Time Travel: The Survival of Li Zhi

Chapter 419 The whole army attacks

"You've made such a big fuss right after you came here. I feel like you're not just trying to show off by stepping on Da Wei."

Zhang Wenchu stood quietly beside Li Zhi, tilted his head slightly, stared at Li Zhi, and asked.

Li Zhi raised the corners of his mouth slightly, pulling out a smile, and then slowly said: "The emperor gave me a death order to show my power. If I fail to do it well or mess it up, the result will be the same. In this case, why don't I give it a try?"

Zhang Wenchu frowned even more tightly when he heard this. He was still full of doubts. He asked again, "Is it that simple?"

Li Zhi did not respond to Zhang Wenchu's question immediately. He reached out his hand and gently patted Zhang Wenchu on the back. His tone was gentle but unquestionable: "Okay, stop speculating and get ready. We will have a tough battle to fight later."

After saying this, he tilted his head slightly and looked into the distance, as if thinking about the upcoming battle.

After Zhang Wenchu turned and left, Li Zhi slowly turned around and stared quietly at the turbulent Black Water River behind him.

The river surface was sparkling, and sparkling in the moonlight.

As to why he was so tough in confronting Wei head-on, it was not an impulse, but the result of careful consideration.

Long before deciding to go on a diplomatic mission to Wei, Li Zhi had made inquiries from various sources and gained some understanding of Wei's national conditions.

He learned that the Wei Dynasty was a country where the concept of class hierarchy was deeply rooted.

In the Wei Dynasty, this hierarchical concept permeated every aspect of society, which made the people of the Wei Dynasty extremely arrogant towards the people of vassal states.

Li Zhi knew that although China had many vassal states in ancient times, China regarded itself as a great celestial empire. Although it looked down on people from other countries, in order to demonstrate its demeanor as a country of etiquette, it still treated with courtesy the envoys from vassal states that came to pay tribute.

However, the situation in the Wei Dynasty was completely different. In their eyes, class determined everything, and being a vassal state of the Wei Dynasty made them seem inherently inferior.

Li Zhi carefully read through a large number of records about the diplomatic missions that had previously paid tribute to the Wei Dynasty.

Those records implicitly recorded the tragic past of many Yongguo envoys suffering inhumane treatment in the Wei Dynasty.

Among them, only when General Mengbei Meng and Chief of Yeyou Division Zhao Wuji led a team to visit Wei did the delegation gain some respect in Wei.

This hard-earned respect was obtained through the desperate efforts of everyone in the diplomatic corps at that time.

Because it involves the majesty of the Wei suzerain state, the relevant records are not detailed.

Fortunately, Li Zhi has now climbed up to the high position of Situ Han, the deputy head of the Night Tour Division, and thus learned a lot of secrets.

Li Zhi learned the details of the situation at that time from Situ Han.

At that time, the Yongguo delegation had just arrived in Wei. Although they did not encounter a night attack like the one Li Zhi and his men had, they were still harassed by the Wei guards when entering the city.

The leader of the team at that time, Zhao Wuji, wanted to settle the matter peacefully and avoid conflict, but their concessions were met with further encroachment from the other side.

Finally, General Meng could no longer tolerate it, and in a rage, he actually ordered a direct attack on the city.

More than a hundred people trying to capture the city of Wei. This sounds absurd and like a fairy tale.

However, with the brave fighting of all members of the Yongguo delegation, they actually succeeded in taking down the city gate.

That battle shocked the entire Wei Dynasty and made Wei Dynasty look at the Yongguo delegation with new respect.

After that battle, the Wei Dynasty slightly raised the status of the Yongguo delegation in its mind, which also saved the delegation at that time from all kinds of difficulties and humiliations it had suffered in the past.

This time, when Li Zhi led the team, they encountered a night attack from the Wei Dynasty.

He even heard from the soldiers he captured that "People from vassal states are inferior in skills to us, so if they die, they die."

This made Li Zhi even more convinced that it was useless to pretend to be a pig and eat the tiger in the Wei Dynasty.

If you don't want to be bullied and insulted in the Wei Dynasty, you must fight hard to show the power of Yongguo and their ferocity.

We must let the Great Wei see that although Yongguo is a vassal state, it is not inherently inferior to them!

Of course, the reason why Li Zhi dared to act so boldly was mainly because the military strategists of the Wei Dynasty valued force and respected the strong. In the Wei Dynasty, as long as one was strong enough, he would win recognition and respect.

If it were any other narrow-minded country that couldn't afford to lose, Li Zhi would never dare to take such radical action rashly.

After all, although they are brave and fearless, there are only more than a hundred of them in total. In the face of absolute strength, these one hundred people can't make any waves.

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The assembly of the Wei army was extremely volatile, like a brewing storm, which naturally could not be hidden from Li Zhi and his men.

Of course, the Wei Dynasty did not seem to have any intention of hiding anything.

After all, in their eyes, Li Zhi and his group were already in a desperate situation with their backs against the Black Water River. Even if they wanted to escape, they could not do so, so there was no need to hide their whereabouts.

Captain Yang remained calm as always, with no trace of emotion on his stern face. His eyes fell on a soldier who was lying on the ground and listening carefully. He asked in a low voice, "How is it?"

The soldier stood up quickly and shouted back, "My Lord, there are about 2,000 people coming. We didn't hear any horse hoof sounds, so they must be all infantry."

Upon learning that the enemy's number was twenty times that of his own, Captain Yang did not even frown, and remained as calm and composed as Mount Tai. He then continued to ask, "How long will it take to get there?"

The soldier replied without hesitation: "About two incense sticks."

At this moment, a scout came back at full speed, pulled the reins in front of Captain Yang, dismounted, clasped his fists and saluted, saying, "Your Excellency, we have carefully searched the surroundings and found no trace of the enemy's scouts."

Upon hearing the news brought back by the scout, Captain Yang, who usually had a stern face, smiled for the first time.

He knew in his heart that the other party was extremely confident, so confident that they didn't even bother to send out scouts.

They were confident that with the strength of these two thousand soldiers, they could easily crush their mere one hundred people like autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves.

After all, two thousand versus one hundred, from the perspective of military strength comparison, they do have an absolute advantage, and it seems that victory is certain no matter how you look at it.

The smile on Captain Yang's face slowly faded. Although there was a huge disparity in military strength between the two sides, unfortunately he only received one order - to win!

Now, the enemy's strength far outnumbered theirs. If they simply defended the camp, they would be doomed. Once surrounded by two thousand people, the hundred or so of them would be like lambs to be slaughtered, being eaten by the enemy without any ability to fight back.

Therefore, if you want to win in this unequal contest, you must never choose to passively defend.

Only by taking the initiative and breaking the rules can we find a glimmer of hope!

Captain Yang slowly raised his head, his cold eyes like a sharp knife, scanning every soldier present. He took a deep breath, and then said in a deep voice: "Everyone get ready!"

"To!"

More than a hundred soldiers from the Qiongqi Camp roared in unison, the sound was deafening, as if it was going to break through the depressing night sky.

They stood up suddenly, their bodies straight as pine trees, their eyes revealing determination and fearlessness.

Captain Yang held the steel knife tightly in his hand, and the blade was flashing with cold light.

He pointed his steel knife in the direction of the Wei army's attack, and then shouted with all his strength, "All troops, attack!"