Zhang Yidao was confused at this moment.
As a guard of Dayue, this time he came to Dali to move reinforcements under the order of the king. As a result, the reinforcements arrived, but there were only five hundred soldiers.
Although these five hundred soldiers all look extraordinary, what can five hundred people do?
Throwing it into Loulan's army would not even be enough for a tooth-slapping ceremony.
This is amazing!
His face stiffened, and he asked tentatively: "His Royal Highness Li Chao, are there really only such a few people?"
He had just learned Lin Bai's identity.
It was precisely because of this that he couldn't believe it. After all, he was a prince, and he brought five hundred soldiers to support him. How unafraid of death?
Lin Bai naturally understood what he was thinking, and smiled and said: "Reinforcements will naturally arrive later, let's go first."
Zhang Yidao thought about it, and he was right!
After all, he was also a prince. It was impossible for Dali to leave a prince alone, right?
"Okay! Your Highness Li Chao, please!"
He stopped talking nonsense, turned over and got on the horse, then crossed his legs and led the way.
Yan Gang also had a look of worry on his face. After all, there were only such a small number of people, but Loulan had an army of 50,000, and this was only a conservative estimate. The exact number was still unknown.
But anything you say right now is in vain, we can only talk about it after we get to Zhaowu first.
Zhaowu City!
This is the capital of Dayue Kingdom and one of the most important cities in the Hexi Corridor. It is not small in scale and the towering city looks quite extraordinary.
Lin Bai couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the city from a distance.
Given the size of this city, it shouldn't be that easy to break through, so don't panic!
However, having said that, there were not a few people fleeing towards Dali along the way, but when they arrived at Zhaowu, there were even fewer people.
Probably the Dayue Kingdom restricted the escape of its people.
Just kidding, the people in the capital have fled, so how can the soldiers still have the heart to fight? Aren't they all panicking?
Once people's hearts are lost, it's really the end of the world.
At this moment, the group of people arrived outside the west gate of Zhaowu. The city gate was closed tightly. There were still some people outside the city, who should be nearby residents, waiting to enter the city.
Compared with the wild, the city is undoubtedly safer.
At least that was the case before the city was broken.
However, the soldiers on the tower did not seem to have any intention of opening the city gate.
Zhang Yidao came to the city tower and said loudly: "Open the city gate. I am the bodyguard of the king. On the king's order, I went to Dali to ask for help. Dali's reinforcements have arrived..."
When they heard that the reinforcements had arrived, the people outside the city gate all showed excited expressions on their faces.
But looking around, it seemed that no reinforcements were seen.
Finally, all eyes fell on Lin Bai and his party.
A general on the tower also stuck his head out. He was happy at first, then frowned and asked: "Where are the reinforcements?"
The great talent felt ignored.
But you can't blame them. After all, there are only 500 people. Are you calling this reinforcements?
It doesn’t make sense!
Zhang Yidao didn't know what to say.
Lin Bai didn't bother to make things difficult for him, and said: "This prince is the fourth prince of Li Dynasty, and we are the reinforcements."
The general on the tower was obviously startled, with a look of doubt on his face.
Zhang Yidao quickly added: "We haven't opened the city gate yet. We are just leaving the vanguard camp. The real reinforcements will arrive soon."
The general then showed a look of sudden realization, and then he did not dare to neglect and opened the city gate himself.
After all, the princes from Lichao were already here, so how could he dare?
Big Moon is just a small country.
It is attached to Da Li, and without Da Li's help, it would have been annexed by Loulan and the Huns long ago.
Because Dali is surrounded by wolves, it does not have the energy and strength to take care of Hexi. Therefore, the two countries have always maintained such a cooperative relationship and jointly fought against the Xiongnu and Loulan.
Knowing that the great talent was the prince of Li Dynasty, the people around him also showed curious eyes.
However, in comparison, life is naturally more important.
Seeing the city gate open, these people were eager to enter the city.
The general at the city gate shouted: "In case the enemy's spies sneak in, and other people are not allowed to enter the city."
"Master, we are all citizens of Dayue, we are not spies of the enemy country at all."
"Yes! Let us enter the city."
The people were noisy.
A lazy voice suddenly came, "The people of Dayue are not allowed to enter the city, but the prince of Li Dynasty is allowed to enter the city. What is the reason for this."
The owner of the voice was a slovenly man, with a wine gourd on his waist, and he looked drunk.
"Be bold!"
The city gate general was furious when he heard this, "His Royal Highness Li Chao is just a reinforcement. How can you compare? If you dare to talk nonsense again, be careful that I will question you."
The slovenly man said: "We are the people of Dayue, so we are more qualified to enter the city."
"right!"
Many people agreed.
The city gate general was very angry and was about to reprimand him.
The generals at the city gate are all the same. They are afraid of taking responsibility, so they simply don't let any of them go.
But the talented man spoke, and he couldn't say anything. He could only nod his head and said: "I am also afraid of delaying His Royal Highness Li Chao's entry into the city."
Lin Bai smiled, "It doesn't matter!"
When the general at the city gate saw this, he immediately arranged for the soldiers to conduct an inspection and then let them go one by one.
Lin Bai didn't fight with these people. Seeing that the current situation in Zhaowu was not as serious as imagined, he was not in a hurry.
On the way, he had learned from Zhang Yidao that there was a checkpoint fifty miles away from the east gate of Zhaowu City, which was also the last line of defense of Zhaowu City. The so-called defeating Zhaowu meant defeating this checkpoint. Once this checkpoint was captured, then It's really time to attack the city.
After the people entered the city, Lin Bai and his party also entered the city.
There were very few pedestrians on the empty streets, most of whom were probably staying at home and afraid to go out.
Zhang Yidao asked the city goalkeeper to take the lead in settling Lin Bai and his party, while he hurried to recover.
At this moment, the city gate general was taking Lin Bai and his party to the nearest inn.
At this time, the sloppy man from before suddenly appeared, looked at Lin Bai and said, "Can you give me some drink money?"
"Go, go! You drunkard, get out of here..."
The city gate general cursed.
Lin Bai was also startled for a moment, then raised the corner of his mouth, walked towards the sloppy man, took out the silver ingot from his arms and threw it to him.
The slovenly man was not polite and looked like he was ready to buy a drink.
Lin Bai asked: "Don't you say something?"
The sloppy man glanced at Lin Bai, curled his lips and said, "Isn't the love given in vain?"
Lin Bai smiled and said, "Don't you have something to say to this prince?"
It was fine outside the city before, but now asking for money for drinks in front of hundreds of soldiers is something that an ordinary drunkard can't do.
The sloppy man's cloudy eyes flickered slightly, and he said: "He is indeed the most talented man in the world."
"Forget it! For the sake of this ingot of silver, I would like to advise His Highness to return to Lichao as soon as possible! Nothing will be changed by Your Highness coming here, and there may be danger."
Lin Bai asked: "How can I see it?"
The slovenly man looked at the five hundred soldiers and asked: "There are only so many people from Lichao. What do you think the Lord of Dayue will think? What will the Dayue courtiers think?"
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