Wang Yanzhang looked at Li Zhu as if he were a fool. What kind of outrageous words were these? Did he even think before he spoke?
Wang Yanzhang felt he was being driven crazy, and he couldn't help but angrily question...
"The stairs are inside the city, not outside. How do we get into the city?"
"How do people enter and leave that city?"
Li Zhu continued to look at Wang Yanzhang and asked!
"There are city gates, so people inside the city naturally enter and exit through the city gates..."
"Then let's enter and exit through the city gates too..."
Li Zhu's answer drove Wang Yanzhang to despair. This guy was a complete bastard, clearly playing a joke on him. This was a war, how could he joke like this?
"When we got there, the city gates were closed, closed, you know? That means we had to fight our way in..."
Wang Yanzhang roared, his emotions clearly running high…
The noise also caught the attention of the other soldiers. They wondered why the Crown Prince and Wang Yanzhang were arguing, and some even wondered if their relationship had broken down. But they reasoned that even couples who quarrel in bed make up before they get out of bed...
"Just open the city gates..."
Li Zhu said matter-of-factly!
"That's the enemy's city. If you attack them, why would they open the gates for you?"
Wang Yanzhang's hand holding the gun was trembling, clearly showing that he had an impulse to kill Li Zhu!
"If there's no door, does that mean we don't need to open it...?"
Li Zhu said quite naturally…
As they spoke, the group arrived not far from Qicheng. The garrison there was already on high alert, but they didn't take them seriously, assuming these people were just the vanguard, the kind who would just curse a few times and leave. After all, they were too few in number and had no siege equipment; even if they worked themselves to death, they wouldn't be able to break through and would only be sacrificed in vain…
Looking at Qicheng not far away, Li Zhu was filled with emotion. So this was how ancient armies marched and fought. He had visited the ancient city before, but he hadn't thought the city walls were that high. Now, standing below and thinking about attacking the city, he realized that these walls were not something that could be easily breached...
"Taoist Master..."
Li Zhu called out, and then he saw Daoist Tianmiao fly out with several junior brothers, each carrying two jars, the contents of which were unknown...
"Your Highness, you're not thinking of using these few Taoist priests to break in, are you? Don't you know how naive that idea is? Even if they can kill ten people, or even a hundred, what if it's a thousand? You're sending them to their deaths..."
Wang Yanzhang felt he could finally hold his head high and mock Li Zhu...
Have you said enough?
Li Zhu looked at him without any change in expression and asked!
"What? You've realized your mistake? Why don't you send those Taoist priests back? Don't let them go to their deaths. Our best course of action now is to go back and ask for reinforcements. Only by getting Cui Qianyi and Tuoba Dada to agree to help us can we have a fighting chance..."
Wang Yanzhang gave his professional opinion very seriously!
Li Zhu glanced at him and asked
"Are you hoping I'll lose my bet with Cui Qianyi?"
Wang Yanzhang thought to himself that this was for sure, but he didn't show it. Instead, he said with righteous indignation...
"I don't want anyone to go astray and thus ruin these five thousand elite troops..."
Looking at his expression, Li Zhu thought to himself, "I don't believe you for a second. You're a wicked old man..."
"Don't worry, the city gates of Qicheng will be gone soon..."
Li Zhu thought to himself, "Even a city gate can't withstand the power of gunpowder. I refuse to believe that so much gunpowder couldn't blast open this small city gate..."
Looking at Li Zhu attacking the city in the distance, Tuoba Dada wondered if the kid had really gone to attack the city. Should he go up and help him later?
But he went to his death on his own initiative. If he went to save him, it would endanger the lives of his own warriors. How could he bear to use the lives of his own warriors to save a useless prince who would embarrass him?
But if he didn't save her, Nazha would definitely fight him to the death. He could tell that Nazha had really fallen for this useless prince...
This put him in a dilemma; he was reluctant to save her, but he was also afraid that Nazha would fight him to the death if he didn't...
Meanwhile, Cui Qianyi, standing on the Pingyao city wall, looked anxious, pacing back and forth with great unease…
"General, it was the Crown Prince who went to his death; it has nothing to do with us. We'll just tell the truth then, and there won't be any problems..."
Officer Zhu, who had been thrown to the ground yesterday, was now standing next to Cui Qianyi. He could see his general's worry, so he couldn't help but speak up to comfort him!
"The crown prince is crucial to the foundation of the nation. If he were to die like this, it would certainly cause turmoil in the new Tang Dynasty. Even if it only leads to a struggle for the throne among the princes, who knows how many people would die..."
Cui Qianyi said with a hint of helplessness!
"But it's the Crown Prince going to his death himself, there's nothing we can do, after all we've tried to stop him..."
Officer Zhu continued to reassure them.
"Let's wait and see, hopefully the loss won't be too crushing..."
Cui Qianyi had already given up hope...
Outside Qicheng!
Wang Yanzhang looked utterly hopeless. He genuinely couldn't understand how they could win this battle; it was clearly a suicide mission!
But now that things have come to this, he is not one to back down from battle; the worst that can happen is death…
"Brothers, I am deeply grateful for your trust along the way... I, Li Zhu, am truly thankful..."
War not only destroyed our homes, but also took away our land and the lives of our loved ones. We finally had a peaceful life, but some people insist on destroying it all, forcing us to fight and wage war. Shouldn't such people be punished?
"should…"
"should…"
Everyone roared angrily, their voices growing louder and more unified…
"Qicheng, across the way, was originally the land of my New Tang Dynasty. Zhu Wen's rebellion led them down a path of no return. We must go and save them, and bring them back into the embrace of my New Tang Dynasty. We must remember that they are family and brothers, and we should not treat them as enemies..."
But should we allow those who insist on starting a civil war?
"No..."
"No..."
"Very well, brothers, let's show our spirit! Those who surrender will not be killed! Those who refuse to surrender will be killed without mercy!"
"Kill! Kill! Kill..."
The shouts of battle, soaring into the sky, were also heard on the opposite side. Faced with such a menacing army, those on the city wall were secretly alarmed...
However, they didn't take it seriously, thinking that the people below couldn't possibly break in; they were just there to shout slogans...
"Today, in the name of the orthodox Chinese civilization, I summon heavenly lightning to aid my righteous army. Descend, my heavenly lightning..."
Li Zhu had already seen that Daoist Tianmiao and the others had reached the foot of Qi City. They were all experts who had cultivated to the Ming Jin level, and their lightness skills were already superb. It was not too difficult for them to rush to the city...
Each city gate in Qicheng consisted of one main gate and two smaller gates. Li Zhu chose to attack from the closest direction, which was also the direction from which Daoist Tianmiao and his men placed the gunpowder…
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