Chapter 102 The Barbarians Are Coming?

The atmosphere in Beijun became increasingly oppressive, and the dark clouds of war had already enveloped the sky above Beijun.

When the Beiwang Mansion issued a notice to fortify the walls and clear the fields, the people of Daxia had a new understanding of the Beiwang.

People did not expect that the Beiwang actually planned to take 30,000 soldiers to fight a decisive battle with 300,000 barbarian cavalry in Yancheng.

The Beiwang, who was once unlearned, lustful and incompetent, stood up all of a sudden, which made the people of Daxia feel incredible, especially the officials of the court.

People couldn't help but wonder if the Beiwang really had the awareness to fight and die for Beijun?

That was 300,000 cavalry!

How could 30,000 people stop it?

Could it be that the Beiwang, who was unlearned, lustful and incompetent, was actually very courageous?

Although he was a playboy and greedy for pleasure, he was actually a good prince?

At the same time, the assassination of the Eighth Prince was instantly suppressed by the Beiwang's declaration of life and death. It seemed that in people's eyes, it didn't matter who assassinated the Eighth Prince.

What the people of Daxia want to know most now is whether the King of the North can stop the 300,000 barbarian troops and wait for the imperial army to come north for support.

As for the battle for the throne in the capital, most people don't care much. It can be said that Lu Chen's announcement directly focused everyone's attention on Beijun and on him personally.

This is the first prince who dared to lead 30,000 soldiers to fight the barbarians to the death since the founding of Daxia, and he is also a prince who was once considered a waste.

This made the eighth prince Lu Shuyun extremely angry. The King of the North attracted all the attention to Beijun, and almost no one cared about his experience.

His mansion was bloodbathed, but people didn't care. The key is that the Ministry of Justice has been investigating for so long, but there is no clue about the assassins, as if those assassins disappeared out of thin air.

There are even rumors that he acted all this in order to make Emperor Xia notice him. This is a pure self-torture trick.

Hearing these rumors, Lu Shuyun was furious. His mansion was bloodbathed, and even the master that the Wang family arranged for him to protect him was killed. Some people even said that this was a self-torture trick.

Who would kill the master of their own faction to play a self-torture trick!

A master can be as good as thousands of warriors. Only a mentally ill person would sacrifice a master to play a self-torture trick.

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Daxia Dynasty.

Qi Wang's territory.

A large army in red armor was marching quickly, approaching the direction of Yancheng.

Because of the delay in food and grass in the capital for so long, Lin Xiuming finally led the court's 70,000 elite soldiers to the north to resist the barbarians.

He had asked the soldiers to march as hard as they could, with the goal of being able to meet up with the Northern King before the barbarians arrived in Yancheng.

Their 70,000 soldiers plus the tens of thousands of soldiers in Beijun, how could there be more than 100,000 soldiers.

Although they were no match for the barbarians when they went out of the city to fight, they had no problem defending several key cities. As long as they defended them, they could buy time for the various vassal kings of Daxia to send troops.

Especially the Qi Wang who was closest to Beijun.

If Qi Wang did not send troops, the barbarians would be able to directly enter Qi Wang's fiefdom, so Qi Wang must be the first of the vassal kings to send troops. With Qi Wang's army, their chances of winning would be greater.

Riding on a horse, Lin Xiuming looked at the mountains that were getting lower and lower in the distance, and knew that they were not far from Beijun. Lin Xiuming was a little worried. He didn't know what the situation in Beijun was like now.

Have the barbarians entered Beijun? Did the soldiers of the Northern King defend the city? Has the Northern King been scared and fled? He didn't know all this.

After leaving the capital, they did not receive any information from Beijun, so he was worried now.

If the Northern King abandoned the people and fled south, and the Northern King's soldiers did not defend the city, and lost the key cities to resist the barbarians from the south, then it would be a pipe dream for their 70,000 soldiers to defend Beijun.

Especially Yancheng.

Yancheng is located below the Wanning River Valley. If the barbarian cavalry wants to go south, they are likely to pass through the Wanning River Valley.

If Yancheng is still there, they defend Yancheng, and the barbarian soldiers cannot go south for a while, and it takes time to take a detour.

If Yancheng is lost, the barbarians will be able to march straight into the fiefdom of King Qi.

By that time, if Daxia does not gather hundreds of thousands of troops, there is no way to drive the barbarians out of Beijun.

Just when Lin Xiuming was worried about Beijun, a soldier on horseback came to Lin Xiuming with a bamboo tube containing intelligence.

"General, the intelligence of Beijun."

Hearing this, Lin Xiuming's brain was stunned, and he pulled the bamboo tube from the soldier's hand, then took out the intelligence inside and read it carefully.

After seeing the Northern King withdraw all the defenses north of Yancheng, Lin Xiuming's face turned pale instantly.

Is the Northern King crazy?

He actually withdrawn all the defenses north of Yancheng. Without those cities as a buffer, the barbarians' troops will go straight to Yancheng.

How could the few soldiers in Yancheng stop the 300,000 barbarian troops!

This is not how you shrink the defense line.

The barbarian cavalry marches much faster than them. If the barbarians directly resist Yancheng without any obstruction.

I'm afraid that when the imperial army arrives at Yancheng, it will not be them who defend the city, but the barbarians.

At this time, Lin Xiuming seemed to have seen the scene of the failure of the war in the north and then his own disposal.

Although he is the son of the prime minister, he cannot shirk responsibility for the defeat of the war. Even if it is not his fault, Emperor Xia will definitely find someone to take the blame.

The King of the North is a prince and represents the face of the royal family. He cannot be held responsible.

Then the only one who can be held responsible in the end is himself, the general who led the troops to the north.

Lin Xiuming was very angry at this time. He really wanted to see the King of the North and give him two punches.

However, when Lin Xiuming saw the intelligence that the King of the North led the soldiers of Yancheng to fight the barbarians to the death, Lin Xiuming's original resentment towards the King of the North disappeared instantly.

He frowned and repeatedly scanned the intelligence in front of him.

Lin Xiuming felt incredible that a useless prince suddenly had such an awareness.

If the King of the North really fought to the death, perhaps when they arrived in Yancheng, the King of the North could still be saved.

If the King of the North was not determined and shook the morale of the army, then the King of the North would either die or be captured by the barbarians.

After a while, Lin Xiuming came back to his senses and said loudly: "Speed ​​up the march! We must meet up with the Northern King before the barbarians reach Yancheng!"

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Northern County.

Yancheng, Northern King's Mansion.

Lu Chen was in the study room carefully looking at the information about Yelu Nanyan and Xiao Wenyao sent by Wu Yuan.

Yelu Nanyan's information was what Lu Chen was most interested in. Yelu Nanyan was a woman who could have such a high status in the tribe of the Heavenly Wolf King, and could make the Heavenly Wolf King listen to her so much. It can be seen that she was indeed very extraordinary, not an ordinary woman.

At this moment, a soldier's voice suddenly sounded at the door of the study room, "Your Majesty, something bad has happened!"

Hearing Mu Changtian's urgent voice, Lu Chen immediately said: "Come in."

The soldier then pushed the door open and entered. Before Lu Chen could ask, the soldier took the initiative to say: "Your Majesty, a cavalry from the Wanning River Valley is approaching Yancheng quickly! It is suspected to be the vanguard cavalry of the barbarians!"

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