"Our army has only one tenth of its gunpowder left. It will take too long to get supplies outside the Great Wall. In addition, the Jin army's cavalry is agile. It will be disadvantageous for our army if we continue to fight."
"Right now, it's best to withdraw the troops and redeploy them, then advance with the whole army another day and annihilate them in one fell swoop!"
Emperor Jing was furious: "Fight another day? This time we are fighting the Kingdom of Jin because Wutu took the initiative to provoke me and even abducted my son-in-law. One is to protect my country, and the other is to save Zhengyi."
"If it wasn't for Zhengyi, how could this war be won so smoothly? He risked his life to bring the news, and he was the one who presented the gunpowder to me. How could the greatest contributor to Dajing be detained by the Jin people?"
"Your Majesty, please calm down. We are just making a suggestion." The generals advised.
"Calm down? I wonder how much suffering my son-in-law is going through! If I continue to delay, I'm afraid I'll have to send him off before me. If this gets out, it will make the people of the world feel disappointed. How can I face the people of the world?" Emperor Jing waved his hand, "Follow my order and fight with all your might!"
"Mobilizing hundreds of thousands of troops for the second time has caused complaints from the people. This is not the outcome I want to see."
"If Your Majesty insists on fighting, please ask the army to advance together, advance step by step, fight to support the war, and do not divide the troops, otherwise it will be disadvantageous to our army." A general suggested.
Emperor Jing nodded.
Although it was to save Fang Zhengyi, the lives of the soldiers were also at stake. Once the shortage of gunpowder was discovered by the enemy, a fierce attack on the grassland would obviously not be feasible.
A trapped beast will still fight. It is unwise to push too hard. You can only advance step by step.
"Pass on my order. The entire army will rest here for a day today and set out tomorrow."
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