Myriad Realms Summoning System
Chapter Summary
Hearing Li Cunxiao's question, Guo Jia smiled and said, "General, you are talking about the fact that we haven't encountered any decent resistance in recent days, and the army of the Tianpeng Kingdom has suddenly disappeared!" Li Cunxiao nodded and said, "Yes, although our attack was swift and fierce, we did not encounter any strong resistance. Upon hearing this, Li Cunxiao said with disdain, "With Tyrant Mechanical Technique and Zhang Han here, we can easily capture the Tianpeng Kingdom's capit...
"What? The twenty armies of the Great Zhou have already entered the kingdom? What should we do?"
"We're doomed now. Our 400,000-strong army has been completely routed. Now, isn't this...!"
"Your Majesty, I think we should quickly offer some gifts to the Great Zhou. They will surely stop!"
Listening to the words of the court officials, Zhong Wanda showed a trace of sadness on his face. Is this the Tianpeng Kingdom today?
On the surface, it is the strongest of the four countries, but in fact, it is rotten to the core. This group of aristocratic families only care about their own interests and have no regard for the country at all.
For a kingdom like this, how long can it remain glorious even if the Great Zhou does not send troops to retaliate?
But Emperor Qiu Tongbai did not think so, because he had the same idea as these aristocratic families. To put it bluntly, the royal family was just a larger aristocratic family.
However, in order to maintain the royal dignity, he still pretended to be serious and said, "Everyone, be quiet. It's unbecoming to have such a commotion in the court."
Qiu Tongbai's roar had some effect. The ministers in the court quieted down temporarily and stared at Qiu Tongbai who was sitting on the dragon throne.
Qiu Tongbai took a deep breath before saying, "The Great Zhou army is at its peak strength. It's certainly not something the current Tianpeng Kingdom can contend with."
"Therefore, in order to preserve the kingdom's hope, I have decided to concentrate all the troops north of the imperial capital and the surrounding counties to the imperial capital to resist the invasion of the enemy. I hope you will provide me with food and supplies."
Qiu Tongbai's approach was equivalent to giving away the vast land north of the imperial capital and all the nearby counties and prefectures to the Great Zhou. It was extremely cowardly.
Unfortunately, the ministers in the court did not care about it. Instead, they all strongly supported it.
"Your Majesty, this is a brilliant plan!"
"In this way, we can gather at least 150,000 troops, and defeat the enemy without any problem."
"Your Majesty is wise and enlightened! Long live your Majesty!"
Ye Tianyuan, who was standing among the ministers in the court, snorted coldly when he saw this scene, and then muttered to himself: "What a bunch of parasites, they only know how to protect themselves."
The assets of these families are all in the imperial capital, so in their eyes, the safety of the imperial capital is above all else.
As long as their interests are not violated, they don’t care how much land the kingdom loses!
This is also the reason why Ye Tianyuan looks down on them.
Ye Tianyuan was born in a poor family. He was promoted to the second-in-command of the Tianpeng Kingdom’s military because he was appreciated by the Kingdom’s military marshal Chen Feng. Therefore, he hated Li Cunxiao for killing Chen Feng.
Now, seeing that the ministers in the court were only seeking peace and avoiding war, he was furious, but he could do nothing about it.
After all, the Tianpeng Kingdom is the kingdom of aristocratic families!
After some discussion among the ministers in the court, the matter of resisting the Great Zhou was finally decided, under the pretext of strategically abandoning the territory outside the imperial capital and making every effort to defend the imperial capital.
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As the Tianpeng Kingdom rapidly withdrew its troops and aggressively recruited soldiers near the imperial capital, the Huolin Legion was getting closer and closer to the imperial capital of the Tianpeng Kingdom.
Now, three days have passed since the Great Zhou attacked the Tianpeng Kingdom. While Li Cunxiao has achieved fruitful results, he has also discovered subtle changes in the military situation in recent days.
"Fengxiao, the situation seems to have changed!"
Li Cunxiao, who was riding on a dragon horse and walking side by side with Guo Jia, showed a hint of doubt on his face.
On his left and right sides, there were three generals, Gao Shun, Hao Meng and Zang Ba, who were also riding side by side.
As for Gongshu Chou, this old fellow always rode a snake and traveled alone, never a horse.
Hearing Li Cunxiao's question, Guo Jia smiled and said, "General, you are talking about the fact that we haven't encountered any decent resistance in recent days, and the army of the Tianpeng Kingdom has suddenly disappeared!"
Li Cunxiao nodded and said, "Yes, although our attack was swift and fierce, we did not encounter any strong resistance. However, that was because we were too strong. The vitality of the Tianpeng Kingdom is still there."
"The Tianpeng Kingdom now seems to have completely given up resistance and is waiting for us to occupy it. How strange!"
Gao Shun and his companions also showed a trace of doubt on their faces at this time. The regular army of Tianpeng Kingdom seemed to have disappeared out of thin air overnight, and there was no trace of them.
Guo Jia shook his head and said, "General Li, perhaps the Tianpeng Kingdom has not given up resistance, but has put more energy into their imperial capital."
Guo Jia saw through everything at a glance. They were now only a few hundred miles away from the emperor of Tianpeng Kingdom, but they had not seen any trace of soldiers. He could not think of any other possibility except that they had all retreated to the imperial capital.
Upon hearing this, Li Cunxiao said with disdain, "With Tyrant Mechanical Technique and Zhang Han here, we can easily capture the Tianpeng Kingdom's capital, no matter how well it is defended."
Guo Jia's expression was not so relaxed. Instead, he murmured to himself, "It's better to be careful about everything."
He is not someone who gets proud easily, and he won't relax until he truly sees victory.
"Fengxiao, what are you talking about?"
Faintly hearing Guo Jia's mumbling, Li Cunxiao frowned and asked in confusion.
Guo Jia came back to his senses and said, "General Li, General Zhang Han should be going to welcome the Eagle Legion and the Golden Fire Cavalry!"
Li Cunxiao nodded and said, "Yes!"
Two days after they attacked the Tianpeng Kingdom, the Yingyang Legion and Meng Tian's Golden Fire Cavalry also arrived. In order to allow them to meet up with the Huolin Legion, Zhang Han took the initiative to request to go and greet them.
Guo Jia thought for a moment and said, "General Li, please send someone to notify the two reinforcements and ask them to change their itinerary and not join us!"
"Have the Eagle Legion send 30,000 troops to bypass the Tianpeng Kingdom's capital and set up an ambush a hundred miles to the west. Meanwhile, another 20,000 troops will set up an ambush to the east, while General Meng Tian's Golden Fire Cavalry will secretly detour to the south of the capital."
"Since the Emperor of the Tianpeng Kingdom is already in our grasp, why don't we use him to eliminate the Tianpeng Kingdom's reinforcements? Our three armies can be divided into four parts, and we can surround and attack the reinforcements together. Wouldn't that be a great idea?"
Li Cunxiao's eyes lit up. This method could undoubtedly save them a lot of time, and they would not have to run around after taking down the capital of the Tianpeng Kingdom.
Then, he said to Zang Ba beside him, "General Zang Ba, you go and tell General Zhang Han about Feng Xiao's plan yourself. Come back quickly!"
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For Longma, a distance of a hundred miles can be covered in less than two hours, so the Huolin Legion, without any hindrance, soon arrived at the capital of the Tianpeng Kingdom.
Just as Guo Jia had expected, at this time, war flags were fluttering above the imperial capital, and soldiers with solemn expressions were standing on the tall city walls.
The defense here can be said to be at its best. Compared with the undefended cities we passed along the way, the imperial capital at this time is like a Great Wall of Steel.
"Order the army to set up camp temporarily!"
Looking at the defense of the imperial capital in front of them, Li Cunxiao and Guo Jia did not choose to attack the city immediately, but chose to rest temporarily and wait for the Eagle Legion and the Golden Fire Cavalry to be in place.
The war of annihilation is about to break out.