"Master!"
With the three sect leaders becoming his disciples, Jing Zhe suddenly gained many "grand-disciples," who were shouting loudly below the city.
Seeing this, the smaller sects that had been recruited by the three major sects immediately petitioned Jing Zhe. Having no other choice, Jing Zhe also took the leaders of those smaller sects as his disciples.
At this point, all five or six hundred disciples of the sect in Liangzhou City became Jing Zhe's disciples and grand-disciples.
Because of the current special circumstances, there is no formal apprenticeship ceremony; it's just a verbal agreement.
Empress Yueyao, standing nearby, stared in disbelief.
Today's events have completely overturned her understanding. The sects that she once thought were high and mighty are now not only eager to help the imperial court fight, but also eager to take someone so much younger than them as their master...
This is absolutely insane!
She glanced at Jing Zhe furtively, then shook her head. Her curiosity about him deepened, but the thought of Jing Zhe's annoying demeanor when he deliberately kept everything from her made her furious.
At this moment, the heavy cavalry regiment in the distance had joined up with the previous five hundred troops and stopped about a mile away from the Liangzhou city wall, talking about something.
"Zhe'er, what should we do?"
Liu Jinghong had been in Liangzhou for many years, going to the battlefield many times a year, and had never been afraid. But now, she was afraid.
Not only because she was facing a regiment of five thousand heavy cavalry, but also because she had something on her mind.
"Fifth Sister, these heavy cavalry regiments have never been to Liangzhou before?"
Jing Zhe asked curiously.
Liu Jinghong nodded. The Western Barbarians attacked Liangzhou only to get some food to help the herders in neighboring Western cities like Shilihe get through the winter. The heavy cavalry regiment was stationed in Kadian, the capital of Western Xinjiang, which was too far from Liangzhou, so it would be a waste for them to come.
Every winter, the entire western region suffers from food shortages, and they are unwilling to start a war in winter unless absolutely necessary.
After listening, Jing Zhe frowned and analyzed, "For the sake of grain? It's obviously unlikely, because they also know that Liangzhou only has that much grain in stock. Sending half of their heavy cavalry regiment is a waste of their talents."
Then, looking at the heavy cavalry regiment that had assembled and was advancing in unison, he said, "From Kadian to Liangzhou, they have endured wind and rain and traveled a long distance. In addition, they are short of food. Logically speaking, they should be exhausted, but judging from the appearance of these heavy cavalry regiments, they do not seem to have any such problems."
After looking at it for a while, Liu Jinghong nodded.
"They don't lack food, they don't need food, and they certainly aren't here to start a full-scale war with Anguo. So their visit this time must have ulterior motives."
Jing Zhe had already guessed what it was, but he couldn't be sure.
Empress Yueyao's face turned even uglier, because she felt that the Western Frontier Heavy Cavalry Regiment had come for her!
Previously, the Western Frontier only asked the Yueyao Kingdom for grain and never had any designs on their country. Could it be that this time, their sneak attack on them has completely angered them, and they are now preparing to destroy the Yueyao Kingdom?
Thinking of this, Empress Yueyao smiled bitterly to herself.
They thought they could take advantage of the fact that the Western Frontier Kingdom was unwilling to wage war during winter and quickly form a marriage alliance with the An Kingdom, but before they could even leave Liangzhou, this happened.
Could it be that my idea of changing Yueyao Kingdom was wrong from the very beginning?
If she caused the destruction of the Yueyao Kingdom, she would become a sinner for all time, and how could she face her ancestors?
...
"Master, what if they come with ten thousand troops?"
"To put it nicely, they're called a heavy cavalry regiment; to put it bluntly, they're just a bunch of martial arts practitioners at the first or second level of cultivation!"
"With five or six hundred disciples from our sect, we can easily take on three opponents at once. Add to that the two thousand or so Jinghong Iron Cavalry, and we certainly have a chance of winning!"
Perhaps because they had just become disciples, the sect disciples were eager to show off in front of Jing Zhe and volunteered.
At this moment, the heavy cavalry regiment advanced and came within a hundred paces of the city wall.
Seeing their posture, Jing Zhe immediately shook his head.
The Western Frontier Heavy Cavalry Regiment lived up to its reputation; they were no ordinary rabble. Their formations were quite sophisticated.
After taking their positions, the first two layers of the formation erected shields that were one and a half times the height of a person, followed closely by cavalrymen wielding long swords, the blades pointing outwards and gleaming coldly.
At the very back of the formation stood rows of archers, surrounded by raging fires. The arrows they carried were wrapped with pine oil cloth, ready to fire fire at any moment.
Judging from this perfect offensive and defensive formation, even if these sect disciples are more skilled in martial arts than the heavy cavalry, if they rashly go down, they will definitely die.
Just then, someone called out from below the city wall, "Is General Jinghong here?"
The speaker was shorter than Chalm but extremely strong, with a face full of scars. The large golden banner stood right in front of him, and Chalm and several other men in general's armor surrounded him.
This man was Babu, one of the ten thousand generals of the Western Frontier.
Liu Jinghong took a step forward.
Babu looked up and exclaimed with admiration, "I had long heard of General Jinghong's great name in Kadena, and seeing him today, I can see that his reputation is well-deserved!"
Liu Jinghong said calmly, "If I'm not mistaken, this should be the famous General Babuwan from the Western Frontier!"
Babu smiled and nodded, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.
"I wonder what brings Babuwan here with so many heavy cavalry regiments on such a long journey?"
Liu Jinghong didn't want to waste any more words and asked directly.
"VIP!"
Who do you want?
Babu glanced at the city wall and could vaguely see a few heads moving about. The words that were about to come out of his mouth were suddenly swallowed back. Then he asked, "Is Empress Yueyao here?"
"..."
Upon hearing this, Empress Yueyao's face turned pale instantly. It seemed that her guess was correct!
Jing Zhe glanced at Empress Yueyao with some surprise. Could it be that he guessed wrong?
At this moment, Empress Yueyao stepped forward.
Babu saw the radiant beauty of Empress Yueyao and a cold smile appeared on his lips: "Empress Yueyao, you led your troops in a sneak attack. Are you already planning to start a war with our Western Frontier Kingdom?"
Ultimately, the annual invasions of Liangzhou by the Western Frontier barbarians had long been commonplace and would not escalate into a conflict between nations. However, Empress Yueyao's surprise attack on the Western Frontier barbarians was a proactive declaration of war.
Empress Yueyao pursed her lips and remained silent, her hands twisting together so tightly that her nails dug into her flesh.
"Empress Yueyao, I believe you should come with us to Kadian to explain things to our King!"
Babu sized up Empress Yueyao again, a hint of greed flashing in his eyes.
"General Babuwan—"
"General Jinghong, this is a matter between our Western Frontier and the Yueyao Kingdom. You'd better not interfere, otherwise, my five thousand heavy cavalry regiment will surely raze Liangzhou City to the ground!"
"Crush Liangzhou!"
A roar like a mountain collapsing and a tsunami crashing down from the formation.
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