After the battle in the Central State, Lin Yun first went to the bank and looted all the gold coins, putting them into his storage ring to use as a weapon.
Then, Lin Yun personally went to the dock and inspected the dozens of ships.
The ships at the Central State docks were extremely important. As long as they seized these ships, the allied army could smoothly attack Imperial City.
If they were unable to seize these ships, they would not be able to send the hundreds of thousands of allied troops to King City. Lin Yun knew this, and so did the higher-ups of Northern Yan.
Since the higher-ups of Northern Yan knew about this, why didn't they transfer these ships away from the Zhongzhou port in advance?
As long as the ships were moved away from Central State, the allied army's attack on the Central State docks would be in vain.
The higher ups of Northern Yan had no reason to leave these ships in Continent Central City, unless there was something fishy about these ships!
Ordinary people couldn't figure out the enemy's tactics, but Lin Yun could.
If he was the higher-ups of Northern Yan, he would not have transferred these ships away either. Instead, he would have done something to them.
As Lin Yun had expected, he soon discovered something fishy about these ships.
Each ship was equipped with a long-range detonation array.
These detonation arrays did not have any energy fluctuations, and their locations were extremely well hidden. If one did not use the Mind's Eye, it would be impossible to find them.
Unlike ordinary detonation talismans, these detonation arrays were controlled by the main detonation array. As long as he performed a simple operation on the main detonation formation, he would be able to detonate all these detonation formations from a hundred miles away.
The detonation array was extremely powerful. Once it exploded, the ship would instantly disintegrate. The higher-ups of the Northern Yan Empire controlled the detonation array, which was equivalent to controlling the fate of all the ships.
The higher-ups of the Northern Yan Kingdom were obviously planning to detonate all the ships when the coalition army was about to disembark, so that the coalition army would fall into the water, and then take the opportunity to launch a fierce attack on the coalition army.
More than 98% of the soldiers in the allied forces were only at the Martial Disciple realm. They didn't have Vital Qi to condense, so they couldn't condense Vital Qi into the soles of their feet like martial artists and then step on the water to fight.
Once these soldiers fell into the water, it was equivalent to being paralyzed and completely losing the ability to fight.
98% of the soldiers were paralyzed, and the remaining 2%, no matter how strong they were, were destined to be outnumbered.
The plan of the Northern Yan Empire's higher-ups could be said to be perfect.
Unfortunately, their opponent was Lin Yun. No matter how perfect their plan was, it would still fall short of success.
There were more than sixty ships. Lin Yun ordered the detonation arrays in fifty ships to be dismantled, leaving more than ten ships to be dismantled.
Although many soldiers did not understand what Lin Yun was doing, they did not dare to ask. They could only obediently follow Lin Yun's instructions.
After all of this was done, Lin Yun ordered the four city gates to be opened and all the people in the city were released.
Although Northern Yan and Southern Summer were enemies, these people were innocent. Lin Yun would not be so cruel as to lay his hands on the common people. Otherwise, what would be the difference between him and the Northern Yan invading the Southern Summer?
Moreover, these people did not have any cultivation. Even if Lin Yun killed them, his own cultivation would not increase. Therefore, Lin Yun ordered all these people to be released.
After all the people were expelled from the city, the coalition forces that were previously divided to attack different cities also arrived in the main city of Zhongzhou one after another and met up with Lin Yun's main forces.
The first to return were the troops led by Nangong, Ying Zheng, and Shangguan Bai Qi, followed by the troops led by Hua Mulan and Su Lie.
Following them were the troops led by Prince Namgong, Shangguan Xiayan, and the troops led by the other kingdom's generals.
That night, all the coalition forces that were divided had all arrived.
None of the Gold-ranked generals had fallen, and only three Silver-ranked deputy generals had fallen. Only the Bronze-ranked generals had fallen.
When the original 800,000 strong army gathered again, there were less than 200,000 of them, and only about 500,000 of them were left.
Among them, tens of thousands stayed to guard the conquered cities, and hundreds of thousands died in the battle.
However, most of the people who died were the troops of other kingdoms. The Southern Summer Kingdom only lost about 20,000 troops.
All of this was within Lin Yun's estimation. It was enough to use the remaining 500,000 troops to attack Monarch City.
Zhongzhou City was rich in resources, and the one thing it lacked the least was food.
That night, Lin Yun ordered the entire city to be sealed off. The soldiers ate and drank in the city, and then had a good rest for the night. They were ready to attack Monarch City.
After the meal, Lin Yun summoned the Country Guarding Emperor and the two generals of the East Sea Kingdom.
"Prepare 50,000 scarecrows before dusk tomorrow," Lin Yun ordered the Country Guarding Emperor.
"Your Majesty, are you planning to beat us at our own game?" The Country Guarding Emperor was a strategist, and he immediately guessed what Lin Yun was thinking.
Lin Yun did not say anything, and only nodded expressionlessly.
"I'll do it now." The Country Guarding Emperor cupped his fists at Lin Yun, and then turned to leave.
As soon as the Country Guarding Emperor walked out of the hall, the East Emperor Taiyi and East Emperor Taier, the two generals of the East Sea Kingdom, appeared.
"Greetings, Commander." The two generals greeted Lin Yun in fear and trepidation. They did not know why this young king, who had defeated the marshal of the Warring States Period and was admired by the leaders of the eight kingdoms, summoned them in the middle of the night.
"I heard that the warriors of the East Sea are good at swimming, so I have an important task for you," Lin Yun said calmly to the two generals.
The two generals cupped their fists and replied respectfully, "Please tell us, Commander. We promise to complete the task."
"Very good." Lin Yun nodded in satisfaction, and then told them his plan.
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The next dusk.
The 500,000 allied troops boarded the 50 ships in an orderly manner.
The total number of troops in the coalition army was 550,000.
Each ship had a capacity of ten thousand people.
550,000 people boarded 50 ships, and each ship had to be overloaded with 1,000 people, so it was a bit crowded.
There were still 15 ships that were empty, and the deck was filled with scarecrows.
The soldiers of the Alliance Army were all puzzled. There were sixty-five ships, so why did they have to squeeze five hundred and fifty thousand soldiers into fifty ships and deliberately leave fifteen ships empty?
Apart from that, there was another question that the soldiers of the coalition army could not understand. They could have set off early in the morning, so why did they wait until dusk before setting off?
Wasn't it better to fight during the day? Why did they have to travel at night?
All the soldiers could not understand Lin Yun's thoughts, and they could not figure it out at all. Some soldiers even doubted whether the young king, Lin Yun, had any experience in fighting and whether his decisions were reliable.
Even though they had such doubts in their hearts, none of the soldiers complained at all. Military orders must be obeyed, and this was the most basic belief of every soldier. Even if they knew that the commander's orders were wrong, they had to carry them out.
With doubts in their hearts, the coalition army set sail and embarked on the journey to Monarch City.
15 warriors of the East Sea who were good at swimming drove 15 unmanned ships filled with scarecrows and cleared the way in front.
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