After leaving Yan Wuji's residence, Zhi Li handed the envelope with Zhi Ning's blood letter and baby's hair to Li Zhu. "Send this to Søren at Tianshui City as soon as possible."
Li Zhu said, "But we don't have any griffins anymore."
Feng Li's five griffins had all been used up when he assassinated the king, and now they had all been captured by Gao Yin in the palace.
Zhi Li said, "Then send the envelope to the princess residence. They will send it to Tianshui City soon."
"Yes," Li Zhu said.
Then, Li Zhu took the envelope to the princess residence.
"Also, send the news of the king's death to Turin Tuo, Chu Ye, and Jian Ze as soon as possible," Zhi Li said.
The eunuch Li Chenglian bowed. "Yes!"
…
White Cloud County City!
After three to four days, Chu Ye finally led the 230,000 soldiers across the Nu River. After marching for another 100 miles, they arrived at the city of White Cloud County and surrounded the entire city!
Linhai County City had a population of about 80,000. The city had a perimeter of more than five miles.
Turin Tuo's 80,000 soldiers were lined up on the city walls.
Chu Ye's 230,000 soldiers surrounded the city on three sides. Only the east side was left out. The east side was Tianshui City's territory.
Turin Tuo stood on the city wall majestically. He glared at Chu Ye and said, "Chu Ye, did you eat a bear's heart and leopard's gall? How dare you attack the kingdom's county city and the Dragon Guards. Do you want to rebel? "
Tu Lingtuo's martial art skill was top-notch, this loud shout was really like a thunderclap. Moreover, his accumulated power was very heavy, Chu Ye was really scared by him that his heart trembled.
After all, Chu Ye had been acting like a grandson in front of Turin Tuo for the past few decades. He even knelt down countless times. He didn't have much confidence in facing off against Chu Ye.
Gui Xingfu frowned and said in a low voice, "Brother Chu, the army is watching you."
Chu Ye was shaken, he raised his head and said fiercely: "Turingtuo, you colluded with Zhi Li to murder Crown Prince Li Yang and framed His Excellency Søren. Moreover, he single-handedly directed the world to besiege Tianshui City, causing a huge disaster to the entire Raging Wave Kingdom. Such behavior was akin to rebellion. I'm here in the name of Princess Jung Yeon to exterminate you! "
"Hahahaha …" Turin Tuo laughed wildly and said, "Stupid Chu Ye, you are really blinded by greed. Didn't Søren promise you that as long as you destroy me, Tuling Tuo, you can replace me? You're really stupid beyond measure. He wants us to perish together, and then he can sit back and enjoy the benefits, catching both of us in one go! "
Chu Ye's expression changed slightly when he heard this. Turin Tuo had indeed hit the nail on the head where he feared the most.
If that was really the case, then he, Chu Ye, had really been screwed over by Søren.
Seeing this, Turin Tuo continued: "Chu Ye, there's no way for us to survive on Søren's side. At this time, we need to stick together. The two of us have a total of three hundred thousand soldiers. You return to the Northern Legion, and I'll return to the Southwest Legion. At that time, we might even have more than five hundred thousand soldiers. If we work together in the North and South, once we form an independent state, it will be Søren who will come and beg us. "
Chu Ye's heart beat wildly when he heard this.
Behind him, Gui Xingfu said coldly: "Stop your wishful thinking. Brother Chu Ye, you only have eighty thousand soldiers in the Northern Legion. The remaining one hundred and fifty thousand soldiers are all from the allied provinces. If you attack Turingtuo, they will listen to your orders. But if you want to retreat to the Northern Legion, they will immediately turn around and attack you. "
Count Chu Ye said: "Of course I know this. I also know that retreating to the Northern Legion is impossible. Not to mention that the one hundred and fifty thousand allied provinces won't follow me, if Lord Søren sends tens of thousands of cavalry to pursue me, I can forget about safely returning to the Northern Legion's camp. But Turingtuo's words make sense. If Lord Søren really wants me to die with a borrowed knife, and then he sends his army to kill me and Turingtuo, I will really want to cry but have no tears. "
Gui Xingfu looked coldly at Chu Ye, not knowing whether he was disappointed or disdainful.
Chu Ye relied on his experience and ancestral support to become the commander of the Northern Legion. Even if this person's position was too high, he wouldn't have much future prospects. No matter what he did, he would worry about personal gains and losses, and he would be afraid of the slightest thing.
"First, I am sure that Lord Søren won't do this," Gui Xingfu said coldly: "Second, even if he has such a plan, what are you going to do? Collude with Turingtuo and become enemies with Lord Søren? "
Chu Ye couldn't help but tremble.
Gui Xingfu said: "Brother Chu, this is what I hate the most about you. You want glory and wealth, but you don't dare to gamble. Let me ask you, with your own ability and breadth of mind, how big of a future can you have in this life? You want to be number one in command, but you don't want to take any risks? Is there such a good thing in the world? "
This sentence hit the deepest chord in Chu Ye's heart.
At forty, he had no doubts, at fifty, he knew his destiny!
Of course, Chu Ye knew what kind of person he was, and he also knew his limitations. He also knew that his achievements in this life were more dependent on the heavens' fate, and not his own ability.
What was fate? It was a chance bestowed by the heavens, and it was his own choice.
Now that the chance had come, the position of number one in command was right in front of him, the rest was up to him.
Gui Xingfu said: "I know, as long as Lord Søren stands by your side and tells you to fight Turingtuo without worry, I will support you from the side, you will be completely at ease. But let me tell you, Lord Søren will not come. What he likes to do the most is to watch coldly from the sidelines, using his gaze that is full of ridicule and wisdom to stare at you, watching your every move. "
At this moment, a black dot suddenly flew over from afar.
Chu Ye was ecstatic. Gui Xingfu was stunned, could it be that Søren was going to slap him in the face? He just said that Søren would not come, but in the end, he came right away.
Gui Xingfu already understood Søren very well, if Søren personally came to the battlefield, it would be very bad news for Chu Ye, it would mean that he wanted to kill Chu Ye.
The Griffin quickly landed in front of Chu Ye and Gui Xingfu, it was actually Fen Mo.
"Lord Søren has sent me to lead the long-range firepower unit to support." Fen Mo said indifferently: "Two hundred catapults and one hundred and fifty cannons are on the way, they will reach the battlefield in about four hours. Lord Yan Yan will lead twenty thousand cavalrymen to escort, but these twenty thousand cavalrymen will not participate in the battle, they will only be responsible for the final pursuit! "
Fen Mo still had that deadpan face, he was expressionless to everyone.
The biggest worry in Chu Ye's heart disappeared, Søren actually sent such a large long-range firepower unit, and twenty thousand cavalrymen to support.
Instantly, he was elated, he did not care that his position was much higher than Fen Mo, he went forward and shook hands: "Thank you Lord Søren, thank you General Fen Mo."
Fen Mo nodded, then retreated to one side, he looked at Turin Tuo who was on the city wall indifferently.
Gui Xingfu suddenly thought of something, should Søren be considered as broad-minded or narrow-minded?
He was a person who would seek revenge for the smallest grievance, if he did not like you, he would kill you directly. There were countless people who died unjustly under Søren's sword.
However, for a person like Gui Xingfu to offend Søren to such an extent, in the end, he should still be put in an important position.
As for Fen Mo, he had never been nice to Søren. At this time, Gui Xingfu and Chu Ye kept on addressing him as Lord Søren, only Fen Mo was still called Lord Søren.
However, Søren still put Fen Mo in an important position, others could not see it, but Gui Xingfu could see the deep meaning behind Søren sending Fen Mo to eliminate Turin Tuo.
Firstly, it was to let Fen Mo vent the resentment in his heart. Secondly, Søren wanted to groom Fen Mo to become the future commander of the Dragon Guards.
If Fen Mo did not make any mistakes, then ten to twenty years later, Fen Mo would definitely become the first commander of the Raging Wave Kingdom's military.
Instantly, Gui Xingfu's heart was filled with envy.
He had three sons, Gui Qinbi, Gui Qinqu and Gui Qinzhong, but they were still locked up in the prison by Søren, and there was no sign of them being released.
Gui Xingfu knew the reason behind it, because the three of them had more rights of succession than Gui Qinshao. If the three of them were allowed to grow, they would be a threat to Gui Qinshao's position as the Lord of Waterfront.
Perhaps, only when Jung Yeon's position as the Queen was stabilized, and Søren had complete control over the entire Raging Wave Kingdom, could the three sons of Gui Xingfu be released, but their achievements were still far from Fen Mo's.
… …
Fen Mo raised his head and looked at Turin Tuo, his father who was related by blood.
Many people felt that Fen Mo would definitely hate Turin Tuo. After all, ever since Fen Mo was born, Turin Tuo did not care about him and directly left him to fend for himself. His status was even lower than that of a servant.
After he grew up, he allowed Turin Tuo to make use of Fen Mo again and again. After he was done using Fen Mo, Turin Tuo killed him to silence him, not caring about his father-son relationship at all.
Actually, Fen Mo did not hate him. Maybe he did before, but after he came to Tianshui City, he did not have this hatred anymore.
It was not that Søren baptized Fen Mo's state of mind, it was completely not the case.
The relationship between Fen Mo and Søren was not only that of a lord and a general, but also that of a rival in love. The two of them rarely spoke to each other. After three years, the total number of words the two of them had spoken was less than ten.
Most of the orders were basically conveyed through Yan Yan or Yan Nai 'er, because Fen Mo's direct superior was Yan Nai' er.
What heart-to-heart conversation, and then completely subduing Fen Mo, did not happen at all. The two of them completely ignored each other.
It was just that the miracles that Søren had created along the way were too dazzling. In just three years, he had turned from a hedonistic son of a rich family who had lost his territory into a Prince Regent who was about to rule the entire kingdom.
Fen Mo saw everything that happened with his own eyes, and he even participated in it every single time.
Seeing the rise of Søren, Fen Mo's state of mind and vision had also become very high. The small grudges and grudges from before had also become indifferent.
Moreover, at that time, he and Søren had fought over Yan Nai 'er. The proud and arrogant Fen Mo felt that he was more outstanding than Søren. In the end, along the way, Søren was completely a heaven-defying character. He, Fen Mo, thought that he could not fall too far behind.
Hence, no matter what he did, he would always stare at Søren. He always thought that he could not fall too far behind, and could not be left behind to a place where he could not see him.
Just like that, along the way, he had reached the height that he was today. The little bit of hatred that he had towards Turing Tuo previously had also disappeared without a trace, and there was only coldness left.
That's right, that was his biological father, but he, Fen Mo, would definitely not be restrained by the so-called relationship between father and son.
He only had one relative, and that was his mother. Now, she had already been rescued by the Shadow Pavilion, and was settling down in Tianshui City.
As for Turing Tuo, he merely raped a maid when he was drunk, and that was why he gave birth to Fen Mo. Giving birth was not as good as giving birth!
Moreover, in the end, the Turing family wanted to silence Fen Mo, and had already severed that trace of blood relationship.
Before coming to White Cloud County City, Fen Mo even specially went to see his mother, and asked her how she felt about Turing Tuo. His mother pursed her lips, and did not reply, but Fen Mo already knew the answer.
…
Turing Tuo, who was at the top of the city wall, saw Fen Mo, and his heart was a little complicated!
Since the day Fen Mo was born, he had never stayed in Duke Turing's residence. He was completely raised by his mother, and Turing Tuo did not give him a single cent.
After Fen Mo grew up, he revealed a shocking talent, but Turing Tuo still did not fancy him. Instead, Turing Tuo took a fancy to Fen Mo, and took him into the Black Ice Prefecture. He even brought his mother to Duke Turing's residence as a hostage, and forced Fen Mo to work for him.
Was Turing Tuo such a short-sighted person? To a person like him, every son was a treasure, even if it was an illegitimate son. Not to mention, Fen Mo revealed a shocking talent, and all the more, he should take him in for his own use.
The reason for this was because after Fen Mo came down. A fortune teller told Turing Tuo that Fen Mo's appearance was not good, and that he had the appearance of cursing his father!
At that time, Turing Tuo immediately chased Fen Mo and his mother out, even though this woman had just given birth.
The second day after they were chased out, Turing Tuo immediately sent someone to poison the newborn Fen Mo to death.
For some unknown reason, Fen Mo did not die, but disappeared together with his mother. It was not until more than ten years later, when Fen Mo grew up, that he was once again discovered by Duke Turing's residence, and once again entered Turing Tuo's vision.
Although Fen Mo displayed a shocking talent, Turing Tuo always remembered what the fortune teller said about Fen Mo: Cursing his father!
Hence, Duke Turing Tuo never had the intention to let Fen Mo return to the family, and even found an opportunity to kill him.
Now that he saw Fen Mo again, Turing Tuo's heart was incomparably complicated, and there was a slight sense of foreboding.
…
More than four hours later!
Yan Yan led twenty thousand cavalrymen, escorted two hundred catapults, and one hundred and fifty cannons to White Cloud City.
Chu Ye and Gui Xingfu immediately went forward to greet him, and Chu Ye directly handed over the highest commanding authority, "Sir Yan Yan, please take over command of the battlefield!"
Yan Yan shook his head, "No, I am only in charge of escorting the long-range firepower troops, and the final pursuit, how to fight will be decided by General Chu Ye!"
"Yes!" Count Chu Ye replied respectfully.
Although in terms of position, he was much higher than Yan Yan, he was the commander of the Northern Legion, and Yan Yan was the commander of the forty thousand Silver Wolves.
However, the other party was Søren's father-in-law, and this father-in-law was different from Gui Xingfu, Chu Ye definitely needed to curry favor with him.
"Then use long-range firepower first, then send troops to attack the city!" Chu Ye still asked carefully.
"Yes!" Yan Yan replied.
Fen Mo rode on a griffin, hovering above the catapults and cannons, and shouted loudly, "Begin assembling the catapults, return the cannons, prepare the gunpowder, prepare the cannons!"
Immediately, a few thousand soldiers started to assemble the catapults in an orderly manner.
They started to move the cannons, take out the gunpowder, clean the cannons, and adjust the position of the cannons.
… …
Turin Tuo stood at the top of the city, looking down at Chu Ye's two hundred and thirty thousand soldiers!
Although he only had eighty thousand soldiers, they were all elite Dragon Guards. He did not care about Chu Ye's motley crew.
Moreover, he had a strong city in his hands, and was not too afraid of Søren's cannons. As long as they hid behind cover, even the gunpowder would not be able to cause much damage to the soldiers.
"Søren, if you want to use Chu Ye's motley crew to eliminate me, then you have really miscalculated, you are underestimating me too much." Turin Tuo laughed coldly.
Other than the cannons and catapults, Søren actually sent out twenty thousand cavalrymen, it was obvious that they would not participate in the attack.
Therefore, as long as they endured the early long-range firepower attacks, the main force that would be sent to attack the city would definitely be Chu Ye's army. Although he had two hundred and thirty thousand soldiers, only the eighty thousand soldiers from the Northern Legion were useful.
Therefore, in this battle, with the intuition of an old battlefield commander, Turin Tuo was still very confident.
Once they defeated Count Chu Ye, Søren would no longer have a knife to use to kill others. At that time, he would be able to negotiate with Søren, and he would have the upper hand.
Immediately, Turin Tuo shouted, "Brothers, do you see the motley crew below? If we defeat them, we will have a bright future ahead of us! Since you are all under my banner, I will definitely be able to beat you all back home, and I will give you glory and wealth, as long as we win this battle! "
"If we defeat Chu Ye, that little brat Søren will not be able to do anything to us, he will have to obediently negotiate with us!"
"Chu Ye is such a coward, he will lose nine out of ten battles, we will definitely win!"
Hearing Turin Tuo's words, Chu Ye's face turned completely pale.
However, what Turin Tuo said was indeed the truth. Although Chu Ye's battle record could not be said to be losing nine out of ten battles, it was true that he did not have any outstanding victories, no wonder Turin Tuo was so confident.
The Northern Legion's main purpose was to defend against the Yan Empire. Sending out such a commander was also a good way to make the world overlord feel at ease, and to show that the Raging Wave Kingdom did not have any improper thoughts towards the Yan Empire.
…
All the catapults and cannons were ready!
Fen Mo raised his hand, and then suddenly waved down, he shouted, "Fire!"
Immediately, two hundred giant catapults fiercely launched the huge gunpowder packs to the city wall four to five hundred meters away.
More than a hundred cannons fired in unison.
"Swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh …"
Two hundred gunpowder packs were still the same kind of primitive cluster bombs. They suddenly exploded on the city wall, under the city wall, and inside the city wall.
A terrifying metal storm was shot out crazily!
However, the casualties were not high. That was because most of Turin Tuo's eighty thousand soldiers were hiding in the bunkers.
More than a hundred solid bombs hit the city wall fiercely, but they only made one bullet hole!
Turin Tuo had learned his lesson, he now knew how to defend against this hellish primitive cluster bomb.
Seven minutes later!
The catapults and cannons fired the second round of volleys.
The entire White Cloud City's city wall once again shook violently, and another earth-shattering explosion occurred.
It was as if the whole city was shaking, and the whole earth was shaking.
However, the casualties were still very limited, only the occasional bullet that penetrated the bunkers and killed the soldiers inside.
"Boom boom boom …"
The catapults and cannons of Søren's army roared as if they did not know fatigue!
Round after round, it was as if they would never stop.
However, the casualties were still very small.
Turin Tuo could not help but laugh, "Søren, you really have a lot of money. How many of my men can you kill by wasting gold coins like this? This battle, I will undoubtedly win! "
Turin Tuo became even more confident.
After hiding in the bunkers and withstanding Søren's long-range attacks, it would be Chu Ye's army's turn to attack the city. When the time comes, he would definitely win against Chu Ye's motley crew.
"Haha, Søren, you have exhausted all your tricks. Your plan of killing with a borrowed knife cannot do anything to me, Turin Tuo, hahaha!"
…
However …
Suddenly, there was bad news. The guards on the western city wall opened the city gate and raised the white flag to surrender!
Immediately after, the guards on the southern city wall also opened the city gate and raised the white flag to surrender!
Turin Tuo had calculated everything correctly, but he had underestimated the morale of his eighty thousand troops!
The reason why these eighty thousand troops gathered under Turin Tuo's banner was not because they were loyal to him, but because they felt safe.
After the defeat at the Wind Thunder Fortress and Zhi Li's escape, the morale of these troops was extremely low.
They only had one thought, and that was to immediately run far away and not want to fight anymore.
Now, Søren's long-range attacks didn't cause many casualties, but the entire city was trembling.
However, the entire city was trembling. The feeling of the heavens shaking and the earth shaking was a huge blow to the morale of the soldiers.
These people did not want to fight at all. They would not die if they surrendered, but they might die if they continued to fight.
Turin Tuo said that as long as they won against Chu Ye, the road ahead would be smooth. That was a smooth road for the Turin family, what did it have to do with us ordinary soldiers?
Win against Chu Ye? How many of us would die? Thirty thousand? Fifty thousand? Why?
To these eighty thousand troops, the war was already over. They did not want to fight anymore, so in the shock and fear brought by the cannons, these eighty thousand troops all surrendered!
The defensive battle of White Cloud City, which Turin Tuo had been counting on, had ended before it even started!
Looking at the surrendering soldiers raising the white flag and rushing out of the city gate, Turin Tuo felt dizzy.
Tu Ningchen roared with all his might. He led his family warriors to kill the surrendering soldiers, but it only made the soldiers run even faster.
"It's over, it's over …" Turin Tuo felt pain in his heart. His last asset was gone!
Why? Why?
This battle could have been won. If they had fought normally, they would have won!
Why did they escape? Why did they surrender?
This surrender pushed the Turin family into a hopeless situation!
He felt his vision turning black, and his chest and abdomen were in pain.
"Pfft …" Turin Tuo spat out a mouthful of blood and fainted on the ground!
However, Turin Tuo quickly woke up because he was afraid that Tu Ningchen would do something stupid and ask his trusted warriors to break out of the encirclement and escape back to King City. And Tu Ningchen was indeed prepared to do that!
"Help me put on my clothes. I will go and pay my respects to Søren. I will go and kneel before Søren!" Turin Tuo said with a trembling voice, "I will go and find a way to survive for the Turin family."
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