Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

Liu Qin's reaction was not too slow. He contacted Qin Ming during the period when the Shenmu Kingdom attacked forcefully and advanced towards their hinterland.

When their expedited letter was placed in front of Qin Ming.

Qin Ming, Elder Song and Xuan Feng were all silent.

"Your Majesty, I didn't expect his letter to arrive earlier than yours."

"That saves a lot of trouble."

Qin Ming was somewhat surprised by Liu Qin's change of attitude, but fortunately, no matter what he thought, things eventually developed as Qin Ming expected.

"Your Majesty, who would be better to go?"

Xuanfeng asked a more important question.

Now they do have a chance to get out, but in the end Liu Qin was in the wrong.

It is estimated that what should be returned will be returned later, but when the war is over and both sides negotiate to return what Liu Qin obtained out of thin air, the biggest prerequisite is to stop the war first.

Currently, no one has appeared who is capable of completing the task of stopping the war.

Wu Qingye was good at guerrilla warfare, but it was unlikely that he could stop the angry army of the Shenmu Kingdom.

Liu Chuang's Fire Camp has strong explosive power, but the enemy has too many people, with a total of 30,000 troops.

The majority of the Huo Camp's troops are within the territory of Daqian, with only a small number of them on the border of Western Shu.

If they were allowed to go up and stop it forcefully, the final result would most likely be the death of all the people in the Fire Camp.

"Send Cao Chuan here, bring the troops from the Shan Camp, and mix them with the Lin Camp to help defend the city."

Qin Ming made a decision quickly.

Heifu's new type of troops are suitable for large-scale and wide-area combat, and are now considered the strongest troops under his command.

But they are not suitable for defending the city.

It would be more appropriate to let Cao Chuan, who is very familiar with the Fenglinhuoshan camp, handle these matters.

"Row."

"If it's General Cao, Western Shu will be safe."

Cao Chuan was in charge of military affairs and was extremely steady in fighting.

Cao Chuan’s way of fighting is very unique.

If others like to lead the troops into battle after completing the preparations.

He is the kind of person who is willing to take action only after preparing twice as much as others.

This is a bit like playing chess, some people kill one another with every move they make.

Cao Chuan, however, has been in a stalemate with the opponent and increasing his own strength. When the opponent can no longer bear it and reveals a flaw, he will go all in at once.

Such talents are suitable for participating in city defense battles.

"Your Majesty, how many people do you plan to arrange?"

Elder Song was a little worried about the number of people.

There are too many people coming, and it would not be good to attract the attention of the Western Region Allied Forces.

But there are only a few thousand people, which is probably not enough to face the tens of thousands of enemy troops.

"Eight thousand. I remember that within their territory's second-tier defense network, there are seven large cities. With one thousand troops from the Lin and Shan camps in each city, combined with the local troops and Fang Yuanjian's harassment from the rear, we can control the situation."

No matter how powerful the Shenmu Kingdom is, attacking a country as big as this is definitely not an easy task.

With the resistance of Western Shu and the alliance of multiple parties, they will soon be stuck in a quagmire.

Hua Yunhong's mistake was that he dispersed his troops. On the one hand, he wanted to quickly end the enemy's attack from afar, and on the other hand, he wanted to reach out to the Western Regions.

In the end, he even wanted to resolve the betrayal of Western Shu with war.

This is also the misunderstanding brought about by their establishment of a country through military force.

If Hua Yunhong had not treated Liu Qin with a condescending attitude, the two of them would have been able to discover many suspicious points through communication and comparison.

Unfortunately, in the end, it became a tit-for-tat situation.

"Your Majesty, it may take some time for General Cao to bring his men here. Do we need to have General Liu and General Wu go and hold them back?"

"No problem, let Fang Yuanjian take action first."

Qin Ming has stationed Liu Chuang and Wu Qingye on the border of Western Shu for more than a month.

The injuries suffered by the troops under their command during their previous participation in the war have almost recovered.

As for the other troops that were not injured, they had already been idle and started basking in the sun every day.

Even so, he still did not transfer it away.

Instead, he stayed here, as if waiting for something.

Such a strange behavior filled Elder Song and Xuan Feng with doubts.

However, after being in contact with Qin Ming for such a long time, they also understood that His Majesty must be thinking further than themselves.

So they didn't ask any more questions and quickly issued the military order.

Less than three days after Liu Qin sent the message, a letter directly bypassed multiple processes and arrived in front of him.

"Your Majesty... Daqian has sent a letter."

"Why so fast?"

Liu Qin immediately jumped up from his seat and quickly snatched the letter.

When he received the letter, he thought that Daqian had made another technological breakthrough and could communicate quickly over long distances.

However, after seeing the contents of the letter, he fell silent.

Unexpectedly, Qin Ming was waiting for him here early, and the letter contained the conditions he proposed.

Assist Fang Yuanjian, connect with Daqian, and fight against the Shenmu Kingdom.

Any one of these conditions will have a significant impact on the entire Western Shu.

Originally, Liu Qin and Xishu just wanted to seek Qin Ming's protection, and they were even willing to pay some benefits for this.

He thought too simply. There is no free lunch in the world.

Especially the interactions between countries have always affected all parties.

"Switch, let him go."

Thousands of thoughts emerged in Liu Qin's mind, but they finally merged into one sentence.

The goal of Western Shu is survival.

He had seen through Qin Ming's thoughts.

Since Daqian wanted to get Xishu involved, it had to pay a lot of price, and even gave them several pieces of land on the border of the Western Region that were far away from the Shenmu Kingdom.

For this reason, it is within the acceptable range for Western Shu to assume a corresponding obligation.

"I never thought that Western Shu's expansion of territory... was accomplished in this way."

Throwing down the letter, Liu Qin looked at the brazier in front of him with empty eyes and sighed.

At this time, on the battlefield at the junction of the Western Regions and Western Shu, snowflakes were already falling from the gray sky.

It's winter.

Changsun Huo stood on the city wall in the northern part of Western Shu. The cold wind blew past, and the chill penetrated his armor and took away his body temperature.

He shuddered, couldn't help sneezing, rubbed his hands quickly, and muttered:

"It's really cold. I wonder when Your Highness will be able to deliver the winter cotton clothes."

The war in the Western Regions lasted for almost a year, from spring to winter.

In the second half, the Shenmu Kingdom joined the battlefield. In order to ensure the progress of the war, they could only continue fighting in winter.

However, marching is slow in winter and the pace of battle will be significantly prolonged.

Plus they need to supply the front lines with sufficient supplies.

This put considerable pressure on the logistics of the Shenmu Kingdom.

After Changsun Huo conquered several cities on the border of Western Shu, he was able to use the route to transport supplies.

But the prerequisite is that they have supplies to deliver.

The looted supplies cannot be replenished and have to be raised again.

And they have already found out where this batch of military supplies is.

The person who was robbed was not Liu Qin, but Fang Yuanjian.

This makes the situation a bit delicate.