#462 - Five days later
Two days later, on the seventh day of October.
The intermittent siege warfare around Guanghan County had lasted for two days, with considerable casualties on both sides.
Judging from the current situation, although Guanghan City has not yet been breached, the Shu army is clearly in a "weak" position and is estimated to be unable to hold out for much longer.
This situation naturally greatly boosted the morale of the imperial army, and each siege seemed to be even more valiant.
As for Wei Changtian, Liang Zhen, and others, the current development of the war is actually completely within their design.
According to the plan, the Shu army will abandon the city and break through five days after the start of the war.
Now that two days have passed, it should not be a big problem to persevere for the remaining three days.
Although these five days of "head-on confrontation" are somewhat disadvantageous to the Shu army, "showing weakness to the enemy" is the premise for the smooth implementation of the entire plan, so temporary sacrifices are unavoidable.
Because he is clear about this, Wei Changtian is not too worried about the situation in Shu at the moment.
On the contrary, he is quite worried about the situation in Fengyuan.
Judging from the intelligence returned in the past two days, Wu Ding has been standing still since he retreated three miles, as if he was really frightened by the seven second-rank experts.
However, Wei Changtian understood that this must be Ning Yongnian's intention.
Then the question comes.
Knowing that the enemy has strong reinforcements, why doesn't Ning Yongnian have any reaction?
Shouldn't he immediately send reinforcements under normal circumstances?
Even sending a few second-rank experts like Li Huaizhong over would be able to close the gap in top-level combat power.
Ning Yongnian will never give up the fat meat of Dafeng that has already reached his mouth, so he will never stop the war.
And since he doesn't stop the war, but doesn't send reinforcements, then it can only mean... Ning Yongnian also knows what happened in the Dafeng Imperial Palace two days ago.
There were so many court officials present at the time, and it was normal to have spies from Daning among them.
Therefore, Ning Yongnian decided to wait two more days, preparing to respond further based on the next movements of the seven second-rank experts.
If those seven people really take Li Wutong away, then Daning will definitely continue to attack immediately.
And if those seven people don't leave...
In fact, Wei Changtian had already communicated with Remnant Soul again yesterday, asking whether the latter could let those seven experts stay in Fengyuan for a longer period of time.
Remnant Soul didn't say no, but his words made Wei Changtian understand that doing so was actually meaningless.
Because even if those seven people don't leave, the situation of the Fengyuan war will not change in any way because of this.
Even if this leads to Ning Yongnian really sending more experts to reinforce, it will only make Dafeng lose even faster.
To give an example, these seven people are now like nuclear bombs that cannot be launched.
One or two days may still have a deterrent effect, but after a long time, when the enemy figures out their details, they will no longer have any effect.
Dafeng will still be defeated, and by that time, even Li Wutong may not be able to escape.
No matter how awesome the seven second-rank experts are, they cannot resist hundreds of thousands of troops, so the best way is to take advantage of the fact that Dafeng still has the strength to fight and let those seven people quickly bring Li Wutong back...
Remnant Soul's analysis was reasonable and well-founded, and Wei Changtian greatly agreed after listening.
However, he still ordered Remnant Soul to instruct those seven people to continue to stay in Dafeng for three more days.
Waiting for two days turned into waiting for five days.
The reason why Wei Changtian did this was of course for a reason.
Because he was still waiting for the result of another matter.
October 10th, the fifth day after the start of the war in Shuzhou.
At noon, accompanied by bursts of gongs, another round of siege ended.
Black smoke billowed, obscuring the sky.
After fighting continuously day and night for five days, Guanghan County City at this time could already be described as dilapidated.
And the losses of the Shu army have also exceeded 10,000 people, and if you add the seriously injured who cannot continue to fight... now the entire Shu army has less than 40,000 people who can go to the battlefield.
Less than 40,000, against nearly 300,000.
As the gap in apparent combat power is further widened, the atmosphere of cowardice gradually begins to spread among the Shu army.
After all, in order to keep it secret, most people do not know the overall combat plan, and only feel that the current situation is that they can no longer have any chance of winning.
If they continue to fight according to this posture, it is estimated that Guanghan City will be breached within two days.
But fortunately, today is the fifth day, and according to the plan, the Shu army can break through and retreat to Niutou Mountain tonight.
As for the low morale... this is not a big problem.
...
"Come on! Summon the generals to come and see me immediately!"
In the council hall, Liang Zhen issued instructions with a serious face, preparing to begin deploying tonight's breakout.
The messenger responded and immediately turned and ran away, just passing by Chu Xianping who was preparing to enter.
"General Liang."
Stepping aside to let the messenger pass, Chu Xianping quickly approached the council hall.
He first nodded to Liang Zhen, then walked to Wei Changtian's side and whispered in his ear:
"The people from the Gongji Society have arrived in Fengyuan."
Fengyuan, Dafeng Imperial Palace.
"Senior, since you have stayed in Fengyuan for three more days, you must have received Young Master Wei's order."
"Can you help me bring a word to him? Just one sentence will do..."
In the Princess's Palace, Li Wutong looked at the gray-robed old man opposite, her face extremely haggard.
She had not closed her eyes for the past five days, and had been waiting for Wei Changtian to contact her.
But until now, no news has been sent to her.
However, those seven second-rank experts suddenly changed their tune and extended the original two-day period to five days.
Li Wutong knew that this must be Wei Changtian's intention, and from this, she guessed that the latter must already know what happened before.
However, why does Wei Changtian clearly know everything, but is unwilling to tell her clearly, or even bring her a single word?
Li Wutong couldn't figure it out, so she could only beg the gray-robed old man to bring a message to Wei Changtian.
But she didn't know at all that the other party didn't have the ability to directly contact Wei Changtian.
"Princess, I have already said this."
Shaking his head, the gray-robed old man said helplessly: "Waiting three more days is indeed Young Master Wei's intention, but this old man really cannot send a message to him."
"But, but..."
Li Wutong's shoulders trembled, and she bit her lip, wanting to say something more.
However, at this moment, Zhu Tianhong suddenly walked in from outside the hall.
"Princess, someone wants to see you, claiming to be from Shuzhou."
"Shuzhou?"
Li Wutong stood up instantly: "Who is it?"
"He didn't say, only said that you would definitely see him after seeing this thing, Princess."
As he spoke, Zhu Tianhong reached out and handed a sachet to Li Wutong.
And the latter only glanced at this sachet, and her whole body froze instantly as if struck by lightning.
She couldn't be more familiar with this thing, it was the token she embroidered for Wei Changtian back then...
Tears welled up instantly, and her voice became rapid and trembling.
"Where, where is that person?"
"Just outside the hall..."
Before Zhu Tianhong could finish a sentence, he saw Li Wutong pick up her skirt and run towards the hall door without regard for anything.
However, when the back of a man appeared in her sight, she suddenly stopped in her tracks.
Even if it was just a back, Li Wutong could tell that this person was not Wei Changtian.
...
"Who are you?"
After a few breaths, the chest that was originally rising and falling violently finally gradually returned to stability.
Li Wutong stepped forward again and walked to the man, asking somewhat coldly: "Why do you have this sachet?"
"In reply to the Princess, this humble one is Young Master Wei's subordinate."
The man should have seen Li Wutong's portrait long ago, so his reply at this time was also very straightforward.
He gently cupped his hands, briefly introduced himself, and then directly stated his purpose.
"Young Master ordered this humble one to come to Fengyuan... to see the Emperor."
