The Western Regions Alliance sent four small countries to support Bailongdui, which naturally reduced some of the pressure on Jiaohe City, but these four small countries were not strong in the original army, and the least of them was only more than 20,000 people, so the crisis in Jiaohe City still existed, and it would only be to buy some more time.

Outside the White Dragon Pile, Zhang Chao also contacted Tang Jin, the head of Xiaowan Kingdom, through secret channels and obtained first-hand information.

"Sure enough, troops were sent, so good." Hearing that there were four countries missing from the attack on Jiaohe City, Zhang Chao felt that his recent efforts had not been in vain, and the next thing he needed to do was to continue the attack, believing that with Ma Chao here, he could get the other party's movements as soon as possible, and it would not be difficult to win the battle.

The Celestial Empire here has made preparations to attack at any time, and a total of 120,000 reinforcements from the last four small countries have also come to the White Dragon Pile and gathered together with the five forces of Wuqiang.

At this moment, the Bailongdui has a lot more strength than before. In the total, there were 130,000 soldiers in the Wuqiang State, 160,000 soldiers in Loulan, 100,000 soldiers in the Black Cavalry, 30,000 in the Heye Kingdom, 40,000 soldiers in the Moguo Kingdom, 25,000 soldiers in the Mi Kingdom, and 30,000 soldiers each in Yinai and Shache. 545,000 in all.

After having so many troops, Mu Kui, the lord of the Qiang Kingdom, was full of confidence and decided to take the initiative to take advantage of the convergence of the two armies, and the morale was strong, and he would strive to fight a beautiful battle.

At the meeting, Mu Kui put forward his thoughts, and Tu, the chief lieutenant of Loulan Country, also agreed, and just when Ma Chao, the head of the Black Cavalry, was about to speak in agreement, suddenly Bode, the head of the Mi Kingdom, stood up and said: "Respected lords, according to the opinion of the lord of the country, it is not easy to attack now. ”

"Huh?" Suddenly another person jumped out and vetoed his suggestion, Mu Kui's face was of course not good-looking, and he asked with a displeased face: "Lord Bode, if you have something to say, you might as well say it directly." ”

"Okay." Bode also knew that it seemed a little annoying to jump out at this time, but their country now only had 25,000 troops, and with this strength, it would be difficult to achieve any good results in an offensive war, even so, it was better to act according to his own ideas, at least he could maintain the current balance.

Accepting the little Jiujiu in his heart, Bode opened his mouth and said: "Lords, with our troops to attack the emperor of the Celestial Empire now, naturally there are some chances of victory, but with all due respect, even if the army of the Celestial Empire can be defeated, it is difficult to catch the emperor of the Celestial Empire, people can run, behind him is the Yumen Pass, once he enters the land of Liangzhou, we are not familiar with it, how to arrest people?" And what is the price to pay? If, I mean, if the Emperor of the Celestial Empire sends new reinforcements, I am afraid that it will be difficult for us to defend the White Dragon Pile at that time. The lord of the country remembers that the lord of the country Wang Can said that he will not send us any reinforcements until he captures Jiaohe City, if this is the case, we should make careful use of the current soldiers, at least not in the risky move. ”

Bode talked eloquently, as a small country like Mi Guo, it has been able to stand still without falling, and most of it depends on the incorruptible tongue of the lord of the country, and it is by this that he has maintained the country until now.

Wave talked about the various adverse consequences after the attack, and although Ma Chao, the leader of the black cavalry on the side, his face remained unchanged, but he secretly screamed bad in his heart.

Sure enough, then Bode didn't wait for others to ask, so he took the initiative to explain: "Even if it is difficult to get any benefits from attacking, it is better to continue to defend, we will put the army in front of the White Dragon Pile, and defend here, and not on the front line that is needed, so that our troops are united, not to mention the explosion of strength, even if the Celestial Empire Iron Cavalry appears, we can quickly gather forces to deal with it, wouldn't it be better." At present, what we have to do is not to take these Celestial Dynasty reinforcements, but only need to hold the White Dragon Pile and not let them enter. ”

Bode was a good at analyzing the situation, and when he said this, he immediately won the support of four other small countries, including Heye.

As a small country, they are trying to survive in the cracks, and of course they don't like to fight uncertain battles, so Bode's words are beneficial to them, even if so, where is the reason not to support it?

"Yes, what the Lord of Bode said is very true." For a time, the four lords of small countries all spoke out to give their support.

Although Mu Kui wanted to repay the previous hatred, he also knew that the anger of the people was unbearable, and after adding that he only needed to defend the white dragon pile now, it was a great achievement, and after thinking about it at the moment, he said: "Okay, that's the case, let's follow the words of the lord of the country, let's stay here first, and see the situation." ”

Originally, it was a swearing-in meeting, but in the end, the whole army did not move, this result was also unexpected by the participants, and it was also unexpected by Zhang Chao, the emperor of the Celestial Dynasty outside the white dragon pile.

Zhang Chao knew that his advantage was that the cavalry was strong and the source of information was timely and correct. With these, there is no problem in fighting some raid wars and blitzkriegs. But when it comes to head-on confrontation, it is too insufficient.

Therefore, Zhang Chao has never really attacked Bailongdui, in order to eliminate the enemy's living force on the periphery. But now, the other party is curled up like a hedgehog, which makes his advantage disappear, and it will be much more difficult to do anything next.

"The guy who came up with the idea is damned." Annoyed, Zhang Chao said a little angrily.

"Your Majesty, even if this is the case, we will be passive next, but fortunately, we have also eliminated some of the enemy's forces, and at the same time attracted reinforcements from the four small countries in the Western Regions, we have done what we should have done. Now we can only hope for the prince's own efforts, and in addition, can we mobilize some legions in the north to help, after all, after such a long time, the war there has achieved a great advantage, if we can transfer back one or two legions, then our pressure here will be greatly reduced, and there should be movement in the second prince's place, and we can act when the opportunity comes. Guo Jia saw that Zhang Chao was worried, and hurriedly stepped forward to relieve his worries.

"Yes, in this way, immediately draw up two holy decrees for Lu Bu and Zhao Yun respectively, and let them send the legion to help." Although Zhang Chao doesn't like this feeling of pinning his hopes on others, it's just that now it is difficult for a Qiao woman to cook without rice, and under the lack of troops, she can only wait and look for opportunities to fight.

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In Jiaohe City, after learning the news of the support of the four small countries of Mi and the other four small countries from the information sent by Tang Jin, the lord of Xiaowan Kingdom, Zhang Tian, the prince in the city, was a little excited.

The father did not give up on them, and although the main army of the country was fighting in the north, the father still used his greatest strength to relieve himself. Thinking that his father was caring for him not far away, he felt that his whole body was full of strength.

Zhang Tian's fighting spirit was high, and the soldiers in the entire city also seemed to be beaten with chicken blood. As a result, the city defense of Jiaohe City has become much more stable.

The situation did not seem to be as difficult as imagined, which made Zhang Chao in the imperial tent breathe a sigh of relief, his holy decree had been issued, presumably there should be a legion in the northern battlefield soon, and in this way, the crisis in the Western Regions may be solved.

Just when Zhang Tian was thinking about whether he wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, another bad news suddenly came out, in the territory of Xiliang, a large number of troops under the banner of opposing the Celestial Empire suddenly appeared, and at this moment they were looting materials between the cities and counties of Xiliang, and at the same time cut off the logistics supply channel from Luoyang to Yumen Pass.

An enemy suddenly appeared behind him, and the supply of grain and grass was cut off, and Guo Jia, who got the news, came to the imperial tent as soon as possible.

"Bong-hyo? Why are you so alarmed? Accustomed to seeing Guo Jia indifferently everything, suddenly even this person became so flustered, Zhang Chao, who was drinking tea in front of the dragon case, had a bad feeling.

"Your Majesty, a large number of enemies suddenly appeared in our rear, and as soon as they appeared, they cut off our supply of grain and grass, and now the grain and grass in our army is only needed for ten days." Guo Jia's face was nervous, and he said in an eager tone.

"Oh?" Zhang Chao was indeed shocked in his heart, but on the surface, he was as calm as possible. He is used to telling him that the more he encounters major events, the more he must not panic, otherwise he will only make wrong decisions.

"How many enemies are there? Headed by whom? ”

"News came from Tianyan that there were about 500,000 enemy troops, led by Cao Ang and Wang Ping as the vanguard general, who were coming from Xiliang to kill behind us." Guo Jia answered Zhang Chao's question.

"Cao Ang? He came back from the small Wa Kingdom? After asking this sentence, Zhang Chao knew that it was in vain, even if Cao Ang appeared here, needless to say, it must be Cao Ang who was able to escape from the small Japanese country.

This can't be blamed on the waterway army, the small Wa country is surrounded by the sea, if you want to escape, there are indeed many routes, and it is simply impossible to prevent it, but what Zhang Chao didn't expect was that Cao Ang still had such an appeal, and he was able to gather 500,000 horses and horses in a quiet place, and also persuaded Wang Ping, the general of Xishu, to be a general.

It's just that he knows who is coming, Zhang Chao is really not in a hurry, besides, even if he is in a hurry now, it is useless.

Zhang Chao didn't ask anything, let alone speak, but sat there and pondered, and even squinted his eyes slightly from time to time, and the expression on his face was constantly changing.

Guo Jia knew that this was the emperor's habit when thinking about problems, and he didn't bother when he stood aside, and Xu Chu, the chief of the guard who accompanied him, walked out of the imperial tent and guarded it in person to prevent anyone from coming to disturb Zhang Chao now.

As soon as the time passed minute by minute, about two teas later, Zhang Chao suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Guo Jiadao: "Fengxiao, how do you think this situation should be solved." ”