C278 The Combination of Reality and Loss will Shock the General

"That's not the same, General Qu. Think about it. Although there was a major war in the past, we have never faced the Hundred-face Pavilion head on. This time, we can finally launch an attack and capture the culprit, Jia Tianwei. " Loong Yu said excitedly after hearing General Qu's words.

"Xiao Yu, don't be rude. This is a meeting and no one is allowed to make any noise. "

"Yes, Your Highness. " After saying that, Loong Yu did not speak anymore and stood behind Qing Yun.

"Let's listen to the current situation in Jinchuan Prefecture first. " Qing Yun looked at Loong Yu, who stood behind him, then turned to General Qu and said.

"En, you are right. You can introduce the situation here to me and the prince. " General Qu looked at the general who was stationed here and said.

"Yes, General. Currently, Jinchuan Prefecture has been surrounded by three sides of Nanzhou. Only the path to Shuntian Prefecture has yet to be ambushed. They will harass our Jinchuan Prefecture every day. " One of the generals stood up and said.

"Another three-sided ambush. Hehe, are you trying to use the same trick again? How much do you know about the enemy forces on these three sides? Where is their main force? How many soldiers do they have?" After General Qu heard this, he suddenly remembered the last time he faced the three empires of Celestial Wolf Kingdom.

"Your Royal Highness, we have sent many spies to investigate, but this time it is different. There seems to be a lot of martial arts masters in the enemy camps in every direction. Every time we sent out spies, they were killed before we could investigate anything. Therefore. . . We still haven't obtained any intel on the enemy. "

"What? After such a long time, we have not even gotten a clear picture of the enemy's situation? Could it be that the Hundred-face Pavilion has sent out their martial arts masters?! " General Qu said in surprise when he heard the situation.

"It's very likely. The Hundred-face Pavilion is the biggest sect in the Nanzhou after all, and they are very famous in the martial arts world. There are no lack of experts in such a sect. It seems like this matter is going to be tricky. " Qing Yun said with a frown on his face.

"Then you have a rough number of enemies. At least the strength of each direction should be different. " General Qu asked again.

"General, I am incompetent. Initially, I wanted to find their weaknesses and break them one by one, but they deliberately set up a suspicious formation. As we cannot investigate at close range, we are unable to find any flaws. The tents in these three directions were basically the same. From afar, it could be seen that the number of soldiers they revealed was basically the same. However, this humble servant is certain that they don't have that many soldiers. "

"That's why they are so suspicious. Then tell me, how many enemies are there in each direction?"

"This. . . General, on the surface, Their garrison is less than 20,000 per direction. However, the last time I sent people to ambush them, I encountered a large number of enemies. Based on the estimation of the soldiers who had escaped death, there were no less than one hundred and fifty thousand soldiers sent out by Nanzhou that time. It was also because of the heavy losses our army suffered that time. General, please punish us. " As he spoke, the general fell to his knees with a thud.

"Get up. We will talk about this in the future. The most important thing right now is to figure out how to destroy the enemy. Based on what you said before, They do not have that many soldiers, but they show weakness to us. We cannot find out exactly how many enemies there are in every direction, so we cannot know where the main force is. How cunning. " General Qu said angrily.

"Why are you so sure?" Qing Yun asked with interest.

"Your Highness. If they really had so many soldiers in every direction, they wouldn't need to surround this place anymore. They could totally take down Jinchuan Prefecture in one fell swoop. Moreover, how could there be so many soldiers in this tiny Nanzhou?"

"How many soldiers do you have at the moment?" Qing Yun frowned and continued to ask.

"Your Highness, your humble servant. . . Your humble servant only has fifty. . . Fifty thousand soldiers left. "

"Fifty thousand!!! How is this possible? Didn't he have a hundred thousand soldiers before? Could it be that you said that you lost fifty thousand of our soldiers?" General Qu flew into a rage when he heard this number. This was far beyond his expectations.

"This subordinate deserves to die. General, please punish me. " Seeing General Qu get angry, the general quickly knelt down. Cold sweat had already appeared on his head, and his back was also cold. He knew very well that because of his mistake that time, he had caused such a huge loss. Even if he had to do it ten times, it would not be enough.

"General, please be patient. I feel that there is something fishy about this matter. " Qing Yun turned to look at General Qu after seeing the general kneeling on the ground.

"Oh?! What does Your Highness mean?"

"Loong Tian, what do you think?" Qing Yun did not answer General Qu's question, but turned to look at Long Tian Wen.

"Your Highness, I also feel that this matter is a little strange. " Loong Tian respectfully cupped his hands and said.

"Tell me about it. "

"Yes, Your Highness. Your humble servant feels that the matter isn't that simple. Their military strength isn't necessarily just the ones they saw. "

"Why do you think so?" General Qu asked with a frown.

"General, think about it. First of all, we don't care if they have 150,000 soldiers on all three sides, even if only one side has 150,000 soldiers. Based on the number of troops we have stationed here, it will be easy to take down Jinchuan Prefecture. But they didn't do that. Why did they do that? Jia Tianwei isn't an easy target. We have 300,000 soldiers coming here to provide support. It was impossible that Nanzhou didn't know about such a large-scale operation. But since we arrived here yesterday until now. . . The soldiers of the Nanzhou didn't show any signs of movement or retreat. This means that they aren't afraid. What does this mean? "

"According to what Loong Tian said, Jia Tianwei has been harassing us and not attacking us. Is he waiting for us? If he wants to destroy us in one fell swoop, then his troops will be at least four hundred thousand. " Hearing this, General Qu suddenly realized what was going on.

"If my guess is correct, that should be the case. " Loong Tian nodded and said.

"It seems like the Nanzhou isn't the only country that came this time. Their weakness only caused the information we obtained in Shuntian Prefecture to be incorrect, and thus made a wrong estimate of the number of troops we sent. They are really scheming. " General Qu said with a sigh.

"If our prediction is correct, then I think the Nanzhou will attack soon. After all, we are already here. " Qing Yun said with a frown. If what they guessed was true, then the situation in Jinchuan Prefecture would be very pessimistic.

"Qing Yun, what do you think about this matter?"

"General, in my opinion, let's not make any moves first and send a large number of soldiers to patrol the city. Send more people upstairs to prevent Jia Tianwei from launching a sneak attack. Wait until I lead Cloud Guardian to investigate the situation of the enemy forces before making plans. "