The Chen Dynasty's attack came earlier than expected.

It has to be said that Chen Yu is a capable person. If he had not encountered such a perverted world setting, he might have been a good prince.

Although everyone in Qinghe judged that the vanguard troops of the Chen Dynasty would arrive in half a year, it was obvious that Chen Yu could not wait that long. In a war of this scale, if the enemy could be caught by surprise, the advantages that could be gained in the early stages would be considerable.

Therefore, Lord Tang Tongtang, who had been stationed on the southwestern border of the Chen Dynasty, became Chen Yu's first choice.

There was no way. Although the Chen Dynasty's Ministry of War still evaluated Tang Tong as "mediocre", his position was too good. Moreover, after a period of military preparation, Tang Tong loudly declared in his report to the Ministry of War that he had recruited and trained a full 100,000 elite and courageous soldiers.

It was unimaginable to maintain 100,000 combat soldiers in the southwest of the Chen Dynasty. After all, even if it was based on the conventional ratio of one to three, 100,000 combat soldiers would require a full 300,000 auxiliary soldiers and civilian laborers to support the combat.

Therefore, the Chen Dynasty's Ministry of War was not fooled by Tang Tong's exaggerated report, which was similar to a satellite launch. It calmly believed that Tang Tong's total troops were estimated to be around 200,000, of which no more than 50,000 were combat troops, which also included the troops needed to garrison the border between the Chen Dynasty and Xin Yuetu.

The number of troops that could be directly mobilized for combat was no more than 30,000 combat troops and nearly 100,000 auxiliary troops.

But no matter what, 30,000 people are not 30,000 pigs. Even if Tang Tong can no longer command, 30,000 people rushing forward can cause huge trouble to the newly born Qinghe Empire and buy time for the main force of the central battlefield to transfer.

That's enough.

As the imperial edict was issued, Tang Tong, with a face full of pain, entanglement and confusion, looked at Xue Wuxia in front of him and felt like crying but had no tears.

"Master Xue, what do you think?"

Tang Tong placed the imperial edict sent by Chen Yu on the table with both hands with a little respect. This was probably the only way for him to be loyal to the Great Chen Dynasty now.

Xue Wuxia did not go to read the imperial edict.

Previously, according to Wang Zuo's order, she had led the team to Jiankang to lie in ambush. It was only when she heard that the war had broken out that she hurried back to control Tang Tong. To be honest, she knew the content of the imperial edict before Tang Tong, and a copy of the imperial edict must have been placed on the desk of His Majesty the Emperor Qinghe.

"Didn't the imperial edict say that Lord Tang should quickly organize the army, leave behind the necessary garrison troops, and then march westward to attack Qinghe as soon as possible?"

Xue Wuxia smiled and said, "Why, Master Tang still has the courage to disobey the imperial decree?"

When Tang Tong heard this, he realized that the people from the Qinghe Intelligence Bureau were indeed omnipresent and knew the contents of the imperial edict without even reading it.

But thinking of this, Tang Tong couldn't help but complain in his heart: If you are so powerful, why did you let the imperial edict come down? Attack Qinghe? Ha! The entire Zhaoyang City, from the prefect to the soldiers guarding the city, even the maids, guards, cooks and grooms in my general's mansion, aren't they all from Qinghe?

If I want to attack Qinghe, I'm afraid I won't even be able to get out of the study.

"Master Xue, no kidding."

Tang Tong collected his thoughts and continued:

"If we don't follow His Royal Highness's instructions, even if we can hold out for a while, we won't be able to hold out for a few days once the central army arrives."

Tang Tong felt a little regretful now. He had been able to get along with everyone before and made a lot of money. He even smuggled materials through the city gates in broad daylight and was even guarded by government troops. But now it seems that he might have made too much money too easily and was noticed by someone with ulterior motives, and as a result, he was put on a show in front of the prince.

"Lord Tang, you must understand that in the Crown Prince's eyes, you are not only the only general in the southwestern Chen Dynasty commanding a large army, but you are also the one who completed the defensive counterattack against the Khmer and even expanded the territory. As long as the Crown Prince's mind is not completely confused, he will definitely choose you to lead the troops. There is no doubt about that."

Xue Wuxia found it a bit amusing and even laughed out loud: "Who told you, Lord Tang, to achieve such a 'great victory' last time? Speaking of which, that was the Chen Dynasty's most impressive military achievement in the past few years."

"Oh my Snow Lord~~~~"

Tang Tong felt that the situation was urgent, so why was this little girl still joking?

Alas, if I hadn't seen her kill someone with my own eyes, I would have been deceived by her appearance again.

"Master Xue, the imperial edict was delivered swiftly, a distance of eight hundred miles. The eunuch who delivered it is easy to fool, and I can just give him some money, but the military supervisor following behind is not easy to deal with. If the military supervisor comes with the imperial sword and sees that I haven't sent troops yet, what do you think I will do?"

"What should I do?"

Xue Wuxia put away her smile and said sternly, "In the entire Zhaoyang City, everyone is either yours or mine. How many troops does this military supervisor have? If he's sensible, then so be it. If he's not, just chop him down with your sword."

Tang Tong was horrified and said, "The military supervisor holding the imperial sword is not the old Jinyiwei. We can kill him if we want. If the military supervisor dies here, we will be in big trouble."

"Oh, you're worried about that. It's simple."

Xue Wuxia waved her hand, signaling him not to worry.

"Then I'll do it myself, chop him up with a knife."

Xue Wuxia took the initiative to undertake this work and was even willing to do more:

"Anyway, no matter who killed him, we'll spread the word that it was you, Lord Tang. So, Lord Tang, killing a military inspector who was like an imperial envoy is enough to make your name in history and earn you a separate page in the family tree?"

"Master Xue, please stop teasing me. Return the family tree. If I do that, the family tree will be the list used by the Jinyiwei to exterminate the clan. Whatever I write on it will be useless."

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