I'm the villain in the book

At that time, it was also he who blocked the "ordinary soldier" who rose up violently, so that the latter did not die on the spot.

An unknown second-rank master dressed up as an ordinary soldier, tried to attack and kill Li Qi but failed...Zhu Tianhong thought that this matter would pass without any danger.

But the move that obviously didn't hit Li Qi made the latter pass out after a few breaths.

Although surprised, everyone still thought it was not a big problem at first.

After all, the Dafeng royal family has all kinds of natural treasures in reserve, and everyone feels that it should not be difficult to cure Li Qi.

Not only Ning Yongnian and Wei Changtian have mica mushrooms, but Dafeng also has them.

However, the fact is that no matter what treasures are used, no matter how many imperial doctors are visited, Li Qi, who has no external injuries or internal injuries, is still unconscious.

And he was obviously not injured, but his life fire was getting weaker and weaker, until now there was only the last trace left.

No one has seen this disease, let alone cure it.

Then those who were waiting for Li Qi might have to die in a coma like this.

"..."

Tears welled up in the corners of his eyes again, Li Wutong bit his lip and stopped looking at Li Qi who seemed to be asleep, but hurriedly wiped away his tears, and then slowly sat down opposite Zhu Tianhong.

"Grandpa, if the father is still awake... what will Dafeng do?"

"Ugh."

Zhu Tianhong sighed deeply: "Princess, but what did those court officials tell you?"

"No, no..."

Li Wutong's eyes dodged a little: "Yes, I want to hear your opinion."

"..."

Shaking his head, Zhu Tianhong seemed to have guessed something.

But he didn't point it out, but slowly explained all the options to Li Wutong...

To put it simply, there are only four roads in front of Dafeng, or the Li family.

One, stick to Fengyuan, would rather die than flee, even if the last soldier dies.

Second, cede land for peace, but Ning Yongnian, who has the upper hand, will most likely not agree. Even if he is willing, the price Dafeng will have to pay for it is absolutely unimaginable.

Third, abandon Fengyuan and continue to retreat westward.Judging from the current battle situation, at most it can be regarded as lingering for a while.

Four, give up the whole Dabong.Taking advantage of Daning's failure to break the city, he fled with all the property of the Li family and started anew in another place. There might be a possibility of restoring the country after a few years.

Undoubtedly, each of these four options has desperation written all over it.

However, as Zhu Tianhong said, no matter how much the court officials discussed, in the end it was nothing more than choosing one of these four.

so......

"Princess, which one do you want to choose?"

Chapter 412 Only One Can Be Saved

"..."

"Young master, that's about it."

"Now Dafeng's army is dispirited. Although they have the will to resist, they no longer have the ability to resist."

"In my opinion, it is estimated that it will be defeated within half a month at most..."

In the study, Chu Xianping had already finished talking about the latest situation.

Wei Changtian, who didn't have time to finish the meal, frowned and didn't say a word during the whole process.

The situation on Dafeng's side is already clear, but I don't know how the Li family will choose.

Fight to the death?

Or just live with restraint?

Unlike Zhu Tianhong, in Wei Changtian's view, the Li family actually only had these two options.

As for continuing to retreat westward or bowing your head to seek peace... This is just another way of the above two choices.

"Has Li Wutong not replied yet?"

Raising his head, Wei Changtian asked softly, "Have the spies found any news about her?"

"Return to son, Princess Wuping has never replied."

Chu Xianping replied truthfully: "I have sent secret reports to the princess three times today, but I have never received a response."

"However, according to the spies, the princess is still safe and there is no accident."

"..."

People are fine, but they don't respond to messages...

Li Wutong's behavior made Wei Changtian very puzzled, and he didn't know whether she hadn't received the message, or if she had received it but deliberately didn't reply.

Could it be that Li Qi's serious injury and coma made her have no time to take care of these things?

Thinking of Li Qi, Wei Changtian couldn't help thinking of that mysterious second-rank master.

Now that the information I have is more detailed, I have a rough guess about the identity of this person.

If nothing else happened, it should be Bai Youheng.

After all, Ning Yongnian used the "Yuanzhou City Tragedy" to wipe out 50 Dafeng elites in one fell swoop, and as another important person in this matter, Bai Youheng naturally won't get nothing.

The benefits he got are probably not less than Ning Yongnian.

Although there is no solid evidence, Wei Changtian always feels that his guess is correct.

From the sixth rank to the second rank, breaking through the four major realms overnight, this matter sounds incredible.

But at the cost of 300 million lives... then nothing seems impossible.

"My lord, what shall we do next?"

On the other side, Chu Xianping asked seriously: "There are still some generals in the Daning Army who are in the same boat. If they make some small moves secretly, maybe the situation can be delayed for a while."

"It's useless."

Wei Changtian shook his head: "If the outcome cannot be reversed, what's the point of delaying it for a few more days?"

"Besides, there must be countless pairs of eyes staring at Feng Yuan right now. If they have any abnormal behavior at this time, it will be too easy to be exposed."

"I understand......"

After a short pause, Chu Xianping already understood Wei Changtian's meaning.

In the eyes of the latter, it is not very important how Dafeng is, and he may help a little within his ability, but he will never pay too much for it.

Not to mention the almost irreversible situation now.

After all, Li Wutong is the only person Wei Changtian really cares about and has the ability to "save".

"Continue to send letters to Li Wutong."

As if confirming Chu Xianping's guess, Wei Changtian said slowly, "Until she writes back."

"Yes."

Chu Xianping nodded, and immediately took out a piece of mother-of-child jade with a special mark from his bosom, urging his internal energy to keep scorching it.

And Wei Changtian got up and walked to the window, looking up at the night sky.

Dotted with stars, the slanting Milky Way is like a gauze ribbon, hanging alone on the zenith.

......

......

Fengyuan City, West City Wall.

"kill!!!"

"Ah!! Help!!!"

"Fuck you! Get off!!"

"Where are people?!! Top! Top!!!"

"The lackey of the Ning family!! Let Grandpa die!!"

"boom!!!"

"..."

Unlike battles on the plains where the two sides fought each other, siege warfare never had much tactics to speak of.

There is no need for interspersed encirclement, no tactical depth, and no formation strategy.

In most cases, the victory or defeat of a siege battle depends only on the stacking of the numbers and strength of both sides.

I use my life to attack the city, and you use your life to defend the city.

It's that simple.

As for the offensive and defensive strategies mentioned in "Sun Tzu's Art of War" in the previous life, such as "empty city strategy" and "ten rules to surround it, five rules to attack it", it is actually not applicable in the world of cultivation.

The huge increase in the personal force of soldiers has made many powerful defense equipment in the previous life useless, and it has also made the difference between the advantages and disadvantages of the attackers and defenders no longer obvious.

Things like boiling oil, falling rocks, and nail boards have basically no lethality on warriors.

Even the siege side didn't even need a ladder, and it only took a few breaths of effort to climb up the ten-foot-high city wall with bare hands.

This is why Daning only has 10 more people than Dafeng, but dares to directly attack the city with all its strength.

"Ding Ding Ding!"

Standing by Li Wutong's side, Zhu Tianhong waved his sleeves to deflect several flying arrows for the former.

Unlike Li Qi, who "raised the fanfare" to inspire the army two days ago, Li Wutong climbed the city wall secretly this time, so there is no possibility of being attacked again.

These white-feathered sharp arrows are just the "indiscriminate firepower coverage" of the Daning army under the city wall.

"Princess......"

Zhu Tianhong carefully observed the surrounding situation, and at the same time advised in a deep voice: "The city wall is too dangerous, let's go back."

"..."

Taking a deep breath, Li Wutong did not answer.

She just stared wide-eyed at the battlefield not far away, at the screaming and fallen soldiers, blood and gravel splashing everywhere, and the toothed flag with the word "Feng" whistling in the air... .... The body kept trembling slightly.

It was a scene she had never seen before.

Although Li Wutong grew up in the army since she was a child, and even went to Wonju with the army, she has never seen the scene of war so closely.

"Pfft!"

A severed hand suddenly flew over from nowhere, and landed not far in front of her.

Li Wutong stared blankly at the severed palm, and at the fingers that seemed to be still curled up, his heart contracted suddenly.

She didn't know why she was in such pain, but she knew it wasn't fear.

"Hand! My hand!!"

A man in a military uniform staggered over, knelt on the ground and picked up the severed hand.

As long as the treatment is timely, this hand can still be connected.

"God bless! Found it!"

The military man seemed to be a little happy with his "recovered" palm, and he didn't care about the empty wrist that was still bleeding. He picked up his severed hand and wanted to go down the city wall to find a military medical officer for treatment.

But just as he raised his head, he happened to meet Li Wutong's blank eyes.

"You, you are..."

For a moment, Jun Han's eyes widened suddenly: "You are Princess Wuping!"

"Yes......"

Li Wutong nodded almost subconsciously, and her actions made Jun Han as excited as if he had been pumped for a while.