Chapter 1490 Taking Over Military Power

Hearing this voice, Shen Kuan finally came back to his senses with difficulty.

But even so, he still rubbed his eyes hard, fearing that he had seen it wrong.

However, the appearance of the person in front of them did not change at all.

Madam Jiayao!

It’s really Madam Jiayao!

Although she was wearing men's clothes, everyone here could recognize her at a glance.

Behind Jia Yao were several of Shen Kuan's personal soldiers.

However, several people are now looking at Shen Kuan with a gloating expression.

It was as if he was waiting to see a good show.

"General Shen Kuan greets Madam Jia Yao!"

Shen Kuan shouted excitedly, and quickly stepped forward to salute, "I have spoken out of turn, please punish me, Madam!"

"I greet Madam Jiayao!"

The others stepped forward and saluted.

"Okay, don't do these false gifts!"

Jia Yao walked straight into the room and said, "Tell me about your current situation and the situation of the enemy!"

When walking past Shen Kuan, Jia Yao kicked Shen Kuan in anger.

"Yes!"

Shen Kuan didn't care and immediately stepped forward to report, "At present, my army still has more than 20,000 people, including 6,000 cavalry, and the rest are basically infantry transferred from the navy..."

Shen Kuan reported to Jia Yao in detail.

Including their military strength and the deployment of troops in various cities.

After saying this, Shen Kuan came to the map again and told Jia Yao about the situation of the enemy.

Currently, there are about 20,000 enemy troops in Qingyi of Lu'an Dao, and there are 15,000 to 16,000 enemy troops stationed in a small town about 30 miles away from Pingji.

On the coastal side of Da'an Road, there are about 10,000 enemy troops stationed, but that enemy force should be relatively weak.

In addition, the enemy is gathering troops towards Hukou and Qingyi.

It is estimated that within five or six days, a formal attack will be launched against them again.

According to what they learned from the interrogation of the prisoners, the Gaoqin tribe sent out 80,000 troops this time, intending to swallow up the entire Li Kingdom in one fell swoop.

However, Shen Kuan judged that the 80,000 troops of the Gaoqin tribe must be a lot of water. If they were a regular force, 40,000 to 50,000 would be good enough.

In addition, there are still about 20,000 rebels in the State of Li, and now there must be more.

After defeating Wang Qi's troops, the enemy must have obtained some weapons and armor and were able to arm part of their troops.

Adding some miscellaneous troops, even if the enemy had lost some men and horses to them before, their total strength must be more than 100,000.

"There aren't that many enemy troops!"

Jia Yao frowned, "Although they have 100,000 troops, 60,000 of them are considered good! Do you have any other difficulties?"

Shen Kuan was once the commander of Yun Zheng's personal army.

He has been studying with Yun Zheng for so long. If there are no other difficulties, but he can't even cope with this situation, then she should doubt whether Shen Kuan has learned well from Yun Zheng.

"This one……"

Shen Kuan smiled awkwardly, "The main reason is that many of our soldiers are from the Li Kingdom. Their combat power and fighting will are far inferior to those of our Daqian soldiers..."

Some of these Li soldiers surrendered last year, and some were recruited later.

Although these soldiers do not have any major problems in their usual training, it is a different story when they are put on the battlefield.

There will definitely be no problem if we let them fight a favorable battle.

But once the battle is against the wind, these soldiers will be useless.

If these 27,000 or 28,000 men were all Daqian soldiers, they would have fought back long ago.

"No wonder!"

Jia Yao suddenly realized, looked up at Shen Kuan, and said sternly: "Under such circumstances, why don't you withdraw your troops and still defend these broken places like Pingji? Don't you even know how to concentrate your forces to defend an important town?"

Shen Kuan quickly replied: "We were just discussing the withdrawal of troops..."

As he spoke, Shen Kuan told Jia Yao about his concerns.

After listening to Shen Kuan's words, Jia Yao couldn't help but nodded slightly.

Well, that's a very comprehensive consideration.

At least he did not disgrace the title of Yun Zheng’s personal guard commander.

Jia Yao pondered for a while, then asked, "Where are the six thousand cavalrymen?"

Shen Kuan replied: "We have 3,000 here, and the other 3,000 have been sent to Duyang by me."

Jia Yao stood in front of the map and thought for a moment, then looked at Shen Kuan fiercely, "Now, in the name of the concubine of King Jingbei, I will officially take over the military power in your hands. Do you have any objection?"

"This……"

Shen Kuan hesitated for a moment, then said solemnly: "If Madam Jiayao wants to take over the military power and lead us to repel the enemy, I will hand over the military power! However, if Madam Jiayao..."

"No buts!"

Jia Yao interrupted Shen Kuan, "I'm not here to help you defeat the enemy. Am I here to laugh at you?"

"Yes!"

After receiving Jia Yao's affirmative reply, Shen Kuan immediately took out the military token from the small cabinet in the room and handed it to Jia Yao respectfully, "From now on, all the soldiers under my command will obey Madam's orders!"

"very good!"

Jia Yao took the military token.

Shen Kuan took a step back and said, "By the way, Madam Jiayao, His Highness is now the Regent King and the Grand Marshal of the Army of the World, and His Highness the Crown Prince has been canonized as the Crown Prince, and is the heir to the throne."

Yun Cang?

Jia Yao was surprised.

This little guy was appointed as the crown prince?

This bastard Yun Zheng actually refused the throne that was within his grasp?

"Okay, I get it."

Jia Yao didn't care too much about these things, and immediately gave the order: "Order Duyang's 3,000 cavalry to rush to Shanghe immediately! The rest of the troops, immediately prepare to evacuate to Longqing Prefecture, and the people in each city should also evacuate to Longqing Prefecture as soon as possible! Take away everything that can be taken away, and burn those that cannot be taken away!"

"Yes!"

Shen Kuan took the order and immediately sent people to various departments to pass on the message.

Jia Yao glanced at the map and said, "I will lead Pingji and these 3,000 cavalrymen to Shanghe later. After you retreat to Longqing Prefecture, immediately send the navy to launch a feint attack from the sea and make a gesture of landing in Yazhou!"

Shen Kuan's expression suddenly changed when he heard this, "Madam, are you trying to seize Lu Andao?"

"What Lu'an Road are we going to seize? How can we seize it with such a small force?"

Jia Yao shook his head, "We have to fight our way out now, completely disrupt the enemy's deployment, and then fight our way into Baishan Road and Pingxu Road..."

Now, the main force of the enemy must be concentrated in Lu'an Province, Gyeonggi Province and even Da'an Province.

The military forces of Baishan Road and Pingxu Road must be very insufficient.

At this time, they can rush into the enemy's rear and cause a lot of trouble to the enemy.

Shang He's six or seven cavalrymen were planning to launch a surprise attack on the enemy's pursuers.

Whether it is the Duyang direction or the Pingji direction, Shanghe can take both into account.

Whenever the enemy dared to pursue them during their retreat, she would immediately lead her cavalry in a surprise attack.

The enemy would most likely think that they would all retreat to Longqing Prefecture and would not suspect that Shanghe still had an elite cavalry waiting for them.

This is their chance!

Now, they can only fight their way out to mobilize the enemy forces and strive to recapture Juncheng.

As long as Juncheng is back in their hands, the rest will be easy.

Shen Kuan hesitated for a moment, then said solemnly, "This matter is too dangerous. Let me lead these 6,000 cavalrymen, and Madam will stay in the rear and command our army!"

Madam Jiayao reappears, and he is ready to tell His Highness the good news!

How can we let Madam Jiayao take risks at this time?

"I know how to use cavalry better than you do!"

Jia Yao shook his head, "Just guard Longqing Prefecture and Xiongjin. As long as Longqing Prefecture and Xiongjin are not lost, the enemy troops will not be able to stay for long. Once our reinforcements arrive, they will be completely wiped out!"