Can you attack and defend?

After Duan Xing looked around at the people present, he asked, "What do the others think?"

Seeing Duan Xing's eyes, Elder Zuo of the Five Poisons Sect shook the wrinkles on his face and said, "If you ask about how to poison it, I will wait for it." It's just that the matter of this military formation is better for His Highness to make a decision. ”

Duan Xing looked at Liewang, and Liewang said in a loud voice: "Master, according to my understanding of King Li Shenglong, he is a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, likes pleasure, and covets comfort. It is better to take advantage of the fact that Li Long has not realized that we are waiting, and directly send troops to kill the royal capital, capture him, and then force him to surrender. ”

Bannonka waited for Liewang to finish speaking, and then interjected and said: "Your Highness, the last general also hopes to be able to immediately send troops to continue to attack the Jiaozhi country, instead of slowing down the pace, once the other party eases up, it will not be easy to achieve further results." ”

Duan Xing hesitated and didn't speak, although he had seen many military techniques and battle examples in his previous life, it was the first time he had personally experienced the battle array. Steady and steady, Xu Xu Tuzhi's idea cannot be said to be wrong, but if you miss the opportunity because of your own reasons, won't you regret it for the rest of your life. Duan Xing's heart was constantly engaged in ideological struggle.

"Your Highness, the opportunity must not be lost, and it will not come again. Bannonka continued.

"How many soldiers and horses are left in the Jiaozhi Kingdom, and how powerful are the royal guards?" Duan Xing didn't make a decision immediately, but asked Liewang.

Liewang thought for a while, folded his fingers and counted, and said: "The original strength of the Cochin State is 150,000, and after removing the soldiers in the three places of Wangwei County, Maca County and Sayyalang Province, the strength of the Cochin Kingdom is less than 100,000. Among them, 50,000 soldiers confronted the Chenla Kingdom in the western part of the Cochin Kingdom, and 30,000 soldiers were scattered in other cities, and the number of soldiers guarding the royal capital should be about 15,000. ”

Duan Xing asked again: "Is there any other general in the Jiaozhi Kingdom who is good at leading troops in battle?"

Liewang replied dryly: "There is a man named Li Long, who is quite powerful. However, because he belonged to the henchmen of Prince Li Shenghu, he was suppressed by King Li Shenglong and sent to the west, so there is nothing to fear. ”

After Duan Xing carefully studied the map of the Jiaozhi Kingdom, he slapped the table and said, "General Bannonka, Lewang listen to the order. ”

"The end will be. The two responded in unison. At first, Lewang didn't like the word, and he always liked to say uncle. After being reprimanded by Duan Xing. Levan learned the phrase.

"Order the two of you to lead 20,000 Dali soldiers. 20,000 soldiers of the Cochin Kingdom, 5,000 slave soldiers, a total of 45,000 men and horses, marched to the royal capital. Without my orders, you are not allowed to attack the royal capital without permission. Just besiege the king's capital. Just don't let the other person contact the outside world. The trip was dominated by Banunka. Lewang was the adjutant general. Duan Xing said sternly to the two.

"The last general commanded. Hearing that the city could not be attacked, Liewang replied with some reluctance.

When the two were about to set off to dispatch troops, Duan Xing called out to the two. He said, "Cut off the head of Lytivan and bring it to the king of Cochin." At the same time, he shot an archery book into the city, saying that except for the royal capital, all the other prefectures and counties of Jiaozhi had changed hands. ”

Bannonka's eyes lit up when he heard this, but Lewang muttered in his heart: "The master is indeed like other northerners, and there are endless intrigues and tricks. ”

The capital of the kings of Cochin, the main hall of the imperial palace.

"King Bixia, King Bixia!" a messenger from the front of the palace quickly ran to Li Shenglong, who was sitting on the throne, and knelt down, holding a package and a letter in both hands, and said: "The army outside the city sent someone to send these two things, saying that you should take a look at it." ”

Li Shenglong is now almost fifty years old, and he has passed the prime of life, and his figure is no longer what he used to be. The shy belly and loose fat make people unable to associate with the No. 1 master of Jiaozhi back then. Years of comfortable life have long since smoothed out the ambitions of youth, and every day all I think about is how to suppress a few princes so that I can stay on the throne for a while longer. Enjoy endless power, wealth, and beauty.

"Open it and bring it to me. Li Shenglong said majestically.

His attendants went up to open the package in the hands of the messenger in front of the palace. This was opened, and a human head with angry eyes was exposed, which frightened the guards as soon as they let go, and the human head kept spinning on the ground.

Everyone in the hall looked at it, and someone couldn't help but scream: "This is ...... This is the head of the First General Lytvan. Some people clasped their hands together and said again and again: "The Buddha is above, who is so cruel that he killed Ritivan." There were also some timid and frightened people, whose faces showed despair, and shouted: "It's over, it's over, the first general is dead, does it indicate that our country is going to perish?" There are also some people with grim faces, their eyes keep rolling, and they don't know what they are thinking.

"Shut up!" Li Shenglong shouted, and the hall instantly returned to calm.

"Open the letter and bring it to me. The guard had just been frightened and lost his head, and he felt that he had lost face, so this time he opened the letter very seriously and carefully, and after confirming that there was no problem, he handed it to King Li Shenglong.

The letter was written by Duan Xing and reads as follows:

The king of Jiaozhi State personally revealed: This king is the prince of Dali State. Today, in order to make the relationship between the two countries closer, the people are close to each other like a family, and the trade and exchanges between the two countries are more frequent, 500,000 soldiers have come to negotiate with Bixia. In the package is a little bit of the king's heart, and I hope Bixia smiles. This king is not the kind of arrogant and unreasonable person, whether it is war or peace, Bixia has ten days to consider. In order not to hurt the peace between the two countries, this king hopes that Bixia can focus on the overall situation and consider carefully, once the war breaks out, the people and money will be lost, and Bixia may also worry about his life, which is really worth the loss. This king's words are all here, waiting for the good news of bixia.

Li Shenglong was furious and tore the letter in his hand to shreds. He shouted, "Where's General Haw Par?"

An eight-foot-tall man stood up and said, "King Bixia!"

"Go and lead five thousand men and horses to defeat the army outside the city, and when you are victorious, I will reward you with a hundred taels of gold and ten beautiful women. ”

The big man was ecstatic and replied loudly: "Please wait for my good news." ”

Half an hour later.

The guards in front of the palace rushed to Li Shenglong and said, "Report ...... reported to King Bixia, General Haw Par was killed on the spot with a hammer, more than 3,000 soldiers were lost, more than 1,000 were captured, and only a few hundred people escaped. ”

"What?" Li Shenglong asked in surprise, "Do you know who killed General Haw Par?"

The guard's face showed hesitation, and he said hesitantly, "Yes...... Be...... It was General Lewang. ”

"Bastard!" Li Shenglong, who was furious, kicked the guard away, and roared angrily on the spot: "What's going on, who will tell me that Weishenme Lu Tifan was killed, and Lewang betrayed me again." ”

Everyone didn't dare to speak, and only Li Shenglong's roaring voice echoed in the hall.

"Report to King Bixia!" another guard ran in.

Li Shenglong glared at the guards and said, "Say, what's the matter?"

The guard said in fear: "The army outside the city will write letters with the same content, and shoot thousands of copies into the city with bows and arrows. Everybody's talking about it right now. ”

"What content, read!"

"Li Shenglong, the king of Jiaozhi, was cruel and unkind, and the people were suffering. The Buddha sent down the proverb of destroying the world and ordered our army to rescue the common people. The god of war Liewang surrendered to the Buddha, and the first general, Lytivan, was sent to hell by the Buddha for not obeying the Buddha's orders, and he was not allowed to live forever. The other counties of the Cochin Kingdom have been occupied by our army, and only the royal capital remains. Kind, hard-working people of the country of Cochin, go and overthrow your king and let the country return to the embrace of the Buddha!"

Li Shenglong was furious, and asked, "How many soldiers are there outside the city?"

"There were more than 40,000 soldiers and horses. ”

"Hmph, bluff, 500,000 soldiers? What a joke, give the order to go down, guard the city, and order the Mad Lion General to send messengers to other county capitals to mobilize soldiers. After Li Shenglong finished explaining, he turned around and left the main hall.

Everyone left with a heavy heart. Li Shenglong's younger brother, Li Shenghu, stayed until Zuihou. When there was no one else in the hall, he put away the paper that Li Shenglong had torn just now.

On the fifth day of the blockade of the city gate by the royal capital, a man in black covered in black robes was brought to General Banunka by the Dali guards.

"Who are you?" asked General Banonka.

"Respected General Daliguo, the villain brought the sincerity of our prince Li Longhu ......" (to be continued......