Chapter 368

"Report!"

"Your Majesty, the Changning Army arrived at Yangzhuang three days ago. Most of them are cavalry, and they are now in Xiaoxian, forty li away. They will definitely arrive before tomorrow morning!"

Hearing this, Wu Zhao looked up suddenly. She looked at the soldier in shock.

"What?"

"The Changning Army is less than forty li from Changancheng?"

But before Wu Zhao could recover.

Immediately after, another rider rushed into the Imperial Palace.

"Report!"

"Your Majesty, two thousand Yang Family troops from the Hebei area are rushing to reinforce, and they are now no more than seventy li from Changancheng!"

"Report!"

"Your Majesty, in the Yellow River area, Great General Tianhe is leading thirty thousand troops, galloping toward Changancheng. They will definitely arrive in Changancheng within five days!"

"Report!"

"Your Majesty, fifty thousand elites from the Shandong area are galloping, currently moving along Longguan, intending to launch a surprise attack from the rear to lift the siege of Changancheng!"

"Report!"

"Great General of the Galloping Chicken, Wang Zhong, is leading ten thousand troops, currently moving along the area sixty li southwest of Changancheng, killing toward Changancheng!"

Soldiers rushed into the hall one after another, their voices ringing out in succession.

Wu Zhao could not hide the smile on her face.

The tens of thousands of elites of the Changning Army had already arrived not far from Changancheng; this was a massive source of confidence!

In addition, the armies from Longxi and Hebei were attacking and approaching Changancheng.

The pressure for tomorrow's battle would be reduced significantly.

"Lord Gao, your calculations are truly accurate!"

"Our people of Changancheng will not have to suffer this disaster."

A smile also appeared on Gao Yang's face.

"Look at what Your Majesty is saying; do I look like that kind of person? I was just saying it casually."

Wu Zhao was in a great mood and said directly, "I don't think you look like that kind of person; you are."

Gao Yang: "……"

Unless he was in a desperate situation, he didn't want to use his final means either.

Solving the Chu army, relying on the Empress's trust, and having the top-tier power of the Duke of Ding's Prefecture—wasn't that fragrant?

Why work himself to death and start a massive rebellion?

"In this way, as long as our army can withstand the Chu army's frontal attack tomorrow and bite them hard, the overall situation will reverse!"

"The end of the Chu army has come!"

Hearing this, Wu Zhao's eyes brightened.

She slapped the table heavily, leaned forward, and said word by word, "Then press the dragon banner forward and fight a decisive battle!"

"……"

The next day.

A ray of golden sunlight pierced through the clouds and shrouded the earth.

It was dawn!

The Jing River rolled eastward, magnificent and vast. A great river seemed to divide the entire battlefield into two.

Inside Changancheng.

In an extremely ordinary house.

Old Wang, clad in coarse cloth clothes, his face full of wrinkles, had not slept all night. He knelt before the shrine in the hall, his hands pressed together.

Scenes like this were everywhere in Changancheng.

They prayed for Changancheng to win, prayed for this battle to thoroughly drive away Great Chu.

Outside, on Zhu Que Street, the sound of warhorses trampling and the neat marching of infantry seemed to step on people's hearts.

The entire Changancheng was filled with chilling intent!

"Quick!"

"Faster!"

"We raise soldiers for a thousand days to use them for a moment; the time when Changancheng needs us has arrived!"

"Those who dare to delay the military opportunity shall be executed!"

Roars rang out one after another. The nine gates of Changancheng opened in sequence, and the army filed out, arraying outside the city. Banners covered the sky, and they were filled with killing intent!

Before the nine gates, the major city-defending generals rode tall horses, leading the way, arraying to meet the enemy.

Gao Yang, clad in iron armor, scanned the front. He saw that in front of his line of sight, a vast sea of Chu troops was arraying, like an iron torrent.

Chu Qingluan rode a tall, date-red warhorse, clad in soft armor, looking spirited.

Behind her were the Chu army commanders and the tens of thousands of elite troops mixed with the armies of Xue Yi and Wu Xiong!

"I did not expect that Da Qian would actually dare to leave the city to fight!"

"Heaven bless Great Chu!"

Chu Qingluan truly did not expect that the Da Qian Empress would actually dare to leave the city to fight.

Relying on those few thousand old, weak, and disabled soldiers in Changancheng, she dared to clash head-on with her more than one hundred thousand elites?

Her courage was commendable, but she was truly too stupid!

She looked down at Changancheng as if it were already in her grasp.

Once she trampled Changancheng, she, Chu Qingluan, would be a hero of Great Chu, going down in history and being praised for a thousand years!