Chapter 228 Sacrifice

   “I didn’t doubt your words.”

  Xu Yuan smiled slightly: “Li Qingyan, as the commander-in-chief in Beifeng City, needs to stabilize the morale of the army after all, and there are many things that cannot be clearly stated.”

   paused,

  Xu Yuan asked softly again:

   “Did Li Qingyan arrange scouts to investigate the barbarian army outside the city?”

  Yuan Hao did not hesitate at all:

   “Heavy snow obscured the field of vision. Immediately after the explosion in the south of the city, His Highness Wu Yuan sent two teams of flying scouts to go out for reconnaissance.”

   “How?” Xu Yuan asked.

  ”The damage was huge, and only three of a hundred flying scouts came back”

   “Yuan commander.”

  Xu Yuan raised his hand to interrupt: “I’m not interested in casualties, what I’m asking is how many barbarian troops there are outside the city.”

  Yuan Hao was taken aback for a moment, feeling inexplicably apprehensive.

   It’s not that Xu Yuan is cold-blooded, but that the three young masters are asking these things because they want to interfere in the military’s decision-making, right?

  Thinking, Yuan Hao replied truthfully:

  ”Roughly estimated, there are about 400,000 people.”

   “Wait.”

  Xu Yuan interrupted again:

   “The heavy snow now obscures the field of vision, could the 400,000 yuan be disguised as a straw man?”

  Yuan Hao’s mouth twitched, and he cupped his hands and said:

  ”Although the field of vision is obstructed, the monsters on which the flying scouts ride use their cries to scout, and it is confirmed that they are all real people.”

  Xu Yuan heard the words and looked back at Lou Ji standing behind him without any trace, wanting to confirm this through her.

  After meeting her eyes, Lou Ji smiled and transmitted the voice directly:

  ”Not necessarily. There are means to hinder the sacrifices of the barbarians. Zong Qingsheng almost suffered a big loss on this, um. He explained this to me through Tianxun Yuanjing.”

  Xu Yuan nodded noncommittal after listening.

  Yuan Hao saw the two people looking at each other, and asked cautiously:

   “Third Young Master, I don’t know what you are asking for?”

  Xu Yuan looked at him with a clear understanding, and smiled slightly:

  ”Don’t worry, I won’t do the kind of thing that an outsider commands an insider, just ask.

  ”But since these barbarian troops are real people, almost an hour has passed now, why haven’t they attacked the city yet?”

  Yuan Hao replied in a low voice when he saw this:

  ”Third son, preparations for the long-distance siege need to be prepared, personnel need to be rested, equipment needs to be prepared, and encirclement needs time.

  ”And the barbarians are now forming an array from both sides of the Beifeng City to the north to encircle the Beifeng City. It is estimated that they are preparing to block the Zongmen reinforcements who are rushing south to help, and they will attack the city.”

  “.”

  Classic round-ups.

  Xu Yuan sighed in his heart and asked deliberately:

   “In this way, those sects nesting in Houting County, which is three hundred miles away, can be regarded as a crooked attack? The distance of three hundred miles. Even if the road is blocked by heavy snow, with the speed of those elites, it should be two to three It should arrive in the next day, right?”

  Yuan Hao’s expression was a little stiff for Xu Yuan’s question, and he said in a low voice:

  ”Third son, the communication wafer in Houting County was destroyed when it was occupied last time. After His Royal Highness Wu Yuan recovered Houting County, he had not had time to re-engraved it, so he had to send someone to Deliver the letter.”

  ”However, even if the letter is delivered, the heavy snow in the north of Beifeng City is basically impossible to see from five feet away. If you rush to reinforce, it is very likely that you will be directly intercepted by the barbarians. It will collapse.”

  Xu Yuan listened carefully and nodded slightly:

   “So I know, you go down.”

  Yuan Hao felt relieved, he cupped his hands and was about to leave quickly.

  At this moment, Xu Yuan’s voice suddenly came from behind him:

   “Yuanhao, let the black scale army in the city go out to test the barbarians outside the city.”

  “.”

  Yuan Hao’s heart sank when he heard this order, and he didn’t speak.

  Xu Yuan squinted his eyes:

   “Why didn’t you answer the call?”

  Yuan Hao said in a deep voice:

   “Third son, this is death.”

  Xu Yuan’s heartbeat accelerated slightly, and he paused every word:

   “Commander Yuan, this is a military order.”

  Yuanhao took a deep breath:

   “Will be outside, military order.”

   “Sister!”

  Xu Yuan’s tone dropped slightly, and Lou Ji locked Yuan Hao with her intentions with a smile.

  After a moment of pressure, Yuan Hao knelt on the ground overwhelmed, silent for a few breaths, gritted his teeth and said:

   “The general will be outside, and the military order must be accepted.”

  When the words fall, the pressure disappears.

  Xu Yuan stood up from the table, walked up to Yuan Hao, and bent down to look at him:

  ”We are old acquaintances who have worked together, and I know why you rejected my military order.

   “Oh, I think I issued military orders indiscriminately, and laymen commanded experts to cause unnecessary sacrifices.”

   As he spoke, Xu Yuan patted Yuan Hao on the shoulder with a heavy voice:

   “Commander Yuan, you are not standing high enough now, and what you see is only a corner of a thousand miles. I can assure you that their sacrifice is necessary.”

  “.”

  Yuan Hao seemed to want to say something after hearing the words, but in the end he just asked:

   “If His Highness Wu Yuan asks about this matter, how will he answer?”

  Now that Li Qingyan is in command of Beifeng City, if he marches rashly, he will be held accountable.

   “Well, just say it,”

  Seeing this, Xu Yuan stood up straight and chuckled lightly:

  ”. This is an order from the person in charge of our Xiangguo Mansion in the north.”

   “Yes.”

  Yuan Hao heard the words and made a fist-cup salute, turned around and walked out of the wing.

   “Da——”

  With the door closed,

  Xu Yuan sat straight back behind the desk, leaned back on the chair lazily, and rubbed the center of his brows vigorously.

   “Long Sky.”

   Lou Ji asked softly and abruptly:

   “Why didn’t you just tell Yuan Hao the reason?”

   “What reason?”

  ”The barbarian priests have means to block the reconnaissance of flying scouts.”

   “Oh”

  Xu Yuan gave a low laugh, then looked back and asked:

   “Sister, you have known this for a long time, why didn’t you tell them this important military situation?”

  “.”

  Looking at each other, speechless.

   “giggle”

  Lou Ji smiled at Bai Meisheng, walked forward and sat down on the desk, looking at Xu Yuan with a smile: “Our parents are as cautious as my sister and me~”

  The reason is very simple, Tianxun Yuanjing.

  This is the top secret among the top secrets of the Xiangguo Mansion. In this war mode where repairers send letters as soon as they leave the city, Tianxun Yuanjing is the trump card among the killers.

  There are many smart people in the world. Zong Qingsheng suffered from this loss in the depths of the northern snowfield. s method.

  Lou Ji put her hands on her chest, smiled and asked:

   “Then sister, can I ask you why you do these things?”

  Xu Yuan’s smile restrained, and he said seriously:

  ”Of course I’m afraid that the barbarian alien king will give me a dark hand. Just now Yuan Hao also said that if the barbarians suddenly intercept the attack under the cover of the natural disaster and snowstorm, the army formation will easily collapse.”

  ”If the barbarians divide their troops into two places, detour all the way to the north and seal the city to the south, and still cruising around Lord Hou and Mr. Zong all the way, if I rashly let Mr. Zong and the others come back to help, it would really be a mess.”

  ”It is necessary to test out the reality of the barbarians outside the city, but it is impossible to test out if there are fewer people.”

  Lou Ji frowned slightly:

   “Is there any need to be so anxious? Go out of the city to test, if the barbarians really overwhelm all the tribes, at least half of this trip will not be able to come back.”

  Xu Yuan lowered his head and stared at his hand, remained silent for a while, and said:

   “The barbarian detours must not have much supplies. When they encircle and attack the city, they will naturally be able to see the truth.”

   As he spoke, Xu Yuan raised his eyes:

  ”But now we need to race against time.”

   “Once it is confirmed that all the main forces of the barbarians have detoured to the north to seal the city, you should immediately notify Mr. Zong to go south!”

  (end of this chapter)