Yuan Xingzhou resolutely replied, "She is more important than any plan."
"General, you shouldn't be acting on emotion," Pang Min advised in a deep voice.
Upon hearing this, Yuan Xingzhou suddenly revealed an extremely strange and sinister smile. He met Pang Min's stern and upright eyes: "This is the first time I've heard someone say that I have feelings. Do I look like a person now?"
Pang Min's pupils constricted, like a frog being stared at by a venomous snake, the deathly gaze of a master hunter sending chills down his spine.
As for what Yuan Shengzhou said to him, he couldn't hear it at all.
However, seeing Pang Min standing there dumbfounded and silent, Wang Feichen and Zhao Deyu spoke up for him: "Commander, even if Julu Kingdom really attacks Ye Camp, there are nearly four thousand soldiers stationed in the camp, which can hold them off for a while. We just need to..."
"In just one day, she has done everything she could. Repelling two countries in succession is her current limit. If I don't buy her some time, the three hundred triple crossbows of the Julu Kingdom alone can annihilate these four thousand soldiers."
When talking about these four thousand soldiers, Wang Feichen and Zhao Deyu both knew very well that they could not be considered a regular army, let alone compare with the elite armies of other countries. It was a stretch to consider them as a fighting force; they were only there to make up the headcount.
Therefore, the decision to leave them to Lieutenant Zheng as laborers can be considered a good use of their resources. If they were really sent to the battlefield to fight the enemy, these four thousand soldiers might not even be as good as the one or two thousand men in the hall.
"So what does the commander intend to do?" Pang Min stopped trying to dissuade him and instead analyzed the consequences of doing so: "If the commander returns to Ye Camp now, he will only be going to his death with Deputy Officer Zheng. With our current manpower, we might have a chance to turn the tide if we take a risky move. If we really confront them head-on, we will only end up with a bloody mess."
Yuan Xingzhou suddenly said, "Do you think that I entrusted the entire rear of Yingye to her because she is the one in my heart?"
The three were shocked. He... how could he admit it so readily? Why did he just lay it all out on them like that?
"Of course, that's one reason, but more importantly, I need her, and the Kingdom of Ye needs her too. She can stand alone to protect the rear, and she is also capable of undertaking great responsibilities and achieving great things."
He will help her realize her dreams and create the Great Ye Kingdom she desires, allowing her to realize her ambitions and soar freely.
The three of them found it unbelievable that the Crown Prince had given her such high praise and recognition. Perhaps in their minds, a woman could only be praised as a "heroine of the nation" at best, and no matter how capable she was, she was far inferior to a man who could achieve great things, be appointed as a general, and be granted a title.
Men of that time generally accepted that women were inferior to men, even some extraordinary women.
Seeing that they couldn't persuade him, they said helplessly, "Your Highness, are you determined to do this?"
Yuan Xingzhou said, "That's right, my mind is not to change, I insist on doing so."
When Yuan Xingzhou was about to lead his troops back to Ye Camp, he encountered the Xize Kingdom's army on the way. It wasn't exactly a coincidence, because the Xize Kingdom originally planned to take Hongsheng Kingdom first. The Xize Kingdom had learned in advance that Hongsheng Kingdom's commander, Shen Tangzhong, had led his troops away from the camp early, and felt it would be a pity to miss such an opportunity. Why not take advantage of the situation when the enemy was unprepared and seize the opportunity to take them down?
Once we have secured an absolute advantage, we can then begin to deal with other powerful nations.
As for the minor state of Ye, which could be dealt with at any time, he was not worried about it at all.
The Xize Kingdom has deployed 3,000 troops this time, which is about 1,000 fewer than the Yuanxing Continent's forces. However, the Yuanxing Continent's troops have just fought a major battle, suffering heavy losses and exhaustion, and have not yet had time to rest and recover. Therefore, if they were to face the ever-victorious Xize Kingdom's army under these circumstances, they would definitely be overwhelmed.
But things are always unpredictable. In another direction, Hou Feiqing's Beiyuan troops also tracked the Xize army into the forest. The three armies were in a triangular formation, with their commanders looking at each other from a distance. For a moment, no one made the first move.
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As Zheng Quchi watched the sky gradually darken, she realized that once night fell, even a campfire would not provide the same clear and bright light as the sun, which would undoubtedly increase the difficulty for her, as she needed to measure precisely.
"It's almost dark, how... how can we possibly finish this?" Liu Chaiji asked, wiping away his sweat.
Zheng Quchi snapped the wood in half and threw it on the ground. He shook his head and said, "No, if we work at night, we're prone to visual distortion, which means we'll easily get dizzy. I'm not energetic enough, and it will delay the project. Let's stop when it gets dark."
"Oh, so what are our plans for tonight? Will there be an enemy attack?" Liu Chaiji felt a little panicked at the thought of darkness falling.
Zheng Quchi was no different. She patted the wooden pieces stuck to her body and continued to dismantle the mold: "I don't know, but I already have a plan to get through tonight safely."
"Tonight, what about tomorrow?" Liu Chaiji asked quickly.
Zheng Quchi kept busy with his hands and didn't stop complaining: "What are you thinking? If an enemy attacks tonight, which country do you think it will be?"
Liu Chaiji could never have guessed, but he thought, "It's either Julu Kingdom or Beiyuan Kingdom, or it's either Beiyuan Kingdom or Xize Kingdom."
Zheng Quchi asked directly, "Are these three kingdoms easy to deal with?"
Without hesitation, Liu Chaiji replied, "Of course they are not easy to deal with, especially Beiyuan and Julu. One of them has the best weapons in the seven kingdoms, and the other has the most exquisite weapons in the nine provinces. Only General Yuwen has the ability to fight them and still remain undefeated."
"That's it. No matter which country sends scouts to explore first, if we can temporarily send them away or intimidate them, isn't that already quite an achievement?"
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