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Half a month later, Xie Jin led the army to capture twelve cities of the Karen Kingdom one after another.

Within a month, they reached Seda, the last major city with the strongest defenses in the Karen Kingdom.

The defending generals and civilians of the cities that had been captured earlier heard that the army sent by Xie Jin from the central government took the head of General Pang Lei on the night when it arrived at Yasani City, and defeated the 200,000-strong army led by him. The Flame Army was so powerful that they could not resist at all, and almost surrendered all the way, sending Xie Jin's army to the city of Seda.

Due to its special geographical location, the city of Seda is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Both sides of the city of Seda are steep mountains covered with green plants. There is a barbican built in front of the city and arrow towers on the city walls. A frontal attack is a very difficult process that will consume huge material and manpower resources.

In addition to a frontal assault, there is another way to attack a city, which is to go around the city.

To go around the city, the army had to cross the mountains. Any of the mountains on the left and right sides of Seda City were extremely steep. People could pass over, but horses, food, and other supplies were difficult to follow. The journey took a long time, so going around the city was not a wise idea.

Seda City is so difficult to attack. In the meeting tent, Di Liang asked Xie Jin with a headache:

"Prince Rong, how should we fight this battle? Should we choose to attack by force?"

If there is really no other way, a violent attack is not impossible.

According to spies, there were only 60,000 soldiers defending the city of Seda.

After the Battle of Yasani and the subsequent capture of more than a dozen cities, Xie Jin still had 270,000 of his original 350,000 troops available for use on the battlefield.

Except for the small number who sacrificed, the other tens of thousands of soldiers had to stay and garrison in the captured cities.

Two hundred and seventy thousand against sixty thousand, their military strength is four times that of the enemy.

If they wanted to attack Seda head-on, they would probably lose at least half of their soldiers, which would be equivalent to attacking the city entirely with the flesh and blood of their soldiers. It was truly the worst strategy.

Xie Yan also frowned and looked at Xie Jin:

"Eighth Uncle, can we still use the same tactics as we did in Yasani City last time? Let's send people into Seda to disrupt the inner city, and then attack by force?"

In this case, Feng Qingluan cannot be allowed to take the risk this time, so someone else should go in instead.

Xie Jin looked at the topographic map, tapping his fingertips rhythmically on the tabletop. After a moment, he said:

"I'm going to go out for a while. You stay where you are and wait for my notification."

After saying that, Xie Jin left the tent to look for Feng Qingluan.

Feng Qingluan was applying medicine to the wounded soldiers. When she saw him coming, the two of them returned to the tent.

Xie Jin said: "You will accompany me to a place tonight."

Feng Qingluan thought without hesitation:

"Okay, do you need me to prepare anything?"

Xie Jin was surprised: "Aren't you going to ask me where I'm taking you?"

Feng Qingluan looked at him steadily, her eyes bright and she showed a brilliant smile:

"I'll go anywhere you take me."

Xie Jin smiled and ruffled her hair:

"Well, let's go take over the city of Seda tonight."

Feng Qingluan smiled cunningly. It seemed that Xie Jin had a plan to attack Seda City. No matter whether it was climbing mountains of swords or descending into seas of fire, she would accompany him!

At night, the two changed into night clothes. Xie Jin took Feng Qingluan out of the city and entered the West Camel Hump, the mountain range on the right that connects to Seda City, intending to enter the belly of the West Camel Hump from here.

Under the belly of the West Hump is the city of Seda.

The West Hump is heavily guarded and has steep terrain. It is the only frontal opening that leads to the city of Seda.

The reason why Xie Jin knew this was because three years ago, he also led his troops to attack Seda City.

Now is the time to find that person and fulfill the promise made three years ago.

There are soldiers stationed at West Camel Peak. The location is excellent. Almost two soldiers standing here can stop anyone who wants to cross here.

Xie Jin embraced Feng Qingluan and flew over the soldiers’ heads using Qinggong. The soldiers saw him and shouted in surprise:

"There is an assassin climbing over the mountain. Catch the assassin!"

Xie Jin was not afraid of exposing his identity at all. He took Feng Qingluan all the way down, flew over the dense forest, and arrived at the city of Seda below.

The soldiers who came down from West Camel Peak shouted one after another that there was an assassin, but when they looked up through the dense forest, they could no longer see Xie Jin.

Xie Jin and Feng Qingluan came to the streets of Seda City, and after a few jumps they appeared at the mansion of Shao Mingzhi, the lord of Seda City.

There was still a candle lit in Shao Mingzhi's room.

He had just finished finalizing the battle plan for the siege and defense against Xie Jin with other generals, and was now staring at the city defense map with great concern.

Three years ago, the Flame Army led by Xie Jin attacked the city of Seda with great momentum.

That time he participated in the battle as a deputy general among the defenders and witnessed the horror of the Flame Army Lion.

Seeing the city of Seda fall and the Flame Army attacking the city, the people were terrified and he was captured.

The commander defending the city at that time was killed in the battle, and he and the remaining Karen soldiers became prisoners of war.

Shao Mingzhi thought he was doomed and was willing to end his life in order to ask Xie Jin not to kill the people in the city. The knife was even on his neck, but Xie Jin saved him.

To this day, he still remembers what Xie Jin said to him at that time:

"You are a general who loves his people. Your people should not lose you. You owe me a favor. One day I will come to take it, and you must repay me."

Xie Jin did not kill him, nor did he kill any innocent people in the city. He simply used this to intimidate their emperor to withdraw his troops.

Three years ago, their emperor was restless and frequently provoked the border of Daxia, which led to Xie Jin's arrest and he was almost beaten into the capital.

Later, he repeatedly advised the emperor to behave himself and not provoke the Great Xia lion again.

The emperor refused to listen and, at the instigation of his neighboring kingdom, he thought he had become powerful and wanted to avenge the grudge from three years ago and provoke Daxia.

Not only did he continue to cause chaos on the border, he also sent people to assassinate the Queen of Daxia.

It was their fault, he could do nothing wrong!

This time, Xie Jin reached Seda City at a faster speed, causing the critical military situation three years ago to reoccur.

It was different from that time, when he was just a young general defending the city.

At this time, he was the commander-in-chief defending the city of Seda.

There were a total of 60,000 troops in Seda City, and originally there were 100,000, but many of them were so scared when they heard the three words "Flame Army" that they fled before they even went to the battlefield.

Among these 60,000 troops, except for 30,000 regular soldiers, the rest are veterans who volunteered to resist foreign enemies and civilians in the city. How can such a group of demoralized soldiers resist Xie Jin's army of more than 200,000?

Shao Mingzhi sighed and fell into deep thought as he looked at the city defense map on the table.

There was a noise in the room. Shao Mingzhi looked up and saw that Xie Jin had appeared in his study room at some point.

Shao Mingzhi didn't shout, but looked at him straight:

"Prince Rong is visiting me late at night. Could he be here to take my life personally?"

He had heard about the city of Asani.

Pang Lei's head was killed by Xie Jin's men on the night he arrived in Yasani City, causing great chaos in the army. The 200,000-strong army was chilled to the core and suffered a crushing defeat.

Is Xie Jin going to use the same old trick again this time and take his own head?

Shao Mingzhi's eyes inadvertently revealed despair, but Xie Jin said calmly:

"No, I am not here to take your life, but to protect you and the people of Seda..."

Feng Qingluan came with Xie Jin. At this moment, she was hiding on a big tree in the yard, quietly watching Xie Jin and Shao Mingzhi talking in the room below.

This time when attacking Seda City, Xie Jin did not want to spend any soldiers to take it directly. The quickest way was to persuade the general defending the city to surrender.

Feng Qingluan was very confident that under Xie Jin's persuasion and with the might of the army outside the city, the city of Seda, which was known to have the strongest defense in the Karen Kingdom, would be easily captured.

Sure enough, half an hour later, Xie Jin came out of the room.

Feng Qingluan excitedly jumped down from the tree and came to him:

"How's it going? Was it successful?"

Xie Jin nodded, and Shao Mingzhi's voice came from the room:

"Is this the lover of His Royal Highness Prince Rong?"

Feng Qingluan looked at him.

Shao Mingzhi's eyes flashed with brilliance:

"Your Majesty Prince Rong loves his people. I believe that the people of Seda City and the people of Karen will have a better future under the protection of Your Majesty Prince Rong. I, Shao Mingzhi, agree to surrender."