Li Ting set up camp in front of Xiagu Pass and went out to fire bombs every day.
When Yuchi Mingjun learned that the Flying Tiger Army also had thunder bombs, he hurriedly wrote a letter to Huangfu Chuxiong to ask why the Southern Chen Kingdom had thunder bombs from the Great Yue Kingdom.
Are the two countries in an alliance?
In just one day, the defenses of Xiagu Pass were breached.
This time, Li Ting didn't use powerful lightning bombs; he just wanted to break through the city's defenses.
Yuchi Wudi led his troops back to defend the town. When they reached Moduo Town, they made a brief stop. They originally intended to besiege Moduo Town, but the battle at Xiagu Pass was becoming increasingly intense.
Scouts reported that the Flying Tigers had a large number of mines.
Yuchi Wudi immediately abandoned the idea of besieging Moduo Town and rushed to Xiagu Pass to provide reinforcements.
Upon arriving outside Xiagu Pass, they saw the Flying Tiger Army camped out in a dense, dark mass, with groups of soldiers occasionally gathering outside the camp to throw grenade launchers at the base of the city wall.
The general guarding the pass, Cheng Xuhui, led his soldiers to fire arrows from the city wall, but as soon as they fired, the Flying Tiger Army threw up bombs.
In addition, the craftsmen from the Qianji Sect brought by Li Ting temporarily made a catapult, which would be activated as soon as the archers came out.
This repeated itself, and Cheng Xuhui's side suffered heavy losses, unable to do anything about the Flying Tigers.
They had no choice but to remain inactive.
Yuchi Wudi led an army of 300,000, Li Ting had 120,000, and there were 50,000 troops inside Xiagu Pass.
However, the Flying Tigers have mines, and it seems they have quite a few.
Yuchi Wudi was a little uneasy, wondering if this attack was a sure thing.
Li Ting was not in a hurry when he learned that Yu Chi Wudi had returned to defend Xiagu Pass.
Let's wait and see.
As a result, Yuchi Wudi delayed in launching an attack.
Every day, the first thing Yuchi Wudi does before getting out of bed is to consult a divination.
Every divination I consulted indicated that it was not advisable to send troops.
The tug-of-war has reached a stalemate.
Li Ting then ordered the entire Flying Tiger Army to break camp at night and move towards Xiagu Pass.
After a few days, the Flying Tiger Army was only 500 meters away from Xiagu Pass.
Yuchi Wudi panicked and, disregarding the divination's warning against launching an attack, reluctantly led his troops into battle against the Flying Tiger Army.
As a result, Yuchi Wudi's army encountered lightning strikes one mile outside Xiagu Pass.
Unprecedented!
The thunder bombs were buried underground, and could be detonated at any time if the soldiers of the Great Liang Kingdom stepped on the ground.
The army of the Great Liang Kingdom is now unable to advance and can only retreat.
As a result, wherever the Flying Tigers had camped, there were bombs.
In this attack, Yuchi Wudi lost 50,000 troops.
These buried mines are unlike anything I've ever heard of or seen before!
On the Cangxuan Continent, only the Great Yue Kingdom possesses lightning bombs.
The Great Liang Kingdom paid for the thunder bombs, but the Great Yue Kingdom did not sell them.
The Liang Kingdom repeatedly attempted to steal the method of making thunderbolts from the Yue Kingdom, but never succeeded.
This time, in the hands of this Flying Tigers army, the mines seemed inexhaustible.
How can we fight this war?
Yuchi Wudi reported in detail to Yuchi Mingjun what had happened at Xiagu Pass.
Yuchi Mingjun also received a reply from the Great Yue Kingdom.
King Huangfu Chuxiong of the Great Yue Kingdom solemnly declared that he had not formed an alliance with the Southern Chen Kingdom, nor had he sold the method of making thunderbolts.
The conditions for making lightning bombs are extremely demanding. Even in the Great Yue Kingdom, the number of lightning bombs is very small, and they cannot be squandered at will.
Now the Great Liang Kingdom is in a dilemma. They originally thought they could take advantage of Zhao Yunchen's absence from the capital to make some profits, but Zhao Yunchen quickly returned to the Northwest.
Another mysterious Flying Tiger Army is attacking the fortress of the Great Liang Kingdom.
Li Ting approached Xiagu Pass.
Yuchi Wudi watched from afar, not daring to move forward.
Yuchi Mingjun's orders had not yet reached the battlefield, and Yuchi Wudi did not want to use the remaining 250,000 troops to fight against the Flying Tiger Army.
The reason why two countries go to war is nothing more than for interests.
Yuchi Wudi wanted to wait for the Flying Tiger Army to speak.
Yuchi Mingjun learned that not only had the common lightning bombs of the Great Yue Kingdom appeared in the hands of the Flying Tiger Army, but there were also lightning bombs buried underground that would explode as soon as a person walked over them.
I regret it now.
We shouldn't have sent troops so rashly.
Yuchi Mingjun then carefully recalled the process of sending troops, and it seemed that he had been manipulated.
Now, in order to preserve their own territory, they have no choice but to cede land and sue for peace.
Yuchi Mingjun swiftly dispatched Chancellor Xiang Zhuoer with a letter seeking peace to Xiagu Pass.
When Tong Zhuoer arrived at Xiagu Pass, the Flying Tiger Army had already easily captured it.
Li Ting strictly ordered the Flying Tigers not to harass the people in the city or to carry out a massacre.
Their purpose this time was simply to save the Northwest, to force Zhao Yunchen to relinquish his military power in the Northwest, and to take back the land that Zhao Yunchen had given up.
News of a massive army of 200,000 men, known as the Flying Tigers, suddenly appearing in the Northwest spread throughout the Southern Chen Kingdom.
Throughout the Southern Chen Kingdom, people were discussing that Zhao Yunchen was incapable of defending the Northwest and that he should be replaced.
Otherwise, the northwest gateway would be easily attacked by the Great Liang Kingdom, and Zhao Yunchen would have no chance to fight back.
In terms of military strength, the Northwest has 400,000 troops, but they are powerless against the 300,000 troops of the Great Liang Kingdom. This is a matter of capability.
If Li Ting had been stationed in the Northwest, the invasion by the Great Liang Kingdom would never have happened.
Calls to remove Zhao Yunchen from his post are growing louder.
Gui Dongkai, a newly appointed military officer who was assigned to the Northwest Army by the Ministry of Personnel, displayed extraordinary combat and adaptability during the battle with the Great Liang Kingdom.
He now enjoys a high reputation within the Northwest Army.
Emperor Hui sat on the throne in the Golden Palace, listening to the ministers' discussions without being moved.
He no longer had any thoughts of his own. His master would solve everything for him. All he had to do was obey and serve his master well.
Zhao Yunwan couldn't lash out at the moment, so she could only direct Emperor Hui from behind the curtain.
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