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Chapter 193: Surprise Attack on Silves

As the Grand Marshal of the Empire, Meng Bei went on the expedition as expected.

He was ordered to lead an army to conquer the Kingdom of Silves which disobeyed the emperor's orders.

The Tiandou Empire has a total of one million troops. Qian Renxue directly mobilized one-third of them to form an elite army of 300,000 and handed them over to Meng Bei to lead. They were determined to conquer the Silves Kingdom that disobeyed the emperor's orders.

At the same time, Ning Fengzhi, as the leader of the Soul Master Alliance, announced his strong support for Emperor Qinghe and dispatched 1000 elite soul master troops to support the crusade against the Kingdom of Silves.

Similarly, Meng Bei is still the leader of the troops.

The king of the Kingdom of Silves was terrified when he heard the news. Although the empire was weak, it was not something that his kingdom alone could resist, not to mention that the newly formed top soul master force, the Soul Master Alliance, was intervening.

So the king of the Kingdom of Silvester immediately apologized to the emperor and expressed his willingness to pay compensation to the royal family.

At the same time, the other four countries within the Tiandou Empire heard about this and wrote to express their hope that Xue Qinghe would value peace and not act impulsively.

After Qian Renxue learned about this, she did not refuse directly. Instead, she mobilized the troops and expressed her willingness to forgive the Silves royal family for their disrespect.

The prerequisite is that the Silvester royal family needs to pay 5000 million gold soul coins in compensation and 10 dan of grain.

One load is equal to one hundred kilograms.

Of course, the Kingdom of Silvestre cannot afford so much.

After several days of discussion, the Silvester royal family finally agreed to provide 1500 million gold soul coins and 3 dan of grain.

To the surprise of the Silvester royal family, Xue Qinghe did not feel too embarrassed but quickly agreed to this condition.

Emperor Qinghe ordered the Silvester royal family to send troops to quickly transport food to Tiandou City, with a time limit of only 5 days.

Under the extremely short time requirements, the Silvester royal family had to gather a large number of troops in the country and transport food through the vast Vixrock Plain and the Frost River.

By this time, many people had realized that something was wrong.

Because the vast Vixlock Plain is full of farmland and has no strategic location to defend, the only city is the royal capital of the Kingdom of Silves, which is not far from Jialing Pass, a strong military base of the Tiandou Empire.

If, when the army of the Kingdom of Silvestre was busy transporting food, a cavalry unit took the opportunity to raid from Jialing Pass and surrounded the city of Silvestre, then all the soldiers outside the city would become scattered cattle and sheep in the wild, and would not pose any threat at all.

Are we going to expect soldiers to fight cavalry in endless fields?
Without sufficient soldiers guarding it, the empty city will soon fall.

Then a minister explained the pros and cons to King Silvestre.

The Kingdom of Silvestre didn't take it seriously.

He felt that the minister was worrying too much.

Will the royal family take action against him?

How can it be?

The emperor has already said that he has forgiven his disrespect, so why would he continue to attack him?
The Silvester family once made great contributions to the Tiandou Empire and has stood on this land for more than 500 years. Since the royal family granted this land to their family, they have never taken action. How could they take action for no reason this time?
Moreover, there are four kingdoms and one principality within the empire. How could they suddenly take action without any warning if one move is made against these five countries?

In the eyes of King Silvester, Xue Qinghe's actions were nothing more than the new emperor ascending the throne, greedy for pleasure, and wanting to extort money from them.

This is not new among emperors of all dynasties.

Although King Silvester felt a little painful, the other party was still the emperor after all, so he had to give what he deserved.

As for the money, it doesn't matter. The Silves Plain has some of the most fertile land in the empire. As long as the tax revenue can increase by another 20% or 30% in the next two years, there will be no worries about not getting the money back.

In this way, King Silvestre mobilized almost 70% to 80% of the country's troops to transport grain without any preparation.

Then, on the fourth day of the grain transportation, Jialing Pass was opened and 300,000 troops poured out.

Meng Bei led 100,000 cavalrymen in advance, and another 200,000 rear troops formed a siege and marched towards the Royal City of Silves.

King Silves was still holding a banquet in the palace when Meng Bei led his army to the city. "According to the order of Emperor Qinghe, we are going to attack the rebels and kill them!"

Meng Bei gave an order, raised his hand and waved it, and a huge golden dragon flew out of his hand.

A bolt of lightning as thick as a tree descended, instantly splitting the steel city gate into molten iron.

The army in the city was extremely empty at this time, and a large number of troops were sent out of the city to move food.

Besides, the Silvester Royal City had not experienced a large-scale war for hundreds of years and was not prepared to deal with a sudden siege.

Meng Bei's eyes emitted blue light, freezing the moat in an instant.

His soldiers rode their horses across the ice and rushed directly into the city.

Generally speaking, cavalry units are better at plain field battles and not so good at siege warfare.

But that's generally speaking.

Meng Bei directly split the city gate with one blow, which was obviously a normal situation.

The cavalry rushed towards the city, and without the city gate blocking them, they had a completely unimpeded passage.

The leader of the city guards was a Soul Douluo. He was very loyal at this moment. Seeing this situation, he not only did not run away, but faced the challenge head-on. He directly used his martial soul true body, and his martial soul turned into a giant metal shield, which blocked the cavalry's charge.

Unfortunately, an ant is powerless in trying to shake a tree.

Meng Bei also brought a thousand elite soul master troops!

In the crowd, a huge two-headed wolf rose from the ground and became twenty meters high. Huge wind blades spewed out of its mouth and roared as it attacked the giant shield of the city guard leader.

The city guard leader used all his soul skills, gritted his teeth and persevered, increasing the defense to the extreme.

But then, a giant rhino slammed heavily into the shield.

Blood instantly spurted out of the city guard leader's mouth, and he retreated continuously with trembling legs and feet.

At this time, another voice sounded.

"Soul-breaking Spear, no return until it is broken!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a huge spear fell from the air and smashed into the giant shield.

The giant shield could no longer bear the weight and shattered.

Inside the city, King Silvestre was in chaos upon hearing the news, and he hurriedly summoned ministers, generals, noble spirit masters, and heads of various sects, etc., among whom happened to be the Fenyan Sect mentioned earlier.

King Silvester asked each family to send people to defend the city together. As long as they held on to the city and waited for the grain transport troops outside the city to come for support, there was still hope.

Although the major families were somewhat reluctant after hearing this, they agreed to resist when they thought that they would suffer after the city fell.

Then a loud voice was heard coming from outside.

"This trip is only to attack the Silvester royal family, and has nothing to do with others. I guarantee in the name of the empire's marshal that as long as the families surrender, I will forgive them and not touch you at all!"

Meng Bei rode on a giant golden dragon and shouted over the city.

The heads of the various families were extremely horrified by this scene. Looking at Meng Bei's hundred-foot-long dragon, they were afraid that even an ordinary Titled Douluo would find it difficult to defeat it. They had no intention of resisting at all.

Plus the promise Meng Bei made in public.

So each family left the palace, returned to their own family quietly, and gave up resistance.

(End of this chapter)