A thousand-year-old family begins with one fighting against ten thousand.

After a fierce battle, Liu Rengui annihilated Li Yuanxiang's entire navy and pursued the enemy, landing on one of the few remaining beaches on the peninsula.

Taking advantage of the fact that Li Yuanxiang's army had not yet returned south, Liu Rengui headed straight for Baekje, a major city in the south.

Baekje City was the second largest city in the southern part of the peninsula and the economic center of Yi Yuanxiang.

The capture of Baekje means that Liu Rengui has seized control of Li Yuanxiang's economic lifeline and also threatens Li Yuanxiang's capital, Xinluo.

After capturing Baekje, Liu Rengui didn't even have time to rest and continued his journey to Sinnak.

At the same time, someone was sent to deliver a message to Su Dingfang, informing him that the plan was progressing smoothly.

Su Dingfang and Li Yuanxiang received the news almost simultaneously, and their expressions were completely opposite.

Li Yuanxiang's expression changed drastically. He hadn't expected that the navy he had deployed along the coast wouldn't even last a month.

What was even more unexpected was that Su Dingfang was so bold as to give most of his troops to Liu Rengui, while he himself led only a small number of troops to launch such a large-scale attack on him.

What angered Li Yuanxiang even more was that he had actually been deceived by Su Dingfang's disguise and actually believed that Su Dingfang had an army of 50 men.

He was so frightened that he hid inside the city, only daring to defend it.

But then he was overwhelmed by fear. Su Dingfang only had a few hundred thousand troops, yet he was so fierce. If he had 50 troops, could he stop him?

It seems the only option is to use the city as a buffer to buy time, dragging it out until the costs become too high and they have to give up.

Given the current wealth of the Tang Dynasty, and considering that he was a member of the imperial family rebelling, would Li Zhi give up so easily?

"Come with me back to provide assistance."

Li Yuanxiang led his army back to reinforce the capital, leaving a portion of his troops to defend the city to the death.

Su Dingfang, who was outside the city, keenly noticed that the number of garrison troops on the city walls had decreased.

Based on the information he had just received from Liu Rengui, he immediately deduced that Li Yuanxiang had led his troops to withdraw and defend.

He didn't let this good opportunity pass him by. Taking advantage of the enemy's low morale after Li Yuanxiang left, he launched a fierce attack.

He and Xue Rengui personally led their troops in the charge, while simultaneously ordering them to shout: "Xinluo City has been captured, Li Yuanxiang has fled, those who surrender will not be killed."

The deafening sound reached the ears of the soldiers on the other side, and their morale plummeted as they recalled Li Yuanxiang's departure.

Taking advantage of this great opportunity, Su Dingfang and Xue Rengui climbed the city wall and, relying on their superb martial arts skills, held their section of the wall firmly.

More and more Tang soldiers joined the battle by taking advantage of the section of the city wall they were defending, and the number of Tang troops on the city wall began to increase.

During this time, some people tried to drive the Tang army off the city wall, but they could not get past the two walls on the left and right sides, namely those of Su Dingfang and Xue Rengui.

The imperial army began to expand its territory on the city walls, and the enemy gradually lost its geographical advantage. Under the leadership of Su Dingfang and Xue Rengui, the Tang army launched a hand-to-hand battle on the city walls.

The generals left behind by Li Yuanxiang to defend the city were killed by Xue Rengui with a single halberd strike.

The rebels scattered instantly and could no longer hold out.

"Leave the infantry to clean up the battlefield. All cavalry, take three days' rations, and follow me!"

At Su Dingfang's command, he led 100,000 cavalrymen toward the next city.

He needed to arrive before the remnants of the rebel army returned to the next city, then capture it and trap all the rebels in the middle.

His side consisted entirely of cavalry, lightly armed and traveling, so their marching speed was naturally far superior to that of routed soldiers.

When Su Dingfang arrived, the city had not yet reacted, nor had it received any news.

Even the city gates were open, and they watched as Su Dingfang and the others hurriedly closed them.

"We don't have siege equipment, so how can we attack the city?"

Xue Rengui looked at Su Dingfang in bewilderment. He hadn't expected his superior to be so reckless, daring to attack the city with only 10 cavalry!

Without siege equipment and horses that can't fly, how could they possibly fight on the city walls?

"No need to besiege the city!"

Su Dingfang's lips curled into a smile. "Rengui, I've heard you're quite skilled at archery? How about a match?"

Su Dingfang looked at Xue Rengui and said with a smile on his lips.

Xue Rengui was somewhat puzzled, but he nodded nonetheless, as he was quite confident in his archery skills.

"Do you see those flags on the city wall?"

"Let's have a competition, who can shoot down more?"

Su Dingfang laughed heartily, then took out his bow and arrow, drew it to its full draw with a gentle pull, and released it. The arrow disappeared from everyone's sight the next second, and when they saw him again, he had already crashed into the flagpole, breaking it in two.

"General, the archer!"

Xue Rengui praised him, and he also drew an arrow, nocked it on his bow, and without aiming, casually shot it, and a rebel flag fell down.

"It truly lives up to its reputation."

Looking at Xue Rengui's composed demeanor, Su Dingfang knew that this was not Xue Rengui's limit; his archery skills were even superior to his own.

"Don't hold back. Show me all your strength so I can recommend you to the Empress and His Majesty."

Xue Rengui could hear the sincerity in Su Dingfang's tone, so he put aside his worries and directly held three arrows between his four fingers and nocked them onto the bow at the same time.

Xue Rengui's eyes narrowed, and he simultaneously aimed at the three flags. He released his grip, and all three flags fell to the ground.

"hiss!"

Su Dingfang gasped, "A divine archer!"

The difficulty of shooting three arrows at once and hitting three flags is more than 10 times greater than the difficulty of shooting three arrows at three flags individually.

As far as Su Dingfang knew, there were very few people in the entire imperial court who could do this.

"General Xue is a master archer!"

"Hahahaha, I, too, cannot show weakness."

Xue Rengui's strength also piqued Su Dingfang's interest. Su Dingfang also displayed his archery skills to the fullest, and within a few breaths, he and Xue Rengui had shot down all the flags on the city wall.

"Once the city's garrison commander shows his face, I'll finish him off with an arrow."

Su Dingfang gave Xue Rengui some instructions.

"Listen upstairs, guards! I am the Grand Steward personally appointed by His Majesty and the Empress. Since His Majesty ascended the throne, he has been lenient with people, reduced taxes and levies, implemented benevolent policies domestically, and quelled rebellions abroad, bringing peace and tranquility to the country."

"However, Prince Li Yuanxiang rebelled. As a member of the imperial clan, he disrupted the state and betrayed the ancestral temple, committing a heinous crime!"

"The Great Tang now occupies two prefectures, hundreds of provinces, thousands of counties, a population in the tens of millions, an army of millions, a full treasury, an elite force, and the world submits to its rule. Do you have any chance of victory?"

"The imperial army has now conquered Baekje and is besieging Sinnak. Why don't you surrender immediately?!"

"When we conquer Xinluo and the rebel king bows down, you will all be traitors, your ancestors will be disgraced, and your descendants will never be able to rise again because of your sins."

"If you surrender now, you can still save your life. It's not too late to turn back from your misguided path."

Su Dingfang's persuasive words actually convinced the opposing garrison.

Su Dingfang's words resonated with them; they too had been coerced into rebellion. The imperial court was too powerful, and they saw no hope of victory.