Dressed as the prince's substitute? I took the throne

Clang!

Soon, the sound of gongs was heard from under the city wall, and a large number of Liao troops appeared under the city wall. Torches were lit, and the flames that shot up into the sky illuminated the city wall.

Zhou Chuxuan's face looked extremely calm under the light of the fire, as if he had already expected them to appear here.

The leader of the Liao army below was none other than Salem Yuan. Looking at Zhou Chuxuan's lonely figure on the city wall, he burst into laughter. "Zhou Chuxuan, you never thought you'd end up like this, did you?"

"Didn't you expect me to be alive?"

Zhou Chuxuan remained calm and shook his head. "Salem Yuan, if you were to return to Liao and continue to hide, then submit to the Wu Dynasty, I could still give you a way out. But you insist on seeking death!"

"What do you mean?"

Seeing Zhou Chuxuan's reaction, Salem Yuan suddenly realized something was wrong. Why didn't he look surprised? "You, you know I'm not dead?"

"As a commander, how can you march and fight without understanding astronomy and geography? Look at the stars above. Your star is still shining brightly. Of course, I conclude that you are still alive."

Zhou Chuxuan put his hands behind his back. In fact, he was just making up these things to make the Liao army more afraid of him.

People of this era are more superstitious and pay close attention to observing the stars in the sky.

Sure enough, when the Liao army heard what Zhou Chuxuan said, there was a commotion in an instant, and some people even looked at Zhou Chuxuan with fear.

Salem Yuan was also a little confused, but as the commander, he quickly calmed himself down. "Zhou Chuxuan, stop spreading rumors and misleading the people. Now that all the elite troops in the capital have been sent out, let's see how you can defend the city."

This time, he mobilized a full 50,000 elite troops of the Liao army, almost two-thirds of the elite troops, just to capture the capital of the Wu Dynasty in one fell swoop.

Zhou Chuxuan shook his head, took out a flare from his hand and set it off.

As brilliant fireworks exploded in the sky, Murong Xue and Hu Yongwei, who had originally rushed out to fight, appeared behind the Liao army. They did not approach them, but used the weapons in their hands to kill them from a distance.

The Liao army instantly fell into chaos. Salem Yuan stared at Zhou Chuxuan angrily: "Asshole, you are plotting again! Shameless!"

"Haha, warfare is all about deception! If it's not possible, then it's not possible. Where do all these excuses come from?"

Zhou Chuxuan waved his hand, and thousands of soldiers appeared on the city wall again, holding crossbows and muskets in their hands, and started killing the Liao army below.

Screams instantly filled the entire battlefield. The so-called elite troops of the Liao army had no ability to resist hot weapons and could only become fish on a sticky board and lambs to be slaughtered.

Yuan Salem was terrified and didn't even ride his horse. He fled desperately on foot with his soldiers. It took a lot of effort for him to get back to the camp.

However, when he saw his own camp, he was completely dumbfounded. The camp of 600,000 troops was burned down, and the corpses of the Liao army were piled higher than a hill.

"W-what on earth is going on?"

Salem Yuan roared angrily to the sky, "Didn't I tell you to hold the camp and hold the enemy back? Why did it turn out like this?"

On the other side, in the capital, Zhou Chuxuan led the victorious army to hold a banquet and start a celebration banquet.

Murong Xue came to Zhou Chuxuan, carrying a wine jug. "Your Highness, your plan is truly amazing. How did you know that a fire attack could achieve such a good effect?"

"We didn't send any troops to attack. We just used catapults to throw mines and Molotov cocktails, and then fired rockets and artillery. In the end, the Liao army camp burned down by itself!"

Zhou Chuxuan put down his chopsticks, took a sip of wine, and said with a smile, "This isn't a difficult task. In fact, if you look carefully, you'll find that the Liao army's camps are all located in dense jungles. If they set up camps in such places one after another, all it takes is a large fire to cause them heavy losses."

"Tonight, I'm targeting their main elite forces, not his 600,000-strong army. Otherwise, this fire would be enough to completely bury his 600,000-strong army!"

After hearing this, Murong Xue was instantly filled with admiration: "Your Highness, when I was fighting in the Northern Frontier before, I also envied those generals and commanders who planned and strategized, but today I feel that you are even stronger than them!"

"Your Highness, when can you teach me these military tactics?"

Zhou Chuxuan suddenly burst out laughing: "Tsk, tsk, tsk, it's not easy. General Murong also has to admit that others are better than him."

"Hahahaha!"

Everyone burst into laughter upon hearing this. Murong Xue nodded slightly, a blush creeping up her fair neck. "Your Highness, when did I ever say I wouldn't admit anyone was better than me?"

"I just......"

The soldiers were having a great time at the celebration banquet here. At the door, a stealthy figure looked around for a while and then disappeared into the darkness again.

Not long after, in the shadow of an abandoned block, Wang Qi took off his mask and waited for the Liao men in black.

"Snapped!"

As a result, Wang Qi was slapped hard just after they met. He was confused and said, "Sir, why did you hit me?"

"What the hell did I want you to do in the city, you bastard? Can't you just get some information? Do you know how many men we lost in this battle?"

The man in black shouted angrily, "Of the fifty thousand elite troops, less than half remain. Within the camp, a hundred thousand soldiers perished in the flames! Why don't you go and find out about Zhou Chuxuan's battle plan?"

Wang Qi was grabbed by the black-clad man's clothes, and he trembled all over as he said, "Your Highness, as the chief steward of the national treasury, how can I have the right to interfere in such matters?"

"Besides, you only asked me to draw the city defense blueprints in the city, and didn't ask me to do anything else?"

Seeing that Wang Qi dared to talk back, the man in black instantly reached his peak of anger and knocked Wang Qi to the ground with one punch: "Haha, it seems that you don't want to work for us anymore?"

"Okay, fine then. I'll kill you now and then find someone to replace you!"

The sword flashed coldly in the night, and Wang Qi was frightened to death. He trembled all over like a sieve, grabbing the black-clad man's trouser legs and said, "Sir, please spare my life, sir, please spare my life. Give me one more chance. Tomorrow, tomorrow night, I will definitely finish the city defense blueprint and hand it over to you!"

The man in black pondered for a while. Since this guy's city defense blueprint was almost finished, he didn't need to rush to find the next replacement. He could just use it.

"Humph, listen to me!"