Chapter 353 Preparation, the strategy of arrogant soldiers.

As soon as these words were spoken, there was a chorus of agreement in the court.

The ministers expressed their agreement and praised the decision of the marriage.

Si Xiaofei smiled slightly and felt secretly relieved.

The original intention of sending the princess to marry was to stabilize the two states in the East and temporarily prevent chaos in the two states.

Unexpectedly, it would become Daqian's life-saving straw today.

"Prince Yun's loyalty and bravery, pass on my order. After the war is over, I will definitely reward Lord Su."

He glanced at the ministers in the court and said with relief.

The atmosphere in the court became much more relaxed because of this news.

The ministers were discussing Su Ye’s heroic act and the direction of the war in the northern border.

"Inform the Grand Master of this news immediately, and let him go north with peace of mind."

Si Xiaofei turned to a messenger and said in a deep voice.

The messenger took the order and left, but the discussion in the court continued.

The ministers knew that although the war in the northern border was still severe, they at least had a glimmer of hope.

In the camp on the southern battlefield, Gu Changqing had already made a decision.

He summoned his generals, including Jiu Ling, and announced his plan to march north to the Northern Frontier.

"With the support of General Su Ye, we can temporarily put aside the war in the south."

"Right now, our focus is on the Northern Frontier. The Night Fury Army cannot be underestimated, and we must go all out."

Gu Changqing looked around at the generals and spoke in a firm tone.

At this time in the Cangzhou camp in Wuzhou, Su Ye sat quietly in the big tent, playing with an exquisite jade pendant in his hand, with an unfathomable smile on his face.

His letter had been sent, but the words in it were not entirely sincere.

The leaves of the sycamore tree outside the window swayed in the wind. The mottled sunlight sprinkled on the desk, reflecting Su Ye's deep eyes.

He secretly calculated in his heart that Meng Zhang in the south of Daqianzhou was now his own man, so the war in Luzhou would not consume too much of his energy.

This tactic of killing with a borrowed knife was precisely to allow Gu Changqing to lead the main force of Daqian to the north and fight a life-and-death battle with the Yesha Army in the north of the Daqian Dynasty.

He gently put down the jade pendant in his hand, stood up, walked to the window, and looked at the distant horizon.

There is the north which is about to become a battlefield.

For now, this war is just a game to him.

And what he has to do is to be the manipulator behind this game.

The battle between the Daqian Dynasty and the Yesha Army will end in losses for both sides.

By then, Su Ye, who controls the army of Cangzhou, and Meng Zhang, who controls the army of hundreds of thousands of elite Yellow Turbans in Luzhou in the south, will be able to reap the benefits and become the real winners of this war.

Inside the big tent, a breeze blew, and the letters on the table fluttered gently.

Su Ye came back to his senses, turned back to the desk, and gently smoothed out the letter.

He sat down again and began to plan his next move carefully.

At this time in the wilds of Hengzhou, the autumn wind was bleak and the war flags were fluttering.

At this time, the 30,000-strong Cangzhou army had arrived, accompanied by a team of five people in the Five Elements Armor specially reinforced by Su Ye. Each of them was wearing armor of the five colors of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, and they were very powerful.

"Wei Qing is grateful to you all for coming from afar."

"But the war is urgent, we need to take a long-term view to achieve victory in one battle."

Wei Qing dismounted and greeted Li Xinnan and the other four one by one, and said with a serious expression.

"General Wei, you are too kind. The Lord has specifically instructed us to do so."

"We are willing to obey the general's orders and fight against the Night Evil Army together."

The leader, Li Xinnan of Flame Dragon Armor, clasped his fists and said.

"Now that the five of us have arrived, we will advance and retreat with General Wei. Please give the order, General."

Xi Zhao, one of the five, also expressed his opinion.

"Everyone, please be patient. I have a plan to defeat the Night Demon Army."

Wei Qing smiled slightly and waved his hand.

Everyone listened attentively. "The Night Furies have been attacking fiercely in recent days, but the arrogant will be defeated."

"My intention is to retreat in order to advance, show the enemy my weakness, and then strike a fatal blow when the enemy becomes arrogant."

Wei Qing continued.

"General Wei, do you want us to stay out of the battle and hide our strength?"

Bei Miao frowned, already unhappy that he and others had to obey the orders of Wei Qing, a general who came through the back door.

"That's right. Thirty thousand soldiers and five divine generals are our trump cards."

"If we go into battle now, we may win, but it will be difficult to annihilate the enemy. It is better to wait for the right time and win in one fell swoop."

Wei Qing saw that Bei Miao was unhappy, but he didn't take it to heart and nodded.

"But what if the Night Furies fail to capture the city and decide to retreat?"

Wu Dongshan on the side said worriedly.

"I have a clever plan that will make the Night Furies unable to stop."

A gleam of light flashed in Wei Qing's eyes.

After that, he explained his strategic layout to everyone in detail, including how to show weakness to lure the enemy on the battlefield, how to set traps, and when to launch a general offensive.

"General Wei, this is a brilliant plan. We will surely be able to defeat the Night Evil Army."

Li Xinnan's eyes lit up and he said excitedly.

"That's right. We are willing to obey the general's orders."

Kunzhong, who had been slacking off and not saying anything, also echoed the words.

Wei Qing looked at everyone and felt very pleased.

"This battle concerns the lord's plan. I hope you will work together to overcome the difficulties."

He took a deep breath and said solemnly.

All the soldiers responded in unison, their voices shaking the sky.

Afterwards, Wei Qing began his strategic layout, while the 30,000 Cangzhou troops and the five men in the Five Elements Armor secretly stationed in a hidden place near Hengzhou City, waiting for the opportunity to fight.

At this time, Wei Qing's army had been confronting the Yesha Army led by Yan Qifeng for more than a month.

Both sides were looking for the other side's flaws, intending to win in one fell swoop.

However, Wei Qing seemed unusually calm at this time, for he knew very well that an arrogant army would inevitably be defeated.

Therefore, even though he received reinforcements from 30,000 Cangzhou troops, he did not show it and was not in a hurry to launch a decisive battle.

Instead, he hid it and planned to play this trump card at the most critical moment!

Under Wei Qing's clever planning, his army seemed to be retreating step by step, but in fact he was luring the Night Evil Army deeper into the territory to cultivate their arrogance.

Whenever the Night Demons launched an attack, Wei Qing always ordered his soldiers to retreat in an orderly manner after a brief resistance, making the Night Demons mistakenly believe that they were vulnerable.

This strategy worked, and the morale of the Night Fury Army grew higher.

Especially now, Gongsun Yang, the strongest god of war in the Night Evil Army, is full of fighting spirit and looks down on others.

Having been severely damaged by Ran Min of the Yulin Army in the initial battle, they should have learned a lesson and remained vigilant.

However, Ran Min used the strategy of showing weakness to the enemy several times and pretending to be defeated by Gongsun Yang.

Gongsun Yang gradually forgot the painful lessons of the first battle and became more and more arrogant.

The first time, when the Night Demon Army came like a tide, Wei Qing ordered the front-line soldiers to retreat in an orderly manner after a brief resistance.

When the Yesha army saw this, they cheered loudly, thinking that Wei Qing's army was cowardly, so they attacked even more unscrupulously.

The second time, Wei Qing again ordered his soldiers to retreat at a critical moment, leaving behind some baggage and food.

Upon seeing this, the Night Fury soldiers scrambled for the spoils and their morale grew.

Although Yan Qifeng noticed something, he did not stop it because he saw the soldiers were in high spirits.

The third time, Wei Qing did the same thing again, but this time he secretly set up an ambush.

When the Night Fury Army was once again caught up in the chaos of scrambling for spoils, the ambush troops suddenly emerged, causing considerable casualties to the Night Fury Army.

However, Wei Qing did not pursue the victory, but ordered his troops to retreat again.

(End of this chapter)