Outside Xichuan City, inside Li Liang's camp.

"What? That brat called me a traitor? How dare he!" Li Liang stamped his feet in anger. "Where is His Majesty? Where is my brother? What did they say in response?"

"Reporting to the General, His Majesty has not responded. As for your brother..." The messenger hesitated, unable to finish his sentence.

"What's wrong? Did my brother reply?" Li Liang pressed.

"Yes, please take a look!" The messenger handed the letter to Li Liang.

The latter was furious when he opened it.

He angrily tore the letter to pieces, shouting, "Nonsense! Utter nonsense!"

The Empress ignored him, and Li Liang could tolerate it.

Li Liang could not tolerate that his own brother had given such an order.

"You actually want me to lead the Crimson Flame Army to Dos to help the Dos people wipe out Lin Mo?" Li Liang thought to himself, "Brother, brother, what are you thinking! Doing this will bring my Li family to ruin!"

Li Liang was rather simple-minded; his ideals were loyalty to the emperor, patriotism, and the defense of the Great Xia.

The Empress ordered him to lead the Chiyan Army to Shu, saying that Lin Mo was hoarding troops and plotting a rebellion.

Without saying a word, he accepted the order and came.

In Li Liang's view, Lin Mo had rendered meritorious service to the Great Xia by suppressing bandits in Shu and conquering the barbarians of Duosi.

However, there are too many precedents in Daxia.

After a regional prince achieved great military exploits, he became arrogant and started to act recklessly in his fiefdom.

Since the Empress said so, and his own brother said so, Li Liang naturally believed it.

Upon arriving in Shu, just as rumored, Lin Mo recruited tens of thousands of soldiers.

This seems to confirm that Lin Mo had the intention to rebel.

However, what happened next caught Li Liang off guard.

First, there was that reckless man who would kill someone at the slightest disagreement; Li Liang almost lost his life in Shu.

He would certainly report such a treasonous act to the Empress.

As a result, the Empress simply ignored her.

You're the one who accused Lin Mo of treason, and now that you've found the evidence, you're just washing your hands of it. What does that mean?

Even more outrageous, his own brother actually wanted him to form an alliance with the Dossians!

"General, what should we do?" Li Liang's subordinate asked.

This question completely baffled Li Liang.

"Yes, what should I do?"

Bringing the troops back to Beijing? No way!

Li Liang came here on the Empress's orders, but now the Empress hasn't let him go back.

Attacking Xichuan City? That won't work either.

There are 30,000 to 40,000 troops guarding Xichuan City, and the city's defenses have been reinforced.

While it may not be impregnable, it would definitely take at least six months to take down.

Besides, the Empress did not issue an order to attack the city. If a battle breaks out, how will she explain it?

Using Xu Chu's previous attack on him as an example? That's untenable!

Lin Mo has already turned the truth upside down, and Li Liang is now the traitor.

"Should I really listen to my brother?" Li Liang thought bitterly.

Seeing Li Liang's reaction, his advisor immediately said, "General, we can wait and see, there's no need to rush into a decision!"

"What do you mean, sir?" Li Liang asked, puzzled.

“As far as I know, the Dos people are already assembling a large force and marching towards the new city that the Shu King has built on Mount Dos,” his advisor said. “Lin Mo has vowed to kill the entire Dos people. If Lin Mo is defeated, do you think the Dos people will let him go so easily?”

We can station our troops here and wait for the battle situation on the other side of the grassland.

The Chiyan Army was deployed outside Xichuan City to tie down Lin Mo's troops in Xichuan City.

Lin Mo can't just leave us to fend for ourselves; doing so would be like being attacked from both sides.

We've indirectly helped the Dos people, and General Li Hu can handle it.

At the same time, we can sit back and watch the show, waiting for Lin Mo and the Dos people to fight to the death before we come out to clean up the mess.

Li Liang analyzed, "That makes sense! Sir, your plan is indeed brilliant. We'll follow your suggestion!"

~~~

At this moment, in the main hall of the Prince's Mansion in Xichuan City.

Lin Mo paced back and forth, feeling extremely frustrated and overwhelmed.

"Tusi, how could I forget about these bastards!" Lin Mo cursed. "These guys are more annoying than rats. We should burn the whole forest down and see where they can hide!"

It turned out that the Feng clan chieftain of Shu took advantage of Lin Mo being attacked from both sides to plunder.

"My lord, please give me three hundred heavily armored cavalrymen in black armor, and I will wipe them all out!" Xu Chu declared confidently.

Lin Mo gave a bitter smile, "How will you find them?"

The Feng clan chieftains and the bandits in Sichuan were completely different kinds of enemies.

Most of the bandits were ordinary people who were too poor to afford food, so they turned to banditry.

Of course, some were former soldiers of the Great Xia Dynasty who were forced to become bandits due to the influence of treacherous officials in the court.

Whether they were soldiers or civilians, once they became bandits, they had to occupy a mountain to become their den, robbing and looting to fill their stomachs.

To put it simply, you can run away from the monk but not the temple; just find the mountain stronghold.

The Feng clan chieftains were different; they were all local natives, and many of them had lived in the forest since they were born, with the towering mountains and deep forests being their home.

How to understand this? It's like Yuenan on Earth. The high-tech United States went to attack it with planes and tanks, but it suffered a great defeat.

Ultimately, unable to withstand domestic public opinion pressure, they withdrew their troops in disgrace.

Lin Mo, a master of cold weapons...

"Report the situation!" Yao Guangxiao instructed.

Ran Min unfolded the leather map and flattened it. "Li Liang's Chiyan Army is to our east, and our enemy still holds Jianping Pass to the east. On the other hand, the Dos army has been assembled and is heading towards Tianyue Mountain."

To the west, the Feng chieftain is constantly harassing us. Look closely, the official road to the west is the only route our supply corps can take.

If General Bai Qi had started the war and the Feng clan chieftain still existed, then General Bai Qi would not have received any supplies.

Looking further ahead, if General Bai Qi's campaign becomes increasingly difficult, Li Liang is highly likely to send troops to cut off his retreat, ensuring he can never return to Shu.

Lin Mo frowned as he looked at the map, his forehead furrowing into deep lines. "The dangers don't stop there. If we fall into a disadvantageous position, that bastard Li Hu will send all his main forces here."

Their total troop strength exceeded ours, and they had also separated the troops in Xichuan City from those in Tianyue Mountain.

What a difficult situation to solve!

Yao Guangxiao closed his eyes in thought. After a while, he opened his eyes and said, "Your Highness, the situation doesn't seem so bad."

"Oh?" Lin Mo asked, puzzled.

Yao Guangxiao smiled. "Your Highness, don't you think the only problem right now is the Feng clan chieftain?"

"Yes, it's these damned rats. If we wipe out these bastards and clear the roads for transporting grain, all the problems will be solved," Lin Mo thought to himself.

"Guangxiao, do you have any good ideas?"

"Yes, Your Highness," Yao Guangxiao smiled again, "but it might require you to sacrifice your good looks."

"Holy crap, what's going on? My lust?" Lin Mo exclaimed in surprise.