Li Qing looked at Li Jinglong with a sad face and felt very tired, especially since Li Jinglong did not have unparalleled appeal in the army like Geng Bingwen.
Even though Cao Guogong is one level older than Changxing Marquis, when he meets Lao Geng, he still calls him "Uncle Bingwen". This is his influence.
With an army of 500,000, Li Jinglong simply couldn't move his arms like Geng Bingwen did.
"God of War... ah no, brother Li." Li Qing said harshly, "What good idea do you have?"
"Not many people in the army know you. You pretended to be sick and secretly went to Peking to vent your anger with the King of Yan." Li Jinglong muttered, "We can't win with an army of 500,000 people. This is a technical job, and he has to do it too."
Fully prepared.”
Li Qing nodded, "Then you have to watch carefully so that no one finds out."
"Don't worry, I can still do this."
…
Li Qing set out at night, traveled day and night, and arrived in Peiping in three days.
Today's Beiping is in a state of desolation. Obviously, King Yan has completed the task of strengthening the walls and clearing the country.
The city of Beiping was under martial law, so Li Qing was able to enter the city in the name of seeking refuge with his relatives, and with two notes of banknotes.
As soon as he entered Beiping City, he went straight to Prince Yan's Mansion, and it was already evening when he arrived.
Xu Miaoyun learned of his arrival and personally welcomed him into the house.
After entering the living room, Xu Miaoyun said, "Mr. Li, why are you here?"
"Where is King Yan?"
"It's the same thing if you tell me anything." Xu Miaoyun said.
What do I have to say to you... Li Qing said anxiously, "Princess, please go and invite King Yan here. Something big has happened."
"What happened?" Seeing his anxious look, Xu Miaoyun immediately became nervous, "His Royal Highness is not in Peiping. He led his army to Daning to rescue Prince Ning."
"ha?"
Li Qing was shocked and said in a trembling voice, "How many troops are there in Beiping now?"
"Less than twenty thousand."
"How much exactly?"
"Thirteen thousand."
"..." Li Qing was speechless, and after a long while he asked, "When will King Yan come back?"
Xu Miaoyun thought for a while and said: "The fastest and fastest is November."
She was a smart person and didn't talk too much. She said directly, "How many soldiers and horses have come from the imperial court?"
Li Qing said dejectedly: "Five hundred thousand, and cannons, the war will start in early October at the latest!"
"Ah?" Xu Miaoyun's pretty face changed, and then she said angrily, "Jianwen really thinks highly of us. A small city of Beiping actually dispatched half a million troops!"
She was also panicked. This little time was not enough for a round trip unless Zhu Di didn't want the army.
But Zhu Di didn't want a large army, so there was no point in coming back.
"Can't we make the army slower?" Xu Miaoyun asked.
Li Qing smiled bitterly: "An army of 500,000 people arrived at Zhending a few days ago. It is already very slow to reach October at this point. It is less than a thousand miles away, and no matter how far we go, it will not take more than two months;
Furthermore, the emperor issued a death order and the city must be attacked in October!"
Xu Miaoyun's face turned pale, and she was secretly calculating in her heart that even if Zhu Di came back with an army of 500,000, there was no chance of winning!
She said dejectedly, "Let Gao Chi and the others go to Daning. I will guard this place."
Li Qing glanced at her in surprise. Apparently, Xu Miaoyun was planning to risk his life in exchange for Zhu Di's life.
"There is no need to be so pessimistic." Li Qing said, "We will release the water appropriately. You will do your best. We will try to delay it until King Yan comes back. By then, there will be more room for change."
"Who is the coach?" Xu Miaoyun asked.
"Li Jinglong!"
"Is it him?" Xu Miaoyun felt a little more confident, then shook her head, "Li Jinglong is not as good as Uncle Bingwen. He is still junior and cannot control the army at all. How will he be able to defend when a swarm of swarms attack?"
Li Qing was a little angry, "If you don't have confidence, won't our work be in vain?
If that doesn't work, just surrender. The most you can do is be reduced to common people and exiled, and the emperor will never kill you."
Xu Miaoyun paused and said apologetically, "What you taught me, sir, is that I will stick to the end and live or die with Peiping!"
After a pause, "However, just in case, I would like to trouble you sir and send Gao Chi and others to Daning."
"I don't have time." Li Qing said, "I am the supervisor of the army. It is not easy to sneak out. I have to rush back as soon as possible."
At this time, the three fat brothers rushed over. After learning what happened, they also had serious faces.
Zhu Gaochi said, "Second and third, you go to Daning to find your father, I will stay!"
"What can you do with your body fat?" Zhu Gaoxu glared, "I'll stay."
"The eldest brother is good at planning, and the second brother is good at fighting. You can both help your father." Zhu Gaosui said, "I am the most useless. I protect my mother and concubine."
Xu Miaoyun glared: "Stop nagging, you all go."
"I can't leave!" Zhu Gaochi said seriously, "Mother, concubine, which one do you think can better stabilize the morale of the military and the people, Princess Yan or Prince Yan?"
He said word for word: "My surname is Zhu!"
Xu Miaoyun was stunned for a moment and was speechless by what the big boy said.
Zhu Gaochi looked at his two younger brothers again and said calmly, "I am the eldest son in the family. You two, please don't push me forward. If my father succeeds in his great achievements, I will be the prince. If my father fails, I will be the first to bear the brunt."
If you're lucky, I'll get the big share, if you're in trouble, I'll get the big share, and you two can go on your own!"
The two brothers looked at each other and nodded helplessly.
Li Qing warned, "Having an army of half a million is no joke. You should seize the time to prepare. If you can, strengthen the city wall, then do so. The decisive battle will begin in early October!"
…
Three days later, Li Qing returned to the military camp.
Li Jinglong asked: "Brother Li, how are you doing over there?"
"The situation is worse than expected." Li Qing said with an ugly face, "With King Yan away, there are only 13,000 troops in Peiping."
"Brother Li, why don't you add a zero?"
Li Qing rolled his eyes, "It's been a while now, how can I think of joking with you?"
"Damn, this is going to be really hard." Li Jinglong was a little angry and cursed, "Why is King Yan running away like a blind chicken?"
"He also wanted to strengthen the army." Li Qing smiled bitterly, "I just didn't expect that the emperor would be so anxious."
Li Jinglong cursed for a while, then walked out of the commander's camp to get two jars of wine, "Brother Li, I feel so depressed, let's drink some."
"Okay." Li Qing nodded and advised, "Don't give up on yourself!"
"Don't worry, I know what's going on."
…
At the beginning of October, the 500,000-strong army finally arrived at the gates of Peiping.
The army spread out, surrounded the nine gates of Beiping City, and then waited for combat instructions.
Li Jinglong looked at the rising sun and whispered: "Attack the city."
Two-quarters of an hour later, the military order was conveyed and the 500,000-strong army began to attack the city.
Li Qing was a little anxious and said softly: "Brother, if you do this, you can't defend it at all."
"Don't worry, I know what's going on." Li Jinglong's face didn't look good, but his tone was firm.
Li Qing didn't know where his confidence came from, but he was just a supervisor and had no command authority during the battle.
Even if I forcefully give orders, no one will listen.
"Boom boom boom...!"
The roar of cannons was endless, and even though the distance was still far away, Li Qing still felt frightened.
This is not Juyongguan. Can the city gate hold up during such a fierce siege?
Sure enough, less than two hours later, the messenger came on horseback to report: "Commander, Commander Qu Neng and his two sons broke through Zhangye Gate and led more than a thousand cavalry into the city."
Li Qing's heart tightened, something big was over.
But at this moment, Li Jinglong issued an incredible order, which was very simple but very effective in solving the problem.
"Let them come back without delay!"
The messenger soldier was dumbfounded and said nonchalantly: "Commander, have we broken the city?"
"I heard, let them come back!" Li Jinglong said angrily, "King Yan is the most cunning. If he breaks the city so easily, there must be an ambush inside. If the ink continues, they will suffer losses. I will chop off your head."
"Yes yes yes."
When the messenger heard that he was going to behead, he didn't dare to hesitate at all and immediately did it.
Half an hour later, Qu Neng and his son were forcefully called back by Li Jinglong.
At the same time, Li Jinglong issued the second order: "Stop attacking the city and come back to eat!"
Li Qing was shocked. He didn't expect that Li Jinglong would use this method to help Zhu Di.
It’s really...simple, crude, and effective!
But this will also expose problems, such as the furious Qu Neng and his son.
They had all fought in, and the military success was right in front of them, but they were pulled back.
On the battlefield, there are many military orders. Disobeying military orders will result in losing your head. They dare not disobey, but they are still angry.
Li Jinglong ignored them at all and said, "Don't I know how to fight?" Qu Neng and his son choked and rolled their eyes.
After the army had eaten and drank enough, Li Jinglong issued another military order: "There must be something fishy about the city gate being so easily breached;
The army retreated fifteen miles and formed a formation to prevent King Yan from sneaking a surprise attack!"
After retreating fifteen miles, it was already dark. Qu Neng and his son asked for battle again, saying they would attack the city at night!
Li Jinglong refused without thinking and cursed: "You can think of it, but King Yan can't think of it? An army of 500,000 people is right in front of them, how can they dare to slack off?"
Then, he shook his head and said: "Soldiers are deceitful; they show their inability when they are able, they show their inability when they are in use, they show how far they are when they are close, and they show how close they are when they are far..."