si-mexico Chapter 387 The Danger of Liang's Extinction
Chapter 387 The Danger of Liang's Extinction
In the past, Shen Changgong was very wary of the strength of the Southern King Ma Ling, and was always on guard against Ma Ling's power growing and posing a threat to him.
However, after the development of artillery and muskets, the threat posed by cavalry was greatly reduced, and Shen Changgong was no longer so wary.
Ma Ling is loyal to the emperor. As long as Shen Changgong does not rebel, Ma Ling will always be his loyal comrade-in-arms.
Shen Changgong now has six legions under his command, namely the Changning Army, the Weihu Army, the Tianyu Army, the Wushuang Army, the Feiying Army, and the Baipao Army, with a total of 650,000 troops.
However, the army of King Ma Ling of the South only expanded by one legion, and the three legions only had 250,000 people.
The King of the South has made many military achievements, so he has to consider other people's feelings. Even if the King of the South doesn't say it, his subordinates will be unhappy.
This time, expanding the Zhennan Army to 100,000 people can be regarded as an explanation to him, and it will also make Zhang Han grateful to him.
In the evening of that day, the army returned to the open space outside Huangtu Fort and set up camp.
Shen Changgong and others personally brought Qi Yan Huihe and dragged him to Huangtu Fort.
When he revisited his old place, Qi Yan Huihe felt only endless sadness in his heart.
He had been here two months ago. At that time, he had unified the grassland, had a strong army and horses, was full of vigor and ambition, and regarded the Yan people as two-legged sheep.
He ruthlessly massacred those two hundred people.
At that time, he was very confused as to why the two centurions would rather die than surrender.
Isn’t it good to be alive?
Now he understands.
With such a powerful country at their backs, the Yan people were extremely proud and would never surrender to a foreigner like him.
At this moment, he felt extremely regretful.
If he had not come here two months ago and had not provoked the State of Yan, perhaps he would still be drinking and eating meat on the grassland, living a carefree life.
I hope that in my next life, I won’t have such big ambitions…
The cold knife chopped down, and his head rolled in front of the tombstone.
The Yan soldiers arranged his head and hung his body up, leaving it to be eaten by vultures.
This is to commemorate the souls of those soldiers in heaven.
The next day, the Yan army returned victoriously.
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The words are divided into two parts.
In sharp contrast to the triumphant victory of Yan State was the devastated Liang State.
The war in the northeast of Liang State was still able to hold on. In Xingyang County, their 300,000 troops fought back and forth with the 300,000 troops of Qi State. Both sides suffered heavy losses, with only tens of thousands of troops left on each side. However, they were still fighting desperately and would not give up until the other side was defeated.
On the Eastern Front, even passive defense was impossible.
The 150,000 soldiers of Liang fought against the 300,000 soldiers of Qi for more than two months. They were completely defeated and forced to retreat to the capital Xingqing Prefecture.
The Qi army was in high spirits and pursued the victory, marching westward in a mighty force.
Zhao Biao withdrew from the south like a firefighter and quickly blocked the Qi army's western front to slow down the Qi army's march.
After the White Horse Army left, the 400,000 Qin troops in the south immediately became energized and directly annihilated the Liang troops that had been fighting a city defense battle with them. Then they attacked cities and strongholds all the way and headed towards Xingqing Prefecture.
The eastern and southern parts of Liang State lost a lot of land, and the battle to defend the capital was about to begin.
Over the past two months, Liang State has continuously sent envoys to Guan Shouchang, Ma Ling, and the Yan State court to request military assistance.
Guan Shouchang was the commander of the Southwest Guard Army, so it was naturally impossible for him to give any reply. He said he would only obey Lanling King's orders.
Ma Ling's reply was the same, he was just waiting for the court's order and he had no right to start a war.
When they arrived at the Yan court, Yan Fuyao only told them that the commander-in-chief of the Yan army had gone to the grassland and had not returned yet. The battle was very difficult, so they should wait until Shen Changgong came back to talk.
It was obvious that Yan wanted to delay, but Liang could not say anything, after all, Yan was also fighting a war.
There was no other way, they had to grit their teeth and persevere, hoping that Shen Changgong could resolve the grassland issue as soon as possible and then come to support them.
Shen Changgong did live up to expectations.
When the spies from Liang State learned that Shen Changgong had wiped out hundreds of thousands of people on the grassland in just two days, he wiped the grassland tribes off the map.
For two months, on the one hand, I was shocked by Shen Changgong's cruelty, and on the other hand, I was ecstatic.
Now, Shen Changgong should come back to save us, right?
They can still hold on, but they need to see hope.
After receiving the news, the soldiers of Liang State were full of enthusiasm, because it would not be long before Yan State came to rescue them.
However, Zhao Biao was the only one who had no hope for this matter.
He knew this matter best. The war between Qi and Liang was instigated by Yan State. The purpose was to consume Qi's manpower and prepare for Yan State's invasion of Qi.
But while the Qi army's strength was being consumed, Liang's troops were consumed even more.
If the fighting continues like this, Liang will have no more soldiers left.
Could it be that Yan's goal was not to destroy Qi together with Liang, but to wait until Qi destroyed Liang before sending troops to destroy Qi and take over Liang's territory?
In this way, Yan State not only saved the trouble of destroying Liang State, but also could stand firm morally, after all, they did not send troops against their ally.
Thinking of this, Zhao Biao was so angry that his teeth were itching.
You damn Shen Changgong, you said everything nice when you came here, that you would deliberately provoke and anger Qi, and start a war between Qi and Liang, and then the two countries would destroy Qi together.
But until now, he hasn't sent a single soldier over!
This treacherous bastard!
Zhao Biao was so angry that he scolded Shen Changgong from a distance.
But after cursing, you still have to face reality.
If the Liang Kingdom is really going to be destroyed, then won’t Zhao Biao also be buried with the Liang Kingdom?
Zhao Biao had no idea what Yan State was thinking.
He didn't dare to jump to conclusions.
He decided to go to the southwestern garrison of Yan State in person to test the Yan State commander's attitude.
He ordered the army to be stationed in the northern part of Liang State and just keep an eye on the Qi army, and not to attack rashly.
He himself, along with his guards, rode quietly and at full speed to the north of Yuanma County, outside the camp of the 300,000-strong Yan army.
After arriving here, he asked his soldiers to report and request to see the Yan army commander Guan Shouchang.
Lao Guan came in person when he heard about the bidding. After thinking about it, he felt that Yan and Liang were allies after all, so it didn't seem inappropriate, so he let Zhao Biao in.
Zhao Biao strode into the general's tent.
Here, the three main coaches, Guan Shouchang, Su Wuan and Chen Qing, are all sitting here.
When they saw Zhao Biao coming in, the three of them stood up and greeted him with a smile, their attitude was so warm.
Zhao Biao was very anxious. After sitting down, he asked directly,
"General Guan, our Liang Kingdom is really unable to hold on any longer. Now that Prince Shen has returned victorious, please tell me when we can send out our troops."
Lao Guan said while stroking his beard with a smile,
"General Zhao, the prince once said that you are a smart person. You should understand what he means, right?"