The intermittent siege battle surrounding Guanghan County has lasted for two days, with both sides suffering considerable casualties.
Judging from the current situation, although Guanghan City has not been broken yet, the Shu army is obviously "weak" and may not be able to hold on for much longer.
This situation certainly boosted the morale of the imperial army, and they seemed to become more courageous every time they attacked the city.
For Wei Changtian, Liang Zhen and others, the development of the current war is actually completely within their design.
According to the plan, the Shu army would abandon the city and break out of the siege five days after the war began.
Two days have passed now, and if you stick to it for the remaining three days, it shouldn't be a big problem.
Although these five days of "head-to-head confrontation" were somewhat detrimental to the Shu army, "showing weakness to the enemy" was the prerequisite for the smooth implementation of the entire plan, so temporary sacrifices were inevitable.
Because he knows this, Wei Changtian is not too worried about the situation in Shuzhou at the moment.
On the contrary, it was the situation at Fengyuan that made him quite worried.
Judging from the intelligence sent back in the past two days, Wu Ding has been holding his troops back since he retreated three miles, as if he was really frightened by the seven second-level masters.
However, Wei Changtian understood that this must be what Ning Yongnian meant.
Then the problem comes.
He knew that the enemy had strong reinforcements, but why didn't Ning Yongnian react at all?
Under normal circumstances, shouldn’t reinforcements be sent immediately?
Even if we send a few second-grade masters like Li Huaizhong over, we can even out the gap in top combat power.
Ning Yongnian will never give up Dafeng, the piece of fat that is already on his lips, so he will never cease the war.
And since there is no ceasefire and no reinforcements, it can only mean that... Ning Yongnian also knows what happened in the Dafeng Palace two days ago.
There were so many court officials present at that time, and it was normal for Daning to be among them.
That's why Ning Yongnian decided to wait for two more days, preparing to make further responses based on the next moves of the seven second-grade masters.
If those seven people really took Li Wutong away, Daning would immediately continue the attack.
And if those seven people hadn't left...
In fact, Wei Changtian had communicated with Canhun again yesterday, asking the latter if he could let the seven masters stay in Fengyuan for a longer period of time.
Remnant Soul didn't say no, but what he said made Wei Changtian understand that there was no point in doing so.
Because even if those seven people don't leave, the situation of the Fengyuan War will not change in any way.
Even if this leads to Ning Yongnian really sending experts to reinforce him, it will make Dafeng lose even faster.
For example, these seven people are like nuclear bombs that cannot be launched.
They may still have a deterrent effect for a day or two, but over time when the enemy knows the details, they will no longer have any effect.
Dafeng will still be defeated, and maybe even Li Wutong won't be able to escape.
No matter how awesome seven second-grade people are, they can't possibly defeat hundreds of thousands of troops, so the best thing to do is to take advantage of the fact that Dafeng still has the strength to fight, and let those seven people quickly bring Li Wutong back...
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Can Hun's analysis was sound and well-founded, and Wei Changtian greatly agreed with it after hearing it.
However, he still asked the remaining soul to pass the order to the seven people, asking them to stay in Dafeng for three more days.
The wait went from two days to five days.
Of course there was a reason why Wei Changtian did this.
Because he is still waiting for the result of another matter.
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The tenth day of October, the fifth day after the war in Shuzhou.
At noon, with the sound of gongs, another round of siege ended.
Black smoke billowed and the sun disappeared.
After fighting day and night for five consecutive days, Guanghan County was in ruins.
The losses of the Shu army have exceeded 10,000 people. If we add those who were seriously injured and unable to continue fighting... now there are only less than 40,000 of the entire Shu army left on the battlefield.
Less than 40,000, versus nearly 300,000.
As the apparent gap in combat power widened further, an atmosphere of cowardice gradually began to spread among the Shu army.
After all, in order to keep it secret, most people don't know the overall battle plan, and they just feel that their side has no chance of winning at the moment.
If we continue to fight like this, it is estimated that Guanghan City will be breached in less than two days.
But fortunately, today is the fifth day. According to the plan, the Shu army can break through and retreat to Niutoushan tonight.
As for low morale...that's not a big deal.
Unlike defending a city, a breakout battle directly determines everyone's life or death.
If it's a last-ditch fight, no one will dare to spare any effort by then.
What's more, Han Zhao had already left a backdoor for them...
"..."
"Come here! Send word to all the generals to come see me!"
In the meeting hall, Liang Zhen issued the order with a serious face, preparing to start deploying tonight's breakout.
The messenger immediately turned around and ran away after answering, and happened to pass by Chu Xianping who was about to come in.
"General Liang."
Sideways to let the messenger pass, Chu Xianping quickly walked into the meeting hall.
He first nodded to Liang Zhen, then walked to Wei Changtian, and Fu Er whispered:
"The Freemasons have arrived in Fengyuan."
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Fengyuan, Dafeng Imperial Palace.
"Senior, since you have stayed in Fengyuan for three more days, you must have received orders from Mr. Wei..."
"Can you give him a message for me? Just one sentence..."
In the princess palace, Li Wutong looked at the old man in gray robe opposite, his face extremely haggard.
She never closed her eyes in the past five days, always waiting for Wei Changtian to contact her.
But until now, no news has been sent to her.
However, the seven second-grade masters suddenly changed their tune and extended the original two-day period to five days.
Li Wutong knew that this must be what Wei Changtian meant, and guessed from this that the latter must already know what happened before.
But why did Wei Changtian know everything, but he didn't want to explain it clearly to himself, and didn't even say a word to himself?
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Li Wutong couldn't figure it out, so he could only ask the old man in gray robe to bring a message to Wei Changtian.
But she didn't know at all that the other party didn't have the ability to contact Wei Changtian directly.
"Princess, I have already said this."
Shaking his head, the old man in gray robe said helplessly: "It is indeed Mr. Wei's intention to wait three more days, but I really cannot send a message to him."
"But, but..."
Li Wutong's shoulders were trembling, and he was biting his lip and wanted to say something.
But at this moment, Zhu Tianhong suddenly walked in from outside the hall.
"Princess, someone wants to see you and claims to be from Shuzhou."
"Shuzhou?"
Li Wutong stood up instantly: "Who is he?"
"He didn't say anything. He only said that Princess, you will definitely meet him after seeing this thing."
As he spoke, Zhu Tianhong reached out and handed a sachet to Li Wutong.
The latter just glanced at the sachet, and his whole body froze as if struck by lightning.
She was very familiar with this object, it was the token she embroidered for Wei Changtian at that time.
Tears welled up in an instant, and his voice became rapid and trembling.
"Then, where is that person?"
"Just outside the palace..."
Before Zhu Tianhong could finish his sentence, he saw that Li Wutong had picked up his skirt and ran towards the palace door desperately.
However, when a man's back appeared in her field of vision, she immediately stopped where she was.
Even if it was just a silhouette, Li Wutong could tell that this person was not Wei Changtian.
"..."
"Who are you?"
After a few breaths, the chest that had been heaving violently finally gradually returned to calmness.
Li Wutong walked up to the man again and asked coldly: "Why do you have this sachet?"
"Back to the princess, this villain is Mr. Wei's subordinate."
The man should have seen Li Wutong's portrait a long time ago, so he answered very simply at this time.
He gently cupped his hands, briefly introduced himself to his home, and then directly stated his intention.
"Young master ordered me to come to Feng Yuan... to see the emperor."