Princess Promotion

Compared to the civil officials who were kept in the dark and knew nothing about Yao Chuguang's plan.

General Park could be said to be one of the few people who knew the truth. He recalled the sarcastic expressions of the ministers when Yao Chuguang said that he would take over Western Zhou within a month.

But General Park was very upset.

At that time, he wanted to beat up those self-important villains who said that His Majesty was arrogant.

How dare a mere fluorescent fire compete with the sun and the moon!

How can you compare with your Majesty's vision and wisdom?

Yao Chuguang had already taken precautions long before the envoys from the Western Zhou Dynasty arrived.

At that time, in order to conceal his true intentions, His Majesty announced to the public that he would follow Yu Zhijian to inspect the State of Qi. In fact, he took his confidants to search for highly skilled craftsmen from all over the State of Qi and established a secret workshop.

As soon as the team was assembled, His Majesty sent Wang Wenli to the workshop secretly with the formula for explosives.

Although Wang Wenli doesn't talk much and likes to have a cold and sour face, she looks like an abandoned woman with a sour face every day.

But no one could match his technical attainments. Under his guidance, the workshop quickly produced a large number of explosive packs. Within a few months, the explosives in the warehouse piled up like a mountain.

General Park had witnessed the power of these explosives with his own eyes. He knew very well that as long as there was enough time and materials, with the power of these explosives, it would be no problem to destroy the entire Western Zhou Dynasty.

On the eve of the official start of the war, Yao Chuguang personally arrived at the front line.

Yao Chuguang has always known that war is a cruel game and every move must be carefully calculated.

The weaknesses of the Qi army - insufficient money and food and limited manpower - were facts she could not avoid.

Rather than hiding it, she made this vulnerability public, allowing everyone to strategize around it.

Yao Chuguang deliberately spoke out in the court, claiming that he could conquer the Western Zhou Dynasty within a month. Such bold words were not only to boost morale, but also a trap carefully designed for the Western Zhou Dynasty.

She wanted to make the Western Zhou Dynasty mistakenly believe that Qi was eager for success, so as to deduce the truth that Qi was short of military strength.

In this way, the Western Zhou Dynasty would arrogantly believe that it had found the weak point of Qi.

The truth inferred from intelligence obtained through hard work is often believed without a doubt.

The trump cards in Yao Chuguang's hand are those powerful explosive packs. In this world, although there are firecrackers and the like, their power is minimal and not enough to be used in actual combat.

Therefore, no one would consider the explosive packs as a real threat.

However, Yao Chuguang's explosive packs are not omnipotent. They can exert amazing destructive power in siege battles, but on the front battlefield, due to the interweaving of enemies and friends, their effects will be greatly reduced.

Yao Chuguang boasted that he could conquer the Western Zhou Dynasty in a very short time in order to create an illusion that the Western Zhou Dynasty would believe that Qi had unknown reinforcements or other mysterious trump cards.

When people face the unknown, they often choose the most conservative way to deal with it, and this is exactly what Yao Chuguang wants.

This forced the Western Zhou Dynasty to adopt a defensive posture and not dare to attack rashly, thus buying precious time and space for the Qi army.

Yao Chuguang knew very well that only by gaining the upper hand in this psychological game could he maximize the power of the explosive pack and achieve the greatest victory at the lowest cost.

After Yao Chuguang accurately calculated the location of the explosive pack, General Park dispatched an elite team, who carried heavy explosive packs and quietly approached the city wall of Xizhou.

Under the cover of night, they placed the explosive packs in the designated locations quickly and covertly like night walkers.

With the order, explosions rang out one after another, like thunder, shaking the entire battlefield.

The walls of the Western Zhou Dynasty crumbled under the force of the explosives, with rubble flying everywhere and dust rising in the air.

The defenders on the city wall fell one after another in the huge shock wave, and some soldiers were even thrown out of the city wall and smashed to pieces.

In this sudden explosion, General Zhao of the Western Zhou Dynasty was unfortunately hit directly and died on the spot.

The Western Zhou army, having lost its commander, fell into chaos, and the soldiers were panicked and at a loss.

General Park seized the opportunity, waved the spear in his hand and shouted loudly: "Charge!" Under his command, the Qi army rushed towards the city wall that had been blown to pieces like a tiger descending from the mountain.

Their morale was high and their fighting spirit was high, and each of them seemed to be injected with infinite power.

Under the leadership of General Park, the Qi army quickly broke through the city wall and entered the city.

Without their command, the soldiers of the Western Zhou Dynasty were unable to organize an effective resistance and could only retreat step by step.

The Qi army advanced with unstoppable force and soon took control of the entire city.

Lord Xiao and his fellow civil officials were led through the ruins of the Western Zhou city. The scene before them made these literati, who usually only wrote books, feel unprecedented shock and fear.

Mutilated limbs were scattered among the rubble, blood dyed the ground red, and the air was filled with the strong smell of blood and gunpowder.

They had never seen such a scene before. Their stomachs churned instantly and they couldn't help but bend over and vomit.

At this moment, Yao Chuguang walked past them calmly. Her eyes swept across the disgusting scenes, but she was not moved at all.

Yao Chuguang said calmly, "That's it?"

Yao Chuguang's voice was like a heavy hammer hitting Lord Xiao's heart. He suppressed his nausea, straightened his back, and nodded at Yao Chuguang as if nothing had happened.

Yao Chuguang stood still and calmly said to Elder Xiao, "The battle that just ended resulted in heavy casualties. I have arranged for personnel to bury the bodies to prevent the outbreak of the disease."

Upon hearing this, Elder Xiao's face turned pale and he nodded without saying a word.

Yao Chuguang: "You will go to the government office later and be responsible for sorting and checking household registration and other documents, and preparing to take over the city."

Elder Xiao's face began to turn from pale to ashen, but he nodded without saying a word.

Yao Chuguang didn't seem to notice Elder Xiao's discomfort. She added a few more words with lingering feelings before turning and leaving.

When Yao Chuguang's figure disappeared from sight, Elder Xiao finally couldn't hold on any longer. He bent down and vomited again, this time more violently than before.

When Lord Xiao had almost finished vomiting, his steps became a little unsteady.

At the moment the Western Zhou city fell, smoke signals were lit on the beacon towers, conveying urgent military intelligence.

A Western Zhou messenger rode a fast horse, galloping along the official road leading to the imperial capital like an arrow.

His military report on the fall of the city must be delivered to the imperial capital as soon as possible so that the Western Zhou court can respond.

However, on this seemingly peaceful official road, a carefully planned ambush was quietly taking place.

Li Yinhan had already led an elite team to lurk in the dense forests on both sides of the road.

Their figures are like ghosts in the night, silently waiting for the arrival of prey.

When the messenger's figure appeared in Li Yinhan's sight, he raised his hand slightly and made an attacking gesture.

In an instant, arrows shot out from the forest like a rainstorm, and the whistling sound that cut through the air was accompanied by the neighing of horses and the screams of messengers.

The messenger was caught off guard and was shot by dense arrows. He fell off his horse and the military newspaper in his hand scattered to the ground.

Li Yinhan led his men out of the woods quickly. After confirming that the messenger had no chance of survival, he picked up the military newspaper on the ground with a sneer on his face.

Afterwards, Li Yinhan ordered his subordinates to clean up the scene without leaving any trace, as if nothing had ever happened here.

Yao Chuguang stood on the high observation tower, as if he could see the capital of the Western Zhou Dynasty thousands of miles away.

In this era where communication relies on human transmission, information delay and blockage will become the key to determining victory or defeat.

Yao Chuguang asked Li Yinhan to lead a small team to hide in the must-pass place of the Western Zhou official road in advance.

They had only one mission - to cut off the Western Zhou Dynasty's intelligence lines and plunge the Western Zhou Dynasty court into information darkness.

Yao Chuguang did not give the army any chance to rest. She immediately ordered the entire army to march non-stop towards the capital of the Western Zhou Dynasty.

This is a race against time and a battle against information.

Yao Chuguang replayed the siege process in his mind over and over again, and each deduction was to find the most efficient solution.

She took into account every possible variable, from weather changes to enemy counterattacks, from soldiers' physical strength to food supply, all factors were taken into account in her calculations.

Yao Chuguang's strategy is speed first, using the rapid mobility of elite troops and the destructive power of explosive packs to form an unstoppable assault force.

The elite troops were like ghosts under the night sky, silently moving across the land of Western Zhou.

The explosive packs they carried became weapons to destroy the city.

Whenever night falls, they appear like ghosts, and the explosion of the explosive packs is like thunder, shattering the tranquility of the city and the psychological defenses of the Western Zhou army and civilians.

The city walls collapsed under the impact of these explosive packs, the city gates were blown to pieces, and the vanguard troops of the Qi army poured into the city like a tide.

The defenders and residents of the Western Zhou Dynasty were panicked by the sudden attack. They were not prepared at all and did not receive any warning. Everything happened too quickly and too suddenly.

Yao Chuguang fully exploits the instinctive fear of human beings when facing the unknown.

Without intelligence support, the cities of the Western Zhou Dynasty were like blind lambs, allowing themselves to be torn apart by the fierce tigers of the Qi army.

The defenders of the city could have relied on their strong fortifications and sufficient preparations to fight against the Qi army, but the lack of information made them lose everything.

The main force of the Qi army, led by elite troops, advanced forward slowly and orderly.

They do not need to participate in the early stages of the attack, but only need to enter after the city is breached, consolidate their positions and maintain order.

This tactic of clear division of labor enabled the Qi army to advance at the fastest speed while minimizing its own losses.

At the same time, Li Yinhan's mission is equally critical.

He will set up numerous ambushes on the official roads to block the transmission of military reports from the Western Zhou Dynasty.

Finally, when the city is completely occupied, Xiao Ge Lao and other civil officials will take over the management of the city.

It was able to restore order in the city in a short period of time, ensure the supply of food and grass, appease the people, and provide stable rear support for the Qi army's continued combat.

As the plan was gradually implemented, Yao Chuguang's layout began to show amazing results.

The capture of each city was as precise as a rehearsal, and every victory boosted the morale of the Qi army.

Under Yao Chuguang's strategic planning, the Qi army was like a precise mechanical clock, with every part running accurately, pushing the wheel of war forward.

The Qi army swept in like a torrential rain, their offensive was unstoppable and invincible.

Cities fell one after another, like fallen leaves swept by the autumn wind, without any resistance.

The sound of the Qi army's iron hooves was like thunder, shaking every inch of land and also shaking the heart of the Western Zhou imperial capital.

When the vanguard of the Qi army was only a few cities away from the capital of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Zhou emperor finally received the belated emergency military report.

Emperor Zhou's face instantly lost its color, his eyes widened as if he couldn't believe what he saw.

The military newspaper trembled in his hands, and the feeling of his heart and liver being torn apart made him almost unable to stand.

Emperor Zhou involuntarily took a few steps back and leaned against the cold dragon throne. His hands tightly grasped the armrests of the chair, and his knuckles turned white from excessive force.

His lips trembled slightly, and he wanted to give a command, but found that his voice was stuck in his throat and he could only make a hoarse moan.

Emperor Zhou looked around and saw that the court was in chaos. The ministers were in a panic and no one knew what to do.

However, before the Zhou Emperor recovered from his shock and issued any effective defensive orders, the Qi army's iron hooves had already crushed the last barrier and were approaching the imperial capital.

The defenders on the city wall looked at the Qi army that was surging like a flood, and their hearts were filled with despair.

The horn of the decisive battle sounded in the sky above the imperial capital, it was a tragic yet helpless sound.

The people in the city fled in all directions, and the streets were in chaos. The cries of children, the screams of women, and the roars of men mixed together to form a doomsday scene.

In the midst of this chaos, Yao Chuguang's Qi army advanced relentlessly like a torrent of steel.

When the Qi army arrived at the foot of the city wall, General Park quickly issued orders.

The soldiers quickly and orderly placed explosive packs at the weak points of the city wall.

With General Park's order, the fuse was lit, followed by a series of deafening explosions.

The city wall trembled and cracked under the power of the explosive packs, and finally collapsed, leaving a huge gap.

General Park waved the sword in his hand and shouted the slogan of charge.

The soldiers of the Qi army poured into the gap like a flood, and their battle cries echoed in the night sky, shaking the entire imperial capital.

The defenders in the city were stunned by the sudden attack. Before they could recover from the aftermath of the explosion, they were faced with the tidal wave of the Qi army.

The soldiers of the Qi army were extremely brave, and their swords were like the scythe of the god of death, ruthlessly reaping lives.

General Park led the charge, his swordsmanship was sharp, and every swing took the life of an enemy.

Under his leadership, the Qi army quickly occupied the city wall and advanced deep into the city.

The streets of the imperial capital were engulfed in flames, and the people hid in their homes in fear, listening to the sounds of fighting outside.