vrcanaries Chapter 712 Gongyang Ge Enters the Yan Army
Chapter 712 Gongyang Ge Enters the Yan Army
Gong Yang Ge couldn't understand Shen Changgong's look, nor did he know about the bet between Shen Changgong and the empress.
The empress looked at Gong Yang Ge and said directly,
"Was Marshal Gong Yang rescued from the river by our soldiers?"
Gong Yang Ge chuckled and clasped his hands together,
"General Zhang of your Zhennan Army is truly a master of foresight. He predicted the criminal general was going to jump into the river and escape, so he prepared a boat and blocked the river, eventually capturing him.
The criminal general is not as skilled as his opponent and is willing to lose."
He was giving face to Zhang Han and did not say that the other party just happened to catch him. Instead, he changed it to a case of divine strategy, so that he could get more credit.
Zhang Han heard this and thought to himself that Gong Yang Ge was on the right track. He immediately patted his chest and said,
"Your Majesty, Prince, I, Old Zhang, am not running away from the battlefield, I am really doing something.
Our Zhennan Army is not needed in this battle, so I thought that I can't just sit there idle, I have to find something to do.
I came to the river, looked at the water, and thought to myself, although we blew up the bridge, people in the south are good at swimming. What if their commander wants to jump into the river to escape?
So I ran upstream with my guards, found three small fishing boats, and quickly got off.
As luck would have it, we caught their head coach."
Zhang Han's words left everyone stunned.
No, this idea was thought up by Zhang Han?
Do you have this brain?
But no one wanted to offend Zhang Han, so they didn't say anything.
Yan Fuyao nodded and said,
"Well done, I'll give you a big credit."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Yan Fuyao looked at Gong Yangge again and said calmly,
"Marshal Gong Yang, you're all wet and must be feeling quite uncomfortable, so let's cut to the chase.
I have seen your abilities. You are a talented person who can lead troops in battles and come up with countless strategies.
The power of Great Yan to unify the world is unmatched. I hope General Gongyang will not be a man who goes against the tide and try to stop a chariot with a mantis arm.
I value talents and want to recruit you into my army to prevent such a talented general from falling into oblivion, which would be a pity.
What do you think, General Gong Yang?"
Gong Yang Ge thought for a moment, then clasped his hands and said,
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty. However, can you please offer me a condition?"
"Are you talking about your family? Dayan also has secret agents in Yugui's place. They can block the news in advance and quietly transfer your family out."
Gong Yang Ge shook his head and said,
"No, Your Majesty, I'm not worried about my family. Our Gongyang family is an old noble family in the Qian Kingdom and one of the most powerful. My uncle was the Prime Minister, and my father was the Minister of Grain. Many of our family members also serve in the court. The Great Qian Emperor did not dare to touch the Gongyang family.
What's more, the Gongyang family has thousands of people, and it is difficult to relocate them in a short time.
All I need is a letter of divorce, and they will hide my wife and children."
"Oh? Is the Gongyang family so powerful?"
Yan Fuyao narrowed his eyes slightly.
Now, there are powerful families all over the country.
For example, the Yuan family of the left prime minister Yuanchu in Kun, the Liu family of Liu Fugui in Qi, and the Bai family in Qin.
These families are all very powerful, but Dayan also needs these prominent families to help assimilate and defend the territory it has just conquered.
These aristocratic families are a double-edged sword. They can guard the local areas and also threaten the imperial court, but they cannot be touched now, otherwise there will be chaos in all places. We can only wait until the world is stabilized and then weaken them one by one.
The Gongyang family of Qian State was also very powerful.
Gong Yang Ge saw the empress's thoughts and said,
"Your Majesty, rest assured. When the world is at peace in the future, the general will certainly ensure that the Gongyang family will remain loyal to Dayan and will never have second thoughts."
"It's not that I don't trust you, the Gongyang Clan. On the contrary, if you, the Gongyang Clan, are willing to help me when we march into Qian Country in the future, I will remember your contributions.
Or tell me your conditions, what do you want?"
"The general wants a coffin to bury Xiang Qu's body on the bank of the Han River."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone looked at Gong Yang Ge in confusion.
They thought it was normal for Gongyang Ge to ask Yan State to guarantee the safety of his family, or to ask for military power, to lead the 100,000 captured Qian army soldiers, or even to ask for gold, silver and a title.
But they never expected that Gongyang Ge just wanted a coffin to bury Xiang Qu.
"Oh?"
Yan Fuyao put on a playful expression and said slowly,
"I remember that during the first battle, you were surrounded by our army, and the Chu army led by Xiang Qu did not come to your rescue. Then you angrily led your army 20 miles south to vent your anger on him.
Why are we burying him now?"
Gong Yang Ge smiled bitterly and said,
"Everyone was wrong about this. Xiang Qu was wrong for not coming to help me. I was angry with him and left him to go south, which led to the complete collapse of Yecheng's defense line. I was wrong.
It can be said that we are in this situation now because of both him and me.
But the dead are gone, everyone else is dead, and these grudges have disappeared.
After all, we worked together, and he was the commander of an army. I can't bear to see him lying in the wilderness, his body turned to dust. I want to give him a peaceful burial as much as possible."
"Okay, I agree. Is there anything else?"
"No, as long as General Xiang can be buried in peace, I will be your Majesty's vanguard, holding your horse's stirrups and fighting the enemy in battle."
"it is good."
Yan Fuyao nodded and said,
"Since you are willing to accept any of my orders, would you be willing to lead the 100,000 captives of the Qian army and transform them into the main battle corps of our central army to conquer the world for Great Yan?"
"How can I, a man who is about to be convicted of a crime, dare to accept such respect from Your Majesty?"
Gong Yang Ge had actually thought of this result a long time ago.
After all, there are too many precedents.
Among the more than ten legions of the Yan State, only four were original Yan legions, namely the Changning Army, the Weihu Army, the Zhennan Army and the Pingnan Army.
The rest were all legions composed of surrendered soldiers and generals.
I have to say that the Yan State’s broad-mindedness is truly admirable in this regard.
After all, not many monarchs are willing to use the generals and soldiers of the enemy country to form a legion. Even if there are, they will be disrupted and reorganized and separated.
The Yan army is indeed relying on the original generals and soldiers, and they are very confident that they will not be split up at all.
Such as Yu Huatian, Nie Bei, Chen Qing, Bai Wuan, Yu Ziling, etc., all of them are like this.
This is also an old tradition of the Yan army.
But it is precisely this kind of mixed army that is invincible and no one has rebelled yet.
It has to be said that this is inseparable from the vision and personal charm of the Empress and Lanling King.
And now, he was not surprised that the empress asked him to lead 100,000 captives of the Qian army to form a new legion.
He could even predict that if he was not caught this time, these Qian troops would be split up and assigned to other armies to make up for the losses.
The State of Yan placed too much emphasis on famous generals.