Chapter 1020: Defection
Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.inforeadx;? Zhou Chang can also be regarded as a generation of famous generals in Ningnan,
In the Second War, Zhou Chang and Guanliang led the Third and Fifth Army Corps of Ningnan to chase and kill the Zhenjun Army led by Shangguanxiu, chasing from south to west, from west to north, and from north to east, almost chasing half of Ningnan.
Although they did not cause much loss to the Zhenjun army at that time, they were able to force the brave and warlike Zhenjun army to run all over the world, and Zhou Chang and the Fifth Army under his command can also be recorded in the annals of history.
However, it was such a Ningnan ace legion known for its fierce style, but at the end of the Battle of Qingcheng, it was completely annihilated by the Seventh Legion of the Wind Country, and the commander of the legion, Zhou Chang, was also killed by the wind general Wang Xu with a hammer.
After Zhou Chang was killed, there was no suspense on the battlefield, the Ningnan army was defeated like a mountain, the Feng army pursued the victory, and chased the Ningnan army more than 20 miles away and more than 50,000 people in one go.
Of course, the losses of the Feng army in this battle were not small, and more than half of the soldiers of the whole army were killed and wounded.
In the battle of Qingcheng, the Seventh Army of the Wind Country, 100,000 soldiers, and in the end, there were only about 25,000 people left, and more than 70,000 soldiers died in Qingcheng.
Correspondingly, Ningnan's Fifth Army was completely annihilated in the east of Qingcheng, and another 200,000 new troops were also annihilated by the Feng Army.
Looking at the battle losses of both sides, the wind army undoubtedly won a big victory, but in terms of strategic intent, the wind army did not win this battle.
Shangguan Xiu's battle plan was to use the Seventh Army to lock Gucheng, Qucheng, Qingcheng, and Liangcheng, and lock the main force of the Ningnan Army in the territory of Mingshui County.
However, after the bloody battle of Qingcheng, the Feng Seventh Army suffered heavy casualties, and almost all the troops were wounded, and they were no longer able to garrison the four cities, so they could only retreat.
However, the battle of Qingcheng was a great boost to the morale of the Feng Army and even the Wind Country, and the Wind Seventh Army also became famous from this battle.
100,000 defeated 300,000, including 200,000 encircled and annihilated the enemy, and 100,000 defeated the enemy head-on, which is undoubtedly a huge encouragement for the wind people, and also doubles people's confidence in this national war.
But just when people thought that the Wind Army would maintain the momentum of great victory, win successive battles, and then win the entire national war, a shocking upheaval suddenly occurred in the Wind Country, which turned the Wind Country upside down, and almost reversed the national war.
After the Battle of Qingcheng, the Seventh Army rested in Qingcheng for five days, and then Shangguanxiu led the remnants of the Seventh Army to evacuate Qingcheng, and returned to the camp of the Feng Army.
On the way back, Shangguan Xiu was lying on the soft couch of the carriage, unable to get up.
In the battle with the Fifth Army of Ningnan, although Shangguan Xiu had tried his best to control it and did not use Lingwu too frequently, the meridians were damaged again without healing, which made Shangguan Xiu very painful after the war for a while.
But even so, he still thinks that it is worth it for him to do this, after all, people are not cold machines, but emotional, not everything is done by reason, and sometimes, emotional catharsis is also needed.
On this day, the carriage was swaying and walking forward unhurriedly, Wu Yufei got in from outside the car, and said to Shangguan Xiu: "Brother Xiu, the eldest grandson Huai'an asks to see,"
"Oh, presumably, he's thought it through," Shangguan Xiu smiled, sat up slowly, and said, "Bring him over to see me,"
"Yes, Brother Xiu," Wu Yufei agreed, and after a short time, the eldest grandson Huai'an boarded the carriage, and after coming in, he knelt down and sat down in a proper manner, bowed down and said, "His Royal Highness,"
"King An has thought through my proposal,"
"Ben Wang...... It's been thought through, but there is one more request from this king,"
"What does King An ask for, though,"
"I want to see the Emperor of the Wind Country,"
"See Your Majesty of our country," Shangguan Xiu raised his eyebrows, and after thinking about it, he understood why the eldest grandson Huai'an would make such a request,
He wanted to confirm what kind of official position he could get after he defected to the Wind Country, and whether he could keep his royal title.
Shangguan Xiu is only a duke in the Wind Country, not a prince, and the Wind Country has never had a king with a different surname, whether the eldest grandson Huai'an can retain the title after defection, this is not something that a duke can decide, it can only be decided by the emperor,
After pondering for a moment, Shangguan Xiu said with a smile: "I can assure King An that after King An takes refuge in our country, he will still be the prince, and this will never change because of King An's abandonment of darkness and light,"
"This ......" The eldest grandson Huai'an looked at Shangguan Xiu, his brows were tightened, and he was silent, what he wanted to say was that you are only a prince in the country of wind, not an emperor, how much weight can your guarantee have,
Seeing through the eldest grandson Huai'an's thoughts, Shangguan Xiu looked up and smiled, and said: "Although King An can rest assured, Your Majesty's decision is my decision, and my decision is also Your Majesty's decision, I say so, King An can always rest assured,"
Hearing this, the eldest grandson Huai'an's eyes lit up, he cleared his throat, and asked, "After this king turns to the Wind Country, he can really retain the throne,"
"Not only that, but even after the reunification of the two countries, King An can also get a large fief in Ningnan and govern the Ningnan region together with our court," Shangguan Xiu assured with a smile,
If the Wind Country wants to annex the huge Ningnan, it is not an easy task, and it is not possible to achieve this goal by winning a few battles, and it is also necessary to divide Ningnan from the inside, and the eldest grandson Huai'an is the best candidate to support in Shangguan Xiu's opinion,
The defection of the eldest grandson Huai'an will not only cause a heavy blow to the resistance in Ningnan, but also drive a large number of Ningnan people to switch to Fengguo, if necessary, he can also support the eldest grandson Huai'an, and build a new court in the Ningnan area to fight against the old court in Ningnan.
Hearing Shangguan Xiu's words, the eldest grandson Huai'an was overjoyed, he tried not to show it, but the crystal brilliance that flashed in his eyes still betrayed his excited heart, he bowed his hand and said: "With the words of His Royal Highness the Duke of the Kingdom, this king will be relieved,"
Shangguan Xiu said with a smile: "I, by no means a ruthless and unrighteous person, as long as King An sincerely takes refuge in our country and sincerely works for our country, the glory and wealth in the future will be inexhaustible for King An, and future generations will be able to enjoy peace and happiness forever,"
When the eldest grandson Huai'an heard this, he bowed to Shangguan Xiu again, and Shangguan Xiu suddenly asked, "King An is from Tianjing,"
"Exactly,"
"The puppet emperor of Ningnan can be buried now," Shangguan Xiu suddenly asked,
The eldest grandson Huai'an's face suddenly changed,
First, Shangguan Xiu said that the eldest grandson Huaide was a pseudo-emperor, which was a big rebellion in Ningnan, and second, he really didn't expect that Shangguan Xiu would know the news that the eldest grandson Huaide had died in the sky.
"His Royal Highness ......"
"When I visited Ningnan, when I first arrived in Tianjing, the puppet emperor's body was already dead, he had been in a coma, and he was only hanging by the tonic of the holy products, and after so long, even the best medicine could not save his life,"
Unless a miracle happens, the eldest grandson Huaide suddenly recovers, but now the situation in the Ningnan court is in a mess, and the dispute between the two major factions of Huang Ziyuan and Huang Zihao is becoming more and more intense.
The eldest grandson, Huai'an, glanced at Shangguan Xiu and said with a wry smile: "I really can't hide anything from Your Highness, Your Majesty...... Your Majesty is indeed dead,"
Shangguan Xiu had expected it a long time ago, but he just asked the eldest grandson Huai'an for verification, and he asked: "King An thinks that who will be the one who can finally sit on the throne between Huang Ziyuan and Huang Zihao?"
The eldest grandson Huai'an shook his head, lowered his head and said, "This king ...... It's hard to speculate, "In fact, he really can't judge which of the two princes can win this battle for the throne.
Huang Zihao has the support of the Xin family, Wang Ziyuan has recently been very close to the Jun family, and he has married the Mi family, the factions of the two are very complex, and the roots are deep, let the two fight, I am afraid that they will eventually lose both.
Shangguan Xiu and the eldest grandson Huai'an were talking, and Wu Yufei came in to report, saying that Jiang Leopard asked to see,
The eldest grandson Huai'an was also interested, and immediately said goodbye to Shangguan Xiu, Shangguan Xiu asked Wu Yufei to arrange ten shadow flag personnel for the eldest grandson Huai'an to be guards, since the eldest grandson Huai'an has decided to defect to the wind country, then his identity in the wind army is not a prisoner, but a 'VIP', and the wind army's treatment of him naturally cannot be the same as before,
After the eldest grandson Huai'an left, Jiang Leopard entered the carriage, he first looked at his words, and said with a smile: "I see that Brother Xiu's complexion is much better today,"
Shangguan Xiu smiled and asked, "Ah Leopard, you came to visit the patient,"
The old Jiang Leopard's face was slightly red, and he cleared his throat unnaturally, and said: "Brother Xiu, in this battle of Qingcheng, the Seventh Army suffered heavy casualties...... and was almost wiped out.
The number of casualties in the legion is more than eighty percent, it can already be regarded as being defeated, and the whole army is annihilated, in this battle, the Seventh Army lost more than 70,000 people, and there is only one step left before the whole army is annihilated.
Hearing his words, Shangguan Xiu nodded, picked up a copy of the note from the table on the side, handed it to Jiang Leopard, and said, "Ah Leopard, take a look,"
Jiang Leopard took it, unfolded it and took a look, there was a lot of content on the song, all of which were written by Shangguan Xiu, praising the performance of the Seventh Army in the Battle of Qingcheng, and also invited Jiang Leopard to make two great contributions, and asked the imperial court to add the title of First Class Earl of Jiang Leopard,
In addition, Shangguan Xiu also asked for rewards for the soldiers of the Seventh Army, and for the soldiers who died in the battle, he also asked the imperial court to posthumously seal and pay heavy pensions.
After watching the song, the leopard had a straight face, carefully closed the song, handed it back to Shangguan Xiu, bowed down and said, "Brother Xie Xiu,"
Shangguan Xiu retracted the song and said, "These are you, and the fallen soldiers deserve it,"
Jiang Leopard smiled bitterly, in the recital of the reward, Brother Xiu didn't say a word about himself, and put all the credit on the head of the Seventh Army.
For this battle, others may not know what is going on, but Jiang Leopard knows very well that from the beginning to the end of this battle, Shangguan Xiu is in charge, and all the battle plans are also formulated by Shangguan Xiu.
But in the recital, there is not even his name, if it is not for the fact that he knows that this recital was written by Shangguan Xiu, it will definitely make people think that the person who wrote this recital has a common enmity with Shangguan Xiu, and is maliciously retaliating against him.
"Brother Xiu, this ...... It's not proper," Jiang Leopard didn't know what to say for a while.
Shangguan Xiu smiled indifferently and said: "If there is nothing to do, go and get busy with you, by the way, be polite to those prisoners of the Ningnan Army, the eldest grandson Huai'an has decided to take refuge in our country, and these prisoners are likely to become righteous soldiers,"
"Yes," Jiang Leopard agreed neatly, but the man was still kneeling in the car and did not move.
Shangguan Xiu smiled and asked, "Ah Leopard still has something,"