Chapter 972: Decisive battle, I have the advantage
Three horses set off from Zhenguo Temple, one carrying a letter of war, and two carrying the banner of the Long Family Army, and galloped outside Yangcheng.
More than 300,000 troops were stationed outside the city, and Yangcheng was surrounded by military camps.
As the sun sets in the west, the Xixia military flag looks like a withered leaf, hanging down listlessly.
When the three horses rushed over, the Xixia army made a slight commotion.
Although only three horses came, the big flag with the word "dragon" made them frightened.
The hundreds of thousands of troops slowly got up as if they had suddenly woken up. The soldiers came out of their tents one after another, picked up their swords and guns, some hurriedly put on their armor, and all of them were listless.
The scorching sun during the day was too strong, and the military camp was very simple, with only simple tents for cover.
After a day of exposure, the soldiers had no energy at all.
The war drums of Yangcheng beat, the gate opened, and more than a hundred fine cavalry rushed out of the city and arrived in front of the messenger.
"Do you want to capture Yangcheng with three people?"
A Xixia captain sneered and said sarcastically.
The messenger took off the bamboo tube and threw it to the captain. He laughed and said: "Of course the three of us can't break it. Two days later, King Wu will personally lead an army of 200,000 to fight!"
"You should wash your neck and then kill me!"
The captain took the bamboo tube and found out that the messenger had come to issue a letter of war.
"Two days from now?"
The captain asked suspiciously. He didn't believe what the messenger said because Long Chen was so scheming and his words were not trustworthy.
The decisive battle has been agreed upon in two days, and maybe there will be a surprise attack tonight.
"Hmph, are you scared? Surrender early and you can save your life."
The messenger sneered coldly.
The Xixia captain was furious and cursed: "Rat, if you don't kill the envoy during the war between the two countries, otherwise your head will fall to the ground today."
The messenger laughed loudly and said: "I will let you be arrogant for two more days, and let you eat for two more days. After two days, I will take your head!"
After saying this, the messenger turned to leave.
At this moment, the messenger suddenly asked: "I want to ask something, is your son a bastard?"
The captain was furious when he heard this and cursed: "How dare you, a thief!"
By coincidence, the wife of the Xixia captain had also been to Zhaoti Temple, and he was wondering whether his son was a bastard.
The messenger's question completely angered the captain.
The school lieutenant came to fight with a spear. The three messengers immediately galloped eastward on horseback, with the school lieutenant leading more than a hundred people in hot pursuit.
"This guy is totally pissed off."
The messenger laughed.
These three people are not ordinary Long family soldiers, but Nilin soldiers who wear ordinary armor and pretend to be ordinary Long family soldiers.
"Don't worry, let's bring it out a little more."
The three horses galloped wildly, with the captain yelling and chasing behind them.
Seeing that he was far away from the army, the messenger secretly picked up his bow and arrow and shot an arrow at the captain.
When the bowstring sounded, the captain responded and fell off his horse.
The following cavalrymen were taken aback, and before they could react, two more people were hit by arrows and fell from their horses.
"Stop chasing, that's the Reverse Scale Army."
Someone finally came to his senses and realized something was wrong. He immediately stopped his horse and watched the messenger leave.
"Your sons are all bastards, bastards!"
The messenger left a few taunts and rode away in a swaggering manner.
The captain was shot in the center with an arrow and was already dead. Everyone laid the body on their horses and walked back slowly.
In the Yangcheng Prefect's Mansion, Shi Le was talking to Kong Ji.
Long Chen guessed right. After Monk Kongji was assassinated that night, he did not escape to Xingqing City, but turned back to Yangcheng.
"Who does the Imperial Master think that person is?"
Shi Le asked with a dull expression.
Kong Ji was intercepted and killed on the way, unable to return to Xingqing City, and there was no master to control the formation in the royal city, making Shi Le very uneasy.
The queen, beloved concubine, prince, and princess are all in the royal city. If Long Chen takes the opportunity to sneak in with a small group of elite troops, the consequences will be disastrous.
This thing is not impossible. Last time, Long Chen led five hundred cavalry and swept across the hinterland of Xixia, walking Shi Le's hundreds of thousands of troops like dogs.
"That man claimed to be a killer sent by Long Chengen, but the poor monk thought it was impossible."
Monk Kongji still didn’t believe that the assassin was sent by Long Chen.
Shi Le asked: "Why is the Imperial Master so sure?"
Monk Kongji said: "Because Long Chengen did not kill innocent people, they burned everyone in the inn to death, regardless of age."
In fact, Monk Kongji had another idea: If Long Chen really planned to intercept and kill him, he would do it very carefully. Even if he couldn't kill himself, he could seriously injure himself.
But this time, the assassination operation was too bad. Although Monk Kongji was embarrassed, he still escaped unscathed.
When Shi Le heard what Kong Ji said, he felt very unhappy.
This is tantamount to praising Long Chen for loving the people like a son.
At this moment, war drums sounded at the top of the city, and the eunuch Ma Fang hurried in. Shi Le immediately asked: "What's going on? Long Chengen's sneak attack?"
Ma Fang shook his head and said: "No, only three horses came, they should be messengers."
It was impossible to send only three people to attack the city, so Ma Fang decided that it was not an attack.
Shi Le did not dare to be careless and said: "Be prepared for war. Long Chengen is full of tricks. If this is a cover-up and the army advances later, we will be caught off guard."
Monk Kongji immediately followed Shi Le out of the prefect's mansion and arrived at the east city gate.
When they reached the top of the city, the chasing cavalry just returned.
The cavalry carried several corpses back to the city. The captain who led the troops was shot dead.
"What's going on?"
Cavalry General Sha Wenchen asked sharply.
The cavalryman replied in a low voice: "The messenger from the Long Family Army came to declare a war. We chased him, but..."
Sha Wenchen asked: "If we declare a war, we will declare a war. Why are you chasing me?"
The cavalryman replied: "That guy was insulting and said that Lieutenant Li's son was a bastard. Lieutenant Li was so angry that he led his troops to chase him. Who knew those three messengers were from the rebel army..."
Upon hearing this, Cavalry General Sha Wenchen immediately shut up.
No discussion was allowed about the Qiuzi Hall in Zhaoti Temple. Shi Le and Kong Ji were both here, so he did not dare to say anything more.
Shi Le and Kong Ji both looked ugly after hearing this.
Sha Wenchen immediately changed the subject and asked: "Where is the letter of challenge!"
The cavalryman presented the bamboo tube, and Sha Wenchen took it and presented it to Shi Le.
Shi Le opened the bamboo tube and took out the letter of challenge inside, which contained a simple sentence.
"Hmph! Arrogant! This king has an army of 500,000, and he only has a few soldiers in his hands!"
"Instruct the three armies to engage in a decisive battle with Long Chengen in two days!"
Shi Le threw the letter of war to the cavalry general Sha Wenchen and returned to the prefect's house angrily.
Sha Wenchen read the letter of challenge and said to Monk Kongji: "National Master, look at this..."
After Kong Ji read the letter of battle, he said: "Long Chengen wants a decisive battle, so let's fight decisively. Our troops have the advantage and the defenses are strong enough. The advantage lies with me!"
Sha Wenchen had something in his mind, but he didn't dare to say it. He had to immediately send an order to the three armies to prepare for a decisive battle.
When the soldiers of the three armies heard that the decisive battle would take place two days later, the military camp immediately exploded.
Anyone who has fought against the Long Family Army knows how terrifying Long Chen is and how timid they are.
Coupled with the incident of seeking a son in Zhaoti Temple, the people in the army were very dissatisfied with Shi Le.
Feng He has been active in the Yangcheng military camp for the past two days, spreading opinions against Shi Le everywhere, saying that Shi Le and Kong Ji are colluding and intend to use the monk's seed to change Xixia.
What's more, it is said that Shi Le and Kong Ji personally went to Qiuzitang to rape and humiliate their wives and daughters.
