Chapter 366

"The words are rough but the logic is sound. I admit you are right, it just makes me lose a bit of face."

Wu Zhao took a deep breath, her voice revealing no anger.

Gao Yang smiled and said, "Does Your Majesty mind?"

"Why should I mind?"

"As you said, these words of mine will only make history books have a bit more of a beautiful tale. Besides that, if Da Qian is defeated, I cannot change anything."

"You are a pillar of Da Qian. If it weren't for you, Changancheng wouldn't have even lasted until now. No matter how narrow-minded I am, I wouldn't be like that toward you."

Wu Zhao looked magnanimous, her exquisite face filled with calm, as if she were stating something ordinary.

Gao Yang had to say that such a Wu Zhao was very charming.

But he continued.

"I don't like these words, not only because Your Majesty is placing hope in the enemy, which is very inauspicious, but also because I feel this is not the Your Majesty I have in my heart."

Wu Zhao looked at Gao Yang with her phoenix eyes, waiting for his follow-up.

Gao Yang spoke word by word.

"I do not fight battles that are ten deaths and no life. Although the situation is very bad now, I still have one biggest trump card!"

"This trump card, which has never been used, is precisely Your Majesty!"

As these words fell.

Wu Zhao's pupils shrank, her heart shaken.

"I am your biggest trump card?"

Gao Yang straightened his back, flames seeming to burn in his eyes.

"I never fight battles without preparation."

"Ten days have passed. No matter how difficult that piece of music is, the palace musicians should have learned to play it."

"Fighting outside the city means many methods cannot be used, but fortunately, I made the worst plans long ago. Eight hundred ring-pommel sabers, paired with fifty-pound iron armor, is enough!"

"Instead of leaving a decree to 'let the thieves tear my corpse apart, but do not harm a single commoner,' Your Majesty should personally lead the expedition and press the dragon banner forward!"

"With Your Majesty personally present, even if the enemy is many and we are few, Da Qian will have the strength to fight!"

After Gao Yang finished speaking, he didn't care about Wu Zhao's reaction and picked up a brush to write on the imperial decree on the dragon desk.

The brush moved like a dragon or snake, vigorous and powerful, each character leaping onto the paper.

After finishing, Gao Yang blew on it and looked at Wu Zhao. "Your Majesty, if you truly want to issue a final decree, I think it should be these words."

Wu Zhao raised her eyes to look. Initially, she was full of expectation, but soon her brows furrowed, her expression complex.

"What does Your Majesty think of these words I wrote?"

Gao Yang was quite satisfied, his face also carrying a bit of expectation.

Wu Zhao pondered for a moment and said, "This handwriting is not just ugly!"

"I can't see it clearly at all."

Hearing this, Gao Yang's smile stiffened bit by bit, and his old face couldn't help but flush red.

The damage wasn't great, but the insult was extremely strong.

His calligraphy was indeed hard to describe; the original owner's handwriting after the transmigration wasn't any better.

He himself could see it clearly, after all, he wrote it, but for Wu Zhao, it was indeed very difficult.

"This is wild cursive, a very new font!"

"But that doesn't matter. In a while, when Lord Shangguan returns, I will have her write another copy."

"Your Majesty only needs to follow my steps tomorrow and read it out!"

"If this battle is won, we can change the defensive and offensive positions!"

These words completely aroused Wu Zhao's curiosity.

"Even if we win, it will be a pyrrhic victory. How can we change the defensive and offensive positions?"

Seeing this, Gao Yang picked up a stack of memorials.

"These are the memorials for the deployment of the Changning Army over the years. I have used many methods to calculate their marching speed and the distance between the two places."

"General Nangong is a famous general of Da Qian. The closer he gets to Changancheng, the faster he marches!"

"From the time Your Majesty issued the military order to the Changning Army, it has been a full half-month, nearly twenty days!"

"The Changning Army is all cavalry, and there are supplies along the way, so there is no need for much time for grain and fodder. Now, even if it were a pig, it would have arrived in the Changancheng area!"

"According to my calculations, they will arrive in Changancheng as early as tomorrow, or as late as the day after. It is not just the Changning Army; the vanguard cavalry of the reinforcements from Longxi and other places must also be arriving soon."

"As long as our army can hold its own against the Chu army and bite them hard, the situation will reverse in an instant!"

As these words were spoken.

Wu Zhao's eyes changed suddenly.

"If we bring out all our trump cards tomorrow and still cannot defeat the Chu army's charge, I still have a backup plan!" ===== CHAPTER 368 =====