But while he was still planning, something happened in Youzhou ahead of him. The letter of request for help from the governor of Youzhou was delivered to his desk in the morning. The next day, when he was still hesitating whether to send troops, the news of the governor of Youzhou's surrender came.
The reason for the attack on Youzhou was the same as last time. A caravan of Taiping Dao disappeared in Youzhou.
But after the fight, they found out that they were lost.
King Xiang was furious and threw the news to the ground. "Is this Fang Zhiyi trying to stir up resentment throughout the world? No matter how powerful his Taiping Dao is, can he fight against so many princes at once?"
The spy standing aside lowered his head, but answered silently in his heart, Yes, Taiping Dao might really be able to fight against all the princes, but he didn't dare to say it. Anyway, it didn't matter. He was already prepared to take his father to Youzhou after today, and then register as a Taiping Dao member.
King Xiang united all the other princes he could unite with, and pointed his sword directly at the Taiping Dao. They also gave it a nice name: "The Alliance to Suppress the Rebel Taiping Dao"
On the day of the alliance, they assembled an army said to be one million strong. Everyone had his own plans. In their view, no matter how powerful the Taiping Dao was, it was just a peasant. It was only a matter of time before it was destroyed in front of a million-strong army. However, when it came to the matter of war supplies, they had to be on guard against their allies.
But before they could work out a set of rules, a soldier came hurriedly from outside to report.
"The Taiping Army is at the gate!"
"What?" someone exclaimed in surprise. "They dared to come to our door on their own? How many people are there?"
"About a few thousand people."
"Hahahahaha." A laugh rang out. "Do they really think they are the golden armored warriors who are invincible? That would fit the image of a charlatan like Fang Zhiyi."
"They also said..." The soldier hesitated.
"What?" A duke took a sip of wine carelessly.
"One of their caravans disappeared here."
"Puff!" The wine spurted out, and the scene fell into a strange silence.
"The caravan is lost..." It seems that this reason finally made the people present remember the horror of Taiping Dao.
King Xiang stood up and said, "What a bunch of evil villains with no moral principles! The Taiping Dao is just a bunch of evil villains!" He seemed to have forgotten that he wanted to send people to disguise themselves as a merchant caravan to attack the other side.
Before morale could be boosted, there were continuous loud noises, followed by screams of pain and collapse.
"What's wrong? What's wrong?" someone asked in panic.
Faint cries could be heard: "The Taiping Army is attacking! They're using magic again!"
Everyone's faces changed drastically when they heard this: "Will the Taiping Army use sorcery? Are the rumors true?" Due to lack of information and long distances, many people had only heard about the Taiping Army's firearms but had never actually seen them.
King Xiang raised his hand and said, "They don't know any magic at all. Those are just weapons called cannons."
Everyone looked sideways. Cannon? Nothing more? Isn't this just as scary as a sorcery spell?
Wang Erxi stood in front of the pass, looking at the collapsed city wall with satisfaction. This gunpowder was invented by him. No, it was invented by the Great Heavenly Master and he made it himself! He felt that no matter what the future held, his name would definitely appear in history books.
The city gate opposite Tubo opened wide, and a dusty army rushed out, forming a fan shape.
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