The twentieth day of the first month of the twenty-fourth year of Zhaohua.

Noon.

The dense fog from Wufan has cleared.

The sky is clear and the sun is bright.

On the snow-capped Wufanyuan, there is a strong killing atmosphere.

Xia Houzhuo's 30,000 frontier troops and Xie Jing's 50,000 government troops met at the northwest of Wushan Plain.

An army of 80,000 people, a vast mass of darkness, was standing solemnly under the low-temperature sunlight.

According to the decision discussed between the two men last night, in addition to Xie Jing's 3,000 personal soldiers, the remaining 40,000 or so soldiers were all given to Xia Houzhuo's command.

In order to express his feelings, Xie Jing even suggested that the 47,000 soldiers of the government should be used as the front army for this battle!

This was the biggest reason why Xia Houzhuo believed in Xie Jing.

What is most important in this time of war and chaos?

The soldiers in your hand are the most important!

Whoever holds more soldiers means that he can get more of a piece of the pie in this troubled world.

Of course, Xia Houzhuo did not refuse. His 30,000 frontier troops were his lifeblood. Let the 47,000 soldiers go to the front line. Firstly, he could see the combat effectiveness of these soldiers, and secondly... he could find out about Li Chenan.

Where is the truth and falsehood of that little thief——

The scouts have reported that there are only Qianlai people on the other side!

This is obviously not the main force of the little thief!

No matter how stupid that little thief is, he will never think that a mere thousand people can stop an army of 80,000!

In Xia Houzhuo's view, even if 80,000 pigs rushed over from his side, they would be able to drown, crush, and trample those 1,000 people until their bones were gone.

On top of a Chinese military tank.

Xia Houzhuo and Xie Jing stood side by side.

He has drawn his sword and given the order.

The mighty army has spread towards Feng County like a tide.

The team was not marching very fast.

Because Xia Houzhuo needs to find out the truth about Li Chenan.

He is very cautious.

He sent out all eight hundred scouts from the scout camp.

Go to all directions in Wushanyuan to find out where Li Chenan may have laid the main force.

On the chariot.

Xia Houzhuo stared ahead, "General, I am thinking all the way as I walk."

"The Red Flame Army is indeed at Wuya Pass."

"The Shenwu Army is indeed at Dongqu Pass."

"The incident in Kyoto, Dingguo Hou Mansion exposed the 30,000 infantrymen from Shuzhou..."

"The incident in Kyoto is over, but the 30,000 infantrymen have not returned to Shuzhou."

"Originally, General Ben thought that was what allowed Li Chenan to dare to attack Jiangnan Road... But now it seems that is not the case."

Xie Jing's eyebrows were furrowed, with a look of worry on his face.

When he heard what Xia Houzhuo said, he looked meaningfully at Xia Houzhuo's dark square face and asked:

"So the other reason why the general dares to come from Yanyunguan is to see if Li Chenan dares to ignore Yanyunguan?"

Xia Houzhuo sneered, "Of course!"

"Although Yu Wenfeng returned to Dahuang City with the honor guard of Princess Su Lin, Yu Wenji who guards Jiuyin City is not a kind person."

"He prefers fighting!"

"Without Yu Wenfeng's restraint, as long as this general leaves Yanyunguan, he will definitely bring tens of thousands of cavalry from Jiuyin City to knock on the pass!"

"If the Yanyun Pass is broken... the eighteen states of Yanyun will be lost!"

"If the Eighteen States of Yanyun are lost, Jiangnan Road will be like a naked girl... The same is true for Kyoto, so that little thief must send an army to defend it!"

"Where else does he have soldiers?"

"He can only let the 30,000 Shu soldiers from Dingguo Hou Mansion go."

"Even if the general came with 30,000 soldiers in a big way, he did not dare to let the 30,000 Shu soldiers intercept the general."

"Because he didn't dare to waste another hour."

"The 30,000 Shu soldiers ran very fast, and they haven't heard the news that Yanyun Pass has been broken yet."

Xie Jing narrowed his eyes and said: "What the general is doing... will lead to the destruction of the country!"

"If Huangren really breaks Yanyunguan, the general will probably become the biggest sinner in Ningguo!"

"General, aren't you afraid of being reviled by all the people?"

Xia Houzhuo opened his mouth and laughed.

"General Xie, His Royal Highness was murdered by that little thief!"

The smile on his face suddenly faded, his pupils shrank, and a cold murderous intent emanated from his body.

He gritted his teeth and said:

"When Queen Huai passed away, I happened to be in Kyoto."

"The last words Empress Huai gave me was to protect the crown prince!"

He took a deep breath, let out a long sigh, and exhaled a thick white mist.

"The prince is gone, so what's the use of my general protecting this country?"

"Is it justice for Li Chenan to steal the country?"

"His surname is Li! Not Ning!"

"The people of the world do not spit on him but support him. This is a big joke in itself!"

"So what if the general betrayed the country!"

Xie Jing was speechless, he could only nodded.

"Succeed and lose, if the general captures Kyoto... Li Chen'an will be reviled by all the people, but you, the general... are the hero of Ningguo's salvation!"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Xia Houzhuo laughed wildly.

"That makes sense!"

"Killing that kid Li Chen'an and capturing Wen Boiyu alive, thank you General for your great contribution!"

"Thank you for the promotion, General!"

At this moment, many scouts from all walks of life came back.

The newly appointed battalion commander of the scout battalion, Ma Yong, gathered all the intelligence and came to the chariot.

He bowed his hands and said, "Report to the general!"

"Within ten miles of our army, except for the thousand enemy troops in front, there is no abnormality."

Xia Houzhuo frowned and pondered for a moment: "Let me, the general, carefully explore Maple Leaf Mountain and Fengxian County. If you find hidden enemy troops, report them as soon as possible!"

"The last general takes command!"

Ma Yong beat the horse and drove away.

Xia Houzhuo murmured suspiciously: "Li Xiaothi...could he not be here at all?"

Xie Jing thought for a while and said:

"That's right!"

"Maybe he went to Pingjiang City."

Xia Houzhuo pondered for a moment, "Then after these thousand people are eliminated, let's go and capture Pingjiang City!"

Xie Jing was surprised: "Don't you just send troops to Yujing City?"

"Not urgent!"

"Jiangnan Road is the most important thing in Ningguo!"

"We have captured Jiangnan Dao and based it on Jiangnan Dao... There is money, food, and people here!"

"This is the belly of Ning State. Instead of attacking Kyoto, it is better to cut off the supply and demand of Kyoto... and starve them to death!"
To be continued...