After Li Qin made his decision, the army immediately began to be mobilized.
Faced with Li Qin's letter demanding payment, Wanyan Gun, who had just become the Great Khan, still needed to rely on Li Qin.
Although he understood that Li Qin's actions were blatant extortion.
But he was helpless and could only swallow his anger and resentment.
Even though he was surrounded by Li Qin's men, he couldn't even show his anger.
I'm afraid it will reach Li Qin's ears.
With a smile on his face, he counted the 30,000 warhorses and delivered them to Li Qin's army.
After watching the 30,000 warhorses being sent away, and Li Qin's order for him to lead the Jurchen army to obey his "brother" Li Xuanshang's orders to resist the Xuanfu army.
He could only lead his army and follow Li Xuanshang to resist the army from Xuanfu.
Li Qin was very satisfied with the 30,000 warhorses that Wanyan Gun had sent.
It seems that Wanyan Gun did not try to fool him with inferior warhorses.
Moreover, all the horses selected were of the finest quality.
Li Qin allocated all 30,000 warhorses to Dugu Yu, 10,000 more than he had requested.
After everything was prepared, Li Qin took out a batch of wine from the army, poured a bowl for each soldier, and said to them:
"I wish you a triumphant return. I will host a celebration banquet for you at the best restaurant in the capital."
"We will certainly live up to the young marshal's high expectations."
After finishing his drink, Dugu Yu prepared to set off with his five thousand well-equipped cavalry.
But Li Qin still pulled him over and whispered something to him.
"I'm giving you 30,000 horses so that if you encounter the Xuanfu army, you can bring these few thousand cavalry back to me."
Did you understand?
Upon hearing Li Qin's words, Dugu Yu immediately understood the meaning behind Li Qin's implication.
After nodding in agreement, he immediately led his army on a swift journey towards the area beyond the pass.
The person who was most nervous and excited about this expedition was Dugu Yu.
He knew that if he succeeded in this matter, he would make a great contribution and rise to the top in one step.
After they all left, Li Qin turned his gaze to the capital city across the street.
The mobilization of tens of thousands of troops, though seemingly simple, actually took him a great deal of time.
From allocating provisions to assembling a large army, everything takes time.
This is assuming they are basically all prepared.
Tens of thousands of troops cannot simply be dispatched at will.
Before we knew it, it was dark.
From the moment Zhang Hengshuo arrived in the capital, he had already sent people to build siege weapons.
With the addition of my own efforts over this period, I have almost finished building some simple siege weapons.
Then Li Qin looked at Geng Zhixiang and said:
"Notify your troops to act as the vanguard. Prepare to attack the city at sunrise tomorrow morning."
Upon hearing Li Qin's order, Geng Zhixiang sighed.
He knew this day would come sooner or later.
As a surrendered general, having accepted Li Qin's high-ranking position and generous salary, he had to bear the corresponding consequences of his surrender.
He then immediately bowed to Li Qin and turned to lead his troops in attacking the city.
Li Qin watched his retreating figure and silently shook his head. Originally, he had planned to have the Jurchens serve as the vanguard.
First, let the Jurchens attack the capital for a few days to deplete the morale of the garrison.
Then they sent in Geng Zhixiang's army.
As it turned out, the army from Xuanfu arrived much earlier than expected.
After the Xuanfu army crossed Juyong Pass, it would be more appropriate to let the Jurchens intercept the Xuanfu army on that flat plain.
That's why they had no choice but to send Geng Zhixiang's army up there.
Let Geng Zhixiang's army wear down the garrison in the capital first, as a test.
Then send a large army of Green Standard Army soldiers composed of surrendered troops.
They would avoid sending their own elite Liaodong army to higher levels if possible, as those were their precious troops.
Attacking a city is inherently a high-casualty operation, and I absolutely cannot send my elite troops from Liaodong into battle at the outset.
Those are the very foundation upon which I built my life in this world.
Li Qin looked at the large camp behind him. He had led hundreds of thousands of men to attack the capital, with the camp stretching for dozens of miles.
He was very confident that he could take the capital.
According to intelligence, there are only 20,000 old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers in the capital.
However, the Wu army on the other side will definitely mobilize the people in the city to defend it together.
You must know that the capital is the core of the Great Wu, and it is said to have a population of one million.
It shouldn't be a problem to spare over 100,000 so-called "strong and able-bodied" men to defend the city.
Moreover, according to intelligence, the armory in the capital has accumulated a considerable number of weapons over the past few decades.
Although all the usable ones were taken away by Zhu Qizhen and delivered to Wang Zhen, the transport captain, they were all handed over to him.
However, there are still quite a few defective products among them, used to make up the numbers.
It should be acceptable for those so-called "strong and capable" men to each have a defective weapon.
We're all just cannon fodder anyway.
Just as Li Qin was observing the situation in the capital city across the way.
Yu Gan, standing on the opposite city wall, was also looking at Li Qin's camp, a vast camp stretching for dozens of miles, seemingly endless.
The oppressive force was overwhelming.
Just now, he was on the city wall, using the monocular telescope that the Regent had brought him from inside the Forbidden City.
They saw a large number of troops being mobilized in Li Qin's camp across the street.
Moreover, the enemy troops also came out in full force from their camp.
"Why did they mobilize their large army to leave?"
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