Deposed Crown Prince: After three years of service on the frontier, the entire court knelt and begge

Shahar and Rhys were taken to the dungeon once again.

Ries looked at Shahar's relaxed expression with some surprise: "Father, whenever there is a war, civilians will die... These are all people from our Slavic country."

Shahar listened to Ris's words and said with a smile, "You saw the reaction of those people too. People... are always like this. They only know the pain after they have experienced it themselves."

"Don't even mention me... Even if it were Xiao Ce, in the Northern Desert Royal Palace, and even in the entire Xiao Kingdom, once he died, the people's perception of his authority began to diminish."

"I've told them everything... but they're not appreciative... what can I do?"

Ries said to Shahar, "That's true! No wonder Prince Xiao Ce once said that the people are ignorant and blind..."

Shahar smiled, then said to Rhys, "Father, what do we do next?"

Shahar said, "No rush. Stay here for a few days. They'll definitely say a few harsh words to us before they leave... Once they've said those harsh words, we can leave."

Rhys looked around: "Can we run out this way?"

Shahar laughed and said, "Of course we can run out from here!"

Seeing Shahar's confident expression, Rhys stopped wasting words.

...

At this moment, in a large hall within the concrete castle of the Turkic capital.

Xiao Ce sat upright in the main seat, with Yan Jia, Han Da, and Wei Wuji all gathered together.

In the center of the main hall, there was a huge sand table.

This sand table was replicated by Wei Wuji and his team over the past few days.

Although Wei Wuji hasn't been fighting these days, he hasn't been idle either.

He fully understood the methods Xiao Ce mentioned, such as knowing yourself and your enemy, and you will never be defeated.

Therefore, he sent out many people one after another, spending a lot of manpower and financial resources to thoroughly understand every small stream in their Slavic country, draw up maps, and then create sand tables.

After seeing the sand table, Han Da and Yan Jia jokingly told Xiao Ce that they had already lost by three points.

Wei Wuji truly lived up to his reputation as the person Xiao Ce had chosen.

Therefore, even though Han Da and Yan Jia were competitors with Wei Wuji, Wei Wuji still gave them a copy of this map.

These generals were more magnanimous than Yunqing and Urgen.

Xiao Ce sat in the main seat and listened to their words with great satisfaction.

"Indeed, although I let you compete, no matter the outcome, Xiao Kingdom needs to go further..." Xiao Ce said with satisfaction.

Han Da, standing to the side, said to Xiao Ce, "Your Highness, didn't you say that cooperation leads to mutual benefit? Besides, you also said that you raise an army for a thousand days to use it for one day!"

“We’ve been training and consolidating our skills, and now we’re almost done. Your Highness, you’re not the kind of person who can stay idle... I’ll be fighting alongside you all quite a bit!”

Both Yan Jia and Wei Wuji nodded.

Tian Jinxian and Yun Qing.Urgen exchanged a glance and then smiled helplessly.

They didn't mince words and said to their respective generals, "You should have said so earlier. This is your attitude... We argued with Yunqing and Urgen until we were red in the face, but it was all unnecessary... It made us look bad to everyone."

Yunqing Urgen nodded in agreement.

After listening to their words, Xiao Ce smiled and said, "There's nothing wrong with what you're doing! Your considerations are definitely different from theirs..."

After listening, they nodded in agreement.

Wei Wuji began, "By the way, Your Highness, some people on their side have already started preparations! The Slavs have already begun mobilizing their troops... We should also hurry up."

Xiao Ce said to Wei Wuji, "Both sides have prepared their battle plans, so let's begin a rehearsal..."

Wei Wuji, Han Da, and Yan Jia nodded.

Han Da and Yan Jia were quite polite, saying directly, "Your Highness, let's let Wei Wuji go first. If his plan is superior, then there's no need for us to waste our time."

Seeing Han Da and Yan Jia say this, Xiao Ce smiled and said, "Alright, don't underestimate yourselves..."

Han Da and Yan Jia laughed and said, "Of course, if Wei Wuji's battle tactics are just average, we will naturally try to win him over..."

Xiao Ce nodded and didn't waste any more words.

Instead, he said to them, "Alright, it's about time...we can get ready to begin!"

As he spoke, Xiao Ce walked to the front of the sand table.

Xiao Ce had seen this sand table before and studied it.

Xiao Ce had already shown the troop deployment on the sand table according to Eva's instructions.

On the sand table, mountains, rivers, passes, and cities are presented in exquisite miniature models, with soldier-shaped chess pieces and military flags scattered throughout.

After Xiao Ce took his position, he said to Wei Wuji, "Alright, I'll defend, and you attack! You need to know that you're capable of using all the tactics and weapons we need!"

Wei Wuji nodded respectfully: "Your Highness, I know! I will do so naturally."

As he spoke, Xiao Ce began to address Wei Wuji.

"Your Highness, then I shall begin."

As he spoke, Wei Wuji first placed an army marked with "Hot Airships" on a high point on a hilltop.

"This is our Heavenly Army. We now have a force of three thousand men and a total of three hundred hot air balloons. Each hot air balloon has undergone multiple improvements and can take off without wind. They can carry one hundred tons of explosives!"

“We have three hundred hot air balloons that will fly over you while you’re resting… We can make your whole city bloom at the same time.”

"After one wave of bombing, our ground troops can launch a simultaneous attack. We have a single-vehicle legion, which has extremely high mobility and can arrive at the battlefield almost simultaneously to begin mopping up and clearing the battlefield. Subsequent ammunition will arrive within an hour."

"Before their message can spread, the airships' space force can launch another attack! If I proceed with this attack, how do you plan to respond? According to their estimates, we can inflict roughly half their casualties..."

After hearing Wei Wuji's words, Xiao Ce felt somewhat helpless.

This style of play is indeed unsolvable for most people.

Moreover, it is indeed very difficult to catch someone off guard.

"If you keep playing like this, we're bound to lose... Let's continue."

Xiao Ce didn't argue; he had lost, and there was no point in arguing.

Wei Wuji said, "Our second round of attacks will not be an hour apart from the first round. We will also send out a few messengers to deliver orders. The purpose is simple: to attract reinforcements."

"There are only two routes from their Slavic country. According to our previous plan, we can slow down the speed of the airships and launch an air strike to cause casualties when they come to support us."

"Then we began bombarding the second line of defense. At this point, they couldn't mount any significant counterattack. The same method was used on the third line. In fact, fighting this kind of war doesn't require much tactical skill. We can break through all three lines of defense within six hours."

"At the same time, our airships can penetrate directly into their territory; we already have locations for several of their arsenals..."

After hearing Wei Wuji mention this, Xiao Ce looked on in astonishment: "You know all this?"

Wei Wuji smiled and said to Xiao Ce, "Your Highness, I spent a lot of money to find out this..."

"So, on the first day we crushed all their manpower, and on the second day when they were in chaos, we were confident that we could blow up all their arsenals."

"Finally, when we run out of troops, we will use some of the airships to distribute surrender notices... After all, those civilians are innocent... If they are willing, we can spare them."

"If there is no response, continue bombarding with the airships... and repeat the process."

After listening, Xiao Ce couldn't help but smile. Although the method didn't sound fancy, it was quite simple.

However, it's clearly simple and practical...

Simple and practical is fine!

Moreover, Xiao Ce really couldn't think of a solution for the time being.

Using hot airships is a completely unreasonable and deceptive tactic...

Wei Wuji said, "Your Highness, do you have a way to break this...?"

Xiao Ce looked at Yan Jia and Han Da to the side: "What do you say?"

Yan Jia and Han Da said, "If that's the case, we really are no match for him; his battle tactics are more suitable."

Xiao Ce didn't quite understand the training methods of Yan Jia and Han Da.

"Don't you have any airship soldiers over there?"

Yan Jia nodded: "No, we mainly train the navy and the army. The idea for the air force was originally conceived by you when you were in the Turkic Kingdom. The first air force based on your ideas was also established there... So, after discussing it, we decided to let Wei Wuji mainly train the air force."

"So, we do have training over there, but it's not as good as their dedicated air force... I actually watched Wei Wuji's drills, and we've discovered their strength... However, we haven't been idle either; we're taking precautions. We have specific methods to deal with and counter air forces..."

"As the saying goes, we need the sharpest spear, and we also need the strongest shield! So, it's clear that Wei Wuji is more suitable this time..."