si-mexico Chapter 331: Strategies against Qi and Liang
Chapter 331: Strategies against Qi and Liang
"Shen Changgong!!!"
Emperor Kun's eyes turned red instantly. Although he was pressed to the ground by several guards, he still struggled desperately, wanting to eat Shen Changgong alive.
The hatred of having one's country destroyed and the hatred of having one's wife taken away are irreconcilable!
But there was nothing that could be done even though they were mortal enemies. The Kun Kingdom had been destroyed by him, and all the Kun troops had defected.
All that was left of him was impotent rage.
"He was beaten so hard that he didn't have the strength to scream or struggle."
"As ordered!"
The guards immediately rushed forward and beat Emperor Kun violently with punches and kicks.
After being hit by countless punches and kicks, Emperor Kun immediately had a swollen face and nose, and was in great pain all over his body.
Then, everyone dragged Emperor Kun outside.
Shen Changgong took the so-called surrender letter from Emperor Kun and handed it to Prince Nan Ma Ling, saying,
"You're here to make the announcement?"
Ma Ling shook his head.
"This king is not good at speaking."
"Tsk, you're not good with words. You didn't tell me about the ancestral graves that Old Fengchang deceived you about, and you didn't tell me about the Kun Kingdom deceiving you into destroying your own country?"
"What do you know? This is called the Art of War. The first sentence of my book, The Art of War by the Southern King, is:
The military is the shield of politics, and politics is the blade of the military. The military and politics are united and complement each other. The most important affairs of a country are war and sacrifice.
When two armies fight, the superior force destroys the opponent’s politics, the middle force takes away his will, and the inferior force destroys his body…”
"Now, I am merely following my usual strategy. To conquer the enemy without fighting is the best of all strategies."
Shen Changgong nodded and said,
"Alright, alright, as long as you're happy, let's go. After announcing the imperial edict, it's time for us to take control of Shengjing."
Everyone walked out.
Those members of the Kun Kingdom's royal family were terrified when they saw the tragic beating of Emperor Kun.
Shen Changgong walked up to the general's platform and announced to all the troops, reading out loud the Emperor Kun's surrender edict.
For a moment, the entire Yan army camp was in an uproar, and countless soldiers shouted victory.
In just a few months, the powerful Kun Kingdom was destroyed by them.
The Kun Kingdom, which was once so powerful that it suffocated them and weighed on their hearts like a mountain, was gone just like that.
From now on, this place will all be the territory of Dayan.
After everyone quieted down, Shen Changgong announced again.
"I hereby sentence the Emperor of Kun to death by slicing, behead all male members of the Kun royal family, and enslave all female members of the royal family!"
He only sentenced the royal family members, but not the civil and military officials.
Because Kun State no longer has any civil or military officials.
Chen Qing was so ruthless that he massacred all the dignitaries in Shengjing City, just like Huang Chao.
Following Shen Changgong's order, the group of tied people below immediately wailed.
The Yan army took these captives to the parade ground, placed them on the guillotine that had been prepared long ago, made them kneel down one by one, and beheaded them in batches.
Emperor Kun received the best treatment. More than a dozen generals of the Tianyu Army personally carried out the execution. They stripped Emperor Kun naked, hung him up with a rope, and began to cut his flesh with knives.
King Nan walked up to Shen Changgong and said,
“In fact, giving Emperor Kun an idle title and imprisoning him in Shengjing for life is the best outcome. After all, he has already surrendered.
If we kill his entire family now and then destroy their country in the future, the royal family will be very reluctant to surrender and will certainly put up a fierce resistance."
"I know."
Shen Changgong said,
“But I promised the Tianyu Army that one day, after we conquer Shengjing, I will let them kill Emperor Kun with their own hands.
Without the Tianyu Army bent on revenge, this battle would not be so easy for us.
Rather than satisfying other countries, I would rather satisfy my own soldiers and let them know that I am a man who keeps his promises."
Speaking of this, Shen Changgong smiled and said,
“Besides, Emperor Kun didn’t surrender voluntarily. He surrendered helplessly after being defeated and captured.
If other royal families voluntarily surrender in the future, that would be a different matter.
After this incident, other countries will also know that I am a man who keeps my promises. As long as we promise to treat their royal families well, they will be willing to surrender.
It doesn't matter if they don't surrender, just destroy them, that's all. It's a big deal."
The beheading and execution were still in progress, but Shen Changgong and King Nan Ma Ling had already returned to the general's tent.
"Pack your things. Let's take the Changning Army to take over Shengjing and restore order in Shengjing as soon as possible."
Shen Changgong gave orders while speaking to King Nan.
The Southern King sat on the chair and said,
"You can handle the Shengjing affairs. I will stay outside the city and suppress the army. We are all there. It will be difficult for no one to take charge outside the city. Now we have both the Yan army and the Kun army. We can't let any chaos happen."
"Kun Kingdom has so many important military and political tasks, and you leave them all to me alone? Are you trying to slack off?"
"Why would I be lazy? Even if I help, how long can I help you? In three days, I will lead my army south to persuade them to surrender or attack the Kun army in the south.
Quickly pacify the southern part of Kun State and take control of our border."
"No."
Shen Changgong shook his head and said,
"We can't help them fight the Kun army. On the contrary, we have to use the Kun army to consume their military strength, supplies and national strength. When necessary, we can even provide financial support to the Kun army.
But the Kun Kingdom has been destroyed, and the Kun army over there probably doesn't have the morale to fight anymore."
"Using those Kun troops to consume the two countries of Qi and Liang? Aren't you afraid that those Kun troops will defect and surrender to those two countries? Instead of that, why not just recruit them directly?"
King Nan frowned.
Shen Changgong chuckled and said,
"I have been keeping an eye on the battle situation in the south. There are not many people left in the two Kun armies, and there are many wounded soldiers. It would be better to leave them to Qi and Liang to deal with them.
In this way, you can divide your troops into two groups, station them outside the two counties they are attacking, and let them deal with it on their own.
After the battle, just give them the two counties. They can take them if they can, and how long they take is up to them.
Except for those two counties, the rest of the country belongs to us."
The Southern King frowned and said,
"Give them two counties?"
"What? Two is not enough? They just tied down the 300,000 enemy troops from the beginning to the end. They fought for months and still couldn't defeat them. Giving them two counties is already quite generous.
We wiped out a million-strong army of Kun’s army.”
"No, what I mean is that I don't want to give them those two counties. Both countries are a bunch of rats. Anyway, the next step is to fight them, so we might as well just occupy them."
However, Shen Changgong shook his head and said,
"In this case, it means that the two countries' coalition forces are coming to attack us. We have just conquered Kun Kingdom, and the other places have not yet submitted to us, and the government orders have not yet been conveyed. Kun Kingdom's huge national strength has not yet been digested and converted into our national strength.
It is not suitable for us to start a war in a short period of time.
We originally promised the two countries to give them the 18 counties in the southern part of Kun State, but now we only give them two counties. They are already very dissatisfied. If we rashly launch a war, it will damage our national strength.
I have a plan to have three counties kill two countries. Brother Nan Wang, would you like to listen to it?"