Soon, the news that Chen Heishan was occupied by the Zhu Kingdom reached the palace in Nanling.
Xia Yan was currently sitting on the dragon chair, his expression serious and painful.
Well, because he needs to hold back his laughter.
If you laugh out loud at this moment, it's probably not good.
After this continued for a long time, Xia Yan finally managed to suppress his smile, looked at the uncles below and said silently: "My dear friends, do you have any good ideas?"
A group of old men are all like ants on a hot pot at the moment. There is no good idea at all, but they are just talking bad words one after another.
"Your Majesty, I have already said that it is unrealistic to attack so many countries at once. Now you see, Lao Chen has been taken away."
"Yes, yes, this is just a small Zhu Kingdom, and we are already struggling so hard, let alone the remaining three kingdoms!"
After hearing about the remaining three countries, Xia Yan felt even more proud.
Yes, battle reports have been sent from the remaining three armies.
The situation is probably no different from what Xia Yan thought.
Changxing and Yue in the north strengthened their city defenses after knowing that Daxia was going to attack them.
And in order to resist Daxia, the two countries even frantically recruited young men from home.
As a result, the number of soldiers in both countries exceeded 30,000.
Zhuge Liang and Huo Qubing each had only 15,000 men in their hands.
In addition, the two countries learned from the experience of the Xi Kingdom and tightened the city gates while reinforcing the city walls, leaving Zhuge Liang and Huo Qubing without any opportunity to take advantage of them.
To put it simply, both countries are adopting delaying tactics and will not fight you at all.
Want to go in? Then the only option is to break the city.
But it is not easy for 15,000 people to break through a city defended by 30,000 people.
Different from their situation is Di Renjie from the south.
According to the battle report sent back by Di Renjie, everyone understood that everyone had underestimated the Xuanwu Dynasty.
Even when Di Renjie's army arrived, the Xuanwu Dynasty did not recruit any additional troops. It is said that the number was still around 15,000.
But even so, Di Renjie has no chance of winning.
It is said that on the first day of the war, the Xuanwu Dynasty only sent 5,000 men to fight.
As a result, these 5,000 men actually defeated the 15,000-strong army and retreated steadily, without the slightest ability to fight back.
As a last resort, Di Renjie could only lead his troops back to Daxia to recuperate.
But because of the battle on the first day, there are now more than 8,000 wounded in Di Renjie's army alone, accounting for more than half.
In other words, Di Renjie's army has lost all combat effectiveness and can only passively wait for reinforcements.
But a problem also arises. Before they could expand their army, three thousand men killed fifteen thousand men.
So how many people do you need to defeat his 15,000-strong army?
Moreover, this is without counting those master-level experts who claim to be able to defeat one against a hundred.
If these powerful men are also dispatched, how many of our own should be dispatched?
There is no doubt that there are a lot of problems in front of us, and everyone will have a headache and his head will explode.
But Xia Yan was holding back her laughter until she was almost hurt internally.
That's right, this way everything will go according to your plan.
But obviously, the large group of senior officials below did not think of this at all, and looked at the frustrated intelligence on the front lines with expressions of anger.
"I have long said that if we continue to be so willful, this country will be destroyed by this little emperor sooner or later!"
"Hmph, who says it's not the case? Now that the troops are divided into four groups, how can we solve it?"
"That is, the group of prisoners recruited by the Xi Kingdom were all captured to build the city wall fortifications. The group of prisoners recruited by the Yu Kingdom, which seemed to be somewhat decent at first, actually disbanded. Now it's better. We need people but no one, and we need equipment.
No equipment!”
"Yes, but having said that, even if the people from Xi Kingdom are sent out to fight, they are destined to rebel, so they are still useless!"
"That doesn't matter. Anyway, His Majesty didn't think it through!"
"That's right, Hunjun!"
A group of people once again resorted to their old tricks and began to ignore Xia Yan's violent comments below.
It seems that this is the only way to vent their dissatisfaction.
But if you really want them to come up with an idea for something, it would be a bit difficult.
Seeing this, Xia Yan couldn't laugh or cry.
Just scold me, I'm the one who's leaving anyway, and I don't bother to care about you.
Just when Xia Yan was about to remain silent and do nothing, a strong voice came.
"Your Majesty, why don't you let me try it in Zhuguo!"
The owner of this voice is none other than Xing Daorong.
Hearing this, Xia Yan frowned slightly. Although this guy is a C-level general, for some reason, he was able to overthrow the Xi Kingdom in three days last time.
Although Xia Yan couldn't understand it, the facts were still there and Xia Yan had to accept them.
At this moment, Xing Daorong said that he was going to Zhuguo, and he felt a little uneasy in his heart. Could it be because of him?...
Thinking of this, Xia Yan instinctively wanted to refuse, but he didn't want the old men beside him to speak one after another.
"Okay, okay, with me, the number one God of War in Great Xia, everything will be fine!"
"Yes, the God of War can do it!"
"I also agree with the God of War to go!"
Seeing the crazy support from a group of people, Xia Yan knew that he would be unable to speak out his words.
I can't forcefully go against the wishes of all the ministers. If I really refuse at this moment, I think it will be a foul.
Thinking again, there are less than two days left before the task is settled. Even if Xing Daorong rides there, he will have to reach Zhuguo at night.
Putting aside everything else, I really don't believe that Xing Daorong can occupy the Zhu Kingdom in more than a day.
Well, if you think about it, it's not impossible to let him pass.
But don’t sacrifice yourself for something that is almost impossible to happen.
So Xia Yan felt relieved.
"In that case, General Xing will thank you for your hard work. I wonder how many people General Xing wants?"
After saying this, Xia Yan almost laughed out loud.
How can I not know how many people there are in Nanling City? All together they are less than a thousand.
With so many people, there will be no impact at all.
However, Xing Daorong spoke loudly.
"Your Majesty, I don't need anyone!"
"Damn it! Last time it was one thousand versus one hundred thousand, this time we are going to fight one person against fifteen thousand?"
"Oh, he is indeed the God of War, he speaks with confidence!"
"Don't say anything. I will send my sixty-three-year-old daughter to Xing Mansion today!"
Xia Yan was also a little surprised. He ignored the group of old men who were still blowing rainbow farts and looked straight at Xing Daorong.
"General Xing, you said you don't need to bring anyone with you, are you sure?"
Opposite Xia Yan, Xing Daorong's eyes were equally firm.