The next day, Lin Jinxiao led his army to march north, and the vast army began to set off from Langzhou. People were seeing him off along the way, all looking forward to his early victory.
At the same time, a small group of people drove out along the northwest gate of Langzhou City and silently headed towards the Tataraka tribe in the west.
Knowing his wife's plan, Lin Jinxiao led the Langzhou army all the way north, and settled down at the border of Yizhou with peace of mind.
Sure enough, as Chu Nanzhi expected, Tang Yi asked the Yizhou army to close the city gates tightly and did not intend to let him cross the border.
The day before the appointment was approaching, the generals who had been stationed at the border for many days were already complaining, and there was no sign of reinforcements at all.
That evening, Lin Jinxiao changed his usual leisurely and lazy attitude, summoned all the generals to the tent, and solemnly commanded: "Tonight, I order you to go all out to capture Yizhou."
Li Ce and Ji Rongheng both looked surprised: "Your Highness, we have been stationed here for half a month, and Yizhou's city defense has been reinforced a lot. How can we attack the city?"
"No need to ask any more questions."
Lin Jinxiao immediately stood up and ordered forcefully: "Go quickly and order all the troops to arrive at the gate of Yizhou City."
In this way, the three armies set out overnight, and when they arrived at the gate of Yizhou City, it was already dark.
The soldiers held up torches and waved flags and shouted. Tang Yi was so shaken by the shouts outside the city that he could not sleep peacefully, so he had to go to the city himself.
But with the 100,000 cavalry and the solid city defense in his hand, he didn't have any fear at all. He looked down at the black shadow of Gundam sitting on horseback in the distance, and shouted proudly in the spring breeze: "His Royal Highness King Pingning,
Please listen to my advice, if you surrender without mercy, I will report to King Qinghe and ask him to continue to order you to stay in Pingning Prefecture to protect your family and your family."
"Tang Governor, I would like to advise you. If you open the city gate obediently, I will give you a way out. But if you still insist on resisting, can you bear the charge of rebellion when the city is destroyed?"
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Lin Jinxiao held the Emperor's Sword in his hand and looked far away at the scene on the city.
It was true as Li Ce and Ji Rongheng said. In half a month, Tang Yi strengthened the city defense a lot. If he attacked by force, there was no chance of victory.
Tang Yi shook his head with ridicule: "Your Highness is really wishful thinking. Our Yizhou City is impregnable. Even if I give you another 200,000 troops, you will never even take a step into Yizhou City."
"Really? Let's wait and see."
Lin Jinxiao turned the horse's head slowly and walked towards the rear.
Seeing Lin Jinxiao disappear in front of the formation, Tang Yi thought that he had given up his plan to attack by force, so he secretly sighed in relief, but then he heard the sound of killing all around the city.
He looked down at the place where the sound came from in shock, and asked in surprise: "What happened in the city?"
"I don't know the end of the world."
The young general next to him also looked into the distance with a blank expression.
When everyone was confused, they saw a large number of soldiers suddenly pouring out of the city and heading straight for the city gate in a menacing manner.
There were so many people there, it was completely unclear how many people there were.
"Lord Governor, it's not good, there are spies in the city, they have opened the city gate."
Tang Yi was about to walk down the tower in a hurry when he heard panicked shouts everywhere.
"Where did the spy come from?"
Tang Yi cursed for no apparent reason and looked at the fire in the distance. It was clear that they were a powerful force. These days, he had people strictly guarding the passes. Even if there were a few spies sneaking into the city, there would not be so many people.
Just when he was shocked, he saw fire bursting outside the city.
In the firelight, there were countless monsters with bright swords tied to their horns and fireworks behind them, and they rushed towards the city in a frantic manner.
"What is that?"
"Quickly stop the bandits in the city and close the city gate."
Tang Yi suddenly felt something was wrong and shouted towards the Yizhou Army.
However, the defenders in the city did not expect that spies had sneaked into the city. The strong force led by He Ying directly dispersed the camp. Not long after, the city gate was occupied by the Langzhou Army.
Some Yizhou sergeants hiding in various corners of the city gate heard the governor's order and plucked up the courage to stop Xi Zuo. However, before they could get there, numerous holes were poked in their bodies and the suspension bridge was forcibly lowered.
When the Yizhou Army was panicking, some giant monsters poured in continuously from the suspension bridge, with straw, reeds and other burning objects tied to their bodies.
When the monster rushed into the city gate, everyone discovered that it was a cattle.
These farm cattle were covered in tiger skin-like coats, and the raging fire burned their whole bodies, causing them unbearable pain and they could only rush forward.
How could the Yizhou army withstand these crazy monsters? They were attacked from both sides and were so frightened that they fled towards the city in panic.
"Capture the rebel Tang Yi alive."
He Ying gave an order, and all the Langzhou troops followed the crazy cattle to chase the fleeing Yizhou troops.
Tang Yi also panicked, and in despair he took some people and hurried down to the city to escape towards the north.
Hearing the miserable screams in the city and He Ying's shouts of killing, Lin Jinxiao looked at the thousands of cattle that rushed into the city first, and immediately waved to Li Ce and said: "Sanlang, I order you to lead five thousand cavalry to follow the cattle.
Fight into the city behind you and capture the capital of Yizhou within an hour."
Hearing He Ying's loud killing voice at the city gate, Li Ce scratched the back of his head in confusion: "When did General He sneak into the city?"
Ji Rongheng and the generals were all confused.
"This must also be attributed to the group of tomb robbers in Langzhou. They dug the secret tunnel so that General He's three thousand dead soldiers could sneak into the city without anyone noticing."
Ji Huaishu stroked his beard with a smile, looked at the indifferent Lin Jinxiao, and praised with admiration: "The princess is really wise and resourceful, and she easily allowed us to enter Yizhou City with a little trick."
"What's more, just using thousands of cattle saved the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers."
Ji Rongheng sighed.
With such a high city wall, if we attack it by force, we don't know how many soldiers will be lost.
Now he also admires from the bottom of his heart the woman who once made him feel disdainful, and said with deep emotion: "It is a blessing to my empire that Your Highness can have the help of the princess."
Although Lin Jinxiao had already understood the lady's intention, if it weren't for her cunning calculation, he would never have thought of such a way to attack the city with twice the result with half the effort.
While he was happy, he wished he could attack Jinling City immediately, so he immediately ordered everyone: "The three armies obey the order. After Lieutenant Li captures the state capital, General Rong Heng will immediately escort Lord Shangshu to the north, and the rest will follow.
This king captures Tang Yi alive."
With an order, fires started everywhere, and the blazing torches almost illuminated the entire Yizhou City. The sergeants stepped on the steps vigorously, and poured into the city all at once like turbulent waves.
In just one hour, the city of Yizhou fell. The Yizhou army abandoned their helmets and armor. Tens of the 50,000 cavalrymen stationed in the city were killed in battle, and the rest were captured.
Tang Yi never thought that a city that was impregnable would be occupied by the Langzhou Army within an hour. He didn't even have time to send his family members away, and led dozens of people to flee in panic towards Zihui County in the northeast.
The last 50,000 elite troops in Yizhou were stationed there.
Now, he can only stick to Zihui County and wait for his brother's reinforcements to arrive to avenge his past humiliation.
However, after this great defeat, he gradually became shaken and began to plan his own escape with increasing urgency.
It would be best if King Qinghe could really succeed, but he has been attacking Jinling City for several months without any success. If this continues, hundreds of members of his own family will be the first to become cannon fodder.