"Your Majesty, we have lost another 50,000 elite troops in just ten days."
"Jiang Tian's 10,000-strong army has joined forces with him."
"These 10,000 elite soldiers are extremely powerful; we are no match for them at all."
Upon hearing this, Empress Dowager Xiao was so anxious that she paced around like an ant on a hot pan.
She originally intended to kill Jiang Tian.
As a result, the two groups of people sent out became less and less useful.
What Empress Dowager Xiao did not expect was that even though Yelü Chucai, the Prince of the Northern Privy Council, personally led his troops, he still failed to take Jiang Tian's head and ended up with his head separated from his body.
"Empress Dowager, shall we continue the assassination?"
Xiao Yanyan was furious upon hearing this: "A bunch of useless trash, what kind of assassination are you talking about? They'll be able to break in soon. I reckon our capital has already been infiltrated like a sieve."
The thought of this sent chills down Empress Xiao’s spine.
At this point, Empress Dowager Xiao no longer believed that Jiang Tian was an arrogant and ignorant person.
Jiang Tian would never have come here if he wasn't absolutely certain.
"Pass down the order to set up the ceremonial guard and welcome Jiang Tian into the city."
"Your Majesty, Jiang Tian is an enemy of our Khitan. His hands are stained with our blood. How can we allow such a traitor to enter our city?"
"Then go die! You bunch of cowards, how can you possibly deal with Jiang Tian? If you can't, then do as I say."
The people in the palace hall looked at each other, not daring to utter a single word.
"If we can't get through to the Empress Dowager openly, we'll try something covert. As long as Jiang Tian is alive, we expect endless peace."
Empress Dowager Xiao nodded: "For now, we can only avoid their sharp edge. If anyone dares to make any rash moves, don't blame me for being impolite to them."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
"Prepare a carriage for me. Tomorrow I will go out of the city to welcome Jiang Tian."
"promise……"
That evening.
Murong Chui's military camp tent.
Several hundred wolf guards returned one after another.
"General, we had no chance to kill Jiang Tian. Please punish us."
Murong Chui looked at these wolf guards; the wolf guards he had trained were all fierce and fearless of death.
The reason these wolf guards didn't make a move seems to be that they genuinely had no opportunity to do so.
"Smash..." Murong Chui slammed the wine cup in his hand to the ground, shattering it into pieces. "A bunch of good-for-nothings, they can't even do something like this."
"General, please calm down. Even if I have to fight with all my might, I will kill him."
Murong Xingchen: "General, we've been in such a sorry state without being exposed yet. We're afraid of alerting the enemy."
Murong Hanyue: "General, our reconnaissance trip was not without its rewards."
Murong Chui glanced at Murong Hanyue: "If you don't get Jiang Tian's head, then this isn't a harvest."
Murong Hanyue: "General, please hear me out."
"Speak your mind, or shut up!" Murong Chui roared.
"The Northern Privy Council King led 30,000 troops to deal with Jiang Tian, but was wiped out by more than 10,000 men."
Upon hearing this, Murong Chui stood up, put his hands behind his back, and paced back and forth in the tent: "You mean Yelü Chucai is also dead?"
Everyone nodded.
"General, the enemy has more than 10,000 men, but their fighting strength is unparalleled."
“From a distance, we can tell that Yelü Chucai’s 30,000 men probably couldn’t even kill 100 of the enemy’s men.”
100 against 30,000.
This casualty ratio is quite alarming.
Murong Chui muttered to himself, "100 against 30,000."
Murong Chui knew that the fighting strength of the Khitan cavalry was comparable to that of their predecessors.
Murong Chui brought 200,000 people, if it's really as Murong Hanyue said.
Murong Chui estimated that his 200,000 troops were no match for the enemy.
Murong Chui walked up to Murong Hanyue, grabbed her collar, and demanded sharply, "Is what you said true?"
"General, I dare not utter a single lie."
"What else did you discover?"
"Jiang Tian, this man must be a lecher. I saw several young women sitting in his car. He's always been restless."
Upon hearing this, Murong Chui frowned: "Men being lustful is not a weakness. This general also enjoys women, and that doesn't stop me from fighting."
Murong Hanyue took off the leather helmet she was wearing.
Immediately afterwards, the woman pulled out the hairpin from her hair and tossed her long, black hair, which cascaded down like a waterfall.
Her long, black hair framed her breathtakingly beautiful, fair face.
"General, I am prepared to sacrifice myself to kill Jiang Tian."
Murong Chui glanced at Murong Hanyue: "Be careful, and make sure to kill Jiang Tian completely."
Murong Hanxing: "General, we just received news from the capital that Empress Dowager Xiao has prepared a grand procession, and she will personally go out of the city to welcome Jiang Tian tomorrow."
Upon hearing this, Murong Chui's heart skipped a beat.
Murong Chui knew that Empress Dowager Xiao was a person who only put on an act and had no integrity whatsoever.
But he didn't expect this woman to change so quickly.
Last night, when the two were in bed, Empress Dowager Xiao gritted her teeth and said that she must put Jiang Tian to death.
As it turned out, less than a day had passed, and Empress Dowager Xiao's attitude had changed so quickly.
"With all the Wolf Guards operating in secret, I, the commander-in-chief, cannot continue to stay in Liao with this force of 300,000." Murong Chui was already considering retreat.
The wolf guards' words were absolutely true; these wolf guards would never lie to him.
When Murong Chui heard from these wolf guards that Jiang Tian's more than ten thousand soldiers were so powerful, he already wanted to retreat.
Staying here is tantamount to suicide.
"General, where are we headed?"
"I retreated to the Xianbei and awaited the opportunity to fight again."
Murong Chui stroked Murong Hanyue's long, glossy black hair: "Hanyue, I hope you can live up to my expectations."
Murong Hanyue nodded.
"General, there is one more thing I would like to report."
"explain……"
"On the battlefield, I saw that the warhorses ridden by the soldiers of the Great Xia Dynasty were better than ours, and their armor was airtight and extremely sturdy."
Even with their combined efforts, the Khitan cavalry couldn't break through the enemy's armor.
"And the cavalry of the Great Xia Dynasty were each equipped with a horse-slaying saber that was more than six feet long."
Wherever the horse-slaying sword passed, men and horses were shattered, none surviving.
Those inside the tent were terrified upon hearing this.
They had never heard of or seen a horse-slaying sword before.
But the words "men and horses were all destroyed" struck their hearts like hammer blows.
"Is their horse-slaying sword really that powerful?"
The wolf guards all nodded: "The 30,000 cavalrymen brought by the Northern King are all wearing heavy armor."
However, the heavy armor they wore was utterly useless against the horse-slaying sword.
These war sabers could easily pierce their armor.
The horse-slaying sword can cut an opponent, armor, and warhorse together, into several pieces.
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