lcionline Chapter 831 Internal strife again
Chapter 831 Internal strife again
It seems that every general who fought against the Yan army felt this way.
The Yan army not only had high morale, strong combat effectiveness, and good weapons and equipment, but also always liked to fight battles with more troops to defeat the smaller one.
Tell me, isn’t this bullying honest people?
How can others fight you?
You have destroyed all the good things, and you still want to bully the minority with your numbers.
There is no way for others to survive.
Shi Liang had already heard that Jin Haoqian's army in the north was completely wiped out.
Out of an army of 400,000, less than a hundred men escaped.
Shi Liang clearly remembered that the emperor's order to Jin Haoqian was to fight if possible and withdraw if not, giving him great power to decide whether to fight or withdraw.
Emperor Qian even issued an order to Shi Liang, asking him to accept the main force withdrawn from the front line and work with Jin Haoqian to use the terrain of the three passes to stop the Yan army.
But Shi Liang never expected that Jin Haoqian would be able to wipe out his entire army.
How could they defeat the entire army?
If you can't beat him, can't you just run away?
Isn't your defense watertight?
How could they be beaten so badly that only a few dozen people were left running back?
Even if a pig was tied to that position, the performance wouldn't be so bad.
Shi Liang looked at his own 200,000 men and the 800,000 to 900,000 men on the opposite side, laughed out loud at the sky, and wished he could commit suicide.
He had no choice but to write a letter to Emperor Qian and send it by carrier pigeon to tell him the situation here.
There is no way he can win, he just hopes that Emperor Qian will treat his family well after his death.
The carrier pigeon flew and flew, and on the next morning, it arrived at Yugui.
At this time, the Qian Kingdom court was holding another court meeting.
Emperor Qian looked at the civil and military officials below and sighed,
"Have there been any detailed battle reports from the front?"
The ministers all shook their heads. At this moment, a messenger came running in with a carrier pigeon and said,
"Your Majesty, a letter has been sent by carrier pigeon from Qingshui Pass."
"Bring it quickly!"
Emperor Qian took the letter and after reading it, he was furious. He slammed the note on the table and shouted,
"This Shi Liang, I thought he had some urgent military information, but it turns out that the Yan army has arrived at Qingshui Pass. He requested that I treat his family well after he is defeated and killed.
The Yan army hadn't even started fighting yet, but he was already afraid!
He kept saying that he was doomed to fail and die.
With three natural defense lines, don’t you have any confidence at all?
As a commander, if you keep talking about losing, how can the soldiers under you have any morale at all?
The commander-in-chief feels that they cannot win the battle. How can the soldiers not be affected by spreading such words that undermine morale in the army?
And you asked me to treat his family well. Tell me, have I ever treated any general's family badly?
Even for those who were defeated or died on the front line, didn’t I take care of their funeral affairs and reward their families?
Gong Yangge turned against Daqian and betrayed him. Did I treat his family unfairly?"
All the ministers were silent, not saying a word, and lowering their heads.
After roaring for a while, venting all the anger that had been pent up for days, Emperor Qian also calmed down and said,
"Over in Lingling, all we know is that the entire army was annihilated, but there's no detailed battle report.
The Yan army knew that they should split into two groups, one to attack Sanguan and the other to attack Longhuguan.
Beyond that, we know nothing about the North.
Will the news arrive tomorrow that the three passes have been breached and the Yan army is marching straight into Yugui?"
Prime Minister Gongyang Chun said,
"Your Majesty, now all the counties and prefectures in the north have surrendered to the Yan army. The area from Lingling to the north of Guilin has almost been conquered by the Great Yan State through direct edicts. Those officials have lost hope of our victory and have surrendered directly to the Yan State.
Sometimes, if the Emperor of Yan needed them to do something, regardless of whether they had surrendered or not, he would simply issue an imperial edict, and those officials would immediately do it. They obeyed the Emperor of Great Yan's orders, even if they were still wearing the official uniform of the Qian Kingdom and the Qian Kingdom flag was hung on the city wall.
This statement is absolutely correct. As soon as the Yan army soldiers entered Quanzhou County, the county magistrate of Quanzhou County surrendered directly. However, Yuan Lao's land belonged to Shuangliu County, which had not surrendered yet at that time.
Yan Fuyao directly sent an imperial edict, asking the county magistrate of Shuangliu County to take better care of Mr. Yuan in the future and not to be rude to him.
The county magistrate was stunned when he received the imperial edict, wondering whether he was an official of Dayan or Daqian.
After thinking for a second, he decisively ordered to change the flag and banner, and from then on he would be a member of Dayan.
Then he went to meet Mr. Yuan in person.
Emperor Qian covered his head with his hands in pain, and looked at the territory he had lost on the map, almost suffocating.
He thought he was broad-minded, but at this time, he always felt that he was extremely depressed.
After all, the army of Dayan was about to attack, and the country and the family were about to be destroyed.
His mood would only get worse at this point.
Wenbo suddenly stood up and said,
"Your Majesty, we can no longer disperse our forces. If we had gathered all the troops in the country together, we would have had a total of 1.1 million. Although we are still not as strong as Yan State, we are not much behind. We can still fight against it.
But with so many troops, we still have to divide them into four parts.
Lingling, Sanguan, Longhuguan, and Yugui.
Doesn't this give Yan an opportunity to defeat them one by one?
If we gather all our forces, we can fight to the death.
But we have dispersed our forces, and the Yan army has been outnumbered, so they are bound to be defeated."
What Wen Bo actually meant by this was that he wanted Emperor Qian to call back the troops from the two passes, so that the Yan army could fight on flat ground. This would be easier than attacking the passes.
As a loyal minister of Dayan, he must of course find ways to help Dayan.
An official quickly stepped forward and echoed,
“Yes, Your Majesty, if 1.1 million men cannot defeat us, then 400,000, 2 ... or 300,000 men can defeat us?
It would be better to fight to the death with all our might.
At least it can inflict heavy damage on the Yan army, right?
If they want to destroy our country, they won’t have an easy time either.
However, the Grand Marshal actually suggested dispersing the troops and allowing the Yan State to be defeated one by one.
The reasons behind this are worth pondering.”
Taiwei: ???
"Your mother's dog fart! I am a loyal and honest official of the Great Qian Dynasty. All my suggestions are for saving the country. What do you mean by that?
Are you saying that I am a traitor?"
The official snorted coldly and said,
"A traitor may appear loyal, a liar may appear true. Who can truly tell? In short, the 400,000-strong army of Lingling was completely annihilated. Is that true?
Your Majesty, I request a thorough investigation of the Taiwei's residence to see if there is any corruption or bribery, or if the Yan people have bribed him with money.
No matter what, he caused the annihilation of an army of 400,000 men, and this matter must not be let go!"