Nan Jinzhao retreated without a fight. After Ji Yunkai and the prince returned, they conquered Tianqi's entire territory without much effort.
The prince adopted the strategy of surrounding the imperial city. He first knocked down the city around the imperial city, arranged for people to manage it, and then slowly moved closer to the imperial city.
The imperial city is located in the center of Tianqi's land. If the prince wants to knock down the cities around the imperial city first, he has to fight in a circle. This fight lasts half a year.
There was no other way. Ever since the emperor fled south, the huge Apocalypse had fallen apart. Those with some ability had gathered their own support, and occupied the land to become kings and feed the common people.
After Nan Jinzhao led his troops to the imperial city, he only focused on plundering the remaining silver of wealthy families. After plundering the money, he ran away, not caring about what happened to other places in Tianqi.
But, the prince is different.
Nan Jinzhao used Apocalypse as a springboard, aiming to unify the four countries. The prince used Apocalypse as his own country. He wanted to govern this land well, and he wanted the people on this land to have food to eat and clothing to wear.
He wanted the people in this land to no longer be displaced and to stop exchanging their children for food.
In order to be worthy of the people of Tianqi and worthy of the brothers who fought with him, he must take back Tianqi's lost land and manage every town in Tianqi well.
As for the imperial city?
Your Majesty is really not in a hurry!
In the eyes of the prince, those people in the imperial city are no different from dead people. The prince does not care at all about their life or death.
"Your Majesty, this is the tenth letter for help sent from the Imperial City this month." Xiao Shaorong held a letter in his hand, but did not present it to the prince, but said with a wry smile.
Their army was only ten days away from the Imperial City. It was more convenient to rush over and capture the Imperial City than to go to the next city. Those people who were trapped in the Imperial City saw this and kept writing letters for help to the prince.
I hope the prince can lead his troops there, capture the imperial city first, and manage the imperial city well first.
This kind of thing happened more than once.
Previously, when they were closest to the Imperial City, they could get there in only twelve days, but the prince simply ignored the distress letter from those in the Imperial City and led his troops to the next city farther away.
From the prince's point of view, it really doesn't matter whether he is an emperor or not.
He would not tell those people, he had never thought at all that the capital must be in the old imperial city of Tianqi.
He didn't like the city, and at the same time...
He also didn't think that an emperor who placed Kyoto at the center of his country was a qualified emperor.
It is located in the center of the country and is protected by cities on all sides. Even if the enemy attacks, the emperor in the imperial city can escape at any time with his troops.
Just look at the actions of Emperor Tianqi and you will know.
He believed that the emperor guarded the country. If he wanted to establish a capital, he would only place the capital at the border and in the most dangerous place. This would always remind those sitting on the throne that you must protect this country and the land behind you.
, guard the people behind you.
When encountering danger, as an emperor, he should bear the brunt and rush to the front to block all dangers for the people.
If you can't even do this, then you don't deserve to be an emperor.
This is what the prince is thinking. Currently, apart from Ji Yunkai, only Xiao Nagaze knows about his plan.
Ji Yunkai is his wife, and Nagasawa is his only heir. In the future, the person who will protect this land must be Nagasawa. He must let Nagasawa know now what his future life will be like.
What made him gratified was that both Ji Yunkai and his son were very supportive of his decision. His son even wanted to go to the war with him, which, I have to say, surprised him.
Of course, surprises are surprises, and the prince is not so mad as to let a child from Nagasawa go to war. Now that he has the ability to protect himself, he will be satisfied.
At Nagasawa's age, it was the best time to learn martial arts and lay a solid foundation. Unfortunately, the prince and Ji Yunkai were fighting in the east and west, and they did not have time to stop and teach him. The prince and Ji Yunkai discussed the task of teaching Nagasawa.
Then, he threw it to the little wolf cub.
Although the little wolf cub is young, he is already qualified to be a teacher.
Ji Yunkai had no arrangements for how the little wolf cub would teach Nagasawa: "In those days, Nagasawa trained how you trained. If you can persevere, there is no reason why Nagasawa can't."
Ji Yunkai knew that deep down in the little wolf cub's heart, there were still wounds that could not be erased. Maybe if Xiao Nagaze went through it with him, those wounds in the little wolf cub's heart would pass.
If you re-experience everything you experienced back then, you will find that those things were really nothing and they are all in the past...
As for the inhuman treatment the little wolf cub suffered back then?
The little wolf cub already has a sense of right and wrong, and Ji Yunkai is not worried at all that he will torture Nagasawa.
Sure enough, what happened was as Ji Yunkai expected. The little wolf cub only asked Nagasawa to train according to the way he had been trained back then. As for eating raw meat, drinking wolf blood, being locked in a cage like a wild beast... Nagasawa did not have any of these things.
I have experienced it. Even Nagasawa didn't know that the little brother who chased him like a dog every day and ran all over the mountain also experienced this back then.
After another day of training, Nagasawa fell to the ground from exhaustion and was carried back by the little wolf cub.
The little wolf cub not only carried the man back, but also carefully massaged Nagasawa's limbs to prevent him from getting sore tomorrow.
This set of massage techniques was specially taught to him by Ji Yun...
In fact, the little wolf cub can no longer remember everything he has experienced in the past. Life has been so good that the sufferings in the past have become blurred. The only thing he remembers is fear, helplessness, pain, and discomfort.
, it just hurts...
Therefore, when he heard that Ji Yunkai and the prince asked him to train little Nagaze, his first reaction was, will little Nagaze feel the same pain as him? Just as scared? A helpless one?
He thought about it for a long time, and then formulated a training plan in which Nagasawa might be scared, helpless, or in pain. However, whenever Nagasawa was afraid and helpless, he would stay with Nagasawa.
When Nagasawa's body aches, he will relieve Nagasawa's pain.
Several times, when he saw Nagasawa, he vaguely saw those days, and even his memory began to become confused. He always felt that there was a little brother beside him at that time, who was always accompanying him and protecting him. It was precisely because
With the protection of that little brother, he can survive to this day.
While massaging Nagasawa, the little wolf cub tried hard to search for memories from the past, but unexpectedly, the memories of the past became increasingly blurred, and he could hardly even remember what happened to him back then...
"Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore." Unexpectedly, the little wolf cub simply gave up. After massaging little Nagaze, he pulled up the quilt for him and went out quietly.
When they were going out, they met Ji Yunkai who came to visit them... (To be continued)