Chapter 591: Chapter 276: Allied Nations Launch_3

Simultaneously Chengji City is also a majestic city, with walls as high as fifty feet and an outer moat ten feet wide, making it difficult to attack.

With such a lineup, even the powerful army of Xichuan Country with Inborn Grandmaster Jihui might find it difficult to conquer such a tough nut to crack.

As expected, the Xichuan army suffered heavy losses under Chengji City.

Even with Jihui personally leading the attack on the city several times, he couldn’t achieve a breakthrough, as the top experts of Jianchuan Country and their elite soldiers firmly blocked his advance.

Eventually, after the death of three to four thousand Xichuan soldiers, Jihui, whose resources were limited, had to temporarily halt the siege due to his heartache at the loss. Leading his army to camp outside the city, they faced off against the Jianchuan army inside.

However, this standoff probably won’t last too long.

That’s because, within Jianchuan Country, troops from various regions are gathering quickly. In not too long, a new batch of one hundred thousand troops will head north to reinforce Chengji City.

Once these hundred thousand troops arrive, the Jianchuan army in Chengji City will have a force of one hundred and fifty thousand.

Facing such an army several times larger than his own, Jihui, even as an Inborn Grandmaster, will have difficulty resisting, and retreating and withdrawing his troops will be inevitable.

“I only hope that this old monk Jihui can put up a fight. Even if he can’t beat the opponent, he shouldn’t retreat easily. Even if he serves as a nail, keep an eye on Jianchuan Country.

With his presence as an Inborn Grandmaster, even though Xichuan Country has limited military strength, it can at least deter Jianchuan Country.

As long as they can hold back more than one hundred thousand troops from this country and overthrow Nanzhao Country, Xichuan Country will have played its role.”

Lu Yuan squeezed the intelligence in his hand, his eyes filled with worry.

Although he had never expected Xichuan Country to contribute much, their initial disadvantage was somewhat unexpected.

However, the presence of such a powerful vassal country like Jianchuan Country within Nanzhao Country was also a bit surprising to Lu Yuan.

With a territory of four prefectures, a population of eight hundred thousand, this Yi nation’s strength is already not inferior to Xichuan Country and may even be slightly stronger.

Though Xichuan Country has recovered somewhat in recent years, based on the investigations of Lu Yuan’s intelligence agency, the population is only between six and seven hundred thousand, still fewer than Jianchuan Country by over a hundred thousand people.

If the three small Yi Nations under Jianchuan Country’s control are also included, their population would be close to one million, widening the gap between the two countries.

If it weren’t for the fact that Xichuan had an Inborn Grandmaster like Jihui, holding an advantage in terms of top-level combat strength, who would invade whom might not be so certain?

It’s precisely because of this huge gap in strength between the two sides that Lu Yuan is now worried about whether Jihui might give up.

If Xichuan Country cannot be relied upon, once Jianchuan Country frees its hands, teams up with Nanzhao Country and helps Da Changhe Country, the enemies he will face will increase by a hundred thousand.

Even if they are all militiamen acting as cannon fodder, their presence on the battlefield can’t be ignored.

Lu Yuan does not want to see this happen.

“I have to give Jihui some support and help to make sure that the old monk doesn’t hesitate to lose and retreat.”

He thought, then picked up pen and paper and began to write a transfer order.

From the current situation in Xichuan Country, they may choose to retreat due to insufficient military strength.

In this case, if they don’t have the troops, he’ll provide them.

After all, Han Shun still had ten thousand county soldiers in Xichuan Prefecture. There wasn’t much for this army to do there. Local prefectures and county soldiers could handle the day-to-day suppression of bandits and maintenance of public order, without needing the county soldiers.

As for the responsibility of the county soldiers to resist foreign enemies…

Now that Xichuan Country is adjacent to Xichuan Prefecture, Jihui has already joined the alliance and is leading his troops to participate in the war on the front line. All the troops of Hanzhong Country are concentrated in the north, busy resisting the pressure of Zhou Country.

Neither of these two countries has the ability or strength to threaten Chu State’s Xichuan Prefecture.

Since this is the case, the ten thousand county soldiers under Han Shun are naturally idle.

“Let Han Shun lead the troops as part of the alliance and support Jihui. With these ten thousand soldiers as a supplement, Jihui will have almost thirty thousand troops under his command.

With this strength, even if they don’t make progress, finding a city to defend in Jianchuan Country should be no problem.

I hope he understands my meaning.”

As Lu Yuan pondered, the transfer order was ready. Stamped and sealed, he summoned his personal guard and sent it quickly to Xichuan Prefecture.

After finishing all this, he took the time to think and then called for Li Xiong.

“Greetings, Your Majesty.”

Li Xiong hurriedly arrived and bowed to Lu Yuan the moment he entered.

“Li Qing has arrived.”

Hearing the movement, Lu Yuan was roused from his thoughts. He glanced at Li Xiong and then smiled, “You previouslyrequested to cross the river and attack the Great Changhe Army. At that time, I rejected your suggestion, saying that we should wait for the right time.

Now, more than half a month has passed, and the time has come.”

As he spoke, he handed the three pieces of intelligence to Li Xiong, “Now Su, Song, and Xichuan, these three countries have all responded to my call, dispatching their respective troops to attack the southwestern Yi regions.

Both Dali and Nanzhao countries are now invaded by the three countries, so they can’t take care of anything else.

Da Changhe Country is now completely isolated and without help.”

Thus, I’ve decided to appoint Li Qing as the vanguard general, commanding three thousand Yi soldiers from our army as the vanguard, to cross the Lu River and attack the enemy.”

Lu Yuan’s tone was authoritative, conveying an unquestionable will.

Now that his allies have successively exerted their strength, restraining the two Yi countries who could potentially provide aid to Da Changhe Country, it’s time for him to act.”

Da Changhe Country, on the other hand, has exhausted its resources after these months of deadlock, showing faint signs of being unable to hold on.”

With time, personnel, and everything else in his favorendcode, the only advantage the other party has is their strategic location by the river.”

He can’t let such a golden opportunity to win slip through his fingers, and he plans to seize it to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop.”

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Watching Li Xiong, whose face was flushed with excitement after reading the intelligence, he thought to himself.