"How many troops did King Che bring to attack Linyue Kingdom?" Lu Yebai looked a little anxious, because he saw Li Junche leading his troops into the city, and the number of people was not as large as expected.
Li Junche stared at him, "Are you worried that I won't be able to conquer Linyue Kingdom?"
Lu Yebai's eyes dropped, "I'm not worried about the prince's ability, but Wen Mingting has been prepared for it, and with Xue Guo's help behind the scenes, we can't underestimate the enemy."
"When the Linyue Kingdom will be destroyed, it can be determined by the thought of my princess. It still exists now, just because the uncertain factors in the Beidi Kingdom are still there. If you are worried, then stay with me. Be a soldier and see with your own eyes how it dies.”
Li Junche didn't mind letting Lu Yebai lead his troops on the battlefield. Making the best use of everything was the right way.
The leader of the secret guard stared at Lu Yebai sideways, wondering whether he would agree to his prince's request.
After Lu Yebai thought for a long time, he asked, "Who is leading the troops over there in the Snow Country?"
Li Junche took off the long sword from his waist and put it on the shelf, "General Wei Ming and King Heng."
Lu Yebai asked again: "The princess is still in Nancheng?"
Li Junche nodded, "Yes, it is safest for her to stay in Nancheng before I return to the capital."
"I am loyal to the princess. Since the matters arranged by the princess have been settled, I naturally want to go to Nancheng and continue to follow her." Lu Yebai's eyes were very dark.
Li Junche raised the corner of his mouth, rubbed his fingers hard on the table, stood up and put his hands behind his back, "It's up to you."
Lu Yebai cupped his hands and left.
The day before leaving, Lu Yebai and Lu Hongan stood on the city wall together and watched the situation in the distance, even though he could not see every move of Linyue Kingdom's army here.
Lu Hongan looked at his eldest brother with a worried look.
Even though there were five cities in front of Zicheng, the news that Li Junche entered the city with an army of 50,000 people could not be hidden from Linyue Kingdom.
The Linyue Kingdom border garrison immediately sent someone to send a message to Kyoto.
Marquis Leshan was still on the way with his troops, but the army from Beidi Kingdom arrived first.
Within three days, the generals guarding the cities of Min City and Shang City each brought 50,000 troops to join Li Junche.
The 200,000-strong army first set off to Lake City, which was the city closest to the border of Linyue Kingdom and one of the five cities that Beidi Kingdom had exchanged for Wen Xinghe.
After Ning Xing'an received the news, he seemed a little unprepared. He didn't expect to be overtaken by Li Junche.
Ning Xing'an was deeply afraid that Li Junche would launch an attack before they arrived, so he ordered the army to travel day and night.
The people of Lake City were afraid that this war would affect them, so they hid in their homes and stayed behind closed doors.
Wang Jing'an stood at the gate of the city and looked at the 10,000 troops who lined up to follow Li Junche. He pulled Murong Nie's arm hard, glared and shouted: "Even if the Linyue Kingdom's army hasn't arrived yet, they have already attacked several people on the border. The city has strengthened its garrison, and now the prince is leading 10,000 troops to attack the city. Isn’t this a joke? "
Murong Nie stared at the frightened Wang Jing'an, took the other person's hand and patted the other person's shoulder, "Don't you know what kind of character the prince is? He never does anything he is not sure about. He leads so many soldiers out and comes back again and again. What a waste of energy, if it weren’t for the purpose of supporting the scene, I guess the prince wouldn’t even want to bring five thousand.”
Wang Jing'an frowned, stepped up the city wall in a few steps, looked at the 10,000 troops leaving, and then grabbed Murong Nie's collar, "Tell me, does the prince have any plans?"
Murong Nie smiled and curled his lips, "Just watch, we are waiting for news here. It won't be long before the army in Lake City will move their positions again."
In Xunyang City on the border of Linyue Kingdom.
A sentry standing on the city wall widened his eyes and noticed that a group of people in the distance were rushing towards Xunyang City at an extremely fast speed. He immediately shouted: "Enemy attack, enemy attack."
Then he quickly ran to the war drum and started beating, and the sound of the drum resounded through the sky.
The people living near the city wall began to panic when they heard the drums.
The general who defended the city was wearing armor and standing on the city wall holding a long sword. As the distance got closer and closer, the general's flag representing Li Yuheng came into view.
"It's Li Junche. They are coming to attack the city. The city gate will be closed immediately. Everyone must be guarded by this general. Reinforcements from Kyoto will be arriving soon."
All the soldiers climbed onto the city wall in a very short time, drew their bows and arrows, and stood ready.
However, Li Junche's army did not approach the city wall, but stopped outside the range of the flying arrows.
Just when many soldiers on the Xunyang city wall breathed a sigh of relief, the trebuchet was pushed forward, but the stones on it had been replaced by gunpowder with a long fuse.
Li Junche rode on the horse, pressed down with two fingers, and gave an order.
Immediately, the fuses on the ten trebuchets were ignited, and then they were projected with maximum strength.
The people on the city wall thought that these were ordinary stones and they just had to avoid being hit.
As a result, as soon as the gunpowder fell, there was a huge fire, a roar that could shatter the eardrums, and then thick smoke rose into the sky.
The city wall suddenly became riddled with holes, and a huge hole was opened in the first place.
The frightened defenders stood cold and motionless with fear.
The people in the city hid in the corners of the house in fear, trembling all over, and were too scared to make a sound.
"General, what should we do? If this continues, the city wall will be blown down by the enemy!"
The generals who defended the city were lying behind the city wall, looking at the smoke billowing from the city wall and the soldiers lying on the ground. Some of their bodies had even been blown to pieces.
The Beidi Kingdom has such powerful weapons. Even if reinforcements arrive, they have no chance of winning. Hundreds of thousands of troops will be defeated.
The shooter arranged by Li Junche was very accurate, and every gunpowder landed on the city wall very accurately.
After two rounds of projection, Li Junche ordered the attack to stop. A long arrow streaked across the sky and hit the military drum on the city wall.
The general who defended the city crawled over and pulled out the arrow, opened the envelope on it, and looked at the letter with trembling eyes.
The subordinates squatting aside took a look at the content of the letter, turned to look at the army on the far side of the city wall, and advised with a trembling voice: "General, let's surrender the whole city. If this continues, Xunyang City will have to be blown up by them." It’s amazing, there are still so many people in the city.”
The general who defended the city was hesitant. He did not want to bear the stigma of treason and surrender, but he also did not want to die.
"General, look, they are about to attack the city again. Make a decision quickly. The life and death of the people of this city are in your hands. Let's surrender."
These soldiers don't want to die, their lives are more important to them than anything else.
Before the catapult could project gunpowder again, the garrison generals of Xunyang City opened the city gate in time and ordered the entire city to surrender.
