In the main hall of Anyang City Lord's Mansion, Li Xian sat in the center, with officials sitting around him; further out there were representatives of various diplomatic envoys.
Everyone was calculating the time silently. The clock on the wall was also ticking slowly.
11:30… 11:40…
Time slipped away little by little; finally only the last minute was left.
Li Xian's face was calm, and he seemed to be unconcerned. He just tapped the back of the chair lightly with his fingers, looking quite leisurely. For some reason, everyone who saw Li Xian's action and expression felt as if they were seeing an executioner waiting for the countdown - there was no anger or anything like that, only silence and coldness.
“Dang… Dang…”
The bell rang at 12 noon. The Jin delegation did not even appear in Anyang City, let alone in the "Anyang City Lord's Mansion Hall"!
Time has passed, and Jin State has not come! All the representatives of the delegation showed curiosity and expectation, wondering how Anyang would deal with it.
As for Li Xian, when the 12 bells rang, his fingers stopped and said, "Jin State did not show up on time. I declare that the negotiations have failed. The battle continues!"
After saying that, he immediately turned to Beichen Yuqing beside him and said, "Beichen Yuqing, next, we will start an air battle. Lead all the planes to bomb the northern border of Jin State, the Great Wall, barracks, military towns, local government offices, warehouses, bridges, etc. You are allowed to use incendiary bombs to burn farmland, forests, and cities. In addition, three of the latest subsonic aircraft have been produced. Drop the bombs on the Jin Palace! Remember, without my order, even if the Emperor of Jin kneels down and begs for mercy, you are not allowed to stop fighting. This battle is for bombing, and does not require close ground attacks or precision attacks."
The purpose of not attacking close to the ground is to prevent the "Ten Thousand Swords Formation" of Jin State.
The eyes of the representatives of the surrounding delegations looking at Li Xian changed; the mood of watching the excitement just now turned into solemnity. It was really straightforward. Jin State did not show up, did not wait, did not listen to any explanation, and directly announced that the war would continue. Moreover, Li Xian seemed to really want to drop a bomb on the Jin State Palace!
Beichen Yuqing left; about half an hour later, Li Xian said to those around him, "Let's go out and see the scene of hundreds of planes taking off."
Li Xian was about to stand up when a guard came running in. "Your Majesty, the envoy from Jin is here."
Everyone looked at Li Xian again.
Li Xian did not pause at all. "Tell the envoys of Jin that this negotiation is over and they can go back. Wait for the next negotiation. Also tell the envoys of Jin that we have declared war and they must leave Anyang within four hours, otherwise they will be killed without mercy!"
The officials and representatives of the various diplomatic missions looked at each other in bewilderment, but they all followed Li Xian out of the hall. Especially the representatives of the diplomatic missions, they wanted to see the spectacular scene of the Anyang plane taking off.
Li Xian did not shy away from this and brought everyone to a temporary airport in the suburbs of Anyang City. This temporary airport had been expanded again, and it was temporarily expanded using magic to cope with the current situation.
Standing on an observation tower outside the airport, everyone could clearly see more than 500 planes neatly placed on the vast airport; and on the northeast side of the airport, there were four gleaming silver-gray planes. These four planes were so different that they caught everyone's attention at first sight.