Chapter 1120 Wu Zhao's Determination
"Upal, Achaemeni, Haftan..."
Li Jiancheng looked a little troubled. To be honest, before this he had no idea that his ally actually held such a powerful force in his hands.
Wu Zhao, who seemed to have the least presence, had secretly won over a considerable number of Parthian officers. Although the strength of these officers and the troops under their command had declined due to the decline of the Parthian Empire, they were still powerful soldiers that could not be ignored.
Among them, the elite legions led by Eupal and Achaemenides, even after the decline, still maintained the combat effectiveness of the regular guards, and were completely in a leading position among them.
Haftan was not a rubbish officer. He was of upper-middle level among the Parthian officers and commanded a double-talented legion.
The combined force is in no way inferior to that of Lu Meng who previously commanded an army of 100,000. It gives people a suffocating feeling, especially when he has no better way to deal with it all.
At this moment, Li Jiancheng saw the expression of the counselor beside him and asked hurriedly.
"What's the plan?"
"My lord, don't worry!" Wei Ting smiled slightly. "This news was released by Cao Pi's forces. We just need to form an alliance with them."
"Cao Pi?" Li Jiancheng frowned. To be honest, he didn't like Cao Pi very much. Cao Pi always made him feel like a thorn in his back. Besides, Cao Pi and he were also competitors. He doubted the value of this alliance.
"The alliance is just a nominal operation. In reality, we still have to rely on ourselves!" Wei Ting explained with a smile.
"We just need to give Wu Zhao a signal, and we can continue farming and developing!"
"After all, we are not the ones who are most anxious right now! The Second Young Master should be the most anxious at this moment!" Wei Ting pointed out the situation.
Li Jiancheng slightly shook his head. It was true. His territories and Wu Zhao's were opposite each other, located approximately in the north-south direction, while Sun Quan and Li Shimin were located approximately in the east-west direction. After Wu Zhao rose to power, Li Shimin should have been the first to be threatened.
Moreover, the newly raised Wang family also borders Li Shimin. Now he only needs to form an alliance with Cao Pi and send out a signal, and the trouble will naturally fall on Li Shimin's head.
Of course, Wu Zetian would not be so stubborn as to cause trouble for Sun Quan. Although Lu Meng was seriously injured and had not yet recovered, the army of more than 100,000 was real, and there were talented people like Lu Xun and Lu Su, who were enough to scare people away.
But it was different for Li Shimin. Although defeating Lu Meng resolved the crisis for him, Lu Xun's fire also caused him heavy losses.
Not many elite soldiers died, but the loss of ordinary soldiers would make it difficult for Li Shimin to resist Wu Zetian's multi-faceted attack. He must be in a state of panic at this moment.
Just like Li Jiancheng thought, Li Shimin was indeed a little anxious, but not because of Wu Zetian, but because of the Black Armor Cavalry.
The talents of the Black Armor Cavalry are very simple. The first talent is a body of steel based on basic talents such as endurance and defense. The second talent is simply a speed bonus.
The combination of the two allows the Black Armor Cavalry to possess the agility and dexterity of light cavalry and the defense and burst of heavy cavalry. These are two very comprehensive talents.
But when his dual talents progressed further, Li Shimin discovered a rather thorny problem, which was that he could no longer refine his talents.
Or in other words, the current proportion of talents is too great to support the Black Armor Cavalry to smelt any of these two talents.
In short, I want too many things, which results in me not being able to have anything now.
For the first time, Li Shimin felt that perfection is not the best, and he also understood why no one tried such a simple combination of talents. It turned out that it was a dead end.
Just like those rogue troops, although they have certain advantages, it also makes it extremely difficult for them to make up for their shortcomings. It is their advantages that constrain them.
"My Lord, do you have any thoughts on this situation?"
Changsun Wuji was very helpless. After Li Shimin suffered a loss at the hands of Lu Xun, he immediately tried to make up for the lack of wisdom and strategy and won over Changsun Wuji, who had a close relationship with him.
Changsun Wuji thought about it and decided that he and Li Shimin had a very close relationship, so he immediately gathered some of his own people and defected to Li Shimin, becoming Li Shimin's adviser.
"It's just that Mei Niang has become more powerful. Can she send troops to attack me?" Li Shimin was stunned.
Wu Zhao was his fiancée, well, to be more precise, she was his co-wife, because Li Yuan had arranged more than one marriage for him.
Including Changsun Wuji's sister, who was also Li Shimin's fiancée. After all, the Changsun family and the Wu family were just small families, and they were far inferior to the Li family.
Changsun Wuji wanted to say something but stopped himself, but finally shook his head. What Li Shimin said made sense, but he always felt that Wu Zhao was not that kind of little woman. She might really be a queen like Lu Zhi of the Han Dynasty.
"Don't worry, if Mei Niang really intends to send troops, we will just fight in the other world. There is nothing to be afraid of!" Li Shimin's brows were full of confidence.
When he was hanging out in Chang'an and Luoyang, he was not very proficient in military affairs. But after he defeated Lu Meng head-on, Li Shimin's military level exploded at an incredible speed.
According to Li Shimin's own judgment, his current level of commanding a large army is at least equivalent to that of Yue Fei and Guo Ziyi, of course, this is only a partial level.
After all, Yue Fei and Guo Ziyi were no pushovers either, and they had personally commanded troops of hundreds of thousands, so their experience was far greater than his.
If the two armies were to face off, it would be difficult for Yue Yun and Li Shimin to deal with them now. After all, there is still a huge gap between military soul and dual talents.
"Has the problem of the Imperial Guard been solved?" Changsun Wuji was a little surprised to hear this. The confidence revealed by Li Shimin today gave him some guesses.
"No, but I solved the problem of the Black Armor Army!" Li Shimin smiled confidently.
He couldn't solve the problem of the Black Armor Cavalry smelting other talents, but he found another way, which was to continue developing it and take the extreme path.
He was very open-minded. Since the Yulin Army could achieve the triple limit of quality, skill and will, then his Xuanjia Army could also achieve the double limit. He had confidence in himself and in the Xuanjia Army that he had trained.
"You are really confident!" Changsun Wuji shook his head. "What should we do with the Tiance and Shen Ce armies? Should we turn to the Xuanjia Army, or?"
"I arranged for them to turn in other directions. The Black Armor Army's road is not easy to follow. Once they fail, I'm afraid there will be no chance of reversal!" Li Shimin's smile froze and a solemn expression appeared on his face.
The most feared thing on the extreme road is failure, so there is no need to keep any reserve soldiers to increase the fault tolerance. Once the losses are heavy, it will be just a dream to think of a breakthrough.
So he has only one chance, so it would be more appropriate for the Tian Ce and Shen Ce legions composed of the young and strong people he recruited to shift in other directions.
"As long as you are sure!" Changsun Wuji shook his head and walked out of the door, starting to organize people to deal with the war.
At the very least, we must first instill the knowledge of the other world into the lower-level soldiers.
Although no one will die in the war in the other world, being mentally prepared for the reality can allow them to unleash a more powerful force.
He did not have that much confidence in Wu Zetian. When he received the news that Cao Pi and Li Jiancheng sent envoys to each other to form an alliance, he believed that Wu Zetian would definitely take action against Li Shimin.
In fact, his judgment was correct.
Wu Zhao made up her mind to attack Li Shimin's territory even before receiving any intelligence from Li Jiancheng.
The laws of war in the other world allowed her to immediately annex and digest this territory without any loss after defeating Li Shimin, which was very helpful for her next plan.
Especially the Wang family, this emerging force reached an agreement with Wu Zhao and joined forces to encroach on Li Shimin's territory.
Wang Shichong had great ambitions. He would be happy to use Wang Shichong as a knife to divide Li Shimin's territory first, and then annex Wang Shichong.
There is nothing better than driving out a wolf and then swallowing a tiger.
It was the confidence given to Wu Zhao by the twin stars, Eupal and Achaemenides.
When there are no super elite legions or above, the Undead Guards and the Undead King Knights really become a wall of sighs.
With Qin Liangyu's command, Wu Zhao was confident that she could fight against Lu Meng's 100,000-man army, let alone Li Shimin.
They had more or less gotten some inside information about Li Shimin's victory over Lu Meng. A surprise attack might be effective for others, but if they were protected by the Undead Guards, it would be difficult to break through even a head-on charge by heavy cavalry.
After all, the peak Undead Guards are those with three talents. Even if they are in decline, they cannot be defeated by ordinary cavalry.
"Mei Niang, have you really made up your mind?" Mu Guiying asked Wu Zhao curiously.
"Those who achieve great things don't care about trivial matters, and it won't hurt his life!" Wu Zhao said this with complete indifference. Her ambition would not stop because of the so-called love affair. Not to mention that it was not realistic, even if it was realistic, Wu Zhao might kill him.
She is not a delicate little princess and can easily do such a thing.
Her inner ambition is limitless. If Liu Ying can become the emperor, then so can she, Wu Zhao.
"Good sister, you should have such ambition!" Qin Liangyu's face was full of admiration. At the beginning, they set up the women's army just to prove themselves. In fact, they did not have any high hopes in their hearts. They only participated out of empathy.
Unexpectedly, they, who were all scattered, were actually brought together under Wu Zhao's forced intervention.
Many wives of high-ranking officials strongly supported her. It can be said that Wu Zhao was no longer just an ordinary monarch. She even replaced Hua Mulan and Mu Guiying and became a banner for women.
As for Parthian officers such as Eupal, Achaemenides, and Haftan, Wu Zetian directly asked someone to introduce some concubines' daughters from small families to the centurions of these Parthian officers, and the two sides hit it off immediately.
These officers were fine , they had never seen a beautiful woman. Although ladies from noble families were nice, they were also generals in Parthia, not worldly-wise bumpkins.
However, these big-time centurions had no resistance to the existence of ladies from noble families.
In this era of expansion, it is also a good thing for these small families to be able to establish connections with a group of real and battle-hardened soldiers.
Moreover, these Parthian generals and officers were also happy to see such a scene, which in itself was a process of mutual integration between the two sides.
Later, Wu Zetian also used this method to directly win over a large number of Parthian generals and officers.
This is also the reason for her rapid rise in power. Compared with male monarchs, Wu Zetian has an innate advantage in this regard.
Marriage has always been the most common way for two parties to establish connections.
"Sister Yu, how much energy can we put in now? I mean, we can put in all our strength!" Wu Zhao asked directly.
"There is no need to say much about the Undead Guards and Undead King Riders. Counting the elite troops of Haftan, we can now mobilize 70,000 troops at one time, including 20,000 double-talented troops and 50,000 single-talented troops!" Qin Liangyu answered the question without hesitation.
"How is the Women's Camp?" Wu Zhao asked after a moment's hesitation.
"Although their internal energy levels are extremely high, they have only completed single-talent training so far!" Qin Liangyu shook her head, "But they can be considered a dual-talent legion!"
It is difficult for women to form an army. In addition, the cultivation of internal energy increases the difficulty of forming talents, making the road for female soldiers to become super elites more tortuous.
"Bring our sisters along this time. Perhaps victory can speed up their formation!" Wu Zhao waved her hand.
"The Wang family will also send out 30,000 troops, and they also have elite soldiers with double talents. Let's attack them on both fronts and catch them off guard!" Wu Zhao's face showed undisguised ambition and a domineering aura that had not yet reached the top but had already begun to show its edge.
"I'm afraid the Wang family has other ideas!" Hua Mulan said suddenly.
"Reason?" Wu Zhao frowned when she heard that.
"I heard that the Wang family has battle-hardened armored soldiers passed down from the pre-Qin period, but I have never seen this force on the list of troops to be dispatched!" Mulan pointed at the map.
“……” Wu Zhao was caught in a dilemma for a moment.
The Wang family can stab Li Shimin in the back, and they can also turn against Wu Zhao. We have to be on guard on the battlefield.
However, if there was no such troop to stab in the back, it would be difficult to defeat Li Shimin in one go.
"Let's fight first. No matter what the Wang family thinks, we are still allies. The rest is up to us to do on our own!" A sneer appeared on Wu Zhao's face.
She suddenly realized that the information about the Wang family was not a secret, and Wang Shichong should not be that stupid. It could only be said that the information about sending troops was not for her, but for Li Shimin.
"Send out the troops. The arrow is on the string and must be shot. We don't have much time!" Wu Zhao said calmly.
After all, Qin Liangyu and others were going to the Yuan family. According to the news she received, the Yuan family would make big moves recently, and it was hard to say whether Qin Liangyu and others would be summoned away.
This period of time is the time when she has the most power. If she doesn't try now, she may not have any chance in the future.
