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"Your Majesty! I must speak out!"
After Cheng Yaojin finished speaking, he stared at Baiguan angrily, and roared: "Now the Turks have attacked our door, and you are still fighting among yourself!"
"Where did the King of Yue offend you? He just wanted to save the people from the fire and water, and protect my Tang Dynasty. Is he wrong?"
"I can't stand you sour-smelling scholars. Before this battle is fought, you start to exclude your own people. Are you worthy of the soldiers who are fighting bloody battles on the front line?"
"His Majesty!"
Cheng Yaojin cupped his fists towards Li Ke: "Now there is no time or opportunity. Only by gathering all the strength and fighting to the death can we have a chance to repel the Turks, otherwise..."
"shut up!"
Li Ke scolded in a cold voice, and said with a livid face: "Cheng Yaojin, you are also my general in the Tang Dynasty, why are you still acting like a reckless man? I think you have reported the letter, and I will forgive you once."
"Come here! Send Cheng Yaojin back home to recuperate!"
"His Majesty!"
Cheng Yaojin looked anxious, but he was still taken away by the imperial guards.
"Your Majesty, think twice!" Fang Xuanling urged again and again.
"I've made up my mind!"
Li Kebiao said expressionlessly: "Preach my order to order the states and counties along the way to gather soldiers and horses, stop Li Xiao, and return to the capital after regaining his military power!"
Chapter 408: Jingzhou City Breaks Down
Jingzhou, Jiangling.
As the governor of Jingzhou, Li Kaiyang undoubtedly had a bright future.
But at this moment, he was frowning in his own mansion.
Next to him, Jingzhou Sima and many civil and military generals were silent, as quiet as a cicada.
"Your Majesty issued an imperial decree that I, Jingzhou, must keep Yue Wang Li Xiao here."
Li Kaiyang frowned and said, "Tell me, how sure are you?"
A general in armor stood up, clasped his fists and said, "My lord, I only need [-] elite soldiers to delay King Yue's tens of thousands of troops to the north of Jingzhou for at least ten days!"
"My lord, I still have [-] sailors in Jingzhou, he, Li Xiao, can't even take half a step across the Yangtze River!" Another general stood up.
"If it was that simple, I wouldn't worry about it!"
Li Kaiyang said with a bitter face: "The old guy in Guizhou just sent news that the army led by King Yue has unfathomable combat power, and he in Guizhou doesn't even have the ability to stop it for a moment."
"My lord, he is incompetent in Guizhou, but it doesn't mean that our Jingzhou is the same as them."
"Besides, Li Xiao is still young, and his milk is still wet. Does he know what is formation and tactics? There are hundreds of ways to play him with applause!"
"He only dared to act so boldly when the northern barbarians were invading the border, and when our troops in Jingzhou were empty, but he didn't know that we were in danger of the terrain. Based on this alone, let alone tens of thousands, even a hundred thousand soldiers from Qiongzhou, We are not afraid either!"
A group of counselors and generals spoke one after another, their attitudes were extremely disdainful.
Li Kaiyang still frowned, worried.
After pondering for a moment, he suddenly asked, "Where is the Qiongzhou army?"
"My lord, the news came an hour ago that the Qiongzhou army is less than thirty miles away from Jingzhou City." A general replied.
"So fast?"
Li Kaiyang's face darkened: "Isn't it still a hundred miles away yesterday?"
"My lord, maybe they are marching at full speed, and they must be exhausted. This is also our opportunity."
"My lord, give the order! Give the last general three thousand elite soldiers, and the last general will go to his camp to call for battle. He will kill all the generals in Qiongzhou, so that they will lose face and retreat in spite of difficulties!"
"hold on!"
Li Kaiyang said in a deep voice: "Don't be in a hurry, send envoys to find out about King Yue's attitude."
"Report!"
At this moment, there was a loud shout, followed by a panting messenger soldier rushing in.
"One hundred thousand fire!"
"Your Honor!"
After the messenger rushed in, he immediately knelt down on one knee, cupped his fists and said, "The king of Yue has led his army to break through the south gate of Jingzhou city, and he is coming here!"
"what?!"
Li Kaiyang's pupils shrank, and he said in shock: "Is this true?!"
"It's absolutely true! My lord! If the little one speaks half a lie, I hope that the leader will deal with it!" The messenger soldier said anxiously.
All the counselors and generals nearby stood up one after another, their faces were filled with shock, which could not be calmed down for a long time.
"How is this possible? If it is an attack on the city, there should be a lot of movement, and I just came down from the city defense, how long has it been?"
"It's quiet outside, not like the signs that the enemy army should have entered the city..."
"Where did this soldier come from? Which general is under his account? Why are you talking nonsense?"
"My lord, this person may be sent by the King of Yue to disturb our army's morale, so don't trust him."
After a brief surprise, everyone became suspicious again.
It's not that I don't believe it, but that this matter is too strange to be believed.
Li Kaiyang pondered for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "General Gu, you go back and check the situation first..."
"Report!"
Before he finished speaking, there was another shout outside the door.
Immediately afterwards, another distressed messenger soldier rushed in.
"My lord, it's too bad, the Qiongzhou army has arrived at Meridian Street, less than three miles away!"
The crowd hadn't slowed down yet, and within a few breaths, another messenger came.
"My lord, King Yue's people are coming soon, our people can't stop them!"
One or two may be a coincidence, but bad news came one after another, making everyone believe it or not.
"quick!"
Li Kaiyang said in a deep voice: "Assemble all the soldiers and horses in the city! Go to Ziwu Street!"
The other generals also left quickly without saying a word.
At the same time, on Ziwu Street, the people had already heard the news and hid.
The streets were empty.
Suddenly, countless Jingzhou soldiers on the street held their weapons and kept backing away, as if they were afraid of something.
And ahead, one after another metallic chariots are slowly approaching.
From time to time, Jingzhou soldiers took up their weapons and greeted the chariot, and countless archers shot feather arrows, but they could not leave a single trace on the chariot.
Even if the shield soldiers piled up a human wall, it would only slow down the speed of the chariot team, and it would not be able to stop it at all.
In the rear, Li Xiao and Ye Tianchen rode behind the chariot team.
"Your Highness, this Gundam 28 tank is tailor-made for the Fourth Heavy Armored Corps! It's amazing!"
Ye Tianchen was extremely excited watching the invulnerable chariot crush all the way past.
"It's all made of money, I would be willing to do it if it wasn't great?" Li Xiao rolled his eyes.
"This Jingzhou is too fragile." Ye Tianchen couldn't help but said, "Dozens of smoke bombs and tear gas bombs will solve it, it's boring."
Just now, under Li Xiao's order, he led less than a hundred people and blocked a large section of the city wall and gates with smoke bombs and tear gas bombs.
Then they climbed over the wall and entered the city, opened the city gate, and then the army entered the city openly, with almost no obstacles in the process.
This is the most outrageous way of siege he has ever seen, bar none.
"Jingzhou has been broken. As long as we pass through Jiangling, the journey to Chang'an will be smooth without hindrance." Li Xiao said lightly.
"This subordinate will lead the troops to Jianglingping for him!"
Ye Tianchen looked excited.
"Wait a moment!"
Li Xiao frowned and said, "Remember, they are not enemies, they are also citizens of my Tang Dynasty, so don't kill innocent people indiscriminately!"
"Your Highness, don't worry, your subordinates understand!"
Ye Tianchen nodded, and then rode away.
Not long after Ye Tianchen left, Li Xiao also followed the chariot brigade to the gate of the City Lord's Mansion.
At this moment, Li Kaiyang and other generals under his command came forward one after another and surrounded the chariot team.
"what happened?"
Li Kaiyang frowned and said: "How come there are only a few carriages that have not been broken?"
"Damn it!"
A military commander said with a full face of surprise: "What kind of carriage is this? I don't see any horse-drawn carriages or manpower to push it, but it can walk on its own!"
"Also, this car is so powerful that even a dozen people can't stop it, it's so strange!"
"My lord, our weapons can't hurt it!"
"My lord, the horsemen over there seem to be generals from Qiongzhou. They don't seem to want to see blood."
Li Kaiyang, who was still worrying about the chariot, heard this, looked up instantly, and met Li Xiao's gaze.
Li Xiao smiled slightly, tapped his feet, then performed lightness kung fu, and came not far from Li Kaiyang.
"King Yue... Li Xiao!"
Li Kaiyang stared at Li Xiao with a solemn expression.
"What? He is the King of Yue, Li Xiao?"
"So young, his age is suitable, but how dare he approach alone? He doesn't take me seriously!"
Chapter 409: Just an excuse
Li Kaiyang had seen Li Xiao's portrait before, and at this moment, he immediately recognized that the young man who stood out from the crowd, standing out from the crowd, was Li Xiao, King of Yue.
"Why didn't you kneel when you saw this king?"
With his hands behind his hands, Li Xiao looked at them calmly.
Just when Li Kaiyang was silent, a general beside him suddenly shouted: "I am Deng Tailun, general of Jingzhou, within the three halberds, I will capture you!"
After finishing speaking, he stepped down and flew towards Li Xiao in the air with a Fang Tian painting halberd in his hand.
Every movement of hands and feet was full of awe-inspiring aura, and everyone around couldn't help applauding.
Li Kaiyang also raised the corners of his mouth slightly.
He didn't understand whether Li Xiao was out of his mind or what, he dared to stand less than three feet away from them.
But now there is no need to worry about other things.
As long as Li Xiao is taken down, the tens of thousands of troops behind will be destroyed without attack, and the crisis of Jingzhou City will be solved.
However, at the next moment, Deng Tailun, who rushed out aggressively just now, flew back from the original path in an instant, only heard a scream, and then there was no movement.
But in front of him, Li Xiao kept raising his leg and slowly put it down.
Li Kaiyang: "???"
The scene was instantly silent.
what happened?
The Jingzhou soldiers present only felt their scalps go numb.
They didn't see Li Xiao's actions clearly, then Deng Tailun was already defeated.