"good!"
Li Xin nodded slightly, indicating that he was fairly satisfied with the result.
After all, it would take some time for news of the fall of Linqing and Dezhou to reach the capital. And it would also take some time for the capital to react.
Therefore, even if Zhang Fuchen's troops learned of the situation and wanted to retreat, the Divine Warrior Army would certainly be able to reach the designated location.
Li Xin nodded and instructed, "Tell Wang Zhong's troops to speed up as much as possible!"
"yes!"
Zhao Bingzhang responded with a single sentence.
At that moment, Xie Yuchen strode in from outside.
"Your Highness, there is good news!"
As soon as he entered, Xie Yuchen said directly, "The troops of Prince Qing and Prince Su have raised the banner of rebellion in the Northwest, responding to Your Highness's call!"
"Yeah?"
Li Xin was overjoyed and said, "I didn't expect that Prince Qing and Prince Su would be the most enthusiastic! It's been worth all these years of cooperation!"
"They have seen the light at the end of the tunnel for our victory!"
Zhao Bingzhang said with a smile, "It has been almost a year since we officially broke with the court. In this year, when we launched a surprise attack on Yuguan City, took Liaodong Province, and confronted the court's army at Yuguan City, Prince Qing and Prince Su were helping us behind the scenes."
When Li Ming of the capital colluded with bandits from the grasslands and with Silla to besiege us from three directions, they did not take any action.
Currently, the grassland bandits are at a standstill.
After the fall of Silla, it came under the rule of Dongning.
The situation in Yuguan City is extremely critical.
Prince Qing and Prince Su only raised the banner of rebellion and helped us because they saw that the situation had changed. They saw the potential for profit!
"Alright, stop being so blunt!"
Li Xin smiled and said, "The world is full of complex and diverse forces. There are no permanent friends or permanent enemies, only permanent interests!"
Ultimately, they saw that helping us would bring them the expected benefits!
Or perhaps they want to expand their own power amidst the chaos of war!
Alright, let them tie down a portion of the capital's army first.
Now we can act even more effectively!
As he spoke, Li Xin looked up at Xie Yuchen and asked, "By the way, is there any news from the King of Dian? We offered them a lot of conditions for our cooperation."
"So, the King of Dian has been preparing for this for so long?"
"Your Highness,"
Xie Yuchen shook his head and smiled wryly, saying, "We've been preparing for a long time, and the Dian King's army has already reached the border of Sichuan, but we haven't officially started our operation yet."
"Heh, if they don't take action now, then there'll be no need for them to take action at all!"
Li Xin sneered and said, "These vassal kings are all opportunists! It doesn't matter whether they're here or not!"
Ultimately, it all comes down to having strong internal capabilities!
"Your Highness,"
A ruthless glint flashed in Zhao Bingzhang's eyes as he said, "Once the war has been won in the capital and the government has been stabilized, we must eliminate all the regional princes. All government affairs must be handled in the capital to ensure unified power!"
"Your Highness, let them gloat for a while."
"Um."
Li Xin nodded slightly.
In fact, he had already made this plan in his mind.
Like Li Ming, Li Xin also sought to weaken the power of the regional princes after coming to power.
Moreover, the power of regional military governors must be greatly reduced!
All the regional princes throughout the land were to be eliminated.
Only in this way can the authority of the central court be guaranteed.
This also prevents rebellions from occurring in various places from time to time.
Of course, that's a story for another time!
Li Xin's immediate priority is dealing with Zhang Fuchen's troops in Yuguan City.
After Wang Zhong's valiant army was about to reach its designated position, Li Xin also ordered the Shenyi Army, Shenyou Army, Shence Army, and Shenji Army on the Yuguan side to begin their final preparations.
Meanwhile, in Zhang Fuchen's camp.
Zhang Fuchen's face was gloomy, and he was somewhat depressed.
"Has there been no reply from the capital yet?"
After a long while, Zhang Fuchen asked in a low voice.
"No."
The advisor shook his head and said, "It seems that the capital doesn't want us to retreat directly from Yuguan City. After all, we still have 200,000 troops here. His Majesty still hopes that we can defeat Prince Xin's army, or at the very least, hold them off!"
"Defeat Prince Xin's army? Hah!"
Zhang Fuchen sneered a few times and said, "What a joke! People in the capital don't know how powerful Prince Xin's army is, do they?"
Zhang Fuchen has given up all hope of this idea.
Let alone defeating Prince Xin's army, even if Prince Xin's entire army were to enter the pass now, whether they could stop them is another matter entirely!
Therefore, during this period, Zhang Fuchen kept writing to His Majesty, requesting that before the Prince of Xin's army entered the pass, all 200,000 troops at the front of Yuguan City be withdrawn back to the capital and joined forces with the loyalist army in the capital.
Especially as the militia forces under the command of Prince Xin's army in places like Changli County grew stronger, this idea became more and more persistent.
Some time ago, after learning that the Silla Kingdom had fallen and that the army of Prince Xin in Yuguan City had been expanded, Zhang Fuchen was completely panicked.
He seemed to foresee his own fate and became even more eager for His Majesty to grant his request.
However, no news came from the capital.
The message we received the day before yesterday still ordered them to hold Yuguan City to the death and block the army of Prince Xin!
Therefore, Zhang Fuchen was somewhat angry and looked dejected.
"Let's write another memorial!"
Zhang Fuchen sighed and said, "Let's make the situation clear: if our entire army is wiped out, there will be no hope of victory in the capital. I implore Your Majesty to make a decision as soon as possible!"
"yes!"
The staff member nodded in agreement.
At this moment, Zhang Fuchen thought for a moment and then asked, "Recently, the army of Prince Xin in Yuguan City seems to have been rather quiet, without any major movements."
"It seems so!"
The advisor frowned slightly and said, "Not only is the commotion less intense here in Yuguan City, but the rebels in Changli and Qian'an also seem to have stopped making any moves."
"Yeah?"
Zhang Fuchen's heart sank, and a bad feeling surged into his mind. He had a bad intuition!
"not good!"
Zhang Fuchen's expression changed drastically, and he said, "Do you think Prince Xin's army might be plotting something?"
"this……"
The advisor was taken aback, thought carefully for a moment, and said, "Could it be that Prince Xin's army is planning to surround us here?"
"Encirclement?"
Upon hearing those two words, Zhang Fuchen's heart skipped a beat, and his face turned deathly pale.
He strode to the situation map, looked at the mountainous area north of Yuguan City on the map, and fell into deep thought.
Could it be that the area around Yuguan City has been so calm lately because Prince Xin's army has secretly entered the mountains, intending to bypass them from behind and cut off their retreat?
If that's the case, then the situation could be...
Immediately, Zhang Fuchen took a deep breath and ordered in a deep voice, "Send scouts to the mountainous area to investigate the situation immediately. Be quick!"
Report any developments immediately!
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