Du Qi's group began to head toward the capital of the Southern Nation. Everything went smoothly along the way. There were no obstacles. The villages and towns all submitted to them.
The reason was simple. As a big merchant, Wu Qianqiu had a wide range of connections with people from all over the country. After these people submitted one after another, all of them surrendered.
As a result, wherever Du Qi passed, people would submit to him.
This news quickly spread to the capital.
In the imperial palace of the capital.
Wang Tan sat in the main hall with a solemn expression on his face. He had received the news that Du Qi's army was constantly coming for him, and he sighed in his heart. He did not expect Fufeng Pass to surrender directly. If Fufeng Pass had been delayed, he would have had more time to plan.
He would not have been so hasty.
Wang Tan had been sitting there for almost half an hour before he ordered, "Men, inform the Prime Minister to come here for a meeting."
"Yes!"
The attendant at the entrance of the main hall immediately went to pass the order.
In a short time, Wu Youdao entered the main hall. He bowed to Wang Tan and said, "Your Majesty."
Wang Tan said, "Take a seat, Prime Minister."
After Wu Youdao sat down, he said, "Your Majesty summoned me. Is there anything important?"
Wang Tan said, "I just received news that Du Qi's army easily broke through Fufeng Pass and came directly to the capital. Even the counties along the way are surrendering. From Fufeng Pass to the capital, no one is willing to resist. "
Whoosh!
Wu Youdao's expression changed drastically.
He had been very busy during this period of time. He had been busy dealing with domestic affairs. Although he had been paying attention to Du Qi's movements, he never expected that Du Qi would easily take down Fufeng Pass and come directly to the capital.
Wu Youdao said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, the people who went out to ask for help have just returned. It's not easy to find help at this time! We can only rely on our own strength to resist now. "
Wang Tan said, "You're right, Prime Minister. I called you here to discuss this matter. If we don't discuss this properly, we won't be able to stop the follow-up. "
Wu Youdao fell into silence.
He had some understanding of Xia Xia's weapon. It was extremely difficult to resist. In other words, it was simply impossible to resist.
Under such circumstances, things were very difficult.
Wu Youdao thought about it carefully. After a long time, Wu Youdao said, "Your Majesty, there is no other way. We can only defend to the death. After all, we don't have enough reinforcements at the moment. These reinforcements have yet to arrive, so we have to rely on our own strength. We will only have a chance to turn the situation around when the other forces arrive. "
"Sigh …"
Wang Tan sighed deeply.
He was very disappointed.
At this moment, Wang Tan sighed emotionally, "If I had known this would happen, I really wouldn't have killed Lan Jiuzhen when Chen Can came to seek peace. If he had joined forces with Chen Can at that time, he might have been able to fight Du Qi and weaken Du Qi's power. What a pity, what a pity! "
Wu Youdao's heart thumped.
This was his suggestion.
Back then, it was him who thought that Du Qi was too strong to be an enemy. However, he didn't expect Du Qi to rise so quickly in the end. Especially when he first met Du Qi, Du Qi's weapon wasn't so powerful.
Now, Du Qi's strength had developed to such a level. Not only was his cannon far superior to theirs, even Du Qi's new weapon was extremely powerful and unstoppable.
Wu Youdao said respectfully, "Your Majesty, this subject has failed in his duty. If not for this subject's suggestion to hand Lan Jiuzhen over to Du Qi, Du Qi wouldn't have been able to destroy Chen Can so easily. From now on, this move is simply wrong to the extreme. "
At this, Wu Youdao took a deep breath, lifted his robes, and knelt on the ground, saying, "Your Majesty, this subject has sinned. Please punish me."
Wang Tan waved his hand, saying, "Prime Minister, this king has no intention of blaming you. Rise. Now that things have come to this, it's not the time to find out who's responsible. What we need to do now is to unite as one and gather all our strength. Everyone will be on the same side and fight against the Xia Country with all our might. This is the most important thing. "
"Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty."
Only then did Wu Youdao rise.
Wang Tan said, "Prime Minister, it won't be easy to resist with all our strength!"
Wu Youdao said, "Your Majesty is right. The only thing we can do now is to encourage everyone and encourage them to do their best to resist."
Wang Tan thought for a moment, then said, "Since that's the case, this king will immediately go and reward the army."
Wu Youdao said, "Your Majesty is wise."
Wang Tan said, "Prime Minister, I'll leave domestic politics to you. This king will stabilize the army's morale. "
Wu Youdao said, "I won't disappoint Your Majesty."
Wang Tan waved his hand, and Wu Youdao turned to leave. He looked at Wu Youdao's departing figure and sighed in his heart. In the end, Wu Youdao's ability was limited, and this was the best he could do.
Wang Tan thought for a moment, then said, "Men!"
"Yes, sir!"
A chamberlain immediately entered.
Wang Tan ordered, "Tell Zou Yi that this king is going to reward the army."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
The chamberlain turned and went to inform Zou Yi.
Wang Tan stood up, ordered the chamberlain to prepare armor for him, and then began to go to the barracks.
The barracks in the city were mainly set up in the south.
The person leading the army was Zou Yi.
After all, he was a general of the southern army.
When Wang Tan arrived at the barracks, Zou Yi personally came out to welcome him. After the two entered the barracks, they went directly to the drill ground. All the soldiers gathered, and tens of thousands of soldiers lined up neatly.
This was Wang Tan's current army.
Everyone was gathered here.
Wang Tan stood on the stage at the front. He looked at all the soldiers with a sharp expression on his face and shouted, "Soldiers, Xia Xia's army is here. Our southern kingdom has reached a critical juncture of life and death. It's extremely dangerous. "
The soldiers below the stage all fell silent.
Everyone held their breaths.
However, there was a faint worry in the eyes of all the soldiers, and there was already a trace of fear. Because Xia Xia's army was indeed extremely powerful, and there was no way to resist it.
Wang Tan continued, "Now that Xia Xia's army is coming, I have arranged for envoys to go to the other countries to ask for help and ask them to send troops to rescue our southern kingdom.
"After all, Xia Xia is very strong and very difficult to deal with.
"Now, we must have foreign aid.
"Of course, in addition to that, our southern kingdom must also be able to hold on. If our southern kingdom can't resist this, then everything that follows will be quite troublesome and difficult. Even the previous requests for help will be useless. "
Wang Tan said with assurance, "So now, the only thing we can do is to resist Xia Xia's army that is about to come. As long as we block Xia Xia's army, there is hope, and our southern kingdom can continue to survive. "
After hearing this, the soldiers' expressions still did not change.
They were even a little nervous.
Because Xia Xia's weapon was almost unstoppable.
Wang Tan scanned his surroundings. Seeing that the morale of all the soldiers was still low, he continued, "After this battle, as long as we can block the Xia Kingdom's attack and wait for reinforcements to arrive, I will severely injure all of you."
"All soldiers will be promoted by three ranks.
"This is the most basic promotion.
"Don't worry that you won't have the most basic soldiers when you are promoted. Now that you have been promoted, you will have to recruit soldiers, so you all have your own arrangements.
"In addition, if you kill one enemy, you will be rewarded with twenty taels of silver; if you kill two enemies, you will be rewarded with forty taels of silver; if you kill three enemies, you will be rewarded with eighty taels of silver; if you kill four enemies, you will be rewarded with one hundred and sixty taels of silver, and so on.
"As long as you can make contributions, I will reward you.
"For this battle, even if I have to open up the national treasury, I will not hesitate."
Wang Tan's eyes were sharp as he said, "This battle will be fought to the death. If you are not afraid of death, I will accompany you to the end. As long as you can make contributions, I will give you my full support. "
After hearing this, many of the soldiers were a little excited.
Because this reward was too great.
As long as they blocked it, they would be promoted by three ranks. As long as they killed one enemy, they would be rewarded with twenty taels of silver.
Such a reward was really great.
It was exciting.
"Fight to the death!"
At this time, Zou Yi took the lead to shout.
He was a general under Wang Tan's command, so he would naturally fight to the death with Wang Tan. Since Wang Tan was encouraging the soldiers, he was naturally cheering for Wang Tan. Following Zou Yi's shout, the soldiers under his command also began to shout along with him.
"Fight to the death!"
"Fight to the death!"
All of the soldiers began to shout.
Everyone was very excited.
Because this battle had already reached the most critical moment, and Wang Tan was willing to give them benefits, they were naturally willing to fight to the death.
There was no other reason but for the benefits.
Seeing the fighting spirit of the soldiers, Wang Tan gradually began to inspire, and at this time, he was overjoyed.
It was done!
As long as the soldiers worked hard, he had the courage to fight to the death.
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