When he received the news, King Cheng Li Ying was stunned.
The news here certainly does not refer to the news that his emperor brother asked him to pacify the Tianfeng Kingdom. That order has already reached his side.
As everyone expected, King Cheng Li Ying was naturally prepared to do his best this time. Even though he knew that this was the emperor's temptation and weakening, it was indeed a conspiracy. He could not refuse the will, and would be punished if the crusade failed.
At that time, it may be possible to directly cut off the vassalage.
Then what else can he do, resist the decree? Or pretend to be sick? What if they send a few imperial doctors here. Since the emperor has issued the decree, he must have made preparations for this. Although he is already considered a vassal king at this time
He was the most powerful among them, but compared with the emperor, he was still far behind and unable to resist.
Originally, his ambition to become a king was not that big, but at this time, he gradually felt the emperor's guard and hatred towards him. Yes, if it was just guarding, he still had a way out, and at the worst, he would give up what he was holding.
It was just something, but he didn't even know where the hatred came from, but he still felt it clearly.
He felt that once he handed over his power and troops, what might be waiting for him would be a glass of poisoned wine. The emperor would find any reason to kill him and eradicate the roots. He didn't dare to bet on what his brother was.
He knows very well about the sinister things and will definitely eradicate them.
Besides, the emperor hated him, didn't he have any resentment? At this time, after suffering losses again and again, King Cheng Li Ying obviously resented the emperor's brother. He did have objections.
But now I can only think about this matter, and absolutely cannot reveal it at all.
Li Ying could only endure it, and it was the same this time. He had no objection to the Tianfeng Kingdom, but this time the Tianfeng Kingdom must be destroyed, and he had to do it well so that his royal brother could not find anyone who could give him anything.
Where he stumbled.
So at this time, after receiving the order, he had already begun to prepare for war.
The target this time is the entire Tianfeng Kingdom. Although Tianfeng Kingdom is indeed a small country, it will still take a certain amount of effort to completely eliminate it.
Li Ying planned to directly mobilize an army of 100,000 this time. This was of course not all his strength, because the number of this army actually exceeded the original size of a vassal king.
According to the regulations of the empire, the maximum number of troops that a vassal king can possess is actually 60,000. However, the number of troops that Li Ying can actually control is far more than this. He also has a force of 30,000 under his command, although it is directly under the imperial court.
, but in fact they are all his people. Then there is another army that is training for another vassal king. It is said to be under the name of another vassal king, but in fact it is also controlled by him.
The imperial court knew all this information. After all, these troops were not his troops in name, and it was not considered a violation of regulations. Of course, this was also the reason why he was feared.
This time even these troops were summoned, not to let the emperor see his strength. It was to know that the emperor knew the situation of his men, and to express an all-out attitude. In fact, the troops actually controlled by King Cheng were still
It's much more than that.
Of course, an army of 100,000 people cannot be fully prepared and set off in a short time. The nominal food and grass for this counter-rebellion was provided by the imperial court. After all, it was for the imperial court to counter the rebellion. But the imperial court said that the food would be shipped here.
It takes time, so let King Cheng set off first, and then the food and grass will follow.
Li Ying didn't know whether the food and grass would be given to him in the end, but he couldn't say anything more, and they didn't say no. But now he needs to raise the advance food and grass for these 100,000 people, which will cost a lot.
It's time.
While he was busy preparing his military strength and preparing to send out troops, a shocking news came to him.
The army of Tianfeng Kingdom actually took the initiative to attack, and it was not the main force from Tianfeng City that attacked, but the army that had just occupied Yongjin City.
Li Ying naturally also knew about this guy named Linton. At this time, Linton was well-known in the entire Lingzhou world. Although he was not very important to the monks, the people had always said that this guy was a soldier.
After all, the record of breaking from 2,000 to 60,000 is a bit scary.
Li Ying did not dare to look down upon this person. Although he also felt that the battles fought by the opponent were somewhat lucky, it was definitely not all luck. He originally wanted to have a good fight with this new military god.
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But he didn't expect that this guy would give him a wave of things he couldn't understand from the beginning.
Yes, according to the intelligence from the front, Linton gave up Yongjin City and set out directly with a cavalry force of about 1,000 people. They actually came straight towards his fiefdom.
It was quite easy to bring back the news from Yongjin City, because Linton seemed to have no intention of occupying Yongjin City from the beginning. After capturing Yongjin City, he had no intention of governing it and did not even seal the city. Spies from all sides went to investigate.
They come in and out very casually, bringing whatever news they want.
After all, Linton didn't really want to gain territory for Tianfeng Kingdom. He didn't bother to care about what happened to Yongjincheng. Now Linton is fighting against this automatic winning system that comes from who knows where. Let's see what happens.
Only in this situation can he turn the tide.
There were more than 1,000 people on Linton's side, so preparations for the expedition were naturally very fast. After roughly knowing the location of King Cheng's fiefdom, he immediately set off for the expedition overnight. Even the people in Yongjin City did not react. Why did he suddenly
Just left? Everyone was a little confused, you don’t want this city anymore? And why did you take more than 1,000 people out?
And this news was now delivered to King Cheng Li Ying. Apart from not being able to understand it, his only feeling was...uncomfortable.
I feel like the guy across from me doesn't regard him as a human being at all. He led more than 1,000 people towards him. This guy is definitely not here to surrender. If he is to surrender, then you should at least write a letter to him first.
If I contact you, you can also offer Yongjincheng as a tribute gift.
In Cheng Wang's judgment, Linton's current actions were similar to those against Shangyong Jincheng. The other party probably really thought that he could kill him with more than 1,000 people.
Then do you think he can't feel uncomfortable? Li Ying thought that she was better at fighting than Ma Tianyong, the legitimate son of the Ma family who was killed by Linton with an army of 60,000. But Linton now dares to attack him with 1,000 people.
Wan Dajun, this is not to say that you are not even as good as that idiot.
Just when Li Ying was getting more and more angry, and was even preparing to attack in advance, someone from below suddenly came to report that the eldest lady was back.
This chapter has been completed!