It was already past noon when the morning court session ended.
Li Jing carried Jiang Chen's imperial edict and the military order of the Ministry of War. He secretly mobilized 50,000 soldiers of the Emperor's Battalion and rushed north according to Jiang Chen's instructions.
The ordinary people did not notice that a war had already begun, nor did they notice Li Jing's actions of mobilizing troops and the court's every move.
All the officials were afraid of the emperor's might and did not dare to reveal any information.
The entire Chang 'an Fortress was as usual, as if nothing had happened.
Jiang Chen's measures to block the news were very effective!
The reason why Jiang Chen blocked the news was to carry out the first step of his plan!
The goal of this was to prevent the Eastern Turks from learning about the Tianwu Kingdom's movements!
As long as the Eastern Turks didn't know about the Tianwu Kingdom, they wouldn't attack!
After all, the Eastern Turks didn't want to fight. They wanted the Tianwu Kingdom to submit to them!
At the same time, the Eastern Turks would never have imagined that the Heavenly Martial Kingdom would refuse to submit and even initiate a war!
Jiang Chen took advantage of the information gap in the Eastern Turks and the fact that he didn't expect the Tianwu Kingdom to take the initiative to attack. He began to deploy troops, recruit soldiers, and take the initiative to attack and take the Eastern Turks by surprise!
As a result, by the time the Eastern Turks reacted, Li Jing would have already led his army into the city, taking advantage of the chaos to start a massacre!
Although Jiang Chen didn't know how to fight, he knew that the art of war was deception!
On the battlefield, any small detail could determine the outcome of a battle!
For example, they could seal off the news of Zarha's death and the news of the army's expedition, so that Li Jing could lead the army to battle!
These actions seemed to have no effect, but they were actually very useful!
If they didn't seal off the news and let the Eastern Turks know of Zarha's death and the Tianwu Kingdom declare war, the Eastern Turks would be prepared and attack. The cities along the way wouldn't be able to stop them and would be massacred!
If he sent troops to stop them now, he would lose the initiative and would only be able to fight the Eastern Turkic army of one hundred thousand. Even if he won, he would suffer a great loss!
On the other hand, as long as they could seize the initiative, they could strike first. Even if they couldn't catch the Eastern Turks off guard, they could still act as a deterrent!
The Eastern Turks couldn't advance at all, unable to move, unable to cause any harm to the people of the Tianwu Kingdom!?
It could be seen that although it was only a small news blockade, the difference between the two was huge!
And this was only the first step of Jiang Chen's plan, and it was also a step on the surface!
After all, Jiang Chen didn't have Li Jing when he laid out the plan, so he didn't have any hope for the first step!
If not for Li Jing's sudden appearance, he would have even sent a general to lead the army against the Turks!
Of course, Jiang Chen didn't want this large force to hurt the Turks at first, but to stop them and attract their attention!
Therefore, Jiang Chen's real killer move was actually in the second step!
And this killer move was the Western Liang cavalry!
The Turks were a nomadic people with strong combat power. Jiang Chen would only suffer if he used the machete soldiers to fight them!
So, Jiang Chen's initial plan was to use Western Liang's cavalry to heavily injure the Eastern Turks!
After all, the Western Liang cavalry was a legion that guarded the border. They were known for their valiant fighting style and their combat strength was extremely strong!
Of course, the most important thing was that the Western Liang cavalry had a strong impact force and was especially suitable for surprise attacks!
Jiang Chen's mission for Ma Chao was to circle around the rear of the Eastern Turkic army and launch a surprise attack!
This might be a little difficult for other armies, but it was not difficult for the Western Liang cavalry. They would definitely be able to arrive in a short time!
After all, one of the skills that came with the Western Liang Steel Cavalry was that their movement speed would be doubled when they were on a long-distance raid mission!
In addition, when Western Liang's cavalrymen attacked from a thousand miles away, their individual combat strength would increase by 10 points. When they charged in a vast area, their combat strength would increase by 5 times when the number of enemies they attacked was 10 times greater than their own!
The effects of these skills were all applied to the Western Liang cavalry. They were an army born to fight in vast areas!
This was especially true when the Western Liang cavalry were dealing with the nomads who were good at charging and fighting in the desert terrain in the north. They had even more lethal lethality!
Therefore, the Western Liang cavalry was Jiang Chen's real weapon for the Eastern Turks!
From this, it could be seen that it was better for the movements of the main army to be discovered as late as possible. As for the Western Liang cavalry, they could not be discovered at all!
Therefore, the reason why Jiang Chen blocked the news and killed He Rong's family on the street was to cover up the movement of Western Liang's cavalry and buy time for them!
If everything went according to plan, the main force would arrive by the time the Eastern Turks reacted!
At this time, the two armies would begin to confront each other, and the Turkic army would be completely distracted by the main force, completely unaware that a mysterious cavalry force had already circled around to their rear!
The moment the Western Liang cavalry attacked, the Turkic army would be thrown into disarray and annihilated!
Therefore, Jiang Chen's idea of an unexpected fatal blow was actually referring to the Western Liang cavalry!
Jiang Chen had calculated the combat power of both sides!
When Jiang Chen learned that the Turkic army had gathered at the border and occupied a city.
Jiang Chen opened the world map in the announcement and could clearly see that on his own territory, a city had turned khaki!
This meant that the city was now under the control of the Turkic army!
At that time, Jiang Chen tentatively clicked on the city.
Originally, when a city was not occupied, clicking on the city would display the names of the magistrate and the commander, as well as the number of soldiers and population stationed there.
Therefore, Jiang Chen wanted to see if there would be enemy information after the city was occupied by the enemy!
Sure enough, after Jiang Chen opened the city, the enemy's information was displayed, such as the number of soldiers, the name of the general, the type of soldier, as well as individual combat strength and comprehensive combat strength.
[Commander-in-chief: Moorhaji (Ordinary General)]
[Military Type: Light Cavalry Curved Sword Soldier]
[Level: Militia Level 3]
[Number: 100,000]
[Individual Combat Power: 30]
[Total combat power: 6,000,000 (Total combat power = individual combat power x number x military class) Militia level 2 x 1, Militia level 3 x 2, and so on, also affected by the famous general effect!]
It had to be said that the Turkic army of one hundred thousand was indeed very strong. The Tianwu Kingdom had no chance of winning if they were to start a war with them now!
However, it was different when Jiang Chen had the Western Liang cavalry!
The number of Western Liang cavalry had reached 10,000, and their individual combat strength was 40. As they were legendary-level soldiers multiplied by 5, their overall combat strength had reached 2 million!
Then, there was the effect of the Western Liang cavalry. During a battle, when the enemy's number was ten times that of ours, their overall combat strength would increase by five times, reaching a total combat strength of ten million!
Other than that, the effects of other legendary troops were not included!
Even though the Western Liang cavalry were few in number, their overall fighting strength had already surpassed the Turkic army of one hundred thousand!
Even though the Turkic army had a large number of soldiers, the combined strength of the Western Liang cavalry was enough to crush them.
Jiang Chen was confident that he could at least wipe out half of the Turkic army!
This was why Jiang Chen had the courage to start a war against the Turks!
As early as the night Jiang Chen learned of everything, he had already begun to deploy the second step. He ordered Ma Chao to lead the Western Liang cavalry to attack the rear.
In this way, the Western Liang cavalry could make preparations in advance by going around the rear of the Turkic army!
Almost everything was under Jiang Chen's control!
……
At this moment, Jiang Chen stood outside Yangxin Palace and looked into the distance. He recalled his layout and wanted to see if there were any loopholes!
From the looks of it, the layout was perfect!
"Your Majesty, it's late at night. It's time to rest.”
At this moment, Jiang Chen suddenly heard a gentle voice.
Jiang Chen came back to his senses, smiled, and pulled the beauty into his arms.
Flying Sparrow Zhao was very obedient as she leaned into Jiang Chen's arms and asked with concern,""Your Majesty, this servant deserves to die. I heard your conversation with the ministers earlier. It seems that a war has begun. Although the state affairs are very important, Your Majesty's dragon body is even more important.”
"I know." Jiang Chen said calmly.
"Right, Your Majesty, is the Turkic Khaganate very powerful? I saw that you seemed very angry that day. Lord Liu of the Ministry of Central Affairs also looked unhappy. His Majesty must have made up his mind to choose to go to war!”Flying Sparrow Zhao asked curiously.
"Zhen didn't make up his mind. Do you believe me? This one only wants the world to understand that when others bully you, the weaker you are, the more they will take advantage of you. Thus, this one only wants to teach the Turks a lesson, to let them know that this one is not to be trifled with, to let them understand what propriety is!”
Jiang Chen smiled and said truthfully.
After all, this battle was a battle that he would definitely win, so he really did not have much determination.
If it was another emperor, due to the different random territories, they might not be attacked in such a short period of time. Perhaps there would not be an enemy invasion at all.
However, Jiang Chen believed that no matter what, if other emperors were in the same situation as him, they would not dare to declare war. Instead, they would choose to sue for peace and develop.
"Then, Your Majesty, what are our chances of winning?”Flying Sparrow Zhao asked curiously.
"Originally, it was 70%. Now, it's 90%!”Jiang Chen smiled.
"Why is the difference so big? Did something happen?" Flying Sparrow Zhao blinked her charming eyes in confusion.
Jiang Chen smiled and gently tapped Flying Sparrow Zhao's forehead.""If I say it, do you understand?"
Flying Sparrow Zhao shook her head and said,"I don't understand. However, since His Majesty said it's 90%, then it's 90%. I wish His Majesty a complete victory!"”
Jiang Chen was amused by Flying Sparrow Zhao's obedience!
The reason why his chances of winning had changed so much was all because of Li Jing!
At the beginning of Jiang Chen's plan, because there was no famous general, Jiang Chen directly gave up the main force and placed all his bets on the Western Liang cavalry.
However, who knew that something unexpected would happen midway and he would obtain the peerless famous general, Li Jing!
The army led by Li Jing was completely different. Not only was Li Jing good at leading troops, but he also had the effect of the " Commander of the Three Armies " skill. The combat power of the army he led increased by 50%!
Originally, the broadsword soldiers, who were classified as militia level 1, only had 10 points of individual combat power. Even if there were 100,000 soldiers, their overall combat power would only be 1,000,000!
However, with Li Jing's skill buff, his overall combat power rose to 1.5 million.
Although it was only a mere 1.5 million, under Li Jing's command, they could definitely unleash a combat power of more than 3 million!
As a result, this army that was originally meant to stop and attract enemies could be used as the main force to wipe out the Turks!
This was also why Jiang Chen suddenly changed his strategy and specifically reminded Li Jing to keep a low profile and not let anyone know about the military's movements!
If there were only Western Liang cavalry, Jiang Chen was confident that he could destroy half of the Turkic army!
With the Western Liang cavalry and Li Jing's army of one hundred thousand, it wouldn't be difficult to annihilate the Turkic army.
Therefore, Jiang Chen's odds of winning went from seventy percent to ninety percent!
Originally, Jiang Chen wanted to say 100%, but on second thought, 100% was too arrogant.
In short, the result was the same.
Jiang Chen wanted the Turkic army to come again! Wuhui!
……
The next day, Jiang Chen was contacting the martial arts pavilion to increase his strength when Lu Bing came to him.
"Your Majesty, the frontline has reported that General Ma Chao has led the Western Liang cavalry across the Turkic border and is hiding in the Turkic rear, cutting off the Turkic army's rations!”
Lu Bing reported.
Jiang Chen didn't raise his head as he played with the sword in his hand.""Where is General Li?"
"General Li has led his army all the way north. He has already gathered 100,000 troops and is rushing to the cities in the North Region at full speed. He will probably arrive in two to three days!”
Lu Bing reported.
"Alright, let's explore again!"
Jiang Chen nodded and continued to test the broadsword.
"Here! This humble subject will take his leave!"
Lu Bing cupped his fists and bowed, then left in a hurry.
Now that the war was tense and the news could not be leaked, the task of passing on the information from the front fell to the Jinyiwei.
Jiang Chen's requirements were also very strict. He had to report it every day!
This caused the entire Embroidered Uniform Guards to have no choice but to operate.
……
Another day passed.
Jiang Chen enjoyed the tea while appreciating the works of the world.
"Your Majesty, Lu Bing of the South Garrison of the Embroidered Uniform Guards requests an audience.”
Liu Zhuo said softly.
"Xuan."
Jiang Chen said calmly.
"This lowly subject attends Your Majesty!" Lu Bing bowed respectfully.
"Speak."
Jiang Chen said without looking up.
"General Li is less than eighty li away from the North Prefecture City. General Ma will lead the Western Liang cavalry and be able to control the rear rations camp of the Turkic army at any time!”
Lu Bing reported.
Jiang Chen didn't raise his head from beginning to end. After listening, he just waved his hand gently.
Lu Bing immediately understood and didn't disturb Jiang Chen's reading. He bowed and left.
……
On the third day.
Martial arts pavilion.
Jiang Chen had tried weapons like broadswords, spears, and swords, but he ultimately felt that bows and arrows were the most suitable for him.
That was because the bow and arrow did not need to be moved. One only needed to stand on the spot, pull the bow, load the arrow, and let go lightly to determine life and death!
From time to time, Lu Bing would also appear in the martial arts pavilion and report,"Your Majesty, General Li has already arrived outside the North Region and can attack the city at any time. General Ma Chao is also waiting for your instructions!”
Jiang Chen's eyes flashed with a cold light as he pulled the bowstring back and let go!
Pa--
In the next moment, a dull thud was heard!
The bow and arrow pierced through the top of the wooden stake and firmly nailed it to the wall behind it!
Jiang Chen nodded with satisfaction and said,""The arrow is already on the bow and can be fired. Pass on my order for General Ma Chao to immediately attack the Turkic grain camp. Hand over the silk bag on my table to General Li Jing and tell him that according to the silk bag, the city can be easily breached!”
"Here!"
Lu Bing agreed and quickly began to carry out the mission!
Jiang Chen called Cao Zhengchun and Yu Huatian.
The two stood respectfully in front of Jiang Chen, waiting for his orders.
"The two of you, immediately activate all your power and spread the news that was previously sealed. It's best if everyone knows about it.”Jiang Chen ordered.
"Here!"
Yu Huatian and Cao Zhengchun didn't hesitate at all and immediately began to move. They moved so quickly that they were afraid of being overtaken by the other party!
After giving the order, Jiang Chen picked up the bow and arrow again and fired!
Bang!
A crisp sound was heard.
The flying arrow nailed a wooden plaque with the words 'Eastern Turkic' to the wall!
"It's time to pay my debt!"
Jiang Chen muttered to himself...
……
At the same time, the news that Zarha had led the Eastern Turkic diplomatic mission to the Tianwu Kingdom and had sent a hundred thousand soldiers to slaughter the people of a province began to spread through Chang 'an.
Countless commoners discussed animatedly. Some felt fear, some felt anger, and some felt helpless!
The reason the commoners were afraid was because they all knew how barbaric and cruel the Turks were!
The common people were furious because the Turks had dared to invade the Han lands and slaughter the common people.
And the reason why the people felt helpless was that everyone knew the disparity in strength between the two countries. They believed that the young emperor would definitely submit, and that no matter how angry they were, they would be ruled by the Turks in the future and would not have a good life!
But soon, another piece of news spread. Zarhar and his diplomatic group had been killed, and even Zarhar's head was hung on the city wall!
At the same time, the news that Jiang Chen appointed Li Jing as the commander of the three armed forces and led the army was also spread.
And finally, Jiang Chen's quote was also spread to the people!
For a moment, the people who were originally lifeless, indignant, and helpless for their compatriots suddenly boiled!
Especially when Jiang Chen said," No marriage, no tribute, no submission, no land, no reparations, the emperor guards the gate, the king dies for the country, if he wants to fight, we will fight. What are we Han afraid of?”After the domineering national motto was spread, the people cheered for it!
The blood of millions of people seemed to have been ignited. They walked on the streets, waved their fists, and shouted!
"The Son of Heaven guards the gates of the country, and the king dies for the country. The king should be like this, so what are we afraid of?”
"With you like this, it's a blessing for the people!”
"Young emperor, you're so heroic! What are we still doing? Are we waiting for the Outsiders to step on our heads and trample on our dignity?”
"Fight for the country! Fight for the people!"
"We are willing to follow Your Majesty and fight to the end!”
"A good man is hot-blooded. In times of danger, he should protect the country!”
"If the country is broken, where is the home? To protect the land beneath our feet!”
"Fight!"
……
For a time, many young men rushed into the military camp and volunteered to join the army.
There were even many people who organized themselves and headed straight for the North Region to kill the enemy!
At this moment, the entire country was in an uproar!
[PS: This chapter will calculate the combat strength. The overall ranks of the soldiers are divided into Militia Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, then Elite, Epic, and Legendary. At the same time, the overall combat strength will also change according to the commander's skills!] Finally, I'm asking for a wave of notifications! Please give me a wave of support!
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