Li Duan had been practicing diligently these two days because Ruyi had given him a task before he left.
According to the agreed time, Nanzhou, Yunzhou, and the other five provinces should have fallen into her hands by now. The twenty thousand soldiers led by the Governor of Nanzhou had to attack the impregnable Cangzhou and retreat to attack the five provinces. They could only run around like children without their mothers. It was truly pitiful. What was even more pitiful was that they still did not know this …
Li Duan was also quite pitiful. After Ruyi left, he completely let himself go and neglected his practice. Now that Ruyi was about to return, he only knew how to be anxious.
Xu had led people deep into the frontlines last night and burned the enemy's rations. The people south of Cangzhou had all moved to the north of the city. They could not scavenge any food from the outside.
There were three paths in front of them.
The first was to return the way they came. If they were fast, they could return to Nanzhou in about two days. If they could take back Nanzhou from Miss.Liu, the food crisis could be solved.
The second was to send some people back to forcibly collect rations. They would wait in place, waiting for those who would never return, waiting for them to starve to death …
The last path was to go all out and take down Cangzhou in one go. The rations in Cangzhou were piled up like mountains, so they naturally did not have to worry about food.
They would know which path they had chosen in half a day at most.
Of course, what Li Yi hoped for was naturally not to waste a single soldier, not to waste a single Divine Punishment, and not to waste a single artillery shell. No matter how disparate the strength of the two armies was, once the battle began, casualties were inevitable …
Yang Liuqing had already donned her armor. She looked a little valiant, without losing her heroic spirit.
In these few years, she had completely transformed from the young girl who only knew how to follow behind Miss.Liu in the second year of Jinghe into her current self. She had transformed into the princess of a country, the ruler of a country.
"Uncle-Master." She walked to Li Yi's side and nodded slightly.
This was probably the greatest battle she had ever experienced in her life. Li Yi nodded and asked, "Are you nervous?"
She looked up with a smile and said, "Not nervous."
Fearless in the face of danger, unflinching even if Mount Tai collapsed before her. As expected of his martial niece, she had some of his demeanor …
Yangliuqing sat opposite him and asked, "After this battle, will Uncle-Master go back?"
Li Yi nodded. He had previously told Yangliuqing that he and Ruyi would leave after they had completely established a foothold in the northwest.
After conquering the six provinces, for a long time to come, what they needed to do was not to continue attacking all the way to the Imperial Capital of the Wu Country. Instead, they needed to rest and recuperate, gradually nibbling away at the outside world, and slowly accumulate their strength so that they could gain a foothold here.
This period of time could be one year, or it could be two years. Once this stage was over, what followed next would be an irresistible force that could sweep away all obstacles …
Of course, everything was subject to change.
It was possible that in the following period of time, the emperor of the Kingdom might choke to death while eating, fall to death while walking, or be crushed to death by a meteorite falling from the sky. In this way, as the only legitimate member of the royal family of the Kingdom, things would be much easier for her to handle.
Of course, the probability of this happening was too small. The emperor of the Kingdom was now completely frightened. He holed up in the imperial palace and refused to come out. Wherever he went, he had to bring countless guards and imperial guards with him. Even if a few grandmasters joined forces, they could not do anything to him — Li Yi thought about it carefully and realized that he seemed to have done something stupid.
He had forcibly disrupted Emperor Wu's personal expedition. If he had come to conquer Cangzhou personally, Li Yi would have opened the city gates of Cangzhou to welcome him …
Unfortunately, there was no medicine for regret in this world …
Seeing that she seemed to have something to say, Li Yi shook his head and said, "Uncle-Master has done everything he could. You have to walk the road ahead on your own."
"I understand." She nodded and looked at Li Yi. She wanted to say something but stopped herself. At this moment, a general strode into the courtyard and handed over a secret letter. He said loudly, "Your Highness, the enemy is already 30 miles away from Cangzhou City!"
They had reached 30 miles away from Cangzhou City so quickly. This meant that Xu had burned their food yesterday and there was not much left. Otherwise, they would not be so anxious.
Li Yi patted her on the shoulder and said, "Go ahead …"
The tense atmosphere in Cangzhou City reached its peak at a certain moment.
The commoners in the city watched the rows of soldiers shuttling through the city. They could not help but feel their hearts in their throats.
This battle would determine how they would survive in the future. It was closely related to their survival.
30 miles.
15 miles.
10 miles.
5 miles.
5 miles away from Cangzhou City.
A deputy general looked at a thin line in the distance. That was the city wall of Cangzhou City. He urged his horse to the front and asked, "General Pang, should we let the soldiers rest here first?"
They had already traveled for half a day and were exhausted. It was not wise to attack the city at this time.
The best case scenario would be for the army to camp and rest for the night when they were 30 miles away from Cangzhou City. However, they had already used up all of their food supplies. They could not afford to delay for too long.
"Rest here for an hour." The general nodded and said, "Prepare the siege weapons. We will attack the city in an hour!"
"Roger!"
The deputy general turned his horse around and said loudly, "Rest here. We will attack the city in an hour!"
On Cangzhou City's city wall, Chen Qing was holding a pair of binoculars in his hand. He muttered, "Why did they stop …"
General Fan stood beside him. He turned his head to look and asked, "Are the Red Barbarian Cannons ready?"
A person beside him immediately replied, "General, all 100 Red Barbarian Cannons have been loaded!"
General Fan was relieved. He thought for a moment and said, "Just in case, check again …"
Outside the city, the deputy general looked ahead and walked to the general's side. He asked doubtfully, "General Pang, why haven't they made a move?"
General Pang looked ahead and asked, "How many soldiers are guarding Cangzhou City? Do they dare to leave the city to fight?"
The deputy general nodded and said, "General, it's time."
General Pang waved his hand and said, "Attack the city!"
"Attack the city!"
"Attack the city!"
…
The general gave the order and the army rushed forward.
5 miles!
3 miles!
2 miles!
When Cangzhou City's city wall could be seen clearly, the deputy general's expression changed and he said anxiously, "General, they still haven't left the city. They haven't even pulled up the drawbridge. Could it be a trap?"
Just as he said that, he heard a cry of surprise.
"What is that!"
He looked up and saw countless black dots landing on the army camp.
Boom!
Boom!
…
Following that, he heard a series of deafening explosions. Soil flew everywhere and wails of pain could be heard.
Following that, he couldn't even hear the deafening explosions anymore. All he could hear was a buzzing sound.
In the army formation, the war horses neighed and raised their front hooves. They were in a mess and ran amok. Cavalrymen fell from their horses and were trampled on before they could get up.
The entire battle formation was destroyed by the deafening explosion.
The war horses neighed in fear and ran amok. After every deafening explosion, dozens of people fell. The fire and the deafening explosions caught them off guard.
"Divine punishment, this is divine punishment …" A deputy general looked up and his eyes were filled with despair.
This was the Jing Kingdom's divine punishment. No, it was enough to destroy their army formation from so far away. Even divine punishment did not have such power!
"Retreat, retreat quickly!"
Just as he shouted, he lowered his head and looked at the long saber that had pierced through his chest. He looked at General Pang in disbelief and his head tilted to the side.
"For disturbing the morale of the army, they should be killed!"
General Pang gritted his teeth and said loudly, "This is a long-range attack. Once we reach the city wall, they can't do anything!"
"Attack the city!"
Under the command of the general, the morale of the army quickly stabilized and they quickly approached the city wall.
The drawbridge under the city wall had already been pulled up. As they approached, more stones and logs fell from above.
The soldiers who were approaching the city wall threw sandbags into the moat and pushed the bodies of the people beside them into the moat. Soon, they reached the bottom of the city wall and were greeted by rolling stones and logs falling from the sky.
In just a short distance of two miles, thousands of the 20,000 soldiers had died.
However, they couldn't retreat. If they couldn't take down Cangzhou today, they would starve to death.
"Scaling ladders! Scaling ladders! "
"Crash! Crash! Follow!"
"Archers! Archers, cover!"
…
Wei Liang waved his hand as he looked at the densely packed crowd below the city wall. Black balls were thrown down from the city wall one after another.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A series of deafening explosions and bursting flames wiped out all the enemies below the city wall.
General Pang stood in the distance and looked at the towering city wall. His heart fell into a bottomless abyss.
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