The General Zhenguo was also quite cold, and coupled with dehydration, his lips were cracked and bleeding as soon as he spoke. "Besides waiting for reinforcements, does Your Highness have any other brilliant plan?"
"Waiting all this time is just too humiliating!" The Fifth Prince was on the verge of depression.
He had originally come with great ambition to seek revenge on Lu Yanzheng, but now he was stuck in a dilemma and had to endure the freezing cold.
General Zhenguo said, "Didn't your men find out that there are warm things in the border town? Once the reinforcements arrive, we'll take the border town, and everything will naturally be ours."
Their combined forces originally numbered only 120,000, more than enough to deal with 100,000 border troops. Now, with an additional 50,000, their total force of 170,000 is even more certain of victory against the 100,000 border troops.
The General Who Protects the Nation is absolutely unwilling to withdraw his troops.
Upon hearing this, the Fifth Prince was no longer so agitated. He didn't really want to retreat, after all, if he returned empty-handed this time, his eldest brother might be the one to sit on the throne of the Crown Prince.
"Our reinforcements should arrive tonight. What about your Dayuan?" The Fifth Prince changed the subject.
The General Zhenguo glanced at him and said, "Our army will arrive in another 35 minutes."
“That’s excellent,” the Fifth Prince nodded, unconcerned by his attitude. “We’ll reorganize the military tomorrow, and we can attack the city tomorrow night!”
...
"Reporting to the General, 20,000 reinforcements from Dayuan have been spotted ten miles outside the city!"
"General, something terrible has happened! We just received news that there are still 30,000 Western Qiang soldiers seventy miles away!"
Upon receiving the two pieces of news at the same time, Lu Yanzheng, who had just returned to the army to arrange military affairs, felt a pang of anxiety.
If reinforcements from the Western Qiang and Dayuan arrive, can the border town still hold?
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