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Chapter 460 The Troubles Resurface
On the second night after returning to Changming, Fang Weihan received a battle report from Yizhou.

On May 8, Tao Yunjiang led an isolated army of 10,000 to capture Hanzhong and Xixiang counties, cutting off the food supply of Wang Yu's army.

On May 12, Tao Yunjiang bypassed Jiange and Jinniu Road and secretly led 9,000 troops south via Yinping Road.

On May 15, Wang Yu's army began to retreat from the Dasan Pass front line.

On May 19th, the Zhou army crossed the Bashan Mountains and launched a surprise attack on Zitong County.

On May 20th, the Zhou army continued its forced march and broke through Xindu County, leaving the gates of Chengdu wide open.

On May 25th, the Changyuan Iron Guards arrived at the city of Chengdu like an army descending from the sky. The Wang family's officers and soldiers were terrified and dared not fight. They closed the city gates tightly, preparing to hold out and wait for help.

On June 9, Wang Yu, the governor of Yizhou, was ambushed at Qingshankou by 3,000 elite soldiers led by Tao Yunjiang under the cover of night while leading his troops back for reinforcements. This was the Battle of Qingshankou.

The battle took place near Bashan Baishui, and the strength of the cultivators was suppressed. Wang Yu himself and four sixth-turn priests of the Wang family were all killed by Tao Yunjiang alone, and the command system completely collapsed.

The mountain road at Qingshankou was long and narrow, making it difficult for the Yizhou army to deploy. In addition, the Zhou army launched a surprise attack, so they had to maintain a long snake formation to hastily fight. The formation was cut into two parts, with no one to take care of the front and the rear. The Zhou army took advantage of the wind and set fire to the mountain. The fire spread for dozens of miles, and countless people were burned to death.

Under such circumstances, Wang Yu's 100,000-strong army completely collapsed and fled in all directions, while the rest all laid down their weapons and surrendered.

On June 23, Tao Yunjiang returned to the city of Chengdu and threw out Wang Yu's head. The defenders were so frightened that they opened the city and surrendered.

From the beginning of May when Tao Yunjiang led his army south to the end of June when Chengdu was opened, it took Tao Yunjiang only less than two months for the entire Yizhou to declare its allegiance to the Zhou court.

Normally, two armies would fight for months or years without a clear winner. However, Tao Yunjiang's 10,000 soldiers captured five counties in such a short period of time, and even destroyed Wang Yu's 100,000-man army. It was a complete military miracle.

Even though he had been mentally prepared, when Fang Weihan received the battle report, he was still so shocked that he was speechless for a long time.

She mobilized Wang Yu's army to run around in a desperate manner, cutting off food supplies, harassing, attacking the enemy's mind and tiring them out, with the least cost. The strategy of a surprise attack on Chengdu was a risky move full of murderous intent. If she was not careful, she would lose everything.

Fortunately, Tao Yunjiang's judgment was correct. The empty Shu land did not dare to fight against the Zhou army. And the elite soldiers of the Northern Army of Changyuan Iron Guard did not disappoint her expectations, and finally won a complete victory in the battle of Qingshankou.

"Use surprise in tactics and win by dint of right means. Perhaps, only Yun Jiang can achieve such a result." Fang Weihan thought.

If he were to lead an army of 10,000, he would most likely choose to feint an attack on Jiange and wait for an opportunity to ambush Wang Yu's army, rather than taking the risk of breaking into Shu.

This exaggerated yet true battle report was gradually sent from Shuchuan to the rest of the world, and the soldiers and civilians of the Great Zhou were all delighted.

Fang Weihan closed the scroll and could faintly hear the cheers and shouts of the soldiers.

He pushed open the door and walked into the tent, where he saw soldiers led by the East Palace Guards gathered in groups of three or five around a campfire, laughing and talking happily.

The senior generals led by the Eastern Palace Guards also gathered together and were toasting each other.

"Wei rate!"

Chen Yuxian came over first, handed Fang Weihan a cup, and then filled it up very sensibly.

"Miss Tao fights really beautifully!" Chen Yuxian laughed, "This is all thanks to Wei's good teaching."

"Why do you call her Miss Tao? Her official title is higher than yours." Fang Weihan took the wine glass and clinked it with his, saying with a smile, "Be careful if I whisper in her ears, she won't let you off."

"Is Wei Lu admitting that he's a gigolo?"

"I think you, the General, don't want to do this anymore." Fang Weihan kicked him unhappily, "Get lost."

Chen Yuxian ran away smiling, while Fang Weihan noticed Yang Fengqi.

The old general sat alone at a corner of a long table, drinking by himself. The table was filled with empty wine jars.

"General Yang, are you drinking to drown your sorrows?" Fang Weihan asked.

"Guard rate."

Yang Fengqi clasped his fists to him, smiled and shook his head.

"No, I am happy. I am happy that the girl from the Tao family has lived up to Mr. Tao's reputation, and I am happy that Mr. Tao has a successor."

He looked at the bright moon in the sky. The moon was facing north, which was the direction of Changyuan.

"We old guys have followed Master Tao for decades, from southern Xinjiang to northern Mobei, and have almost never been defeated. We originally agreed to retire in the next few years, buy a few acres of land, grow some crops, and take care of each other."

"After fighting for half my life, it's time to take a break. What a pity..."

Yang Fengqi let out a long sigh, his gray beard shaking in the wind, like an old vine that was about to die.

"General Yang, do you believe that Mr. Tao is still alive?"

"To be honest, I really don't believe that Mr. Tao would die like this." Yang Fengqi said, "But in that situation, the probability of survival is very small."

"It's just a pity for that little girl..."

He was silent for a moment and then said, "Wei Shuai, I only ask one thing of you: treat the girl of the Tao family well. She lost her parents when she was young, and now Mr. Tao is still alive or dead. Perhaps... you are her only hope for survival."

"If there is a job that requires you to go through life and death in the future, let me do it."

Fang Weihan remained silent, but raised his glass and clinked it with his.

He drank the cold wine in his glass, turned around and walked back to the tent, intending to study the current battle line again.

The Mingyue Talisman vibrated slightly, and it turned out that Xie Lingwan had sent a group message.

Xie Lingwan: "Only after Luojing City is captured can we welcome its surrender."

Xie Lingwan: "The main force of the alien race is attacking Jianghuai fiercely."

Fang Weihan's steps suddenly paused.

……

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Yangzhou, Piling County, Jingkou.

The Northern Army was stationed here, and Xie Lingwan also moved the Prime Minister's residence. Outside the main tent, messengers who came to deliver the news were shoulder to shoulder, almost blocking the gate.

"Thank you, Prime Minister. The northern wall of Shouchun has collapsed. The city has been lost. Guerrilla General Qiu Tingbai is leading the remnants of his army to retreat."

"Thank you, Prime Minister. Yangquan City has been breached! Commander Cheng Yuanxi was killed in battle!"

"Thank you, Prime Minister. Dangtu was attacked by the Tuoba tribe, and they reported that they had found traces of Murong Wei!"

"The Dajiang Navy encountered heavy artillery attacks from foreign tribes on the Fei River! One tower ship, 24 warships, and 19 battleships were destroyed. The number of sampans was not counted."

"Linhuai Xuyi garrison commander, Zuo Jinu General Qiu Liangkui abandoned the city and fled south! Xuyi was captured!"

"Thank you, Prime Minister..."

Since Tuoba Liang launched a large-scale offensive, battle reports from the front line have been gathering in Jingkou non-stop. With such a huge amount of information suddenly overwhelming, if it were an ordinary person to handle it, he would probably have been distracted and at a loss, with his scalp tingling and he would not know what to do.

But Xie Lingwan is obviously not included in the category of ordinary people.

The powerful mental strength of the Five Elements cultivator allowed her mind to work at full capacity, and her normally smart and cautious character allowed her to handle such fragmented and diverse information with ease.

Although the map in front of her was blank, Xie Lingwan had already constructed a battle summary image filled with various symbols and information in her mind. As the information came together further, she was also thinking about the next plan. Since she had not spoken for a long time, the dignitaries in the court had to start the discussion first.

"It seems that the Huaihe River defense line can no longer be defended." Zhou Liangyi frowned and said, "According to the information collected by various parties, Tuoba Liang has deployed at least 300,000 troops in the three counties of Huainan, Linhuai, and Lujiang. This is clearly an attempt to achieve success in one battle and destroy our Great Zhou."

"They should have received the news from Luojing." Xiao Yangwang said in a deep voice, "The Sili School Lieutenant has recently observed that the Shangyuan spies have been frequently traveling back and forth between the alien military camps. The connection between them is becoming increasingly close."

"It's just that he knows he's going to die, but he still comes to our aid." Xiao Fuwei snorted coldly.

"The Marquis of Pingjiang is right."

Everyone agreed that no matter whether they could win or not, they must first gain the upper hand in momentum.

"Our current plan is to retreat to the Yangtze River and then make plans for the future," said Zhou Liangyi.

In fact, this is also the mainstream view of the current Zhou party.

The core of the Jianghuai defense line is still to rely on the Huaihe River and the Yangtze River for defense, and the river network is used for delaying. Now that the Huaihe River line has been completely breached, the trend of defeat is obvious, so the defense value of the large area of ​​land between the Jianghuai River will gradually decline.

In short, in order to consume the enemy's strength and disrupt logistical supplies, small troops can defend the city, but there is absolutely no need for large troops to fight to the death.

"What do you think, Prime Minister Xie?" Xie Mingren, who had been silent for a long time, asked with a smile.

The Duke of Chen currently no longer participates in the decision-making of family affairs. He only serves as the Minister of the court to express his views, and all other powers are given to his most outstanding granddaughter.

"I understand what you all mean." Xie Lingwan nodded slightly, "Retreating to Dajiang is indeed the safest strategy. There is no chance of error if we adopt this plan."

"But, have you forgotten to consider one thing?"

Xie Lingwan changed the subject and spoke slowly.

"On the front battlefield, we are the last imperial army north of the Yangtze River. If we withdraw, the areas controlled by the Shangyuan Wang family and the alien races will be completely connected, and the difficulty of eliminating them will increase exponentially."

"Don't forget that Changming is still threatened by Bingzhou's army."

Xie Lingwan saw farther than anyone else present, and she keenly pointed out a key issue: If the Zhou army in the Jianghuai area retreated south, what would happen to Changming?
If they want to support the Changming battlefield, the foreign troops occupying Yanyu, Qingxu and Xu will be much faster than the Great Zhou army occupying Jingyang. Once Changming falls, everything will be over.

You can retreat, but the expected losses caused by retreating will be immeasurable.

Xie Lingwan hit the nail on the head. No one present was stupid and they all realized the seriousness of the matter.

They really had nowhere to go.

"Then what Prime Minister Xie means is..." Zhou Liangyi bowed.

"The messenger."

"exist!"

"Behead the enemy's leader, exile his relatives thousands of miles away, and confiscate their property to serve as a warning to others." Xie Lingwan said in a cold voice.

"Yes!"

Miss Xie has never been a kind-hearted person. She spared the life of such a traitor. Was she trying to corrupt the army's morale by keeping him alive?
Xie Lingwan stood up, turned to face the map behind her, stood with her hands behind her back, her green clothes as slender as a willow.

"Call in all the messengers."

She closed her eyes, without even looking at the map, and said quickly:
"Lujiang Yamen General Fu Xingzhi, lead 16,000 Lujiang defense troops to Chengde, approach Shaohu, and defend and support. Do not pursue."

"General Che Zhao of the Anfeng Fujun Army will lead 40,000 new troops of the Anfeng Beifu Army to Hefei and immediately build a defense."

"Guangling guerrilla Ban Guangxian led his 12,000 Guangling new troops across the Chijian River to Dongcheng, preparing for a flank attack."

……

Xie Lingwan recited dozens of dazzling military orders in succession, and did not stop until all the messengers present received the orders and marched out.

The lobby was quiet for a while.

No one spoke, not because they all agreed with her arrangement, but because the old court officials present were confused and could not follow her train of thought at all.

No one had ever seen Xie Lingwan working at full strength before, but today, they finally had the opportunity to realize the horror of the Blue-Robed Prime Minister.

The smooth and flowing military order was as pleasing to the eye as a piece of cursive calligraphy. From the time Xie Lingwan received the news to the time she issued the order, she only had more than an hour to think.

Regardless of whether this strategy is right or wrong, based on her strong information processing and analysis capabilities and her decisiveness, she is worthy of the title of prime minister.

Xiao Fuwei and Xiao Yangwang were warriors, and warriors did not cultivate their spiritual power, and could not understand maps. They did not understand what Xie Lingwan was talking about. After looking at the map, they felt a splitting headache. If it were not for the dignity of being in a high position, the two would have been dazed.

Zhou Liangyi was a fourth-level Five Elements, and his situation was slightly better than the other two, but only slightly better. He still hadn't heard most of the orders.

Xie Mingren still looked calm and composed, sipping his tea.

"As expected of Lord Xie." Zhou Liangyi said admiringly, "Prime Minister Xie is very quick-witted and can make military plans quickly. Perhaps only the people of the Xie family in Chen County can understand a little bit of this."

"Haha, Mingren, you're too kind." Xie Mingren put down his teacup and smiled slightly, "I didn't even listen to you just now."

Zhou Liangyi couldn't hold it anymore.

Didn't you hear? Who are you pretending to be calm for? The old man is quite intimidating.

"What Prime Minister Xie said is what I follow, and I will do my best to help him." Xie Mingren said calmly.

Good, good, good, grandpa is showing his loyalty to his granddaughter. He is worthy of being the Xie family of Chenjun. The old man really has something.

Zhou Liangyi complained in his heart, then bowed and said:
"Prime Minister Xie wants to emulate Han Xin's ambush from all sides in Huaiyin?"

Xie Lingwan smiled and nodded: "Our army is not large enough to form Han Xin's ambush on ten sides. We can only ambush on eight sides."

"But it's enough."

The girl tapped a certain spot on the table with her fingertips, feeling confident.

"As long as this city can hold out for half a month, this battle will be won."

Zhou Liangyi focused her attention and saw two words written where her finger pointed:
“Hefei.”

"Prime Minister Xie, can Hefei really hold out for half a month?" Zhou Liangyi still lacked confidence.

"can."

The sunlight suddenly shone into the tent, and Xiao Jin, wearing a black robe and skirt, walked in.

"Thank you, Prime Minister, for looking for me?" Xiao Jin said with a sweet smile.

Before Xie Lingwan could say anything, Xiao Yangwang couldn't sit still anymore.

"Xiao Jin, you..." Xiao Yangwang was horrified as he felt the fluctuations in her cultivation, a hint of ecstasy visible on his resolute face.

"That's right, Dad!" Xiao Jin puffed out his chest and smiled proudly, "My daughter's cultivation has reached the peak of the seventh level."

(End of this chapter)