"Why are there so many soldiers of the Tianwu Kingdom?”
"Where did these Tianwu Kingdom troops come from? Why did he suddenly appear?"
"Didn't the news say that the army of the Tianwu Kingdom would arrive in three to four days?”
"It's over! Our main force has already left for two to four hours. There are only five thousand of us in the city. How can we hold on!”
"Hurry up! Leave the city to report!"
"We can't get out! The city was already surrounded to the point that not even water could seep through!”
"It's over! We're completely finished!"
……
The Turkic soldiers in the city were already in chaos, their eyes filled with indescribable fear and despair!
They had never expected that the Tianwu Kingdom's army would suddenly appear like a ghost. It was completely different from the news they had received!
Not only were they unprepared, but the main force had also gone to support the grain camp at the rear!
The Turkic soldiers in the city fell into complete panic!
Li Jing didn't give the Turkic soldiers a chance to react, much less give them a chance to report.
Although Li Jing didn't know why the Turkic soldiers in the city disappeared in large numbers and why Jiang Chen could speak accurately.
However, no matter what, this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to attack the city!
Therefore, Li Jing didn't hesitate to attack the city with all his might!
Five thousand Turkic soldiers, even if they had walls as a fortress and were all Level-3 soldiers, the difference in numbers was too great. How could they stop the charge of a hundred thousand soldiers?
More importantly, Li Jing's army of one hundred thousand had suddenly appeared from all directions like a ghost, frightening the unprepared Turkic soldiers. Their morale was completely gone, and they had no intention of defending the city. Their fighting strength was once again greatly reduced!
Therefore, this originally impregnable city was directly breached by the 100,000-strong army in less than an hour!
Boom!
With a loud bang, the city gate opened.
Li Jing did not let all the soldiers enter the city.
After all, there were very few Turkic soldiers in the city, and most of them were definitely outside.
As a result, Li Jing's first reaction was to send fifty thousand soldiers to seal the other gates to prevent the Turkic soldiers from reporting for reinforcements.
After that, Li Jing personally led the army and charged into the city!
"Kill! Leave no one alive! National hatred! It's time!"
Li Jing roared and raised the sword in his hand.
"Kill them!"
The 50,000 soldiers roared and charged into the city gate.
"Ah!"
For a time, screams rang out in the city.
Five thousand Turkic soldiers were no match for fifty thousand soldiers!
After a few days, a massacre broke out in the North Region City once again!
However, this time, it was not the soldiers and civilians of the Tianwu Kingdom who were being slaughtered. Instead, it was the executioners who had participated in the previous massacre!
These Turkic soldiers would never have imagined that they would be killed by the Tianwu Kingdom's army in the North Prefecture City!
At the same time, the old, weak, women, and children in the city could not help but cry when they saw the Tianwu Kingdom's army rushing over to support them and killing all the Turks!
This was the first time they had cried since the fall of the North State Capital!
Before this, no matter how ruthlessly they had been bullied by the Turks, they had never cried. It wasn't that they didn't want to cry, but that they didn't dare to cry!
Now, they finally dared to release the fear, helplessness, and grief in their hearts!
Of course, at the same time, they were also overjoyed!
When they saw Li Jing leading the army of the Tianwu Kingdom into the city, they finally saw the hope of survival!
"Our soldiers are finally here!”
"We are finally saved!"
"We can finally escape from this hellish place!”
……
"General, there are a total of 1,356 survivors. Basically, all of them are the old, weak, women, and children!”the soldier reported.
Li Jing looked at the people who were in pain and suffering in front of him. When he heard the report from the soldiers, he was also filled with grief."I remember that there were tens of thousands of people in the North Region City, right? Less than one in a hundred! Less than one in a hundred!"
Li Jing let out a long sigh and clutched his chest. A ball of fire burned in his chest as he said,"I, Li Jing, swear that I will destroy the Turks in this life and avenge the people of Tianwu!”
Then, Li Jing forced himself to control his emotions and walked to the crowd."We're late!"
"General, we thought we were abandoned!”
"That's right! We're so miserable!"
……
Li Jing sighed and said," The son of the Minister of War concealed the military situation, causing the Imperial Court to be unaware of the situation at the border. However, the Minister of War has already committed suicide to avoid punishment. The son of the Minister of War has also been executed!”
Hearing this, the commoners felt a little better. They could be considered to have avenged the dead soldiers of the North State City!
The next moment, the commoners knelt down and kowtowed to Li Jing.
"General, thank you for saving our lives. Without you, we would have been tortured to death by the Turks!”
"We will never forget your friendship. North Region City will never forget it!”
"General, thank you for saving my life!"
……
"Don't thank me. If you want to thank someone, thank the emperor!" Li Jing hurriedly explained.”
"Tian Zi?"
The commoners were puzzled.
Li Jing explained," The current emperor was furious when he learned of what happened in the North Region. The Turkic envoy Zarha came to persuade the Turks to surrender, but they were all killed by the emperor. He refused to compromise and declared war on the Turks, vowing to avenge the people of the North Region. Thus, he sent me to lead a hundred thousand soldiers and attack the North Region City overnight!”
Hearing this, the commoners 'bodies trembled, and they revealed expressions of disbelief!
They all knew that the difference in strength between the Turks and the Tianwu Kingdom was so great that they had despaired and believed that the Emperor had given up on them.
However, they had never imagined that not only had the emperor not given up on them, but he had even started a war with the Turks to avenge the souls of the Northern Province!
"That's right! The Son of Heaven guarded the gate of the country, and the king died for the country! The emperor vowed not to move the capital and was determined to fight the Turks for the people!”
"He wants to fight! I will fight! We Han people have nothing to fear!"
"Don't cut the city! No tribute! No marriage! Don't submit! No compensation!"
"Fight to the end!"
……
For a moment, the surrounding soldiers could not help but shout!
"This…"
The commoners were confused.
Li Jing continued,"This is a national motto set by the Son of Heaven. We vow not to move the capital and resist the Turks!"”
At this moment, the commoners instantly understood, and their eyes were filled with intense shock!
No one had expected the current emperor to have such boldness!
"The emperor's grace is vast and mighty. We commoners…kowtow to the emperor!”
"With Tian Zi like this, we can finally straighten our backs!”
"The dead soldiers, the dead relatives, did you see that? Tian Zi is backing us up! Tian Zi is here to avenge us!"
……
All of a sudden, the people knelt down again, tears streaming down their faces. They kowtowed in the direction of Chang 'an!
At the same time, the military camp in the North State City had been cleaned up and used as a command center.
"Reporting to General, the Turks in the city have all been killed. Through interrogation, we have learned that the main force seems to have received an urgent mission and has gone to the rear to deal with it!”
the soldier reported.
" Yes." Li Jing nodded and said," It seems like the commotion that was caused earlier was caused by the large-scale movement of the army!"”
"If not for His Majesty's brocade bag, we would have attacked the city yesterday. At that time, the city was heavily guarded and we would have suffered heavy losses.”
"That's right, it's all thanks to Your Majesty's brilliant plan!”
"But, how did His Majesty know?”
"That's right. His Majesty is a thousand li away, so how did he know that the Turks were leaving the city today?”
"Moreover, the brocade pouch that His Majesty sent over should have been written three days ago, right? Three days ago, he predicted what would happen three days later, thousands of miles away?!”
"This is too godly!"
"Could it be that His Majesty can predict the future?”
……
Li Jing was also shocked by Jiang Chen's methods. He didn't believe that there was anyone in the world who knew celestial spells, so there was only one explanation for everything that Jiang Chen showed: it was a scheme!
At this moment, Li Jing finally understood why Jiang Chen asked the Embroidered Uniform Guards to report once a day. It was to familiarize himself with everything on the battlefield!
Only by being familiar with everything could one control everything!
But even so, Li Jing was still shocked and his respect for Jiang Chen was even stronger!
After all, there were many strategists in the world, but Jiang Chen was the only one who could strategize and win!
……
At this time, Jiang Chen was practicing archery in the martial arts pavilion of the Daming Palace.
"Has the news been sent?"
Jiang Chen asked.
"Your Majesty, everyone in the pass knows that Your Majesty has decided to start a war and recruit soldiers!”
Lu Bing replied.
"Good! The Turks should know by now, and since they did, General Li should have taken the North Region City by now!”
Jiang Chen muttered to himself.
"Your Majesty, according to our intelligence, General Li has already taken down the North Prefecture City and wiped out the five thousand Turkic soldiers!”
Lu Bing said hurriedly.
Bang!
In the next moment.
The arrow flew out of the bow, leaving a blur as it slammed into the wooden plaque with the words 'Eastern Turkic'.
Clang!
Then, with a crisp sound, the wooden sign that was already riddled with holes completely cracked under Jiang Chen's arrow and fell.
"You can't beat me!"
Jiang Chen shook his head unhappily.
"Your Majesty, why don't this servant make you another one?”
Liu Zhuo asked carefully.
"Am I talking about the wooden token?"
Jiang Chen shook his head.
Liu Zhuo was stunned before he realized that Jiang Chen didn't mean the wooden sign couldn't be beaten, he meant the Eastern Turks couldn't be beaten!
Hiss--
This arrogance shocked Liu Zhuo and Lu Bing!
In fact, Jiang Chen wasn't being arrogant, he was just stating a fact!
At the same time, Liu Zhuo and Lu Bing also knew that Jiang Chen did have the right to be arrogant!
Because everything that happened on the battlefield was just like what Jiang Chen said. It was a one-sided situation, and it seemed like the Eastern Turks couldn't resist fighting!
However, what puzzled them was that the Tianwu Kingdom shouldn't have been able to defeat the Turks!
How did this happen?
They knew that it must have something to do with Tian Zi, but how did Tian Zi do it? They couldn't understand!
After all, the battlefield was hundreds of miles away, and Jiang Chen was always in the palace. It was impossible to imagine how he predicted the battlefield and commanded the army to win!
In fact, everything Jiang Chen did was very simple. He just changed his thinking a little!
He had planned to have the Western Liang cavalry act as the main force and use surprise attacks to continuously drain the strength of the Turkic army. This way, the Turks would definitely lose, but they wouldn't die too miserably!
However, after obtaining Li Jing, Jiang Chen's thoughts suddenly changed. He wanted to wipe out the Turks!
Therefore, Jiang Chen deliberately changed the Western Liang cavalry mission so that they didn't need to launch a surprise attack and directly attack the Turkic food camp.
At the same time, he ordered the West and East Chambers to release the news that Zarha and the others had been killed and that he was going to gather his army to fight. He also added some effort to let the Turks know this news even faster.
As a result, the Turkic army in the North Prefecture City would think that the Tianwu Kingdom's army had only just begun to move, completely unaware that they were already lying in ambush around the North Prefecture City!
At the same time, the news of the attack on the grain camp would be sent back to the Turkic army in the North Prefecture City!
Due to the importance of grain and the fact that the North State City was closer to the grain camp, they would definitely put out the immediate fire first compared to the Heavenly Martial Army that would arrive in three to four days!
As a result, the Turkic army would shift most of their forces to the rear to support the grain camp.
In this way, Li Jing could easily break through the city as long as he acted according to the plan in the brocade bag!
As for what happened next, it was even simpler!
Western Liang's cavalry only needed to continuously ambush and use their advantages to fight!
At this moment, the Turkic army would definitely choose to retreat after witnessing the strength of the Western Liang cavalry!
At this moment, the Turkic army had no idea that the North Region City had fallen. They would definitely come to the city, hoping to return to the city and use the advantage of the North Region City to attack the Western Liang cavalry!
At this moment, Li Jing's army in ambush in the North Prefecture City would be able to attack the Turkic army from above, catching them off guard!
It had to be known that the North Prefecture was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and with Li Jing leading an army of one hundred thousand, the Turks would definitely retreat in the face of a sudden attack. Otherwise, they would become a sitting duck.
However, Jiang Chen wouldn't let the Turks retreat just like that. The Western Liang cavalry would take the opportunity to block the Turkic army's retreat!
As a result, the Turkic army was caught in a pincer attack, unable to retreat or advance. They also had no rations to waste. Their only fate was to be completely annihilated!
This was Jiang Chen's plan, and it was also the secret to his strategy and victory!
The pivot of this game was the information gap. All the information that the Turks knew was what Jiang Chen wanted them to know!
For example, the news of Zarha's death, the declaration of war, and the gathering of an army!
Even the Turkic soldiers who spread the news of the attack on the food camp were deliberately released by Ma Chao to let the Turkic army know that their rear was on fire and lure them out of the city!
In this battle, the weak would win against the strong!
Therefore, Jiang Chen didn't start a head-on confrontation from the beginning and chose to use other methods to influence the battle!
Obviously, this method was very effective!
Jiang Chen made use of the wrong information. He only needed to dig holes one by one. He didn't need to do anything else and just waited for the Turks to step inside. As long as he stepped on one, he wouldn't be able to escape from the other holes!
As a result, the Turks would undoubtedly lose!
"Your Majesty, Yu Huatian from the West Chamber requests an audience. He says he has secret intelligence!”
Liu Zhuo said respectfully.
"Announce!"
Jiang Chen said calmly.
"This servant greets Your Majesty!"
Yu Huatian respectfully cupped his hands and kowtowed.
"What information?"
Jiang Chen asked.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, the scouts from the West Hall have reported that people from the Qin State of Longyou have entered the capital and are staying in Lord Zhang Zheng's residence!”
Yu Huatian reported.
"Longyou Qin? Zhang Zheng?" Jiang Chen narrowed his eyes and sneered,""Interesting, looks like he can't sit still anymore!”
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