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

As soon as Li Che walked out of the tent, he saw Ma Zhong coming towards him with two guys with bruised faces and noses.

Although the two were tied up, they were still glaring at each other, as if they wanted to kill each other with their eyes.

When Ma Zhong and Duan Rui saw Li Che, they hurried forward and bowed.

"See Your Majesty."

Li Che smiled happily, and the more he looked at Ma Zhong and the others, the more he liked them.

He walked up to them, patted their heads, and asked, "My two lucky generals, what treasures have you brought back for me?"

Ma Zhong first gave a simple smile.

Then he vividly recounted how he had just encountered the two groups fighting under the riverbed and heard them accusing each other of being traitors.

Li Che listened with great interest. He walked up to Liu and Mi, who were wrapped in the fishing net, and looked down at them.

"You two both claim to be spies planted by my Fengtian Army in Pengcheng, but how come I... don't recognize you?"

When Liu Qing and Mi Wei heard Li Che call himself "I", they finally understood the situation.

The extraordinary young man in front of him was actually the world-renowned Prince Feng Li Che!

The instinct of survival made them forget their grudges and they rushed to speak:

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty, be wise! The guilty general is the commander of Pengcheng. He has long been loyal to Your Majesty, and tonight he has come to the light and renounce his evil ways!"

"It's this fellow! He is the true loyalist of the false emperor and intends to stop the criminal general!"

Mi Wei couldn't possibly fall behind, and he immediately retorted:

"Your Majesty! The guilty general is the one who surrendered sincerely. This official harbors evil intentions. He feigned surrender in order to gather military intelligence!"

"The criminal general has come to capture this beast and present it to Your Majesty!"

The two of them argued until their faces turned red and saliva flew everywhere, and they almost started fighting over the fishing net again.

"Enough!" Li Che was annoyed by their noise and shouted.

The two were frightened and suddenly fell silent.

Li Che first looked at Liu Qing on his left and asked coldly, "Tell me first, your position and name."

Liu Qing kowtowed profusely and said, "Your Majesty, the guilty general... the guilty general is Liu Qing, the garrison commander of Pengcheng. I have come to surrender."

Li Che scratched his ears and turned to look at Qiu Bai beside him: "If I remember correctly, the commander of Pengcheng also seems to have the surname Liu. What was his name..."

Upon hearing this, Liu Qing added in a voice as thin as a mosquito: "Your Majesty, the guilty general is the commander of Pengcheng, Liu Qing."

Li Che suddenly showed an expression of astonishment and turned to look at Ma Zhong in disbelief.

Wow, Xiao Ma’s skills are getting stronger and stronger!

Qiu Bai added, "Your Majesty, according to the night watchmen's report, there should be two commanders in Pengcheng."

"One is Liu Qing, who comes from a local aristocratic family, and the other is Mi Wei, a general of the Southern Army sent by the pseudo-emperor's court."

As Qiu Bai finished speaking, the man wrapped in the fishing net beside him raised his hand tremblingly: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, the crime is to undermine your authority."

Li Che: . . .

Ma Zhong and Duan Rui: . . .

All the Fengtian Army generals present looked at Ma Zhong and the others as if they were monsters, and for a moment they didn't know what expression to make.

It seems like the battle is over before it even started?

Li Che had seen a lot of storms after all, and he was the first to come to his senses.

He raised his foot speechlessly and gently kicked Liu Qing, who was wrapped in the fishing net like a silkworm pupa, and asked jokingly:

"Let me ask you, if you return now, can you possibly take control of the troops in the city and persuade them to surrender?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Qing struggled to raise his head and eagerly said, "Yes! Your Majesty, I can!"

"The criminal general has been operating in Pengcheng for many years. Most of the local troops are his former subordinates. If he shows up, he will surely convince them to abandon their evil ways and join the good. However..."

He changed the subject, glanced at Mi Wei beside him, and said sinisterly:

"But there are still Mi Wei's Southern Army in the city, hindering them. They are all diehards of the false emperor and will not surrender easily. I'm afraid civil unrest will break out then!"

"Bullshit!" Mi Wei, who was standing by, was furious. He no longer cared about status and shouted with his neck stiffened, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty is wise!"

"Don't listen to his nonsense. We, the soldiers of the Southern Army, have left our homes and come here. We have no ties to Pengcheng. Why would we risk our lives defending the city for that false emperor?"

"The soldiers have long wanted to return home and are unwilling to die in vain. I, the guilty general, dare to guarantee with my own head that the entire Southern Army is committed to Your Majesty's divine power and is willing to surrender the city!"

The two men vied with each other to show their loyalty, undermining each other and labeling each other as diehards.

Li Che couldn't help but burst out laughing.

He finally understood that the issue between the two generals defending Pengcheng was not about who was loyal and who was treacherous, but that both sides were afraid that the other would not agree to surrender and would become an obstacle to their own surrender.

So they all chose to hide it from each other and secretly come to surrender the city to him.

After figuring this out, Li Che felt both angry and amused.

This false emperor's court does not know how to employ people, and the military morale is so low, how can it not be defeated?

He was too lazy to listen to the two men's quarrel. He waved his hand and ordered Ma Zhong, "Take these two 'loyal ministers' away and keep them under close watch. Don't let them fight again."

"When the day breaks, I will have my own plans."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Li Che looked at Duan Rui beside him and asked, "I heard that tonight was your contribution again?"

Duan Rui chuckled and kowtowed repeatedly.

Li Che grinned and said, "Yes, I see that you have sharp ears and eyes, so I will appoint you as the Ear and Eye Captain. Keep up the good work."

Duan Rui was overjoyed and immediately knelt on one knee to express his loyalty: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace. I will repay you with loyalty!"

Li Che patted his shoulder, yawned, turned around and went back to the big tent to catch up on his sleep.

. . . . . .

The next day, the sky brightened.

The defenders of Pengcheng spent the night in fear, preparing to face the next fierce offensive from the Fengtian Army.

Then he saw the Fengtian Army camp open in the distance, and a group of cavalrymen were escorting two bound men to the foot of the city, out of the range of arrows.

When the city guards saw the faces of the two men clearly, they were suddenly shocked:

"That's... General Liu?!"

"And General Mi!"

"How did they get caught by the Fengtian Army?!"

"Weren't you in the city fine last night?"

The army's morale was thrown into chaos in an instant, and the commander-in-chief became a prisoner of the enemy for no apparent reason. How could this battle be fought?

At this time, Ma Zhong of the Fengtian Army rode forward and, following Li Che's instructions, shouted to the top of the city wall: "Listen up, people on the city wall!"

"Your commanders, Liu Qing and Mi Wei, have come to their senses and submitted to our Majesty!"

"You are all citizens of Daqing. Why would you risk your lives for the false emperor and cause more casualties?"

"Your Majesty has ordered that we open the city and surrender immediately. We will forgive the past!"

"If you continue to be stubborn, when my army breaks into the city, those seventeen heads outside the gate will be your fate!"

The shouts echoed and reached the ears of every defender.

Looking at their two main generals under the city, the defenders' last bit of will to resist collapsed.

Without the commander in charge, who would be willing to resist in this fatal situation?

What’s more, even the Lord himself surrendered!

After a brief commotion, the gate of Pengcheng was slowly pushed open.

The Fengtian Army captured Pengcheng, the last important town in Xuzhou, without bloodshed.