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In the evening of that day, under the organization of Zhao Gongming and Qin Tianye, the 610,000 defenders in Changchun City were integrated together efficiently and in a fairly orderly manner.

And according to Xia Yun's order, 200,000 elite cavalry were separated from the 610,000-strong army and put under the unified command of Zhao Gongming.

In addition, another 100,000 elite troops were assigned to the unified command of the Ninth Prince Xiao Yan.

The remaining troops were led by Xia Yun himself.

In the evening, the night came earlier in Changchun City than in other cities in the Daliang Dynasty.

On the city wall, three figures stood side by side.

At the same time, behind these three people, there were dozens of generals following.

"Xia Yun, although the plan has been made, I'm afraid things won't go as smoothly as we expected."

After a long silence, Zhao Gongming was the first to speak, breaking the depressed atmosphere.

"The Dune Kingdom is involved in this war. I'm afraid those guys won't just sit there and wait for these 380,000 barbarian troops to be wiped out by our army."

Immediately afterwards, the Ninth Prince Xiao Yan also spoke.

Although the two people said different things, a look of worry appeared on their faces at the same time.

"You two are right."

After hearing this, Xia Yun was silent for a few moments, then finally nodded and spoke.

"As the commander of the army, Xia's primary goal is to annihilate all the barbarian troops that have invaded our Liang Dynasty this time."

"But if the Dune Dynasty dares to interfere, it will be exactly what Xia wants!"

Xia Yun then spoke one after another, with a gleam of light quietly flashing in his eyes.

Zhao Gongming and Xiao Yan, who were worried in their hearts, realized Xia Yun's deeper purpose upon hearing Xia Yun's words.

In an instant, the two of them focused their eyes on Xia Yun at the same time, with an incredible look on their faces.

"Xia Yun, are you going to take action against the Dune Kingdom?"

In confusion, Xiao Yan asked.

Although he knew that Xia Yun was brave, he did not expect that Xia Yun would be so brave.

You must know that the Dune Dynasty in the north, although located in the bitter cold of the north, is not inferior to the Daliang Dynasty in terms of combat power or national strength.

"Why not?"

Xia Yun suddenly smiled, shifted his gaze to Xiao Yan, and asked with a smile.

At this moment, the two of them looked at each other, and Xia Yun no longer needed to hide his purpose.

"So this is your purpose."

At this moment, Zhao Gongming stroked his beard, and the look of surprise on his face quickly disappeared, replaced by a meaningful look.

From the conversation at this moment, he finally understood that Xia Yun’s ultimate target was not these barbarians on the Mobei grassland at all.

But it is the Dune Dynasty entrenched in the north!

Although this move was extremely bold and adventurous, Zhao Gongming, who was also a general from a military background, actually felt a rare sense of excitement in his heart at this moment!

There is no general who doesn't want to expand the territory for his country, let alone the Dune Kingdom! In the past few decades, the other party has repeatedly provoked the Daliang Dynasty.

This had already made Zhao Gongming, the governor-general of Zhili, dissatisfied.

However, as a local official, he was unable to convey his anger to the imperial court.

"Your Majesty, do you want to know about this?"

After a while, when Xiao Yan's face was still full of gloomy expression, Zhao Gongming continued to ask.

Hearing this, Xia Yun shook his head on the spot.

"do not know."

In order to prevent this matter from causing an unknown storm in the court, Xia Yun has not yet told the empress about his plan to take action against the Dune Kingdom.

"If Your Majesty doesn't know, how dare we use the troops on our own?"

At this moment, Xiao Yan finally spoke again.

"Although Xu Miao has been dismissed from all his official positions by His Majesty, Xu Jinsong is still the chief minister of the imperial court. If he gets hold of any evidence against our army, he will certainly impeach the three of us."

"By then, the entire court will surely oppose our Daliang Dynasty going to war with the Shaqiu Dynasty, and the three of us may have to resign from our positions as commanders."

The words that came out of Xiao Yan's mouth this time did not contain any dogmatic preaching.

Some only have the most fundamental analysis of the current situation.

Upon hearing this, Xia Yun and Zhao Gongming's faces instantly showed a look of deep thought.

indeed.

As long as a war breaks out between them and the Dune Kingdom, even if it is just a small-scale local friction, the imperial court will definitely know the news at the first time.

By then, even if they wanted to hide it, they couldn't.

Don't look at the fact that Xu Jinsong is old and Xu Miao was previously dismissed from office by the empress.

But Xia Yun never underestimated the man in his seventies.

The fact that he has been able to occupy the high position of Prime Minister of the Cabinet is not only due to the trust of the Empress.

"Ninth Prince, do you think... should we fight this war?"

Zhao Gongming hesitated and looked at the Ninth Prince Xiao Yan.

As a member of the royal family and the most prominent prince in the Daliang Dynasty, Xiao Yan's attitude basically determined the attitude of the royal family in the court.

Zhao Gongming took the initiative to ask in order to get a definite answer from Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan's first reaction was to practice Tai Chi, but he keenly heard it from Zhao Gongming's words.

Zhao Gongming's innermost thoughts seemed to coincide with Xia Yun's!

in other words.

Zhao Gongming has long wanted to take action against the Dune Dynasty!

"beat!"

Finally, after a difficult ideological struggle, a gleam of light suddenly appeared in Xiao Yan's eyes.

Although he was a prince of the court, he had spent half of the past few decades leading troops in battles.

Naturally, he couldn't help but feel a surge of blood in his heart.

"Since we have decided to fight, we must inform His Majesty of this matter. Otherwise, the three of us will be guilty of deceiving the emperor."

Zhao Gongming immediately changed the subject and shifted his attention to Xia Yun.

"Master Zhao is right. Now that things have come to this, I will no longer hide it from you two."

"I have already asked Wan'er to lead a 100,000-man construction team to build a road from Inner Mongolia to Mobei. The entire project is currently being built at an expedited pace and is expected to be completed in a month at most."

After confirming Zhao Gongming and Xiao Yan's intentions, Xia Yun no longer concealed anything and told them his previous plans.

However, to Xia Yun's surprise, there was no sign of surprise on Zhao Gongming's face.

"Haha, I already knew about this. Lady Wan'er led a hundred thousand troops into Inner Mongolia. If not to build roads, what else was she doing?"

Zhao Gongming laughed.

As the Governor-General of Zhili, almost anything that happened around Hebei could not escape his intelligence network.

What’s more, it is an army of one hundred thousand!

After being stunned for a moment, Xia Yun quickly felt relieved.

No wonder Zhao Gongming had figured out his thoughts early on. It turned out that his own plan had long been exposed to Zhao Gongming's vision.