Qicheng!
Li Zhu had changed the tea leaves in front of him several times, and had gone to the toilet countless times, but Cui Qianyi and the Prince still hadn't returned...
Little did he know that Cui Qianyi didn't believe he had breached Qicheng at all, firmly believing that the Marquis had only returned to trick him into leaving the city to help...
"Let me go... This is a capital offense... I will petition the Emperor to impeach you. You have kidnapped a border general, a crime punishable by the extermination of nine generations of your family..."
Bang!
The Marquis threw Cui Qianyi to the ground. The impact was so strong that Cui Qianyi saw stars and felt as if all the bones in her body were broken. It was only because her physical fitness was far superior to that of ordinary people that she was thrown unconscious.
"Little monkey, what are you doing? Cui Qianyi is a general, after all. How can he lead troops in the future if you humiliate him like this?"
When Li Zhu saw that the person Hou Wang had thrown on the ground was Cui Qianyi, he knew perfectly well that this guy didn't believe him, and the two of them got into a conflict. Given Hou Wang's personality of preferring to fight rather than argue, he definitely couldn't stand the verbal sparring, and the final result was that he tied Cui Qianyi up...
"Tai...Prince..."
When Cui Qianyi saw Li Zhu, she was momentarily stunned, not even realizing what was happening...
"Didn't I promise you yesterday that I would invite you for tea in Qicheng? Now that we've taken Qicheng, I'll have the Marquis invite you..."
Li Zhu said with a smile!
Cui Qianyi rolled her eyes countless times in her mind, thinking, "Is this how you invited me here? Not only was my strength restricted, but you also brought me here from your own backyard, humiliating me like this. What detail here shows any invitation?"
However, Cui Qianyi was immediately shocked and stared at Li Zhu in disbelief. What had he just heard? They had taken Qicheng?
"Your Highness, you're lying to me, aren't you..."
Cui Qianyi said with a hint of doubt!
"Whether I'm lying or not, just look up and you'll see..."
Li Zhu smiled as she watched him, waiting to see his naive and unsophisticated expression...
Cui Qianyi stood up, half-believing, and looked outside. The surroundings were so familiar. Although the angle was different, he had seen this scenery outside the city countless times. This was indeed Qicheng…
"Your Highness...Your Highness...you...you really breached Qicheng?"
"Of course, otherwise, where do you think this is?"
Li Zhu said smugly, he was very satisfied with the other party's reaction. He wanted to make this arrogant person realize his insignificance and completely collapse his stubbornness...
"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible, this is an illusion, you're lying to me, aren't you?"
Cui Qianyi actually believed in his heart that his crown prince had captured Qicheng, but he just couldn't understand how Li Zhu had done it...
"Since you don't believe me, this city wall can't lie, can it? Even if I wanted to deceive you, do you think Zhu Zhen would cooperate with my act? Just because you can't imagine it doesn't mean I can't do it. That's the difference between you and me. I can conquer Qicheng, but you can't. Although you've guarded the border for many years, there's still a lot you need to learn..."
Li Zhu spoke with an air of profound mystery, leaving Cui Qianyi completely bewildered…
"Your Highness is truly a divine being; this humble general is completely convinced..."
After the initial shock, Cui Qianyi finally believed it was all real. And it was precisely because it was real that he was even more astonished. Only he knew how difficult it was to conquer Qicheng, yet Li Zhu had managed it…
"General Cui, what are you doing? Get up and have some tea. The scenery here is beautiful; perhaps this is the taste of victory..."
After pouring Cui Qianyi a cup of tea, Li Zhu picked up the teacup and looked at the beautiful scenery outside the city, saying...
Cui Qianyi didn't drink the tea; instead, she remained kneeling on the ground, seemingly hesitating about something…
"General Cui, please get up. You are a hero who guards the border; kneeling like this is beneath your dignity..."
Li Zhu tried to help Cui Qianyi up, but Cui Qianyi stubbornly remained kneeling. Then, as if she had made up her mind, she looked at Li Zhu and said sincerely...
"Your Highness, please teach me how to breach the city..."
Hearing Cui Qianyi's words, Li Zhu was taken aback, thinking to himself, how am I supposed to teach him this? I can't exactly teach him how to use gunpowder, can I? I don't have any of that stuff right now…
"General Cui, what are you doing? I only captured a small city, Qicheng. It's nothing major. You could have done the same, or even better..."
Hearing Li Zhu's praise, Cui Qianyi was pleased, but he didn't become blindly arrogant. He knew he couldn't break through Qicheng unless reinforcements arrived; otherwise, the small garrison in Pingyao wouldn't be enough...
He could tell that Li Zhu didn't want to teach him, which disappointed him somewhat, but he could understand. Powerful combat techniques were all closely guarded secrets, and his request was already quite unreasonable...
A hint of disappointment inevitably crept into his eyes. If he could also learn Li Zhu's siege tactics, he too could conquer cities and seize territories, instead of being trapped in Pingyao...
"Your Highness, I was presumptuous..."
Li Zhu could see Cui Qianyi's disappointment, but he couldn't explain it to her. Gunpowder was a top secret, and he couldn't lie to her that he had divine help. It was really too much of a headache...
"General Cui, why don't you go to Qicheng and listen to what others have to say? It might be helpful..."
Li Zhu hesitated for a moment. He couldn't lie to Cui Qianyi about being a god, but what others said was none of his business...
"Your Highness is right, I will go down and inspect the area immediately..."
Cui Qianyi didn't linger; he didn't even drink the tea Li Zhu poured for him before hurrying down the city wall...
When he saw the city gate shattered into pieces, he was completely stunned. What kind of power could destroy the city gate like this? It was simply unimaginable…
Then, people started talking about the gods, and all sorts of rumors made Cui Qianyi question his existence. It wasn't until he saw Zhu Zhen, who was locked up and had written a confession, that he came to his senses and realized that it was all real, not a dream...
This made him mutter to himself.
"Your Highness, are you truly a god descended from heaven?"
Li Zhu had no time for explanations; what he needed to focus on right now was how to quickly capture Taiyuan Prefecture…
"Your Highness, now that we have captured Qicheng, Zhu Wen will likely receive this news soon and organize forces to intercept us. Therefore, we must take advantage of this momentum and strive to quickly capture the next city, Qincheng..."
Starting from Qicheng, we must capture Qincheng, then cross the Wuma River. If we are fast enough, we should meet Zhu Wen's army at Dongwoyi...
If we can't trap Zhu Wen's army in the city, we'll likely have to engage them in a skirmish at Xiang Valley. With our current forces, a skirmish is practically impossible for us..."
Li Zhu listened attentively to Wang Yanzhang's analysis and felt that what he said made a lot of sense...
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