Two days later, a messenger sent by Wei Qiutai arrived at the Han army camp with a letter requesting assistance.
"Ha~, you Fuyu, now you only have a lonely city left, what else can you give me?"
After reading the letter requesting help, Liu Hong couldn't help but chuckle and calmly looked at the messenger.
"Your Majesty, when I set out, King Yuchoutai swore to Heaven that he would serve the Han Dynasty as a slave for all eternity, hoping that Your Majesty could lead the royal army to save the lives of my Fuyu people as soon as possible."
After saying this, the messenger knelt down with a thud and kowtowed several times.
Liu Hong said calmly, "Get up. Go back and tell Wei Choutai to hold out for another four days."
"Thank you, Your Majesty. I shall take my leave!"
Upon hearing this, the messenger was overjoyed. He kowtowed to Liu Hong again and then quickly left.
After the messenger left, Liu Hong looked at Zhu Jun beside him and asked, "Gongwei, what are your thoughts?"
Zhu Jun laughed and said, "Your Majesty, the fact that the messenger was able to find our army so quickly is obviously Li Xiao's doing. His purpose is to make our army speed up its march and get to their ambush location as soon as possible."
Liu Hong then asked, "So, what should our army do next?"
Zhu Jun: "Ignore it, just continue marching."
Meanwhile, Li Xiao's Goguryeo army had already arrived at the valley.
Upon learning that the Han army was speeding towards this place, Li Xiao was overjoyed and immediately ordered the entire army to chisel rocks and cut down trees on both sides of the valley to prepare for an ambush.
After two days of preparation, and with Li Xiao's eager anticipation, the Han army's banners finally appeared in the sight of the ambush troops.
Just as Li Xiao and the Goguryeo soldiers were excitedly waiting for the Han army to enter the valley and then launch a fatal attack, the Han army stopped and began to set up camp outside the valley entrance.
"What happened? Have we been discovered?"
Seeing the Han army suddenly halt its advance, Li Xiao frowned.
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