Chapter 989: Chapter 949: The Minister of the Ministry of Revenue’s Question

Leng Yu paused slightly at this point, and then continued to speak:

"Moreover, a more important point is that the Mountain and Sea Pass and the previous ten cities are completely different concepts,

it can be said that they aren’t on the same border line at all.

From the perspective of the Yan Country, spending time and effort to attack the Mountain and Sea Pass offers them no benefit whatsoever, 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

because even if they capture the Mountain and Sea Pass, there are still many cities between us and the Yan Country.

In other words, once they capture this city, they absolutely won’t be able to hold it.

As long as we react and cut off their retreat, they will have no opportunity to withdraw.

It can be said that by then they will be like turtles trapped in a jar against us.

So they shouldn’t do such a futile and unrewarding thing."

Hearing Leng Yu’s analysis, everyone felt it made sense.

Especially when Leng Yu spoke about the geographical location of the Mountain and Sea Pass, it became even clearer to everyone.

As Leng Yu said, the location of the Mountain and Sea Pass is important and blocks the link between Dayou and the Zhao Country, but has nothing to do with the Yan Country, with seven or eight cities in between.

Even if the Yan Country takes the Mountain and Sea Pass, it will be of no use to them.

Once these cities cut off their retreat, the Mountain and Sea Pass occupied by Yan Country will become an isolated city.

Their supplies simply cannot be transported in,

furthermore, the Mountain and Sea Pass has nothing to do with the Yan Country and is far from the Capital City,

even if Yan Soldiers capture the Mountain and Sea Pass, it cannot serve as a springboard to attack the Capital City.

After all, there are three cities between the Mountain and Sea Pass and the Capital City.

Once Dayou reacts, they won’t be able to attack, let alone ensure their own safety.

At this point, Minister Wu was rendered speechless.

He opened his mouth but ultimately said nothing.

He wanted to refute Leng Yu, but didn’t know what to say.

As Leng Yu said, it made too much sense.

If there is no conspiracy, the Yan Country would definitely not attack this area.

Now, combining Leng Yu’s previous statements, along with the intensity of attacks on ten cities along that battle line, it can be judged that these ten cities are diversions, and the forces there are not the main force.

Or perhaps, the real main force might have already been shifted, and now everyone started calculating internally. If Leng Yu is correct, if things are really as Leng Yu said, then it’s quite possible a large cavalry force has already gathered within Zhao Country.

And these cavalry are concentrated along the border of Zhao Country and Dayou, perhaps a large number of cavalry have already gathered on the other side of the Mountain and Sea Pass.

They are just waiting for the Yan Soldiers to completely control the Mountain and Sea Pass to march straight into the heartland of the Capital City.

Even though there are three cities between the Mountain and Sea Pass and the Capital City, if they gather a large force for a fierce attack, breaking through is not impossible.

However, there’s a question that puzzled everyone present.

Therefore, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue suddenly spoke up:

"General Leng’s analysis is indeed reasonable. I also feel that’s the case, but there’s still one point I can’t understand, and I hope General Leng can clarify."

It must be said that this person clearly understands the situation better than Minister Wu.

And he also sees the situation clearly.

Currently, although they have become Ministers, they are not as important as Leng Yu to Lin Yi.

Therefore, when he spoke, he was particularly cautious and respectful towards Leng Yu.

After hearing this, everyone’s eyes turned to him, including Lin Yi.

Especially Leng Yu, who, after hearing these words, immediately nodded towards him, smiling, signaling him to feel free to ask questions.

Upon hearing this, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue immediately nodded, expressed his gratitude, and then spoke towards Lin Yi:

"Your Majesty, although what General Leng says is reasonable, and I also feel it is so, there is one thing that I cannot understand.

According to General Leng, if the two countries gather all their strength to attack our Capital City, we should not forget that even if their combined forces number just over 300,000,

and with over 100,000 attacking our several cities, that leaves only over 200,000 troops remaining.

Although these 200,000 men seem like a lot, attacking the Capital City is not easy. Although in times like these, placing them in any city will easily capture it, we mustn’t forget, we have 200,000 men guarding the outside of the Capital City.

If they attack the cities, we certainly won’t move the battle line to the Capital City.

Between the Mountain and Sea Pass and the Capital City, we still have three cities.

We believe that at the first sign of attack, we will dispatch troops to advance the battle front to the preceding cities.

As a result, they have little chance of capturing the Capital City.

Or rather, they will be severely weakened if they aim to capture the Capital City.

They likely won’t commit to such a venture, especially if they capture the Capital City and then suffer heavy losses, the two countries will undoubtedly struggle internally to lay claim over our territories.

At that point, who this piece of land will belong to isn’t certain."

Saying this, this Minister clasped his hands towards Lin Yi and Leng Yu, humbly saying:

"If my words are wrong, I hope Your Majesty and General Leng will pardon them."

This person clearly knows how to navigate better than the Minister of the Ministry of War, Wu Guang, and perceives the situation more clearly. Knowing that even if opposing the two, it is essential not to offend them.

After all, they are under their jurisdiction.

And also, although Leng Yu is a woman and so young, it will not be long before her influence in Dayou surpasses everyone else’s.

This is undoubtedly the case.

[To be continued...]

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