When Ouyang Xuan's fingers moved on the map, An Junshan also stood up and stood next to the table.
He watched his expression keep changing; watched him slump in his chair; and watched his fingers land on the coordinates of the bridgehead camp.
He also understood it in an instant.
The production lines in the warships and bridgehead camps are still next.
After losing these, the expeditionary force will suffer a lot, but no matter how heavy the damage is, they are just foreign objects after all.
However, His Royal Highness the Prince is also sitting in the bridgehead camp.
Ouyang Xuan and An Junshan did not know Di Xin's identity as the Realm Master, nor did they know about the battle between the Realm Masters, but even with his apparent identity as the Crown Prince, there must not be any surprises.
Even if something happens to the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force and the future successor of Da Li, the expedition plan will basically be a failure.
It's not that without Di Xin, it's impossible to fight the war, but without someone with enough weight to take charge, the imperial court would never dare to let such a powerful soldier as the expeditionary force hang alone overseas.
Once this army becomes disloyal, the imperial court will be beyond its reach and will be unable to punish them.
This does not mean that this person must be the current Crown Prince.
However, because most of the officials were previously affiliated with the King's forces, Emperor Xin, who eliminated the King with thunderous force, had few people in the court who could be completely trusted.
Not only did Di Xin and the old emperor think it was okay, but all the officials also had to think so.
However, those few people with sufficient status and weight do not have the ability to take on this important task.
Therefore, in the end, the only choice for commander of the expeditionary force was Prince Di Xin.
Of course, this is what Di Xin is happy to see.
It seems that because of this, Di Xin became the biggest flaw of this expeditionary force.
If a commander is changed, even if an accident occurs or even causes some riots in the army, you can still wait silently for the new commander to take office and continue the expedition plan.
But if something unexpected happened to Di Xin, the expeditionary force would be ready to return.
Of course, this is under the premise that Dashi's attack can be prevented from being successful.
If it can't be stopped, then of course there is no need to consider anything else.
Originally, Di Xin's bridgehead camp at the rear should be the safest place, so An Junshan and Ouyang Xuan dared to take away nearly half of the entire expeditionary force even though Di Xin only had 10,000 elite soldiers left by his side.
troops.
But now...
The bridgehead camp that was supposed to be the rearmost location is likely to become Dashi's next target.
In fact, Luoke Mountain was a cover set up by Dashi with 30,000 elite soldiers.
Mo Kan saw that this battle lasted only three days, but the distance from Luoke Mountain to the bridgehead camp determined that even if An Junshan and Ouyang Xuan were aware of the truth, they would not have time to come back for reinforcements.
As for the route from which Dashi's army would attack the bridgehead camp, there was no need to think about it at all.
maritime.
Although the detour will consume more energy and time, it is worth it if the goal is the bridgehead camp with Prince Dali.
Not to mention that taking a boat is faster than traveling on land and is more convenient than marching on land, so it is still within the tolerance range.
However, it is too difficult to attack land from the sea if we are prepared for it, and even whether we can successfully land is a question.
Therefore, neither Dali nor Dashi included a maritime attack in their plans from the beginning.
But this is ultimately a backup option, and even if it is a backup option, there is a chance it can be used.
Now is that opportunity.
Nowadays, in the bridgehead camp in Dali, apart from the logistics personnel who produce firearms and ammunition, there are only 10,000 combat troops.
As for the two expeditionary armies, due to their previous restraint, their strength was not dragged down by the war at each pass.
In addition to the 20,000 expeditionary troops that Dashi already has more than Dali, some additional troops can also be mobilized from those occupied passes and mines.
Although this will weaken the defensive capabilities of every pass and mine, it can also delay enough time.
Even if An Junshan and Ouyang Xuan wanted to take advantage of the opportunity when Dashi sent a large number of troops to sneak attack Di Xin to advance to the front line, the war on the other side might have ended before they could capture half of the pass.
The temporary gain and loss of land in exchange for the crown prince of Dali is definitely a profit for the Dashi side, and it is a great strategic victory.
If An Junshan were the commander of Dashi's army, he would definitely choose such a plan.
An Junshan and Ouyang Xuan looked at each other and smiled bitterly.
If the situation is really as they speculated, and all the homes were stolen, then there is no need to continue to build fortifications in Luoke Mountain.
But it was really too late to call back.
"What should we do?"
At this point, an idea must be made.
After An Junshan pondered for a while, he said solemnly: "Since there is no time to return reinforcements, we can only trust His Highness the Crown Prince. Since he sent us out without saying anything clearly, he may have had a countermeasure from the beginning."
Ouyang Xuan was silent, but there was really no other way besides trusting His Highness the Crown Prince.
But An Junshan hasn't finished speaking yet.
"But that's not all we can do."
A coldness appeared on An Junshan's face, and his words were murderous: "Since Dashi left us a gift, it seems inappropriate not to take it."
After becoming serious, he no longer called Ouyang Xuan his nephew.
"Ouyang, assemble the army, with your army as the vanguard, we will capture the strongholds of Dashi."
Ouyang Xuan stood up subconsciously and accepted the order.
"I humble my duty and obey my orders."
Then he frowned and asked, "But what's the point of this?"
If their guess was correct, the guards in those strongholds had been regarded as abandoned by the commander of Dashi. Even if they were all destroyed, the commander of Dashi would not take a second look.
Not to mention slowing down their speed as they pass His Royal Highness.
"significance?"
An Junshan snorted coldly and said: "We, Dali, are the Kingdom of Heaven. If Western thieves dare to plot against our Crown Prince, they must pay a sufficient price."
"It's fine, Your Highness, nothing happens."
"If something happens to His Highness, I will definitely lead the troops to attack the Western lands and let all the foreign traitors be buried with His Highness!"
What was revealed in his words was not only the taste of bloodshed, but also the attitude of insisting on having his own way.
Ouyang Xuan glanced at him and heard what An Junshan meant.
If something happens to His Highness the Crown Prince, logically speaking, the expedition will be declared a failure and it will be time to withdraw the troops. Even the generals like them will be punished by the court.
He deserves to be punished for his failure to protect His Highness the Crown Prince!
However, Anjunshan did not intend to do this.
He was already prepared to disobey the imperial court's will, and even if he died without a burial place, he would make the Western food country pay a sufficient price for the death of His Highness.