A hundred thousand troops from southern Xinjiang divided into three groups to besiege three towns in southern Xinjiang. The army so arrogantly set up a large formation outside the three towns.
Moreover, in just five days, Kaiyang's army had piled up the two arrow towers to a height of five feet, which was about to be as high as Kaiyang City.
Li Ye's idea for the eldest prince was that the arrow tower should be at least three feet higher than the Kaiyang city wall. It should be condescending and give the prairie army a sense of oppression.
The bluestones used to build the archery towers were mined by the army from the mountains not far from Yangzhou. They were polished and smoothed as quickly as possible, and then mixed with clay and cooked glutinous rice when stacked. There will be problems.
And this knowledge was what Li Ye learned from the book given to him by his husband.
He feels an indescribable sense of satisfaction when he is now speculating and using it now.
If Kaiyang City's cavalry really goes to war, it's really unpredictable at the moment who will win.
However, because the other three Khan kings were also surrounded by the southern Xinjiang army in the city, Zhize Pingming and Wu Na Lone Wolf watched helplessly as the arrow towers were built higher and higher day by day, but they did not dare to go out of the city to fight.
This is Li Ye's conspiracy.
Even if the plot is plotted under your nose, I bet you won’t dare to leave the city.
This situation is indeed not optimistic for the Kaiyang defenders. If they had to fight to the death, it is estimated that the thirty thousand army led by the eldest prince would suffer heavy casualties. However, in the eyes of the generals of the grassland tribes, the heavy slaves of the southern Xinjiang army were too powerful.
It was so powerful that it scared them, and they lost half of it without even fighting.
While the two armies were confronting each other, Li Ye took Mu Mu from Xichun to the camp outside Kaiyang City.
The eldest prince had just returned from the archery tower outside the city. When he saw Li Ye sitting in the tent, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and said with a big smile: "Finally, the Imperial Master is here."
After the two greeted each other, Li Ye asked, "How is the construction of the arrow tower going?"
"It will be completed in three to five days." The eldest prince asked the guards to boil water and make tea, and returned with a smile.
"Didn't Kaiyang's defenders come out of the city to cause trouble for you?" Li Ye asked.
"It's best if they come out. Mu Mu's hands have been itchy for a long time." Mu Mu, who was sitting next to him, said at the side.
The eldest prince couldn't help but laugh when he looked at Mu Mu. "They are probably intimidated by the Imperial Guards. They have been very quiet these days, unlike the barbaric style of the prairie cavalry."
"Are they intimidated by themselves? How can they stay at home and get beaten during the war? If I were me, I would have to come out to stir up trouble with you." Li Ye shook his head, feeling sad for the grassland soldiers in Kaiyang City.
This is what is said when one general is incompetent and the three armies are exhausted.
"As expected by the Imperial Master, the four kings returned to the three towns respectively, which gave us the opportunity to besiege them. If they gather together, we cannot easily surround them." The eldest prince smiled.
Li Ye shook his head, looked at him and said, "This is a matter of habit. After everyone goes shopping, they subconsciously go home."
The eldest prince and Mu Mu thought about it for a while. They were shocked and couldn't help but replied in unison: "It's true!"
"This is the weakness of human nature. I just caught this before they had time to correct it." Li Ye said with a smile.
The eldest prince poured tea for Mu Mu and Li Ye and said with a smile: "When these two arrow towers are completed, I guess they will not dare to leave the city."
Li Ye nodded and said in a deep voice: "Think about it, each arrow tower has fifty heavy slaves and hundreds of hand slaves. Two of them together are condescending. How can they attack?"
"When we finish, they probably won't even be able to leave Kaiyang City." The eldest prince patted the table and said with a smile.
Mu Mu watched the two of them chatting happily, clapped her hands and said, "Brother, you guys chat while I go out for a walk. I'm bored here."
Li Ye knew what she was thinking, looked at her and said, "It's a barren mountain here, and Brother Nalan isn't here, so you'd better not go out."
Mu Mu glared at him and thought, do you want to care about me?
While the two were confronting each other, the guard outside the tent ran in and said to the two: "Generalissimo, a group of people is coming outside, and there is also a father-in-law who says he is from the palace."
"So fast?" Li Ye glanced at the eldest prince quietly.
The eldest prince looked at Li Ye and asked, "Master, how are you doing?"
"Let him come in and see what medicine is in their gourds!" Li Ye replied calmly.
The eldest prince waved his hand and asked the guards to bring him up.
After a while, the guards walked into the tent with a handsome father-in-law, followed by two imperial guards from the palace.
"The new eunuch of the imperial palace, Zhang Derong, would like to pay my respects to the eldest prince and the imperial master. Please come forward and listen to the order!" Zhang Derong, who claimed to be the eunuch of the imperial palace, looked at the two of them without any sign of respect.
The eldest prince looked at this strange eunuch and felt it was incredible. His father had obviously gone to Tianshan outside Fengyun City. When did the dynasty have a new emperor?
Li Ye looked at the three people in front of him and asked quietly: "Excuse me, whose decree are you announcing? When did the dynasty have a new emperor?"
"You are so bold. You dare to slander the new emperor. You have no regard for the laws of the dynasty. Why don't you kneel down and listen to the order!" shouted a palace guard standing behind eunuch Zhang Derong.
The eldest prince bit his lip in anger, the knuckles of his fingers turned white, and said in a trembling voice: "Where are the guards outside the tent?"
Before the eldest prince could finish his voice, eight burly guards came in from outside the tent. They looked at him and asked, "What's wrong, marshal?"
"Drag him down and chop him off! Hang his head outside the tent for public display!" The eldest prince pointed at the imperial guards who were roaring at him.
Before Zhang Derong and the Imperial Guard could react, four of the eight guards rushed forward and threw the Imperial Guard to the ground. The other four looked at the remaining Imperial Guard with ruthless expressions on their faces.
"Eunuch Zhang, please save me!" the Imperial Guards shouted desperately as they were being escorted out of the tent.
At this time, eunuch Zhang Derong's face became gloomy. He looked at the eldest prince and Li Ye and said in a deep voice: "My lords, you are the following offenders. I am here to announce the decree by the new emperor."
"New emperor, which new emperor?" the eldest prince asked in a deep voice.
"The new emperor is naturally the second prince. Don't you know that the new emperor has ascended the throne?" Eunuch Zhang Derong shouted loudly.
"Haha, do you know who I am? The new emperor... I think he has gone crazy!" The eldest prince laughed contemptuously.
Li Ye stood up, held Mu Mu's little hand and said, "Sister, lend me your knife!"
"Brother, I'm so scared. Why are the eunuchs in the palace so cruel? Will you do the same to me in the future?" After Mu Mu finished speaking, she pretended to look at the eldest prince.
While taking out the black scimitar, he handed it to Li Ye.
"As far as I know, the emperor is still alive, and you don't even have an imperial edict to pass the throne, so you dare to proclaim the emperor and ascend the throne?" As soon as Li Ye finished speaking, he pulled Mu Mu behind him.
Yimu stepped back obediently and ran behind the eldest prince. He covered his ears with his little hands, looking frightened.
"Do you know where this is? Who is the person in front of you? How dare you speak to me in this tone?" The eldest prince was shaking with anger.
Eunuch Zhang Derong looked at the two of them and replied with great contempt: "I only obey the orders of the new emperor. As for you two, you should obey the imperial edict first."
"Have you ever heard that when a general is away, the emperor's life will be affected? What's more, the new emperor you are talking about is not the emperor! Aren't you afraid of the two of us?" Li Ye looked at him and said slowly.
Zhang Derong watched Li Ye move forward slowly, holding the imperial edict in his hand about to be read out.
The eldest prince looked at Li Ye and frowned.
Li Ye looked at the eldest prince and Mu Mu and suddenly grinned: "Mu Mu, close your eyes."
Mu Mu paused and closed her eyes obediently.
Eunuch Zhang Derong looked at the scene in front of him and smiled with satisfaction. In his eyes, the so-called eldest prince and the royal advisor of the dynasty were nothing more than that. They had to kneel down when they saw the imperial edict.
There is no king in front of them, so naturally they are kneeling on themselves, which is an honor.
"If I were not a national advisor and did not command the three armies in southern Xinjiang, perhaps I would not argue with you. After all, I am not a person who is easy to kill!" Li Ye looked at eunuch Zhang Derong and said quietly.
The eldest prince smiled at him and said, "Master, you talk a bit too much today, and I don't like it. Do you know what to do?"
"You two have not knelt down to listen to the order, do you want to rebel?" Zhang Derong shouted again.
Li Ye looked at him and said softly: "In the next life, don't be a eunuch who announces orders!"
After saying that, he swung Mu Mu's black knife and slashed at Zhang Derong.
I saw a black light passing by...
There was a clear sound of "click!" in the tent, and eunuch Zhang Derong's body and head were separated.
Blood spurted out from his neck and rushed to the roof of the tent.
The ground inside the tent was covered in blood.
There was dead silence.
A human head fell at Zhang Decha's feet.
The eldest prince looked at Li Ye and said, "If you don't take action, Imperial Master... As for the remaining Forbidden Army... just leave them a way out and let them go back to recover."
Li Ye looked at the eldest prince and said calmly: "I can't help it either."
The only Forbidden Soldier left in the tent had collapsed on the ground, looking at Zhang Derong's head shaking as it fell to the ground. This trip to southern Xinjiang was originally thought to be a trip of glory, but unexpectedly it turned into a trip to hell in an instant.
"Thank you...I thank the eldest prince for not killing me." Although he was frightened, he still wanted to thank the eldest prince.
At this moment, he finally remembered that the two people in front of him were the marshal of the imperial dynasty and the national advisor who commanded the three armies.
The eldest prince turned his head and looked at Mu Mu and said, "Princess, you can open your eyes now."
The guards outside the tent heard the movement inside and rushed in quickly.
Li Ye looked at the Imperial Guards who collapsed on the ground and said, "Go back and tell them that if you want to be the emperor, you must get the emperor's edict, otherwise they will wait for us to kill them back!"
Mu Mu opened his eyes wide and looked at the headless corpse lying on the ground. This was the first time he saw Li Ye killing someone in front of her, and he was also a eunuch in the palace.
The eldest prince shouted: "Did you hear clearly what the Imperial Master said?"
The imperial guards on the ground nodded, kowtowed on the ground, and replied: "I will definitely bring the words of the national master."
"Go away! Take the two heads back to the people in the palace and tell them that this is our decision!" the eldest prince complained angrily.
The Imperial Guard's voice trembled slightly as he replied: "Then... I'll leave now." After saying that, he picked up the head on the ground and walked towards the tent.
Li Ye looked at the guard who rushed in and said, "Give him the head that I just chopped off and take it back with him and send them out of the military camp."
The guard said: "I will obey the orders of the Imperial Master."
Looking at the imperial troops and guards walking out of the tent, the eldest prince looked at Li Ye and said, "They can't wait any longer."
"So what? I guess Li Fei will find a way to tell the ministers about the emperor's departure from the five regions and force them to make a choice." Li Ye replied coldly.
While returning his promise to the eldest prince, Li Ye tore off a piece of clothing from Zhang Derong's body and gently wiped away the blood stains on Mu Mu's black knife.
The eldest prince shouted to the outside of the tent: "Come here, take this corpse out and hang it outside the camp together with the one just now!"
Li Ye looked at the eldest prince and said after a moment of silence: "It seems that we need to end the war here as soon as possible."
The eldest prince also fell into a long silence. He understood what kind of situation the two of them were going to face.
Mu Mu was not afraid of trouble. Seeing the two people's silence, she yelled, "In the worst case, we'll kill them back!"
Li Ye and the eldest prince looked at her and laughed in unison: "Yes, in the worst case, we will kill her again!"
