Dajing, Gaocheng.

Mu Haorang led his troops to Yicheng and set up camp ten miles away from Gu Yulan.

As the number one scholar in the first year of Zhanqing, Mu Haorang is familiar with military books and is good at setting up formations. He is known as a formation general. He can set up endlessly changing military formations in a blink of an eye. He can advance and attack, retreat and defend. Those who dare to attack,

You will definitely be trapped in the formation, unable to escape, and will be constantly eaten away by the soldiers in the formation.

Therefore, even Gu Yulan did not dare to attack rashly, lest he lose everything by accident.

She stopped attacking the city, closed her battle lines, and was on guard against Mu Haorang.

The siege of the city was thus lifted. The soldiers and civilians in the city were overjoyed and happily welcomed the supplies of grain, grass, armaments and other supplies sent by the Dajing court.

The famine situation in the city has changed, and both the soldiers and the people can have a hot meal to fill their stomachs, and they are no longer hungry and skinny.

Not long after, one hundred thousand soldiers and horses sent by Dajing to support also arrived and camped next to Mu Haorang.

The two armies worked in tandem, taking care of each other, and started a confrontation with Gu Yulan.

Within a few days, there were several battles, and the winner was Gu Yulan. However, although he won, due to the power of Mu Haorang's battle formation, it was difficult to pursue the victory and expand the results.

Just because the opponent suddenly changed their formation when they were about to be defeated, from attacking to defending, and retreating while fighting, it was difficult to capture the opponent.

Therefore, after several battles, there were not many casualties. It was just that the winner was not defeated and the loser was not injured. It was a deadlock.

But Mu Haorang is quite satisfied with this.

His responsibility is to relieve the difficulties of the city and prevent the defeat of Dajing.

Even if you can't defeat Gu Yulan or regain the ground, you can just complete the mission and contain the opponent.

It would be a big mistake if you rashly counterattacked out of impatience and were killed by Gu Yulan, resulting in heavy casualties.

With this mentality, even though Gu Yulan showed weakness several times and deliberately showed his weakness, Mu Haorang was not fooled.

In this regard, Gu Yulan was quite helpless and laughed out loud at Mu Haorang's behavior of preferring to do nothing but make no mistakes.

Faced with this cautious and difficult nut, she could only attack every day, constantly destroying the opponent's troops, just like attacking a city, using the method of wearing down the opponent.

This was the first time she had encountered such a stalemate since joining the army, and she couldn't help but sigh. The opponent was worthy of being the number one scholar in the near future, and he was indeed very powerful.

But she didn't know that Mu Haorang also praised her highly.

When communicating with many generals, Mu Haorang bluntly said that Gu Yulan was a rare general in the world. Faced with his own strange battle formation, he not only remained undefeated, but also won every time, which is something that only ordinary people can do.

Therefore, he was quite curious about what this strange woman looked like and wanted to meet her.

Many generals couldn't help but laugh when they heard this, asking Mu Haorang not to be fascinated. If he fell in love with the enemy general, it would not end well.

……

Dali Dynasty, sleeping hall.

An old eunuch and many young eunuchs came to the door of the dormitory.

Let the other eunuchs stand at the door, and the old eunuch carries the plate and walks lightly into the palace.

"Your Majesty, which of these brands do you want to turn over?" the old eunuch said respectfully. There were many brands on the plate he was holding.

On these plaques, the names of all the concubines of Emperor Da Li were engraved.

It's only noon now, so if you want to turn over the cards, you should do it at night.

However, Emperor Dali has always been a womanizer, and he is used to having fun with his concubines in the afternoon. As for the candidates for sleeping at night, they will be reviewed in the evening.

Unexpectedly, Emperor Dali, who would always look happy when he heard the word "flop", turned his face gloomy at this time, shook his head and said, "Go on, there is no need to sleep in the afternoon."

Hearing this, the old eunuch was slightly startled and immediately understood that he must have encountered something quite troublesome. Otherwise, His Majesty's habit of working at noon every day for a year would not have been broken.

Not daring to say more, the old eunuch responded quickly and quickly exited the dormitory.

In the palace, Emperor Dali Chai Jianyuan frowned for a long time before shouting loudly, "Prime Minister Xuan has come to see you!"

The eunuch standing at the door was about to pass the order. Not long after, Prime Minister Zeng Chengwang, who was handling government affairs in the Jinshen Hall, hurried to the dormitory hall. After being informed by the eunuch, he was summoned and walked into the hall immediately.

Zeng Chengwang knew that at this time in the past, His Majesty would be happy with his concubine. But now that he has changed from normal, it can be seen that Liu Ying's defeat made him extremely unhappy.

It is true that Dali is the strongest dynasty, but its famous generals were defeated by the enemy generals. This matter is extremely disgraceful. Your Majesty will be furious. It is not difficult to understand from yesterday's anger to now.

The entire court was humiliated because of this, so when Liu Ying was imprisoned by the emperor, no one spoke up for him. They only hated him for embarrassing the court so much.

I just don’t know what the purpose is for His Majesty to suddenly summon me?

Entering the palace, Zeng Chengwang glanced at Chai Jianyuan quietly and found that there was something sinister about him. It could be seen that his anger was still lingering, so he immediately said cautiously, "I pay my respects to Your Majesty!"

Chai Jianyuan looked at Zeng Chengwang, narrowed his eyes and asked, "I plan to continue sending troops to rescue the country. What do you think?"

Zeng Chengwang lowered his head and looked at the floor. He suddenly understood that His Majesty wanted to send troops again, and the rescue of the previous country was just incidental. More importantly, he wanted to regain face.

It's just that after hearing the news yesterday, he didn't send troops immediately. He thought about it for a day before making this decision. Your Majesty must have other ideas in mind.

Thinking of this, Zeng Chengwang immediately said, "Your Majesty is wise!"

Years of service as an official made him understand that the emperor had thought about it for a long time and had made a decision, so he should not raise objections.

"I have been thinking about how many troops and horses we should send to defeat Qin Yi. One hundred thousand? Too few, two hundred thousand? Not enough, three hundred thousand... What do you think of four hundred thousand?"

Zeng Chengwang suddenly trembled, and he suddenly understood that His Majesty was really angry this time!

He actually wants to send 400,000 troops. This is a huge scale.

Linzhan only sent 550,000 troops to attack the Luan country. This dynasty sent 400,000 troops. Could it be that they really wanted to fight Linzhan for the dominance of the Luan country?

If so, a war will begin!

"Your Majesty, this dynasty has sent 600,000 troops to conquer Dajing. If we send a large number of troops to Luan and fight on two fronts, I'm afraid..." Zeng Chengwang didn't dare to say more for fear of angering Chai Jianyuan, but he felt that there was no need to do it for Luan.

country, and fight to the death with Linzhan.

To seize the territory, we should also seize the land of Linzhan and Dajing. The fertile land of these two dynasties is not comparable to that of Luan, a country with many mountains and few cities.

"You also think it's wrong to send 400,000 troops?" Chai Jianyuan suddenly squinted his eyes, and a glimmer of darkness flashed in his pupils!

Zeng Chengwang was shocked and said quickly, "I agree that your Majesty will send 400,000 troops to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop!"

"Hahaha!" Chai Jianyuan's expression changed suddenly and he laughed, "In that case, then send 400,000 troops to rescue the country!"

Zeng Chengwang's back was half wet. He was really frightened by Chai Jianyuan's look just now, as if he was being stared at by a vicious wolf!

The ferocity and suspicion in his eyes were too much for him to bear.

He quickly responded, "Your Majesty is wise!"

When Zeng Chengwang left quickly, Chai Jianyuan, who kept laughing, suddenly stopped and narrowed his eyes, "Fortunately, you didn't change your mind, otherwise..."
Chapter completed!