Zhu Yunzhi looked at Zhao Xuanyi carefully. His reputation as Lord Protector over the years was really well known. Now that he saw it with his own eyes, he couldn't help but be surprised. He didn't expect that he was so young and very handsome, especially this His eyes looked very peaceful on the surface, but it was difficult to hide the murderous aura underneath that calmness!
"Duke Protector? I've heard of his name for a long time!" Zhu Yunzhi said.
Zhao Xuanyi looked at Zhu Yunzhi and raised his fists, "See the eldest prince!"
"You're welcome. I have lived outside the country since I was a child and have been away from the capital for a long time. There is no need to be so polite!" Zhu Yunzhi knew in his heart that his reputation as the eldest prince was not worth mentioning in front of the Protector!
Zhao Xuanyi turned to look at Zhu Yunzhi's army and immediately said, "I didn't expect that the eldest prince would have such ability. He actually led so many cavalry to protect the capital. It really surprised me!"
Zhu Yunzhi naturally heard the implication of Zhao Xuanyi's words and smiled bitterly, "The Protector has misunderstood. These elite soldiers and generals are not his subordinates, they all belong to King Taikang. I am only temporarily leading them!"
Zhao Xuanyi didn't want to have anything to do with this eldest prince. "I'm sorry, eldest prince, I have important matters to attend to, so I won't accompany you!"
"Your Majesty, do as you please!" Zhu Yunzhi said very politely.
Zhao Xuanyi turned around and walked aside, and then shouted loudly, "Come all over and discuss fighting!"
"Yes!" Everyone shouted loudly, and then walked towards Zhao Xuanyi's tent!
Lan Qing saw that Zhao Xuanyi did not take Zhu Yunzhi seriously, and quickly left Zhu Yunzhi's side: "First Prince, this Zhao Xuanyi is arrogant, very rude, and extremely arrogant!"
Zhu Yunzhi smiled, "If I had achieved his achievements at his age, I would be more proud than him!" Then Zhu Yunzhi turned to look at the top of the mountain opposite, "I guess hearing that Zhao Xuanyi is back will have a big effect! "
After Zhao Xuanyi entered the tent, Tan Beiping, Bai Zhi, and Li Hanrui all came in. Zhao Xuanyi turned to look at Tan Beiping, "I really want to know. Including the brothers you brought here, there are nearly 40,000 Kirin guards and 10,000 border guards." Army, reinforcements, and 40,000 Far Eastern Army troops, totaling nearly 100,000 people. Now you only have 5,000 left? How did you fight?"
After Tan Beiping and Bai Zhi heard this, they looked embarrassed. Before they could speak, Li Hanrui said, "Brother-in-law, the brothers can't be entirely blamed for this. I commanded the first battle! Ten thousand border guards, seven Thousands of Qilin Guards, and thirteen thousand soldiers from the Governor's Mansion of the Army!"
"But after only one day of fighting, everything was gone. King Yong'an's army is not the kind of quick army we imagined. They have all been professionally trained. Although I dare not say that they are on par with your Qilin Guards, they are far more powerful than ordinary soldiers. a lot of!"
"Moreover, they are well-equipped and have large-scale siege equipment. The brothers of the Qilin Guards used their lives to block them!"
Tan Beiping was also unjustly accused. "Moreover, Lord, the equipment we have is really short. There are 30,000 Qilin Guards, of which there are less than 10,000 with soft armor. The arrows used are all ordinary arrows, and the thunder arrows are less than 2,000. There are less than a hundred grenades and no useful weapons. The brothers can only use Miao Dao to fight the enemy head-on!"
After Zhao Xuanyi heard this, he sighed. It seemed that the current situation was far more serious than he thought. Zhao Xuanyi nodded heavily, "What is the situation now? How many people are there on the other side?"
"About... about 120,000 people. After all, although we lost nearly 100,000 people, they also died a lot, about 80,000 people!" Tan Beiping said.
After Zhao Xuanyi heard this, his head buzzed. He had carefully planned for many years to train 30,000 Qilin Guards in his hometown, but they were all killed by King Yong'an's army in one day. He felt so distressed! Some brothers have never even seen it themselves!
"You bastard! You actually killed so many of my people!" Zhao Xuanyi cursed loudly!
"Brother-in-law, I want to ask you, how are the weapons and equipment you have now?" Li Hanrui asked.
"It's ok!"
"The other side is not easy. They launched more than a dozen trebuchets last night, causing us heavy casualties! And I don't know if they have any other weapons!"
Zhao Xuanyi nodded after hearing this, "I know! Like this, Brother Nangong!"
"My subordinate is here!"
Zhao Xuanyi pointed at the map, "Take your men and place the bed crossbow and death roulette on the front battlefield. We have few people now and can only fight positional warfare. No matter what tactics the enemy uses, you must stabilize the battlefield in the middle." , we must not let the enemy’s large siege equipment get close to the position!”
"Yes!" Nangong Che nodded and said.
Zhao Xuanyi looked at Wang Yunlong, "Immediately arrange a thousand crossbows on the mountains on the left and right. The original range of the crossbows is only about 130 steps, but if the height is added, it should be able to extend to 180 steps!"
"I obey my orders!" Wang Yunlong said.
Zhao Xuanyi looked at Wang Yunchuan and Su Xiaoding, "You two lead ten thousand brothers to protect Nangong Che's formation. You must protect these offensive weapons on our position!"
"Understood!" The two nodded.
Zhao Xuanyi looked at Sun Yan, "We must launch the scout net immediately. As long as there is a living thing approaching, I don't care whether it is a male or a female. Even if it is a toad, show me how many legs it has!"
"Understood!" Sun Yan shouted loudly!
"Okay, hurry up and get ready! Although everyone has not slept for two days in a row, we have to set up the position first, and then everyone will rest on the position. If the enemy does not come, everyone can sleep freely. As soon as the war drum sounds, everyone will be I risk my life!"
"Yes!" Everyone shouted and then went to prepare!
Tan Beiping and Bai Zhi came over and said, "My lord, what should we do?"
Zhao Xuanyi looked at these two people, his eyes full of anger, but also distressed. "Divide all the brothers into two teams and go up the mountain to cover the crossbows. Also, immediately cut down the trees on the mountain and turn them all into wood! If the enemy wants to If you attack the crossbows on the mountain, Sagi can kill them directly!"
"Yes!" The two of them also left to prepare!
At this time, Li Hanyan came over and said, "Husband, outside... where are King Taikang's 50,000 cavalry? We...?"
"That's not our own army. We have no right to command it, let alone trust it!" Zhao Xuanyi said coldly.
"But they are here to protect the capital!"
"But he's not protecting me! And...?" Zhao Xuanyi turned to look at Li Hanyan seriously, "How did you know he was here to help?"
Li Hanyan frowned, "Husband, are you worried that the eldest prince is coming...?"
Zhao Xuanyi covered Li Hanyan's lips, "Daughter-in-law, trouble comes from your mouth, don't talk nonsense!"
"Yeah!" Li Hanyan nodded obediently, "Then what should I do?"
"Have a good rest, there will probably be a big battle next!"
"You should go and get some rest, you haven't slept for two days and two nights!"
Zhao Xuanyi breathed a sigh of relief, "I think so too, but this is not my time to sleep. Just leave it alone and go and recharge your batteries. Our opponents this time are not ordinary people. We will definitely not be successful if we don't get enough rest!"
Li Hanyan nodded, "Nah, I'm going to rest first. Come here quickly and let's rest together!"
"Okay!" Zhao Xuanyi nodded and said.
After Li Hanyan left, Zhao Xuanyi immediately turned to look at Shen Wei, "Lead three thousand Qilin Guards and return to Beijing immediately. Three things in total!"
"Young Master, please speak!"
"First, take out all the weapons stored in our Duke Protector's Mansion and the other two residences and transport them to the battlefield! Let Zhang Han and Wang Dashan immediately build weapons for me in the military camp, such as grenades, raindrops, etc. , you can make as much as you can for me, we are in short supply of weapons now, so we can only make them and use them at the same time!"
"yes!"
"Second, find Du Chun and ask him to find a way for me to transport food and grass to the battlefield. We have no food and grass. Let him find a way. Money is not an issue!"
"clear!"
"Third, send a letter to the eldest princess, asking how to deal with Zhu Yunzhi? Although this guy is some kind of eldest prince, I always feel something is wrong! If the eldest princess allows it, I think...?"
Shen Wei's eyes widened in fear, "Young Master, do you want to kill the eldest prince?"
Zhao Xuanyi had a sneer on his face.
Does he have fifty thousand cavalry? This is the time for us to hire people! "
"Don't! No matter how disliked he is, he is also a prince. If you kill him, you will be in trouble!" Shen Wei was so frightened that his heart almost jumped out of his chest!
"Just kidding, I haven't lived enough yet! Also, call your junior sister Wang Dengdeng, I have something to tell her!"
"Tell her?" Shen Wei's eyes turned strange!
Zhao Xuanyi glared at Shen Wei, "Can you think more clearly? I don't lack women!"
"I don't care, the key is that my junior sister is engaged!"
"..." Zhao Xuanyi thought to himself, in Brother Shen's heart, I am the one who can't walk when he sees a beautiful woman?
It was not long before Wang Dengdeng walked into the tent. When he saw Zhao Xuanyi, he smiled and said, "My lord, do you have anything to do with me?"
"Come on, come on, please sit down! We are all one family. Don't be so polite in the future. I have something to ask you!"
"What's up?"
Zhao Xuanyi leaned into Wang Dengdeng's ear and whispered a few words. After Wang Dengdeng heard it, he shook his head, "My lord, do you plan to use poison to fight the enemy?"
Zhao Xuanyi sighed, "You also know that my troops are currently far inferior to the opponent's. Logically speaking, I wouldn't care about the difference in numbers. However, judging from the battles in the past few days, the enemy's combat capability this time may be very strong. I'm afraid My troops can’t stand it!”
"I really want to help you, but... my medical skills are better than poison skills. The only poisons I know are Mongolian sweat medicine, Jueming powder, etc.! It's OK to kill a few people, but I may not be able to use it on such a big battlefield, and I have it on hand. There are no medicinal materials for making poison!" Wang Dengdeng said with a troubled face.
"Is this so?" Zhao Xuanyi felt a little disappointed. Did he think his plan could succeed? It turned out that this matter was much more complicated than I thought. Making poison requires at least some medicinal materials! I don’t even know where to get it! It seems that we can only find another way!
At this moment, inside King Yong'an's tent, Lin Min was seen to have returned. He walked into the tent and knelt on the ground, "Father, my daughter is incompetent and failed to stop Zhao Xuanyi! All the 110,000 troops have been killed by the enemy. kill!"
There was no expression on Zhu Tianyou's face, and he didn't seem to take it seriously at all. "It doesn't matter, they are just a bunch of slaves bought with money. They only have one life! Zhao Xuanyi is back?" Reading La
"Yes! We fought once and blocked the enemy four times along the way, but we did not cause any substantial damage. He has returned to the enemy's position now!"
Zhu Tianyou laughed after hearing this, "Okay, I have killed all his Qilin Guards and Far East Army in the past few days. I knew that the battle with Zhao Xuanyi was inevitable!"
"Father, when will we start the war?" Qi Haobi asked.
"Don't rush! There are not only 40,000 Qilin guards on the opposite side, but also 50,000 King Taikang's cavalry. If he can unite, we may not be able to get an advantage!" Zhu Tianyou said.
"Then... foster father, what should we do next?"
"Send out scouts first to get a feel for the situation on the other side!"
"Yes!" Qi Haobi nodded and said.
At the Guanghua Gate in the capital, Shen Wei led three thousand Qilin Guards to the city. The soldiers guarding the city saw that the Qilin Guards had returned and were very happy, "Are they the Qilin Guards below?"
Shen Wei raised his head and held the token high in his hand, "According to the order of the Protector of the Kingdom, I am going to the capital to do business. Open the city gate as soon as possible!"
"Yes! Open the city gate quickly!"
After Shen Wei led the Qilin Guards back to the capital, he immediately arranged for all the Qilin Guards to do things: "Two thousand of you, carry all the weapons in the house to the battlefield!"
"yes!"
Shen Wei looked at the other thousand people, "Follow me to Du Chun's house. We need a lot of food and grass!"
"yes!"
The three thousand people immediately divided into two teams. One team returned to the Duke Protector's Mansion. They entered the mansion without talking to anyone and started to carry weapons out of the warehouse!
