Chapter 1696 - 1696 Soldiers against the Imperial City (1)
1696 Soldiers against the Imperial City (1)
On the long road in the desolate suburbs, a group of soldiers were escorting rations and fodder slowly towards the Beichen province.
The long convoy was full of food mobilized from other state capitals. Nearly a thousand soldiers and generals were following the convoy, on guard against the possible appearance of enemies.
Now that the war was intense and the grain was in short supply, they originally wanted to raise grain on the spot. Who knew that because of the famine, they could not find a single grain of rice locally.
The state capital coalition Army searched the area but found nothing. In the end, they left the devastated villages while cursing.
The villagers were powerless to resist, but their eyes were filled with hatred. The seeds of hatred had been planted.
In the end, the state coalition Army did not wait for the rebel Army’s attack. Instead, they were besieged by the people of the Beichen state. Of course, this was inevitably fueled by some people with ulterior motives.
When the transport team passed by a village, they were suddenly ambushed. Countless people, under the lead of people, waved their pickaxes and wooden sticks and rushed toward the soldiers.
Even though the soldiers escorting the rations were armed with swords and Spears, they were still stunned by this unexpected scene and were later swallowed by the surging stream of people.
Not long after, all the rations in the transport team were taken away, and the weapons of the soldiers were also taken away.
A soldier’s head was worth a gold coin. There was no pretense at all. The commoners naturally wouldn’t miss this opportunity to make a fortune.
Similar scenes played out all over the Beichen state capital. The small teams that had been separated from the main force had also suffered devastating blows.
First, they had lost the first battle, and now, their provisions had been robbed. The state generals who heard the news were so angry that they cursed loudly, but there was nothing they could do.
Since there was a lack of food, the battle could not be delayed. It was best to win in one go, or else there would be changes.
As a result, the state coalition Army, which had just been defeated, had no choice but to brace themselves and prepare for a decisive battle with the Beichen rebellion.
Three days later, the final battle began.
After a bloody battle, the main force of the state coalition army was defeated. The defeated Army stretched for dozens of miles, and the local people were killed at the same time. Headless bodies were all over the mountains and fields.
After defeating the state coalition Army, the Beichen state rebel army pursued the victory and headed straight for the nearby state government.
This matter shocked the entire Empire. No one had thought that the rebel army would be so fierce that even the regular army of several state capitals were no match for them!
However, more people believed that the victory of the North Star rebel army was mostly due to their sharp weapons. The other reason was that the rewards of the rebel army were generous.
No matter the reason, as the Beichen state’s rebel army defeated the state coalition Army, their wings were gradually growing, and they began to have the momentum to sweep the world.
Just as the world was shocked by the changes in the Beichen continent, there were also strong armies in other states and prefectures to attack the nearby states and towns.
Although some of these rebel forces were strong and some were weak, they caused the entire Empire to fall into chaos.
In this chaotic environment, the Beichen rebel army was unstoppable. No one could defeat them.
The rebel army had said that if they surrendered, they would not kill a single person. If they resisted, the city would be destroyed and the people would die!
Those towns that knew they were no match for the rebel army chose to surrender in order to protect themselves. In the end, the other party really did not offend them.
They only collected their weapons, spent a lot of money to recruit people, and then continued to move forward.
After the news came, the towns along the way surrendered one after another, which saved them from a war.
When they encountered towns that put up a last-ditch resistance, the Beichen rebel army would attack the city with cannons and throw poisonous smoke everywhere. The rebel soldiers were like wolves and tigers.
This was because Tang Zhen had ordered that all the property obtained from the siege would belong to the individual, and the head of the enemy would also be heavily rewarded.
With such a reward, the men’s eyes were all red, hoping to get more spoils of war so that their families could live a rich life.
With such a huge reward, there would definitely be brave men. Those cities that tried to resist were all broken through, and those who participated in the resistance were all beheaded in public.
Even the commoners were pillaged by the North Star rebels. Those who dared to resist were often beheaded.
“A battle in the middle of the Beichen Army, with a thousand gold on the waist and nowhere to put it!”
Under the deliberate baiting and gathering, more and more people joined the Beichen rebel army. From the initial 200000, it quickly grew to 500000, and it was still increasing.
The Army advanced without stopping for a moment, heading straight for the Imperial City. The imperial capital was so frightened that it quickly called for reinforcements from all the state capitals.
At this time, the various state capitals of the Empire were already in chaos, all of them unable to take care of themselves.
However, it was difficult to disobey the emperor’s orders. In this chaotic situation, the various state capitals could only summon up their courage and send troops to the Imperial City to deal with the Beichen state’s rebel army that was approaching.
Who knew that at this crucial moment, there would be an unforeseen event in the Imperial City, catching everyone off guard.
First, there was a shortage of food, and the Granary and rice Shop did not have any food in stock. Then, there was a robbery of the grain transport fleet, and the food was completely burned.
This matter immediately attracted attention, but the mastermind behind the scenes had long escaped, leaving behind a mess.
The population of an imperial capital was close to a million, and the amount of food consumed was also extremely large. Now that the people had no food, they naturally had to think of a way, or they could only wait to starve to death.
In just a few days, there were many incidents of rich people’s granaries being robbed, smashed, and killed, causing the Imperial City to be in chaos.
Under such circumstances, the rebel army of the Beichen state, which had already reached a million people, gradually approached the Imperial City.
The change of ownership might not be far away.
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In a village near the imperial capital, there was a house where more than a dozen trial-takers were gathered.
When they had arrived at the Imperial City some time ago, they had tried to assassinate the Emperor. However, they had not expected to be ambushed by hundreds of martial arts masters the moment they entered the depths of the Imperial Palace.
In addition to these experts, there were also many Imperial Army soldiers, keeping the palace impregnable.
If they hadn’t evacuated in time, they would have either been eliminated or locked up in a dark death cell, suffering from torture every day.
In that case, it would be better to commit suicide and quit.
In the following period of time, these trial-takers had been observing carefully, waiting for the best time to make a move.
The assassinations continued, but they all failed without exception. More and more trial-takers died in the palace.
It was only then that the cultivators realized that the inner court of the palace was actually a huge trap. It could be said that the number of people who entered would suffer great losses!
In order to obtain the right to compete for the child of destiny, assassinating an Emperor was a mission that had to be completed. However, the heavily guarded Palace had become an impassable barrier for the trial-takers.
Even though he knew it was a trap, he had no choice but to jump in.
Just as the cultivators were racking their brains to come up with countermeasures and how to kill the Emperor, they suddenly heard the news of a rebellion in the Beichen state.
Initially, the trial-takers did not think much of the Aboriginals ‘actions. However, they soon realized that this was the opportunity they had been looking for.
The main reason for their previous failures was that they had too little manpower, but with the help of the rebel army, the problem of insufficient manpower would be solved.
Under such circumstances, it would be extremely difficult to assassinate the Emperor.
He could use this chance to attack the inner court of the palace while the rebel Army of the North Star continent attacked the Imperial City!
If he had an Army in his hands, such as the scale of the rebellion Army of Beichen Zhou, he could command the Army to attack the city, no matter how many martial arts masters they had. In the end, he would still die in the chaos.
At that time, killing the Emperor would be as easy as turning over his hand!
After thinking of this, the cultivators also took action. They began to recruit people from the various state governments. They cooperated with the Beichen state’s rebel army and announced their rebellion.
There were even cultivators who had their eyes on the Beichen rebels. They wanted to control the highest commander of the rebels and control them.
It was just that they did not expect that this was exactly what Tang Zhen had hoped for. He and the trial-taker were just using each other.