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"The army will officially set out today. I plan to let you stay in the capital."

After a brief greeting, Xia Yun went straight to the point and stated the purpose of his visit to Xu Wan'er.

"The army will set out today?"

When Xu Wan'er heard this, a look of obvious surprise appeared on her face. Before this, she had not received any news at all.

"Well, the supplies and troops transferred from Shandong yesterday have arrived, and the barbarian troops attacking the Hexi Corridor have been increased to 300,000. The military situation on the front line is urgent."

Xia Yun nodded. In fact, he had just made the decision to advance yesterday evening.

Xu Wan'er came back to her senses, and a hint of loneliness immediately appeared in her eyes.

In the past, Xia Yun would always keep her by his side whether he was marching, fighting, or doing anything else.

But this time, Xia Yun wanted to keep her in the capital.

"The reason I left you in the capital is for a more important matter."

Xia Yun saw through Xu Wan'er's thoughts at a glance, then took out a map from his sleeve and placed it on the table in front of Xu Wan'er.

"According to my estimation, the Barbarians have great potential for war. Once the war reaches a stalemate, the number of troops mobilized by the Barbarians will definitely not be just 500,000."

"What's more, the Dune Dynasty is also involved in this war. Once the barbarians and the Daliang Dynasty reach a stalemate, the Dune Dynasty is likely to take advantage of the opportunity to attack."

"So if we want to reduce casualties as much as possible, we have to attack the Dune Dynasty by surprise!"

Xia Yun pointed out a road that did not exist on the map.

The road was marked by him with a dotted line.

At this moment, Xia Yun finally expressed his thoughts on this battle!

His eyes were never focused only on the barbarians.

You have to know that the barbarians are made up of countless tribal races, and they are basically nomadic people.

Even if they defeated the barbarians today and drove them out of the area north of Mobei.

But sooner or later, the barbarians will return to Mobei and become neighbors of the Daliang Dynasty again.

In that case, the disasters will be endless.

The only way to achieve long-term stability is to completely occupy the Mobei region and the Dune Dynasty in the north!

"Sir, you want to attack the Dune Dynasty?!"

After understanding Xia Yun's intention, Xu Wan'er's face revealed an expression of shock that was hard to conceal.

Such a bold idea is probably unique in the entire Daliang Dynasty.

"Not bad!"

Xia Yun nodded, and a gleam of light immediately shone from his pair of eyes that were as dark as the night.

Xu Wan'er's eyes quickly swept across the map that Xia Yun took out, and soon she discovered something else.

The map below is different from ordinary maps. It shows many roads that do not exist originally.

Most of these routes go deep into the Mobei region, and one road even goes straight into the Dune Dynasty!

In a flash, it was as if a thunderclap struck Xu Wan'er's mind, causing a deafening roar and making her mind suddenly clear.

"My Lord, do you want me to stay in the capital and build these roads?!"

Xu Wan'er withdrew her gaze from the map and looked at Xia Yun in disbelief.

"Exactly!"

Xia Yun smiled happily.

It is not easy for Xu Wan'er to take the initiative to understand the reason.

For him, this plan is top secret at the moment, and he only mentioned it to Xu Wan'er.

If this news were known to the Daliang court, it would certainly cause a huge sensation.

After all, this is a war against the Dune Dynasty, and it will definitely arouse strong opposition from many ministers.

In order to avoid such things from happening, Xia Yun's approach was to act first and report later.

By the time his hundreds of thousands of troops arrived at the city of Dune Dynasty, the ministers in the court were powerless to oppose even if they wanted to.

"Yes, sir, I will stay!"

Xu Wan'er nodded happily.

The key to Xia Yun's grand strategic plan is the complex and scattered traffic routes on this map.

Now as the Minister of Transport, she can perfectly help Xia Yun with his plan!

"I will keep Jiang Wenzhong here. With him here, your safety will be guaranteed. If there is any emergency, you can go to the Ninth Prince's Mansion or the Ministry of War to look for Lei Zhenning at any time."

Xia Yun gave his final instructions.

"Don't worry, sir. I will write to His Majesty tonight to urgently recruit civilians. Wan'er will definitely build the roads on the blueprint into Mobei during your Western Expedition!"

Xu Wan'er responded with a serious look!

……

noon.

Xia Yun left the capital and came to the Langtan camp.

Thanks to Qin Tianye's advance arrangements, hundreds of thousands of troops had already had lunch and were ready to go.

However, when Xia Yun arrived, he saw some uninvited guests in the military camp.

These figures are not other people.

It was Xiao Yan, Lei Zhenning and others, led by the empress.

Obviously, after hearing the news that Xia Yun decided to lead the army to war, these people rushed to the Langtan camp as soon as possible.

"Wei Chen has met your Majesty."

Xia Yun had never expected that the empress would appear here.

"Marshal Xia, there's no need to be so polite."

The empress flicked her sleeves lightly.

"I have entrusted the entire Northern Frontier War to you. I hope you can accomplish this mission immediately and wipe out the barbarian threat in one fell swoop!"

The empress expressed her expectations for Xia Yun in just a few words.

Somehow, as long as Xia Yun was around, she felt inexplicably confident.

"Marshal Xia will go ahead. When the follow-up reinforcements arrive, I will personally lead the troops to provide assistance."

Immediately afterwards, Xiao Yan also spoke.

As the most combative prince in the court, he would naturally participate in the war in the northern border.

Because the order to march was issued quite hastily, the empress did not have time to arrange a farewell banquet.

After some greetings from everyone present, bursts of roaring engines instantly resounded throughout the Wolf Altar camp!

"Everyone, let's say goodbye now!"

Xia Yun laughed loudly and boarded the chariot in the front.

Then, amid the huge cloud of dust raised by the chariots, the army officially set out.

At the front of the marching sequence were undoubtedly the more than one hundred chariots under Xia Yun's command.

These chariots not only carried all the supplies for the march, but also thousands of elite soldiers.

Following Xia Yun's order, hundreds of chariots all ran at full speed and headed towards the Hexi Corridor.

Following the chariots was a marching formation of 100,000 cavalry led by Chong Heihu and Zhao Xinlei.

Since these cavalry no longer needed to undertake the task of transporting supplies, the cavalry's marching speed was greatly improved.

Although it is not as good as a tank that can travel hundreds of kilometers a day, it can still march more than a hundred kilometers in a day!

As for the heavy armored infantry originally under Xia Yun's command, they were integrated with the reinforcements transferred from Shandong and led by Xiang Wentian, and were at the end of the army's marching sequence!

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