vrcanaries Chapter 183: News from Yan State spread, and the world was shocked!
Chapter 183: News from Yan State spread, and the world was shocked!
After Shen Changgong left the Tianyu Army camp, he went to the Weihu Army camp without stopping.
At this time, some people in the Weihu Army were working, and some were standing on tiptoe looking towards the Tianyu Army. I don't know what those people were happy about.
When they saw Shen Changgong coming, those people dispersed.
Shen Changgong looked at their military discipline and couldn't help but frown.
It’s just right to hand it over to Guan Shouchang to sort out.
He has already appointed Yu Huatian as the commander-in-chief. Guan Shouchang is his old brother who has followed him and has made many military achievements. He is a real one of his own and there is no reason to delay any further.
When he arrived at the camp, he sent someone to call Guan Shouchang and the generals over.
These days, Guan Shouchang has been in charge of the Tiger Army.
After everyone arrived, Shen Changgong took a folded flag and stuffed it into Guan Shouchang's arms.
"My lord, what is this?"
Guan Shouchang asked curiously.
"Would you know if you open it and take a look?"
Upon hearing this, Guan Shouchang and Zhang Yide unfurled the flag together.
There is only a huge word "Guan" on it.
Guan Shouchang was surprised.
"Your Highness, this... the size of this flag clearly shows it's a general's flag."
"Yes, I am going to appoint you as the commander of the Tiger Army now."
"Who should be appointed?"
Guan Shouchang asked with pretended curiosity, his mouth twitching and he couldn't suppress the smile at all.
Shen Changgong also laughed and said
"I don't know either. Is there any other general named Guan in this camp? If there is, please step forward and let him be the commander-in-chief."
"No more, no more."
Guan Shouchang could no longer suppress his laughter and burst into laughter.
Shen Changgong threw half of the tiger talisman directly to him. This action not only did not make people feel disgusted, but made them feel that the prince treated them as kindly as his own brothers.
"Okay, do your job well. Now you are the commander of the Tiger Army. You will be responsible for a hundred thousand troops. You can't be as impulsive as before."
"I will follow your instructions!"
Guan Shouchang knelt down and saluted solemnly.
"Stand up, and everyone else, be obedient to me. After returning to the capital, I will discuss with His Majesty and the ministers about your titles."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Shen Changgong turned and left, and the generals immediately surrounded him, vying to touch the general's flag.
Zhang Yide grinned and said,
"Lao Guan, you are really good. You are really a commander. You have to buy me a drink."
Guan Shouchang said with a stern face,
"What are you drinking? Let's break camp and set off. It's time to hurry on. I'll treat you to a drink at the restaurant when we get back to the capital!"
"Hey, you've just become the commander and you're already acting so arrogant?"
"Stop talking nonsense. Come on, hang up the flag for me so I can take a good look."
"Ha ha ha ha……"
Both the Yan Army and the Tianyu Army were in a good mood, and there was much less friction between them.
A dozen days is neither short nor long.
Enough for them to return to the capital.
It is also enough for the spies of major countries to quickly pass on information to the courts of various countries.
When the outcome of the war spread throughout the world, all countries were shocked.
The powerful Kun Kingdom, which dominated the north, sent 300,000 main forces to attack the weak Yan Kingdom, which was in civil strife.
In just one month, the entire army was wiped out!
Each country has a rough idea of the overall military strength of other countries.
The State of Yan, located in the northeast, was the weakest and poorest of the nine states. It was so weak that it had no sense of existence at all. When people thought of the north, they thought of the powerful State of Kun, the tough State of Liang, and the wealthy State of Qi.
The State of Yan was too weak. It had a central army of 200,000 soldiers and 50,000 cavalry. The rest were scattered armies of the major vassal kings, with the largest number being 10,000 to 20,000 soldiers and the smallest being only a few thousand.
Any one of the eight countries can easily crush it.
Such a small country, instead of uniting and developing, is actually having a coup, weakening the feudal lords, and having civil unrest?
What a big joke.
When this news reached other countries, when they learned that Kun State sent 300,000 troops to attack Yan State, they all watched with a curious attitude.
What's more, some people were speculating about how long Yan could hold out before being destroyed and how long the war would end.
Some speculated that it would take one year, some speculated that it would take half a year, and some even made bold statements that once Kun’s army left and right, the State of Yan would be destroyed in two months.
After all, that head coach is the famous coach Yu Huatian!
However, no one expected that the war would end, and in just one month.
Of the 300,000-strong army, 150,000 were annihilated and 150,000 surrendered.
That’s an army of 300,000!
Even if there were 300,000 pigs running all over the mountains, the Yan army wouldn't be able to chop them all down, right?
As for Kun Country's claim that Yuhuatian had voluntarily surrendered to the enemy and rebelled, few countries would believe such nonsense.
A coach from a powerful country goes to join a weak country?
Would you, the emperor, send a commander who might rebel at any time to lead the army?
If Yu Huatian surrendered to the enemy, would 150,000 people have died? Would his subordinates have willingly followed him?
As the first piece of news spread, the whole world was shocked, and then a few days later, more detailed information was passed on.
Every one of them is Shen Changgong!
Sweeping the capital's powerful and influential people, extending the favor order without any solution to the conspiracy, the Zhennan Army quickly reduced the power of the feudal lords and gathered the scattered troops in the country.
Shen Changgong led his army to block the enemy and fought fiercely to defend the city with 300,000 enemy troops. Yu Huatian pretended to be weak to lure the enemy out of its hole. Shen Changgong took advantage of the situation and set up an ambush. He arranged for the Zhennan Army to rush thousands of miles and defeated Yu Huatian in one fell swoop.
Yuhuatian retreated to Qianxing City, the Yan army besieged the city, and the Southern King seized Yaoguan, completely blocking Yuhuatian's retreat and catching him in a trap!
Because Shen Changgong fought so beautifully in this battle, he was listed among the famous generals of the time!
Not only did the news from Yan State spread, but even the news from the court of Kun State was leaked.
Other countries also knew that when Yu Huatian was fighting outside, the Kun court framed Yu Huatian. Emperor Kun ordered the arrest of Yu Huatian's family members, seized Yu Huatian's military power, and brought him back to be punished.
After comparing the two pieces of news, other countries also understood what was going on.
On the one hand, they are in desperate situation and waiting for national rescue.
On the one hand, the commander was replaced at the last minute to punish Yu Huatian.
In this situation, you'd be a fool not to surrender.
The emperor and the court no longer care about you, so what's the point of continuing to fight?
All countries are cursing Emperor Kun for being incompetent. How can you seize power when others are fighting on the front line and holding heavy troops? It's good enough if you don't turn back.
Now, all the countries knew that Emperor Kun was a foolish and incompetent man who had given away hundreds of thousands of troops to Yan State for nothing.
Especially the two neighboring countries of Qi and Liang, who were ready to make moves.
The Kun Kingdom was in a weak period, with few troops, an incompetent emperor, and serious infighting in the court.
At this time, the Skynet spies sent by Yan State began to secretly contact officials from both countries...
Shen Changgong naturally didn't know all this. He had just returned to the capital and came to the entrance of the South City Gate. He saw the officials and his parents and relatives who came to greet him.
In his eyes, there was only the anxious and shy beautiful sister-in-law Xue'er...