"Please rest assured, my lord, my king will never break his promise!"
The Yilou envoy's face lit up with joy, and he quickly made his assurances.
After the Yilou envoy left, Shefu looked at Li Ru with a puzzled expression.
"Sir, do you have a good strategy to defeat the enemy?"
Li Ru shook his head: "No, our army is all cavalry, how could we possibly take down the heavily fortified Daqing military town?"
Shefu looked displeased: "Then wouldn't our army be sending troops to their deaths in vain?"
Li Ru smiled and said, "Lord Shefu, sending troops is sending troops, and attacking a city is attacking a city. The two should not be confused!"
"Furthermore, Yilou is a small country that is certainly no match for the Han army's attack. There is really no need for our army to offend the great Han!"
Shefu frowned: "Then why do you still want to send troops, sir?"
Li Ru: "In order to find a place for survival for the Lord and the Wuhuan."
"Oh?" Shefu's expression shifted. "What do you mean, sir?"
Li Ru pondered for a moment, then said in a deep voice, "Lord Shefu, the Han Dynasty has now deployed heavy troops between Youzhou and Liaozhou, cutting off our army's eastward advance."
Qiu Liju and others also completely submitted to the Han Dynasty and blocked our army's southern border.
Our army is currently caught between the Han and the Xianbei, struggling to survive. If this continues, it won't be long before we are completely devoured by both sides.
Shefu nodded with a worried expression: "Yes, this is something I've been worried about all along!"
Li Ru: "Therefore, if our army wants to get out of this predicament, the only way is to go west into the grasslands and seize a place to live from the Xianbei people."
"Compared to attacking the cities of the Han Dynasty, attacking the Xianbei tribes is much easier!"
Shefu suddenly realized: "So, what you mean, sir, is to use this military expedition as a pretext to launch a counterattack against the Xianbei?"
Li Ru shook his head: "Murong Tu of the Eastern Xianbei has a strong and well-equipped army. Attacking now would be disadvantageous for our army!"
Upon hearing this, Shefu frowned: "Sir, could you please say everything at once...?"
"In my opinion, our army should form an alliance with the Han army at this time!"
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