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Chapter 736 Charge In
Two days later, everything unfolded exactly as Lu Qing had predicted. A group of soldiers resembling imperial guards launched a breakout to the southwest. The garrison in the southwest of Runzhou pretended to intercept them, but they fought and retreated simultaneously, silently opening a gap to allow the group to escape. They then feigned pursuit, figured out the direction the group had fled, and returned to report to Lu Chao and Lu Qing.

According to their rough estimate, the puppet soldiers of the Imperial Guard heading towards the Vatican made up more than half of the total number of soldiers within the state.

This also means that the number of rebels besieging the capital from the state has been greatly reduced.

Lu Chao decisively ordered the Imperial Guards who were waiting in the Runzhou camp to be divided into two teams. One team was responsible for leading the vanguard to break through the blockade of Congzhou, while the other team followed behind. While the rebels in Congzhou were exhausted from fighting, they directly opened the gates of the capital.

With everything in place, everyone was ready to go.

"Master, how did you predict that a group of rebels would break out of Congzhou and head towards the Brahma Land? That's incredibly prescient!" Finally, it was time to make a move, and Fu Lu, who had been holding back for so long, was very excited. However, he couldn't understand how Lu Qing had predicted these things so accurately.

Lu Qing looked at him with a mixture of helplessness and amusement: "Dull-witted."

Fu Lu touched his nose, then spurred his horse around to Zhu Yu's side: "Second Master..."

Zhu Yu was more honest than Lu Qing: "Van Land is Ishaen's stronghold. He probably thought that the same trick worked well when he dealt with Lan Kingdom, so he copied it again this time. After the first half of the plan succeeded, he first took over Jin Kingdom, and then his forces in Van Land began to erode Lan Land and Shuo Land."

Their original intention was to provoke conflict between the Jie and Jin kingdoms. If a real war broke out, the Jie people would suffer heavy losses. At that time, if he mobilized the entire nation's strength to deal with the Jie people, the final result would probably be that the Jie people would back down.

Then wouldn't he have gradually conquered the world?

But if Brahma falls, what do you think his situation will be like?

Following Zhu Yu's words, Fu Lu suddenly understood: "He's become the turtle in the jar, waiting to be caught!"

“That’s right!” Zhu Yu smiled and nodded at him. “So, as we all know, with Situ Jing and Lu Jun’s troops, plus Lu Yan and the others providing support from behind, the puppet soldiers and rebels sent out to relieve the siege would be a drop in the ocean.”

We deliberately left them with the opening of sending troops to relieve the siege of the Vatican, in order to divide and conquer them, thus reducing the pressure on both sides and making it easier to achieve a quick victory. Otherwise, the war would have dragged on for too long, and it would have been the common people who suffered.

Therefore, this time, we also need to act quickly and decisively, and be wary of Ishan realizing the situation is not right and wanting to go all out, wanting to fight to the death with everyone.”

"Second Master, now that you mention it, I understand!" Fu Lu nodded repeatedly after hearing this. "My mind can only process what you say one step at a time. How can I be like you, who can figure out the tenth, fiftieth, and hundredth steps in their minds after only taking one step?"

With the vanguard leading the way, when Zhu Yu and his group arrived in Congzhou, the remaining puppet soldiers there, under the command of the rebel leader, were retreating repeatedly and shrinking towards the outskirts of the capital, seemingly determined to keep them out of the city. However, their defeat was already unstoppable.

Zhu Yu rode behind Lu Qing and the others. Everywhere they went, there were traces of battle. The dust kicked up by the horse's hooves seemed to carry a faint smell of blood. The battering chariot was charred black by fire, leaving only the wreckage lying by the roadside. Not to mention the blood-stained clothes and the unclaimed limbs scattered all over the ground.

Everything silently testified to the intensity of the previous battle, adding to the heaviness in Zhu Yu's heart.

After such a long and arduous journey, they had finally arrived at this moment that would determine their future. Below the city walls, the battle remained fierce and intense.

At the command of the rebels on the city wall, arrows whistled down from the sky. The infantrymen's leather shields were arrayed in front, and the arrows hitting them made a thud. In no time, even the moat was covered with a layer of white feathers.

The archers of Runzhou Army also set up their crossbows in the rear, lit the arrows wrapped in oilcloth, and at the captain's command, streaks of fire, like shooting stars, streaked across the gray sky and landed on the city wall. With a scream, several figures fell from the top of the wall along with the flames and soon fell silent.

Runzhou's battering rams rolled over the cold corpses lying on the road in front of the city gate and crashed into the already dented city gate.

The city gate collapsed inwards with a crash, pinning down the puppet soldiers who had been trying to hold it up, rendering them unable to move.

The Runzhou army filed in through the city gate. They had been training day and night and were full of energy. The rebels in the capital, on the other hand, had been besieged for so long and had not been able to get enough to eat. They were so exhausted that their leather armor was about to fall off. They were no match for the Runzhou army. In no time, some died, some were wounded, some fled, and some surrendered.

The capital city, which had been sealed off by Lu Ze's men, was now wide open, and the attacking army, led by Lu Qing and his men, filed in, fighting their way through the city and heading straight for the palace.

The capital city was no longer the same as when they left. The once bustling streets were now deserted except for the resisting rebels. The people had long since hidden themselves away, and the city was desolate.

As they reached a fork in the road, a large group of rebels suddenly emerged from the side paths, plunging the scene into even greater chaos.

Originally, Fu Lu had been diligently following Zhu Yu closely, and Lu Qing had been at the forefront, almost blocking all the puppet soldiers that were rushing towards them. However, the enemy's numbers were simply too large, and their main force was still fighting at the city gate. They had only created an opportunity to let their small group of people head straight for the palace first.

Faced with the endless stream of puppet soldiers surging forward, their horses were wounded, forcing them to dismount and fight in close combat. In the chaos, they were quickly scattered, only able to find traces of each other among the chaotic figures.

Zhu Yu felt that the area between his thumb and forefinger was so sore that it was about to split open.

Those puppet soldiers seemed to know neither fatigue nor pain, their eyes vacant as they charged forward, hacking and killing anyone in sight.

Although her swordsmanship was only rudimentary, she was protected by golden silk armor and had a deep understanding of which parts of the human body were most vulnerable, which allowed her to find the most energy-efficient way to protect herself in this chaotic battle.

A puppet soldier bypassed Lu Qing, who was already surrounded, and headed straight for Zhu Yu, brandishing his sword and slashing at him.

Zhu Yu knew that the knife could not cut through the golden silk armor, so it would not threaten his life. However, the golden silk armor could not deflect the force of the blow.

So she quickly dodged, and as her opponent missed his swing and raised his knife high again, she thrust her sword forward.

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