Li Shimin faked his death? Then I will be powerful enough to conquer the world!

The distance from Chang'an to Beizhou is not far. At the normal marching speed, it takes about ten days.

Li Chengqian led an army of 100,000 on this expedition, carrying a large amount of baggage and supplies. These baggage and supplies greatly slowed down the pace of the march, causing the army's movement to become much slower.

As a result, the originally planned ten-day journey was extended. As of today, we have been walking for a full fourteen days, but we still have not arrived in Beizhou.

According to Mr. Qi's estimation, the army will be able to successfully meet up with Zhang Xianhuai's troops around noon tomorrow.

During this long march, Li Chengqian witnessed all kinds of scenes and felt mixed emotions.

War has always been a cruel thing, and the ones who suffer the most are the innocent civilians.

Along the way, in addition to the figures of the people who suffered from the war, he also found a steady stream of men with yellow scarves tied on their right arms, moving forward firmly towards Beizhou City.

Seeing this, Li Chengqian immediately sent people to stop the men.

When these men learned that the person in front of them was the current emperor, they were all very excited, with their faces filled with irrepressible excitement and joy.

They all actively explained to Li Chengqian the reasons why they came here.

After listening to the explanation of these so-called "begging troops", Li Chengqian suddenly understood.

It is very likely that these begging armies were planned and organized by Zhang Xianhuai.

After all, supporting a team of this size requires huge financial resources. Looking around, it seems that there is no other possibility except the Qianyu Chamber of Commerce that can possess such strong financial resources.

Although those wealthy families do have corresponding wealth, they have always been stingy. How could they be willing to spend so much money to give to these ordinary people?

Since the goal is the same, the beggar army simply follows His Majesty's army. With the addition of these beggar army, the original situation has undergone subtle changes.

After encountering the army led by His Majesty, the beggars no longer marched alone in twos and threes, but all spontaneously followed His Majesty's army.

As a result, the size of the army expanded rapidly. When Li Chengqian set out, he had only 100,000 troops, but now a rough estimate shows that the number of troops is probably more than 200,000.

Lin Dafu's behavior really amazed and surprised Li Chengqian and Mr. Qi.

Mr. Qi even did a careful calculation and found that after all this trouble, Qianyu Shang probably gave these people at least more than 30 million coins.

Li Chengqian listened quietly to Mr. Qi's analysis and feelings, his eyes revealing a thoughtful look.

In Beizhou City, Zhang Xianhuai received a secret report from the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and learned that His Majesty's army would arrive at the foot of Beizhou City on time at noon tomorrow.

For a moment, everyone clearly realized that the decisive battle was about to come.

On the top of Beizhou City, Cui Jingming looked solemnly at the growing crowd gathering below the city, his heart full of doubts and worries.

It is certain that the imperial court possessed a total of 300,000 troops.

But now, next to these 300,000 troops, there are actually a large number of young and strong civilians. A rough estimate shows that their number exceeds the number of the imperial army.

Cui Jingming looked at these people carefully and found that they were not wearing armor and did not even have a decent weapon.

In addition to these young and strong people, there are also many ordinary people, including white-haired old people, weak women, and innocent children. They appear here in groups. Cui Jingming really can't understand what they are here for.

Cui Jingming observed carefully again and realized that these people seemed to be arranged here in an organized manner.

Because if there is no special organization and arrangement, it is impossible for so many elderly people to reach the city of Beizhou on their own. There must be someone responsible for escorting them on the way.

He also discovered that every meal of these people in the city was carefully taken care of by someone, and these people's eyes were always fixed on the direction of Beizhou City.

He could barely understand the arrival of some young and strong civilians. After all, these young and strong people could at least assist the court in attacking the city, and their presence would indeed bring considerable trouble and pressure to the defenders, making them difficult to deal with.

However, these old people, women and children are unarmed and cannot participate in the war. Once the war breaks out, they will inevitably become innocent victims and will be easily affected by the war.

What exactly is Li Chengqian planning?

What is his purpose in making such an arrangement?

Cui Jingming's mind was like a kaleidoscope, with various thoughts flashing through his mind rapidly.

Since the imperial court could tolerate so many people gathering here, did it mean that they did not intend to attack the city immediately?

Did Li Chengqian think that the upcoming war would not actually begin?

However, if this war does not break out, how can Li Chengqian achieve his grand goal of wiping out the aristocratic families in one fell swoop?

Cui Jingming thought about this problem over and over again, and the more he thought about it, the more confused he became. Just as he was thinking hard, he seemed to be struck by lightning, and an extremely terrifying idea instantly popped up in his mind.

"Impossible, impossible!" Cui Jingming muttered to himself involuntarily, his face turned pale in an instant, and his eyes revealed fear.