Ancient paintings connect the present, I hoard goods to support the villain Wang

Xiao family military camp, meeting room.

Xiao Jingyan sat in the highest main seat, with four generals sitting on both sides, and some junior generals of lower ranks such as captains and colonels scattered around him.

Seeing that almost everyone had arrived, Xiao Jingyan spoke directly:

"You guys get ready. We'll send our troops to Qianshuo in a few days."

Everyone present was stunned when they heard this, and some even thought they had heard it wrong.

"what?"

"Your Majesty, what did you say?"

Wang Tiezhu opened his mouth and eyes wide, unable to believe what he heard.

Although they came to Lingyao City to guard the border in order to resist the invasion of Qianshuo, Qianshuo has been living in peace with them since the imperial court cut off their food supplies and has never launched an attack on them.

Why did the prince suddenly want to attack Qianshuo? Not only Wang Tiezhu had this doubt, but others also had the same doubt.

"This king tells you to make preparations. In three days at the latest, this king will raise his army to attack Qianshuo!"

Xiao Jingyan repeated what he had just said.

Although the meaning of the expression remained almost unchanged, the tone and expression when saying this were extremely serious, as if he had made up his mind completely about the matter.

"This prince has received a secret report that the court and the emperor are already aware of the Immortal in the Painting bestowing upon us supplies."

"But there are gods and immortals in this world, and no one in the court believes in them."

"Instead of believing in some illusory gods, they would rather believe that our Xiao family army is colluding with foreign nations and plotting a rebellion!"

When Xiao Jingyan said this, everyone in the hall was horrified, dumbfounded, and there was silence for a long time.

"Therefore, in order to clear the suspicion of collaborating with the enemy, I can only attack Qianshuo once, to show it to the emperor and the entire court."

Everyone understood that the sudden attack on Qianshuo was probably just a way for the prince to make the Xiao family army prove their innocence.

"But Your Highness, isn't it too hasty to start a war in three days?" Wang Tiezhu asked tentatively.

Seeing Xiao Jingyan begin to think about Wang Tiezhu's words, Liu Deyou tried to agree, "Yes, Your Highness, three days might not be enough time to prepare, right?"

"We haven't trained for a long time, and we just received the weapons given by the fairy not long ago, and we don't know how to use them yet!" Guo Wen also said from the side.

Hearing their worried words, Xiao Jingyan became a little angry.

"We are the ones who are attacking them now. If they attack us someday, will they give us time to prepare?"

"Besides, every member of my Xiao family's army is brave and skilled in fighting. How could we be afraid of these foreign barbarians?"

His eyes darkened, and a cold and dangerous light appeared in his black pupils, as if it could freeze people in place.

What he said made a lot of sense, and no one dared to refute him.

Everyone was planning how the war would proceed in three days.

"Your Highness, if we are going to start a war, shouldn't we have our spies report the situation at the Qianshuo camp in advance?"

Guo Wen asked a nonsense question. He still thought that Xiao Jingyan's talk about attacking Qianshuo was just talk.

Xiao Jingyan glanced over and he instantly came to his senses, realizing that this battle had to be fought.

"This king has read Qian Shuo's recent reports. They have been entrenched outside Lingyao City, five hundred miles away from us."

"Their marching numbers are far less than our current numbers. If a battle breaks out, they're the ones who should be afraid!"

Xiao Jingyan has the confidence that he can definitely defeat them.

They have more than 100,000 soldiers, so they naturally have an absolute advantage in numbers.

The soldiers of the Xiao family army are all warriors who have undergone devilish training. In terms of fighting power, they are by no means inferior to the barbarians.

but……

"Your Highness, when we had no grass or food before, we even killed our war horses to satisfy our hunger."

"Currently, we have less than 30,000 war horses in our army, and the army has about five times that number."

Liu Deyou plucked up the courage to raise his current dilemma with Xiao Jingyan.

When he said this, Xiao Jingyan's brows were also filled with a hint of embarrassment.

Yes!

The soldiers of the Xiao family army were already lacking in combat power in this cold climate.

If they didn't have war horses, they wouldn't be able to display their true strength.

Just when everyone was worried, Chen Daming suddenly spoke up:

"Your Highness, the Fairy in the Painting has great magical powers. She was able to get us so much food. Perhaps the warhorse issue will be easy for her as well."

"Why don't you go ask the fairy and buy a warhorse from her?"

Chen Daming gave the most feasible solution at present.

The emperor was determined to annihilate the Xiao family army, so he had naturally ordered the surrounding prefectures and cities not to sell or lend anything to Xiao Jingyan privately.

In order to obtain a warhorse in such a short time, the only person Xiao Jingyan could turn to for help was Shi Xi.

But this idea was indeed proposed by Chen Daming!

He glanced at Chen Daming coldly and said in a normal tone:

"It's certainly possible to ask the fairy, but I'm afraid that if the fairy gives us horses this time, it will be known to the court, just like when she gave us food."

"If that's the case, I wonder what accusations they're going to put on our Xiao Family Army this time?"

At this point, Xiao Jingyan's eyes stayed on Chen Daming.

Just by looking at him like this, Chen Daming felt a little nervous.

"Who is that spy? I already have the answer in my mind."

"But, I want to give him a chance to confess to me."

"After tonight, if he doesn't come and confess to me, he will be deemed to have betrayed my Xiao family army and sentenced to death!"

As soon as the word "execution" came out, Chen Daming's body trembled obviously.

There was a hint of fear in his pupils, but he was a general after all, and his psychological quality was better than that of ordinary people. He quickly returned to normal and looked calm.

When Xiao Jingyan saw this, his heart finally settled down.

He was certain that Chen Daming would not come to confess to him tonight.

Since this is the case, he can only handle the matter impartially and deal with Zhiren and Zhimo according to the law after they have all the evidence.

"Alright, I have nothing else to do here. Go back and prepare everything you need to advance to Qianshuo."

At this point in the meeting, Xiao Jingyan asked everyone to leave and prepare their things, but he himself remained in the conference hall, thinking a lot.

At present, the biggest difficulty facing the Xiao family army in attacking Qianshuo is that they have no war horses.

Secondly, if we follow Xiao Jingyan’s own wishes, including the ideas of everyone in the Xiao family army, no one is willing to really send troops to Xiang Qianshuo.

No matter what the reason was, Qian Shuo did not choose to attack at the critical moment of the Xiao family army, which made Xiao Jingyan and the Xiao family army very grateful.

The people of Dayong are not brave and aggressive people, so naturally they don't want to take the initiative to attack.

But if he doesn't fight now, he will probably be charged with treason.

Xiao Jingyan played with the lighter that Shi Xi gave him, and for a moment he didn't know what to do.

What's more, Shi Xi just sent him a note saying that she would not be there tomorrow. Xiao Jingyan would not be able to mention the matter of wanting a horse to her tomorrow.