Everyone lowered their heads to consider the news that Hua Zichen brought. He had gotten the news from interrogating the Donghu soldiers. This should not be false. At this time, the Donghu elites had entered the pass. The Yan Country must know. The war of the central plains had not started, but Donghu had declared war on the Yan Country first.
"Family Leader, why are the Zhu, Feng, and Gongsun Families so daring, why are they doing this?" Erzhuang heard Hua Zichen say this and looked at Hua Kai and asked.
Hua Kai did not speak and looked at Xue Chen. Everyone knew that Hua Kai was testing Xue Chen. Xue Chen was at the sixth level of Connate Realm, and was one of the strongest below Hua Kai. He was far above the other nine of the Hua family's Ten Young Masters.
"Since Family Leader is testing, then I will speak of my thoughts.
While the Yan Country is one of the seven heroes of the central plains, it is similar to Yiqu. The families in the north exist in the form of tribes and submit to the Yan Family.
This time, I think there are three reasons why the Zhu, Feng, Gongsun Families dare to attack the Yan Country at this time.
First, it is because of the Great Wall. The Yan Country has built the Great Wall in the north. In the future, the Yan Country families and the Donghu tribes will be blocked. Many families who secretly do business with Donghu will not be able to continue. Also, we opened Leopard Pass this year, and their income fell sharply.
The three families have at least three people in Zhuji Realm. After joining Donghu, the Donghu King will not be the only one in charge.
Second, the Qi King has just died. In the past, the Qi Kingdom and the Yan Country worked together to resist Donghu so the losses were not great. This time, they betrayed the Yan Country, and the possibility of the Qi Kingdom helping is not high. They feel that even if they cannot completely defeat the Yan Country, it is not a problem to fight as an equal.
Third, the war of the central plains is near. If the Qin Country unifies the world, they will not be able to reach the grasslands. Now that they have betrayed the Yan Country, if they encounter the powerful Qin Country, they can flee north. When the central plains have a chance, they will come back. This is to preserve their strength. "
After hearing Xue Chen's words, everyone couldn't help but nod. With such a brain, Xue Chen would definitely become a core member of the Hua family in the future. Perhaps even Chinese Ink wouldn't be able to compare to him in the future.
"Xue Chen's analysis is correct, but I'm afraid that the Zhu and Feng Clans are digging their own graves this time!" Hua Kai said at this time.
According to Xue Chen's analysis, the Zhu, Feng, Gongsun, and other aristocratic families had made a good move this time. But why did Hua Kai say that they were seeking their own deaths?
"Xue Chen is slow-witted, please enlighten me!" Hearing Hua Kai's words, Xue Chen expressed that he didn't know where the three families had gone wrong.
"The Yan Kingdom is the third largest family in the Central Plains, how can they not know the attitude of the aristocratic families in the country. In the past, they allowed the aristocratic families to trade with Donghu for the development of the country. But the war of the Central Plains is coming. The Yan Kingdom built the Northern Great Wall because they planned to focus on the Central Plains. Now that the Zhu, Feng, and other aristocratic families have jumped out, how can the Yan King not consider this?
The Yan Family gave Gao Liu Commandery to the Qi because they didn't want to have friction with Zhao, Zhongshan, Linhu, and other countries. Now that I have helped them guard the Northwest Gate, they can put all their thoughts on the Northeast Great Wall. In less than two years, the Yan Kingdom will unify the country. At that time, the Yan Kingdom will surpass everyone's imagination, "Hua Kai said.
Everyone listened quietly. There were many aristocratic families in the Yan Kingdom, and many were only ruled by the Yan Family in name. If the Yan Family could lead all the forces in the country, maybe their power wouldn't be weaker than the Qin and Chu.
"In this way, the stronger we are, the happier the Yan Family will be.
Then our Gao Liu Commandery will be personally attacked by the Donghu King, and the three hundred thousand army is coming. The Yan Kingdom will not send experts to help. If we fail, it will have a great impact on the Yan Family, "Hua Xing said now.
"When the Yan Kingdom gave Gao Liu Commandery to the Qi, the two countries may have already determined the responsibilities of both sides.
The Qi Family is now in charge of the aristocratic families. If we fail in Gao Liu Commandery, they will come to help, but they will not be fast. We are the pawns that the Qi Family placed at Leopard Jade Pass to deal with the Donghu Kingdom. "
When Hua Kai said this, everyone sank into deep thought. So the Hua Family seemed prosperous in Gao Liu Commandery, but in the end, they were just pawns for the two countries to wear down the Donghu Kingdom. Many people sighed when they heard this.
"Everyone, do not be unhappy. There is nothing wrong with being pawns. At least, our situation is much better than before in Guang County.
The aristocratic families of the Qi and Yan Kingdoms will not easily offend us. Many times, they will even help us grow stronger. This is why the two countries have not stopped us from buying wood, stone and other materials in the past two years.
If we can stop the Donghu King outside Leopard Jade Pass this time, then the Hua Family will naturally get the status and benefits they deserve. The Qi and Yan Kingdoms will have to recognize the Hua Family's status in the north of the Central Plains. Only then will the Hua Family have the right to sit in the position of a chess player. "
Hua Kai explained patiently. The Hua Family's strength had increased too quickly, and people still knew too little about the matters of the country. Hearing Hua Kai say this, everyone had a clear understanding of the present situation of the Hua Family.
"A big battle is unavoidable. The Azure Dragon Army is strong, but without a way to deal with the other's zhuji, we cannot act rashly. The troops in Donghu that can match the Azure Dragon Army, other than the Donghu Royal Cavalry, there are at least two thousand elites. If we are entangled, the three hundred thousand can eat the Azure Dragon Army.
Fifth Uncle, our final battle will be at Leopard Jade Pass. The Donghu King will not give the Azure Dragon Army a chance to sneak attack in his lifetime. You just have to keep an eye on the other side. When the Donghu army starts to attack the city, you can find a chance! "Hua Kai said to Hua Zichen.
Hua Zichen nodded. This time, the Azure Dragon Army had lost almost a hundred soldiers and killed less than a thousand of the Donghu army. This was hard to imagine for the well-equipped Azure Dragon Army.
Now that Hua Kai said this, they knew their future mission. Success or failure would be decided at Leopard Jade Pass.
The Donghu army was much more careful than the Hua Family had expected. They used more than half a month to come to Leopard Jade Pass.
The Donghu Country had divided the three hundred thousand soldiers into more than a dozen areas. Each area had all kinds of horse traps, horse traps, watchtowers, arrow towers and so on. If the Azure Dragon Army dared to rashly enter, they would be trapped.
Hua Kai stood on Leopard Jade Pass and looked at the two hundred or so soldiers guarding it.
The White Tiger Army had been established for two years, and the official members were all above the Natal Opening Realm. Their two hundred people were spread out on the five hundred meter wide wall. This was the most suitable number of people to defend the city at the beginning of the battle after a long time of discussion.
Hua Kai would not give advice on how to defend Leopard Jade Pass. The White Tiger Army had studied how to defend the pass for many years and had their own methods. If he spoke more, it would only disrupt the other's plans. His goal was only the Donghu king.
Hua Kai waited on Leopard Jade Pass for two days. The Azure Dragon Army had stopped five li to the north of the Donghu camp. The other's camp had no gaps. Even on divine steeds, they did not dare to rashly charge into the defense camp. So they could only watch from a distance. When the Donghu army attacked, they would see if they could find a chance to attack.
The Donghu army did not attack Leopard Jade Pass for a week. Leopard Jade Pass put the main defense forces on the second wave of reinforcements. So most of the White Tiger Army was on standby in the camp, and only had the minimum amount of training each day to maintain their condition.
On the eighth day, it was already the seventh month. Hua Kai was sitting quietly in the main room of the General's House. His consciousness was immersed in the virtual space. The second chapter of Journey to the West was finally finished, but now was not the time to write the second chapter.
Two Jixia Academy novelists brought hundreds of disciples to the General's House to seek an audience. When they learned that Hua Kai had become a major novelist, they brought their disciples to High Willow Commandery and chased him all the way to Leopard Jade Pass.
Hua Kai had wanted to see these two novelists but suddenly heard the sound of drums outside the pass. He hurriedly walked to the walls and saw that the battle on the walls had already started.
There were only two hundred people on the walls of the pass. Outside the pass, tens of thousands of people carried hundreds of scaling ladders and started to climb up. But the walls of Leopard Jade Pass were only five hundred meters wide. The Donghu slave soldiers climbed up the walls like ants, but very few people could reach the top. The White Tiger Army used special rods to push down the scaling ladders, and very few slave soldiers could reach the top.
These slave soldiers were actually just probing attacks by the Donghu army. They seemed to have many people, but they could not give the White Tiger Army much pressure. Hua Kai heard the shouts of people pushing charging carts to attack the gates. A captain of the White Tiger Army hurriedly called for reinforcements. Hundreds of slave soldiers carried rocks up the walls, and soon, there was a wave of shouts outside the pass.
A rock the size of a person's head fell inside the walls. Hua Kai knew that the Donghu army outside the city was using catapults to attack the city.
The reinforcements of the White Tiger Army were close to the inside of the walls. The catapults could not attack here. The soldiers on the walls were very calm when they saw the catapults. When they pushed the scaling ladders, they pushed them. When they saw enemy soldiers about to climb up the walls, they used their spears to stab. The White Tiger Army had practiced this countless times before.
An enormous rock smashed into a soldier on the walls. That soldier's sternum caved in, and he lay on the ground. He was clearly not going to live.
Several soldiers next to him were also injured after being hit by the boulder. At this time, a small captain took 20 soldiers and bent over to replace them. Ten slave soldiers went up the wall to carry the wounded down. On the road, some people were hit by the catapult attack. The slave soldiers helped their injured companions down. They entered the gate of the city defense warehouse to treat the wounded.
The battle continued for more than two hours. The two hundred people of the reinforcements took turns to replace the first group of defenders on the walls. The second group of defenders in the camp added another two hundred people to the first group of reinforcements, so that the reinforcements always had about five hundred people.
Hua Kai also saw that the other side could not pose any threat to Leopard Jade Pass if they did not send out elites and experts. This kind of probing was meaningless to the elite White Tiger Army. In the afternoon, the Donghu army seemed to be dissatisfied with the results of today's attack, and started to insert some elite soldiers into the slave soldiers.