To be honest, Ji Wan was also worried. She could choose some mediocre talents with high combat power and intelligence to fill the positions. After all, the most important thing in the army was to go to the battlefield.
But for civil servants, if you don’t hire someone who has a basic understanding of literature and art, you won’t even know how the people below you are fooling you, let alone doing your job.
Unable to find anyone to share the pressure, Ji Wan had no choice but to work overtime with his subordinates.
Fortunately, Ji Wan was temporarily rescued at the station of Xie Xun's army, which was in the direction of Dancheng, Fanzhou.
He discovered that a large number of soldiers appeared in the city.
The scouts saw from afar many well-equipped soldiers walking among them.
Generally, soldiers in military camps are stationed outside the city, and there has never been a precedent of them being stationed inside the city.
This means that many soldiers from other places appeared in Dan City, took over Dan City, and stationed there.
In other words, within Dan City, the Royal Capital Cavalry General Lou Shao had arrived with his troops and had taken over Dan City without any hesitation.
Now Ji Wan and Xie Xun are completely tied to the same boat.
So Xie Xun bluntly asked Ji Wan to send troops to fight against Lou Shao with him. After Ji Wan's army arrived, they would discuss how to deal with Lou Shao before taking action.
It was on the afternoon of the next day that Ji Wan received the written message from Xie Xun.
"This Xie Mingyu is really..." Yang Guan couldn't stand Xie Xun's obvious move of pushing Ji Wan out as cannon fodder.
Everyone knows that His Highness has very few soldiers under his command, and Xie Xun has to wait for Ji Wan, the leader of the troops, to arrive before discussing how to deal with Lou Shao.
It's clear that he has bad intentions!
He has so many soldiers at his disposal. If he wants to fight, why should he bring in Ji Wan's army of only 20,000 or 30,000 people?
It was obvious that he wanted to use the troops in his hands to threaten Ji Wan's soldiers to serve as the vanguard camp!
"How shameless!" Gong Xu couldn't stand it. "Lou Shao's troops are in Dancheng! They're not even at the gate of our Shicheng. Are they waiting for our people to arrive before starting the battle? Xie Xun is clearly trying to send us out and waste our manpower."
Pan Zhuo pinched his goatee, thinking, "Is it really true that we have no choice but to send troops? If we don't, and Xie Xun falls, His Highness will have to face Lou Shao head-on. He's a Cavalry General, after all. Without some real ability, he wouldn't have been able to rise to such a high position."
Pan Zhuo spoke tactfully, but the advisers were all smart and perverted, and they naturally understood what he was saying.
He meant that the General of the Cavalry was a truly capable and powerful general. On the other hand, looking at Ji Wan's side, there were hunters, prostitutes, or assassins, none of whom were generals of decent backgrounds. How could they fight against the General of the Cavalry who had countless military achievements?
"If we don't send troops... it really won't work. At least Your Highness and Xie Xun have to join forces to defeat Lou Shao's 50,000 troops. Otherwise, Your Highness only has 20,000 soldiers to fight Lou Shao's 100,000. It's too difficult. This is clearly a conspiracy that Xie Xun can't refuse!"
Cui Min was also extremely anxious. It was really a bad feeling to be forced to move forward.
"If we must send troops to help... Your Highness, our focus now is to protect our soldiers from being devoured too much by Lou Shao and Xie Xun." Cao Keren, who had recovered from her illness, had lost some weight and looked older than before.
"Knock, knock, knock." Suddenly, there was a series of rapid knocks on the door of the Government Affairs Hall.
Jin Lie was closest to the door. He looked up at the small window used for ventilation and frowned subconsciously after hearing this: "Didn't His Highness order us not to disturb the government office when the windows are closed?"
Ji Wan left the small window in the government office for ventilation, and it would not be closed unless there were special circumstances.
Closing the window means that Ji Wan is discussing something with his subordinates and cannot be disturbed.
A muffled voice came from outside, from the eunuch beside Yang Guan: "Your Highness, a letter has arrived from Dancheng, and the person who sent it demands that it must be delivered to you."
Ji Wan raised his eyebrows in surprise, Dancheng...could it be Lou Shao?
Before, Ji Wan guessed that there might be people from the Cui family around Lou Shao. In order to avoid suspicion, even though she knew that Lou Shao was her mother's subordinate, she did not take the initiative to pass on the news to him.
I didn't expect that this person would take the initiative to send the message.
Ji Wan has not yet told the advisors that Lou Shao is one of their own.
"Please bring the letter." Ji Wan waved to Jin Lie and asked Yang Guan to call the eunuch to bring in the letter.
With curiosity, Ji Wan finished reading the letter and then passed it to Yang Guan, who was closest to him, and asked his subordinates to read it one by one.
"Your Highness and Lou Shao are old acquaintances?!" Zuo Yue was so surprised that she lost her voice.
He was a member of the Cui family before, so he naturally knew which of the Cui family's retainers were trusted.
Ji Wan nodded to Zuo Yue affirmatively: "It's true, Lou Shao is mother's subordinate."
Then he turned meaningfully and said to his subordinates, "Now that the situation has reversed, do you have any good ideas for breaking the impasse?"
Gong Xu was also extremely surprised: "Lou Shao is actually His Highness's man. It's hard to believe... I wonder how much Lou Shao has done for the Cui family."
Jiang Jian had long known that Lou Shao was on Ji Wan's side, so he had remained silent since the start of the meeting, listening to the advisors discussing how to defeat Lou Shao. After learning of his true identity, he even laughed at them several times in a teasing manner.
The content of the letter stated that Lou Shao had already eliminated the people sent by the Cui family to monitor and command the battle. While stationed in Dancheng, he had already captured Dancheng and was in control of it.
The soldiers he brought with him were all his close confidants, and they could join Lou Shao in defecting to Ji Wan.
And he can cooperate with Ji Wan to capture Xie Xun who is sandwiched between the two cities.
Jin Lie looked at the contents of the letter and smiled slowly: "Your Highness, what are we waiting for? How about sending troops directly to destroy Xie Xun and Yao Cheng?"
"Yes, yes." Gong Xu echoed Jin Lie.
Since they met, they quickly became good friends with similar interests due to their similar IQs that were crushed by the group of advisers.
"Don't worry, Generals. Xie Xun still has 70,000 soldiers under his command. It would be best if we could capture these 70,000 without losing a single soldier..." Cui Min said frivolously, "After all, they still want Your Highness to send troops to help. If we take advantage of their trick..."
Being hesitant to speak has become a standard feature of the advisors. After all, they are all respectable scholars, so they naturally speak in a polite manner.
Moreover, Ji Wan's advisors had a good relationship with each other, and they were all like-minded. They knew each other well. Over time, they naturally developed a bad habit of speaking half-sentences.
This made it difficult for several warriors. They scratched their heads and began to think about how to turn the tables without losing a single soldier.
Jin Lie thought for a while and then slowly looked at Cui Min and answered:
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