Chapter 144

Having witnessed the power of cannons with his own eyes, he understood that one Li Cunxiao alone was already unbeatable; with the cannons added, Outside Xianyanggong could not possibly be taken!

To avoid expanding casualties, the feigned retreat became a real retreat!

Thus, the second battle was lost!

079. Jing Ni captures Facing Ying Su, Li Yuanba captures Shao Si Ming!

Outside the suburbs of Outside Xianyanggong!

Dawn!

Inside the courtyard!

Hearing Wang Jian's report, Seeing Ying Zheng's brows knotted into a lump at that moment!

He fell silent for a long time, took a sip of tea, and looked at Wang Jian:

"Are you saying that a person as fierce as Li Yuanba has appeared on the side of that rebellious son?"

He asked, his eyebrows furrowing fiercely!

"This..."

Wang Jian panicked and immediately bowed down, "Every word I speak is the truth!"

Seeing Ying Zheng quickly helped him up: "I did not say you were deceiving me; why do you bow? Moreover, this matter is not known only by you; could you deceive Guaren Sect? You only need to recount the facts!"

Wang Jian let out a long sigh of relief and nodded, "In my opinion, in terms of bravery, this person truly equals Li Yuanba!"

"Moreover, I have seen this person!"

"Seen him?"

Seeing Ying Zheng was startled!

Wang Jian wasted no time and recounted the entire incident of Facing Ying Su arriving yesterday!

He also mentioned that Meng Yi and Zhang Han had both been knocked unconscious.

At the same time, he could not help but feel relieved; fortunately, fortunately, he had not taken action yesterday. If he had truly fought yesterday, Facing Ying Su, in his rage, would have likely caused the Wang family to be wiped out yesterday.

Li Cunxiao!

Although he only brought one person with him!

But Li Cunxiao is a fierce warrior who is invulnerable to blades and spears and can fight ten thousand men single-handedly!

With a person like that, let alone five thousand men, even if another five thousand arrived, he could still protect Facing Ying Su completely!

As for the fact that Wang Jian had not taken action yesterday, Seeing Ying Zheng said nothing; he understood Old Wang Jian's thoughts all too well.

He dared not disobey his own orders, yet he was unwilling to offend Facing Ying Su too severely!

Had Seeing Ying Zheng not forced the issue, Wang Jian would not have wanted to get involved in this matter at all!

Asking him to capture Facing Ying Su at his own residence was even more impossible!

Therefore, Seeing Ying Zheng did not blame Wang Jian!

At this very moment, he frowned while thinking about another matter!

"Then tell me, with Li Cunxiao present, how many men must Guaren Sect send to take Outside Xianyanggong?"

"Wait for Tell Meng Wu to return, then add three hundred thousand men; is that enough?"

He asked, and at this moment, he thought of Tell Meng Wu!

He still has three hundred thousand men there!

Adding the one hundred thousand men currently in Outside Xianyanggong!

Four hundred thousand men attacking Outside Xianyanggong; it should be possible to take it, right?

He thought to himself.

But as soon as these words were spoken, Wang Jian was utterly stunned.

Without any hesitation, he quickly bowed down: "Emperor, this cannot be done! It cannot be done!"

Seeing Ying Zheng's brows narrowed: "Why cannot it be done?"

Wang Jian bowed and said: "Li Yuanba can fight five hundred thousand men single-handedly, and Li Cunxiao can fight one million men single-handedly!"

"With these two present, plus the high walls and sturdy gates of Outside Xianyanggong, and the assistance of cannons, do not be fooled by the mere five thousand defenders!"

"But even with four hundred thousand men, they cannot take it!"

Seeing Ying Zheng became furious: "Does this mean... Guaren Sect cannot even return to Outside Xianyanggong?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Wang Jian's head began to ache!

190 Indeed!

The stubbornness of the First Emperor has surfaced!

When attacking the State of Chu back then, I explicitly stated that without six hundred thousand troops, Chu could not be destroyed!

The First Emperor did not listen and ordered General Meng Tian and Li Xin to lead three hundred thousand troops to attack the State of Chu!

The result was a military defeat and a return!

Now...

After pondering for a long time, he said to Seeing Ying Zheng: "Wang Jian is a commander of troops and only speaks of military matters; regarding Outside Xianyanggong's current defenses, four hundred thousand men truly cannot take it!"

"Moreover, with Outside Xianyanggong's defenses, it absolutely cannot be solved merely by numbers!"

"It cannot be solved merely by numbers?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Seeing Ying Zheng's brows furrowed deeply!

At that moment, he thought of Li Yuanba and could not help but sigh: "You are right; indeed, it cannot be solved by numbers alone. Just Li Yuanba alone killed over three hundred thousand men!"

"What?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Wang Jian was utterly stunned:

"Li Yuanba... he... he killed three hundred thousand men?"

Seeing Ying Zheng sigh, he finally handed the secret report that Meng Wu had sent over to Wang Jian!

And after reading through this secret report, Wang Jian's scalp simply went numb!

Three hundred thousand men!

Li Yuanba alone killed three hundred thousand men!

Besides that, there's also Xiang Yu!

This man Xiang Yu truly is valiant!

Relying on himself alone, he charged in and out several times through Meng Wu's army of a hundred thousand!

And then, relying on himself again, he rescued that army of a hundred thousand!

In the end, although he only fled with ten thousand men.

But… one truly cannot fail to note how valiant this man is!

Looking at this battle report, at this moment, he even had an illusion!

If it weren't for Li Yuanba, Meng Wu's army might have lost!

Would have lost?

That's right!

Li Yuanba killed Xiang Yu's army of four hundred thousand down to barely a little over a hundred thousand men.

Yet Xiang Yu forcibly charged through the armies led by Meng Wu, General Meng Tian, and Wang Ben, smashing them into complete disarray!

In a situation like this where the few fight the many, it was already like this—let alone an evenly matched fight, or one where Xiang Yu even had a hundred thousand more men than Meng Wu?

Truly dare not imagine it!

Of course, no matter how you put it, this battle is over!

Moreover, it ended with a great victory for Meng Wu's army.

All of this need not be mentioned again!

At this moment, he was only thinking of one thing!

And that was how to help Seeing Ying Zheng take back the Emperor's throne!

This battle was a disgrace to him, Wang Jian; even if not for the First Emperor, he had to avenge this shame!

After pondering for a long time, he bowed toward Seeing Ying Zheng:

"To attack Outside Xianyanggong, we must seize the moment when Li Yuanba is away, or first capture Li Yuanba—otherwise, it won't work!"

"No matter how many men we send, it won't work!"

"Killing three hundred thousand men was the limit of time and of Xiang Yu's army fleeing afterward—not Li Yuanba's limit!"

"If Li Yuanba were allowed to cut loose and kill, heaven knows how many he could slaughter!"