Bai Yuxuan put down her teacup, a mocking smile appearing on her face.

“The imperial army commanded by eldest sister is nominally thirty thousand strong.”

“But in reality, apart from our Bai family's five thousand Dragon骧 Army, the rest are all soldiers conscripted from the four prefectures.”

“Who doesn't know what kind of people the conscripted soldiers are? Expecting them to stop thirty thousand Tiele soldiers?”

“That's just wishful thinking.”

“I know, eldest sister, you are already prepared to die in battle.”

“But how could your little sister just stand by and watch eldest sister sacrifice herself for the country?”

“That's why I came to the front lines, to offer advice to eldest sister.”

“Two heads are better than one. If we sisters work together, we can definitely help eldest sister stop the Tiele people.”

Bai Yuxuan had been well-read and intelligent since childhood, and was known for her resourcefulness and decisiveness.

She was also a famous talented woman in Daliang.

She felt that she understood some military strategy and tactics and could help her eldest sister.

That's why she came to the front lines to offer advice to her sister, Bai Jing.

The two were about to continue their planning when suddenly, a bugle call came from outside the tent.

Immediately afterward, a series of bugle calls echoed throughout the Daliang army's camp.

It was the alarm signal for the entire army to be on guard.

Bai Jing's heart sank, and she rushed out of the tent and looked towards the north bank of the Chishui River.

Sure enough, in the direction where the north bank met the sky, a black line stretched out from between heaven and earth.

It was a black dragon composed of countless soldiers and horses.

Bai Yuxuan also came to the side of the female Marquis.

Looking at the black dragon, she asked.

“That... those are the Tiele people?”

Marquis Longxiang nodded and said in a deep voice.

“That's right, little sister, those are the Tiele people.”

At this time, on the wilderness on the north bank of the Chishui River.

Countless warhorses galloped across the plain, stirring up clouds of dust.

Their excellent horsemanship allowed the Tiele cavalry to move as one with their horses.

They looked towards the Liang camp on the south bank, their eyes filled with ferocity and cruelty.

The huge cavalry formation, like a torrent of giant waves, swept unstoppably towards the north bank of the Chishui River.

On a small hillside on the north bank, under several war flags depicting white wolf patterns.

Three tall Northern Barbarian generals were also looking at the south bank of the Chishui River.

The leader was the famous Tiele general Sandu, who was the commander of this southern expedition of the Tiele army. The two on the left and right were two chiliarchs, Baer and Abu.

Dozens of centurions also guarded them on the left and right, all of them looking fiercely at the south bank.

Chiliarch Baer said to Lord Sandu.

“I heard that the commander of these Southern Barbarians is a woman. I don't know what the Daliang emperor and his ministers are thinking.”

Sandu narrowed his eyes and said disdainfully.

“The men of Liang are not good, but the women are not bad.”

“They are much more charming than those rough women on the grasslands.”

“This time, let's plunder more and distribute them to the warriors.”

Hearing this, a burst of rough laughter came from around.

On the south bank of the Chishui River.

Li Yuan and his eighty-five conscripted soldiers, like all the conscripted soldiers here, were working hard to fortify the riverside camp.

The sound of iron hooves pounding the ground like thunder on the opposite bank made the conscripted soldiers on the south bank stop their work.

They looked up and saw the Tiele cavalry sweeping across the north bank like dark clouds.

The sheer momentum was frightening.

Looking at those fierce cavalrymen, many of the conscripted soldiers who were on the battlefield for the first time were trembling in their boots.

“These... these are the Tiele people?”

“How can we possibly defeat them?”

“We're really dead this time.”

Li Yuan looked around and saw that the conscripted soldiers from Dongxiang Village beside him were also full of fear.

Even the several garrison commanders and the supervising army's personal soldiers not far away showed fear.

At this moment, bugle calls rang out one after another in the united camp.

At the same time, the drums for gathering the generals in the central army were also sounded loudly.

The supervising commanders of the various counties and the generals of the various prefectures rushed to the central army tent upon hearing the sound.

Marquis Longxiang was about to convene a military conference before the battle.

Inside the tent, Bai Jing sat behind a long table, while Bai Yuxuan stood beside her with a black veil on her face.

The generals of the four prefectures and the supervising commanders of the various counties were arranged in a wild goose formation on the left and right.

“Greetings, Marquis Longxiang!”

All the military generals bowed to Marquis Longxiang, who was in the upper seat.

The female Marquis Bai Jing, dressed in men's clothing, waved her hand.

“The military situation is urgent, everyone, no need to be polite.”

“The Tiele army has already arrived on the north bank of the Chishui River. You are all veterans.”

“Does anyone have a plan to defeat the enemy?”

The generals looked at each other and remained silent.

What they were thinking was, a plan to defeat the enemy? How could there be one.

On the opposite bank were thirty thousand Tiele cavalrymen, and each of the Tiele people was an elite and fierce warrior.

We only have thirty thousand soldiers and horses here, of which twenty-five thousand are just conscripted soldiers to make up the numbers.

Based on the experience of the Daliang army fighting against the Tiele army, one hundred thousand Daliang conscripted soldiers may not be able to stop ten thousand Tiele cavalrymen.

Moreover, Daliang does not have any military advantage this time, and it is difficult to say whether everyone can save their lives this time.

This time, the commander of the army, Marquis Longxiang Bai Jing, is still a woman.

This made the military leaders even more unsure.

There was a silence in the tent.

Marquis Longxiang looked left and right. Some of these military generals were lowering their heads, and some were closing their eyes to rest.

They looked like they had no intention of answering the question at all.

She could only sigh in her heart.

“Since everyone has no good plan,”

“Then I will arrange the defense matters.”

“All generals, listen to the order!”

All the generals in the tent immediately became solemn.

“The Weizhou army of seven thousand men will defend the left flank of the army.”

“The Huaizhou and Qingzhou troops, totaling eleven thousand men, will defend the central route of Luan Shi Mountain.”

“The Dingzhou army of seven thousand men will defend the right flank of the army.”

“Each army will set up camp according to the mountains and must stop the Tiele people for ten days.”

The generals looked at each other.

The Qingzhou general stepped forward and asked with a bow.

“May I ask Marquis Longxiang, will we have reinforcements after ten days?”

Marquis Longxiang nodded.

“The imperial court has already ordered the conscription of soldiers and horses from the various counties of Beichuan Road, and they will come to support us in ten days.”

In fact, Marquis Longxiang told a lie here.

Using the soldiers and horses of Beichuan Road was the imperial court's contingency plan to resist the Tiele invasion.

But this time, whether the imperial court would use them or not, and even if they did mobilize, how many they could mobilize was unknown.

But in order to maintain the morale of the entire army, she had to say so.

Otherwise, if these generals knew that there might not be any reinforcements, they would probably collapse in morale in less than three days.

After deploying the tasks of each army, the two sisters looked at each other as dozens of military generals left the military tent one after another.

There was a strange uneasiness in their hearts.

Bai Yuxuan considered herself resourceful and decisive.

Before coming, she was also full of confidence. She had read all the military books and war records of previous dynasties.

As long as she had the space to play, she would definitely be able to think of a way to stop the Tiele people.

But when she arrived at the front lines, she realized that the situation was not what she thought it would be.

Military strategy was completely different from the strategy she was good at.

Bai Yuxuan was good at manipulating people's hearts and taking advantage of the situation, but under the Tiele people's absolute crushing combat power, it seemed very naive and ridiculous.

Especially when she really saw the military power of the Tiele soldiers and horses, the momentum of an invincible and well-tested army.

It directly shocked this Miss Bai, who had no military experience.

The real war was really a world of difference from the feather fan and turban she had imagined in her boudoir, directing military strategy.

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