Chapter 127: King of War, let’s go into the city!
Chapter 127: King of War, let’s go into the city!
Fine snowflakes began to float in the sky, and Jing Muyang led his troops back to the north side of Tuoling.
Arsalan sent reinforcements after receiving news that the east side of Tuoling was attacked. The east side was the weakest at the moment, and Jing Muyang should continue to break out there. This was a pocket formation he deliberately set up, and he had just received news that Lianshan had defeated Lingying State, and he was extremely happy.
Jing Muyang's army is running out of food and supplies and their morale is urgent. They may not be able to escape this time.
Night had fallen, and at this moment Arsalan was drinking in the camp. He had never expected that Jing Muyang would choose to raid the strongest side of the entire encirclement and had already arrived in front of him. He was caught off guard.
Jing Muyang did not linger in the battle. He drove away their horses and left quickly. Arsaleng, who had just put on his battle robe, was furious. Was Jing Muyang playing tricks on him?
Jing Muyang was no longer pursued by his pursuers, so he ran to the outside of Mulag City in one go. Their food and grass had long been exhausted, so they killed many horses in the past two days to satisfy their hunger.
Heavy snow had been falling for three days in a row, and it was difficult for the horses to find food. In addition, many soldiers were suffering from frostbite. If they did not enter the city for supplies, they would probably all fall.
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There were indeed seven or eight tribes and twenty to thirty thousand cavalrymen gathered in the city of Mulag. However, before the snow came, a heavyweight tribe arrived, and suddenly there was a disagreement among the people.
Some advocate war, some advocate peace.
"That's Lingyin's war king. If we can capture him, are we still afraid that Lingyin won't surrender?"
"If you think so, you are totally wrong. I have received news from the front line that the Crown Prince of Lingyin has retreated. Don't you think about why he retreated?"
"If we can't defeat Arsalan, the lion of our grassland, we can only retreat!"
"Stupid! Prince Lingyin just wants to use us to get rid of the War King and eliminate a major hidden danger for him. He can also use this as an excuse to start a war against Beisai. Lingyin is a powerful country. We can resist for a while, but we can't withstand a long-term battle.
This time, the war was all caused by Arsalan's provocation. When locusts crossed the border in northern Cyprus, he ignored the people for his own personal revenge and even robbed all the food sent by Agula for disaster relief!
What lion on the grassland? He is just a bug that disturbs the peace of Northern Sai! "
"Su He! We heard that it was because of your collusion with the War King of Lingyin Kingdom that Dadu fell. You are a traitor! You are a traitor of Beisai!" Someone stood up and shouted.
That’s right, the person who confronted them was Suhe. As soon as he returned to the tribe, he received Arsalan’s call for help. He immediately led 10,000 people to Mulag. He wanted to kill Arsalan.
“I don’t deny what you said. Although I was also forced, it was indeed me who led the people of Lingyin Country into the city. I cannot swallow this anger that the queen killed my sister!
What? Only Arsalan is allowed to vent his sister's anger, but I am not allowed to avenge my sister? !
Moreover, the War King did not burn, kill, or plunder when he entered the city. He did not kill or imprison any civilians. He paid for all the food and fodder with his own money. How could he have lost the city?"
Su He stood up and said, "Humph, Arsalan returned to the city later and robbed the people of many things."
"We heard that it was the Lingyin Kingdom's War King who robbed it. Suhe, don't speak well of the prince of another country."
"I am only telling the truth. If you go to Dadu and ask around, you will find out. Besides, you only know that the queen is ignored in Dadu, but do you know why she is ignored?
She has been childless, and was punished because she was jealous of and plotted to murder Agula's offspring. All the princes born to Agula died young because of her. Not abolishing her was already very merciful!"
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While the tribal leaders in the city were arguing about what was right and what was wrong, Princess Toya had already led her people to the city gate, captured the gate guards and opened the gate.
Jing Muyang was discussing siege strategies with everyone when he saw a group of people coming out of the city, and at the front was Princess Toya.
"King of War, let's go into the city!" Toya sat on a tall horse, looking heroic. "Hurry up! I don't have many people with me, so I can't hold out for long."
After Jing Muyang exchanged glances with his men, he immediately mounted his horse and followed her into the city.
Many soldiers in the city had already come upon hearing the noise, but when they saw that the one leading them was Princess Toya, they did not dare to move forward.
The tribal leaders who were arguing also arrived.
"Toya! You are the princess of Beisai, but you actually let foreign bandits into the city. What are you thinking?" A tribal leader pointed at her.
"Hmph! Do you really treat me as a princess? Why didn't I see you coming to help when Arsalan killed my father and took his throne!
Do you regard Beisai as your home? Why did you snatch all the food that my father sent out for disaster relief?
That’s right, the King of War is a foreign prince, but it was he who proposed the strategy to eliminate the locust plague in the five border cities, it was he who provided the disaster relief grain from Lingyin’s national destiny, and he was also the one who helped me hunt down the usurper Arsalan!
How can you have the nerve to call others thieves? "
Toya pointed her sword forward.
Some soldiers who did not know the truth were in an uproar for a while. Arsalan announced to the public that Agula had died of illness. Since Agula had no sons or brothers, he passed the throne to his brother-in-law. If the pregnant concubine in the harem gave birth to a prince, he would hand over the throne.
As for the disaster relief food being stolen, most people really don't know about it. It seems that it was done by a few people.
"You all know how cruel Arsalan is. And the queen, she killed everyone in the harem, and even cut open my mother's belly to take out the unborn fetus, and it was still moving! That was my brother, the prince of Beisai, and she killed him with just one knife!"
"Princess Toya, you can't say that. The news we heard is that after Agula died, the war king of Lingyin entered Dadu, slaughtered the royal court and harem, and robbed the people of Dadu!"
"Who told you that? My mother died more than a month ago! On the day my father died, right in front of me!
After my sister Naren and I escaped from the royal court, we were hunted down until we met the King of War and were rescued.
But I understand your doubts. I just want to ask you one question: if it was really your father who passed the throne to him, then was there a royal seal on the summons that Arsalan sent you to Mulag to assemble?"
"Well, indeed, he did not. He stamped it with his own seal."
"Yes, that's what I received." The leaders exchanged information.
"Humph! If he had inherited the throne from his father, why didn't he use the royal seal to summon the entire territory?"
Everyone looked at each other.
Princess Toya sneered, "Because father never passed the throne to him! Because it was Arsalan who killed your king!"
"Princess Toya, according to what you said, the royal seal is not on Arsalan. Do you know where it is?"
This is true in any country; one must obtain the imperial seal to be considered legitimate.
"Of course I know, but it's not on me, and my father has told me not to tell anyone. You don't need to ask. I won't tell you something that even my uncle, Prince Suhe, and sister Naren don't know."
Toya looked around.
“Today I am welcoming the king into the city. First, I want to repay him for saving my life. Second, I trust him and need his help in killing Arsalan and avenging my father!
If you have any objections, speak up now!"
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