At the same time, Zhao Hao finally received news from the battlefield in China.
After hearing Qingniao's report, Zhao Hao felt unwell.
because……
The battlefield situation was 80% similar to the fake news he had made up before.
After easily conquering Qingyun City, the Southern Chu army did want to take advantage of the fact that Dagan’s army had not yet established a firm foothold and its defense line had not yet been fully formed to catch Dagan off guard.
Therefore, the army of Southern Chu advanced rapidly and attacked Jianning City.
As luck would have it, General Yu Ping, the defender of Jianning City, actually did as Zhao Hao had fabricated and wanted to give the Southern Chu army a warning and severely dampen their morale.
He actually ambushed 20,000 troops outside the city, and when the Southern Chu army arrived, he led another army out of the city.
The difference is that the Southern Chu army did not make any attempts, and a total of 30,000 troops came over.
Nearly 60,000 troops from both sides started a fight under the city of Jianning.
The battle that started in the afternoon lasted all night, if it would just continue like this until the end.
Dagan will definitely win.
And they will win big.
After all, it was surrounded on three sides, taking advantage of the geographical location on the battlefield.
But soon, another 20,000 troops came to reinforce from Nanchu.
The military strength reached twice that of Dagan.
Together with the army of Rongdi, the total strength reached 70,000.
In this way, there is no suspense about the outcome.
Yu Ping had no choice but to retreat back into the city.
Among the soldiers he brought back, more than 10,000 were killed.
More than 10,000 successfully returned to the city.
The combat effectiveness of the Dagan Army is still quite impressive.
With the loss of more than 10,000 people, 25,000 Southern Chu soldiers were killed, and 3,000 to 4,000 Rongdi also fell.
If we simply look at it from the perspective of killing the enemy, Yu Ping's battle can be considered a victory.
However, from the perspective of the entire battle situation, this battle was lost.
Not only did they lose, but they lost miserably.
Because Jianning City is too important, after Yu Ping's operation.
There were nearly 30,000 defenders, but half of them were gone in the blink of an eye.
This made Jianning City suddenly become precarious.
After the great battle, Yu Ping held his ground and refused to leave, but the Nanchu and Yirong coalition forces launched a frenzied siege.
The siege lasted for four days and three nights, and Jianning City almost fell several times.
In the end, with the strong support of more than 10,000 soldiers and the people in the city, Nan Chu was not able to take over.
At this time, Dagan's 10,000 reinforcements finally arrived.
This barely stabilized the defense.
However, even with the addition of 10,000 new troops, the entire Jianning City was still in danger of falling at any time.
This news was from half a month ago.
It is unclear what the situation is now, as battlefield information cannot be obtained in real time.
After hearing the news, Zhao Hao felt like it was just a joke.
Bro, I just made it up, okay?
Is it necessary to cooperate like this?
What was the guard's name?
Yu Ping, right? When I get the chance, I’ll have to see with my own eyes how smart you are.
Seeing Zhao Hao's wonderful expression, Qingniao said, "Your Majesty, there is no need to worry too much. Everyone knows the importance of Jianning City. Your Majesty will never let it fall."
Zhao Hao nodded and agreed with this statement.
After a pause, he asked, "What about Wu? Is there any news?"
Bluebird shook his head: "The Wu army has been advancing steadily, and the speed of advancement is not very fast."
"They split into two groups, heading for Tianshui and Tongshan respectively."
"Each of them has 40,000 troops."
"All the way from Tianshui, they reached Qimen Gorge 20 days ago, but they were not in a hurry to attack the city."
"According to intelligence, they are probably waiting for another large army to arrive at Tongshan, and then they may launch an attack at the same time."
"This news was also half a month ago."
"According to the time calculation, we should have arrived at Tongshan a long time ago. It is still unknown whether we have taken any action now."
Zhao Hao nodded and said, "Xie Daoxun is a man of great talent, and he is not lacking in military experience."
"Compared to Nanchu, I am more worried about Wu."
"Ordinary people may not be able to stop it."
The blue bird said, "My Lord, your concern is correct, so General Chuyun has already gone to Tongshan."
The Qimen Gorge waterway would not be a big deal even if it was breached.
As long as there is a small amount of excitable power, the water route can be cut off at any time.
Therefore, I believe that even if they were breached, Wu Jun would not dare to go too deep.
Perhaps this is also the reason why Qimen Gorge still did not launch an attack after reaching the location.
Zhao Hao nodded slightly and said, "If that's the case, there probably won't be any problem."
The blue bird said, "My Lord, victory is decided on the battlefield, so there will be no problem for me to lead the army."
"But now, there is still a long way to go in terms of food, weapons, and war horses."
"The news from Yue said that Yue suffered a serious food disaster this year, so they can't provide us with enough military rations."
"Therefore, it is even more important for us to purchase grain from Shu right now."
Zhao Hao took a deep breath and said, "Yes, so we must buy enough food in Shu."
"By the way, in the past few days, have those small and medium-sized businesses prepared to transport grain to the border?"
Qingniao frowned and shook his head: "No, Guard Wu said before that when most businesses heard that there was an opportunity to cooperate with the Marquis, they were very happy and even very eager to try."
"But suddenly there was no movement again. I guess the owners of these businesses must have been warned again."
Zhao Hao couldn't help but sigh deeply, and said: "First it was Princess Yucheng, and then it was King Xiaoyao."
"You really don't treat me as a human being!"
After a pause, Zhao Hao said, "Don't worry about it. Let the 300 carriages go first and we'll talk about it when we get to the border."
"Also, Bluebird, please look for other business owners who really want to cooperate with us."
"Tell them that all they need to do is provide the location where the food is stored."
“No need for them to deliver.”
"This is considered cooperation. They can send people to the border to get our goods."
"I'll give them a handwritten letter."
Qingniao's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said, "My Lord, this is indeed a good idea! I'll do it right away!"
Having said that, he turned around and was about to leave.
Zhao Hao quickly stopped her and said, "Don't worry, come here."
Qingniao was stunned, not quite understanding what Zhao Hao meant.
Zhao Hao immediately rolled his eyes and said, "I asked you to come over here."
Upon hearing this, Qingniao took a few steps forward and came to a distance of two steps away from Zhao Hao.
Seeing this, Zhao Hao was speechless and said, "I asked you to come closer to my ear, why are you so scared?"
"I am so weak that I can't even tie a chicken!"
Compared with ordinary people, Zhao Hao can indeed be considered tall and strong.
Strong enough too.
However, compared with the real martial artists, it is a bit insignificant.
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