Chapter 226

Li Ji immediately stood out and respectfully replied: "Reporting to Your Majesty, it is all thanks to the care of General Liu and General Xu. I was just helping out, and Marshal Guo is overpraising me."

Seeing that Li Ji could be modest, Li Chen was actually very satisfied in his heart.

He was just afraid that this kid would get two good words and his tail would lift to the sky, not knowing who he is.

"Now I have a task for you."

"Your Majesty, please speak. This subject will certainly not refuse even if it means death!"

"You also know Fifth brother. He is now your subordinate, listening to your orders. When the main army attacks, you will take him with you."

After Li Chen finished this sentence, Li Ji was stunned on the spot.

Ah? What's the situation?

Fifth brother is much smarter than me; how can I make him my subordinate? Is this appropriate?

You must know that the late emperor previously valued Fifth brother's military talent quite a bit, and even at the military exercise held in the imperial capital, Fifth brother was able to capture Third brother, who was already somewhat famous in the army, alive. You seemed to be at the scene at that time, right? No, wait, I'm not sure if you were there or not.

However, Li Chen's words are an imperial decree. Li Ji reacted and immediately said: "This subject obeys!"

Li Ran on the side also expressed: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your great kindness."

Li Chen also gave Li Ji a chance. By then, he would allocate an army of 20,000 to him. This army belongs to the imperial family and has good combat power.

He hopes Li Ji can have some performance.

Hearing this, Li Ji excitedly kowtowed and thanked him, indicating that he would certainly not let down the Emperor's deep love.

Li Chen chatted with them casually for a few sentences and then let them go back to make preparations on their own.

Leaving the imperial family's camp, Li Ji's mouth was curling up.

He also didn't expect to be able to command an army so quickly, and it was an army of 20,000 people.

Previously, he only had 800 subordinates, which can be said to be a qualitative leap.

At this time, Li Ran on the side respectfully said to him: "General, may I ask when we will go to the imperial family's military camp?"

Li Ji was a bit excited just now and forgot about this.

"Fifth brother doesn't need to be like this. Your military talent is above mine." Li Ji said indifferently.

But Li Ran didn't think so, and simply said directly: "I think it's better for you to be serious. This is the Emperor's test for you and me, testing whether I can keep my cool, and testing whether you have the ability..."

According to Li Ran's statement, among the imperial family children, Li Ji's brain doesn't work well, and Li Ran is relatively smart. The Emperor arranging for them to meet here is mostly to let them cooperate.

It's just that Li Ran didn't expect that he would be the one serving as Li Ji's subordinate.

But thinking about it carefully, it is actually very reasonable. Li Ran said he was a prisoner who had been imprisoned and was re-employed by the imperial court, while Li Ji is a proper prince, and his status is placed there.

If Li Ji served as his subordinate, it would break the rules.

And Li Ji has also been in the military camp for a period of time, and he has shown his face, so he can barely suppress this imperial family army.

Finally, Li Ran added: "I am just using your status and prestige to mix here. How to master this army depends on your ability."

At the very least, this imperial family army doesn't dare to be too arrogant when seeing Li Ji, this prince, but to make them obedient, it still depends on Li Ji's ability. This is the test the Emperor gave Li Ji.

Just in this short while, Li Ran analyzed it seven or eight out of ten.

Li Ji only then knew that he was completely ignorant. The Emperor had considered things so extensively; if it weren't for Li Ran's reminder, he might have ruined things.

Since he knows what to do, Li Ji took Li Ran and left, gathering his retainers to head toward that army that belongs to him.

In front of Li Chen, Li Ji is just a weak imperial prince, but don't forget, he is a prince!

In the following days, the flames of war began to escalate, and the various vanguard armies of the Heavenly Strategy Dynasty had already begun to enter the hinterland of the Sassanid Dynasty according to the plan.

Among them, the one charging the fiercest is naturally Xu Zifeng; this guy has never been afraid of death.

Xu Zifeng just took a look at the map and found a very steep road, preparing to attack the Sassanid Dynasty's capital from this road.

The deputy Ma Hei felt that Xu Zifeng was crazy; this road has swamps, demon beasts, etc., and this is a place even more dangerous than the Southern Frontier.

If the soldiers and horses were poisoned by the swamp gas, they would have suffered heavy losses before even reaching the Sassanid Dynasty's imperial capital.

If there were an ambush here, it would certainly be even more dangerous.

But coincidentally, Ma Hei actually knows how to detoxify the swamp poison!

There must be ambush troops, but if it's not the enemy's main force, Xu Zifeng's team is really not afraid.

If there are no accidents, Xu Zifeng's side can even obtain miraculous encounters.

Ma Hei is somewhat accustomed to it, and he is complaining in his heart: Once or twice I think it's luck, but this guy is like this every time; is his luck too heaven-defying?

There is another point that Ma Hei cannot understand. Last time when attacking the Northern Royal Court, Xu Zifeng had other motives and was not serious at all.

This time coming to attack the Sassanid Dynasty, Xu Zifeng seems very serious, and is even helping nearby friendly forces fight.

This made Ma Hei feel strange; is the Prince not rebelling anymore?

Seeming to see Ma Hei's confusion, Xu Zifeng explained: "With ten Sage Realms supervising the battle, do you think I dare to do anything?"

Hearing this, Ma Hei also had a feeling of powerlessness. Ma Hei couldn't beat even one Sage Realm, let alone ten.

On the way to the attack, Ma Hei also slowly began to feel that the Heavenly Strategy Dynasty's army seems truly invincible.

He is also a person of the Heavenly Strategy Dynasty after all, and seeing the enemy army being continuously slaughtered, he also has a sense of pride.

Since the Prince doesn't intend to rebel in this western expedition, then I will also enjoy the war properly!

It's not just Xu Zifeng's troops that are attacking; Liu Hao and Li Ling are also fighting on the front line.

However, their goals are both to be the first to climb the walls; capturing a city brings huge military merit.

Just like when the Sassanid Dynasty attacked the Heavenly Strategy Dynasty a while ago, now the flames of war have ignited in all major cities on the border of the Sassanid Dynasty, with corpses strewn across the fields, and all kinds of requests for help are being continuously sent to Ardashi City.

But the situation inside Ardashi City is just as Guo Poyun expected; they want to help, but are afraid of an attack by this absolute 'main force' of Li Chen.

Two of the four demon beast legions have already left Ardashi City.

The Earth Dragon Legion went to intercept Xu Zifeng's vanguard army, because if they didn't intercept, this guy would really fight all the way to the capital.

Xu Zifeng is the kind of person who doesn't leave himself a way out, charging fiercely.

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The Lion Heart Legion, under the leadership of Mo Lei, quietly headed toward the Heavenly Strategy Dynasty's supply lines to attack.

And Li Ji, who has never appeared on the battlefield, was waiting for this opportunity. His strategist Li Ran judged that the other side would certainly have such a move, and it must be the Lion Heart Legion.

Because only the Lion Heart Legion can achieve long-distance raids and cause huge destructive power.

Military merit is not only obtained by charging on the battlefield.

Ardashi City is also very chaotic. They expressed strong disdain for Li Chen's slow pace. Either come and attack directly, or if you don't attack, go somewhere else. What is the meaning of walking over slowly?

Now, the legions that can be mobilized in Ardashi City have all been transferred to help nearby cities, and internal differences have already occurred.

This difference was not caused by Empress Alisha.

Alisha feels she has a belly full of military talent, because her cultivation talent is high, proving that her comprehension is certainly not bad.

As Empress, she certainly has 90% of the military command power.

But the problem is, she has command power, but whether her subordinates listen is hard to say, especially at this time.

At today's military meeting, Alisha analyzed that at this stage, she feels it doesn't matter even if other cities are lost, as long as Ardashi City is still there, everything still has hope.

The so-called fighting method is guerrilla warfare, breaking the whole into parts.

Let the people in the border cities evacuate, empty the resources of the cities, and burn directly what cannot be moved.

Even if the Heavenly Strategy Dynasty's army occupies the cities, they cannot get resource supplies, and occupying empty cities has no meaning.

In this way, the Heavenly Strategy Dynasty's main army's supply lines will be lengthened, and if logistics cannot be guaranteed, coupled with the harassment of guerrilla warfare, they will sooner or later be dragged to death in this place.

Because there are many rainforest mountains on the Sassanid Dynasty side, their army can hide in the rainforest. They are familiar with the environment here, and it is very difficult for the Heavenly Strategy Dynasty's army to catch them.

At this time, the Heavenly Strategy Dynasty's main army will face a dilemma. If they wait in place, that is waiting for death.

If they continue to advance, the army hiding in the rainforest mountains can continuously harass the Heavenly Strategy Dynasty's main army's supply lines.

Then it is to gather the army and concentrate the main force in Ardashi City. As long as it is guaranteed that Ardashi City is not captured, then there is no big problem in recovering lost territory in the future.

This fighting method avoids the sharpness of the Heavenly Strategy Dynasty's main army and reasonably utilizes the country's own resources and terrain.

After the Empress spoke, it actually gained the recognition of some generals, and the Sassanid family members expressed support for her.

But this kind of tactic was just thought of by the Empress and belongs to the ideal type. Many generals also felt there were no examples to refer to, and if they fought by dividing forces, it would be easier to be defeated by the enemy's main army in one fell swoop.

These are not problems. The problem is that Duke Azman and Duke Hassan had a conflict, because Duke Azman discovered that Duke Hassan secretly transferred the Green Bull Legion to guard his territory.

So much so that the territories of other families were being captured, and only his family's territory still existed.

If everyone lost their territory together, then no one would feel anything; after all, it is a national war, and it is a last resort.

But you guy dared to play like this to preserve your own family, so Duke Azman was very angry.

The demon beast legions are the most elite troops of the Sassanid Dynasty. The Earth Dragon Legion went to intercept Xu Zifeng, the Lion Heart Legion attacked the Heavenly Strategy Dynasty's supply lines at all costs, the Giant Elephant Legion guarded Ardashi City to the death, and your Green Bull Legion ran away? What is the meaning of this?

Duke Hassan was also unconvinced. He stated that most of the areas attacked by the Heavenly Strategy Dynasty were his territory. In a while, his family would be destroyed, his son had already died in battle, and his clansmen were sending out requests for help. What could he do? Watch them die without saving them?

And didn't Li Chen not come over yet? What's wrong with him mobilizing his own legion?

These two dukes started arguing, and there was even a trend of coming to blows.

However, the Empress still had authority. Under the suppression of her absolute strength, this farce could only be settled in the end.

Even if the Empress wanted to deal with Duke Hassan, it is currently a period of war, so she couldn't kill Duke Hassan.

The Green Bull Legion has already left, and it is difficult to get out once involved in the war. The Heavenly Strategy Dynasty's army is not easy to deal with.

Finally, the Empress decided to use her tactic of breaking the whole into parts to fight for the last time. The Heavenly Strategy Dynasty's offensive was too fierce to fight head-on!

The order has been conveyed, and the Empress has absolute authority.

The messenger sent the Empress's orders to various cities separately.

But the problem is, that night, Duke Azman privately took the Giant Elephant Legion and quietly left Ardashi City, and his whereabouts were unknown.

This undoubtedly caused a huge blow to the morale of all the soldiers in Ardashi City.

Duke Azman also had his reasons. Anyway, you Hassan did it first, so don't blame me!

(End of chapter)