, and Your Majesty must not personally conquer, otherwise the high power of the southern capital will come unscrupulously, and it will be too late." ”

After calming down, Wang Xu nodded.

"Okay, you can figure it out quickly."

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Two days later, the Imperial Study.

"Your Majesty, Lord Han is here."

"Let him in."

After two days of careful consideration, Han Shushu came up with a way that was not a solution, that is, a helpless move.

"Mr. Calligraphy and Painting Kuaiqing said, what is your way to retreat from the enemy?"

Han Shushu said: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid Hexi County can't hold it, but we can make Gao Quan pay for it." ”

"What? Are you asking me to give up Hexi County? Wang Xu was shocked.

Hexi County is his big rear, and it provides a large number of war horses to the imperial capital every year, and it would be a pity to give up like this.

"Your Majesty, according to what Liao Yun said on the fold, even if we lead our troops to the west now, when we arrive, I am afraid that Hexi County has already been lost, rather than this, it is better to give up decisively and secretly order Liao Yun and others to withdraw to the south of the Yangtze River and garrison Hexi County!"

"With Liao Yun's 100,000 sailors, Guxi County will definitely be safe and sound."

Wang Xu couldn't make a decision for a while, could it be that Hexi County was lost like this?

"Hey, what do you mean by making Gao Quan pay for this?"

Han Shushu said with a smile: "Your Majesty is still at the rate of 400,000, no!" It was to lead all the armies of the imperial capital to the west, and on the boundary of the imperial capital, only the soldiers and horses of the Shuntianfu and the Yulin army were left to garrison. ”

"When His Majesty's soldiers and horses marched to Guxi County, they suddenly turned south and took Hu Ling's Qingyuan County as quickly as possible.

Wang Xu frowned: "Qingyuan County has Hu Ling's more than 200,000 troops stationed in it, and now they have added countless secret weapons, I'm afraid we won't be able to take Qingyuan County so quickly, and when Hu Ling's reinforcements are together, I will also fall short." ”

Han Shushu shook his head: "Your Majesty's words are wrong. ”

"We can give Cai Wenzhuo 200,000 loads of grain and grass, and let him send 300,000 troops from Bao'an County to feign attack Hu Ling's Wu County, at the same time, all the soldiers and horses in my imperial capital have marched westward and gone to attack the people in the snowy region, in this case, whether Gao Quan is defending Wu County or trying to attack our imperial capital, he will transfer troops from Qingyuan County, as long as the troops are transferred, we are done."

"Furthermore, in the eyes of outsiders, it is impossible for us to attack Hu Ling now, because Hexi County is in a hurry, Gao Quan will definitely think that we will go to reinforce Hexi County, however, we will do the opposite and attack Qingyuan County with lightning speed, Gao Quan will not suspect that we will do this at all, so he will not be a little guarded."

"As long as there are hundreds of thousands of troops in Bao'an County to attack Wu County, Gao Quan will definitely transfer troops!"

Wang Xu took a deep breath of Liu Er, according to this, Qingyuan County is really likely to be defeated, but Wang Xu is still reluctant to Hexi County, so the rear is still unstable.

"Can you guarantee that Cai Wenzhuo will not take the opportunity to unite with high power to plot against my imperial capital? Also, the high-ranking department should have a large number of secret weapons, even if half of the Qingyuan County troops are transferred, it will be very difficult for us to break through. (To be continued.) )