Chapter 260 Spark!
When Emperor Yu heard what Guo Jia said, his eyes suddenly shone with brilliance. He looked deeply at the frail young man in front of him and remained silent for a long time.
"So, what is your plan?"
"Your Majesty!" Guo Jia's speech became much slower: "If Dayu wants to be rich and strong, he must settle the four directions. Since Duke Jingguo won a great victory in the north, the east and south have won successive victories."
"In this way, my Dayu can be temporarily stable, but within three years, the eight tribes in Mobei will surely come back, and Donghuai will also have to recuperate and march westward."
"The southern barbarians have not been extinct. Give them one or two years and they can raise hundreds of thousands of cavalry."
"Even if my Dayu can develop in these three or two years, can he cope with the conquests from all directions by then?"
"Maybe, but if it goes on and on, he will die in a long war."
Guo Jia looked confident. Even though the person sitting in front of him was the supreme emperor of Dayu, he was not at all restrained or afraid.
Emperor Yu also showed a thoughtful look on his face. After a long time, he nodded slightly and said, "What you said is not without reason. Whether it is the Eight Barbarians in Mobei or the ancient barbarian country in the south, they will definitely attack me again in less than three years, just one season of good weather, fat livestock and lush grass."
"So, if we can take this opportunity to capture Donghuai in one fell swoop, I, Dayu, can rely on the East China Sea and swallow up the Central Plains."
"Donghuai?"
Emperor Yu's expression suddenly changed, and a huge wave of waves was set off in his heart. It turned out that his plan was never to defeat Dayan's main force, but to set his sights on the east.
It's really a big chess game!
"Sir, are you so sure that Dayu will win this battle?"
"Your Majesty, everything depends on human effort."
Guo Jia still looked calm and said calmly: "I have sent a message to Zhuge Liang. Kong Ming changed the route to Li Kingdom. As long as Dayan is defeated in the west, the Queen of Li Kingdom will definitely launch a counterattack to regain the lost territory."
"At that time, our army can take advantage of the situation to advance eastward and destroy Donghuai in one fell swoop."
Emperor Yu pondered for a long time, his knuckles kept knocking on the dragon table, and said calmly: "If you take a big step, you may get hurt."
"Your Majesty!"
A secret voice came from behind the curtain of the hall. Emperor Yu waved his hand, and Jiannan strode forward and bowed slightly.
"Victory report from the East."
"Oh?"
A gleam of light flashed in Emperor Yu's eyes. Jiannan took out a victory report from his sleeve and handed it to him. He pondered and said, "General Yue led 10,000 light cavalry to penetrate into Donghuai and captured two cities in three days. The main force of Donghuai intended to withdraw troops to support, but was held back by the army led by Duke Ping."
"Good!"
A touch of joy appeared on Emperor Yu's face. He flipped through the victory report and quickly read it. He suddenly stood up and said loudly, "Send a message to Li Jin to defeat the main force of Dayan at all costs."
"I want this battle, and Dayan will not dare to invade for three years!"
"Yes!"
After Jiannan left, Emperor Yu's calm eyes shone with a faint light. He took a deep breath and said, "Sir, let's see how the battlefield in the West ends!"
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Xuanjian Pass.
On the broken tower, blood-soaked figures stood proudly, looking at the fierce enemy in front of them with resolute eyes.
In front of the city gate, battering rams were pounding the gate heavily. Archers were lined up a hundred steps away, raining arrows on the tower. Fifty feet away, catapults were loaded with stones...
"General, we can't hold it anymore... Let's retreat!"
"Retreat!"
Chang An cursed and glared at the deputy general, and shouted in a deep voice: "Your Highness is coming soon, how can we abandon the pass and flee?"
"After we go back, how can we face His Majesty, how can we face the court, how can we face the millions of people in Dayu?"
"The pass is there, and the pass is broken, and the people will die. These Yan If you guys want to break through my Xuanjian Pass, you must step over our corpses. "
"But General..."
The deputy general's tears mixed with blood fell from his cheeks. He stretched out his bloody fingers and looked around: "Look, our soldiers are almost dead or wounded!"
"Leave a seed for our Zhenxi Army!"
"We must let a few living brothers go back to report home!"
Chang An looked up, tears streaming, but the Dayan soldiers in front of him did not give him the slightest chance to be sad, and swung their long spears at him.
"Keng!"
"Die!"
Chang An swung the broken sword and chopped down several enemy soldiers in front of him. His eyes swept around and fell on a thin figure, and he strode over.
"Hey!"
"That kid... why are you staring at me? I'm calling you!"
Chang An looked at the young man in front of him with broken armor and a green face, and tried to make his fierce face gentle: "Are you in your teens?"
"Sixteen!"
"Have you married a wife?"
"Go back and marry!"
"Damn it, you kid still want to go back..."
Chang An was halfway through his words, but suddenly stopped, and said lightly: "I will give you a task, at all costs, you must complete it!"
"General, you say!"
"Go, rush back to the capital as quickly as possible, take my token, and report to the court that Xuanjian Pass has been lost, please make a decision as soon as possible!"
"General!" The young man looked anxious: "Don't you have scouts to pass on the news?"
"I still have to stay here to kill the enemy."
As he spoke, he suddenly rushed forward, and the tip of the sword accurately pierced the heart of a Dayan soldier, and turned his head to look at Chang An and said: "Whoever wants to go, I won't go."
Chang An raised his eyebrows immediately, looked at the corpses around him, and asked softly: "How many have you killed?"
"Hey, not more, not less, exactly ten."
"Good boy..."
Chang An showed a touch of appreciation on his face, and then said with a stern face: "The people in the scout camp have been sent out now. This matter concerns the life and death of Dayu, and we cannot be willful."
"Follow the military order!"
"Yes!"
The young man saluted respectfully, reluctantly put away his sword, and glanced around. When he saw that the city was full of Yan troops, he was stunned for a moment, his eyes rolled around, but he couldn't stop crying.
Seeing the tears falling, the boy turned his head stubbornly and wiped them away, choking and saying: "What's next?"
"What?"
"I mean... what's next after delivering the message?"
"Damn, can you speak louder, like a woman!"
"After reporting to the court, go..."
Chang An was halfway through his words, stunned for a moment, and then said: "Go back and marry a wife, and have a few more fat boys!"
"Tsk, do you need to worry about it?"
The boy muttered, wiped a tear at last, and resolutely turned around and ran towards the tower. Chang An stared blankly for a long time, and suddenly shouted: "That kid, tell me what your name is!"
"Remember this, I am the sergeant of the Zhenxi Army's personal guard battalion, Ji Jiu!"
"This idiot... is actually a sergeant!"
Chang An grinned with a fatherly smile, and his eyes looked at the Yan army who rushed up to the tower, and became extremely cold again.
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