Chapter 452 Five Days Later
Two days later, it was October 7th.
The intermittent siege around Guanghan County has lasted for two days, with both sides suffering heavy casualties.
Judging from the current situation, although Guanghan City has not been breached for the time being, the Shu Army is clearly in a "weak position" and it is estimated that it will not be able to hold on for much longer.
Such a situation certainly boosted the morale of the imperial army, and they seemed to become more courageous every time they attacked the city.
For Wei Changtian, Liang Zhen and others, the current development of the war is actually completely in line with their plan.
According to the plan, the Shu army will abandon the city and break out five days after the war begins.
Two days have passed now, and it should not be a problem to hold on for the remaining three days.
Although these five days of "head-on confrontation" were somewhat disadvantageous to the Shu army, "showing weakness to the enemy" was a prerequisite for the smooth implementation of the entire plan, so temporary sacrifices were inevitable.
Because he knows this clearly, Wei Changtian is not too worried about the situation in Shuzhou at the moment.
On the contrary, the situation in Fengyuan made him quite worried.
Judging from the intelligence sent back in the past two days, Wu Ding has remained motionless since retreating three miles, as if he was really frightened by those seven second-grade masters.
However, Wei Changtian understood that this must be what Ning Yongnian meant.
So here comes the question.
Knowing that the enemy had strong reinforcements, why did Ning Yongnian not react at all?
Shouldn't they send reinforcements immediately under normal circumstances? Even if they send a few second-class masters like Li Huaizhong, they can narrow the gap in top combat power.
Ning Yongnian would never give up Dafeng, the piece of fat meat that was already at his fingertips, so he would never stop fighting.
And since there is no ceasefire but no reinforcements, it can only mean that Ning Yongnian also knows what happened in the Dafeng Palace two days ago.
With so many court officials present at the time, it was normal that there were spies from Da Ning among them.
That's why Ning Yongnian decided to wait for two more days and prepare to make further responses based on the next moves of the seven second-grade masters.
If those seven people really took Li Wutong away, then Daning would definitely continue the attack immediately.
And if those seven people didn't leave In fact, Wei Changtian had already communicated with Canhun yesterday, asking the latter if he could let those seven masters stay in Fengyuan for a while longer.
The remnant soul didn't say no, but his words made Wei Changtian realize that there was actually no point in doing so.
Because even if those seven people didn't leave, the situation of the Fengyuan war would not change at all.
Even if Ning Yongnian really sent more experts to reinforce, it would make Dafeng lose even faster.
To put it in an analogy, these seven people are now like nuclear bombs that cannot be launched.
They may have a deterrent effect for one or two days, but after a long time, once the enemy knows their details, they will no longer be of any use.
Dafeng will still be defeated, and by then even Li Wutong might not be able to escape.
No matter how powerful the seven second-rank soldiers are, they can never defeat an army of hundreds of thousands, so the best thing to do is to let those seven people quickly bring Li Wutong back while Dafeng still has the strength to fight. Canhun's analysis was well-reasoned and Wei Changtian agreed greatly after listening to it.
However, he still asked his remnant soul to pass a message to the seven people, asking them to stay in Dafeng for three more days.
The wait went from two days to five days.
Of course there was a reason why Wei Changtian did this.
Because he was still waiting for the result of another matter.
The tenth day of October, the fifth day after the war in Shuzhou began.
At noon, accompanied by the sound of gongs, another round of siege ended.
Black smoke billowed and the sky was obscured.
After five days of continuous fighting day and night, Guanghan County was now reduced to ruins.
The Shu army has suffered losses of more than 10,000 people. If we add in those who are seriously injured and unable to continue fighting, there are now less than 40,000 Shu soldiers still able to go to the battlefield.
Less than 40,000 against nearly 300,000.
As the apparent gap in combat power widened further, an atmosphere of cowardice gradually began to spread among the Shu army.
After all, for the sake of confidentiality, most people did not know the overall battle plan, and they only felt that their side no longer had any chance of winning.
If the battle continues at this pace, Guanghan City will surely be captured within two days.
But fortunately, today is the fifth day, and according to the plan, the Shu army can break through and retreat to Niutou Mountain tonight.
As for low morale, that's not a big problem.
Unlike defending a city, a breakout directly determines everyone's life or death.
It will be a fight to the death, and I'm sure no one will hold back.
What's more, Han Zhao had already left a back door for them
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"Come here! Tell all the generals to come see me!"
In the conference room, Liang Zhen gave orders with a serious face, preparing to start planning for tonight's breakout.
After the messenger responded, he immediately turned around and ran away, just in time to pass by Chu Xianping who was about to come in.
"General Liang."
Chu Xianping stepped aside to let the messenger pass and walked quickly into the conference room.
He nodded to Liang Zhen first, then walked to Wei Changtian and whispered, "The Freemasons have arrived in Fengyuan."
Fengyuan, the Dafeng Imperial Palace.
"Senior, since you have stayed in Fengyuan for another three days, you must have received orders from Master Wei."
"Can you give him a message for me? Just one sentence."
In the princess' palace, Li Wutong looked at the gray-robed old man opposite him, his face looking extremely haggard.
She had not slept a wink during these five days, always waiting for Wei Changtian to contact her.
But till now no news has been delivered to her.
However, the seven second-rank masters suddenly changed their minds and extended the original two-day period to five days.
Li Wutong knew that this must be Wei Changtian's intention, and guessed that the latter must have known what happened before.
But why did Wei Changtian know everything but was unwilling to explain it to him, and didn't even say a word to him? Li Wutong couldn't figure it out, so he could only beg the gray-robed old man to take a message to Wei Changtian.
But she had no idea that the other party actually didn't have the ability to contact Wei Changtian directly.
"Princess, I have already told you about this."
Shaking his head, the grey-robed old man said helplessly, "It is indeed Master Wei's intention to wait for three more days, but I really cannot send a message to him."
“But, but.”
Li Wutong's shoulders trembled, and he bit his lips and wanted to say something.
But at this moment, Zhu Tianhong suddenly walked in from outside the hall.
"Princess, someone wants to see you, claiming to be from Shuzhou."
"Shuzhou?"
Li Wutong stood up instantly: "Who is it?"
"He didn't say anything, only that Princess, you will definitely see him after you see this thing."
As he spoke, Zhu Tianhong reached out and handed a sachet to Li Wutong.
The latter only took a glance at the sachet and instantly froze as if struck by lightning.
She was very familiar with this item. It was the token of love she had embroidered for Wei Changtian. Tears welled up in her eyes instantly and her voice became rapid and trembling.
"Where is that person?"
"Just outside the palace."
Before Zhu Tianhong could finish his words, he saw Li Wutong picking up her skirt and running towards the palace gate regardless of everything.
However, when a man's back appeared in her field of vision, she stopped where she was.
Even though it was just a back view, Li Wutong could tell that this person was not Wei Changtian.
“.”
"Who are you?"
After a few breaths, the chest that had been heaving violently finally began to stabilize.
Li Wutong walked up to the man again and asked coldly, "Why do you have this sachet?"
"Princess, I am a subordinate of Master Wei."
The man must have seen Li Wutong's portrait a long time ago, so his answer was very straightforward.
He bowed slightly, briefly introduced himself and then stated the purpose of his visit.
"The young master ordered me to come to Fengyuan to see the emperor."
(End of this chapter)
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