The Kingdom of Si Lung.
The emissaries of the Hundred Kingdoms are discussing the battle.
Perhaps it was because Xu Qingnian had killed the surrender that had indeed united the Hundred Kingdoms.
In the whole of the foreign kingdoms, there were 170 countries that had officially declared war on Great Wei, and later on, 30 countries had retreated one after another, leaving half of the remaining 140 countries to be small countries of that kind.
Not to mention Wei’s 300,000-strong army, even Wei’s 30,000 iron hors*men could crush these small countries, but these small countries serve a purpose and occupy an excellent geographical location.
They were in the region of the nexus, where troops and food could be transported, and there were also small countries that were particularly good at raising horses, all of which were top quality war horses, including some small countries that were particularly strong at making weapons.
All of them have characteristics.
After several days and nights of discussion, the emissaries of the hundred kingdoms had also thoroughly determined the battlefield.
Under the deployment of King Si Long, everything seemed to be in order.
The main hall of the royal palace.
King Si Long pointed at the sand table and said with a serious expression.
“This battle is said to be the battle of the Hundred Kingdoms, yet in reality it is nothing more than seven hurdles.”
“The Tomato Kingdom.”
“The Tang Kingdom, Amuta, and Tuliang.”
“The northwest.”
“These are the first three battles, the Tomans have already lost, but it is because they are not fighting themselves, it is not that they cannot be defeated, this first hurdle, we lost because of the lack of hearts and minds, at the insidious hands of the Great Wei.”
“But this second hurdle is very different.”
“Tang, Amuta and Tuliang, the terrain is in the shape of mutual aid, and the Great Wei Qilin Army has a total of 900,000 troops.”
“These nine hundred thousand troops, if they dared to gather together and attack any country in general, then they could all attack the gates of the country within two hours.”
“Only they would also pay an extremely painful price, as the Tang, Amuta and Tullian countries have already deployed large stone throwers, as well as weapons like kerosene bombs.”
“If they dare to attack forcibly, these two large killing weapons alone will reduce the Qilin army by about 10%.”
“And after that, when they enter the country’s gates, blockade them at the first opportunity, and if they fail to do so, the other two countries will gather their men and kill them from the outside to the inside.”
“By then, the 900,000 Qilin army will have to be consumed alive in the city, with the main force of the three countries strangling and the countries constantly a*sisting, for half a month at the earliest, a month at the most.”
“It will be possible to wipe out all 900,000 of these Qilin armies.”
“Of course, there is still a possibility that they will do their best to rush out of the country and kill their way out, which is extremely likely, except that if it does come to that, at least 300,000 of the 900,000 strong army will have to die.”
“After that, the Second Army of the Great Wei, trying to annex Tang, Amuta and Tuliang, will never be able to do so, they will definitely be defeated and their army will be broken.”
He spoke with confidence, describing the geographical advantages of Tang, Amuta and Tuliang, as well as their logistical support, in a clear and logical manner.
The emissaries of the hundred kingdoms nodded their heads and praised King Si Lung for being a natural leader.
But in the face of the compliments, King Si Long did not care.
Instead, he pointed at the sand table and continued.
“Tang, Amuta, and Tuliang are the second gateway, and the third gateway is in the northwest.
“The northwest is a vast and sparsely populated area, with thousands of tribes forming, so the third pa*s cannot be fought hard, but wisely, fighting and delaying as we go.”
“Hara*sing the enemy, delaying their routes, creating problems for them, and there are many means that can be used, poisoning, cutting off food, and most of all poisoning, polluting the water, so that they die without a burial place.”
“And no matter what, as long as we can make the Third Army, delay for a month, it will be a great success, because the most crucial place, is the Fourth Pa*s.”
“That is, the State of Chen. The State of Chen has twelve counties and one hundred and twenty provinces, lined up horizontally. If we want to defeat the State of Chen, we have to defeat one hundred and twenty provinces, and we have to draw out a quarter of our troops and gather in the State of Chen.”
“It would add up to a million, in that case, even if the Second and Third Armies of the Great Wei Dynasty could converge, only the combined strength of their troops would be just a million.”
“And there is a good chance that the second army will not be able to break out at all, but in this month’s time, Chen has already deployed everything to fight a real protracted war.”
“With one hundred and twenty provinces, plenty of provisions, strong troops and horses, and all kinds of defensive weapons prepared, it would not be too much to hold out for three years, but it doesn’t take three years, just three months of fierce fighting, and the kings will rise up within the Great Wei.”
“The Second and Third Armies will want to leave, and the thousands of tribes in the northwest will appear to continue to block them.
The more Si Long Wang spoke, the more energetic and excited he became, and he even pointed to the Fifth Pa*s and said.
“If they really have God’s help and kill them at the Fifth Pa*s, then they will be even more desperate, because the Fifth Pa*s gathers half of the troops of all our tribal nations, and in the middle of the 100,000 mountains, the mountains here are treacherous.”
“Fighting and killing here is all about absolute strength, the first five levels, the Second and Third Armies of the Great Wei Dynasty, are bound to suffer heavy losses, the two armies currently have one million eight hundred thousand men, by the time they reach this level, it would be good to have eight hundred thousand men.”
“And we have close to two million soldiers and horses, so if we fight hard here, even if it’s one life for one life, we won’t lose.”
“So the fifth level is where the end will come for them, the blood-stained Hundred Thousand Mountains.”
“And once our army has suffered too many casualties, we can simply withdraw and retain our strength, leading them into the sixth level, at which the northern barbarians will send out leading one hundred thousand iron hors*men.”
“The strength of the two armies of the Great Wei is estimated to be 300,000 to 400,000 men left, and they are exhausted, plus the barbarians themselves are one against ten, think about it, gentlemen, who will win in a real fight? Who will lose?”
King Si Long pointed to the sixth level and said so.
And this Sixth Pa*s has basically involved the entire foreign country, and three thousand miles further on, is the territory of the barbarians in the north.
But if the Great Wei army, killed to this place, it would mean that the foreign nation was basically all bloodied, and there was no longer any salvation.
But King Si Long did not believe that Great Wei could make it this far.
The first six levels, one more difficult than the other, would have been able to last at least half a month if the tombs hadn’t really made a fool of themselves and gotten themselves killed, otherwise the battle for the tombs would have lasted at least half a month.
How could they have been uprooted overnight?
King Si Long spoke with great excitement, and the crowd listened with excitement too.
Only one messenger could not help but be curious and said.
“King Si Long, what is this seventh level?”
As the voices rang out, many of the incoming amba*sadors also became curious.
“Yes, King Si Long, what is this seventh level?”
“After all this talk, what is this seventh level?”
“Yes, yes, what secrets does this seventh level hide?”
The crowd of messengers were curious and asked King Si Long, who didn’t answer, but only smiled with his hands folded and said, “You all don’t need to think about this.”
“Because the Great Wei will die at the fifth level, and even if they survive the fifth level, they will never get past the sixth level.”
“As for the seventh level! That’s when Great Wei’s kingdom will be broken, and there’s no point in talking about it.”
King Si Long was incomparably confident, he said.
He was convinced that Great Wei would be completely destroyed by the fifth level, let alone the sixth level. So there was no need to even bother talking about the seventh level, what was the point of talking about it?
Even King Si Long thought that Great Wei could not solve the problem of the second level alone, the Tang Kingdom, so what was the point of talking about the follow-up?
But at that very moment.
A voice rang out.
“Report!”
“Your Majesty, an envoy from Tang requests an audience.”
As the voice rang out, King Si Long spoke at once.
“Please!”
And within the great hall, the messengers from the other countries, one after another, rose and waited for the Tang messenger to arrive.
The Tang Kingdom, as the main country in the Second War, naturally had a different status, and although they were all affiliated countries, there were high and low affiliated countries, and the Tang Kingdom was originally one of the ten countries, one of the strongest affiliated countries.
It deserves respect and courtesy.
Not long afterwards, the messenger from the Tang Kingdom arrived, it was Xu Mao, who had ridden the wind all the way on his demonic beast mount, arriving at top speed.
“Emissary of the Tang Kingdom, Xu Mao, meet King Si Long.”
Xu Mao walked into the great hall and bowed towards King Si Long, then looked at the emissaries of the various countries on either side and spoke incoherently.
“Greetings to all the lords as well.”
As he spoke, the incoming amba*sadors nodded and smiled, while King Si Long also nodded and said.
“Lord Xu, the lone king was just mentioning your Tang Kingdom, but I did not expect Lord Xu to come so soon.”
“Lord Xu, what is the reason for such haste?”
King Si Long asked.
“King Si Long!”
“As you guessed, this time the Second Army of the Great Wei, has asked for help from my Tang Kingdom, granting my Tang Kingdom the opportunity to surrender.”
“My subordinate personally went to the Qilin army camp and also met with the Great Wei Marquis of Sheyang, who wanted the Tang Kingdom to surrender and cooperate with them, and to join forces inside and outside to crush Amuta and Tuliang.”
“However, my Tang has politely refused, offering three conditions that Great Wei would never agree to, and has completely offended Great Wei.”
“My Tang Minister of War has been thinking about this overnight and believes that it is highly likely that Great Wei will turn its spear on my Tang Kingdom.”
“That is why a*sistance is urgently needed.”
Xu Mao spoke, he had come over this time mainly to ask for a*sistance.
When this was said, King Si Long nodded and said.
“En, if Tang rejects Great Wei’s invitation, of ensure that it is not allowed to turn on Tang.”
“In this way, Tang, Amuta, and Tuliang, there are a total of thirty-two countries behind, gather half of the country’s power and add it to Tang, what do you think?”
King Si Long said.
He gathered the power of sixteen kingdoms to aid Tang, enough to resist Great Wei.
Only when this was said, Xu Mao shook his head and said.
“No!”
“King Si Long, the Tang Kingdom is an offshoot of Great Wei, and by refusing Great Wei, we have already completely offended Great Wei.”
“If we just send this amount of troops, once Great Wei becomes enraged and kills 900,000 troops, Tang will barely have the ability to fight back.”
“King Si Long, your plan is good, but it can’t stand up to the morale of Great Wei, once the morale of my Tang Kingdom is beaten out, it is highly likely that the same thing will happen as in the Fan Kingdom.”
“Therefore, I, the Minister of War of the Tang Kingdom, wish to aid the twenty-five kingdoms.”
Xu Mao spoke up, the power of the sixteen kingdoms was not enough for them and they needed the twenty-five kingdoms.
But when this was said, King Si Long couldn’t help but frown.
As the commander of the hundred countries, he would naturally be polite to the emissaries of these powerful countries, after all, in order to stabilise the situation.
But when he heard Xu Mao’s words, King Si Long was still very unhappy.
Thirty-two countries had come to the aid of Tang, Amuta and Tuliang.
It is reasonable to say that it is perfectly possible to stabilise support, but the question is, if all of them are concentrated in Tang? What if Great Wei does not fight Tang?
What about concentrating all the troops towards Amuta and Tullian?
This was also a problem.
Looking at King Si Long with some hesitation, Xu Mao continued to speak.
“King Si Long, Great Wei will definitely open up towards Tang, among the three kingdoms, occupying Amuta, or Tuliang, is not too useful, after all, Tang’s resources are incredibly strong.”
“Even if they occupy the next Amuta, then the Tang and Tullian kingdoms, then they can balance left and right.”
“If they occupy Tuliang, Amuta and Tang can form a complementary battle formation that will certainly slow down the advance of Great Wei.”
“But if Tang fails to take over such a place, it is not that I am arrogant, but Amuta and Tuliang are already in the palm of my hand, it is only a matter of time.”
Xu Mao was extremely confident.
It was not that he despised Amuta and Tuliang, but he believed that the strategic importance of Tang to the second war was too great.
The 900,000 strong army of Great Wei was now camping, and to put it bluntly, living outside in camp was certainly not as good a life as it could have been.
There is also the issue of rations and fodder. The constant transport of rations and fodder is not, pray tell, a ma*sive drain?
Transporting it from the nearest capital city of Great Wei would also consume 60% to 70%. A million stones of grain would be sent over and only 400,000 to 500,000 stones would be left, which is very uneconomical for Great Wei.
The only strategic policy of Great Wei in declaring war on the Hundred Kingdoms was, to feed the war with the war.
Capture a city extremely quickly, eat the grain from that city, and Great Wei continued to ship grain, but not in such a hurry.
There was no shortage of grain for the time being.
Once there is no shortage of grain and there is a city to defend, with this and the other, it is perfectly possible to wage a long battle.
And that’s not even to mention slowing down the Great Wei.
Because there is no damage, they are paying hundreds or thousands of lives every day to hara*s you and interfere with you, and then cut off your food supplies.
How can you fight?
Of course, you can also cut off Wei’s grain routes.
But the question is, can you defeat the Great Wei?
The Kirin Army is one of the five major armies of the Great Wei, and its strength is not only large in numbers, but also one of the strongest in the world.
Let’s be straightforward.
If we were to go head to head, the combined strength of Tang, Amuta and Tuliang would not require the 300,000 troops of the Kirin Army.
A prince with an army of 100,000 would be able to wipe out the forces of the three countries in seven or eight charges.
This is the depth of Great Wei!
This is why Great Wei is one of the three great kingdoms.
There is no other reason, they are just bull.
So, if you want to win head-to-head against Great Wei, you definitely can’t.
If they can win head-to-head, why would they defend the city? Do you have nothing better to do?
So for Tang, the current situation is very simple.
No matter what, the Tang camp must be defended.
Even if Amuta and Tuliang are defeated, there is no need to fear, as there is still hope for everything with Tang.
But if Tang is gone, Amuta and Tuliang can just wait for death, right?
Xu Mao’s words were true, but they made the crowd unhappy.
Especially the emissaries of Amuta and Tulliang, who were uncomfortable in their hearts, but could not find any reason to refute them.
In terms of warfare, it was indeed best to defend Tang, and Tuliang and Amuta could either strategically abandon or strategically hold out.
But just because you can’t refute it doesn’t mean you can’t have a few words to say.
“But what if, what if Tang can’t be defended either?”
“Yes, Lord Xu, isn’t that a bit confident?”
A voice rang out, it was an emissary from the Amuta Kingdom.
“Hmph!”
“If we follow Tang’s strategy, it would be impossible for Great Wei to break our Tang Kingdom.”
“Great Wei has sent three princes and lords to fight this time, and my Tang Kingdom also has three fourth-grade martial artists, plus Tang has extremely large amounts of food and provisions, and the countries can still a*sist, and their troops are not weaker than Great Wei’s.”
“We may not be able to beat them in a head-to-head battle, but how can he fight in a battle to defend the city?”
“Even if Great Wei rushes in, at the cost of the lives of 900,000 troops, attacking the gates of my country, my country’s strength plus the strength of the 25 countries, fighting together, 900,000 troops, it’s not like they will rush in in one breath.”
“When the great battle comes, Amuta and Tuliang will cooperate and kill from the outside, completely destroying the Great Wei Qilin Army.”
“After that, Tang will be sealed in one battle!”
“Of course, what my subordinate believes even more is that Great Wei would never dare to do so, and they would only send a portion of their troops inside.”
Xu Mao, Tang’s Minister of Rites, said with extreme confidence.
With these words, the crowd was also silent.
Because, what Xu Mao said was not wrong.
“Fine!”
“Then, with the aid of the twenty-five nations, Lord Xu, Tang is the second hurdle, even if we do lose when we do, we should delay for a month, can we?”
King Si Long did not dwell on the hesitation either.
It was true that Tang was solid as gold, but in anything, one could not speak so absolutely, a*suming that in the unlikely event of a real defeat.
It was necessary to hold on for a month.
If we could not delay for a month, it would be troublesome for the third and fourth gates.
“Please rest a*sured, King Si Long.”
“Then my lord will leave you first, my lords, please start preparing, we are only going to fight in these two days.”
Xu Mao did not say much, having received a definite answer, he had to go back and report.
“En.”
“Take care, Lord Xu.”
“Lord Xu, go well.”
The voices of the crowd rang out as they watched Xu Mao leave.
Only when Xu Mao left, the gaze of the crowd changed.
But no one opened their mouths to say anything, they all hid it in their hearts.
After all, this kind of thing offended people, Tang had not yet lost its defences, and in case they did win, what they said here might reach the ears of Tang and make enemies for no reason.
“All right, all of you go ahead and deploy to occupy, and these thirty-two countries’ emissaries, they should also prepare quickly, don’t make a mess.”
The Si Long King said this and turned to leave.
He left the Si Long King’s palace and instead came within a secret room.
The chamber was dimly lit, and the Si Long King’s pace was extremely fast as he arrived in front of a divine tablet.
And then he burned three incense sticks and bowed down with a great salute, when the voice rang out.
“What is it?”
The voice was somewhat old and inquired what was the matter with King Si Long.
“Old Ancestor.”
“The Second Army has a*sembled outside the three kingdoms of Tang, Amuta and Tuliang, and everything is going according to plan.”
King Si Long gave his reply.
And once again the divine sign issued a voice.
“Have you reached the Kingdom of Tang?”
“Very well, if we follow my layout, Tang can hold on for at least three months.”
“Long Ming, you have done very well, and now you are the commander of the Hundred Kingdoms, and all you have to do is to consume the war effort of both sides.”
“When the Great Wei is no longer viable, the strongest of the Hundred Kingdoms tribes will be our Si Long clan, and by then, whether it is the Sudden Evil Dynasty or the Primordial Yuan Dynasty, or the Northern Barbarians.”
“They will all do their utmost to draw us in, then we can truly be kings in this region, no matter what the ten kingdoms are, in the Western Desert, SiLong will be king.”
The voice of the divine sign was full of certainty and also full of confidence.
“Yes, all thanks to the old ancestor’s guidance.”
“By the way, Old Ancestor, when will the northern barbarians strike?”
King Si Long asked.
“They won’t strike for now, if the Northern Barbarians do, it won’t be a trivial matter.”
“I would prefer that they do not strike.”
The divine sign responded.
“Understood, by the way, Old Ancestor, I heard from the intelligence that Xu Qingnian said that he would take the Tang, Amuta and Tuliang countries within five days, what do you think, Old Ancestor?”
King Si Long inquired.
“Take down the Tang Kingdom in five days? Amuta? Tuliang?”
“I have never met Xu Qingnian, but I think this man should be somewhat new to war, he has never fought in a war before, he doesn’t know what war is.”
“Perhaps it’s because of the battle of the Tomato Kingdom that has made him confident.”
“But what he doesn’t know is that in the Battle of Tomato, he won in the night attack, he won in the first battle of Great Wei, and he won in the fact that the king of Tomato sent himself to his death.”
“But in the first battle, Great Wei won, won well.”
“Let this Xu Qingnian be blindly confident that he commanded the win, in which case it would only be a small sacrifice of the Fan Kingdom, but it would make him suffer a great loss.”
“He will definitely let the 900,000-strong army attack in general, just one general attack and he will taste the bitterness.”
The divine sign’s reply made King Si Long nod his head repeatedly.
It was.
Not only did he think so, but in fact the emissaries of the Hundred Kingdoms thought so too.
The fact that the Fan Kingdom had been destroyed and the Hundred Kingdoms had suffered a great defeat in the first battle seemed humiliating, but there was actually an advantage.
This advantage is that Xu Qingnian will be arrogant and will become confident.
As the old saying goes, arrogance will lead to defeat.
Once Xu Qingnian is confident and thinks he has divine help, then he will definitely suffer a big loss.
The battle of the Fan Kingdom cost the blood of more than 20,000 generals.
In the battle of Tang, King Si Long wanted Xu Qingnian to pay for the blood of 300,000 generals, and he could not open the gates of Tang.
And so it was.
Until the following day.
Ten miles beyond the gates of Tang’s foreign defence.
The Marquis of Lin Yang led an army of three hundred thousand men and appeared here.
At this moment, the whole of Tang was abuzz, setting up a number of heavy weapons, including stone throwers and so on, and 50,000 troops stood at the gates, watching intently.
They were ready for the battle of defending the city.
The army of 50,000 defending the city could definitely withstand 300,000 elites.
But when all was said and done, everyone was still a bit panicked.
Especially when the 300,000-strong army was standing ten miles away, watching all this from afar.
Their eyes were cold and terrifying.
What was curious was that the Great Wei Qilin Army did not charge, but stood quietly at a distance of ten miles, not moving at all.
Four hours had pa*sed.
With the sound of the sounding of gold, the army withdrew.
The army withdrew.
And the whole Tang nation was completely relieved, at least it was good not to fight.
But the entire Tang nation was already shaken by this sense of oppression and kept asking for a*sistance from the twenty-five nations, eager to be armed from head to toe.
Inside the Great Camp of the Qilin Army.
The Marquis of Sheyang listened to the battle report with a calm face.
“Report!”
“Today’s charge resulted in 3,500 killed and 4,300 seriously injured.”
As the casualty statistics appeared, the Marquis of Sheyang’s face remained ugly.
Three thousand five hundred dead, for a charge of three hundred thousand troops, this was a relatively ideal state.
But to the Marquis of Sheyang, he could not be happy or satisfied, even if it was only a tentative charge.
“General!”
“Today’s charge, just a test, killed 3,500 soldiers, now the morale is gradually declining, if we don’t make a fierce attack, it will only have some effect on the morale of our army.”
The Marquis of Guangyang spoke up, he was the one who led the charge today.
Although the order was given for a test charge, everyone was still motivated, but the result was that Amuta was as solid as gold.
It was impossible to defeat it.
When they called for the retreat, they were insulted and ridiculed by the enemy, which made them extremely unhappy.
This affected the morale of the army and the generals were all a bit upset.
Only the Marquis of Shuyang shook his head and said.
“I’ll repeat it again tomorrow, Marquis Guangyang, you lead the troops for the third charge.”
“Marquis Linyang, you are general this day, meanwhile this marquis allocates another 200,000 troops to you, ten miles away, no matter what, don’t start a battle, got it?”
The Marquis of Sheyang continued to give orders.
But after this order was given, not to mention that the Marquis of Guangyang did not understand it, the Marquis of Lingyang also frowned a little.
The rest of the generals also frowned.
“General, what is the point of doing this? When marching soldiers fight, it’s all about making a move, and since we choose to charge, we have to fight quickly.”
“Otherwise, if we keep making such a tentative charge, it will only do our army harm and no good.”
“The three great powers are as solid as gold, if we are to fight a protracted war, then the most urgent task now is to fix the camp positions.”
Marquis Lin Yang spoke out.
He really did not know what to say.
Should we fight a charge or a protracted war? There had to be a decision to be made.
If they were to fight, it would be a quick battle.
If it was a protracted war, then the first thing to do was to have a solid logistics.
For now it’s fine, everyone can have a bite to eat, a sip to drink and a good night’s sleep, but if it goes on for a long time, there’s nothing to make a fire, plus many things to live on that can’t be solved.
The generals were bound to be negative as a result, and this had a huge impact on morale.
“Lord Xu’s order!”
“Don’t ask too many questions!”
The Marquis of Sheyang spoke calmly.
He didn’t know exactly what to do, but Xu Qingnian’s military orders were such.
“What does Shouren mean?”
“What is Shouren up to here!”
Marquis Guangyang and Marquis Lingyang believed in Xu Qingnian, but when faced with such a situation, they still couldn’t help but whine.
Looking at the generals who were all a bit restless like this, the Marquis of Sheyang understood one thing even more, the soldiers must have been a bit restless too.
So, thinking of this, the Marquis of Sheyang took a deep breath and said.
“Pa*s on Lord Xu’s military order!”
“Within five days! We will definitely be able to take down Tang!”
“Tomorrow will be the third day!”
“Send 500,000 troops to charge Amuta, the remaining 400,000 troops, 100,000 to guard the camp and 300,000 to protect the flanks!”
This was what Xu Qingnian was sure of in his heart, and now, in order to boost morale, he was directly saying it.
It didn’t matter what good plan Xu Qingnian had, he could only take one step and see what happened.
Sure enough, as the Marquis of Sheyang’s military order went down, the entire camp’s soldiers were ready to fight.
In an instant, the morale of the entire army camp increased greatly. This was almost impossible, but since it was Xu Qingnian’s words, it was possible.
At this moment, everyone was filled with anticipation.
They were looking forward to how the Great Wei Qilin Army was going to take down the Tang Kingdom with three days left.
It was less than half an hour.
The news of the Qilin army also instantly reached the Tang, Amuta and Tuliang countries.
The Tang king’s palace.
There was a great deal of laughter.
The most rampant laughter was from Xu Mao, the Minister of Rites, and Zhang Qiu, the Minister of War of the Tang Kingdom.
“Attack my Tang Kingdom in five days?”
“Hahahahaha, that’s ridiculous.”
“Not to mention five days, even if it were fifty days, he would not be able to break through the gates of my Tang Kingdom.”
“Even if they gather 900,000 troops and break through the outer city, what can they do?”
“The Tang Kingdom has 700,000 iron hors*men, plus the support of the twenty-five kingdoms, a total of one and a half million troops, countless war horses, and countless battle armour.”
“Seventy percent of the food and provisions are in the Tang capital, so even if Xu Qingnian is capable, he will not be able to kill his way to the capital without spending a single soldier.”
“To conquer the Tang Kingdom in five days? A fool’s errand!”
Minister of War Zhang Qiu’s voice was cold and incomparable as he said, his gaze full of disdain.
It was thick disdain.
“This is purely a means to boost the morale of the Qilin Army.”
“Heh, this Xu Qingnian only talks about war on paper, so he has no problem composing poetry, but fighting? I don’t know if the empress of Wei has a problem with her brain to let such a person be the commander?”
“Do you really think the life of Wei is too long?”
Xu Mao, the Minister of Rites, laughed coldly.
“A female son as emperor has not been heard of since ancient times.”
“Great Wei’s fortunes have come to an end with this woman’s ascension to the throne.”
“A woman? They are merely appendages. The King can see that in the near future, the Great Wei Kingdom will break the mountains and rivers.”
“When that time comes, my Tang Kingdom will rise to power, and at that time, this king will definitely capture the empress and become my king’s slave concubine.”
In the great hall, the king of Tang in the dragon chair was incomparably confident, and under his tiger eyes, he was looking at the Great Wei from afar, his heart coveting the empress.
“Your Majesty has a point, the Great Wei’s qi has run out, having a scholar as a commanding officer is already fated to die.”
“Yes, this Xu Qingnian is making wild claims, taking down Tang in five days? That’s ridiculous too.”
“If we were to let Lord An take command, we might have to be more careful, just one Xu Qingnian, he really has no one in his sights, let him suffer a loss this time.”
“If Xu Qingnian can break my Tang Kingdom in five days, I, the Minister of Military Affairs, will swallow gold and commit suicide!”
The courtiers opened their mouths, all of them unconcerned and arrogant.
But in reality, they were only talking like this to make the emperor happy and build up their confidence at the same time.
After all, they were not stupid, Xu Qingnian was definitely talented, and all the choices should be handled by the Ministry of War, Xu Qingnian was just making the final decision.
Surely they would not be so arrogant.
However, right now it was up to tomorrow, when half a million troops stormed Amuta.
“Your Majesty, Amuta requests that our country send troops to a*sist! Please decide, Your Majesty!”
Just then, a voice rang out.
Amuta asked for Tang’s a*sistance.
For a moment, the great hall fell silent.
The King of Tang pondered for a moment before speaking.
“Aid the Iron Riders by ten thousand.”
“The lone king is worried that the Great Wei is pretending to charge Amuta, but in reality it is for my Tang Kingdom, the main force, or to hold down the Tang Kingdom.”
This was the reply of the King of Tang.
It was not that he was unwilling to take action, but he did not think that Great Wei would storm Amuta for fear that the Great Wei Qilin army would suddenly kill them in Tang.
a*suming it was really a fierce attack on Amuta, that was fine, the gates of Amuta were lost, just so they could close the door and fight the dogs, and they were not afraid.
The voice rang out, and the latter immediately went forward to report.
At this moment.
A supporting army entered Amuta.
Inside Amuta’s royal palace, the officials and nobles up and down the palace all had ugly faces.
When they heard that Tang had only sent 10,000 troops, how could they not be angry?
It was just that there was nothing wrong with Tang’s reasoning either, so they had no other choice but to sulk.
“Tomorrow!”
“Defend to the death!”
Eventually, the king of Amuta gave the military order.
Finally.
With the first glimpse of sunlight spilling onto the battlefield.
The Qilin army marched out with eight hundred thousand troops.
Three hundred thousand generals, flanking left and right, to prevent attacks from Tang and Tuliang.
Five hundred thousand troops, a*sembled, twenty miles away from Amuta, ready to attack.
And with the third hour of the dawn!
In an instant, a military order rang out in the middle of the camp.
“Pa*s on my order, half a million troops!”
“Attack Amuta!”
“Break the gates of the country! Kill the enemy!”
As the voice rang out.
All at once, the battle drums sounded in the sky.
A truly great battle broke out.
“Kill!”
“Kill!”
“Kill!”
The sound of shouting and killing shook the clouds, and when you stood high in the sky, you could see it.
Half a million troops, like black clouds, rushed towards the gates of Amuta.
The onslaught of 500,000 troops was terrifying.
Above the Amuta Gate, arrows were shot out, and inside the city, stone throwers hurled boulders again and again.
On top of the walls, kerosene had been poured, and when the men came up, they lit up instantly.
One by one, lives were lost.
The Great Wei Qilin Army was red with rage, hundreds of men carrying the city breaker, rushing forward and backward, storming the city gates.
Each time, they drew a huge roar.
The battle for the city.
Ahead of them was a ma*sacre.
The Great Wei Qilin Army had suffered a great loss, indeed too many dead and wounded.
Half an hour!
An hour!
Two hours!
At last, with the desperate rush of half a million generals.
The eastern city gate was broken open.
“The city is broken! Brothers, kill!”
“Brothers, the gates are broken, kill!”
“Kill! Kill! Kill!”
As the eastern city gate broke open, a shout of killing rang out, as if the Qilin army saw hope, they rushed in desperately, killing the enemy on sight.
Inside the Amuta King’s Palace.
When the battle report came in.
King Amuta rose straight away and gave his military orders.
“Inform the Tang Kingdom and the Tullian Kingdom to gather their troops and tell them to kill from outside.”
King Amuta’s arm trembled as he said.
Two hours to break through the gates of the country, it was not that the Amuta clan was not capable, but that the Great Wei Qilin Army was too fierce.
These people were too fierce.
But think about it, half a million troops were attacking hard, if they still couldn’t break the country’s gate, then what qualification did Great Wei have to call itself ‘above the upper country’?
But is breaking the gates a victory?
It was incompetence on the part of the king of the tombs to surrender! It was his cowardice!
He, King Amuta, is not incompetent, nor will he be weak.
Not to mention the fact that Tang and Tullian would give immediate a*sistance.
Indeed, in a flash, the Tang and Tuliang kingdoms instantly sent their troops, who had been watching the battlefield, and when they found out that the Qilin army had broken through the gates, they naturally rallied at the first opportunity, three against one.
A fight immediately began.
This time, it was a hard-fought battle, and the two flanking armies, too, entered the fray.
Tang sent 300,000 troops to attack from the right, while Tuliang sent 300,000 troops to attack from the left.
Within Amuta, too, there was a lot of fighting, but it was still difficult to reach the inner palace, which would take at least a day and a night.
After all, the gates were open, but the question was, it was impossible to let half a million troops rush in all at once, right?
A large number of warriors were waiting outside, and as soon as someone died inside, someone would go in to make up for it.
This battle!
In any case, the Qilin army was bound to suffer huge casualties.
But at least, the gates of the country were attacked.
An hour!
Two hours!
The battle was scorching, and although they kept killing inwards, the Kirin army paid a huge price.
And of course Amuta paid a huge price too.
Ding!
Ding!
Ding!
Ding!
But just then, out of the blue, the sound of the sounding of gold rang out.
The sound of the sounding of gold!
Inside the national capital.
All the soldiers of Great Wei were a little surprised.
They had fought to this extent, but how could they call off the troops?
They were really a little surprised.
After paying such a heavy price and opening the gates of the country, why didn’t they kill all the way down? Why did they have to call off their troops?
In the next moment, a voice rang out, making them understand the reason for calling off the troops.
“The left and right armies cannot resist, retreat! Retreat quickly!”
“The left flank army has retreated, leave quickly or you’ll be a dog in a prison.”
“Withdraw! Withdraw!”
“Withdraw! Withdraw!”
The voices of the generals rang out, informing the warriors inside the city to evacuate quickly.
The reinforcements from the Tang and Tuliang Kingdoms had arrived, and the wing guards on the left and right flanks were only 300,000 men, while the Tuliang and Tang Kingdoms combined had over 600,000 troops, once they lost their defences.
If they lost their position, all 500,000 of their troops would be buried here.
No one dared to take responsibility for this.
At this moment, the Qilin army began to retreat frantically, their hearts unwilling.
They were extremely reluctant!
But they still withdrew.
As they watched the retreat of the Qilin army, the Amuta generals cheered up and shouted all kinds of insults.
At the same time they returned to the heights once more, shooting cold arrows and the stone throwers were activated once more.
Again, innocent sacrifices were made.
They stood rampantly above the gates of the country.
Shouting and sneering at the Great Wei Qilin Army.
And inside the palace of King Amuta.
King Amuta, exhaled a long breath.
For if the fight continued, the Qilin army might really kill the king’s palace.
But luckily.
Tang and Tuliang had come to his aid just in time.
But the next moment, King Amuta’s face was gloomy. This was what Tang had said, that the Great Wei would attack them by surprise?
The gates of the country were lost, and he was close to losing them.
We agreed that the three kingdoms would fight together?
And he was the only one who was unlucky?
His face was gloomy, but he didn’t say anything for the time being. When the battle is cleaned up, he will definitely have a good discussion with Tang.
In the meantime.
The Qilin army returned to the barracks.
Countless curses rang out.
The people were not convinced!
Unconvinced!
They were so unconvinced!
So many men had died, but they didn’t expect to call it quits?
They were really not convinced.
The morale of the army had indeed dropped.
Anyone would have had a hard time with it.
And so it went on until late at night.
In the middle of the camp.
The battle report rang out.
“In this battle, 30,000 people were killed and 50,000 seriously wounded.”
The simple number was shouted out.
In the camp, the faces of the generals were all gloomy.
And the Marquis of Sheyang, too, took out the third letter.
For the time was ripe.
When the third letter was taken out, the Marquis of Sheyang only swept a glance at it and his entire body froze in place.
The next moment.
The military order rang out.
“Tomorrow!”
“All generals of the Qilin Army!”
“a*semble the Amu Tower!”
“Launch a general attack!”
The voice rang out.
All the generals in the entire camp stood up, and they looked at the Marquis of Shuyang, their eyes filled with disbelief.
There was going to be a general attack tomorrow?
This!
