Datang: What's wrong with my fief being a billion points larger?

Half a month passed quietly, and Li Yuanji called Xie Shufang and others over.

"How is the training of the new army going? Are there basically no problems?"

Li Yuanji looked at Xie Shufang and his men. The time he had set to launch the attack was almost here, and he was not very clear about what it would be like for the army to use firearms in a coordinated manner.

When Xie Shufang and his companions heard this, they became excited. They all knew that there was not much time left before they could launch the attack.

"My lord, the army has completed its training and almost all of them have been equipped. They are ready to go into battle at any time!"

Li Yuanji nodded. After waiting for such a long time, the army finally completed the equipment change and training.

"Go down and start preparing. The army will set out in five days!"

"Yes! Your Majesty!"

After arranging for Xie Shufang and others, Li Yuanji then called Cen Wenben and others.

"Jingren, you all get ready. In five days, I will lead the army to the north. You must keep an eye on this place. The allocation of materials, the production of the major factories, the supply of ammunition, etc., will be left to you."

Cen Wenben has done the job of looking after the house more than once or twice. Every time Li Yuanji goes out, it is basically Cen Wenben who looks after the house. Now, Li Yuanji hardly needs to make any arrangements, because Cen Wenben knows what to do.

"Don't worry, my king. I know what's going on. I will definitely prepare all kinds of supplies for the army."

After Cen Wenben finished speaking, he continued.

"Your Majesty, when you send out troops this time, you must pay attention to Li Er's follow-up army. Li Er has now assembled 300,000 troops in the rear, and he should be preparing to start marching south.

If the 100,000 troops in Hengzhou are to attack, they must capture it as quickly as possible to prevent Li Er's reinforcements from arriving.

As for the attacks in other directions, I suggest that we proceed slowly. Right now, our main attack direction is still here, the king, and the other armies will assist us."

"I know about this. Li Er's 300,000 troops are still around Chang'an. By the time his troops move south, the battle here will have been over.

That's it, you guys go get ready right away, after the army sets out, the reserve forces that will be recruited later must also complete their training as soon as possible, this matter is also of particular importance."

Li Yuanji already had ideas about fighting, and what Cen Wenben said was both right and wrong.

He will indeed let all the armies launch an attack together, but the main attack direction is not just here.

All the armies are already equipped with rifles and various types of artillery. Do such large armies still need assistance?

There is no need for that at all. If Li Er does not send reinforcements to other places, he will not be able to stop his other armies. But if Li Er dares to send troops there, his strength on the front battlefield here will also be weakened.

After a few people went down, Li Yuanji immediately walked towards the research institute.

"See you, Your Majesty."

When they arrived at the research institute, Duan Shilin brought Li Yuanji inside.

"Your Majesty, the telegraph you asked us to make has been made. We have tested it and it is fully usable."

Duan Shilin's face was full of excitement. He was excited not only because the telegraph was made, but also because the making of the telegraph involved other technologies such as batteries. Now that he has mastered these, looking back at the electromagnetic technology, it suddenly becomes particularly easy to understand.

Including the other technologies developed by Li Yuanji and the use of electricity, Duan Shilin and others seemed to have suddenly understood.

Li Yuanji didn't care what Duan Shilin was thinking, but looked at the telegraph machine in front of him, feeling a little excited.

Although this telegraph machine is the most basic, at least it is available now. According to the scale of his fiefdom, if there was no such machine, the transmission of information would be extremely inconvenient. Now that he has it, he can really transmit information in minutes.

Li Yuanji then looked at Duan Shilin.

"Good! You did a great job this time and successfully made the telegraph.

You should select some people who can use it now and immediately go to the army to teach them how to use it. Make sure they can master how to use the telegraph within three days!"

Li Yuanji brought the telegraph machine to the army and called Xie Shufang, Feng Li, Liu Rengui and others.

When several people saw that the message could be easily transmitted through the telegraph, everyone was shocked.

"Your Majesty, can this telegraph really transmit messages thousands of miles away?"

After listening to what Li Yuanji said about the ability to transmit intelligence, several people were shocked. They had never thought that there would be such a wonderful thing in the world and that information could be transmitted in such a way.

Several people looked at Li Yuanji and nodded in confirmation, and their eyes looking at the telegraph machine suddenly became extremely hot.

Li Yuanji looked at the expressions of the few people and also smiled.

"I have asked the Research Institute to quickly produce this telegraph machine. Now each of you can only take two, and the people you arrange to use them must also learn how to repair them.

It may be damaged during use, so you can bring the parts with you and they will be used for repairs.

I have asked the people from the Research Institute to wait outside. You should arrange for someone to learn how to use and repair it now."

Upon hearing this, Xie Shufang and his companions could no longer sit still. They all ran outside and began to arrange for people to come and study.

Li Yuanji looked at the expressions of several people and smiled. He then ordered the telegraph machines and the people who knew how to operate them to be sent to other places, especially to Xi Junmai, Yu Minghe and Feng Ang.

When everything was ready, the time to send troops soon came. On this day, Wu Mei came to Li Yuanji.

"Your Majesty, Sister Wan and Sister Wei are pregnant."

When Li Yuanji heard the news for the first time, he was still a little dazed. But after confirming it, he suddenly became excited.

"You said they are pregnant? Is it confirmed?"

Seeing Wu Mei nod, Li Yuanji could no longer control his excitement and rushed towards the harem.

"Madam, when did this happen? Why didn't you tell me that you were pregnant?"

Li Yuanji came to Yang Qingwan and supported her carefully.

Yang Qingwan looked at Li Yuanji, who was excited, and smiled very sweetly.

“My husband is going to go to war soon, and I don’t want him to worry.

I had the imperial physician examine me five days ago, and it has been a month.”

Hearing Yang Qingwan's confirmation, Li Yuanji's heart completely settled down. He then lay down in front of Yang Qingwan's belly and listened, but he felt nothing.

"Husband, I've just gotten pregnant, how can I hear it so soon?"

Yang Qingwan was so embarrassed by Li Yuanji's trick. They were obviously an old couple with children, but Li Yuanji still behaved like it was the first time.

"I was a little excited just now, and I really can't control it."

Li Yuanji stood up and smiled at Yang Qingwan. He stayed with Yang Qingwan for a long time, then came to Wei Gui, also stayed with Wei Gui for a long time, comforted Wei Gui's emotions, and finally left.

"Shun'er, Mei'er, I won't be in the palace later. You two have to take good care of them and help with the affairs in the palace. Do you understand?"

Li Yuanji looked at Wu Shun and Wu Mei. Then he was away again. Yang Qingwan and Wei Gui were both pregnant, so Wu Shun and Wu Mei could only help Yang Qingwan with some of the affairs of the palace.

Li Yuanji suddenly didn't want to go on the expedition anymore, but he could only think about it. Now that things had come to this, he couldn't stay here any longer.

"Don't worry, my king. We got it."

Wu Shun and Wu Mei both agreed obediently, and Li Yuanji breathed a sigh of relief.

In the next two days, Li Yuanji stayed with Yang Qingwan and Wei Gui almost all the time, accompanying the two women until the day of departure arrived, when Li Yuanji had to leave.

Li Yuanji arrived at the military camp. Xie Shufang and others were all ready. Li Yuanji didn't say anything else. He led the army out of the camp and headed towards Guangzhou Prefecture.

When he arrived in Guangzhou, Su Dingfang had already prepared the camp to welcome Li Yuanji.

"Dingfang, where are Li Er's 100,000 troops mainly concentrated now?"

Inside the tent, Li Yuanji asked Su Dingfang, and Xie Shufang and others also looked at Su Dingfang.

Ever since the arrival of Li Er's 100,000 troops, Su Dingfang has been in charge of the defense here. Su Dingfang is the one who knows the most about the relevant intelligence.

"Your Majesty, the leader of the army this time is Hou Junji, who has over 100,000 troops. Hou Junji is now in Hengzhou. He has also sent 30,000 troops to Chenzhou and Qianzhou respectively, making a gesture of attacking Shaozhou, but has not yet launched an attack.

Previously, I led a thousand men to ambush their army of three thousand men in Nankang, injuring more than half of the enemies. After these men fled back, Hou Junji began to restrain his actions in the two places.

Now, apart from sending scouts in to investigate, Hou Junji has basically not made any moves in the army."

Li Yuanji looked at the map for a long time before he slowly spoke.

"In that case, then there is no doubt that both sides will fight at the same time. However, this alone is not enough."

After Li Yuanji finished speaking, he turned and looked at Xie Shufang and the others.

"Xie Shufang, you lead 30,000 troops to Quanzhou, and start the attack from Quanzhou until you capture Jiangzhou, and then stop."

"Feng Li, you lead 30,000 troops and sail to Hangzhou. You will land in Hangzhou and, with the help of the navy, you will capture Hangzhou and then Hezhou and other places. Then you will go north along the coast and cooperate with Liu Rengui's navy and marines to occupy all the coastal areas."

Xie Shufang and Feng Li immediately stood up excitedly.

"The last general takes command!"

After the two went down, Li Yuanji immediately looked at Su Dingfang and Wei Shishi.

"Wei Shishi, you lead 20,000 troops to attack Chenzhou. After taking Chenzhou, immediately move towards Yongzhou and finally meet up in Hengzhou."

"Dingfang, go down and prepare. Tomorrow the army will attack directly to Qianzhou. After taking Qianzhou, we will attack Hengzhou!"

"The last general takes command!"

Su Dingfang and Wei Shishi both had excited looks on their faces. After waiting for so long, the fight could finally begin. They had been looking forward to this day for who knows how long.

After the two went down, Li Yuanji looked at the map again and then called Yang Jianhe.

"Go and give orders to Wei Ting, Li Xiang and others, and tell them to defeat Li Er's army and then immediately lead their troops to capture Wuzhou and Chenzhou.

After taking Chenzhou, we began to move our troops towards Jiannan Road, and together with Yang Shu's army, we took Jiannan Road."

"At the same time, inform Yang Shu to send troops to Jiannan Road. The goal is to capture Jiannan Road!"

After Yang Jianhe wrote down everything, he saw that Li Yuanji had no other instructions, so he went down to convey the order immediately.

On the second day, Li Yuanji and Su Dingfang led the army straight to Qianzhou. They encountered the enemy in Nankang, which was before Qianzhou. It was just a small town, and they captured it in less than an hour. They then continued to march towards Qianzhou.

Li Yuanji immediately led a large army to Qianzhou, and all the 30,000 troops deployed by Hou Junji here retreated into the city.

The truth is that Li Yuanji came with an army of 100,000, and this commander was not a strong man, so he had never thought of fighting Li Yuanji in the field.

Li Yuanji looked at Yang Jianhe, and Yang Jianhe immediately sent a man to persuade the defenders on the city to surrender.

Now that the Tang Dynasty has begun to use military force, Li Yuanji really hopes that these people will surrender, and he does not want to cause too much killing.

However, to his disappointment, these people did not choose to surrender, but instead shot away the arrows sent to persuade them to surrender.

Seeing this, Li Yuanji no longer thought about anything else.

"Send the order, attack the city!"

As Li Yuanji finished speaking, various types of cannons in the artillery positions began to roar, pouring shells onto the top of the city and inside the city.

The continuous explosions caused countless casualties among the defenders on the city walls.

They didn't even see the charge of Li Yuanji's army, but half of their men had already suffered casualties, especially the commander, who looked extremely solemn.

Successive rounds of artillery fire caused heavy casualties to the defenders on the city walls, and a vacuum zone appeared on the city walls.

At this time Li Yuanji ordered the army to launch an attack, but the artillery bombardment did not stop.

The charging soldiers took turns moving forward and continuously fired at the top of the city wall to cover the rest of the people in launching the charge.

The few defenders who survived on the city walls wanted to struggle and resist, but as soon as they showed their heads, they would be shot in the head by dense bullets.

The army rushed to the city gate, and someone took out explosives and blew the gate open directly. After the explosion, they threw grenades to clear out the defenders stationed on both sides of the gate.

Then the army began to charge in, and with coordinated operations, they broke into the city with almost no casualties.

After entering the city, since their leading general had already died, the Tang soldiers no longer had the courage to defend the city. They either surrendered or fled outside the city, just wanting to get away from this place.

With almost no effort, Li Yuanji captured Qianzhou and then continued to march towards Hengzhou to start his military campaign.

Hou Junji of Hengzhou was still lying leisurely in his courtyard. Ever since Li Er's order to assemble the army arrived, his task was to wait here for the arrival of the follow-up army.

At this moment, a man hurriedly came to Hou Junji.

"General, news has come from Qianzhou and Chenzhou that both places have been conquered by the army of the King of Qi. According to the intelligence from Qianzhou, the King of Qi is leading his army in person and is now heading towards Hengzhou!"

Hou Junji suddenly stood up and looked at the soldier who delivered the message in disbelief. Qianzhou and Chenzhou are gone?
He deployed 30,000 troops in these two places respectively, and now it’s gone?
Especially since Li Yuanji actually led his troops personally to attack them?

Hou Junji reacted with a start and immediately looked at the soldier.

"Go and report to His Majesty immediately, saying that Li Yuanji has taken the initiative to send troops and is personally leading a large army to Hengzhou!
I will defend Hengzhou to the death, waiting for the arrival of your majesty's army to besiege Li Yuanji!" (End of this chapter)