Du Yu's eyes suddenly flashed with an inexplicable excitement and asked, "Has sir, already discovered something?"

Situ Rui nodded slightly and asked without answering, "Where is Du Yu, you have been to the Qingzhou Legion for eight years after you have followed this governor. You have known Zhao Yue well in the past eight years, right?"

Du Yu looked at Situ Rui with a focused expression. He knew that this question did not need an answer.

Sure enough, before Du Yu could answer Situ Rui, he continued: "With your understanding of Zhao Yue, is he like a person who easily changes his temperament? Will he suddenly realize the strategic value of Hexi Fortress? Will he send 20,000 troops to rescue for less than 5,000 light soldiers?"

Du Yu replied with great certainty: "No, absolutely not!"

"But now Zhao Yue has indeed sent 20,000 reinforcements." Situ Rui stroked his chin and asked, "Do you think there is any reason worth discussing?"

Du Yu followed Situ Rui's idea and analyzed: "There are only two reasons. One is that Zhao Yue suddenly became smarter or had guidance from experts, and realized the strategic value of Hexi Fortress, so he sent heavy troops to garrison. But if Zhao Yue really became smarter or was guided by experts, what would he do? He could send troops to garrison earlier, so why should he wait until now to rush to send troops? So this possibility can basically be ruled out."

Situ Rui nodded happily and said, "Say, continue."

Du Yu continued: "Excluding the first possibility, then there is only another possibility left, that is, there is someone he wants to save or protect in Hexi Fortress! Bei Zhi heard that Zhao Yue only had one daughter in his life, and he loved her like a pearl in his hand. Could it be his daughter who is now in Hexi Fortress?"

"Hahaha."

Situ Rui smiled and said, "Du Yu, you and I want to go together. It is indisputable whether Zhao Yue's only daughter is in the Hexi Fortress, but it is an indisputable fact that Zhao Yue has to send troops to rescue him!"

"but……"

Du Yu frowned and said, "There are two problems with the humble rank. How did Zhao Yue know about our attack in advance? If it was Yao Mingyuan and Qin Qi's cavalry that exposed our army's intentions, then Zhao Yue should have just heard the news at this time. How could the reinforcements he sent had arrived at the Hexi Fortress?"

“This is not difficult to explain.”

Situ Rui waved his hand and said calmly, "Although we have strictly blocked the Tianlang Mountain Road and the Hexi Canyon, this does not mean that the Glorious Empire cannot obtain information from other channels."

Du Yu nodded and said, "There is another question. If there are people or things Zhao Yue has to save in the Hexi Fortress, why didn't he evacuate before Yao Mingyuan and Qin Qi's cavalry division arrive? Why did he have to wait until our vanguard, the light cavalry, arrives before sending troops to rescue? It seems unlogical to do this."

"This is the key to the problem!"

Situ Rui reached out and slapped heavily on the guardrail of the chariot, saying in a voice, "If this governor had expected it was not bad, when Zhao Yue knew about the news of our army's large-scale attack, he would have no time to evacuate the garrison in the Hexi Fortress. If the forced evacuation occurs, he would just hit our vanguard, the light cavalry, so he could only send an army nearby to protect!"

If Zhao Yue could hear Situ Rui's analysis with his own ears, he would definitely be shocked!

Although Situ Rui had not seen it personally, he guessed the truth of the facts, which was extremely powerful!

Du Yuran said: "If this is the case, then everything will be logical."

Situ Rui said again: "If the inference of this governor is the truth of the facts, then what do you think Zhao Yue is doing now?"

Du Yu thought for a moment, then said excitedly: "Carry up the follow-up army and prepare to fight our army!"

“That’s exactly that!”

A trace of inexplicable coldness suddenly flashed across Situ Rui's thin face, and he said in a cold voice, "Originally, we were worried that Zhao Yue would strengthen the walls and clear the fields and divide his troops to defend several big cities. Now it seems that this worry is unnecessary. Zhao Yue is willing to concentrate his troops to fight our army to the decisive battle, which is exactly what I am thinking, haha!"

"Yes." Du Yu said excitedly, "I didn't expect Zhao Yue to cooperate so much."

Situ Rui carried his hands on his back, looked at the vast sky in the east, and whispered to himself: "Our army is ready, and Zhao Yue hastily responded. Should he use this to do something about it?"

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Hexi Fortress, Thunder Headquarters.

Four burly strong men lined up in front of Lei Ming.

"Huang Ren, the captain of the first infantry corps of the Fourth Division of the Empire Western Legion, see the general!"

"He Qing, the captain of the second infantry corps of the Fourth Division of the Empire Western Legion, see the general!"

"Zhou Jin, the captain of the third infantry corps of the Fourth Division of the Imperial Western Legion, see the general!"

"Bai Xi, the captain of the Fourth Light Infantry Regiment of the Fourth Division of the Imperial Western Legion, see the general!"

"Hurry and don't give me a gift."

Lei Ming hurriedly clasped his fists and returned the greeting, then turned around and pulled Meng Hu to his side, introducing to Huang Ren and the other two, "This Meng Hu, the gang leader of the Fifth Regiment, will be colleagues in the future, and you should get close to him."

Huang Ren said solemnly: "I have long admired the name of greatness, and it is well-known for my ears!"

He Qing followed and said, "Brother Meng Hu killed Situ Biao outside Tianlang Pass. I witnessed it with my own eyes, and it was amazing!"

Zhou Jin also said: "I also heard that Brother Meng Hu had less than 2,000 light troops in the battle of Hexi Canyon, but almost wiped out the 20,000 troops of the Tuoba Tao Division of the Mingyue Empire. It is unbelievable, it is simply unbelievable!"

Bai Xi, who was the leader of the Light Infantry Regiment with Meng Hu, just casually clasped his fists and bowed: "Bai Xi, take care of him."

Meng Hu also folded his fists and replied, "Take care."

After Meng Hu and others greeted each other, Lei Ming smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work on the road. Let's go down and rest for a while before the Mingyue Empire Army began to attack."

"yes!"

Huang Ren and the other two agreed and took the order to rest.

Watching the four people leave, Lei Ming said to Meng Hu: "Huzi, let's go to the watchtower to see. The Mingyue Empire Army has not yet moved. This is strange."

"I was about to tell you about this."

Meng Hu nodded with a serious expression and said, "Situ Rui is very smart and conceived. He is likely to play the trick of playing a little help!"

"Add aid in the circumference? What is a circumference?

As Meng Hu finished speaking, a crisp and pleasant sound suddenly sounded outside the road. Thunder and Meng Hu turned around when they heard the sound. A figure flashed at the door, and Zhao Qinghan's graceful figure had already walked in.

Lei Ming hurriedly said, "Miss Qinghan."

Zhao Qinghan waved her hand, her beautiful eyes focused on Meng Hu, and asked again: "What is a siege and aid?"

Meng Hu is far from liking Zhao Qinghan now, but at least he is not as annoying as before. He replied immediately: "The so-called surrounding points and attacking aid means using some forces to surround the enemy's places of rescue, attracting the enemy to help, and then using a large army to set up an ambush on the paths that the enemy reinforcements must pass, and after the enemy enters the hub, they will surround and annihilate them, and finally turn around to solve the surrounded enemy, so as to achieve the purpose of defeating each one."

"So that's how it is."

Zhao Qinghan blinked her beautiful eyes and said thoughtfully, "That is to say, the Hexi Fortress is this point, and his father's army is the first support Situ Rui wants to attack, right?"

Meng Hu nodded and said, "That's it."

Zhao Qinghan asked, "So is there any solution?"

Meng Hu said: "It is very simple to crack Situ Rui's siege and aid. First of all, the Hexi Fortress cannot be missed. Secondly, your father must be calm! As long as you do these two things, Situ Rui's plan will be completely lost, and the invading Mingyue army will fall into a dilemma and eventually they can only retreat in disgrace."

Zhao Qinghan blinked her beautiful eyes and said in surprise: "That's so simple?"

"Simple?"

Meng Hu smiled and suddenly turned serious, and said in a deep voice, "It's not easy to do these two things. Don't talk about whether your father is calm. It's not easy to just guard the Hexi Fortress. Even if the Fourth Division is now intact, it can only last for two months at most!"

Zhao Qinghan couldn't help but frowned and asked, "Why can only last for two months?"

"Because there is only enough food in the fortress to eat for two months." Meng Hu said this and suddenly said, "Unless..."

Zhao Qinghan asked without hesitation: "Unless what?"

A cold smile suddenly appeared on Meng Hu's lips and said, "Unless you eat the human flesh of the fallen soldiers!"

For no reason, Zhao Qinghan's eyes suddenly appeared in front of her. When she broke through that day, the terrifying scene of the bloody brain splattering on her face in front of him. A strange annoyance suddenly surged from her stomach. She quickly covered her mouth with her hands and ran out of the gear, and came to the side of the school ground to lie on the ground and retching for a while.

Lei Ming said with some complaint: "Huzi, how can you tell Miss Qinghan this?"

Meng Hu groaned and said, "Lao Lei, Zhao Qinghan is Zhao Yue's only daughter. According to the empire's convention, in the future, she will not only inherit Zhao Yue's title, but also become the governor of the western provinces and the commander of the western legion. However, a wealthy daughter like her does not know the hardships and hardships of the lower-level soldiers, and does not know the cruelty of the war and the blood of the killing. If she does not take advantage of the present, she will learn more about the war. When she inherits the throne of the duke in the future, then the unlucky ones will be all the soldiers of the western legion and millions of people in the western provinces!"

Lei Ming was silent, and what Meng Hu said was the truth.

In the Glorious Empire, the four major dukes were very special. When the Glorious Empire was first established in the early years, the Glorious Emperor conferred four founding fathers to guard the four sides of the east, west, south and north respectively. This is the origin of the four major dukes, east, west, south and north, the four major provinces and four legions.

Unlike the other five provinces of the northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest, and capital, the throne of the governor of the four major provinces and the throne of the commander of the four major legions are tied together with the titles of the four major dukes. In other words, when Zhao Qinghan inherited the title of the Western Duke from Zhao Yue, she would become the natural governor of the Western Legion and the natural commander of the Western Legion!

After a long time, Lei Ming sighed again and asked, "Huzi, why did you suddenly talk about this?"

Meng Hu sighed lightly and said blindly: "I hope my worries are unnecessary."
Chapter completed!