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"What's your name?"

Xiao Yan looked directly into the eyes of the Shaqiu soldier and asked in a rather gloomy voice.

However, this Shaqiu soldier obviously could not understand the language of the Daliang Dynasty.

When he saw Xiao Yan's extremely gloomy look, he suddenly became extremely furious and struggled frantically on the spot.

"Hold him down!"

Seeing this, Zhang Huaiyi let out a loud shout.

The two soldiers immediately grabbed the rope and pulled it back hard.

boom!

In an instant, the Dune Soldier was thrown to the ground heavily, and then two more soldiers drew their swords and put them on his neck.

Even though the two sides could not communicate in the same language at this time, standing under the cold edge of the knife, the Dune soldiers had to stop their restlessness.

"Your Majesty, these northern barbarians cannot understand the Central Plains language, why don't you just chop them down?"

Zhang Huaiyi suggested from the side.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan shook his head.

After thinking about it for a while, I came up with a solution.

"I will write a letter immediately. Please send a personal guard to escort this person and my memorial to the capital!"

In such a short period of time, the countermeasure Xiao Yan thought of was to send this Shaqiu soldier to the capital.

In this way, all the officials in the capital can see that the reason why he, Xia Yun and Zhao Gongming jointly wrote a letter to the emperor to use military force against the Shaqiu Dynasty was not out of impulse!

The fundamental reason is that the Dune Kingdom has long been plotting against the Daliang Dynasty!

Now, troops have even been sent into the Northeast!

He didn't even need to ask to guess that the ministers in the capital would sooner or later learn about the joint memorial submitted by him, Xia Yun, and Zhao Gongming.

Similarly, those conservative ministers would openly oppose it in the court after hearing the news.

But now he has these living Dune soldiers in his hands. As long as he sends them to the capital, even Xu Jinsong will not be able to continue to oppose them in the court!

……

Not long after the fighting in Ji'an City subsided, the 200,000 cavalrymen led by Zhao Gongming were engaged in a bloody battle in the Baihu Mountain area.

Baihu Mountain is about 100 kilometers away from Changchun City, and is located at the junction of the Mobei grassland and the northeast.

At this moment, flames were rising into the sky in Baihu Mountain, and there were burning torches and bonfires everywhere.

"Sir, the enemy has reinforced its troops at the entrance of the valley! It is estimated that there are about 20,000 troops, including many heavily armored soldiers!"

"Battle report from the front line: more than half of our First Cavalry Battalion were killed or wounded. The commander-in-chief requests more troops to support us!"

"The spies have reported that all the roads ahead have been blocked by the enemy. Our army has no other way except to break through the battlefield head-on!"

"..."

In Baihu Mountain, in the temporary central military tent set up, various communications personnel came in and out.

Zhao Gongming, the commander-in-chief of the army, was standing in front of the map with a gloomy face.

Just two hours ago, he led 200,000 elite cavalry into Baihu Mountain.

I originally wanted to continue moving forward under the cover of night.

However, they never expected that when the army was about to leave the exit of Baihu Mountain, they were intercepted by a large number of enemy troops right in front of them!

The two sides then started a fierce fight on the spot!

"Order the Third and Fifth Battalions to reinforce the frontline immediately! Tell them to open the exit before dawn at all costs!"

After thinking for a moment, Zhao Gongming gave the order with an extremely gloomy look!

In fact, until now, they had no idea about the identity of the enemy forces that suddenly appeared at the exit of Baihu Mountain.

"Sir, the enemy is too numerous. It may be difficult to open the exit before dawn."

When the soldier who brought the message left the tent and went to deliver the message, a lieutenant general in the tent spoke with a worried look on his face.

Although the battle was extremely fierce, there were still many people who remained sober.

"General Sun is right. The exit of Baihu Mountain is very narrow and can only accommodate more than ten people at a time. The number of enemy troops entrenched at the exit has now reached about 40,000."

"If our army attempts to break out by force, not only will we suffer heavy casualties, but we will also likely be blocked in the mountains and unable to move forward at all."

"What's more, the enemy's identity is unknown, and the two armies encountered each other suddenly. The enemy is likely to continue to increase its troops!"

Then, Zhang Chunlei, Zhao Gongming's most trusted general, spoke one after another.

Only he could describe the situation of the confrontation between the two armies so clearly in front of Zhao Gongming.

"What do you think we should do?"

Zhao Gongming turned to look at Zhang Chunlei and asked.

Although he already had a plan in his mind, he didn't dare to implement it easily.

The task Xia Yun had assigned to him before was to lead 200,000 cavalry to encircle the enemy from the left wing as quickly as possible.

"Sir, I suggest that if our army cannot break through from the exit before dawn, we should immediately change direction and exit White Tiger Mountain along the original route, then take another route and continue to implement the outflanking strategy!"

Zhang Chunlei immediately expressed his thoughts.

As soon as this statement was made, it quickly won the approval of the other generals present.

However, Zhao Gongming frowned deeply.

What Zhang Chunlei could think of, he could naturally think of as well.

But from the map, we can see that if they withdrew from Baihu Mountain at this point, they would take other roads to bypass it.

This would increase the marching time by at least two or three days.

This was a serious deviation from Xia Yun's original plan!

"Have you ever thought about this, sir? Even if our army breaks through from the exit of Baihu Mountain, won't the enemy catch up with us?"

"What's more, the identity of this group of enemy troops is unknown. If our army gets too entangled with them, it is more likely to expose our strategic intention of encircling the left wing."

Having served under Zhao Gongming for many years, Zhang Chunlei saw the worry in Zhao Gongming's heart at a glance and immediately spoke again.

Zhao Gongming was not a pedantic person. After Zhang Chunlei's words were so explicit, he could naturally understand the interests involved.

"In that case, there's no need to wait until dawn!"

"Send a message to the frontline, giving them only two hours to attack. If they fail to capture the enemy's position within two hours, the army will immediately turn around and retreat from White Tiger Mountain along the original route!"

Zhao Gongming acted decisively and made the final decision!

"Your Excellency is wise!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Chunlei and other generals responded in unison.

The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly. The longer they stay in Baihu Mountain, the greater the risk!

"Also, let's have the frontline capture some people alive. I really want to see where these guys who suddenly appeared come from!"

Not long after, Zhao Gongming gave another order.