The gray area between Dali and the Goguryeo border.
In the Windy Valley, among the endless tents, the most conspicuous one is the handsome tent belonging to Emperor Xin.
Smoke was everywhere in the valley, and Emperor Xin was also having breakfast in the tent at this moment.
Just now, he was interrupted by Liu Jiande in the middle of his breakfast. Now that the topic has come to an end, Di Xin can finally continue with his previous breakfast.
And Liu Jiande did not leave either. He was currently sitting on a chair that Wei San had moved in, closing his eyes and meditating.
After breakfast, Ouyang Xuan also came to the handsome tent.
Ouyang Xuan cupped his hands and said, "I have met Your Highness in my humble position."
"No need to be polite."
Di Xin gestured to Wei San who came in to put away the used tableware, and said casually: "Sit down and wait for a while."
"yes."
After Ouyang Xuan thanked him, he sat next to Liu Jiande on the chair also brought in by Wei San.
When Liu Jiande saw Ouyang Xuan, he quickly whispered: "Thank you, Mr. Ouyang."
"Thank me?"
Ouyang Xuan was stunned, and then he remembered that he had promised Liu Jiande to convey his request to His Highness Prince Yu, and he did so last night.
After reacting, looking at the excitement hidden on Liu Jiande's face, Ouyang Xuan also asked in a low voice: "Has His Highness agreed to your request?"
"That's right."
Liu Jiande nodded slightly and said with gratitude: "Thanks to Mr. Ouyang, I can realize my long-cherished wish."
Ouyang Xuan shook his head and had no intention of taking the credit for himself.
"I just conveyed it. It was His Highness's own decision. Mr. Liu does not need to thank me."
Liu Jiande did not comment, just smiled and whispered: "Anyway, I still thank Mr. Ouyang."
…
Shortly after Ouyang Xuan came in, more than a dozen generals also came to the tent.
Two people were separated to carry the battle map to the front of the desk. Di Xin stood next to the map depicting the terrain of Goguryeo in detail.
"My lords."
Di Xin looked at the generals standing at the bottom and introduced Liu Jiande to them first.
"This is the commander of Jiande City, Lord Liu Jiande. He has led his troops to assist us this time."
Liu Jiande slightly cupped his hands and said, "I would like to ask you all to take care of me from now on."
After introducing Liu Jiande, Di Xincai continued: "I have summoned everyone here to discuss the next march route."
He pointed to a point on the map and said: "We are here right now."
Everyone followed Di Xin's finger and looked at the map.
I saw that the place Di Xin pointed to was not on the originally designated attack route.
It is the weathered valley here.
Di Xin's finger kept sliding along the map, and finally landed on the capital of Goguryeo.
"Our previous plan was to start from Hucheng, march all the way west, and finally reach the capital of Goguryeo."
"I believe all the adults have also seen that we have deviated from the previous march route at this time."
Everyone nodded and waited for Di Xin's next words.
Di Xin continued: "Therefore, we now have two options."
Ouyang Xuan acted as a qualified supporter at the right time and immediately asked: "Your Highness, I don't know what the two options are."
Di Xin was very satisfied with Ouyang Xuan's performance. After giving him an appreciative look, his finger returned to the Weathered Valley on the map.
"The first option is to return the same way. After returning to Hucheng, continue along the previously decided march route."
"The advantage of this is that everything is still within our plan, but the disadvantage is that it is a bit of a waste of time, and it takes several days to go back and forth."
Ouyang Xuan frowned slightly, and then continued to ask: "Your Highness, what is the second option?"
"The second option is to use the Weathered Valley as the starting point to re-plan the attack route. The disadvantage is instability, but the advantage is that it can save the time of returning to Yanque Pass."
"My lords, which option do you think we should choose is better?"
Everyone looked at each other.
After looking at each other for a while, one of the generals took the initiative to speak.
"Your Highness, the humble servants should choose the first option. Although it will waste a little time, we have already discussed the specific plan for that marching route. According to the previous marching route, the loss will be smaller."
The speaker was Hu Bing. Although he had the lowest position among the generals in the tent, he was also the youngest. His future was limitless.
"I don't agree."
Another general with a beard immediately stood up and offered the opposite opinion.
"Soldiers are very fast. We have already wasted a lot of time. If we delay it any longer, we may not be able to fight very far before we have to return to northern Xinjiang."
Another general retorted: "But we also have to consider the loss."
Then another general jumped out and expressed his choice.
Everyone expressed their opinions, and soon the tent became noisy.
The only ones who didn't speak were Di Xin, Ouyang Xuan and Liu Jiande.
…
It was already half an hour after the discussion came out.
Di Xin looked at the people who were gradually quieting down and asked with a smile: "My lords, have you come up with the result of the discussion?"
"Your Highness, we have already discussed this."
A general raised his hand on behalf of everyone and said: "After our discussion, we decided to choose the second option. The troops are very fast and we re-plan the march route from Fenghua Valley to the capital of Goguryeo."
Emperor Xin nodded slightly.
For him, no matter which option he chose, it was almost the same. Since they chose the second option, they decided on this one.
"Then this is it."
Di Xin said: "Later, I will need to trouble you all to re-plan the march route and renegotiate the plan to march into Goguryeo."
Everyone, including Ouyang Xuan, raised their hands and said, "That's where the responsibility lies."
The new marching route was quickly discussed.
In fact, it is very simple. Just like the previous march route, we march from the Windy Valley to the capital of Goguryeo in the shortest distance. The only trouble is that we need to rearrange the scouts and explore the route in advance.
Liu Jiande, who had remained silent, spoke at this time.
"Your Highness, the Eastern Border has been preparing for the crusade against Goguryeo and Uighur in recent years. Although the court has not allowed us to send troops, starting from my father, I have continuously sent scouts to sneak into Goguryeo to collect and summarize information about Goguryeo."
"Although the current march route is different from the one discussed by the soldiers in Jiande City, there are some places where they overlap."
"Therefore, if necessary, I should be able to provide some information for reference."