Chapter 946: Driving out wolves and swallowing tigers
Three days later, Daqian capital, the imperial palace.
Ever since Wei Changtian arrived in Linchuan, the place has been as depressing as if covered by dark clouds all the time.
And when Su Qi announced an "uprising" and led an army of 300,000 to attack the capital, this oppression became even more intense, almost suffocating.
Every eunuch, palace maid, court official and doctor walking in the palace had a sad face. When they met acquaintances on the road, they would just nod to each other and pass by. Almost no one would stop to chat.
It was as if an invisible hand had grasped everyone's throat, plunging everything here into an extremely tense silence.
In fact, for the court officials of Daqian, it seems a little too early to be "despairing" now, or even a little too worried.
After all, the war has not yet begun, and the capital city and its surrounding areas have already made thorough preparations. Under normal circumstances, there is no need to fear the attack of a mere 300,000 people.
What's more, among these 300,000 people, there are 200,000 surrendered soldiers from the previous Battle of Xinfeng, and 50,000 Linchuan defenders, a total of 250,000 Daqian people.
Even if these 250,000 people were still under Wei Changtian's command, if a war really broke out, how many of them would swing their swords at their own compatriots? Even in the most pessimistic scenario, this number would definitely not be less.
So, no matter how you look at it, no matter how brave and skilled the Tengu Army is, this thousand-year-old city seems unlikely to fall.
But at this moment, inside the huge palace, no one was taking this war lightly.
Just because their opponent is Wei Changtian.
From establishing the Great Shu Dynasty, to forcibly helping Ning Wenjun to usurp the throne, to repelling the enemy in Liangzhou, and defeating a million-strong Qianhui coalition force under the city of Fengyuan.
There was also a great group that was destroyed a month ago. In just over two years, Wei Changtian has done too many incredible "feats".
And before these things happened, who would have believed that he could do it?
Therefore, none of these bigwigs of Daqian dared to sneer at Wei Changtian's words "Daqian will definitely perish" at this time.
Some people even have a copper clock in their minds that symbolizes the "countdown to the country's demise."
With 300,000 rebels getting closer, time is running out.
When the last grain of yellow sand fell, no one could guess whether Daqian would really change its dynasty or Wei Changtian would retreat in disgrace.
Therefore, all they can do now is to continue to strengthen the city defenses which have long been impregnable, try their best to mobilize more experts, and mobilize all the forces that can be mobilized, just to tip the balance of victory towards Daqian even a little bit. In the face of a war that concerns the survival of the country and with enough time to prepare, the energy that a dynasty like Daqian can unleash is enormous.
After all, Jing Guoqing was not a foolish ruler. Apart from the mistake he made in launching the Eastern Expedition, his "ruling career" could be said to have no major stains and he was quite loved by the people.
Then, the people would naturally be willing to fight to the end with the "evil" Wei Changtian for such a king and such a dynasty, and the country's cohesion reached an unprecedented level.
Then, it seemed that even God was infected by the "resistance spirit" of the Daqian people. With mercy from God, four days ago, the information about the Son of Heaven suddenly spread throughout the world.
At first glance, this incident has nothing to do with the "National Defense War".
But if you think about it carefully, this is actually a huge benefit to Daqian.
When two tigers fight, the loser will die and the winner will be injured.
Although the injured tiger wins, it is still most afraid of the third tiger.
Before, no one dared to be the third tiger.
After all, Wei Changtian's vengeful character means that most people will never take risks for a little bit of profit.
But now it's different.
As long as this battle starts, no matter what the outcome is, it can be foreseen that countless forces will want to take the opportunity to kill Wei Changtian and seize his fortune.
In other words, the information about the Son of Heaven might not be able to directly threaten the already extremely powerful Wei Changtian, but it did attract countless vicious tigers who were eyeing him covetously.
These vicious tigers hid in the forest, watching him all the time.
Normally, they don't act rashly.
But if Wei Changtian lets down his guard one day, or gets "injured" in a fight, they will rush over and add insult to injury. Faced with this situation, Wei Changtian doesn't seem to have any good solution.
Unless he can always avoid being "hurt" and revealing any flaws.
But not being "hurt" means not "fighting", and not "fighting" means that he will start to stay where he is from now on.
Since I can't kill you, I will stop your "development" and make you dare not do anything. Obviously, this is the real purpose of the mysterious man.
Not only did it increase the difficulty for Wei Changtian to continue plundering luck, but it also forced Wei Changtian to be cautious in his actions. Just as Guan Kong said, this strategy of driving the wolf to swallow the tiger was indeed a brilliant move.
Fortunately, Wei Changtian had figured out the key three days ago.
As for how he will respond next , "Da."
At midnight, accompanied by a slight noise in an alley, Wei Changtian arrived at the dead silent capital of Daqian.
"Wow, it looks like a doomsday fortress."
Looking back at the flame-covered city wall and the soldiers walking around on the top of the city wall without stopping, he muttered softly, obviously not expecting that the city defense would be so tight to an almost exaggerated degree.
With this level of defense, let alone 300,000 disunited ragtag troops, even twice as many regular troops would probably return empty-handed.
Fortunately, Wei Changtian had no intention of actually attacking the city.
Yes.
Wei Changtian never thought of destroying Daqian through war from the beginning to the end, but had another more direct plan.
First, he forced Su Qi to rebel and led his troops to attack in a swaggering manner, attracting the attention of the Daqian government and the public to this rebel army.
Then, he sneaked into the capital, killed Jing Guoqing, and destroyed the Jing family.
Finally, in the midst of great chaos, he used the 300,000 people outside the city to help Su Qi ascend the throne.
There are only three steps in total, and the job is done! Simple and efficient! Although the information about the Son of Heaven was leaked in the middle, it did not affect the entire plan.
And now it seems that Jing Guoqing has really been misled and has put all his focus on defending the city.
Then all we have to do next is kill him . Squinting his eyes, Wei Changtian felt the location of a certain "Thousand Miles of Smoke and Waves" mark in his mind, and then he took a step and soon disappeared at the end of the alley.
At the same time, the "Four Evils" who had been sent here by him a long time ago, Duan Fangping and the other three were waiting in a remote courtyard, with excitement that could hardly be concealed on their faces.
"Brother Duan, the young master should be here soon, right?"
"I've endured for so long, and now I can finally go on a killing spree!"
"Yeah! I'm dying of suffocation!"
"Hahaha, don't worry, brothers! I'm also itching to do it, but we must not ruin the young master's plan."
"Brother Duan, of course I understand the truth, but when I think about the moment I can follow you and kill him, I can't wait!"
"Hahahaha! Brother Lu, just bear with it for a while. I will let you kill me happily when the time comes!"
“Hehehe!”
“Hehehehe!”
(End of this chapter)
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