In a luxuriously decorated garden, someone hurried over with a hint of excitement on his face.
"There is movement outside the city again!!"
In the capital city, the night is getting thick, and there is no embellishment in the dark night.
In a military camp, the bonfire was brightly lit, and crackling sounds came from the brazier from time to time, making this seemingly lifeless military camp less desolate.
"General, the results are out!!"
In the main tent, Prince Dongping had two jars of wine in front of him. Judging from his expression, he must have drank a lot. Hearing the voice coming from outside the tent, he hummed: "Come in!!"
The deputy general straightened up, opened the curtain, and walked in.
"how??"
"Back to my lord, the total number of casualties is 25,000, including 2,000 minor injuries, 10,000 serious injuries, 13,000 dead, and less than 30,000 people who can fight."
Since the army was launched, King Dongping's army has been unable to be effectively replenished. Even if some were recruited midway, it would be a drop in the bucket in terms of losses.
At the beginning, three armies counterattacked the capital, each with 100,000 men. King Dongping took the water route, which suffered the least damage. However, they successively passed through the blockage of the Snow Dragon Cavalry, then landed ashore, and then fought with the Royal Forest Army.
There was a fierce battle with the camp on the outskirts of Beijing. Although they were repulsed with thunderbolts, the price paid was not small.
When King Dongping heard this answer, he didn't say anything. He just waved his hand and asked the visitor to leave.
In fact, Duke Dongping had already expected this result. Even though he seemed to have the upper hand now, he had already arrived outside the capital and was only separated from the capital by a thin line.
But the other two groups had failed, and his army was left alone, without any backup. After this battle, the thunderbolts were almost exhausted, and the balance of victory and defeat began to tilt to the other side.
"Your Majesty, if we didn't have Thunderbolt's support, we would..."
After a long time, a soft sigh came from the tent.
King Dongping drank the strong wine in the bowl and laughed.
Maybe he shouldn't have made that deal with the Taoist priest from the beginning. In fact, when they were in Zhili, Hebei, his army still had a way to retreat.
But now, he has no retreat. The reason why he has not retreated now is because the Taoist priest made an agreement with him. As long as he leads the army to attack Huanglong, the other party will continue to provide him with thunder bullets.
Therefore, King Dongping, who had reached this point, did not choose to retreat. He wanted to take a gamble. The other party must have his own reasons for providing him with such a powerful weapon as thunderbolts.
But now he wasn't sure what the other party wanted, so after repelling the imperial army sent by the imperial court and the army from the camp on the outskirts of Beijing, he did not pursue the victory but chose to camp and wait and see for the time being.
With the army he now controls, the winning rate in attacking the capital is almost zero. After experiencing large and small battlefields, King Dongping also has a clear understanding of the situation.
Attacking now is like hitting an egg against a stone.
He was waiting, waiting for the Taoist priest to come to him. He believed that the destination outside the capital was definitely not the Taoist priest's destination. Thunderballs were banned items in the Dakang court. They were extremely valuable, extremely useful, and extremely rare. The other party spent so much money on them.
He had the strength to get him such a considerable number of thunderbolts, and he definitely didn't want him to stop here.
So setting up camp here is also a psychological game for him. Since the other party wants to use him to achieve his own ulterior purposes, he will definitely show up. The other party's methods are superb. At the beginning, he really did not dare to have other ideas.
, but now he is at the end of his rope, taking a step forward will lead to death, and taking a step back will lead to death. Between a dilemma and a dilemma, he has no other choice at all.
"Your Majesty, time is running out, we should make up our minds earlier!!"
Inside the big tent, there was another burst of sighing.
King Dongping waved his hand.
"Sir, after going through so much, you should also know that the more this happens, the less we can get into trouble."
"If we want to continue the attack, we must have enough supplies in hand, especially weapons like thunderbolts!!"
"And you also know the current situation. It's not that I don't want to continue attacking the capital, but the conditions don't allow it. The thunderbolts in our hands are not enough to even organize an effective attack! There is also a gap in numbers!!"
"You must know that we are facing the Dakang cavalry whose troops are far superior to ours!!"
"As for retreating, we no longer have this option. The court will not let us go!!"
After hearing King Dongping's answer, there was no sound in the tent.
"Does the prince want to build up the army here?"
After a long time, the counselor's voice sounded again in the big tent.
King Dongping put down the wine bowl in his hand, took a long breath, and repaired his army. This was an interesting statement.
It's just that what he wants to do is not this at all. He is waiting for someone, or in other words, a Taoist priest to see who can't hold it back first.
In this case, if the other party doesn't say anything, he would rather drag it out.
Otherwise, the worst case scenario would be a dead end and both parties would suffer losses. Even if he died, he would never let the other side succeed.
"This king is waiting for someone!"
King Dongping stood up, went to the door of the tent and opened the corner of the curtain. The night was quiet tonight, without any stars or moonlight. It was the quietest night he had seen in these days.
"It's a bit quiet now!"
Just as King Dongping finished saying this, the sound of horse hoofs suddenly came to his ears. The sound was not loud, as if it was quite far away. But in the blink of an eye, the sound became much denser, and there was gradually movement on the ground.
Immediately, King Dongping's expression changed. At this time, there were no reinforcements on his side. Now that there was such a movement, he didn't even need to check, he knew that these people had bad intentions and would definitely be his opponents and enemies.
"Ming Jin quickly!! Someone wants to attack at night!!"
As the sound of a broken gong resounded through the entire camp, the soldiers who had just fallen asleep suddenly jumped up.
"Enemy attack! Hurry up..."
It seemed that before he could figure out what was going on, the sound of an enemy attack could already be heard in his ears.
The soldiers who had gone through dozens of battles, large and small, had long since shed their childish appearance. When they heard it was an enemy attack, they didn't say much. They quickly put on their armor, picked up their weapons and went to assemble outside.
"Who could it be?"
King Dongping was puzzled.
They had just experienced a fierce battle during the day. The troops on the Beijing side were repulsed by them and suffered heavy casualties. They themselves injured 25,000 people. The casualties on the Beijing side could only be more than this number, not less.
He was certain that those who were repulsed by them during the day would never be able to organize people to launch an offensive against them again.
But the closest place to them was the capital city. Apart from the Royal Forest Army and the soldiers from the camp on the outskirts of Beijing, for a moment, he couldn't even think of so many soldiers and horses nearby who dared to provoke them.