Sword of the Red Chamber from Heaven

"Your Highness, good news!!"

In a luxuriously decorated garden, someone walked in hurriedly with a hint of excitement on his face.

"There's movement outside the city again!!"

It was late at night in the capital city, without a single embellishment in the pitch-black darkness.

Inside a military camp, a bonfire was burning brightly, with crackling sounds coming from the brazier from time to time, making this seemingly lifeless military camp less desolate.

"General, the results are out!!"

In the main tent, two jars of wine were placed in front of the Prince of Dongping. Judging from his face, he must have drunk a lot. When he heard the voice coming from outside the tent, he said in a buzzing voice: "Come in!!"

The deputy general straightened up, lifted the curtain and walked in.

"how??"

"Your Highness, the total number of casualties is 25,000, including 2,000 minor injuries, 10,000 serious injuries, and 13,000 deaths. There are less than 30,000 people who can fight."

Since the uprising, the army of King Dongping has not been able to be effectively replenished. Even if some troops were recruited in the middle, it would be a drop in the bucket compared to the losses.

At that time, three armies counterattacked the capital, each of which had a strength of 100,000 people. The Prince of Dongping took the water route, and suffered the least casualties. However, they passed the obstruction of the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry, and then went ashore, and had a fierce battle with the Imperial Guards and the camp outside the capital. Although they repelled them with thunder bombs, the price they paid was not small.

When King Dongping heard this answer, he did not say anything, but just waved his hand and asked the visitor to leave.

In fact, the Prince of Dongping had anticipated this result a long time ago. Even though he seemed to have the upper hand now and had already arrived outside the capital, he was only a step away from the capital.

But the other two routes had failed, so his army was left alone in deep territory without any backup. After this great battle, the thunder bombs were almost used up, and the balance of victory had begun to tilt to the other side.

"Your Majesty, without the support of Thunderbolt, we..."

After a long time, a sigh came from inside the tent.

Prince Dongping drank the liquor in the bowl and laughed.

Perhaps he should not have made that deal with the Taoist priest from the beginning. In fact, when his army was in Hebei and Zhili, he still had a retreat route.

But now, he has no way to retreat. The reason why he did not retreat now is because the Taoist priest had an agreement with him that as long as he led the army to attack Huanglong, the other party would continue to provide him with thunder bombs.

Therefore, having come to this point, the King of Dongping did not choose to retreat. He wanted to take a gamble. The other party must have its own reasons for providing him with such a powerful weapon as the Thunderbolt Bomb.

However, he was not sure what the other party wanted now, so after repelling the imperial guards sent by the court and the troops in the camp outside the capital, he did not pursue the victory, but chose to set up camp and wait and see for the time being.

With the army he currently controls, the chance of winning if he attacks the capital is almost zero. After experiencing battlefields large and small, Prince Dongping has a clear understanding of the situation.

A forceful attack now would be like hitting a rock with an egg.

He was waiting, waiting for the Taoist priest to come to him. He believed that the outside of the capital was definitely not the Taoist priest's destination. Thunderbolt bombs were contraband in the Dakang court. They were extremely valuable, extremely useful, and extremely rare. The other party spent so much effort to get him such a large number of thunderbolt bombs, and he definitely did not hope that he would stop here.

Therefore, setting up camp here is also a psychological game for him. Since the other party wants to use him to achieve his ulterior motives, he will definitely show up. The other party is very skilled. At the beginning, he did not dare to have any other ideas. But now he is at the end of his rope. One step forward means death, and one step back means even more death. He has no other choice between a dilemma.

"Your Majesty, time is running out, you should make a decision sooner!!"

There was another sighing sound from inside the big tent.

Prince Dongping waved his hand. "Sir, after all this, you should know that the more this situation happens, the more we should not lose our composure."

"If we want to continue the attack, we must have enough supplies, especially powerful weapons like thunder bombs!!"

"As for the current situation, you also know that it's not that I don't want to continue attacking the capital, but the conditions do not allow it. The thunder bombs in our hands are not enough to organize an effective attack! There is also a gap in numbers!! "

"You have to know that we are facing the Dakang Iron Cavalry, whose strength is far greater than ours!"

"As for retreating, we no longer have this choice. The imperial court will not let us go!!"

After hearing the answer from Prince Dongping, there was a sudden silence in the tent.

"Does the prince want to reorganize the army here?"

After a long time, the voice of the strategist was heard again in the big tent.

Prince Dongping put down the wine bowl in his hand, let out a long breath, and reorganized the army. This is an interesting statement.

But what he wanted to do was not this at all. He was waiting for someone, or rather, a Taoist priest, to see who would be the first to give up.

In this situation, if the other party doesn't say anything, he would rather drag it out here.

Otherwise, the worst that could happen is that both sides will suffer losses. Even if he dies, he will never let the other side succeed.

"The King is waiting for someone!"

Prince Dongping stood up, walked to the door of the big tent and lifted a 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 quieter now!"

Just as Prince Dongping finished saying this, he suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves. 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 face changed. At this time, his side had no reinforcements. Seeing such a commotion, he knew without even checking that these people were not here with good intentions and must be his opponents and enemies.

"Hurry up! Someone wants to attack at night!"

As the sound of broken gongs resounded throughout the camp, the soldiers who had just fallen asleep suddenly jumped up.

"Enemy attack! Quickly..."

It seemed that before I could figure out what was happening, I heard the sound of enemy attack.

The soldiers, who had experienced dozens of battles, large and small, had long since shed their childish appearance. When they heard that it was an enemy attack, they didn't say much, but quickly put on their armor, picked up their weapons and went outside to gather.

"Who is the one?"

  The King of Dongping was puzzled.

They had just experienced a fierce battle during the day, and the army of the capital was repelled by them, suffering heavy casualties. They themselves had 25,000 injured. The casualties of the capital's side would only be more, not less than this number.

He was sure that the people who had been repelled by them during the day would never be able to organize themselves to attack them again.

But the nearest place to them was the capital, and apart from the imperial guards and soldiers from the camp outside the capital, he could not remember that there were so many soldiers nearby who dared to provoke them. (End of this chapter)