The ninth son of the emperor was demoted at the beginning. I have a famous Chinese general.

"Your Highness, I believe it would be best for General Huo to stay for the time being and continue to intimidate the Western Xiongnu tribes."

"But General Lu Bu can return, and he can bring back 30,000 cavalrymen."

Li Jing suggested after considering it.

"Okay, then let's do as General Li says! Let General Lu lead 30,000 people back." Ning Quan thought about it and agreed.

"The general will obey the order!"

Li Jing clasped his fists and accepted the order, then immediately sent a message to Zhang Liao, asking him to convey Ning Quan's order.

After the message was delivered, the army continued its march towards Xiping.

........

At the same time, Xiping City.

Twenty thousand reinforcements from Longyou have arrived and successfully entered Xiping City.

The Tibetan army did not stop them and allowed 20,000 reinforcements to enter the city.

The commander of the reinforcements from Longyou was none other than Liu Wenjie, the son of the King of Zhenxi, who had led his troops to stop Ning Quan.

Seeing that Tubo did not make any move, Liu Wenjie couldn't help but feel a little confused, wondering what the Tubo army was up to.

But he was originally there to assist the eldest prince in defending Xiping. Since Tubo did not make any move, he was naturally happy to do so.

Otherwise, a fierce battle is inevitable and the losses will be considerable.

The 20,000 Longyou troops he led were the only remaining troops in Longyou. If they suffered heavy losses, what would they do in the future?

Liu Wenjie was unwilling to come to rescue Xiping from the bottom of his heart, but it was really a strict order from His Majesty, and the King of Zhenxi also wrote a letter personally asking him to send troops.

Otherwise he wouldn't have come. Wouldn't it be better to hold on to Longyou?

"Brother Liu, it's great that you came."

Ning Zhen was very happy to see Liu Wenjie. He immediately stepped forward, shook Liu Wenjie's hand and spoke warmly.

"Your Highness is too polite. If Xiping is in trouble, I will certainly help." Liu Wenjie said with a smile.

"Haha, Brother Liu is straightforward, please come into the mansion."

"Now that Brother Liu is here, I can finally feel at ease." Ning Zhen laughed.

"it is good!"

The two of them walked into Ning Zhen's mansion chatting and laughing.

"Your Highness, I heard that His Highness the Ninth Prince has already dispatched troops?"

After they sat down, Liu Wenjie asked.

He also received the news of Ning Quan's military deployment during the march.

"Well, my ninth brother has sent out troops, leading an army of 60,000. They will arrive in about four or five days." Ning Zhen nodded in response.

"Sixty thousand troops, is that so many?"

"In this way... our military strength is no less than that of Tubo." Liu Wenjie said in surprise.

"Haha, yes, self-preservation should be no problem."

"But whether we can defeat Tubo is hard to say."

Ning Zhen laughed dryly.

"Your Highness is joking. The army under His Highness the Ninth Prince is extraordinary."

"A hundred thousand Arab troops couldn't hold out for an hour, and a two hundred thousand Xiongnu army was completely wiped out in less than half a day. And both of them defeated the larger force with a smaller force. Taking down a mere Tubo is no small matter."

Liu Wenjie exclaimed in admiration.

How could he not know what the eldest prince was thinking? Wasn't he just envious and jealous?

But he just said that, not wanting Ning Zhen to feel good.

He and the eldest prince are not allies. He is the sixth prince's grandfather. The eldest prince wants to fight for the throne, so why doesn't he want the sixth prince to take the throne?

Now he came to support the eldest prince, but he could not disobey the imperial order.

Moreover, there was obviously another meaning behind the eldest prince's words.

That is, he hopes that he and he can join forces to curb the Ninth Prince.

He was afraid that once the Ninth Prince had dealt with Tubo, he would attack him.

The relationship between the Ninth Prince and the other princes is well known, especially the eldest prince and the third prince.

Who knows if the Ninth Prince will hold a grudge and seek revenge against him.

You want to drag yourself into this? No way.

"Uh..." Ning Zhen smiled awkwardly when he heard that.

Of course he felt embarrassed because his thoughts were guessed.

"Brother Liu is right. Ninth Brother has indeed developed quite well, and his subordinates are indeed quite impressive. I hope he can resolve the crisis in Hexi."

"Let's not talk about this anymore. I'm very grateful for Brother Liu coming this time. I've prepared a banquet, please come and enjoy it."

Ning Zhen laughed dryly, said a few polite words, and then changed the subject.

"Okay, I am honored to receive your invitation, Your Highness." Liu Wenjie agreed with a smile on his face.

........

Tubo camp.

"General, something terrible has happened. The Nanzhao reinforcements were attacked by the Anxi army and completely annihilated."

A Tibetan soldier ran into the tent in a panic and reported.

"what?"

"The Nanzhao reinforcements were attacked and annihilated by the Anxi army?"

Aquinas said in shock.

"Yes, General, Anxi dispatched 50,000 cavalry and wiped out the Nanzhao army in one fell swoop." The soldier said hurriedly.

"Fifty thousand cavalry?"

"How is this possible? Anxi just fought a great battle, there is no way there were no losses."

"They have to send troops to garrison Hulun and Changhe, and send out 60,000 troops to support Hexi. How can they still have so many troops?" Aquinas still didn't believe it.

"General, it is absolutely true. This is the news sent by the Zamp."

"Sure?"

"So where are these 50,000 cavalrymen now?"

Aquinas asked quickly.

"General, 20,000 of them were used to escort the Nanzhao captives back, and the remaining 30,000 are now missing." The soldier said respectfully.

"Whereabouts unknown?"

Hearing this, Aquinas couldn't help but frown.

"General, these 30,000 cavalrymen are not coming to kill us, are they?" Harut reminded.

"Yeah, I've been thinking about that, too."

"Whether it is or not, we must be prepared for prevention."

"Send out more scouts and make sure to find the whereabouts of this cavalry."

Aquinas said calmly.

"promise,"

The personal guards responded immediately and went down to pass on the order.

"Haha, it seems we underestimated the Ninth Prince."

After the guards left, Aquinas muttered to himself.

"Yes, this Ninth Prince is truly a character."

"General, what should we do now?"

Harut asked.

"The plan remains unchanged. We are still preparing for a decisive battle."

"As long as we eliminate these 60,000 troops, Anxi will definitely suffer a great loss of strength."

"We will no longer have any worries. Otherwise, we will not be safe even if we occupy Hexi." Aquinas said calmly.

"Yes, I understand." Harut bowed.

.......

Three days later, while Aquinas was anxiously waiting, Ning Quan led his army to the city of Xiping.

Upon seeing this, Aquinas immediately took up his stance.

Although he said he didn't care, he still didn't dare to underestimate Ning Quan.

In the past few days, he has been preparing for war and searching everywhere for the whereabouts of the cavalry.

But unfortunately it has not been discovered until now.

"General, it seems the legend is true. Hulan does have heavy cavalry."

Looking at the majestic heavy cavalry on the opposite side, Harut said in a low voice.

"Well, I saw it. Fortunately, there were not many of them, and we were prepared, otherwise it would be really troublesome." Agui Wang frowned.

"General, we have been waiting for several days. Since the enemy has arrived, should we launch an attack now?"

Harut said eagerly.

"Wait a little longer. I haven't found that cavalry yet, and I'm still a little uneasy."

Agui shook his head.

This battle is of great importance, so he has to be cautious.

"What if we can't find it? Will we just keep waiting?" Harut asked.

"Let's search for another day. If we still can't find it, we'll go to war." Aquinas said coldly.

"promise!"