Ever since the Zhenxi Army set up camp outside the Emerald City, the coalition forces of the Western Regions have been hiding in the Emerald City and the various camps outside the city, and have always ignored the Zhenxi Army's challenge to a battle.
This also thwarted the Zhenxi Army's plan to defeat the main force of the coalition forces before all their forces were assembled.
The Zhenxi Army had also tried to attack the coalition camps, but the coalition camps were all built very well.
Trenches were dug all around the camp, and a large number of wooden fences and deer entanglements were set up, making the Zhenxi Army's several exploratory attacks extremely unsuccessful.
Seeing this situation, Sun Hao had no choice but to order the Zhenxi Army to stop attacking the coalition camp.
On July 5, 388 of the Daliang calendar, inside the Zhenxi Army's tent, Sun Hao said to Pang Tong with a wry smile, "Brother Pang, the coalition forces have grown considerably in strength over the past few days.
If this continues, it won't be long before the total strength of the coalition forces exceeds 1.5 million."
Pang Tong sighed and said, "My lord, the allied commander, Aisaizi, is indeed worthy of being called a famous general in the Western Region. I have studied it for a long time but have not found any loopholes in the allied camp.
It seems he is planning to gather all the coalition forces and then engage in a decisive battle with our Zhenxi Army."
After a pause, Pang Tong continued, "But don't worry, my lord. Although in terms of manpower, our Zhenxi Army may not even have one-seventh of the coalition forces in the end.
But the seven guards of our Zhenxi Army who participated in the battle are all the elite among the elite.
The coalition forces are composed of troops from multiple countries with uneven combat capabilities. There are not many truly elite troops, and there are bound to be flaws in coordinated operations.
If a decisive battle were to unfold, our Zhenxi Army would have a greater chance of victory than the coalition forces."
Sun Hao looked at the eight million conversion points stored in the "Hero Converter" and said to Pang Tong after a moment of hesitation, "Brother Pang, I can now create another twenty thousand heavy cavalry.
Do you think it's possible to stage another deception like the one outside Lishui City?"
Now, most of the more than 8 million conversion points in the "Hero Converter" were gold and silver coins stored in the treasury of the Zhenxi Protectorate that Sun Hao absorbed before leaving Zhenxi City in order to prepare for the decisive battle with the coalition forces.
Another part of the conversion value comes from the spoils of capture of fifty-eight cities in the eastern part of Wensu State.
Pang Tong shook his head, "After the lesson outside Lishui City, the coalition forces will definitely be doubly wary of our Zhenxi Army setting up a false camp.
However, with the additional 20,000 heavily armored cavalry that can be deployed at any time, our Zhenxi Army's chances of victory should increase by another 10%. "
Sun Hao rubbed his hands and said, "Then let's have a good fight with the coalition forces face to face!"
In Sun Hao's opinion, the Zhenxi Army's vanguard, rearguard, south guard, north guard, east guard, west guard and personal guard, all composed of a hundred generals, are enough to win the battle even if they face a coalition force of more than 1.5 million.
Duke Aisaiz, the leader of the coalition forces, was indeed planning to wait until more than 1.5 million coalition forces were gathered before launching a decisive battle with Liang State's Zhenxi Zhen. However, a fire ruined Duke Aisaiz's plan.
Duke Esaizi, his face livid, looked at a burning granary in Emerald City and asked a Wensu official in a deep voice, "What's the estimated extent of the damage?"
The burning granary was the largest official granary in Wensu State, storing tens of millions of dan of grain.
The reason why Duke Aissazi dared to gather the coalition forces with a strength of more than 1.5 million in Emerald City was because of this official warehouse in the city.
The dusty-faced Wensu official said dejectedly, "Duke, someone deliberately set the fire, making it difficult to control. I'm afraid all the grain in the government warehouse can't be saved.
All I can do now is have people set up firebreaks around the government warehouse to prevent the fire from spreading to the entire Emerald City."
Upon hearing this, Duke Aissazi suddenly felt a black screen in front of his eyes, and his body shook twice.
If it weren't for the famous Cheshi general Tohedi standing next to him, who quickly supported Duke Aisaizi, Duke Aisaizi might have fallen headfirst.
"Duke Aisaizi, are you okay?" Tohedi, a famous general of the Cheshi Kingdom, asked anxiously.
After Duke Aisaizi regained his footing, he said in despair, "It's over, it's all over.
Without the food in the government warehouses, the coalition forces would soon face food shortages.
At that time, let alone a decisive battle with the Liang State Zhenxi Army, I'm afraid they would collapse without a fight."
The famous Cheshi general, Tohedi, asked urgently, "Duke Aisaiz, could you requisition some food and fodder from the cities surrounding your Emerald City?"
Duke Esaizi said bitterly, “In order to provide food and fodder for the entire coalition army, I have already moved as much food and fodder as possible from the cities surrounding Emerald City into Emerald City and placed it in this official warehouse.
By the way, who set the fire? I will tear them into pieces! "
As he spoke, a ferocious look appeared on Duke Aissaizi's face.
The dusty Wensu official hurriedly said, "Duke, it's a group of Liang people. They also killed more than a dozen night patrol soldiers."
"It's indeed those Liang people. It seems I was too kind to them before. Pass on this Duke's order to immediately arrest all the Liang people in Emerald City.
Anyone who dares to resist arrest will be executed on the spot!
Remember, search out all the food from the Liang clan's homes!"
As the most populous city in Wensu State, Emerald City has a population of over 400,000, but the Liang people account for less than 10% of them.
The Wensu Kingdom, which has always been harsh on the Liang people, will not allow too many Liang people to live in its capital.
Tohedi, a famous general of Cheshi State, was obviously well aware of the population structure in Emerald City. Even if he could plunder some food from the homes of 40,000 Liang people, it would be a drop in the bucket for the entire coalition forces.
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