Chapter 1675

Immediately after, he felt a pair of powerful hands placed on his right shoulder, and a voice rang out in his ear.

"Li Erji, this Prime Minister really didn't misjudge you!"

"'I cannot bow and scrape to the powerful and the noble, which makes me unable to be happy'—this sentence has a true portrayal."

"Good, very good!"

Gao Yang said, then looked at the generals and said, "Look at you all; there must be righteousness in the army, there must be a military soul; in the future, you must learn more from Observer Li!"

Li Erji breathed a sigh of relief in his heart and revealed a smile, "The Prime Minister overpraises; this is what this subordinate should do..."

But suddenly, Li Erji noticed something wrong, "Wait, Prime Minister, what did you just call me?"

Gao Yang looked surprised and said, "Observer Li, what's wrong?"

"Prime Minister, when did I become an observer?"

"Just now."

"This Prime Minister has decided to confer upon you the title of Xiongnu Cavalry Close-Range Charge Observer, abbreviated as Observer Li. What's wrong?"

Boom!

The sky collapsed!

Li Erji's mouth twitched, and his face changed, "Xiongnu... Cavalry Close-Range Charge Observer?"

Li Erji couldn't help but have a picture emerge in his mind: ten thousand Xiongnu cavalry charging, and he, Li Erji, standing alone before the ten thousand, eyes wide open, observing carefully.

Then... he became meat paste.

Wang Xiao: "..."

Damn it, there really is this official position.

The Prime Minister... ultimately showed mercy to his subordinates!

"Prime Minister, this battle is over, and we are all returning to Changancheng; this Xiongnu Close-Range Charge Observer thing, you are really humorous."

Li Erji revealed an awkward but polite smile.

Everyone also laughed one after another.

The army was about to return; this must be a joke.

But Gao Yang tightened his face and said, "Who said we were returning to Changancheng?"

"Who said the battle was over?"

Once these words were spoken,

Li Erji's expression changed, and the generals' expressions also changed accordingly.

They all stared at the direction where Gao Yang was, their expressions very shocked.

"Prime Minister, what do you mean by these words?"

"The battle isn't over yet?"

Wang Xiao said in shock.

Everyone also looked tightly at Gao Yang, even Li Chengye was the same.

As the Prefect of Yanmen, in charge of a prefecture, Gao Yang naturally couldn't hide it from him, and also ordered Chen Sheng to go and order him to come.

Li Chengye felt excited in his heart.

He thought of Gao Yang's words from a few days ago; at that time, he smelled something unusual and vaguely guessed Gao Yang's thoughts.

Now that these words were spoken, combined with the news of Wu Zhao's envoy arriving, he had ten percent certainty in his heart!

"Go and close the doors tightly; within a radius of twenty meters, do not allow anyone to approach."

"Those who violate the order, behead!"

Gao Yang's tone was indifferent as he said this to Chen Sheng.

"Yes!"

Chen Sheng cupped his hands and left.

Once Gao Yang said this, the complexions of Li Erji and the others changed thoroughly.

Previously, they thought Gao Yang was joking on purpose; after all, Gao Yang's personality was always like this.

But now it seemed, this was probably true!

In this instant, Li Erji was panicked to the extreme.

After the doors were closed tightly.

Gao Yang swept his gaze over everyone, "This official doesn't like to beat around the bush, so I'll just say it."

"The Emperor's secret edict has arrived, ordering my unit to attack Hexi a second time, to catch the Xiongnu off guard, annihilate the Zhenyue and Langya princes, and cause the Hexi region to change hands!"

Gao Yang got straight to the point and spoke directly.

Once these words were spoken, it was no different from throwing a deep-water bomb into the hearts of the generals, shocking everyone into a daze.

Attack Hexi a second time, annihilate the Langya and Zhenyue princes?

And cause the Hexi region to be incorporated into the territory of my Da Qian from now on?

Hiss!

Everyone gasped, and a huge wave surged in their hearts.

After Wang Xiao was shocked, he suddenly thought of the "Three Alls" tactics Gao Yang executed in the Hexi region.

Combining this with the order, he couldn't help but ask, "Prime Minister, so the slaughter and display of power in the first battle was actually preparation for this second attack on Hexi?"

Gao Yang swept a glance at Wang Xiao; there was no need to cover it up now, so he nodded directly.

"Not bad!"

"The first slaughter was, first, to pay blood for blood and tooth for tooth, to avenge the Xiongnu's slaughter of the entire city of Yuyang and a century of humiliation; second, it was... to establish prestige, for the sake of a better attack next time!"

"Our army slaughtered mostly, but also let go of a few small tribes that didn't resist, as well as the Xiongnu's old, weak, women, and children, and the order to slaughter all those who resisted was deeply rooted in people's hearts. Therefore, after our army left, our army's fierce prestige must have spread throughout Hexi, making the tribes living in Hexi all fearful, but they will also remember these few small tribes that didn't resist and survived!"

"As long as our army slaughters into the Hexi land again, shouting the slogan 'Those who resist will be beheaded, those who surrender will not be killed,' then we can disintegrate the Xiongnu's will to resist!"

"This has great benefits for our army's march!" ===== CHAPTER 1677 =====