Chapter 580: The Flames of War Flare Up

"Attack!"

"Continue the attack!"

Nanzhao Kingdom.

Outside Dali City.

Huobu Quli waved his hands, his eyes gleaming with a fierce light.

The Liangshan Army, having been trained for a long time by him and Qin Zhangfeng, already possessed the appearance of a regular army; they were no longer the rabble they once were. Obeying orders and observing prohibitions was their only guiding principle at this moment!

Once military orders flow smoothly, the combat effectiveness of an army will not be low.

Wave after wave of Liangshan People charged toward the not-so-tall Dali City.

The resistance from the Nanzhao Kingdom side was, naturally, also extremely intense.

Huobu Quli roared, boosting the morale of the brothers on this side: "Brothers, we have waited a long time for this day! It was this bunch of Nanzhao Kingdom animals who made our Liangshan brothers eat so much opium and caused so many to die!"

"If this grudge is not avenged, I swear I am no man!"

The crowd responded with a roar, filled with murderous intent.

"If this grudge is not avenged, I swear I am no man!"

"Kill!"

Various Siege Engines were brought out at this time. All kinds of Cannons and Quelehuoduo were thrown at the Nanzhao Kingdom as if they cost nothing!

Yes.

Huobu Quli had been waiting for this day for a long time. He had long ago used the Horse Gang to sell opium on a massive scale to the Nanzhao Kingdom. This small country, which had once used opium to poison Liangshan, was now filled with addicts everywhere.

With a Nanzhao Kingdom like this, how could one speak of combat effectiveness?

He could have acted long ago.

But he had been waiting.

Waiting for the order from the Prefect Liu.

This time, although the order did not come.

Qin Zhangfeng, however, decisively gave the order to attack!

Conquer!

The pitiful Nanzhao Kingdom was already weak in national strength and its people were destitute because of the opium. This time, it was inevitably the rhythm of a nation being destroyed.

The flames of war.

Suddenly flared up everywhere.

The people in Jinghua were all frightened.

"This, this, this, this..."

"Absurd! Truly absurd! This Prefect Liu is truly a barbarian!"

"Indeed, this Prefect Liu is too unreasonable! Too unreasonable! Where is there even a hint of the demeanor of our great nation!"

"Where has the demeanor of the Celestial Empire gone!"

A group of people engaged in all sorts of abuse, all sorts of angry denunciations, all sorts of attacks, and all sorts of memorials.

The entrance to the Yangxin Hall was extremely lively. There were Envoys coming to weep, others coming to attack Prefect Liu, and still others coming to submit memorials suggesting a ceasefire. People came and went in an endless stream.

Tomorrow...

Is Christmas, after all!

At a time like this, to wage war and have artillery fire filling the sky is inauspicious, truly inauspicious!

Yangxin Hall.

There was not the slightest movement.

This made this group of people anxious to the point of collapse.

"Another one is coming, another one is coming!"

"Ah?"

"Another Envoy group! This Prefect Liu, this Prefect Liu..."

The group of people were almost fainting.

"The Xiongnu Royal Court is already gone..."

"What?"

The people at the scene were all filled with horror.

So...

Fast?

"What are you saying? The Xiongnu Royal Court is gone?"

At this moment.

At Tie Mucheng outside Jinghua City, hearing these words, he furrowed his thick brows. He pondered for a moment, then his expression shifted slightly: "Where is the Liangzhou Army now?"

The Scout said: "Great Khan, the Liangzhou Army did not march eastward... instead, instead..."

"Instead of what!?"

Tie Mucheng's face turned livid.

"Instead, they scattered the Xiongnu tribes one by one, and then drove these refugees onto our Qi Grassland..."

"Bang!"

Hearing this, Tie Mucheng stood up abruptly, a flash of killing intent appearing in his eyes: "What does this Prefect Liu want to do?"

The group of men under his command also had their expressions change drastically.

Refugees flooding into the Qiang Grassland? This Prefect Liu is truly vicious! They only beat but do not kill the people of the Xiongnu Royal Court, then drive the refugees to the east; the goal is to bring disaster to the Qiang tribes!

Refugees, Xiongnu refugees...

To the Qiang tribes, this is even more terrifying than the Liangzhou Army.

It is like a soft blade you cannot dodge, deeply stabbed into the heart of the Qiang.

Tie Mucheng is certainly a heroic master of the Grassland.

However, he has only just unified the Qiang tribes not long ago, and the Qiang tribes are still unstable; this time, he even brought quite a few iron cavalry south, intending to intimidate the Longyan imperial court. At a time like this, if his backyard catches fire, the impact on him will be significant.

Xiongnu refugees...

The combat power of the Xiongnu has never been weak since ancient times. Even the Xiongnu after being defeated. Prefect Liu is directly throwing several bombs into the Qiang Grassland.

Damn it!

"This Prefect Liu... it seems we still underestimated him!"

Tie Mucheng spat and fell into deep thought.

Zhebie, beside him, was already furious: "These Longyan Han people really love playing dirty. Great Khan, why don't we slaughter our way into their Jinghua right now..."

"Shut up!"

Tie Mucheng rebuked: "Do you think Jinghua is really that easy to break? Besides, what would it matter if we captured Jinghua? Our great army would also fall into heavy encirclement, and we wouldn't be far from death!"

The scene went quiet instantly.

"This..."

"Great Khan, then what should we..."

These people felt so stifled.

The generals following Tie Mucheng were all fierce warriors and skilled fighters when it came to going into battle.

But letting them play dirty with these Longyan people, they were all brainless players.

What to do at this moment, they had no clue at all.

Fight?

Let alone whether they could win...

Prefect Liu hasn't even made a move against your Qiang Grassland, how can you fight? Having no just cause for war is a great taboo. Especially when the one you want to fight is Jinghua, which has stood for thousands of years. One must be cautious about such things.

Don't fight?

Then the aggressive stance they had previously displayed would be completely suppressed.

What is the point of them being stationed outside Jinghua? Showing off their power here while their backyard is about to catch fire?

What should be done?

"Prefect Liu, get out of Jinghua!"

"Jinghua doesn't need you!"

"Coward!"

Just at this moment, at the entrance of the Shichang, those young masters and noble ladies were still smashing the door under Gu Jin's instigation... However, what made Gu Jin collapse was that, following the arrival of these messages one after another...

The people following her were becoming fewer and fewer.

"You..."

"Why are you leaving!"

Gu Jin stamped her feet in anxiety.

These people shook their heads one after another.

Coward?

A Prefect who dared to attack four or five small countries simultaneously with his own strength is a coward?

Running away?

Such a renowned man, would he run away?

During this year's Christmas Ceremony, when the atmosphere was strange, he relied on his own strength to force these arrogant delegations to cry and wail at the gates of the Yangxin Hall...

Such a person, would he dig a tunnel to escape?

"You..."

"You all!"

Gu Jin felt like she was going to spit blood.

But at the same time, she also found it inconceivable.

Just this Prefect Liu?

Just that guy who was all smiles whenever he saw anyone?

Just that guy who was thin as a rail, weak as a reed, and incomparably delicate.

He didn't even issue a single military order.

Yet the flames of war were already raging.

She rubbed her own face, which could topple cities and states, fiercely.

Yes.

She dared not believe it, and she was unwilling to believe it.

But...

So what!

He would still ruin this ceremony.

However.

Just at this moment.

The gate of the Shichang, which had been guarded by the Liangzhou Army all along, creaked open.

Gu Jin looked over upon hearing the sound.

Deng Wenhui chuckled, "Miss Gu, Lord Liu invites you to enter... He says... he wants to let you see if this ice and snow can be used."

What?

Gu Jin felt a wave of dizziness.