As soon as he finished speaking, Dian Wei's eyes lit up, and he followed up:
"They're here! That's great!"
Qin Ze stroked his chin, his expression calm, and slowly said, "Don't get so excited, the fight hasn't even started yet."
"Their reinforcements have taken so many days to arrive, so there must be quite a few of them. We still need to be careful."
Bai Qi composed himself and immediately nodded, saying:
"My lord is right. In my humble opinion, we have been holding back our troops these past few days, and we are worried that the Tu Yuan Kingdom's army will not arrive for some time. We are indeed getting a little anxious."
At this point, he changed the subject: "Huo Qubing cannot go to the enemy camp, so the number of troops on the other side is still unclear."
"However, we have an army of 300,000, and the Tu Yuan army is aware of this. Since the Tu Yuan Kingdom has chosen to continue fighting, it goes without saying that they will send even more troops than we do."
"If I were their commander, I would naturally need more than 300,000 troops to feel at ease."
Qin Ze nodded slightly. "That's right. If you want to continue fighting, you'll definitely need more than 300,000 troops."
"But it doesn't matter. We already have enough weapons. Having more people won't hurt. It will allow us to make the most of these weapons."
Dian Wei nodded and then said, "My lord, now that their reinforcements have arrived, shall we set out to fight tomorrow?"
Qin Ze and Bai Qi shook their heads at the same time.
Seeing the doubt on Dian Wei's face, Bai Qi said in a deep voice, "We don't need to send troops; we should send them here."
"Although they have already sent a large force today, who knows if they have reinforcements coming from behind?"
"If we start a war now, and they find they can't beat us and choose to retreat, then the reinforcements will inevitably retreat back to their home country."
"But if they take the initiative to send troops to Xijing, it means that their reinforcements have arrived and they are fully prepared, which is why they dare to leave their camp to attack Xijing."
"In other words, they won't have any more reinforcements for at least a short time, so we don't need to wait any longer."
Dian Wei scratched his head and nodded silently.
Qin Ze pursed his lips slightly and said calmly, "That's right. When they send their troops, that will be the time for us to fight them."
At this point, Bai Qi's expression turned serious, and he said in a deep voice, "My lord, we now have so many war siege weapons and triple crossbows. Once the war begins, their power will be unimaginable."
"The Tu Yuan army has a large number of troops. If they escape back to their country in the chaos of battle, that would be terrible!"
"Huo Qubing traveled along the border of Xijing with a geomantic map during this period. Although he could not enter the Tu Yuan army camp, he discovered that there was a large river at the border between our Da Gan and Tu Yuan.
This river is called the Fuga River. A bridge spans it; this bridge is very wide and was built over several decades by the Tuyuan Kingdom. Its foundations are submerged in the river, making it extremely sturdy. It is the bridge connecting Daqian and Tuyuan.
"They came here by crossing this stone bridge."
Upon hearing this, Qin Ze stroked his chin, a glint of light flashing in his eyes.
"You mean... you cut off their retreat?"
Bai Qi lowered his eyelids, a slightly gloomy smile appearing on his lips.
"Exactly!"
"Although the war siege engines and triple crossbows can move, they are too slow. If they split up, it will be difficult to catch them."
"Why not transport some war halberds around their camp and launch boulders at the bridge from a distance?"
"If they can't retreat back to their homeland, then they'll have no choice but to fight us or hold out in their camp. In that case, we can just throw boulders and fire crossbow bolts!"
After finishing his speech, Qin Ze nodded slightly and said, "Then the bridge is destroyed?"
"How should we proceed with the mapping of primitives from now on...?"
Bai Qi smiled slightly, took out a geomantic map from his bosom, pointed to the map and said, "Rest assured, my lord."
"Huo Qubing led his men to the bridge and sketched out its appearance. It was no ordinary bridge; more accurately, it was a road built in the river by countless stones!"
"It was built by filling the river with stones and then building on top of it. Over the years, they have continuously reinforced it so that thousands of troops could cross the river to carry out large-scale construction."
At this point, Bai Qi shook his head and sneered, "This shows that Tu Yuan Kingdom has long wanted to seize the territory of Da Gan. If they take Xi Jing, their next step will inevitably be to plot for more territory."
"However, for us now, it's actually a good thing."
After finishing his speech, Qin Ze nodded and smiled, saying:
"Okay! Go and make the arrangements."
"If you want to take our land, then let me borrow this bridge."
"Yes, my lord!"
Bai Qi took a deep breath, a slight smile playing on his lips, and immediately turned and left...
Not long after, Huo Qubing, who was out on an expedition, met with Bai Qi.
Afterwards, Huo Qubing led 30,000 men, 100 war siege engines, and 400 wooden carts away. If a war siege engine needed to launch the war siege engine with the longest range of projectiles, it would require more than 200 people to pull the siege engine rope. Therefore, he had to take more men with him.
In addition, this time they had to go around to the border from a distance, the purpose of which was naturally to avoid being discovered by the Tu Yuan army.
After all, if such a powerful weapon were exposed prematurely, it would likely instill fear in them.
If they were allowed to return home, it would be a disappointing outcome for Bai Qi, who was in charge of this battle.
Afterwards, Bai Qi ordered the sentries outside the Tu Yuan camp to closely monitor the movements of the Tu Yuan army, and to report immediately if they were to launch an attack.
Time passed slowly, and soon it was evening.
Inside the tent, Bai Qi lay on a straw mat, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.
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