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On this day, the news of the great victory in the Hexi Corridor finally reached the capital.

"A great victory in the Hexi Corridor! The imperial court's Grand Marshal Xia Yun led his army westward and wiped out 400,000 barbarian troops in one fell swoop!"

"A great victory in the Hexi Corridor! Four hundred thousand barbarian troops were annihilated, and peace returned to Shaanxi and Gansu provinces of our Daliang Dynasty!"

"..."

The news spread throughout the streets and alleys in a short time, and all kinds of cheers and celebrations filled the streets and alleys of the capital.

At the same time, the dark clouds that had lasted for more than a month in the court finally dissipated.

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of War has received a report from the Western Expedition Army that the 400,000 barbarian troops in the Hexi Corridor were completely annihilated, and our army lost only more than 20,000 people in total!"

"The Imperial Court's Grand Marshal Xia Yun also requested an order to dispatch the latest reinforcements from various places that have arrived in the capital directly to Changchun and put them under the unified command of Zhili Governor Zhao Gongming!"

"Your Majesty, we have won a great victory in the Hexi Corridor. I think we should reward Lord Xia Yun generously to commend his loyalty and bravery in defending the country!"

"..."

In the court, ministers with rosy faces spoke one after another.

Although some of them had targeted Xia Yun before, today, they had to admit the unprecedented achievements Xia Yun had made.

Xia Yun is undoubtedly the strongest commander in the current Liang Dynasty!

If it weren't for Xia Yun, the Liang Dynasty might have won the battle in the Hexi Corridor.

But there will never be such an exaggerated casualty ratio!

At the cost of 20,000 casualties, 400,000 barbarian troops were completely wiped out. This battle report that sounds almost like a fantasy has been achieved by only Xia Yun since the founding of the Daliang Dynasty!

In fact, these ministers were no longer the same as they were at the beginning and knew nothing about Xia Yun.

After Xia Yun became the Grand Marshal of the Northern Expedition of the imperial court, they had various understandings of Xia Yun's past deeds.

Because of this, their deep-seated awe for Xia Yun had already reached an unprecedented level.

Xia Yun’s previous achievements in the Jiangnan region were not inferior to those today!

Sitting on the dragon throne, the empress, who always maintained a calm and composed demeanor, today showed a rare look of joy on her face.

Xia Yun wiped out 400,000 barbarian troops in one battle, which greatly boosted the morale of the military and civilians of the Daliang Dynasty.

Let the last bit of dark cloud that existed over Daliang Dynasty completely disappear!

But you have to know that when the empress appointed Xia Yun as the Grand Marshal of the Northern Expedition, he was under tremendous pressure during that period.

In the end, facts proved that her decision was correct. If Xia Yun had not been appointed as the commander, the Hexi Corridor would never have achieved the results it has today!

"Pass on my decree, immediately promote Xia Yun to the position of General of the Imperial Cavalry, and concurrently hold the position of Grand Commandant!"

"As for the other meritorious officials, the Ministry of War will quickly investigate and select them, and reward them after the army returns to the capital!"

Words came out of the empress's mouth one after another.

Xia Yun's previous positions were Governor-General of Jiangnan, Grand Marshal of the Northern Expedition of the imperial court, and Minister of War.

Now he was promoted to the rank of General of Cavalry in the imperial court, and concurrently held the post of Grand Commandant.

It is no exaggeration to say that Xia Yun has now become the real number one in the Daliang Dynasty’s military!

Although Yang Wenzhao was still the Grand Marshal of the Imperial Army, he was old after all.

Moreover, he had not been in charge of military affairs over the years, so the title of Grand Marshal of the Army was actually just a nominal position.

And in terms of the name.

The status of the General of Cavalry in the imperial court was originally second only to the Grand Marshal of the Imperial Army.

The position of Grand Marshal was originally a nominal position in the Daliang Dynasty, but it was not easy to obtain this title.

Since the founding of the Daliang Dynasty, any general who was able to hold the position of Grand Marshal while still alive was the undisputed number one military figure of the time!

Even the civil and military officials in the court could not help but reveal a hint of surprise on their faces when they heard the empress's generous reward.

Generally speaking, the emperor would not allow a minister to become too powerful in the court.

Xia Yun was already an important official in the court, and now he has become the number one person in the military.

This reminded many people of the rumors that were circulating in the capital at the time, regarding the close relationship between Xia Yun and the empress!

"In addition, all of Xia Yun's requests in the military memorial have been approved. The Ministry of War can dispatch reinforcements from all over the country to Changchun as quickly as possible."

Then, words continued to come out of the empress's mouth.

"The minister obeys the order!"

Lei Zhenning immediately responded and accepted the order.

Prior to this, the Ninth Prince Xiao Yan had led the second batch of troops to Changchun.

From this we can see that although Xia Yun was far away in Gansu, he never forgot the battlefield in Northeast China!

This made him very pleased.

Don't be arrogant when you win, and don't be complacent when you lose. These two short sentences are easy to say, but for a famous general, they are actually the most difficult things to do!

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When the military and civilians in the capital were celebrating the great victory in the Hexi Corridor.

The city of Changchun, far away in the northeast, is still filled with a depressed and serious atmosphere.

On top of the city wall, two burly figures stood side by side.

"Lord Zhao, there are already 250,000 troops in the city. Why don't we take the initiative to attack and inflict heavy damage on the enemy?"

One of them was wearing a dragon robe. He was none other than Xiao Yan, who had led his troops to Changchun earlier.

"Your Highness, you may not know that in the past few days, I have received secret reports that the Mobei Grassland is planning to send reinforcements to Changchun. It is estimated that in less than five days, the strength of the barbarian troops outside Changchun City will increase to at least 380,000!"

Zhao Gongming had a worried look on his face.

After more than a month of fighting, the barbarian army's strength not only did not decrease, but instead increased with the passage of time.

This gave him a headache.

If it weren't for the continuous reinforcement of troops from the Mobei grassland, he would have led the troops in the city to attack long ago.

"Increase the number of troops to 380,000?!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan raised his eyebrows and at the same time felt a huge doubt in his heart.

"What's wrong, my lord? Is there something wrong?"

Zhao Gongming noticed Xiao Yan's reaction and immediately asked.

"Before I came to Changchun this time, I had already received intelligence about the Hexi Corridor. The barbarian troops have stockpiled more than 400,000 troops in the Hexi Corridor!"

"I don't know what the barbarians are capable of, to continue to increase their troops to 380,000 in the Changchun area."

Xiao Yan's words should be quite gloomy.

If what Zhao Gongming said is correct, then the strength of the barbarian troops on the entire battlefield has reached a full 780,000!

In Xiao Yan's impression, the barbarians simply did not have the ability to mobilize 780,000 troops at one time!

He had led his troops to fight against the barbarians many times in the past, but the barbarian troops rarely exceeded 200,000 people.

Where on earth did so many barbarian troops come from?