This is a letter written in blood!
The handwriting is sloppy, but still beautiful.
"Your Highness Xihua deserves death!
Xue Dingshan deceived me. The 300,000-strong army on the western border that I saw was fake. Half of them were from the Western Rong, disguised as infantrymen. The original 150,000-strong army had already been hidden in Linzhou by Xue Dingshan.
Linzhou's governor Li Xun and Linzhou's garrison commander Chang Kuan have been bribed by Xue Dingshan. The 150,000-strong army dispersed and left Linzhou on January 25th, and now they have probably already arrived in Jianzhou and even occupied Qipan Pass!
I request Your Majesty to quickly recall General Yu's troops. Otherwise, I am afraid that General Yu will be surrounded by the Xue bandits and his entire army will be wiped out.
This minister and Xi Hua wrote this with tears and blood on February 12th.
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Fu Xiaoguan frowned and read it carefully twice. It seemed that the situation was not good.
Xue Dingshan is indeed a shrewd guy. He must have been planning this strategy for a long time.
It was inevitable that Qipan Pass would fall into the hands of Xue Dingshan. Then his 150,000 vanguard troops only needed to defend Qipan Pass and wait for the rear army to arrive. Then the two armies could merge and smoothly exit the Jinniu Ancient Road, cross the Qinling Mountains and reach Baocheng, Shanzhou.
After this, there were no more natural barriers, and the rebels could march straight into Chunchuan, 800 li.
Once they reached Chunchuan, they were in the heartland of the Yu Dynasty. Due to the countless strategic changes that followed, it was difficult to predict where the rebels would go to reach Jinling.
This letter in blood was sent three days ago. So, Xue Dingshan's 150,000 rear troops are very likely to arrive at Qipan Pass tomorrow.
Fei An led 30,000 garrison troops and thought he had stopped the 150,000 rebels, but it turned out that it was these 150,000 Western Rong infantrymen who tied down Fei An.
Even if he noticed something was wrong, it was too late to chase after him.
So how should we deal with this situation now?
Fu Xiaoguan stood up and walked to the map again. His sight fell on the Jinniu Ancient Road, from Qipan Pass to Baocheng... The Qinling Mountain Road was a thousand miles long, which was not conducive to cavalry marching. It would take at least ten days at the fastest.
If the red cannons were deployed on both sides of the Qinling Mountain Road, it would definitely cause great damage to the thief Xue.
Peng Yuyan has three thousand guns and sufficient ammunition. If deployed properly, it is very likely that the Xue bandit can be wiped out in the Qinling Mountains. The problem now is how to quickly deliver this information to Yu Chunqiu.
He turned and looked at Eunuch Jia, "I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you with this matter."
Eunuch Jia was stunned. How did they find me?
Although I am a Saint, I am useless against an army of hundreds of thousands!
"I'm not asking you to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, but to take a letter to Yu Chunqiu. Apart from you, I can't think of anyone else who can run faster."
Eunuch Jia pondered for a moment, then bowed and said, "Your Majesty, please give your instructions."
Emperor Xuan looked at Fu Xiaoguan and asked, "What else do you have in mind?"
"Hold on!"
Fu Xiaoguan went straight to the dragon table, took out the brush, ink, paper and inkstone, and began to write. After a while, he picked up the words and blew on them. Before the ink was dry, he handed it to Emperor Xuan, "Your Majesty, please use the seal!"
Emperor Xuan took it and looked at it, and was immediately shocked!
"One: The army quickly retreats to Dayan Valley!
2. Place thirty red cannons on each cliff on both sides of Dayan Valley, and another forty at the entrance of Dayan Valley.
Three: The three thousand flintlock sergeants must not retreat a single step! We must delay the Xue bandits for at least half a day to buy time for the main army to deploy the red cannons.
4: If Dayan Valley falls, please do not hesitate to blow up the narrow passage at the valley entrance!
Fu Xiaoguan! "
Emperor Xuan took a deep breath, and without hesitation, he took the seal, stamped it, and handed it to Eunuch Jia.
Eunuch Jia turned and walked out, disappearing into the night.
Emperor Xuan sat down slowly, feeling extremely uneasy.
"Yu Chunqiu's 3,000 flintlock musket soldiers are not as powerful as the Excalibur Army."
"I know, but I trust Peng Yuyan. The mountain brigade she trained is probably not much worse than the Divine Sword."
"What if it's still unstoppable?"
"I need to go there in person."
"The Divine Sword was transferred to the border town."
"I know, that's the Excalibur Brigade."
Emperor Xuan's eyes lit up. "Could it be that the Second Divine Sword Brigade has been formed so quickly?"
Fu Xiaoguan shook his head, and Emperor Xuan was immediately discouraged. Come to think of it, the Second Divine Sword Brigade had only been established for two months, so how could it be deployed to the battlefield so quickly?
"Going alone will not help, but will only increase the danger. I suggest that we have 50,000 troops on the southern border who can reinforce Shanzhou."
"It's too far, and too slow. If we allow the Xue thief to enter Shanzhou, it will inevitably cause huge losses to Shanzhou."
"Then what else can you do?"
Fu Xiaoguan drank the cold tea in his cup in one gulp. He stood up, bowed to Emperor Xuan, and said with gritted teeth, "I will definitely crush the thief Xue to death in the Qinling Mountains! Farewell!"
He turned and left, leaving Emperor Xuan and others looking at each other in bewilderment.
Could it be... that he still has the power to turn the tide?
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Fu Xiaoguan did not hold much hope for the urgent report to Yu Chunqiu. Time, mainly time!
According to Xue Dingshan's shrewdness, Fu Xiaoguan was worried that of the 150,000 troops that had occupied Qipan Pass, 100,000 of them were already marching on the Jinniu Ancient Road.
If this is the case, these 100,000 rebels will meet Yu Chunqiu's troops in the next two days.
So Yu Chunqiu didn't have time to deploy those cannons.
Now, what he wished for was that Yu Chunqiu could hold Xue Dingshan's troops back on the Jinniu Ancient Road. He would need at least six days!
The driver was Su Jue. Fu Xiaoguan did not ask him to set off, but took out a charcoal pencil and white paper from the carriage and wrote another note.
He handed the note to Su Jue, looked at Su Jue's tall hat, and asked, "Big Brother, your crow is not dead, right?"
"I almost got killed last time... Is this for my eighth junior brother?"
Fu Xiaoguan nodded, "It's urgent!"
Su Jue didn't ask any more questions. He took off his hat, tied the note to the crow's feet, and let it fly away.
"Eighth Junior Brother will receive it in two hours."
"That's good, let's go back."
Fu Xiaoguan did not sleep when he returned to the Fu Mansion, nor did he disturb the three ladies. He went straight to Qixue Hall and took two more flintlock rifles from the box and put them on his body.
Xu Xinyan was still awake. She watched Fu Xiaoguan packing his things and asked, "Are you going out so late?"
"This time I have to go on a long journey."
Xu Xinyan frowned slightly and didn't ask any more questions. She went back to her room and came out a moment later wearing a tight-fitting outfit, carrying a saddle bag and holding her sword.
"What are you doing?"
"I'll go with you."
Fu Xiaoguan looked around and asked, "Where are Su Rou and Su Su?"
"Sister Rou hasn't had a good appetite lately. She's always nauseous and has been going to bed early these days. I don't know where Susu... Susu went."
As Xu Xinyan said this, neither she nor Fu Xiaoguan noticed that Su Jue's face turned red.
"I'm going to fight. If you go... it will be dangerous."
"If you're not afraid, why should I be afraid?"
Fu Xiaoguan raised his head, looked at Xu Xinyan and said seriously, "I'm afraid we'll run into the Moon Worship Sect."
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