I am a commoner, but I will lead the empress to unify the world

Chapter 247 Entering Kun Country, the War Begins

Shen Changgong crossed his hands, looked deep in his eyes, and said slowly,

"According to traditional warfare thinking, we should indeed advance steadily, conquer a place, consolidate it, send troops to garrison it, divide the troops into several routes, and first attack the northernmost part of Kun Country, taking one city at a time, planting our flag in each city and expanding our territory.

But the situation in this war is really special. Even though we have a lot of troops, we are still the disadvantaged side.

We do not have a large enough force to garrison each city one by one. If we divide our troops into different places, the vast territory of Kun will seriously disperse our forces, and then we will be defeated one by one by the enemy.

Our only way is to quickly defeat Kun State, capture Kun State’s capital in one fell swoop, and destroy Kun State’s main force.

After taking the capital and Empress Kun, other regions can be conquered by issuing an order. If any place is not convinced, troops can be sent to conquer and suppress the rebellion.

Without the Kun Kingdom court as the center, it will be difficult for them to form a large-scale effective resistance. We must suppress the rebellion while pacifying the people, selecting officials, and governing the local area, so that we can completely absorb the Kun Kingdom.

As for our retreat during our advance, we only need to station a small number of troops to guard the city along the way.

The enemy's main force is at the front. Even if the rear is attacked, we can send a message to us via Skynet's carrier pigeons, and then have the Zhennan Army's cavalry rush over as quickly as possible to suppress and eliminate them."

After listening to Shen Changgong's words, Ma Ling pondered for a long time and said,

"Everything you said is based on the premise that we can quickly defeat Kun Nation. If the war is hindered and we fall into a stalemate, giving Kun Nation time to recover, they will inevitably launch a surprise attack on our rear."

"We have red-haired cannons, so siege warfare won't be difficult. In a field battle, the cannons can also be effective. We can also directly bombard Kun's cavalry. As long as their cavalry is blocked, we can send our army to attack them.

Only Shengjing and Han Xuan's troops have cavalry. Han Xuan's troops have 50,000 cavalry and 150,000 infantry. We still have the advantage against us.

The other 400,000 local troops are stationed in scattered locations, and we can defeat them one by one. Their combat effectiveness is not strong, so there is no need to worry about them."

Ma Ling was also an extremely outstanding general. He had only been weighing the pros and cons before. Because he had never seen the power of artillery, he did not have much hope of quickly destroying the Kun Kingdom.

After all, the envoy of Kun State is an old and powerful country. In his opinion, in a normal war, it would be good enough for Yan State to capture and digest a few counties of Kun State. A lean camel is bigger than a horse. The behemoth Kun State is still very strong.

But seeing Shen Changgong was so confident now, he felt relieved and said,

"Well then, when we attack the city of Yangbei Commandery, I'll have to take a good look at the power of your artillery."

"It will not let you down."

After discussing the tactical details, everyone dispersed to rest.

Shen Changgong also lived in the guest room of the palace, Tu Queling slept next door, and Gongsun Wan'er refused to leave.

Shen Changgong looked at Gongsun Wan'er, who was shy and timid, with her hands behind her back. He was stunned for a moment and smiled.

"What? You haven't slept with me for half a month, and you want me again?"

However, Gongsun Wan'er, who always liked to argue with Shen Changgong, blushed this time, lowered her head, and nodded slightly.

Shen Changgong smiled, walked up to her, gently lifted her chin with his fingers, looked at her moist red lips and shy eyes, and smiled,

"It's really rare that you can make such an expression. Why are you so well behaved today? Is there something wrong?"

Gongsun Wan'er still didn't say anything. She took out her hand from behind her back and stuffed the thing in her hand into Shen Changgong's hand.

Shen Changgong was stunned when he saw this. There was a bundle of rope in his hand.

Oh my god, what is this for?

How could a pure, kind, young, sunny and cheerful boy understand these things?

He gently pinched Gongsun Wan'er's cheek and said,

"Your taste is getting more and more intense now. You really know how to have fun."

Gongsun Wan'er snorted coldly and said,

"What nonsense are you talking about? I'll use it to tie you up."

"Kidnap me? I think you want to turn against Tian Gang."

"What? You think I don't dare? Little Shen Changgong, it's easy to capture you!"

So, the two started fighting, and after two rounds, Gongsun Wan'er was knocked to the ground.

Shen Changgong laughed, rubbed the pet's hair lovingly, and said,

"Climb into the inner room and take off your clothes."

"Um……"

……

Early the next morning, only 20,000 defenders were left at Yaoguan Pass, while the rest of the troops marched out of the pass in a mighty procession and officially set foot on the territory of Kun Kingdom.

It took half a day for the 500,000-strong army to leave the city, and they were divided into three armies: front, middle, and rear.

The vanguard army is the Zhennan Army and the Pingnan Army. As vanguard troops, they are highly mobile and combat-effective, and can respond quickly to various emergencies.

The central army consists of the Weihu Army and the Changning Army, which are the main forces protecting the commander-in-chief, artillery and other important items. The rear army consists of the Tianyu Army, which guards the rear and escorts food, fodder and other supplies.

After entering Kun Country, they arrived at the northernmost county of Kun Country two days later. It was Beijing County, which belonged to Yangbei County and was also where Han Xuan's troops had been stationed before.

In the county town of Beijing County, the officials and garrison had already fled, and most of the people in the city also fled to the county town, leaving only a few old, weak, sick and disabled people who were unable to move in the city.

Although they captured a city without any effort, it was an empty city with no population, food or supplies.

The army rested in the county town for one night. The next day, they left behind a thousand defenders and continued to march south.

The county seat of Yangbei County was not too far away, and there were no obstacles along the way. It seemed that Han Xuan was planning to be a coward and defend the county seat of Yangbei County to the death.

The army arrived outside the city of Yangbei County and set up camp two miles away. When they arrived, it was already afternoon. The army was exhausted and had no camp, so they could not attack the city. They had to wait until the next day to prepare before they could fight.

The army was setting up camp. Shen Changgong and Ma Ling, with their generals and thousands of cavalry, left the camp and came to the outside of the city to observe it.

Yangbei County is a large county town. Although the surrounding area is somewhat desolate and has many mountainous areas, it is still the county town of Kun State after all.

The powerful national strength of Kun State was here, and the county city was built high and thick, and there was also a urn city.

As the first line of defense against the State of Yan in the north, the State of Kun was extremely dedicated.

There is only one gate in this city wall, which is in the middle and on the same line as the main city gate.

Shen Changgong decided to blow him to pieces with two shots when the battle started tomorrow.

At this time, the densely packed Kun army on the city wall also saw the people coming from outside and reported to the commander.