Feixing rolled her eyes at him, really not wanting to talk to this scumbag anymore, so she replied coldly.
"Master is well, Your Highness need not worry..."
After saying that, he turned and left, not giving Li Zhu a chance to ask any further questions...
Li Zhu clicked his tongue. Having too many women was a problem; it brought many issues. It seemed his dream of becoming a wise ruler was truly out of reach...
After sighing, he hurried to find Wang Yanzhang and told him about Wang Riqing, after all, the other party was his biological father...
Yumen Pass!
At this moment, a serious disagreement arose between the commanders of the Loulan army and the Abbasid Caliphate; they were arguing about whether to continue the attack…
Loulan's commander-in-chief, Mamuti, said angrily.
"Harik, if you dare to insult my Loulan warriors again, I'll duel you..."
Harik retorted dismissively.
"A cowardly rat who's scared out of his wits after just one battle dares to challenge me to a duel? I really don't know where you got the courage..."
Mamuti had made his anger quite clear: it wasn't out of cowardice, but because Xiliang had sent reinforcements and used a weapon known as "Heavenly Punishment." However, no matter how he explained, Harik believed he was making excuses for his defeat, arguing that no weapon in the world possessed such power.
"Mamti, enough said. Today I'll show you the might of my Abbasid Caliphate's warriors. Once I breach Guyang Pass, the horse ranches of Xiliang will belong to my Abbasid Caliphate! Hmph..."
Harik snorted and was about to leave when an arrow fell from the sky, landing not far from the two of them…
Mamuti immediately recognized it as the Heavenly Punishment Weapon of the New Tang army, and his first reaction was to run away...
Harik was still wondering, "It's just an arrow, why are you so scared?"
boom!
A deafening roar followed, the immense impact knocking him to the ground. The explosion left his ears ringing and his mind blank…
Mamuti, who had returned, called his name and waved his hand repeatedly in front of his eyes, trying to wake him...
It took Harik a while to come to his senses, and Mamuti's voice gradually reached his ears...
"Mamti, what is that?"
Harik asked instinctively!
"Divine punishment, that's the divine punishment for the Xintang army..."
Mamuti replied in terror!
"If a single divine punishment has such power, how many have you faced?"
Harik seemed to have thought of something, and looked at him with a trembling voice, asking!
"Thousands..."
Even now, recalling the scene from before, Mamuti still feels lingering fear…
Harik then realized why Mamuti was so opposed to continuing the attack. The New Tang had such weapons; they should be grateful if they weren't attacked. They were foolishly offering themselves up as a sacrifice…
"Retreat... The Central Plains are full of tricks, I want to go back to the Abbasid Caliphate..."
Harik said through gritted teeth!
"It's too late, let's run! The Xintang army is already on their way..."
Outside Yumen Pass, Li Zhu and Wang Yanzhang were leading their army to attack the city. After learning of Wang Riqing's whereabouts, they could no longer remain calm and wanted to conquer Loulan in one fell swoop and find Wang Riqing...
This siege didn't involve large-scale use of Heavenly Punishment, because it's really scarce now. Using a few to scare the Loulan army, and then letting them take advantage of the chaos to attack the city, would achieve the best effect...
Once the divine punishment becomes widely known, it will be much harder for them to achieve such results again, so they must seize this opportunity...
When Li Zhu told Wang Yanzhang about Wang Riqing's whereabouts, Wang Yanzhang was even more excited than Li Zhu, wishing he could flatten Loulan...
However, the two of them maintained basic rationality. After studying the tactics and strategies, they decided to strike first, taking advantage of the unknown deterrent power of the Heavenly Punishment to launch a scare-like attack. They aimed to exploit the Loulan soldiers' unknown fear of the Heavenly Punishment to cause the soldiers in the city to panic and lose their composure first.
They charged into Yumen Pass in one fell swoop. At that moment, Halik and Mamut were each gathering their remaining troops, preparing to withdraw from Yumen Pass...
However, in their escape, the two of them couldn't care less about each other and each fled back to their respective capitals...
Li Zhu naturally had no interest in dealing with the Abbasid Caliphate's army and continued chasing Mamuti straight towards Loulan...
Seeing this situation, Mamuti, who was fleeing for his life, knew that if things continued like this, he might not be able to escape...
In order to save his own life, he sent a message to Harik, planning to have Harik circle around to the rear of the New Tang army and encircle them like dumplings...
While fleeing for his life, Harik received a message from Mamuti and was filled with doubt. He thought about how this guy had seemed to be faster than anyone else before, and he wished his parents had given him two more legs. Now he actually had the audacity to besiege the New Tang army...
This left him puzzled and unsure of what to choose...
Just then, Mamuti's second messenger arrived, informing them that reinforcements from Loulan had arrived and were absolutely capable of annihilating the Xin Tang army in the desert...
This time, Harik still had some doubts, but he also believed what the other person said...
Perhaps to dispel Harik's doubts, Mamut sent a third messenger to tell Harik that Loulan had offered up an oasis, poisoning the water there. He claimed that if the New Tang army drank the poisoned water, it would be a perfect opportunity to annihilate them, and that the desert was an insurmountable barrier for the New Tang army…
Three consecutive pieces of news dispelled all of Harik's doubts. He had never been particularly respectful of the New Tang army, and now that Loulan was leading the charge, he had to take advantage of the situation...
When Mamuti, who was fleeing, heard that Harik had returned with his army, a smile immediately appeared on his face. To make it look real, he even left several thousand troops to charge Li Zhu's pursuing army...
Seeing that the other side seemed furious, only sending a few thousand men to take the fall, Li Zhu felt as if the other side had gone mad...
Just as Li Zhu was about to stop them all, the other party actually circled around and ran straight towards their rear...
This completely baffled everyone; they had no idea what had gotten into these thousands of people...
Soon everyone understood why: the army of the Abbasid Caliphate had appeared behind them, and the direction these few thousand people had left was precisely the direction the Abbasid army was heading…
Did the two sides have some important message to convey that led them to resort to such a suicidal method...?
Out of curiosity, Li Zhu sent Guo Wei with troops to investigate. However, to everyone's surprise, the Loulan people chose to bypass the Abbasid Caliphate's army once again...
Guo Wei immediately led his cavalry to the front of the Abbasid army. To demonstrate his bravery, Guo Wei didn't hesitate and immediately started the fight...
Upon seeing this, Li Zhu immediately realized what had happened…
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