klisemfg Chapter 286 Arriving in Shengjing and Cleaning the Surroundings
Chapter 286 Arriving in Shengjing and Cleaning the Surroundings
After three days of rest, the Yan army continued to advance southward in a mighty manner.
Fenglu County was a large county located just north of Jingji County, bordering both Qiuxin County and Ziyang County.
The Yan army took half a month and captured the entire Fenglu County almost without bloodshed.
In addition, a corps of the Weihu Army was sent to Qiuxin County, and the entire county had already been conquered. New prefects and county magistrates were arranged in various places. Now the road from Yan State to Shengjing was completely opened.
At that time, Xu Ke, an envoy of Kun State, went to Yan State and said that he wanted to lease the three counties of Yangbei, Qiuxin and Fenglu to Yan State.
At that time, Shen Changgong said, even if you don’t lend it to us, we can get it ourselves.
Now, these three counties, plus one Ziyang County, have all fallen into the hands of Yan State.
There are no more soldiers left to fight in the entire northern part of Kun Kingdom.
Currently, the Yan army is stationed at the border between Fenglu County and Jingji County, and is not in a hurry to move forward.
They were all waiting for the food and fodder collected from all over Fenglu County to be delivered.
Fenglu County is the granary of Kun State.
After passing Qiuxin County and going further south, Kun Kingdom is almost flat. There are mountains, but they are relatively few.
The central and southern regions of Kun State have fertile land and abundant grain production, especially the areas around the capital, which are major grain-producing counties.
Even though this year's new grain tax revenue has been handed over to the government office and part of it has been transported to Shengjing, there is still a lot of grain in Fenglu County.
After looting the granary in the government treasury, they sent out many soldiers and horses to plunder the food from the homes of landlords, gentry, and prominent families along the way.
The Yan army did not rob the people's food. Firstly, the people were very pitiful. Secondly, what food would a poor person have? If they were to rob, they would rob whoever had food.
Half of the Yan army were Kun people, and half of them were local troops from various places, whose homes were all in this area. With these guides, the Yan army could always easily find the homes of the landlords and gentry, and then take away their food.
The local soldiers who were conscripted into the army were all from ordinary families. They all hated the landlords and gentry to the core. When they heard that they were going to fight those people, they shouted excitedly and went with the Yan army.
Through their cooperation, the Yan army reaped great rewards, the gap between them was narrowed a lot, and they all looked at each other with favor.
They searched along the way and waited at the border for three days. After the food and grass were delivered from all over the place and the Yan army returned, Shen Changgong and Ma Ling led the team and officially entered Jingji County, heading straight for Shengjing.
Nowadays, almost all of Shengjing’s military forces are concentrated in the military camps inside and around Shengjing to strengthen the city’s defenses and hold on tightly, ready to fight a decisive battle with the Yan army.
After discussion, Shen Changgong and Ma Ling decided to first capture several cities around Shengjing, completely control the main transportation routes around Shengjing, cut off Shengjing's access to the outside world, and guard against the rebel forces from other places coming to rescue Shengjing.
There were four cities in Shengjing, namely the south, north and south. The Yan army first conquered the north, then divided into two groups to conquer the east and west cities, and finally arrived at the south of Shengjing and set up camp.
In the commander's tent, Zhang Yide sat carelessly and said,
"This Kun Kingdom is really cowardly. They watched us capture city after city, but they didn't dare to fight us. They are determined to be cowards.
"Your Majesty, there's a Dingcheng in the south. Give me Lao Zhang 10,000 men and have him capture it tomorrow. I guarantee the mission will be completed within one day."
"If you were the commander-in-chief, would the people of Dingcheng still have a chance to survive?"
Shen Changgong said lightly, looking at the map in front of him, his eyes swept over the area around Shengjing, and after a careful look, he said,
"We are now five miles south of Shengjing. The central army camp of Shengjing is to the west of the city. We don't need to worry about them. If we want to attack the city, they will naturally send troops here.
But before attacking the city, Dingcheng in the south had to be captured.
Thirty miles south of us is the Jiulin Villa, and sixty miles south of us is Dingcheng.
When we sent troops to attack Dingcheng, we also took advantage of the situation and razed the Jiulin Villa."
"Jiulin Villa?"
The generals were startled when they heard this, and then they remembered Su Wuan said,
"Your Highness, this Jiulin Villa is the headquarters of the Yan-killing Society, right? This group of thieves has been entrenched here, thinking all day long about how to mess with our Great Yan. It's a good opportunity to destroy them.
My Lord, let me lead the troops to destroy them."
Shen Changgong straightened up, looked at Su Wuan, and said in a calm tone,
"Well, then, I ask you, how many troops do you plan to bring? How many people are there in Jiulin Villa? What is the terrain like? How are the manpower distributed? Where are the most likely ambushes to be set? Where will the enemy escape if defeated? Do you know all this?"
"Forehead……"
Su Wuan looked a little embarrassed and quickly lowered his head.
"It's good for young people to be energetic, but they must be considered carefully before doing anything. Those people are martial arts masters, and they can defeat ten of them with one. We must not take them lightly."
"Your Highness is right. I will learn from your words."
Su Wuan felt a little ashamed. The prince was the same age as him, but he was very thoughtful. Compared with the prince, he was just like a young boy.
"Wan'er, tell me the information."
"Yes."
Gongsun Wan'er came forward and said,
"A spy from Skynet, disguised as a ranger from Kun Country, has successfully infiltrated Jiulin Villa.
At present, all the wandering knights, led by Lingyun Pavilion, have gathered in Jiulin Villa. They seem to want to help Kun Army defend the city or fight. The specific way of fighting is still under discussion, but this time their target is our Yan Army.
Today, there are more than 5,000 people and more than 70 sects gathered in Jiulin Villa.
The leader of the Yan-killing Society is Xu Kun from Lingyun Pavilion.
Xu Kun is extremely skilled in making and using hidden weapons. He is also highly skilled in martial arts and very cunning.
Originally, the Kun Kingdom's knights were a group of scattered people. It was because of Xu Kun, who wanted to enhance his status and gain power, that he incited hatred and forced the war between the two countries onto the Kun Kingdom.
They say that although the Kun Army lost the invasion of our country, the Kun Rangers did not lose. Since they cannot defeat us openly, they can still sneakily launch attacks, cause sabotage, and invade our country.
All Kun Rangers must take action. They are still killing innocent Yan merchants within Kun territory, saying that if you don't kill Yan people, you are not a Kun person and are unpatriotic. "
After Gongsun Wan'er finished her report, she took a step back obediently and stood quietly.
Shen Changgong sneered,
"You're really out of your depth. When you can't win on the battlefield, you use your numbers to bully innocent civilians. This is such a hilarious way of showing patriotism.
They have 5,000 people there. How about this: tomorrow we will send out 50,000 Changning troops to wipe out this Yan-killing Society.
This king will personally lead the troops there."
Everyone was startled when they heard this, and Guan Shouchang said,
"Your Highness, isn't it a bit of an overreaction to mobilize 50,000 men to fight a small underworld force? 10,000 men will be enough, right?"