We'll have you impersonate the Crown Prince and create a prosperous era for the Great Qian Dyna

Front of the National Protection Army camp.

Xinhua and Zhou Tiancheng's faces also darkened.

Are you kidding me?

You still use wooden planks to pave the road?

Are they not going to give us any chance at all?

Xinhua clenched his fist.

"Your Highness, in that case, let's form a battle formation."

He has the confidence to back it up.

A team with a strong military spirit, once it adopts the standard infantry-to-cavalry spear formation—the chevaux-de-frise formation—is ready to fight.

Even the most swift cavalry charge could be stopped.

Their most important task right now is to block them first!

Once our formation is disrupted, we're truly doomed!

Zhou Tiancheng looked around and shook his head slightly.

"Our goal is to win the championship, and revealing our hand too early is not a good thing."

"On the contrary, I have a suggestion."

"set fire."

set fire?

When those two words were uttered, everyone in Xinhua was stunned for a moment.

He looked around, his eyes lit up, but then hesitated.

"Your Highness, this is the royal hunting grounds."

The reason he didn't think of it was because he came from the northern border region, where there weren't many trees to set fire to and build a defensive line.

But Zhou Tiancheng was different; at this moment, he was actually more flexible than Xinhua.

"So what if it's a royal hunting ground?"

"If it's burned, then so be it."

"They were the ones who lacked sportsmanship first. They even brought in wooden planks, why didn't they bring in a battering ram?"

Zhou Tiancheng also expressed some dissatisfaction when this was brought up.

You're already using cheat codes to build cavalry, and now you're planning to increase the parameters, right?

Then let's all stop playing!

Let's set it on fire first!

At a command, all flammable materials were placed in front.

Just as Lin Tong finished paving the road and was about to launch an attack, another wall of fire appeared in front of them.

Lin Tong was stunned when he saw the wall of fire.

The Crown Prince actually dared to set fire?

He remained silent for a moment, then immediately realized that there was no chance of continuing the attack, and he could only make plans slowly.

at the same time.

A horse galloped up in front of Lin Tong.

"General, Shi Cheng's army is advancing, and their target is our camp."

Lin Tong sighed.

"Let's go back to camp first."

"We sent troops forward before the camp was even settled, precisely to launch a surprise attack."

"But now we have lost the initiative and can only go back and reconsider."

He didn't seem to have much emotion; he turned and left with his men without pausing at all.

But it was quite lively outside.

Upon hearing that Zhou Tiancheng had used fire to block the cavalry, the Duke of Protectorate burst into laughter.

"Your Highness is clever; this trick is indeed effective."

Qin Zhi'ang had a dark expression on his face.

"This is arson! This is the royal hunting grounds! What if the fire gets out of control and burns down to the palace?"

"Isn't Your Highness being ridiculous?"

Zheng Rong glanced at him leisurely.

"Your Excellency, have you forgotten? You yourself said that warfare is based on deception. If Lin Tong could bring wooden planks into the field to pave the way, what's wrong with His Highness the Crown Prince setting fire?"

Qin Zhiang was about to speak when he heard cheers from outside.

He was a little puzzled.

Who is cheering?

Zhou Rui was naturally also puzzled, so he sent a eunuch out to investigate, and soon learned the truth.

When the crowd of onlookers saw Zhou Tianze use cavalry, they immediately felt deceived and betrayed.

Now, hearing that Lin Tong was paving the road with wooden planks while the Crown Prince and his men were still struggling to cut down trees to make barricades, they became even angrier.

"What else could this be but a conspiracy? The Third Prince is guaranteed to win!"

"A grand competition? What a load of rubbish! Just announce the Third Prince as the winner!"

"Have you noticed? Everyone says His Highness the Crown Prince is the most unruly, but in this competition, it was clearly the Third Prince who was unruly! I even suspect that all those bad things said about the Crown Prince were spread by the Third Prince!"

When one person thinks this way, many more people will think this way.

After all, the Crown Prince killed the palace maid inside the palace, and no one else witnessed it. Everyone was just repeating hearsay.

But now, they have witnessed the Third Prince cheating with their own eyes!

Conspiracy theories naturally emerged.

Even those who supported the Third Prince seemed somewhat hesitant and submissive at this moment.

Then they saw a burst of fire. Although they didn't know what had happened, everyone knew that a new battle was about to begin.

As the guards entered the tent, the news quickly spread.

The prince set fire to stop the cavalry's attack!

The Third Prince has withdrawn his troops!

These people immediately felt happy.

Aren't you behind this?

Aren't you cheating?

Why did you withdraw your troops?

The exhilarating feeling of the weak defeating the strong is something they can naturally relate to, because they are the weak ones.

Even they themselves didn't realize that they had unknowingly taken the Crown Prince's side!

Inside the tent, Zheng Rong had a big smile on his face.

"Lord Qin, didn't you say this was nonsense?"

"Why are so many people cheering?"

"Are they also following His Highness the Crown Prince's lead?"

Zheng Rong's words were truly scathing.

He was warning Qin Zhi'ang that if he went any further, the people would all side with the Crown Prince.

Qin Zhi'ang naturally understood, his face darkened, he snorted, picked up his wine glass and went to drink.

Only Zhou Rui.

The emperor completely ignored the infighting among the officials below, and looked at the battlefield with a smile on his face.

Although the Crown Prince has not yet submitted his perfect answer sheet, at least he is not out of the game yet!

"By the way, what about the others?"

"Aren't there eight teams?"

Zhou Rui became interested and asked out of curiosity.

Soon, officials below began to compile the results.

"Xue Fan from the Ministry of Rites is still pushing forward, but at a slow pace, taking a steady and methodical approach."

What is this?

Block the Crown Prince's escape route!

Zheng Rong couldn't help but snort loudly upon hearing this, and then glared at Qin Zhiang.

"Shi Cheng of the Ministry of War launched an offensive, which put a lot of pressure on the Third Prince. Lin Tong's retreat was justified. It's just a pity that he didn't know that Shi Cheng's order was only to advance five miles and set up camp on the spot."

Zheng Rong laughed again.

This is clearly a case of "besieging Wei to rescue Zhao".

Shi Cheng was also an experienced man. He knew that cavalry could quickly return to defense. A rash attack would only give them an opportunity to catch him off guard. This advance of five miles was very clever, giving them no chance at all.

"Hou Feng has already set up the military camp, the barricades are complete, and they've started digging trenches."

Zhou Rui stroked his chin, understanding the situation.

"He's trying to stall for time. He's a smart man. He'll protect his own flag first, and then talk about other things. That's one way to go."

now.

The situation has become clear.

The Third Prince and the Crown Prince were locked in a fierce confrontation. Xue Fan from the Ministry of Rites was clearly one of the Third Prince's men, waiting for an opportunity to strike behind the Crown Prince's back.

Shi Cheng and the Crown Prince seemed to have reached some kind of tacit understanding. Although they were not united, they had put enough pressure on the Third Prince.

The competition was finally on track.

Even at this moment, the Third Prince, leading his cavalry and wooden planks into the arena, failed to gain the slightest advantage and instead suffered losses of some warhorses and soldiers!