Mr. Bodyguard Novel - Chapter 632
Chapter 632 Immortal Emperor Is Suspicious, Prince Is Scheming
One hundred thousand people broke open the city gate and faced thirty thousand people from the other side. Logically speaking, the military forces of the army camp would kill ten to twenty thousand people from the other side.
However, what Jiang Feng hadn’t expected was that when he finally kissed the casualties of the enemy and his friends.
Only three thousand soldiers of the Us and Southern Barbarians had died, while five thousand of the soldiers in the camp had died.
With the help of an orthodox sword cultivator at the late Mahayana and late Dongxu realms, plus a three-fold advantage over the enemy, Jiang Feng was utterly speechless about the battle prowess of the army.
Fortunately, the damage of 5,000 soldiers was comparable to the damage of 100,000 troops. In addition, Jiang Feng had successfully captured Stabilization City in this battle. He had killed the enemy’s first 3,000 soldiers, and he had even captured Dam.
Dam was the vanguard general of the Southern Barbarians, and he was also the brother-in-law of the Southern Barbarian King. Capturing him would greatly dampen the spirit of the rebels.
Early in the morning. Jiang Feng patrolled the city’s defenses.
The walls of Stabilization City were strong. With it as a backing, Jiang Feng could rely on the 100,000 people in his hands and the soldiers and horses of the Us and barbarians to slowly consume them.
In terms of the war of attrition, Jiang Feng was backed by Yuan Gong Guan Cheng and even the entire Great Xia Immortal Dynasty. In addition, Jiang Feng didn’t need to worry about the huge savings in his Hundred Treasures Pouch, grain, weapons, and other supplies.
As for the Us and Southern barbarians, their resources had never been abundant. If they were to consume them purely, then neither would the Us nor the Southern barbarians. They would surely self-destruct.
Jiang Feng knew that he wasn’t strong enough to lead troops to battle, so he had been asking Tie Xiong for advice for the past two days. At the same time, he had been studying all kinds of military manuals Tie Xiong had given him.
However, Jiang Feng was a good person. He knew that he was lacking in hardware, so he wanted to use software to make up for it. What is software? For example, he would eat and chat with the soldiers, he would care if the soldiers were tired of standing guard at night, and he would sneak into the tent to cover the soldiers with blankets.
Perhaps these seem trivial to modern humans on earth. However, in the God Realm, where the weak preyed on the strong, Jiang Feng’s status as the commander-in-chief of the First Army and the Great General of Pingnan was enough to make the soldiers in the camp cry bitterly.
In just a few days, Jiang Feng had already won the recognition and respect of all the soldiers in the camp.
Of course. Jiang Feng did not forget to write down his battle record and send it back to Yuangong Guan City, so that the officials in Yuangong Guan City could inform the Great Xia Immortal Dynasty of the betrayal of the Ü-Si clan, and then the Great Xia Immortal Emperor could send troops to deal with this matter in time.
However, what Jiang Feng hadn’t expected was that the battle report he had written had disappeared the moment he entered Yuangong Guancheng.
At this moment, the Imperial Court in Great Xia Immortal Dynasty was indeed discussing the matter of Yuangong Guancheng. However, if Jiang Feng heard the contents of the discussion, he would probably be stunned.
Because in today’s Great Xia Immortal Dynasty Dynasty, Tuoba Feng made a memorial. The content of the memorial was: “Great General Xiahou Baili of the Origin Palace Guard killed Supervisor Yuwen Bing for no reason, and then Xiahou Baili and Jiang Feng took away all the guards of the Origin Palace Guard together. From the above, there is reason to suspect that the Xiahou Baili Joint Cultivator Jiang Feng had betrayed him.”
Jiang Feng believed that Tuoba Feng had never expected such a move.
Actually, Tuoba Feng had already succeeded half way since Xiahou Baili led the troops to reinforce the Ü-race. He used the emergency situation to make Xiahou Baili lead the troops without giving any report, and then used Xiahou Baili to lure Jiang Feng away.
At the same time, Tuoba Feng also made use of his understanding of Tuoba Wuji’s personality. Tuoba Wuji would place a role like Xiahou Baili at the southern border to check Tuoba Feng, proving that Tuoba Wuji was a suspicious person in his bones.
If he didn’t believe in his son, then he definitely wouldn’t believe in the general he had appointed.
The attendant next to Tuoba Wuji read Tuoba Feng’s memorial. After reading it, Tuoba Wuji calmly asked the court officials, “What do you think after hearing Prince Feng’s memorial?”
At first, the officials did not understand what Tuoba Wuji wanted to say, so they looked at each other and no one spoke first. In the end, everyone’s gaze was focused on Empyrean Dao Master, who had been bestowed a throne by the Imperial Court and was sitting at the side.
To Great Xia Immortal Dynasty, the name Empyrean Dao was like thunder.
Great Xia Immortal Dynasty acknowledged that the most powerful sect, the Origin Dao Sect, was founded by Empyrean Dao. The reason Tuoba Wuji was able to sit on the throne was also related to him being a closed disciple of Empyrean Dao.
Empyrean Dao slightly raised his half-closed eyes. Then, he cast his gaze towards Minister of War Bai Chaoyun.
Bai Chaoyun came from the Origin Dao Sect, and he had spent more than eighty years in the Grand Xia Immortal Court. He had always been taken care of and promoted by Empyrean Dao.
Therefore, many times, when Empyrean Dao was unwilling to say anything, Bai Chaoyun would voluntarily help him say it.
For example, now. Bai Chaoyun took a step forward and said, “Reporting to Your Majesty, I think Prince Feng’s words are reasonable.”
“Oh?” Tuoba Wuji nodded slightly, “What’s the point? Ma Aiqing can do whatever you want.”
Bai Chaoyun cupped his hands and said, “I feel that there are three strange things. First, Xiahou Baili has been the general who guarded Yuan Palace for many years. He has never made a big mistake in all these years. Why did he leave this time without any reason and did not report anything beforehand?”
“Yes. That’s right. That’s right. Minister Bai sure knows everything.” Hearing Bai Chaoyun’s words, the officials in the court nodded in agreement. They knew very well that what Bai Chaoyun said was equivalent to what Empyrean Dao had said.
Supporting Bai Chaoyun’s words at this moment was tantamount to showing his loyalty to Empyrean Dao.
“Mm. That makes sense. What about the other two points?” Bai Chaoyun’s words coincided with Tuoba Wuji’s thoughts, so he continued to ask.
Hearing Tuoba Wuji’s approval, Bai Chaoyun immediately felt confident. He cleared his throat with a dry cough twice, and then straightened his chest as if he was pointing at Jiang Shanshan. “Second, it was also explained in the memorial of His Royal Highness Prince Jiang Fengfeng. This person was proficient in alchemy and had originally proficiently accumulated wealth in Guyang City.
Afterwards, he made a fuss over Jing Yuan Manor and fled to Yuan Gong Guan City. Xiahou Baili had recruited him as his son-in-law as soon as he arrived at Yuangong Guancheng. Obviously, Xiahou Baili’s relationship with Jiang Feng was not simple.
As for the third. It’s very simple, Your Majesty. Please imagine it. In terms of territory, the Southern Barbarian Region was not narrower than the Great Xia Immortal Dynasty, nor was the combat strength of the Southern Barbarians lower than the Great Xia Immortal Dynasty’s army. There was only one thing that made the Southern Barbaric Region inferior to the Grand Xia Immortal Dynasty, and that was that the Southern Barbaric Region was too poor. “If Jiang Feng, a pill dao expert, enters the Southern Barbaric Region and forges pills to accumulate wealth, the development of the Southern Barbaric Region …”
“That’s right. Your Majesty, Jiang Feng and Xiahou Baili have no choice but to guard against him.”
All the officials immediately discussed, Tuoba Wuji frowned.
Originally, he was quite confident in Xiahou Baili, but Tuoba Wuji was also thinking after hearing Bai Chaoyun’s words. Could it be that Jiang Feng and Xiahou Baili had used him together?
Although Tuoba Wuji had come up with the method of using Jiang Feng to restrain the First Prince, Third Prince, and Seventh Prince, Tuoba Wuji now wondered if this was a strategy that Xiahou Baili had planned in partnership with Jiang Feng because he was familiar with him.
The more Tuoba Wuji thought about it, the more likely it was because Xiahou Baili was too cooperative when he suggested Jiang Feng take charge of the camp. Not only did he ask his daughter to recruit him, he also took the initiative to help Jiang Feng take over control of the army camp.
The more Tuoba Wuji thought about it, the angrier he became. I trust you so much, yet you actually dare to deceive me.
Before Tuoba Wuji could say anything, Empyrean Dao suddenly said, “Your Majesty, I have something to play.”
Tuoba Wuji suppressed the anger in his heart and asked Empyrean Dao, “There’s nothing wrong with the Imperial Teacher.”
Empyrean Dao nodded slightly and said, “According to the news below, the barbarians of the southern border were gathering at Bai Xia Pass seven days ago, as if they were preparing to attack Bai Xia Pass. This official is thinking that Bai Xia Pass is close to Yuan Gong Pass. Since this official can know about this, then General Xiahou shouldn’t be unaware of it, right?”
“What? The Southern Barbarians are preparing to attack Bai Xia Pass?”
Tuoba Wuji’s entire body went cold, and for a moment, his heart was filled with doubts. Did Xiahou Baili know about this? Yeah, there’s no way he doesn’t know. Then he knows why he didn’t report it? He also wanted to join forces with Jiang Feng to take away all the troops from the Origin Palace Pass.
What does he want? Could it be that he wanted to … he wanted to use his army to dominate the Southern Barbarian Domain with the Southern Barbarians?
Thinking of this, Tuoba Wuji slammed the table and stood up solemnly, “Feng Qin Wang Tuoba Feng!”
Tuoba Feng walked out of the queue and stood in the middle of the hall, “Your son is here!”
Tuoba Wuji gritted his teeth and said, “Immediately lead your troops out of the Origin Palace and enter the Southern Barbarian Domain to retrieve Jiang Feng and Xiahou Baili. If you can capture them alive, try to capture them alive for me. If you can’t capture them then kill them!”
“Yes!” Tuoba Feng accepted.
After receiving the imperial edict, Tuoba Feng hurriedly ordered a hundred guards to accompany him to the Origin Palace Pass.
On the other side of Stabilization City. Jiang Feng waited for two days. The so-called soldiers of the Ü-race and barbarians had finally arrived.
The soldiers of the Us and barbarians looked like a mob.
Most of them wore coarse linen clothes and straw shoes on the soles of their feet.
However, to Jiang Feng’s slight surprise, the number of soldiers and horses belonging to the Us and barbarians was quite large.
The dark army pushed towards Stabilization City. Seeing so many soldiers on the towers of the city gasping for breath, they were a little nervous.
Jiang Feng stood on the tower and rubbed his hands. He whispered to Tie Xiong, “Tie Xiong, do we have any hope of defending Stabilization City?”
Tie Xiong nodded and said, “General, don’t worry. The other party doesn’t have any powerful siege equipment. We will definitely be able to defend Stabilization City. As long as we wait a few days for the other party and wait for them to run out of grain, they will definitely lose without attacking.”
“How many days will it take them?” Jiang Feng glanced at the gates and sighed, “I’m afraid we don’t have time to waste with them.”
Jiang Feng had just finished saying those words when a tall and muscular middle-aged man with a beard and a height of nearly two meters rode a tall horse to the gates of the city.
The sturdy man did not seem to be afraid that Jiang Feng would let someone shoot an arrow. He pulled the horse’s reins and shouted loudly at the city tower, “Is the city lord here?”
Jiang Feng was stunned. He poked his head out and replied, “I am the commander of this city. Who are you? Tell me your name.”
The burly man cupped his fists and said loudly, “My name is …”
Before the sturdy man could finish his sentence, Wild Blade suddenly shouted, “Charge!”