Deposed? I couldn't be happier! I wouldn't even be a dog to the crown prince.

"Going to Beihai Park to see the fish?"

Huo Qubing and Yue Fei exchanged a glance, both of them somewhat bewildered by the Crown Prince's refreshingly unconventional reason for war.

People fight wars to expand their territory and to be ennobled and appointed as generals.

So, you're here to see the fish?

However, although the reason is outrageous, it's...exciting!

"Your Highness, rest assured!"

Huo Qubing gripped his spear tightly, his eyes blazing with fighting spirit. "Don't even mention the North Sea, if you wanted to go to the moon to see Chang'e, I'd build you a ladder!"

"Alright, alright, stop flattering me."

Li Chengqian waved his hand, signaling the two warmongers to calm down.

"An army marches on its stomach. We've solved the food problem, but that's not enough."

He turned and walked into the weapons workshop filled with all sorts of "high-tech" gadgets. A moment later, he took out a strangely shaped brass pipe.

The tube was thick at one end and thin at the other, and it could extend or retract in the middle. The thicker end was inlaid with a crystal-clear glass mirror.

"What is this?"

Yue Fei took the tube; it felt heavy in his hand. He examined it from all angles, but couldn't figure out what kind of weapon it was. "A hidden weapon? Or some kind of firearm?"

"Neither."

Li Chengqian smiled mysteriously, took the tube from Yue Fei's hand, stretched it out, and then handed it to Huo Qubing, who looked on with curiosity.

"General Huo, you have good eyesight, try this."

He pointed to a hawk in the distant sky.

The eagle flew extremely high; from the ground, it appeared as a blurry little black dot.

"Put it close to one eye, close the other eye, and aim it at the bird."

Huo Qubing did as instructed with some skepticism.

When he pointed the brass tube at the sky, his gaze passed through the small lens.

next second.

Holy crap!

This fearless champion, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, let out a strange cry and jumped back a step, almost dropping the binoculars in his hand.

His face, which always wore an arrogant expression, was now filled with disbelief and terror.

"What's wrong?"

Yue Fei was startled by his reaction. "What did you see?"

"Bird...bird feathers!"

Huo Qubing pointed to the sky, his voice trembling, "I...I saw the eagle's feathers! Every single one was distinct! I could even...I could even see the fierce glint in its eyes!"

What?!

Yue Fei was startled and snatched the binoculars.

When he imitated Huo Qubing and pointed the telescope at the sky, he froze instantly.

The scenery thousands of miles away was brought infinitely closer at this moment and presented clearly before my eyes.

It was no longer a blurry black dot.

Instead, it is a hawk with full plumage and sharp eyes!

He could even see the subtle air currents created when the eagle flapped its wings!

"This...this is..."

Yue Fei put down his binoculars, looked at the sky again, then raised them up again, checking several times before finally managing to utter three words.

"clairvoyance?"

"Is this some kind of divine magic?!"

"What do you mean by 'clairvoyance'? This is called a telescope."

Seeing the two peerless generals so shocked by a simple convex lens principle that they were questioning their existence, Li Chengqian felt incredibly satisfied.

"It involves using several polished glass pieces, arranged at specific intervals, to magnify distant scenes."

"This is called optics, it's science, it has nothing to do with gods."

Although they couldn't understand what optics or science were, that didn't stop Yue Fei and Huo Qubing from understanding the terrifying value of these things on the battlefield.

"Your Highness!"

Yue Fei was so excited that his face turned red and his voice trembled, "With this, the reconnaissance range of our scouts will be expanded more than tenfold!"

"Any movement or ambush by the enemy will be exposed even from a hundred miles away!"

"A scout?"

Huo Qubing shook his head; what he was thinking about was a deeper, more terrifying level.

He snatched the binoculars and aimed them at the distance again.

This time, he didn't see birds in the sky, but a target on a distant hillside.

"Your Highness, if this item could be combined with a bow and crossbow..."

Huo Qubing's voice was low, yet it carried a chilling excitement: "Doesn't that mean... we can really take the head of a general from a thousand miles away?"

Li Chengqian nodded approvingly.

He truly deserves the title of a war genius; his mind works incredibly fast.

"We haven't figured out the working principle of sniper rifles yet, but..."

Li Chengqian snapped his fingers. "With the Divine Arm Bow, within 500 paces, it's no problem to aim and shoot accurately."

"Five hundred steps?!"

Yue Fei and Huo Qubing gasped in shock once again.

It should be noted that even the strongest archer of the time, who could draw a bow with a strength of three stones, could only shoot at a range of two hundred paces, and his accuracy was entirely based on luck.

Five hundred paces, and you can still hit any target you point at.

How can we fight this war?

This is practically cheating!

"Your Highness!"

Huo Qubing suddenly knelt on one knee, his sharp eyes now burning with an unprecedented fervor.

"This humble general requests permission!"

"Your Highness, please equip my cavalry with this divine artifact first!"

"This humble general guarantees that with just eight hundred riders, we can penetrate a thousand miles into the grasslands and bring back Jieli's head intact, to present to Your Highness!"

Yue Fei, watching from the side, was filled with envy and knelt down as well.

"Your Highness, my Beiwei Army also needs this! If every soldier could have one, I am confident that with three thousand infantrymen, we can decisively defeat one hundred thousand iron cavalry!"

"Yes, we have them all."

Li Chengqian helped the two up, smiling like a kindergarten teacher handing out candy.

"We can grind hundreds of these lenses a day in Liulichang, that's more than enough."

He waved his hand with great flair, displaying an air of heroic spirit.

"Pass down the order!"

"Each member of the scouting battalion will be issued a standard version!"

"General Yue's Beiwei Army, each squad leader is assigned one!"

"As for General Huo..."

Li Chengqian patted Huo Qubing on the shoulder and handed him a more exquisitely crafted telescope wrapped in sharkskin.

"You and your eight hundred guards, use this special edition."

"The lenses are bigger, so you can see farther."

Li Chengqian's eyes sharpened, and his voice carried an undeniable air of dominance.

"I want your eyes to be sharper than the eagle that soars highest over the grasslands!"

"I want there to be absolutely no blind spots in your field of vision!"

"I want the Turks to know that, in the eyes of the Tang Dynasty's all-seeing eye, wherever they hide, they are doomed!"

Huo Qubing gripped the cold brass mirror tube tightly in his hand, feeling as if the blood in his body was boiling.

He could almost see himself leading his iron cavalry, spotting the enemy from a thousand miles away, and then, like a god descending to earth, tearing the still clueless enemy to shreds.

"Your Highness!"

Huo Qubing raised his head, and for the first time, a look of "fervent" worship appeared in his arrogant eyes.

"When...will we set out?"

"Don't worry, it'll be quick."

Li Chengqian turned around and looked at the compressed military rations and canned beef being packaged in the workshop, a meaningful smile curving his lips.

"Wait until my dad's situation gets even worse..."

"It's time for us to hit the road."