Datang: Ten Years of Proton, Leading an Army of Millions to Return

"Yanshou... It's not a good idea to keep wasting time like this... How about we retreat for the time being?"

After the Yalu River defense army left, Huizhen hesitated and spoke to Yanshou.

“…No! I will not withdraw my troops until Cheng Yaojin is killed!”

Yanshou touched his empty sleeves, and a hint of madness flashed in his eyes.

The shame of having his arm broken still remained! How could he let his longevity end?
Moreover, Cheng Yaojin and the remnants of his troops have been forced into this situation...

Their way is about to be blocked!

At this moment! How could he give up so easily? How could he be willing to do this?
"How about this... I will lead 10,000 troops to continue the attack, and you take the others back to the new city to recuperate."

After a moment, Yanshou's eyes regained some clarity. The Great Yan's Eastern Expedition was imminent, and Goguryeo was already in a state of impending storm!
If he puts all his strength here, the Tang army will not be able to hold out for long in those cities!
"That's fine..."

Huizhen glanced at Yanshou's expression and didn't say anything else.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

"General, we are about to reach the Tatars' lair... It will be even more difficult to escape the encirclement there..."

A general standing nearby had a look of dejection on his face.

On the way north, they had already run out of ammunition and food, and had to sleep in the open and go hungry!

What's more important is that the pursuit troops behind them are getting more brutal each time! There is no sign of them giving up!
The hundreds of soldiers present had already become demoralized and saw no hope!
"Brothers! Hold on a little longer! The Tang Dynasty should be fully prepared for the Eastern Expedition! A large army will come to rescue us!"

Cheng Yaojin looked around and saw the hundreds of soldiers around him, and his heart ached!
But at this time, how could he be discouraged or even give up?

The only hope they have now is from the soldiers who fought for it with their own bodies!
They have no right to give up!

"General... do you think His Majesty will come to rescue us... If he comes, we will be safe..."

A glimmer of hope suddenly flashed in the eyes of a soldier, and he said to Cheng Yaojin.

Li Kuan is their faith! A god-like man! No matter what kind of danger, it is nothing in front of him!

The vastness of Mobei!

The Western Regions are so vast!

It's just his back garden!

He comes and goes as he pleases!
"yes…."

When the generals and soldiers heard this, their eyes lit up. Previously, when Chen Qingzhi led his army to the north to attack the Turks and was trapped in a siege, it was Li Kuan who descended from the sky!
The danger disappeared almost instantly!

"Your Majesty..."

Cheng Yaojin raised his head and looked towards the world where Dayan Yanyun City was located.

Dayan, Yanyun City, Daming Palace, Imperial Study.

"What? Your Majesty? Are you dissatisfied with my arrangement? Are you unwilling to lead an army of 200,000 men on the right wing?"

Guo Shoujing glanced at Yuchi Laohei in front of him, and then looked at Li Kuan, with a hint of uneasiness on his face.

"Principal Guo! Cheng Yaojin is my brother! He is in danger this time, I really can't just sit there and watch!"

Li Kuan put away the lazy look on his face, which was rare, and spoke very seriously.

"....You go to Zuoyi to rescue Cheng Yaojin. What kind of surprise will you bring to Dayan?"

Guo Shoujing was slightly stunned when he saw Li Kuan's expression.

Since Li Kuan had spoken, he had no reason to refuse. It didn't matter who went.

"Principal Guo! Within half a month, I will lead the army to capture the ten cities west of Goguryeo!"

Li Kuan knew what Guo Shoujing meant, and he immediately clasped his fists and said.

"Hahaha...Okay, Your Majesty! If that's the case, go ahead! But what are you talking about? If you can't capture ten cities within half a month, can the court really chop off your head?"

Guo Shoujing laughed loudly when he heard this. Since Li Kuan was so confident, he had no reason to refuse.
"Lord Guo"

Yuchi Laohei, who was standing by, was slightly moved when he saw Guo Shoujing agreed directly.

"Hey! You! I asked you to go to the central army, do you still have any complaints about me?"

"I dare not..."

"Well! You should stay with His Majesty and assist him this time. Otherwise, it will be too late to conquer ten cities within half a month."

Guo Shoujing shook his head and said unhappily to Yuchi Laohei.

"Thank you, Master Guo!"

Upon hearing this, Yuchi Laohei's eyes were filled with surprise, and he hurriedly bowed to Guo Shoujing to express his gratitude.

If he had known that Guo Shoujing was so easy to talk to Li Kuan, he would have pulled Li Kuan over and volunteered to Guo Shoujing!

"Your Majesty, in five days, gather the troops and march out with 550,000 men! This time, we must wipe out Goguryeo from the face of the earth! Let's see if there is any small country that dares not submit to me, the Tang Dynasty!"

A solemn and murderous aura rose from Guo Shoujing's body, causing the temperature in the imperial study to drop suddenly.

Da Yan is an ancient dragon that lingers in the East! How can it allow a few flies to buzz around its ears?

Since the barbarians are jumping around everywhere like grasshoppers in autumn, let's strangle the biggest one to death in order to show the others!

Five days passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was already over.
Under Li Kuan's edict, all the armies set out urgently and marched towards the outside of Youzhou city.

In Youzhou City.

"Grand Commander, your Majesty and all the generals have already arrived outside Youzhou City with their troops!"

Guo Yong ran in hurriedly and said to Chai Shao who was still handling official business over there.

"Your Majesty, they have arrived? Then why are you still standing there? Follow me out of the city gate to welcome His Majesty and them!"

Upon hearing this, Xin Qiji dropped what he was holding.

Are you kidding! Li Kuan and Guo Shoujing are outside the city gate! How dare he neglect them?
"Quick! Open the gate!"

In front of the city gate, Xin Qiji saw that the tall city gate was still closed and almost burst into curse!

Are all the people on the tower blind? Even if they didn't see Li Kuan and his men leading the team, how could they just stand there when they saw the hundreds of thousands of troops outside?

"Yes!"

The soldiers guarding the city gate finally realized that it was not that they did not want to open the gate.

There were literally hundreds of thousands of troops gathered outside the city. The scene was too shocking!

"Commander-in-Chief Xin, you are so arrogant! You made us wait for you here for so long."

Xin Qiji was an old acquaintance of Li Kuan. When they met again after a long separation, Li Kuan couldn't help but tease him.

"Uh... How dare I keep Your Majesty waiting? Please stop teasing me."

Xin Qiji smiled apologetically. "Okay, business is more important! Follow me to the tower and watch us swear an oath in front of hundreds of thousands of soldiers of Great Yan!"

Li Kuan interrupted everyone's conversation. Dressed in military uniform, he looked more decisive and swift.

"Ah? Your Majesty, why did you transfer the left wing army in the end?"

Everyone followed Guo Shoujing up to the city wall, and Chen Qingzhi asked Li Kuan beside him with some depression.

Originally in Guo Shoujing's arrangement, he was still the commander-in-chief of the left wing, but before leaving, he was told that he was transferred to the right wing army, and the person who was replaced with him was Li Kuan!

The importance of Pyongyang is self-evident! The defenders there are undoubtedly very numerous, and the resistance faced by the right-wing army is undoubtedly the strongest.

"How about you take a guess?"

Li Kuan did not answer, but spoke in a mysterious tone.

"Uh... Your Majesty, this!"

Chen Qingzhi gave a dry laugh and stopped talking about the matter. Since Li Kuan had already made up his mind, he could only accept it as the Eastern Expedition was imminent.

"My fellow soldiers of Dayan! I am Li Kuan!"

Walking to the top of the city wall, Li Kuan stood on a high place, raised his arms and shouted, using the wind to carry his voice out.

Looking at the hundreds of thousands of soldiers in front of him and the mountains and rivers behind them, he was full of energy and vigor!
That is the mighty army of Da Yan! That is my kingdom!

"Qiang!"

"Great Yan will live forever! Long live our emperor! Long live our emperor!"

The 550,000-strong army was divided into 55 square formations and stood outside the city gate. They suddenly put their weapons on the right side, and then knelt on one knee together, shouting at Li Kuan on the city wall.

The sounds merged into a torrent that flowed through the air and spread to every corner of Youzhou City!
"Our Great Yan has always been a country of courtesy! We treat neighboring small countries well! God is merciful, and I have no intention of attacking your small country! However! Goguryeo has wolfish ambitions! They are ungrateful and turn against their master! They invade our Han territory! They hurt our subjects! Their crimes are too numerous to list!"

"Those who offend the Great Yan will be punished no matter how far away they are! Now I, as the Emperor of the Great Yan, will enforce justice on behalf of Heaven! I swear to wipe out Goguryeo and defend our national prestige!"

Li Kuan raised the sword in his hand high, and his voice was sonorous and powerful!

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

A fierce murderous aura rose from every soldier, forming a sharp sword that pierced the sky!

"Good! Good! Good!"

Li Kuan took back the sword in his hand and became furious when he saw the hundreds of thousands of troops with such great momentum.

With such a great army, Da Yan will surely prosper!
With such a strong army, Goguryeo will be wiped out in a blink of an eye! All the evil spirits can be wiped out!
"Brother Yuchi? What is the army over there for? Why are the weapons they hold different from those of the other armies?"

Xin Qiji, who was behind, suddenly looked at the tens of thousands of troops in front of the army. They were the army equipped with Zhuge Crossbow and Eight Ox Crossbow!
Xin Qiji had lived in Youzhou City for a long time, and although he had heard about the events in Yanyun City, he was not very clear about them.

"That is... guess?"

Yuchi Laohei suddenly thought of something and said with a sly smile, "He's just a replica of Li Kuan."

Xin Qiji felt a little embarrassed. He suddenly had an illusion that the expression on Yuchi Gong's face was something he had seen somewhere before.

"General Chen, you should also go up and say a few words during this oath-taking ceremony.

On the high platform, Li Kuan made another impassioned speech, then stepped back and spoke to Chen Qingzhi behind him.

Chen Qingzhi is the faith in the hearts of the soldiers of Dayan! His reputation is even higher than Li Kuan!

"Your Majesty...I won't go up and tell you, right?"

Chen Qingzhi had a strange look on his face. His reputation had already reached its peak, so there was no need for him to continue to make his presence felt.

Besides, it’s so hard to inspire people and boost morale!

"What? I asked you to go up, but you're not happy?"

Li Kuan glared at him and said with a straight face.

When large armies engage in battle, what matters most is a legitimate reason for the battle and whether morale is high.

His impassioned speech earlier was just to give them a legitimate reason to march eastward!
As the faith of the army, Chen Qingzhi is the perfect person to go out and boost morale!

"Well... okay."

Chen Qingzhi felt somewhat helpless. He couldn't help but give face to Li Kuan in public.

"Ahem... Soldiers of Dayan! I am Chen Qingzhi! I am an ordinary..."

On the high platform, Chen Qianzhi cleared his throat, then looked at the eagerly waiting army below and said.

Ordinary people?

The people behind looked at each other in surprise when they heard this.

Is he, Chen Qingzhi, a hero known to everyone in Dayan, or just an ordinary person?
Are you going to let people live?
"But there are always some people with bad intentions who invade Dayan! As a citizen of Dayan, I can't stand it, so I raised my weapons to defend our home!"

"Today! Goguryeo has no eyes! They actually dared to offend the prestige of our Great Yan! Since they don't know what's good for them and insist on putting their faces in front of us to let us hit them, then we'll kill them!"

"Yes! Fuck him! Fuck him!"

When Chen Qianzhi's words were heard, the hundreds of thousands of troops who had been expecting something were stunned!
Everyone had a very strange look on their faces! But they quickly realized that the general was really like that!

For a moment, hundreds of thousands of soldiers below became active.

Originally, they thought that a heroic figure like the general was high above and out of reach!
Unexpectedly, he is so genuine!

If you don’t agree, just do it. It’s that simple and brutal!
However, Chen Qingzhi's lofty image in their hearts not only did not collapse but became more stable at this moment. The distance between the two was gradually narrowed with Li Kuan's words.

Li Kuan behind him was stunned when he heard this. He suddenly felt a little regretful that he had asked Chen Qingzhi to go up and mobilize.

Such a solemn and dignified oath-taking meeting before the Eastern Expedition was turned into a gang fight by Chen Qianzhi with just a few words!

Is this the way he mobilizes people? Wouldn't he lead hundreds of thousands of soldiers astray?
"General Chen is still so...real..."

Guo Yong, who was standing at the back of the crowd, looked at Chen Qingzhi in front of him with a strange expression. Chen Qingzhi was like a bandit leader who was inciting people.

It was really difficult for him to connect the Chen Qingzhi in front of him with the figure who led a hundred white horse volunteers and frightened the Turkic soldiers that day!
"Brothers! For our Great Yan! For our common home! For our wives and children to enjoy a prosperous life! Fuck him!"

Chen Qingzhi glanced at Li Kuan, whose face was twitching, out of the corner of his eye, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly.

"Since they are so shameless! Then we won't be polite! Just kill them and be done with it!"

Chen Qingzhi continued speaking, not paying any attention to the murderous look from Guo Shoujing behind him.

Who asked Your Majesty to let me go up and speak?

He is not responsible for what he says!

"kill!"

Chen Qianzhi's down-to-earth words ignited the momentum and passion of the soldiers!
The fighting spirit of hundreds of thousands of soldiers has become higher than ever before!
(End of this chapter)