Chapter 998: Dragon Rider Disappears
"Liu Kang."
"I am here."
"Have you found the two assassins last night?"
"General... they are missing!"
Dian Wei's face suddenly became very strange. Ning Fan said calmly: "Keep searching. You must find these two people even if you have to dig three feet deep."
"Yes!"
"How far is the main force of Dali from us?"
"General, they will be at the gates of the city in half a day at most."
"Is there any reply from the capital?"
"The report should have just arrived in Beijing. The court will definitely send troops to support them."
"I hope so!"
Although Liu Kang is reckless and has a violent temper, he is very loyal to Yang Tai. He belongs to the Yang family.
His family is also a faction of the Yang family, so he is obedient to Ning Fan.
After sending Liu Kang away, Ning Fan looked at Dian Wei: "Come on, follow me to inspect the camp."
"Yes!"
"You all go and appease the soldiers in each camp."
"Yes!"
With Ning Fan's order, Dian Wei was the only one left beside him: "You kid, you are a little reckless."
"My lord, why don't we just go and kill him."
Dian Wei knew that the man in front of him was Ning Fan, and Ning Fan had already explained it before they took action yesterday.
"What are you doing? The main force has not arrived yet, and there are only 20,000 troops outside the city. What should we do?"
"Oh!"
Ning Fan looked at Dian Wei and solemnly instructed: "I have changed the military status of you and Zhao Wanhu, but you still have to tell the soldiers under our command not to reveal their identities and not to camp with the Yan army."
"Yes!"
"Okay, wait for my news for other things."
...
In the canyon, the sky was already bright, and a man and a horse galloped on horseback, rushing towards the team holding the "Ming" flag.
"Who is coming?"
"Scouts outside the Black Ice Terrace, requesting to see Marshal Xu Da of the Ming Army!"
The man shouted loudly and was brought to Xu Da.
"Marshal Xu, urgent news from Liujiang City."
"Please check it immediately."
"Yes!"
Xu Da nodded slightly, opened the letter and looked at Chang Yuchun beside him: "Old Chang, you lead 250,000 troops to continue to attack Liujiang."
"What happened?"
Chang Yuchun frowned slightly, Xu Da handed the letter over directly and nodded heavily.
"I took all the cavalry with me."
"Yes!"
Xu Da immediately led 50,000 troops out of the canyon and headed directly in another direction.
...
Liujiang City, General's Mansion.
In the back garden.
He Runer was reporting respectfully: "Sir, news has come from Zijing City."
"The Dayan court ordered the main force of the Western Yan army to approach Liujiang City."
"There is also a patrol battalion of 50,000 people in Zijing City rushing to help."
"Hehe!"
"They are anxious!"
"Liujiang City stores their main military rations in the East Territory. If we really conquer it, I'm afraid Emperor Yan will be completely unable to sit still."
"Yes!"
He Runer nodded and said softly: "There is also news from the East Territory that the Dayan Dragon Riders have disappeared."
"Disappeared?"
Ning Fan frowned. The Dayan Dragon Riders were full of evil. It was rumored that the soldiers in the Dayan Dragon Riders had been the same group of people for a hundred years.
Moreover, Ning Fan had never underestimated him, as he was known as the world's number one cavalry.
"Yes, the last battle with the Snow Dragon Riders was three days ago."
"After they reached a canyon, they disappeared without leaving any trace!"
"Strange!"
Ning Fan looked serious and said in a deep voice: "Has this news been conveyed to the major legions?"
"Yes!"
"Investigate, and make sure to find the traces of the Yan Dragon Riders."
"Yes!"
Ning Fan opened the dynamic military sandbox and found that the main force of the Ming Army had arrived outside the city, so he looked at He Runer: "This battle is about to begin, pay close attention to the movements of the Yan Army."
"Inform all parties in a timely manner."
"From now on, the Black Ice Platform will be fully responsible for communication between the major legions."
"Yes!"
He Runer did not know the identity of the person in front of him, but after seeing the black sign, he knew that this person must be one of the high-level officials of the Black Ice Platform.
It is even very likely that he is the legendary helmsman of the Black Ice Platform, the poisonous Lord Jia.
After all, who can think of such a sinister method as using a substitute for a dead person?
"General, the main force of the Li army is approaching the city. It is roughly estimated that there are nearly 300,000 troops."
"Yes!"
"Call all the generals and go to the main hall to discuss matters."
"Yes!"
After Ning Fan and He Run'er explained a few words, they came to the main hall of the general's mansion.
"Meet the general."
"No need to be polite!"
Ning Fan waved his hand, looked around, and first looked at Zhong Hui: "What is the current movement of the Li army?"
"General, the Li army has already set up camp outside the city."
"Yes!"
Ning Fan nodded slightly, and solemnly instructed: "The city defense must not be relaxed, and patrols in the city must be on guard against spies."
"Yes!"
"Liu Kang, is there any news from the court?"
"General, I just received news that the court has sent the Xiyan Army to approach Liujiang City, but it will take at least seven days to come to help."
"What about Zijing City?"
"Your Majesty has sent a 50,000-man patrol battalion, and they are rushing to help."
"Huai Mansion, Linjiang, and Yushan have all sent troops to help."
"Good!"
Ning Fan's face remained expressionless, but he was secretly surprised in his heart. He didn't expect that not only the Zijing City had reinforcements, but also Yushan to the west of Liujiang, Huaifu to the northwest of Liujiang, and Linjiang to the north of Liujiang all had reinforcements.
But there has been no news from Heibingtai so far.
However, on second thought, the limitations of the times are like this. According to the regulations of Heibingtai, spies below the ground level do not have the authority to use spirit pigeons for communication.
Besides, spirit pigeon communication is sometimes a flaw for this line of work.
And Liujiang is a military town, which increases the difficulty of intelligence transmission.
"How long will it take for the fastest reinforcements to arrive?"
"My Lord, Huaifu has already sent troops, and they will arrive in two days at the latest."
"Okay, as long as our army holds the city, we can surround and annihilate the Li army in one fell swoop when the reinforcements arrive."
"Liu Kang, Zhong Hui, from now on, the two of you will be solely responsible for the city defense."
"Yes!"
The generals took their orders and left. After Ning Fan returned to the study, he frowned slightly. He planned to use Liujiang City to besiege and attack the reinforcements, but he only targeted the troops of Zijing City.
And now, the three cities of Huaifu have reinforcements coming again.
And Linjiang, facing the pressure from the East, still sent troops to help. From this point of view, Bai Qi's progress may not be very smooth!
"Xiao Cui, tell He Run'er that reinforcements from Linjiang, Huaifu, Yushan, and Zijing are coming soon, so let them do what they want."
"Yes!"
Ning Fan opened the military sand table, and his expression gradually became gloomy. From the overall perspective, the southeastern region of Dayan has made suppressive progress, and the southern region, Dongbo, and Wancheng have all fallen, but the advantage still exists.
It depends on whether the Han army can make a breakthrough in Shanyang and Muye.
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