Free Web NovelChapter 1130: Chapter 1076: The Eldest Prince Leads the Campaign (Part 2)
Combining the contents mentioned in these battle reports, it once again makes them believe in it.
After all, what happened in the Capital City before was beyond human ability; flying through the sky and tunneling through the earth—if not done by an Immortal, what mortal could achieve such feats?
Because of this, they are now willing to believe that everything around this old man is true.
More than that, upon knowing this, the Eldest Prince directly overturned his previous speculation in his heart.
He had previously thought that if the old man really intended to support him in ascending to power, then even being a puppet Emperor would be a good thing.
After all, with his own skills, it wouldn’t be long before he could seize real power.
But now, everything that is happening has completely overturned his understanding, as the other party is colluding with the Emperor of the Yan Country.
Others might not know how strained the relationship is between them and the Uncles, but he knows. After all, the reason the old man led troops to attack the Six Kingdoms was entirely his own idea. It was precisely because of his alliance with the Yan Country that today’s expedition happened.
Yet he couldn’t have imagined, nor dared to think, that the Grand General would be colluding with the enemy Emperor. Even if told, no one would believe such a thing.
But facts are laid out here; battle reports do not lie.
Thus, he immediately assembled all available forces, diverted all garrisons along the way, and marched towards the largest city.
This city can be said to be a necessary path from the border back to the Capital City; there’s absolutely no way to bypass it.
Therefore, this fellow simply gathered all his hopes here. He refused to believe that even if the other party was skilled and formidable, weren’t they still just one person?
Moreover, speaking of those seventy thousand troops, although the numbers are considerable, he thought, as long as he stood on the city wall, those soldiers would still return to his side.
After all, he was the rightful Crown Prince of the Zhao Country.
The old man was at most just a Grand General; who would wish to be a traitor?
Furthermore, the families of these soldiers all lived within the borders of the Zhao Country. When that time comes, if he gives an order, what good outcome could their families have?
In any case, under such circumstances, he thought those people would definitely make their own choices.
Overall, he simply refused to believe that the old man could seize the authority over those soldiers from his hands.
Moreover, having heard of the previous events, this fellow even gathered all the ballistae within the city walls here, pulling them all over to this place.
In his view, no matter how formidable the other party might be, under a powerful round of ballista attack, surely the opponent would fall.
Of course, if it were just one or two ballistae, it definitely wouldn’t cause too much damage, but now he had filled the city walls with ballistae—at a glance, there were at least eighty or ninety of them, and with so many ballistae firing at once, the old man would surely be pierced immediately.
As long as they eliminate the old man, then relying on a single Yan Country Emperor should not cause any waves.
After all, those soldiers were all Zhao Country’s soldiers anyway; a foreigner wanting to control the army was simply a pipe dream.
In the Eldest Prince’s view, the current situation entirely arose because the Yan King controlled his Grand General, and these soldiers listened to the Grand General.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to control seventy thousand Zhao Country troops relying solely on the status of a Yan Country Emperor.
Anyway, these are all side topics; let’s just speak of the current Great Wall situation.
When Lin Yi and the old man led the army to the outskirts of this city, they had already discovered the situation here, and afterward, they immediately noticed those ready ballistae on the other party’s city walls.
Deeply aware of the dangers of these ballistae, the old man immediately waved his hand to halt the advance of the main force, stopping the army initially intended to approach within five or six hundred paces of the city walls at nearly two thousand paces outside the walls.
If it weren’t for the vast land outside these city walls, then those two thousand paces would enough to disappear from the sight of the walls.
After all, two thousand paces is a good two thousand meters away.
Even today’s high-tech sniper rifles can hit such a distance, already considered a considerable achievement; let alone the ballistae powered by bowstrings, achieving two thousand meters is absolutely unrealistic.
Unquestionably, the ballista’s power is strong, but hitting a thousand paces away is already a difficult task.
Nonetheless, for safety and to ensure nothing goes wrong, the old man ordered a stoppage two thousand paces away.
At this moment, both the old man and Lin Yi are holding a black item in their hands.
The old man continues speaking, simultaneously placing the black object on his eyes and looks toward the direction of the city walls.
Yes, at this moment, the old man is holding a military telescope.
This item is precisely what Lin Yi gave him.
Initially, the old man was incredibly surprised and shocked, but now he’s used to it and no longer so stunned.
Of course, the treasure is still precious, as such godly gadgets, he can only obtain one in this lifetime.
Even after countless uses, every time he picks it up and puts it on his eyes, seeing the clear distant scenes, the old man can’t help but feel a deep shock.
In the old man’s heart, he already named this device "Thousand-Mile Eye."
"Yan King, now Lao Chen only pledges loyalty to you. As for the previous Eldest Prince, they with this old man are merely as strangers.
Moreover, anyone who hinders Yan King’s progress, the old man will show no mercy, even if he is my own son, the old man can eliminate him on the spot!"
Unquestionably, this old guy really has a knack for pledging loyalty.
After finishing these words, even Lin Yi couldn’t find any flaws and could only smile bitterly, shaking his head, and spoke directly:
"Good, such loyalty is enough.
Now it seems the opponent came prepared; with your method, how would you subdue this city?"
Upon hearing this, the old man visibly froze. Frankly, after conquering so many cities, he almost never worried about such matters.
As long as Lin Yi was present, there were no unsolvable problems.
And this time is no different; upon seeing the Eldest Prince, upon seeing those countless garrisons on the city walls and those threatening ballistae, his heart remained undisturbed.
In his perspective, as long as Lin Yi took action, the opponent, despite their numbers, were merely sitting ducks.
It can be said that Lin Yi could wave his hand and annihilate them all.
Therefore, he simply never considered how to fight this battle.
Having noticed the expression on the other party’s face, Lin Yi also realized his thoughts, which made him helplessly shake his head:
"Just as you thought, if I intervene, the opponent would be dispatched in an instant, and this city would be resolved immediately.
However, what I need is an army that can fight, and also one that can independently think, capable of handling wars without my protection.
After all, what I desire is not just these few cities.
In the future, you will indeed be waging battles across endless battlefields.
Without my protection, will you not be capable of fighting?"
This sentence turned the old man pale instantly.
Just as Lin Yi said, if they didn’t need to consider how to fight, then why would the other party bother keeping these people?
They could simply eliminate him as well.
[To be continued....]
