We have fought to the Arctic Circle, and you want me to inherit the throne?

The light penetrated the thick fog and illuminated the military flags fluttering in the breeze.

The flag is embroidered with dragon patterns symbolizing imperial power, surrounded by the black word "Feng" in the middle.

At the urging of the captains, civilians and criminals drove the carts and horses, driving the pack horses loaded with supplies towards the north.

Li Che was in the middle of the team, holding a silent long sword, and next to him was Hu Qiang, who was wearing a cloth robe.

After searching for such a long time, they finally found the strongest warhorse that could barely carry Hu Qiang's strong body.

But the prerequisite is that Hu Qiang cannot wear armor, let alone the exaggeratedly heavy stick.

Hu Qiang glanced at Li Che, then stealthily reached into the lining of his clothes and pulled out a red berry.

He threw it into his mouth in a flash, and before he had time to chew it, he felt Li Che's gaze moving towards him.

"Uh..." Hu Qiang scratched his head and spit out the fruit. "Your Highness, do you want to eat it? I'll give you half."

Li Che didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "You eat it, I won't eat it."

Only then did Hu Qiang happily swallow the fruit.

Li Che looked forward. Although he couldn't see clearly, the plain where Xiangping City was located was in front of him.

The scout camp had already dispersed early to investigate the situation of the Khitan army besieging the city.

Xiangping City was Liaoyang City in his previous life. Li Che had never been to this city in his previous life, but he often went to the nearest city north of Liaoyang.

Shenyang, an international central city in Northeast Asia, a national historical and cultural city, the birthplace of a dynasty, the capital of two generations of emperors, and the eldest son of the Republic!

Considering its history, politics, economy, strategic position and other aspects, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the first city in Northeast China.

Economically, Dalian has performed outstandingly, but in terms of comprehensive strength, Shenyang still occupies a leading position.

But at this point in time, Shenyang should still be a small earthen city.

Its subordinate city, Liaoyang, is actually one of the largest cities outside the Great Wall.

"Report!" A rider came galloping from the front, and the soldiers on the road hurriedly made way.

The cavalryman came before Li Che, dismounted, bowed, and said, "Your Highness, the scout battalion has discovered enemy scouts ahead, killed more than ten, and captured eight alive."

Li Che immediately cheered up: "Bring the people up!"

Huo Duanxiao, Wang Sanchun and others all gathered together.

Soon, scouts came over, escorting eight dusty Khitans.

Li Che looked at the scout sergeant beside him and asked, "What did you find out?"

"The enemy has a hundred thousand soldiers at Xiangping City and has been besieging it for three days and three nights," the sergeant replied quickly. "They won't tell us anything else."

Li Che frowned: "You don't want to say it? I remember that among the veterans of the criminal camp, there were a few who had served as prison guards, right?"

"Yes." Qiu Bai replied, "I'll go get them right away."

Soon, several low-ranking officers of the Ninggu Army hurried over.

After hearing Li Che's explanation, one of them sneered, "Don't worry, Your Highness. Give me half an incense stick of time and I'll make him spit out the color of his wife's underwear."

Li Che nodded. He still believed in the professional abilities of these old brothers.

Several people dragged the captives to a small wooded area nearby, and then they started screaming. The sound was so miserable that the soldiers could not bear to listen to it any longer.

In less than half an incense stick of time, several people wiped their bloody hands and hurriedly walked out of the woods.

"Your Highness, I have made it clear. This group of Khitan troops was sent by their Khan to support Xiangping City..."

The veteran soldier from the Criminal Camp was very skilled and did not hide anything from the Khitan scouts, revealing all the information about the Khitan army.

After hearing this, Li Che frowned: "There are still 60,000 people, and they are all Khitan Wolf Riders?"

He turned to look at Huo Duanxiao, who was also lost in thought.

He had less than 20,000 men under his command, and including civilians and auxiliary soldiers, his number could barely reach 30,000.

Xiangping City has been under fierce attack for three days and probably has little combat effectiveness.

Thirty thousand men against sixty thousand Khitan wolf riders, this is not an easy battle to fight.

What's more, according to the Khitan captives, there was a large number of armored cavalry in the Khitan army, and they were the Khitan Khan's ace Pi Shi Army.

"Zhengze, do you have any good ideas?" Li Che asked. "30,000 against 60,000, and the Khitans are all cavalry. They have no advantage in this battle."

"That depends on what Your Highness wants?" Huo Duanxiao said.

"Oh?"

"Your Highness, if you want to completely annihilate this Khitan army, it is of course impossible. However, if you want to lift the siege of Xiangping City and repel them, it is still possible."

Li Che's eyes lit up: "Explain in detail!"

"Your Highness, please look." Huo Duanxiao pointed to the mountains ahead. "This area is densely forested, making it difficult to deploy troops. But beyond this forest, there is a plain, a flat land."

"We can set up our formation at this narrow pass. The cavalry can't move freely and can't spread out. We can just use strong crossbows and hard bows to deal with them."

"How should the armored cavalry respond?" Li Che asked again.

Huo Duanxiao smiled faintly, "I have a family-transmitted formation that is perfect for countering heavy cavalry. Combined with the mines and hand grenades in the army, if the Pishi Army dares to enter the formation, they will be defeated without return."

"However...the Khitan army's goal is to capture Xiangping City. How to make them abandon the siege and attack us instead is a difficult problem."

Li Che grinned: "How difficult is that?"

"Which is more tempting, the city of Xiangping or the head of a vassal king?"

"Your Highness, what do you want?" Huo Duanxiao widened his eyes.

Li Che said with a smile: "I will personally enter the game and lure them with my own body. I don't believe that the Khitan will not take the bait!"

. . . . . .

"Reinforcements?" After listening to the scout's report, Halehan turned around and looked behind him.

Jie Quan, who was standing by, heard it all and burst into laughter, "Hahaha, my country's reinforcements have arrived. Today, you barbarians will surely die without a burial place!"

When Jie Quan shouted this, everyone on the city wall heard it and was immediately overjoyed.

Young Marshal! Your Highness!

"Please ask the leader Moye to lead his troops to stop the enemy reinforcements." Khalhan looked at a leader coldly.

The leader was immediately shocked: "This... The enemy reinforcements have arrived, should we still fight?"

"Fight! The day the city is broken is today!" Halehan's tone left no room for doubt.

Mo Ye complained bitterly in his heart, but since Halehan was the Khan's favorite general and represented the Khan's will, he did not dare to refute him.

Just as he was about to lead his troops to block the attack, another scout suddenly rushed towards the army:

"Report! Thousands of cavalry have appeared from the rear, heading straight for our rear army."

The last page stopped and looked at Hallehan.

The latter remained unmoved: "Leader of the Last Page, please go quickly."

The scout continued, "The flag the cavalry is flying is the flag of King Daqing!"

"Wait!" Hallehan turned around suddenly. "What did you say? Did you see clearly?"

"I saw it clearly. The flag had a black background and red banners with dragon patterns and bells painted on them. There were nine tassels hanging from it!"

Khalhan's heart suddenly trembled.

The Central Plains dynasties had a strict hierarchy and ritual system. The dragon flag with nine flags was only located below the Taichang flag, which symbolized the sky. It was the flag that symbolized the emperor and the princes.

Only the emperor and the princes are qualified to hang this kind of flag.

In other words, the reinforcements that appeared from the rear were actually the King Feng of Daqing!