"More importantly, I have already made arrangements. This battle will not affect the civilians of the Wu Dynasty."

After listening to Li Yunxing's words, Guo Mengsheng paused and then slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air.

His Royal Highness seemed to know what he was most afraid of.

Guo Mengsheng is definitely not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, otherwise he would not have followed Emperor Wu to fight on the battlefield.

It was just that in the previous decisive battle between the Huns, the Huns chose to sneak attack the villages around the Wu Dynasty city because they were unable to capture it.

He takes pleasure in killing civilians and regards human life as something that can be played with at will.

At that time, Guo Mengsheng was only a small commander, and because the Wu Dynasty was surrounded by enemies from both sides, it was unable to allocate more troops for support.

Guo Mengsheng had no choice but to rush back to his hometown alone.

But what he didn't expect was that when he arrived, the villages that had been massacred were already empty, and all the villagers, old and young, had been brutally murdered by the Huns.

Even his wife and young daughter were killed in the massacre.

From then on, Guo Mengsheng hated the Huns.

Even though he is now in a high position, he still regards the Huns as savage beasts.

One side is fear, the other side is hatred.

It’s just that Guo Mengsheng understands better that there is never right or wrong in war, only victory or defeat!

If you want to protect the country and protect the people, you must win!

If you lose, you not only lose your life.

So he was even more curious, what confidence did His Highness have to be so confident of victory?

"Your Highness, I wonder what your plan is?" Guo Mengsheng asked.

Li Yunxing glanced at the blueprint in his hand: "I plan to take advantage of the favorable location and lead three thousand elite troops to pretend to attack the Xiongnu's ruined city with this siege cannon."

"Decadent City?"

When Guo Mengsheng heard the name, he immediately stood up.

This is the closest city to the Wu Dynasty from the Xiongnu, and it is also a dangerous pass.

Countless times the Wu Dynasty tried to invade the Xiongnu, but failed because this dilapidated city was easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Then he turned over the table in the prefect's tent. Unexpectedly, there was a topographic map of the Xiongnu painted on the other side!

When Li Yunxing saw this, he became even more aware.

Sure enough, Guo Mengsheng had never thought about discharging his armor and returning home.

Even under the desk in the military tent was a terrain map of the Xiongnu, which showed that Guo Mengsheng was still in a state of unrest.

Guo Mengsheng took out his pen and pointed at the northeast corner of Daidang City: "Daidang City was originally the northwest gate of our Wu Dynasty. Later it fell and became the main military camp of the Huns."

"If we can recapture the city of Decadang and use it as a stronghold, we can stop the enemy from going south. Moreover, the city of Decadang can also be used as a supply point for the soldiers of the Wu Dynasty."

Guo Mengsheng continued: "By controlling the passes of Decadan City, we can control the Huns' cavalry from going south. As long as we defend it well, we can make it difficult for the enemy to move even an inch!"

Li Yunxing saw that Guo Mengsheng knew the terrain of the Xiongnu very well, and he must have done a lot of research on it on weekdays.

He had the same idea as Guo Mengsheng, nodded and acknowledged, "That's exactly it."

"But... I still have doubts."

Guo Mengsheng hesitated for a long time and finally looked up at Li Yunxing.

"Oh? But it doesn't matter." Li Yunxing said with a smile.

"In this case, why did His Highness suddenly want to capture the city of Decadang? You know, if you capture the city of Decadang, it will easily trigger a large-scale conflict. I am afraid that the army of the Wu Dynasty will suffer serious losses by then!"

It is precisely because of such an important geographical factor of Decadent City that the Xiongnu always placed it in the first place.

Long-term heavy military guarding also made it difficult for the Wu Dynasty to realize even if they had ideas.

Guo Mengsheng looked at Li Yunxing with some doubts. He didn't believe that the other party would make such a stupid decision.

After all, given Li Yunxing's age, he looks like a fledgling junior. He can't be so courageous, right?

"Hahaha……"

Who knew that instead of being angry, Li Yunxing burst into laughter.

Guo Mengsheng was a little confused about the situation, and thought to himself, this was such an important matter, why did the prince still look so confident?

Is it really true to the saying that a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers?

"Prefect Guo, do you think I am too eager for quick success?"

"I don't dare, my subordinates."

Guo Mengsheng lowered his head to hide his emotions.

Li Yunxing shook his head and said calmly: "Prefect Guo doesn't know the reason, and I don't blame him. However, what I just said is the truth."

"The reason why I want to seize Decadan City is to use Decadan City to delay the enemy's move south. As for the purpose of doing this..."

Speaking of this, Li Yunxing paused deliberately for a moment, and then a mysterious smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"What I want is to capture the entire Mobei Grassland in one fell swoop!"

"hiss……"

Guo Mengsheng couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.

The entire Mobei grassland?

Not to mention the entire grassland, this one Xiongnu alone had already caused the Wu Dynasty unspeakable suffering.

Now the prince is saying that he wants to annex the entire grassland, which is simply shocking!

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty, this is wrong!" Guo Mengsheng quickly tried to persuade him.

"The Huns are brave and good at fighting, but our Wu Dynasty has a vast territory and a small population. If we want to mobilize 30,000 soldiers, we need to travel long distances and spend a lot of money on food and salary. If we only have a dilapidated city, it is impossible to stop the Xiongnu's iron hoof!"

Not to mention, there are also the Huns cavalry going south..."

"Where can we fight hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of Huns at the same time?! This is simply a fantasy!"

After Guo Mengsheng finished speaking, he realized that his words were too intense.

Even if the prince is nice and kind now, if he speaks directly and lies, he may make Long Yan unhappy.

Then, Guo Mengsheng's expression changed several times.

Finally, he said slowly: "I am just worried that our Wu Dynasty will not last long..."

After all, Li Yunxing was young, so he went too far by rashly reprimanding him, which was a bit embarrassing.

Li Yunxing smiled slightly and did not blame Guo Mengsheng at all.

He patted Guo Mengsheng on the shoulder and said seriously: "Don't worry, Governor, I am not that arrogant and ignorant person. Since I want to do this, I am sure of it!"

Li Yunxing put his finger on the map, "This time it's not so much about capturing, it's more about being a springboard."

Guo Mengsheng didn't quite understand what Li Yunxing meant.

I saw Li Yunxing pointing to the southwest of Decadang City and said slowly: "Prefect, please look, this is the city of Chu State."

"The Huns have now marched south, invading Chu and approaching the main city. However, in order to avoid conflict with the Wu Dynasty, they must take a detour and cross the Chu River and Han boundary on the way. In this way, they will delay their journey.

As a result, their speed going south will be much slower!"
Chapter completed!