Chapter 1619: Attack on Fengxian City

In just over half a day, Lin Ji and his men arrived at Sanada Takeshi's unit.

At this moment, Takeshi Sanada's troops were advancing steadily.

Upon learning that Lin Ji had arrived with his men, Takeshi Sanada immediately came over.

Seeing that Lin Ji didn't look very good, Sanada Takeshi couldn't help but ask worriedly: "Commander Lin, what's wrong?"

"Tanaka Nobu's troops were ambushed by the enemy and suffered heavy losses."

Lin Ji's face was solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "His Highness is very angry now, and ordered me to come and inform you that you have five days to send the heads of those lords to His Highness, otherwise, His Highness will personally come to the front line to lead the army!"

"what?"

Sanada Takeshi's face changed, and he was overjoyed in his heart, "Did Tanaka Nobuyuki's troops suffer heavy losses?"

"Ah."

Lin Ji nodded gently, "Tanaka Nobuya was injured and has been sent back to Shigao Castle to recuperate! His Highness is really angry this time. From what he said, he wants to lead a group with Madam Jiayao and attack from two directions at the same time..."

Upon hearing this, Wang Qi quickly pulled Sanada general Lin Ji aside and asked in a low voice: "Did His Highness blame us for our incompetence?"

Upon hearing Wang Qi's question, Takeya Sanada suddenly became nervous.

Tanaka Nobu's troops suffered heavy losses, and even Tanaka Nobu was injured and had to return to the rear to recuperate.

Now is the time for him to perform well.

"No, I just ordered you to leave an artillery team to assist General Sanada Takeshi, and immediately lead the rest of the troops to meet Qin Qihu."

Lin Ji shook his head and his eyes fell on Sanada Takeshi again, "But..."

Lin Ji was halfway through his words when he suddenly stopped.

His words immediately made Takeshi Sanada even more nervous.

"But what?"

Takeshi Sanada looked at Lin Ji anxiously.

Lin Ji hesitated for a moment and sighed, "Your Highness has been very irritable lately. I thought it was too harsh for His Highness to limit you to take the heads of those lords within five days, so I advised His Highness. As a result, he severely reprimanded me. If it weren't for Madam Jiayao pleading for me, I would probably have been beaten a few more times..."

"what?"

Sanada Takeshi and Wang Qi both looked surprised.

Lin Ji is the commander of Yun Zheng’s personal guards!

Just because of this, you almost got beaten?

When did Yun Zheng’s temper become so violent?

Just because Tanaka Nobuyuki's troops suffered a defeat?

"Could it be because Your Highness is too worried about His Majesty's health?"

At this time, Wang Qi suddenly asked.

"This one……"

Lin Ji thought about it and nodded in agreement: "That should be it! When we set out on the expedition, His Majesty's health was not very good. I guess Your Highness wanted to return to the court as soon as possible so that he could tell His Majesty the good news that he had avenged the people of Yuzhou..."

Listening to Lin Ji's words, Wang Qi couldn't help but sigh heavily.

"Ugh……"

Wang Qi sighed and said, "It is said that father and son are connected by heart. Perhaps, Your Highness has a premonition!"

"Stop talking nonsense!"

Lin Ji quickly shook his head at Wang Qi, "Is that something we can say?"

"I……"

Wang Qi laughed dryly twice and fell silent.

"Okay, now that the news has arrived, I should go back and report."

Lin Ji glanced at the two of them and said, "Speed ​​up! His Highness has been in a bad mood recently, so let's not make things difficult for him..."

After saying that, Lin Ji looked at the two of them meaningfully, and without asking them to see him off, he quickly led them away.

After they left, Wang Qi did not dare to delay and immediately ordered his troops to prepare for a forced march.

Sanada Takeshi asked solemnly: "General Wang, after you meet up with General Qin, are you going to start the attack from there?"

"Sure!"

Wang Qi sighed softly: "Your Highness has obviously lost his patience! Anyway, let's speed up and don't wait for Your Highness and Madam Jiayao to lead the army. The battle has been fought to this point. If Your Highness and Madam Jiayao still need to lead the army in person to completely eliminate those lords, our generals are too incompetent."

Sanada Takeshi paused for a moment and said with a dry laugh: "That... is true."

Wang Qi didn't talk much with Takeshi Sanada.

After his troops had assembled, Wang Qi immediately ordered the army to begin a forced march.

Watching Wang Qi leading his troops off, Sanada Takeshi also became nervous.

Although their numbers are greater than those of Wang Qi and Qin Qihu's troops, their combat effectiveness is definitely inferior.

Once Wang Qi and Qin Qihu start attacking from there, he might not be able to do anything afterwards.

It seems that I must speed up my attack!

No matter what, we have to chop off the heads of those lords before Wang Qi and the others.

……

Three days later, Takeshi Sanada led his troops to Fengxian Castle.

They have received accurate information that several lords from the south are in Fengxian City.

Currently, the entire Fengxian City has about 30,000 troops.

However, these 30,000 troops are very watered down.

There are less than six thousand real armored soldiers.

This is considered the last elite force in the hands of several southern lords.

The others were warriors who were temporarily recruited.

While Takeshi Sanada was still busy planning the siege, Wang Qi sent someone to contact him.

Wang Qi and his men will arrive in Fengxian City before noon tomorrow.

Wang Qi asked Sanada Takeshi to slow down the siege and wait for them to arrive before attacking the city together.

Slow down the siege?

Takeshi Sanada looked at the nearby Fengxian Castle and snorted in his heart.

It's already come to this, how can we delay any longer?

When Wang Qi and his men arrive and attack the city, the credit will not be his alone.

He now also urgently needs to prove his ability.

Moreover, he also wanted to get rid of several lords in the south as soon as possible.

He had previously sent people to deliver messages to several lords in the south!

Although he cleverly pointed the finger at Tanaka Nobuyuki, keeping those lords around was ultimately a hidden danger.

As long as those lords die, there will be no evidence!

By then, no one will be able to trace him back.

After thinking silently for a while, Sanada Takeshi responded to the person who came to report the news: "Tell General Wang that our troops have already formulated a night attack plan. Time is running out and we can't delay any longer! Our troops will launch a surprise attack at dawn. Please lead your troops to join the battle as soon as possible!"

After the messenger left, Sanada Takeshi's deputy frowned and said, "General, why don't you wait for General Wang and his men to arrive before attacking the city together? They have a large number of artillery. If we wait until they arrive to attack the city together, our casualties will be much smaller."

"The situation on the battlefield changes rapidly! Without them, we won't attack the city?"

Sanada Takeshi glared at the deputy general: "Besides, when they return to the capital, if there is a rebellion, do we still have to go to Daqian for help and ask them to lead the army to help us attack the city?"

Wang Qi also left them an artillery team.

This artillery team has ten guns.

It might be difficult to destroy the walls of Fengxian City, but it would be no problem to blast open its gates.

The city gates have been blasted open, but they still can't break in with so many people. That's too incompetent!

"This……"

Faced with Takeshi Sanada's question, the deputy general was speechless.

Sanada Takeshi took a deep breath and gave an order in a deep voice: "Pass the order down, the first person to enter the city will be promoted three levels and rewarded with 100 taels! Anyone who kills the lord will be named the city lord and rewarded with 1,000 taels!"

Of course, Takeshi Sanada knew that if Wang Qi and the others attacked the city together, their casualties would be much smaller.

But he didn't want to wait until then!

Under the heavy reward, there must be a brave man!

He just didn't believe that with so many people, they couldn't capture Fengxian City where the people were in a panic...