Chapter 174: Renewal of troops in the West

Three days later.

Luojing, the living room of the Prince of Yan’s Mansion.

Cao Mo said to Meng Ke: "Prince, I just received a letter from the Xiling Feige. The second highness's middle army has knocked on Hu Xiao Pass. It seems that this Western Expedition will soon be settled."

"Oh?" Meng Ke said happily, "The army in the middle has knocked on Tiger Roar Pass?"

"Yes." Ye Haotian said, "But the Mingyue Empire Army's resistance is very tenacious and cannot break into the pass for the time being."

"Well." Meng Ke pondered for a moment and asked again, "Where is Meng Hu's northern wing partial division and Chongshan's southern wing partial division?"

Ye Haotian said: "The southern wing partial division of Chongshan has intercepted the southern reinforcements of the Mingyue Empire in the Luomapo area, as for Meng Hu's northern wing partial division..."

Meng Ke frowned and said, "What's wrong with the partial division in the North Wing?"

Ye Haotian said bitterly: "After attacking the North Wing side division commander passed Lieliu City, no news came."

"Is this happening?" Meng Ke's brows frowned even more and more, and he whispered to himself, "What's the point of this Meng Hu doing? Could it be..."

"It's not very similar." Ye Haotian said, "With Meng Hu's ability to command troops and use troops, even if Qiu Yutang takes action personally, it would be not easy to make dumplings from his North Wing side division. What's more, Chongshan also specially allocated one of the only two cavalry divisions in the Northern Legion to the North Wing side division."

"Too."

Meng Ke nodded and said, "If Meng Hu had been so easy to deal with, he would not have defeated Situ Rui again and again, but what happened to this North Wing side master? How could it disappear suddenly?"

Cao Mo said: "Prince, I think there are only two possibilities."

"Oh?" Meng Ke asked, "Mr. Cao thought there were two possibilities?"

Cao Mo said: "The first possibility is that Meng Hu has already advanced straight into the hinterland of the Mingyue Empire, so it is inconvenient to send a message to the base camp in the rear. The second possibility is that his northern wing partial division has suffered a severe blow and is currently besieged by the Mingyue army in a desperate situation, so he cannot send a message to the outside."

Meng Ke walked back and forth for two steps, and suddenly turned around and said, "In this way, immediately send Meng Yan to send a flying cavalry to get in touch with Meng Hu's northern wing division as soon as possible! Meng Yan's northern wing division was absurd, Shi Miyuan and Pu Sanzhi also followed him! Meng Hu's northern wing division lost news for so long, but they didn't even care about it. It's really outrageous!"

Cao Mo and Ye Haotian looked at each other, not daring to respond. Both of them were also savages. Since Meng Yan temporarily decided to change his combat strategy this Western Expedition, there has been strangeness everywhere. With their keen political sense of the two, they have even smelled an extraordinary sense of danger from it, but they just dare not tell others.

When Meng Ke was secretly angry, an eunuch suddenly rushed in in panic.

"Prince, great victory, great victory in the north!"

"oh?"

"A great victory in the north?"

Cao Mo and Ye Haotian turned their heads at the same time when they heard the sound, and Meng Ke asked even more anxiously: "Tell me quickly!"

The eunuch fell to the ground, gasped violently, and said calmly: "Prince, just now the Eastern Governor Li Yu and Li sent an emergency delivery from Dagucheng. The first corps of the 1st Division of the Eastern Legion defeated the 100,000 barbarian cavalry of Qin Chuan, the southern prince of the Galaxy Empire, and killed more than 70,000, and only more than 20,000 enemy cavalry escaped!"

"ah!?"

"This is actually happening!?"

Cao Mo and Ye Jietian were stunned when they heard this. The news was too shocking. A Shishi Clan regiment actually broke through the 100,000 cavalry of the Galaxy Empire? The difference in force was too fucking huge. If this battle was played in this way, wouldn’t the empire just sending a division to easily sweep the entire Galaxy and desert?

"Kill more than 70,000 cavalry?" Meng Ke also looked in disbelief and said in a speechless voice, "Only more than 20,000 enemy cavalry escaped?"

"Yes, Prince!" The eunuch was so excited that he burst into tears and cried, "The threat of the Galaxy Empire to the north of the empire has been resolved without fighting!"

"Okay, okay!" Meng Ke said, "It's great. Once the border troubles in the northern empire are eliminated, you can do your best to deal with the Mingyue Empire!"

Ye Haotian seemed to suddenly remember something and said to Meng Ke anxiously: "Prince, if I remember correctly, the first wing of the First Division of the Eastern Legion should be a Semitic wing, and the captain of this Semitic wing should be a student of this period who had just graduated from the Royal Military Academy - Yue Meng!"

"Oh? Yue Meng?"

A flash of flush suddenly surged on Meng Ke's face, and even his lips were trembling when he spoke.

Even though the Regent was used to the strong winds and waves, he lost his due calmness, but soon he realized something, quickly calmed down, nodded happily, "Okay, okay, it seems that the Royal Military Academy is not as unbearable as Meng Hu said, and it can still cultivate generals like Yue Meng."

"Who said it was not?" Ye Haotian quickly agreed, "Meng Hu is completely nonsense."

Cao Mo glanced at Ye Haotian and suddenly said, "Meng Hu is a general from the ranks. He only believes in veterans fighting from the ranks. It is reasonable to disagree with generals from the academy. However, the old minister heard that Meng Hu still admired Yue Meng, a student. It seems that Meng Hu has a unique vision. Yue Meng's student really made a big splash on the northern border!"

Meng Ke was happy in his heart and couldn't help but tease Cao Molai: "I said Lao Cao, just say that Meng Hu can be keen on the wise and know the talent. Haha, did you take Meng Hu like this to speak for Meng Hu? But then again, it seems that Meng Hu's comments to Yue Meng were really pertinent."

Seeing that Cao Mo refuted his words, Ye Haotian was naturally embarrassed, so he quickly remedyed: "Prince, I think this Yue Meng is a famous general in the empire and should focus on cultivating it."

"Oh?" Meng Ke said happily, "I wonder what kind of insights Mr. Ye has?"

Ye Haotian pondered for a moment and talked: "Prince, what I think is this. Now most of the 100,000 Xinghe Barbarians in Qinchuan have been killed or injured. It is impossible to pose any threat to the northern border of the empire. So can the eastern legion stationed in the northern province consider moving to the western province? In addition, the four imperial guard divisions stationed in the Yanmen Pass can also consider moving to the Hexi Canyon. First, if necessary, you can reinforce the Western Expedition Army of Your Highness. Second, if the situation changes, the situation in the western border can also be stabilized."

Ye Haotian’s idea can be said to be consistent with Meng Ke.

Due to an unexpected victory, the situation on the northern border of the empire had been greatly alleviated. Now Meng Ke’s only concern was Meng Yan’s Western Expedition army. Before the Western Expedition was fruitful, Meng Ke would never dare to neglect any of it, so he also tended to transfer the eastern legion and four imperial guard divisions to the western provinces and directly join the Western Expedition if necessary.

Seeing Meng Ke nodding lightly, Ye Haotian continued: "The prince is worth ten thousand gold and wants to be in charge of Luojing, so he naturally cannot lead the Imperial Guard Corps to go on an expedition. So I mean to set up a military advisor for the four Imperial Guard Divisions stationed in Yanmen Pass, with Yue Meng as the military advisor to coordinate and assist the prince in handling military affairs..."

"No."

Meng Ke shook his head flatly and said, "Even if Yue Meng has the potential to become a famous general, he is only eighteen years old now. He is still too young after all. He has never been on the battlefield before graduation, nor has he led a large army to fight. It is already difficult to lead a gang of five thousand soldiers. Suddenly commanding four divisions is simply a joke!"

Cao Mo glanced at Ye Haotian with some dissatisfaction, held his fists and bowed, "The prince is wise."

Ye Haotian flattered the horse's legs twice, and said awkwardly: "What the prince means..."

Meng Ke thought for a while and said in a deep voice: "I think that Li Yu's eastern legion and the four imperial guard divisions stationed in Yanmen Pass can be moved to the western provinces, and that Yue Meng should also be valued. However, it is a bit hasty to appoint him as the commander of the four imperial guard divisions. It is better to let him be the chief of staff under Changfeng first."

Ye Haotian hurriedly said, "The prince is wise."

Cao Mo thought for a while and said, "Prince, let the Eastern Army move to the western provincial ministers, also think that it should be, but the four imperial guard divisions stationed in Yanmen Pass should be sent to the western border. Should we consider it again? Recently, the old minister smelled some extraordinary aura from there."

"there?"

"You mean there?"

Meng Ke and Ye Haotian looked slightly stern when they heard this, and they obviously attached great importance to what Cao Mo said.

Cao Mo nodded with a serious expression, and then said, "The prince knows that due to religious beliefs and customs, it is difficult for the empire to penetrate, so the old minister only heard some news and had no definite news. However, according to the old minister's intuition, large-scale military preparations are likely to be underway there."

"Hu." Ye Haotian couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and said disapprovingly, "I said, Lao Cao, you don't have any definite news to guess what you are randomly guessing? Don't be in the wind and rain all day long. There has been no large-scale war with Middle-earth world for nearly a hundred years. No one knows what the situation is now, right? Besides, even if there is a large-scale military preparation there, it may not necessarily attack the empire."

Meng Ke said: "Since this possibility exists, the empire cannot be taken lightly. The threat there is far above any country in Middle-earth. It seems that the four imperial guard divisions stationed at Yanmen Pass cannot be transferred all of them. In this way, Changfeng's Third Division and Black Spear's First Division will cooperate with Li Yu's Eastern Legion to go to the western Bianlong."

Cao Mo and Ye Haotian bowed at the same time and said, "The prince is wise."

Meng Ke said: "Then let's do it first, and send an urgent delivery to Li Yu immediately."
Chapter completed!