The Young and Vigorous Eighth Prince

He quickly called his generals to a meeting. After more than a year of training, the combat effectiveness of the Zhoufu Army is far superior to what it used to be.

"Everyone, His Highness has issued an order that if the Great Western Dynasty makes any movement, we should send troops to help. His Highness has also said that if Weizhou Pass has not been breached, we can go to help Weizhou Pass escape!"

"Now, I have decided to lead 20,000 Jinzhou light cavalry to Weizhou Pass to provide assistance. Do you have anything to say?!"

Li Yunzhuo looked at the generals. He had received Jiang Fan's instructions a long time ago. Thinking about it now, he admired Jiang Fan very much. He didn't expect Jiang Fan's prediction to come true.

What he had to do now was to lead his troops to provide assistance. The best way was to rescue Weizhou Pass and thereby cut off the Dashi Army's retreat.

"Everything shall be subject to the orders of His Highness and the General!" All the generals responded immediately.

Li Yunzhuo nodded, and quickly summoned the army, pulling the newly made mountain cannons, rifles, and light cavalry troops to rush to Weizhou Pass.

The only pity is that although Li Yunzhuo has a mountain cannon, his ammunition supply is insufficient.

There was only one saltpeter mountain in Jinzhou, and most of the saltpeter was used to meet the needs of Huaining Prefecture. Relatively speaking, the amount of shells and bullets in Jinzhou was not so sufficient.

But even if it is not sufficient, it is definitely enough to support the Jinzhou Army in fighting a tough battle.

It would take nearly a month to reach Weizhou Pass even with a forced march. If it were accompanied by large-scale supplies, the marching speed would be even slower.

Li Yunzhuo only hoped that the Five Tigers of the Ning family could hold out a little longer and not be defeated. Once they cut off the retreat of the Daxi Dynasty army, the Daxi Dynasty would surely be defeated this time.

In addition to the Jinzhou side where Jiang Fan had a backup plan, among the Eighteen Villages of Lianyun in Beizhou, Niu Wu, Zhou Zheng, Hu Chongwu, and Zhao Feng were currently sitting in the Feiyun Hall of Feiyun Village.

In front of him were the eighteen heads of the Eighteen Villages of Lianyun. Now, the Eighteen Villages of Lianyun have been incorporated by Jiang Fan.

The military forces of the entire Eighteen Villages had long been gathered together and trained by Niu Wu and the other four. As for the Eighteen Villages themselves, apart from sending people to garrison and patrol on time.

The entire Eighteen Villages existed in name only, and they became an army in Jiang Fan's hands.

The village chiefs and soldiers who were used to living on the edge of a knife were not used to such a change at first, but as the training became formalized.

As Jiang Fan's status and position became more and more prominent, the village chiefs and soldiers became more loyal to him and trained very actively.

There is no way. They are now Jiang Fan's hidden private soldiers. After Jiang Fan becomes emperor, ministers like them, who were the first to follow him, will definitely be successful in the end.

Of course they tried their best, but as for the identity of the leader of the Eighteen Villages, they no longer cared about it.

They are now just captains and generals in Jiang Fan's private army. After about a year of training, these once unruly village chiefs have a sense of iron and blood.

"Everyone, the Great Western Dynasty has really sent troops. His Highness once said that if the Great Western Dynasty sends troops, our 50,000 troops from the Eighteen Villages will do their best to stop the Great Western Army. It would be best if we could stop them in Jiangzhou. If that is not possible, we must stop them in Hezhou Prefecture."

"Now, it's our turn to go out. It's time to be loyal to His Highness! Everyone...what do you think?!" Niu Wu looked at the eighteen village leaders and said.

"We will serve His Highness loyally... and swear to stop the Dashi Army..." All the village leaders raised their arms and shouted.

Then, Niu Wu and his four men led 40,000 troops from the 18 Lianyun Villages and rushed towards Jiangzhou Prefecture. Among the 40,000 troops, 10,000 were light cavalry.

The Eighteen Villages of Lianyun were not equipped with rifles, but they were equipped with fifty mountain cannons. Jiang Fan still had some trust in the Eighteen Villages' army.

Just after the Eighteen Villages of Lianyun sent out troops, Chu Yan'er, who had just finished her confinement, rushed to Huaining County in person. Of the 50,000 Huaining troops in various workshops, in addition to the 10,000 that Jiang Fan took away, Chu Yan'er selected another 30,000 from the remaining 40,000.

Although the deployment of 30,000 troops has some impact on the production capacity of the Huaining Industrial Zone, the impact is not significant.

After all, with the expansion of the Huaining County Industrial Zone, the recruitment of manpower also quickly caught up, and many people from the surrounding areas rushed to Huainan Prefecture to seek a living. The personnel were basically saturated.

But with the investment in new projects, the saturation of personnel has been resolved. Therefore, even if 30,000 people are withdrawn, the impact is actually not that big.

Mrs. Chu accompanied Chu Yan'er. In addition to taking good care of Chu Yan'er, she also had to look after Chu Yan'er's twins, a boy and a girl.

Jiang Fan's two children could not be separated from Chu Yan'er for a moment, so they had to take them with them to follow the army.

At this time, Chu Yan'er was standing on the temporary reviewing platform in Huaining County, with 30,000 well-equipped Huaining troops in front of her.

Looking at the well-disciplined army in front of her, Mrs. Chu couldn't help but sigh at Jiang Fan's strength.

In just over a year, Jiang Fan had such a powerful army in his hands.

Even the Zhenyuan Army under her husband's command was probably no match for the army in front of her. The thought that popped into her mind was that this army was absolutely invincible!

With this army, there is no need to worry too much about the battle between Dayan and Daxi Dynasty.

Chu Yan'er made a pre-war mobilization on the platform, and then she led an army of 30,000 and headed towards Hezhou.

What she had to do now was to follow Jiang Fan's instructions and stop the enemy in Hezhou or Jiangzhou first. As long as she didn't let the Dashi Army threaten the capital.

She had also thought about leading this army of 30,000 people to engage in a decisive battle with the Daxi Dynasty.

But the troops she had were still too few compared to the 250,000-strong army of the Dashi Dynasty, even though the Huaining Army was very powerful.

But after all, they are an army that has never fought a war. If something goes wrong and these 30,000 troops are completely wiped out, the Great Yan Dynasty may really be finished.

Now she can only take one step at a time and wait and see.

As all the preparations made by Jiang Fan were implemented, the Daxi Dynasty had already begun to attack Jiangyue City, which was located at the junction of Jiangzhou and Hezhou.

This is the only city that Jiangzhou must pass through to Hezhou, and it is also related to the supply of the Dashi Army. Only by occupying Jiangyue City can the Dashi Dynasty consolidate its current record.

There were a total of 26,000 defenders in Jiangyue City, all of whom were soldiers of the Great Yan Army who had retreated from other cities in Jiangzhou.

But it is too difficult to defend Jiangyue City with just 26,000 people!

Yi Zhi, the Dashi Army's Zhenbei Public Relations Officer, was indeed a veteran on the battlefield and was known as the God of War in the Dashi Dynasty. With his lightning speed, he finally captured Jiangyue City in three days.

By the time Ning Zhen and Chu Xinghe's 40,000 troops arrived, it was too late to save the situation. They could only occupy Heluo City and Heyuan City in Hezhou.

The two cities each had a garrison of 20,000 troops, plus the 20,000 troops they brought with them, a total of 80,000 troops from the two cities formed a pincer attack, blocking the Daxi Dynasty's passage to Hezhou.

After Guan Yizhi captured Jiangyue City, he wanted to march to Hezhou immediately, but his more than 80,000 troops were blocked by the 80,000 Yan troops from Heluo City and Heyuan City.

Guan Yizhi gave up the advance and left his army in Jiangyue City to rest. He was waiting for the 150,000 reinforcements to arrive.

After the reinforcements arrive, we will attack the cities of Heluo and Heyuan!

The army of the Great Western Dynasty was temporarily blocked. The two sides were in a stalemate, but everyone knew that once the 150,000 reinforcements from the Great Western Dynasty arrived, a decisive battle would begin.