Zhao Ling was now complacent about his handling of the battle on this section of the Viku Plain and the fact that he had lied that he had withdrawn his troops and dealt a blow to the 50,000 troops who had left the country, and he thought that he had completely stabilized the situation now and did not have to worry about anything else. Therefore, Zhao Ling also sent an elite 10,000 troops under his command to support Xia Cheng, who was now temporarily unfavorable in the north. Zhao Ling himself led 40,000 troops and stationed them on the Weiku Plain, waiting for Chen Xinyu's 20,000 elite Imperial Forest Army. Of course, in order to appease the people and officials in the several county towns around the Weiku Plain, Zhao Ling sent several of his own military officials to pacify these county towns and ensure that they could temporarily obtain a safe and stable life. At this time, Zhao Ling made a more correct choice.

Zhao Ling now knew very well in his heart that he didn't need to be afraid of Empress Shengde's personal conquest at all, and now the situation on the Weiku Plain had been completely fixed. Not only is his army larger than the Imperial Forest Army under Chen Xinyu's, but what makes him even more confident is that he now has nearly 10,000 prisoners in his hands, led by Zhou Yu, the general of the country. He doesn't have to worry about the current situation at all, and he doesn't need to worry about any surprises in the current situation. At this point, Zhao Ling's heart is like a mirror.

Although Zhao Ling understood his current situation and did not need to worry about other problems, his strategist still persuaded him to quickly grasp the current situation at this time, in case some accidents happened in the current situation. After all, not all of the troops he has in his hands are under his control, and some of them are troops that have surrendered from the country, and he is not able to continue to control them now. However, it is true that at this time, Zhao Ling feels that it is better to be steady.

So, Zhao Ling personally led 40,000 troops to be stationed on the border of the Viku Plain, quietly waiting for the current situation to become clear. If Empress Shengde really led the Imperial Forest Army to come here in person, he really couldn't choose to withdraw his troops and leave here. In short, he will do his best to protect his army, and he still has more than 10,000 captives in his hands who can successfully reach the conditions with Chen Xinyu and put them back, so he is not worried that he will be defeated at all.

Among the three main generals of the imperial Chen family, Wang Ren was obviously the most trusted person by Chen Xuan, the head of the imperial Chen family, and he led his 20,000 troops to garrison Checheng. He was now able to defend the city, which means that he has the highest status and status among the three major generals who lead the army. Although the three of them were not very good at commanding the army and sitting on one side, it was only because Wang Ren was the most trusted that he was able to sit on one side.

Compared to Wang Ren's status, the other two generals, Zhao Ling and Xia Chengcheng, were slightly different, but both of them now understood that they had no other way out in the face of the strong crusade of leaving the country and the holy decree of Empress Chen Xinyu of Shengde. It is not easy to continue to lead the army in battle. Moreover, at this time, Zhao Ling and Xia Chengdu knew very well that the current situation did not allow them to complain about anything. As a result, they have achieved very fruitful results in this regard.

Zhao Ling led his army to garrison the edge of the Viku Plain, where he could see every part of the entire Xuanling Continent. Zhao Ling's only problem now is that his logistics supplies are still in the process of transportation, which makes him very anxious, although he is not worried that Chen Xinyu's Imperial Forest Army will come here in person, after all, he still has more than 10,000 prisoners of war in his hands, and he is not worried about these things at all.

Today, in the camp of the Chen family of the royal family, Zhao Ling and his most trusted advisor, Jiang Yuan, discussed how they should seek the greatest benefits in the future. Obviously, the king of Che was not in the city now, and if they wanted to need food and grass and subsequent supplements, they had to consult with Wang Ren. To this end, Zhao Ling also personally dispatched two groups of messengers to the city in the fastest time to seek the next logistics supplies. It's just that Zhao Ling still has some doubts in his heart now, and he still needs to discuss it with his most trusted strategist Jiang Yuan.

"Sir," probably because he easily defeated the 50,000 southern troops who had left the country, and now Zhao Ling's voice became more confident. Zhao Ling was wearing a dark red bright armor, and his spirit was extremely energetic, in fact, he was already in his early forties, and now he looked like a general in his early thirties. His face is very rugged, and the most striking thing is that there is a conspicuous scar on the right side of his face, which is a scar caused by the scratch of his face during a civil war that quells the chaos. "You say, we have more than 10,000 prisoners now, and before Chen Xinyu came here in person, didn't these prisoners increase the burden on us?"

Jiang Yuan is older than Zhao Ling, but he is not young but even older, and this kind of old state that is invisibly revealed makes him feel that it is more important to be energetic. At this moment, when he heard Zhao Ling's question, Jiang Yuan gently stroked a pinch of his white beard and said with a smile: "It depends on what the general thinks, if the general thinks that these captives are just consuming food in vain, these captives are equivalent to saying that they have no effect." If this is the case, I advise the general to release them as soon as possible, after all, they have been imprisoned, and it may even lead to being left behind, which is not a very beneficial thing for the general's future. ”

"What do you mean by this?" Jiang Yuan's words didn't make Zhao Ling expect, and Zhao Ling hurriedly asked.

Jiang Yuan stroked his beard, and he said with a smile: "General, you are only on order to go on the expedition now, although you have now won the first victory. It seems that the army of more than 40,000 troops who have left the country has indeed been thwarted, but has the general ever thought that everything the general is doing now is not challenging the bottom line of Wang Ren and even King Che? The general has only gained the power to act cheaply, but in fact he has not grasped the real situation now, and the general does not have the right to act with full authority. Has the general forgotten this? When the time comes, what if the general is able to defeat Empress Shengdeok's army? Will he really be able to control the general's military power when King Che really unifies the world one day?"

Zhao Ling's body suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, he really hadn't thought of this important thing. This incident was indeed something that surprised him very much, he knew the person of King Che, although he was very tolerant on the surface, but in fact he was a little narrow-minded and suspicious. Naturally, they won't have any problems when they still want to use them now, but once they can really win the world, will these decisions he made before without authorization not get a good end? "In that case, sir, how should we do this?" Zhao Ling's mind was in a mess now, he wanted to know from Jiang Yuan what could solve the dilemma in front of him. Although he has a great advantage in military affairs, he is indeed not deep enough in politics, and now, he has completely put down his shelf and asked Jiang Yuan for advice, which is really because his heart is really a little messy now.

Jiang Yuan quietly stroked his beard, he also had a plan in his heart for this matter, but he never said it for fear of hitting Zhao Ling's original blitzkrieg to defeat the departing army, but now, there are things he has to say. "Has the general ever wondered why King Che believes in you so much and wants to entrust such a vital task to you, for the sake of the current situation, we want to do more than that. I believe that the general must have a more far-reaching purpose, but to tell the truth, our purpose will never be able to break through King Che's bottom line. Things such as seizing military power that he absolutely cannot tolerate, and since this is the case, we are now able to do several more important things. For example, the deal with Chen Xinyu, the empress of Shengde, we can dominate this key is this degree, not too deep and not too shallow, too deep will be subject to a lot of unclear pressure and suppression, and too shallow can not guarantee our most basic interests, so all this depends on the current situation of the general."

Jiang Yuan's words made Zhao Ling completely understand what he was doing now, and in what he should do as a courtier. So, he nodded deeply and said slowly: "In this case, what we can do now is to make our next efforts not be in vain." In that case, let's stand still, wait and see what happens, and wait for the situation to become clearer, and then we will make a plan!"

"Obey the general's orders!"

After a battle on the Viku Plain, the loss of momentum from the originally powerful eastward crusade has now faded. Of the 50,000 troops who fled back to Weicheng, less than 3,000 remained, all of which was an incalculable loss for the departure of the country. For this reason, Chen Xinyu, the Empress of Shengde, who had left the country, really couldn't bear such a loss, so she could only personally lead the 20,000 imperial forest troops that she could best control in her hands to set off directly from Weicheng and rush to the Weiku Plain as fast as possible. is not only to rescue the more than 10,000 soldiers and two generals who were captured in the battle, but secondly, Chen Xinyu is unwilling to swallow such a bitter fruit, so she will do whatever it takes to dispatch 20,000 troops, just to ensure that the current situation will not at least collapse.

On the field, this elite army of 20,000 Imperial Forest troops was marching rapidly, but the Empress of Shengde, Chen Xinyu, who was their real commander, had already left this army. She left here alone in advance and went directly to Lichen County. In Zhou Yu's last report, Chen Xinyu learned that the key to whether or not to control the Weiku Plain is the degree of control over the surrounding counties.