Chapter 30 The Loyal Yan People
Ye Xuan returned to Tianji Mountain from Zhige City in more than ten days. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info but when he went from Tianji Mountain to Zhige City, it only took a few days - his superb spiritual weapon-level flying car was not bought for nothing.
Gongsun Xiong has been preparing his troops and horses these days for further invasions. When he saw Ye Xuan coming back, he was overjoyed, and as soon as they met, he asked, "Senior Brother Ye, did you get that thing?"
Ye Xuan nodded and said, "Senior Brother Gongsun, I also brought you some good things." ”
"What's good?" Gongsun Xiong's appetite suddenly shook.
What can make a monk a good thing is definitely not far behind.
When Ye Xuan led him to an empty warehouse and took those musket ammunition out of the storage bag, Gongsun Xiong was stunned by the great sense of happiness.
"Musket...... So much ......"
A musket team of fifty people is already a magic weapon for Gongsun Xiong to charge into battle and defeat the enemy.
Now Ye Xuan got him a thousand muskets at once, as well as tens of millions of bullets.
What happiness is this?
That's a good thing that money can't buy!
"Senior brother, thank you so much!" Gongsun Xiong held Ye Xuan's hand and shook it for a while, so excited that he didn't know what to say.
With a thousand-strong musket battalion, he didn't think that anyone else in Yan Guo could stop his southward pace.
"You're welcome, brother, you have helped me a lot, this is what I should do. Ye Xuan said sincerely.
"I'm still not doing enough!" Gongsun Xiong said with a smile.
He thought to himself: "I still have to slaughter the city, otherwise where did I get so many good things?" But he can't get by slaughtering the city on the surface, so he has to take a detour. ”
After Ye Xuan came back, Gongsun Xiong did not immediately move south, he still had to wait for the civil officials sent by the imperial court to stabilize the territory he had seized.
During this time, he reorganized his troops and horses, trained the musket battalion, and captured all the Yan military camps within 300 miles of Zhige City.
After more than a month of such rectification, after the situation around Zhige City was stabilized, he left 5,000 soldiers and horses to stay in Zhige City, and then led 30,000 elite soldiers to the south, aiming at Suizhou City.
Before his army moved south, news had spread all over the world about the murderous nature of the Chu army and the pleasure of killing.
In the rumors, the soldiers of the Chu State killed the Yan people when they saw them, and they wanted to kill if they resisted, and they had to kill if they didn't resist, even if they offered their wives and daughters, they would also kill them.
Under the influence of this rumor, all the people of Yan State were soldiers, which formed a certain interference with the southward movement of the Chu army.
Every time you go to a village, you will be met with desperate resistance from a village.
Every time you cross a county, you will be met with desperate resistance from a county.
However, before the strong force of the Chu army, such resistance was in vain.
It's tragic, but it doesn't make any sense.
In addition to delaying the pace of the Chu army moving south for a few days, it contributed hundreds of thousands of souls to Ye Xuan.
"Why are they so afraid of death?" Ye Xuan didn't understand this.
Ordinary people, even if they encounter the change of the country, rarely fight against the army.
The two are not a grade at all.
"Eh, maybe you don't want to be a slave to the country, right?" Gongsun Xiong said with a little weakness.
In fact, he understood why he encountered such strong resistance from the common people of Yan State.
Because he sent a lot of fine works to spread the news that the Chu army killed people without blinking an eye.
And the fact that more than 200,000 civilians were killed in Zhige City also gives a factual basis to such rumors.
In addition, such rumors were fueled by the Yan army, which also hoped that their people would rise up to stop the Chu army.
Therefore, after Gongsun Xiong's team was pulled, the common people of Yan along the way, those who could escape fled, and those who could not resist desperately.
Anyway, it's all a death, it's better to fight to the death with the invaders.
It's just that the difference in force between the two is huge, and their resistance has no effect.
"Yan Ren...... It's too loyal. Ye Xuan sighed deeply.
"yes, it's so loyal. Gongsun Xiong echoed his statement and said with emotion: "Actually, why should this be? Our empress of Chu is very merciful, and life under her rule is much better than under the rule of King Yan, but unfortunately they just can't see it." ”
At first, Ye Xuan couldn't see that kind of scene, but as the army slaughtered all the way to the south, he saw a lot of it, and he was a little numb.
He only knew that he had collected too many souls along the way.
After more than ten days of marching, Gongsun Xiong's army had reached the second stop of his southward journey, Suizhou City.
After the fall of Zhige City, Xia Hengyang fled to Suizhou City with his more than 20,000 elite soldiers, and then went to the court of Yanguo to report the fall of Zhige City.
In his recital, he naturally did not mention that he fled before fighting the enemy on the day of the fall of the city, but only said that he fought bloodily, but the enemy army was too strong, and finally he was unable to return to the sky, so he had to fight his way out of the siege and retreat to Suizhou.
In the recital, Xia Hengyang talked about the terrible Chu army, and there were millions of people alone. Yan Guo could not afford to overwhelm the country's troops, and it was difficult to resist.
"Today, the thieves are heading forward, and they are intended to be in Suizhou. If Suizhou falls, there is no barrier north of the capital. The general of the defeated army is guilty of sin, so those who survive in the world cannot be lost in Suizhou. However, the thieves are powerful, and although the soldiers have the heart to fight to the death, it may be difficult to stop the thieves from going south. For today's plan, when the whole country is poured into the decisive battle with the thieves under the city of Suizhou, then the north can be safe, and the Yan country can be safe. ”
Above the court of Yan State, King Yan asked the eunuch to read out this passage of Xia Hengyang's recital, and then said to the ministers: "Xia Hengyang means that the Chu army is going to attack Suizhou next, and wants us to raise the strength of the whole country to go north to fight a decisive battle with Chu State, what do you think?"
"Xia Hengyang, a defeated general, what insight can he have? Your Majesty should treat him for the crime of defeat and loss of land, and his opinion does not need to be considered. This is Xia Hengyang's old enemy.
"Lord Liu's words are wrong, although General Xia lost, but it was because the enemy was outnumbered, not that he was ineffective in leading the troops. General Xia's strategy is still extremely high, and we must be cautious about the questions he raised. This is the voice of Xia Hengyang's supporters.
The evaluation of a great general will involve the interests of all parties, so it has also triggered different voices.
"The imperial court has entrusted him with the responsibility of guarding the northern gateway, and now that the army is defeated and the city has fallen, he should die for his country. Now he is still here to be alarmist, Your Majesty, please ask the Holy Decree to cure his sins!"
"Your Majesty, General Xia is enduring humiliation and preserving his strength for my Dayan, if he is punished with this, wouldn't it chill the hearts of the soldiers of the three armies?"
"Your Majesty, Xia Hengyang ......"
"Your Majesty, General Xia, he ......"
"Your Majesty......"
"Your Majesty......"