Chapter 1633

He always felt that Gao Yang was playing a game of chess with a very large board...

At this moment.

Gao Yang said to the group, "Back to the main topic. I called you all here to ask: do you think this act of retaliation is enough?"

After Gao Yang finished speaking, he looked at the generals.

Upon hearing this, the generals exchanged glances.

Li Erji was the first to speak, "Prime Minister Gao, I think it is enough."

"Reason?"

Gao Yang toyed with a tree branch in his hand and said indifferently.

Li Erji said, "Under your leadership, our army killed its way into Hexi. Since then, we have fought for five days, attacking swiftly and forcefully, sweeping through over twenty Xiongnu tribes, and annihilating the Pale Wolf King, the Linglan King, and many other minor kings."

"Our army only has tens of thousands of men, yet we have achieved such results. This retaliation is enough!"

"Even if word reaches Changancheng, this will be an unprecedented great victory!"

After Li Erji finished, Gao Yang looked at the group with his eyes, "What about you all? Do you think the same?"

Hearing this, everyone nodded one after another.

Wang Xiao spoke up, "Prime Minister Gao, our army has now killed its way into the heart of Hexi. Although our marching speed is extremely fast, after five days of raiding, news has inevitably spread."

"In the Hexi region, the Zhenyue King and the Langya King have hundreds of thousands of elite troops under their command. If they react and launch a pincer attack on us, it will be dangerous."

Pu Duo and Zhao Bushi nodded one after another, their expressions solemn.

They were Xiongnu, so they were responsible for most of the intelligence gathering. What they heard most from the captured Xiongnu was the might of the Zhenyue King and the Langya King.

These two kings sat in control of Hexi, and their strength was far from comparable to other minor kings.

Furthermore, in their hearts, they felt that this surprise attack from Mount Canglan into the Hexi lands had already achieved astonishing results.

After all, they only had tens of thousands of men.

After listening, Gao Yang suddenly stood up.

As soon as he stood up, the generals stood up one after another, all looking at Gao Yang.

"By conventional logic, tens of thousands of elites fighting across eight hundred miles and sweeping through twenty Xiongnu tribes is indeed enough."

"But..." Gao Yang swept his gaze over the generals, making everyone feel a tightness in their hearts, and then continued, "But I am a capitalist, and what I believe in is high risk, high return!"

"Since I have risked my life, these results are a bit underwhelming."

"So I have decided—thirty miles away is the territory of the Langya King. Our army will launch a surprise attack on him. We will not linger in this battle; kill as many as we can, burn what we can, and blow up what we can. After the charge, we will break out from Evil Wolf Ridge, follow the Wu River, and return to Yanmen County!"

"What do the generals think?"

As soon as Gao Yang said this, the generals were stunned.

A surprise attack on the Langya King?

Pu Duo was dumbfounded.

Zhao Bushi was also dumbfounded.

Wang Xiao was even more incredulous.

Just a moment ago, he had been earnestly telling Gao Yang that they had reached the heart of Hexi and should be careful that the Zhenyue King and Langya King might have received news and could surround them, putting them in a dangerous situation.

As it turned out, before the Langya King and Zhenyue King could even find them to surround this isolated Da Qian army, this ancestor Gao Yang actually wanted to take the initiative and go after the Langya King!

Pu Duo took a deep breath and said to Gao Yang, "Prime Minister Gao, this Langya King is not like the Pale Wolf King or other ordinary minor kings. His territory has hundreds of thousands of tribesmen, and at least thirty to forty thousand capable warriors."

"Are we really going to launch a surprise attack on him?"

Everyone looked worried.

Gao Yang stood with his hands behind his back, his eyes looking into the darkness in the distance.

In that direction, thirty miles away, sat the Langya King, one of the two greatest kings of Hexi. If he stomped his foot, the Hexi region would tremble!

"A mere Prince of Langya, what is there to fear?"

"I, the Prime Minister, intend to use him to test the waters!"

A wave of scalp-tingling dread washed over the generals.

As expected of Gao Yang; his courage was truly too great. Of all people to test the waters with, he had to choose the strongest in the Hexi region, the Prince of Langya!

Seeing Gao Yang's nonchalance, a surge of bravado welled up in Li Erji's heart. He slapped the iron armor on his chest and said, "If Prime Minister Gao wishes to fight, I, Li Erji, am willing to serve as Vanguard Commander!"

"This general requests to fight!"

Pu Duo and Zhao Bushi also gritted their teeth. "If Prime Minister Gao wants to fight, then we fight!"

"A mere Prince of Langya is nothing but an egg; we'll just smash him to pieces!"

Wang Xiao saw everyone nodding one after another, and seeing that Gao Yang had already made up his mind,

he also took a deep breath and said, "However Prime Minister Gao says to fight, that is how we will fight. Wherever Prime Minister Gao points, I, Wang Xiao, will strike!"

Gao Yang smiled. He looked toward the darkness in the distance and said to the group, "I, the Prime Minister, repeat what I said before: this battle still requires no tactics, nor any troop movements for encirclement. It remains just one word—fast!"