Chapter 366: The War Is About to Break Out
The ministers did not dare to refute. After all, the Suzaku Army, Nanxin's only military force, was in his hands, and he was also the one who secretly contacted Dongji to borrow troops.
There is no need for the rest of them to do anything, so just let the newly appointed little emperor do it.
Nanxin's national strength was not strong to begin with, and almost all of its civil servants had been executed by Li Tianzhuo before.
Either he was corrupt and committed treason, or he colluded with the eldest princess and the Yuan family to plot rebellion.
The number of military generals is limited, and there is only one, General Nangong.
If Li Tianzhuo wants to win this battle, he not only has to borrow soldiers from Dongji, but also generals!
Emperor Nan Xin had realized this before, otherwise, he would not have agreed to the relationship between Li Tianzhuo and Deng Youning.
What he probably meant was that he wanted his son to become a son-in-law, cling to Dongji's thigh, and ask the Yue family for help in saving Nan Xin.
As for whether or not it will become a vassal state, it doesn’t matter.
Just like he himself said, becoming a vassal state of Dongji is better than being swallowed up by Xilei.
Their Li family may not sit on the throne, but the people of Nanxin cannot live in slavery under the rule of the Xilei people every day.
Only the Dongji Kingdom can allow them to live and work in peace and contentment.
After Li Tianzhuo succeeded to the throne, he still lived in his own Changle Palace.
Every day is like commuting to work. I go to the palace to work during the day and return to the palace to rest at night.
Deng Youning would help him with some official business when she had nothing to do.
He allowed her to interfere in all Nan Xin's affairs.
They also moved Empress Zhuo's remains to the imperial mausoleum and buried her together with Emperor Nanxin.
On the day of the burial, it rained heavily in Nanxin again. Deng Youning knelt with him in front of the grave and said a long farewell to his parents.
In the days that followed, Nan Xin had a rare period of peace.
In response to the letter sent by the Zhu family, Li Tianzhuo only said, "Come if you want to fight."
Logically, this should have angered them, but there has been no response from the West Camp so far.
It was only later that they found out that it was Dongji who also wrote a letter threatening Xilei.
If there was only one small country, Nanxin, Xilei would certainly not be afraid.
But if Dongji mobilizes the whole country to support Nanxin, they will have to be afraid.
A lean camel is bigger than a horse.
Even though the civil strife in Dongji has only subsided for a year or two, all aspects need to regroup, but after all, it is the strongest country among the four countries, and the Western Fort must be guarded against.
Some time ago, Li Tianzhuo and Jun Chenyi both wrote letters to Emperor Beixuan.
The news we got is good. Bei Xuan does not intend to participate in this war, so he will stay in his own country honestly and will never cause trouble!
As long as Beixun is determined not to help anyone, then Dongji and Nanxun can join forces to attack Xilei alone, which will be a 50-50 match.
Li Tianzhuo was not afraid of fighting at all.
Since it was unknown whether the war had started, Han Xian also returned to Liangcheng to help General Han mobilize the Han family army.
Around the beginning of autumn, the Western Army approached the border and set up camp outside the southwestern border city.
The spies reported that they had a total of 400,000 troops, and the old general of the Zhu family was leading the army personally.
Li Tianzhuo was also ready to go, and he led 200,000 Suzaku troops towards the border.
He temporarily handed over the task of regulating the country to Prince Yi and the Grand Tutor.
After all, he had the military power and the imperial seal in his hands, and he also trusted Prince Yi enough, so they were not afraid that he would usurp the throne.
On the Dongji side, the Han family army also went out. General Han and Han Xian led 130,000 Han family soldiers to provide assistance.
This is the reinforcement that Jun Chenyi promised to provide to Nan Xin.
The 130,000 Han family troops, plus the 200,000 Suzaku troops, only totaled 330,000, which was 70,000 short of the number of the Western Fort Army.
This number seems not small.
If we want to win, we can't fight them head-on, we have to use our wits to defeat them.
But fortunately, both the Han Army and the Suzaku Army are not ordinary people, and one person is enough to do the job of two.
Li Tianzhuo, Deng Youning and others set up camp in Cangzhou City on the southwestern border.
They first evacuated all the people from several cities within a hundred miles, mainly Cangzhou City, leaving the city completely empty.
Based on the principle that if the enemy doesn't move, I won't move either, and both sides have been wasting time like this.
Finally, on the thirteenth day, General Zhu could no longer wait to attack the city.
They pushed the siege vehicle and used wooden stakes so thick that it took three or four people to wrap around them to hit the gate of Cangzhou city again and again.
It seemed that he was not afraid of the rain of arrows from the soldiers of the southeastern two countries on the city wall.
Because they were very smart, they built something like a wooden house around the soldiers who were attacking the city gate.
No matter where the crossbows on the city wall shot, they would only hit the hexagonal wooden shell in the end, and had nothing to do with the soldiers of the Western Fort hiding inside.
It's simply a huge protective shield.
"Report - the brothers downstairs can't hold on any longer. The siege vehicles of the West Fort are too powerful!"
A soldier from the Han family army went up to the city wall to report to everyone.
Below the city wall, blocking the city gate were the flesh and blood bodies of the soldiers.
The Westerners were too close to the city gate, and they couldn't throw gunpowder, which would have directly blown up their own city gate.
"Don't wait, set off the gunpowder!"
"The city gate has been blown up, so let's just rush out and kill as many people as possible!"
General Han couldn't wait any longer. Fighting like this would be fussy and not satisfying at all.
"Absolutely not. The enemy has 70,000 more people than us. If they have some secret weapons, we will be in vain."
Deng Youning hurriedly stopped him.
She was also wearing a set of silver armor, revealing the white lining underneath. Her long hair was tied up in a high ponytail. She looked heroic and brave. At first glance, one could tell that she was a female general with extremely high martial arts skills.
Han Xian agreed with her very much.
"Ningning is right, Grandfather, we should send more people to block the door together."
"They have siege vehicles in the Western Fort, and I have already sent people to find thick tree trunks and huge rocks. We will definitely be able to stop them."
Today, after putting on the armor, he looks mighty and domineering, completely different from the pale-faced scholar who looks weak and timid in daily life.
"So, when will the things you're looking for be delivered?"
General Han asked again worriedly.
Without waiting for Han Xian to reply, Li Tianzhuo took Nangong, Lao Geng and a group of people and ran up to the city wall.
Each of them was holding a bamboo tube in their hands, which was filled with something heavy.
The armor worn by Li Tianzhuo was similar to that worn by Deng Youning, and looked like a couple's style. Behind him, he also had a bright red cloak, which made him look particularly cool.
"Tian Zhuo, what are you doing...?"
General Han asked curiously.
Their shapes are indeed a bit weird.
Li Tianzhuo smiled at him and said, "Uncle, although we can't use explosives, we can use fire!"
He looked mysteriously at General Han's confused expression.
Deng Youning and Han Xian both understood what he meant and came over to help him.
Everyone tied the bamboo tube to the bow and arrow, and when shooting the arrow, they opened the lid of the bamboo tube first.
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