Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

Cao Chuan’s idea was very direct. No matter how the enemy attacked, their primary task was not to kill as many of them as possible.

Instead, they were blocked at the outermost edge and prevented from entering the battlefield in the Western Region.

Therefore, all they needed to do was to take these cities back.

And build as strong a fortress as possible.

This is the most important task.

At that time, they can use the advantages of the city to stop the enemy outside and slow down the enemy's marching pace with very little loss.

The main reason for doing this to avoid fighting with the enemy is that they have too few people.

Although the armies of Xishu, Caochuan, and Fang Yuanjian combined sound like a large number.

But there are only 50,000 people in total.

After several rounds of war, the number of troops from Western Shu has become pitifully small, and only 8,000 troops were arranged this time.

This is all their assets.

Although the troops under Cao Chuan and Fang Yuanjian were slightly better off.

But when they gathered together, there were only more than 40,000 people.

With such a small number of people, they must be very stretched when facing an enemy force that is twice as large and well-equipped as their own.

In order to make up for the shortage in numbers, they had to fight a defensive battle and focus on construction.

It just so happens that construction is Cao Chuan’s strong point.

"But now these cities are all under the control of the Shenmu Kingdom. It may be troublesome if we want to take them back."

"Even if we can recapture it briefly, they will quickly return to defend it, making it difficult for us to hold on."

At this time, he suddenly spoke out the key point.

The most important thing for them now is not to capture the city, but how to defend it after taking it.

The enemy troops are very large and are approaching here.

The news of Fang Yuanjian's army's migration could not be concealed.

They naturally also noticed that Xishu and Fang Yuanjian had joined forces and were preparing to work with Daqian to stop their actions.

But these are situations they definitely need to avoid.

It is impossible for the eldest grandson to sit and wait for death.

So they arranged some vanguard troops in advance and stationed them in several border cities they captured.

As long as they can defend these cities well, they will be able to step on the heads of Western Shu and pass by them.

But the people of Western Shu were helpless.

"This is indeed a problem."

When he heard this, Cao Chuan slowly nodded.

What he wanted was to arrange people to directly break through the enemy's defense.

After forcibly taking these cities back from them, spend some manpower to defend them.

Even if it means losing thousands or even tens of thousands of people, we must take this place.

But after listening to his thoughts, Fang Yuanjian on the side suddenly said:

"I think General Cao's plan might not be very safe. Changsun might not let us defend the city with only a few thousand casualties."

He himself came from the Shenmu Kingdom.

Very familiar with the enemy's fighting methods.

The devices in their hands, when used on the battlefield, will make it difficult to defend against them.

Especially in this situation as Cao Chuan said, where it takes more than one city to defend the border, which is a very extreme situation.

If any weak point is breached by the enemy, it may cause greater losses.

They didn't have many troops to begin with, and if they lost tens of thousands of troops here, then the battle would be impossible to win.

There is no point in them being stationed here.

The enemy army will also quickly pass through Western Shu and head straight for the battlefield in the Western Regions.

Thinking of this, Cao Chuan slowly nodded.

"I don't know much about the enemy's fighting style. I only had a brief encounter with Changsun Huo once."

"If we can't hold on like this, we'll have to start over."

He also came up with an alternative method, which was to build fortresses behind these cities.

They can take advantage of the terrain on several important roads in succession and set up checkpoints at narrow passes.

Use reinforced concrete to build a fortress.

"This idea is good, but can you keep up with the construction speed? According to our intelligence, in less than ten days, the 100,000-strong army will be fully deployed and will begin its march towards the Western Regions from Western Shu."

"It's enough. I'll trouble you two to help with the repairs in the near future."

Cao Chuan gave a decisive answer to this question.

Because a group of his troops originally came from the Construction Corps in Lingnan.

These people are building very quickly.

With the help of other troops, we can build a tight barrier.

They plan to set up three layers of this defensive barrier on every necessary route.

"no problem."

Just like that, when facing the approaching army.

They collectively turned their guns and began construction behind them.

And their lukewarm behavior, not even deploying them on the front lines.

After the enemy troops on the front line noticed it, they quickly reported it to Changsun Huo.

"General, they don't seem to have arranged any troops to fight us. They seem to be busy in the rear. I don't know what they are doing!"

"It seems they are going to give up these cities."

Changsun might be very familiar with this battlefield.

Having fought in many wars, he could tell at a glance what Cao Chuan was trying to do.

A few days ago, he fought with Cao Chuan in the territory of Western Shu, and the two sides fought back and forth.

Although he failed to break through Cao Chuan's defense, this also made Changsun Huo very interested in this guy.

Hua Yunhong has equipped him with all the weapons, equipment, and elite troops.

Changsun may have already expressed his desire to fight. He wants to defeat Cao Chuan head-on on this battlefield!

"General, what should we do? Should we send our frontline troops to attack them directly?"

Their vanguard troops have already been arranged to number 30,000, and these people are all carrying weapons and equipment.

Now no one knows what Cao Chuan and Fang Yuanjian are doing behind the scenes.

But there is one thing they can be sure of.

That is, if these troops press forward, Cao Chuan must counterattack, otherwise their route will be lost.

"First, let's assign them three troops to test the waters and see how they plan to defend themselves."

Chang Sunhuo didn't want to miss this opportunity. Since the other party had already started preparations, he would not let the other party prepare too comfortably.

No matter what, these troops of ours cannot sit idle.

It will come in handy eventually and keep putting pressure on them.

"Yes!"

In this way, the first confrontation between the two sides' troops began amidst undercurrents.

That night, three vanguard troops of 2,000 men, carrying war machines, launched an attack on Western Shu from three directions.

"Your Highness, it's not good."

After receiving the news, he quickly found Fang Yuanjian.

"Changsun has sent troops to attack several of our outposts, and our troops have suffered heavy casualties."

"So fast? How many of them are there?"

“They are troops numbering several thousand.”

"Follow me!"

Fang Yuanjian did not dare to hesitate. He immediately put on his clothes and armor and led his men to fight.