"Pass on my orders. Have Han Cheng break camp and march first thing tomorrow morning. Make it swift and decisive, and take Hanshan City as soon as possible!" Ouyang Mingyue swept her hand through the air. "Once Hanshan City falls, we'll sweep away their cavalry and end this threat for good!"
"Commander, you absolutely must not divide our forces again!" the strategist said anxiously.
Han Cheng commanded a full fifty thousand troops, most importantly including five thousand Desert Cavalry. If that army went to reinforce the attack on Hanshan City, they would have only five hundred thousand left here. Five hundred thousand against four hundred thousand, and laying siege at that-how long could they maintain it?
Once enemy reinforcements arrived, they would certainly die. In his view, they should smash their cooking pots and sink their boats, staking everything on a fight to the death against the Self-Defense Army's main force.
But seeing that Ouyang Mingyue had made up her mind, he ultimately said nothing.
Early on the twentieth day, even heaven seemed to be helping the Self-Defense Army. Lightning flashed and thunder rolled across the sky, and torrential rain came pouring down in an instant.
A deputy general beside Han Cheng asked, "General, with rain this heavy, are we still marching?"
"The commander ordered us to make this swift and decisive!"
That morning, the fifty thousand Cangling Army troops under Han Cheng began moving out in force.
Naturally, Han Cheng did not charge ahead mindlessly. He stationed scouts in different directions across a radius of more than ten li, searching for the Self-Defense Army cavalry.
He would lure the snake out of its hole. Once the Self-Defense Army was forced to strike back, he could send five thousand cavalry sweeping in from every direction, leaving no blind spots.
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