The ruler of the Tang Kingdom pa*sed out straight away.
He had done all the calculations, but he would never have imagined that the person who betrayed him one day would be his own son.
And his own son?
Xu Qingnian’s heart was so dirty, so dirty that it was frightening.
This is a perfect game of sowing discord, suppressing and pulling together.
First, he attacked the tomato kingdom at night, and when everyone thought they would be surrendered, Xu Qingnian killed the surrender, causing a shock to the world and forcing the hundred kingdoms to take a blood oath.
I thought everyone would be united, but what I didn’t expect was that Xu Qingnian would not look for strong countries to work with, but for some weak countries to act as cannon fodder, allowing them to turn the tide at a critical moment.
This move, this move is called killing the surrender and forcing the alliance to repeatedly stray.
Inside the palace of the King of Tang.
The civil and military officials had completely lost all faith.
First the reinforcements betrayed themselves, and now their own son betrayed himself, the Minister of Rites was beheaded, the Minister of War was dumbfounded, and the ruler even vomited blood and pa*sed out.
It was useless even if they wanted to stabilise the situation.
This time they were dead.
And it was a very thorough death.
It was useless even if the gods came.
In fact, the blame was too much on his ego, on the fact that the Minister of War, Lin Qiu, was too confident.
He had despised Xu Qingnian from the very beginning, thinking that a scholar, who didn’t know anything about strategy at all.
Now, because of this conceit, his home was destroyed overnight. In this battle, Xu Qingnian showed the world what real strategy is.
A great victory for Wei.
It was indeed a great victory, using the lives of only 50,000 soldiers to destroy the three kingdoms.
Although 50,000 soldiers could not be brought back from the dead, the combined resources of the three kingdoms would be enough for Wei to raise an army of 500,000.
This is not an exaggeration at all.
Prisoners of war from the three kingdoms, grain and gra*s, weapons resources, as well as various mineral veins and other resources.
They could even think of how Great Wei would drain the blood of Tang, Amuta and Tuliang.
The three countries worked for Great Wei for a hundred years.
Thinking about it, if the Great Wei court knew about this, would the Minister of Household Affairs burst into tears of laughter?
And inside the gates of the Tang Kingdom.
The tenth prince howled in the direction of the royal palace.
“Father, my son is sorry for you.”
“Father, don’t blame my son, as the ancients say, if you don’t take revenge for killing your father, you are a son in vain.”
“Today, I will sever my relationship with you as father and son.”
The Tenth Prince cried out, cutting his hair off as he did so, and the next moment, he took a deep breath, opened the city gates and stood tall.
“Greetings to the Great Wei Qilin Army as they enter the city!”
At this moment, the Tenth Prince no longer had any worries, but was replaced by excitement and thrill.
He was the tenth prince in the Tang Kingdom, but he was the most useless prince, even if he wasn’t favoured, he didn’t have any ability, and it wasn’t good enough to muddle through, after all, the prince was suspicious, and it was likely that one day he would cut the sword at himself.
So, instead of being suppressed, it would be better to solve these troubles by yourself with the help of your enemies.
Why not be happy to be the emperor of Tang by yourself and still hold the thigh of Great Wei?
As the Tenth Prince’s voice rang out.
Two hundred thousand foreign troops rushed in and fought with the Tang generals.
Without any command, the Tang generals were like chickens, being killed by the foreign generals indiscriminately.
It was not even necessary for the Great Wei Qilin Army to fight.
These foreign generals were all holding their anger in their stomachs.
They came over to help with good intentions, but they didn’t expect to be expelled by this group of dogs?
Are you happy now? Master is back again.
Brothers, kill for me.
The 200,000 strong army pushed almost horizontally, with the Great Wei Qilin Army quickly following behind them, but with the foreigners charging, their purpose was clear, to control the city gates and guard strictly against anyone escaping.
It was not even two incense sticks later.
The sound of surrender rang out.
“The King of Tang has killed himself!”
“The King of Tang has killed himself!”
“Don’t kill, don’t kill.”
“We surrender, we surrender.”
The cries of sorrow rang out, and seeing that the momentum was gone, the King of Tang woke up and did one last sensational thing, killing himself in the palace.
As news spread that the Tang King had killed himself, the people of Tang were utterly desperate.
As for the Tang generals, they had no desire to fight, so when they heard that the Tang King had killed himself, they put down their swords and soldiers.
This move infuriated the foreign army half to death.
They had been prepared to kill indiscriminately, only to kill a little bit of people, only to surrender?
How disgusting could that be?
But when the other side surrendered, even if they had grievances, they didn’t dare to continue killing.
It was up to the Marquis of Sheyang to decide whether to kill or stay.
“Control all the dynamics in the city, do not allow anyone to enter or leave, and all kingdom commanders, wait at the royal palace.”
When he learned that the King of Tang had killed himself, the Marquis of Sheyang could not help but curse the wimp. In the eyes of others, the King of Tang had the backbone to choose to kill himself, but he knew in his heart that people who have reached this position want to live no matter what.
Why die? It was because King Tang knew that living was more painful than dying, and that a hundred humiliations would be minor, and that if he was thrown to the Great Wei, he would be subjected to countless tortures and would probably be lynched.
So he chose to kill himself, not in valour, but in fear, in terror, as a coward.
But in any case, the battle was won without bloodshed, and the Marquis of Sheyang had nothing more to say than to let the men take control of the state capital first.
Including the Tang generals.
But two quarters of an hour later.
The Marquis of Sheyang’s pace was extremely fast, but it took him two quarters of an hour to reach the palace of the Tang king.
The palace had long been in a state of panic, the eunuchs and minions, one by one, were on their knees, they had nowhere to run.
The civil and military officials also wanted to run, but they couldn’t. They could only stay here and wait for their punishment.
A few of the civil servants who were afraid of death simply hanged themselves.
Some of the warriors, too, knew that the situation was over and killed themselves.
It is difficult for a warrior to hang himself, after all, he can shut his breath.
Inside the royal palace.
He saw the body of the King of Tang, sitting on top of his throne.
The Tenth Prince had followed the Marquis of Sheyang all the way. When he saw his father die on the throne, the Tenth Prince did not feel any bit of heartache and sadness, but instead, his gaze was calm.
This made the Marquis of Sheyang frown and say.
“He is your father, why don’t you show any hard feelings at all?”
Marquis Sheyang couldn’t help but ask.
“Marquis, I have severed the relationship between father and son, please rest a*sured, from now on, I am a member of Great Wei, and I will listen to the words of Great Wei for everything in the Tang Kingdom, even if I have to dedicate the Tang Kingdom to Great Wei, I am willing to do so.”
The Tenth Prince was straightforward, and after stating his reasons, he left the Marquis of Sheyang at a loss as to what to say in reply.
The emperor’s family was most ruthless.
“Hang his corpse in the city so that the people and the Tang generals can look at it carefully.”
The Marquis of Sheyang spoke.
And then several Qilin soldiers moved the Tang King’s corpse away directly and brought a new seat for the Marquis of Sheyang.
The Tang Kingdom was captured.
There were still many things to do next.
The first step was to take control of the Tang capital and the outer city, which had to be controlled quickly in case there was a foreign enemy coming in. Although it was almost impossible to be invaded by a foreign enemy, there was nothing wrong with taking precautions beforehand.
The second step is to clean up the battlefield and count the casualties, both enemy and our troops, so that the main information about the battle can be known.
The third step is to count the spoils of war, silver, provisions, munitions, and so on, all have to be counted out, this has to be reported back, is a good report.
At this moment, although the Marquis of Sheyang did not know exactly how much booty there would be, he knew it when he thought about it.
Tang was the richest country among Amuta and Tullian, plus their allies and the aid of the dynasty behind them.
It must have been an astronomical sum if you think about it.
If he had made a perfect inventory and submitted it, he would have taken a great F**king credit.
Of course, the Marquis of Sheyang knew that 70% of the battle was won because of Xu Qingnian, while the remaining 30% was due to the bloodshed of everyone.
But without Xu Qingnian, the battle would have taken at least a few months, and the chances of winning were slim, unless one gambled and fought, with 900,000 troops playing for their lives to break the city.
However, no one dares to do so, and he, the Marquis of Sheyang, does not dare to make this decision either.
He himself would definitely be copied.
There was really no joke at all.
Three things, the Marquis of Sheyang instructed his generals to do.
Carefully, absolutely no miscalculation.
It was also at this moment that, out of the blue, the Tenth Prince’s voice suddenly rang out.
“Marquis of Sheyang, I know that there is a treasure trove within the palace, and my father, oh no, it’s King Tang, King Tang has hidden all the precious things in it.”
“It is said that there is also a medicine king inside.”
“Shall I bring it out for you and you can have a look?”
The Tenth Prince, who was standing at the side, had been thinking about something, yet suddenly something came to his mind, the Tang King’s secret treasure trove.
So it was that he directly borrowed the flowers and offered them to the Buddha.
Instead of being searched out by the Great Wei Qilin Army, it would be better to say it himself, so that it could still be considered a merit.
But then he said it.
The Marquis of Sheyang’s heart was stunned.
The Pill King?
He knew the value of this item.
But on the surface, the Marquis of Shuyang did not say a word, but looked calm and said.
“Take it out and take a look.”
“Someone, escort the Tenth Prince, oh no, the new Emperor of Tang to retrieve the treasure.”
The Marquis of Sheyang had someone escort the Tenth Prince to retrieve the treasure.
He did get a little excited and called the wrong name.
And when the Tenth Prince heard the word New Emperor, he was even more excited and thrilled, and led the Qilin Army directly to the interior of the palace.
After the Tenth Prince left.
The Marquis of Shuyang gulped his saliva.
The Pill King!
This kind of thing, the Great Wei Dynasty definitely had it, but there was definitely not much of it. It wasn’t that the Great Wei Dynasty was incapable, but it was something like the Pill King that everyone in the world was clamouring for.
The problem is that a person can only have one plant, so if the Great Wei Dynasty were to spend more than 100,000,000 taels of silver on it, they wouldn’t be able to afford it, but the value of the Pill King is more than 100,000,000 taels.
So it was extremely special.
There weren’t many people in the palace, and everyone was their own close friend.
This one Pill King.
The Marquis of Sheyang moved his heart, but not for his own use, but he wanted to give it to Xu Qingnian.
Only after thinking about it, the Marquis of Sheyang did not dare to swallow it privately, if this was found out, he would have merited it, but a carelessness would be a great crime.
If he was found out, he would have gotten credit for it, but if he was not careful, it would be a big crime.
There was no need to get into this trouble.
It was about half an hour later.
The Tenth Prince came back, not only with him but also with hundreds of the Great Wei Qilin Army.
Piles of treasures were laid out in front of the Marquis of Sheyang.
What glazed cups, what onyx jade ornaments, and golden belts, all were some extremely precious things.
It was so dazzling that the Marquis of Sheyang smacked his lips as he looked at it.
This is really ……
Rich as hell.
“These dogs, who usually say they are poor and aid hundreds of thousands of taels of silver when Great Wei is in trouble, never thought they would hide so many treasures.”
“Dang it, they deserve to die.”
Looking at these treasures, the Marquis of Sheyang really did not know what to say, each treasure, more than hundreds of thousands of taels of silver?
I couldn’t tell, I really couldn’t tell, these small countries were actually so rich.
This was only the personal treasury of the king of a country, how much silver must the national treasury have?
At this moment, the Marquis of Sheyang felt that this battle was going to make Great Wei rich.
It took a long time to count the spoils of war, and the main reason why the tombs were so quickly counted was that they were not particularly large, plus the thorough search was only for silver, provisions and some military supplies.
But the Second Army of the Great Wei was raiding three countries, and the combined wealth of these three countries could be imagined as terrifying.
But taking stock of the spoils of war was one thing.
The point was to send the good news into Great Wei.
One hour later.
Great Wei Dynasty.
Inside the Hall of Wenhua.
When the celestial decrees of the three Marquises, Marquis of Sheyang, Marquis of Guangyang and Marquis of Lingyang, were delivered, the entire hall couldn’t help but turn its attention to them.
They still did not know how the battle was going, and now the three marquises were burning the heavenly decrees at almost the same time, causing them to be curious.
All three marquises had certainly taken stock of their casualties, so they pa*sed on the information at the same time.
“Kai! The Kingdom of Tuliang has been taken by the Second Army of Great Wei, our army of 200,000, 2,000 killed in battle, 6,000 seriously wounded, 50,000 killed and 200,000 surrendered, a great victory!”
“Kai! The Kingdom of Amuta has been taken by the Second Army of Great Wei, our army of 200,000 men, 7,000 killed in battle, 14,000 seriously wounded, 120,000 killed, 400,000 surrendered, a great victory!”
“Kai! Tang has been taken by the Second Army of Great Wei, our army of 400,000 men, 1,500 killed in battle, 2,000 seriously wounded, 90,000 killed and 700,000 surrendered, a great victory!”
This was the news from the three marquises.
The Tuliang Kingdom was undermanned and the Qilin army easily took it, paying only two thousand dead and six thousand seriously wounded, taking the capital, naturally the survival rate of the seriously wounded was greatly increased, after all, they could recuperate in peace, at most 10% of the damage was done.
Amuta’s power was stronger, and with 300,000 Tang support, plus the aid of Tuliang, and Amuta’s own strength, it resisted for some time, and was wiped out by 120,000, before surrendering and becoming honest, though Great Wei also paid 7,000 generals.
The last was Tang, which had the strongest army, but lost the most, with Wei only paying 1,500 troops and serious injuries that could almost be ignored.
This was no longer a great victory, but a total crushing.
Counting the soldiers who died in the previous battle, a total of about fifty thousand, counting the rate of death from serious wounds and so on, more than sixty thousand men, leveling the three kingdoms.
Nine hundred thousand troops, not even a tenth of the casualties, but took down the solid Tang, Amuta, and Tuliang.
This …… is simply incredible.
Inside the Mandarin Hall.
The princes and lords of the state, after seeing the contents of this heavenly decree again, were all dumbfounded.
The six ministers, after seeing the contents of this heavenly decree, were also all silent.
If it was a hard-fought battle, 900,000 against over two million, at a cost of 60,000, it would not be a great victory.
But the problem is that Wei is a siege army. Most of the warriors who died, all died in the siege, if not for the siege.
How could they have died?
But what shocked the civil and military officials was not the result of the battle, but Xu Qingnian’s strategy.
“Shouren, what the hell is happening here?”
“Why was the Qilin army able to take down the three kingdoms in a single night, despite being divided into three sides?”
Some of the lords really couldn’t understand, they had been fighting for three or four days in front of them and couldn’t even do a minimum of siege, but in one night, Xu Qingnian had broken the gates of the three countries, and had also taken them by crushing them.
This was too incredible.
This Marquis asked, and the crowd could not help but look at Xu Qingnian in unison, their eyes filled with curiosity.
Sensing the curious gazes of the crowd, Xu Qingnian did not sell himself short, and now that the three kingdoms had been taken, Xu Qingnian could not help but breathe a long sigh of relief.
“My lords.”
“This battle, in Xu’s eyes, is not a battle of siege.”
“Rather, it is a battle to attack the heart.”
“The killing of the surrender by the tombs was intentional on Xu’s part, and its purpose was to unite them.”
“When strong nations are united, they can indeed join forces, but with the Silong clan at the head, when they wanted to impeach Xu, they pulled in many small nations to make a strong statement.”
“Unity among strong nations is nothing more than having common interests, but those small nations do not have any interests, and are even likely to be targeted by these large nations.”
“And thus fall into the vanguard of sending death.”
“When preparing for the war against Tang, Xu had already sent a secret message to these small countries. In front of the strong countries, Great Wei’s solicitation is like showing weakness, but in the eyes of the weak countries, Great Wei’s solicitation is pulling in.”
“Furthermore, they know very well that they will not be able to reap any benefits in this battle, but following my Wei will bring them great benefits, so they have joined my Wei camp unconditionally.”
“In today’s battle, all they need to do is to open the gates at the critical moment and let our army in, and with the might of our Great Wei Qilin Army, they will kill you like a chicken.”
Xu Qingnian spoke in a bland tone, but there was an unspoken arrogance in his words.
He explained slightly.
But the civil and military officials in the main hall listened with rapt attention, their expressions shocked.
After a long time, the voice of Zhou Yan, the Minister of War, rang out.
“What a good move to use small to control big, what a good move to use small to control big, Shouren, you are truly worthy of being a born soldier.”
“Listening to the words of the gentleman, I feel that being this Minister of War is simply a disgrace.”
Zhou Yan praised Xu Qingnian, while looking incredibly ashamed.
“When we march into battle, all our minds and eyes are focused on logistics, the battlefield, and the military formation, but you, Shouren, have set your sights on the hearts and minds.”
“Well, well, well, Shouren, your battle today will probably seal the gods, a real lesson for us soldiers.”
“Attacking the city is the bottom, attacking the heart is the top, using the small to control the big, turning the decay into magic, I admire you! Please accept the old man’s obeisance.”
At this moment, Lord An understood completely what Xu Qingnian was doing.
He was not attacking the city.
Rather, he was attacking the heart.
In this situation, Xu Qingnian’s eyes were on the hearts of the people, not on the battlefield.
This ability to understand was indeed superior to theirs.
“No wonder Lord Xu didn’t deploy logistics at the first opportunity, so this is how it is, did you already determine that the Qilin Army would take the three countries within five days.”
“So there is absolutely no need to worry about logistics, just move into the capital, confident, confident, Lord Xu, I admire this confidence of yours, I admire you.”
There are marquis so sentimental, Xu Qingnian two battles ahead, did not work around logistics, to be honest everyone is want to remind two words.
But they didn’t dare to say anything, for fear that if they did, they would make Xu Qingnian unhappy.
But what they didn’t expect was that Xu Qingnian didn’t care about logistics, but that Xu Qingnian had already treated the countries as his own logistics.
“You all have overstated your case.”
“Mister Xu is merely finding the problem and solving it.”
“This is the unity of knowledge and action.”
Xu Qingnian spoke indifferently.
His words were not really nonsense.
If one had to go deeper to explain the unity of knowledge and action, there would be 100,000 different interpretations in the eyes of 100,000 people, but in the simplest way of understanding, there would only be one.
Once you know, do it.
No matter what you know, you do it immediately.
Know what the trouble is with this thing.
Just figure out how to fix that solution.
Use the simplest thinking to accomplish the most incredible things.
The most frightening thing in a person’s life is nothing but.
Not knowing!
Not to do it!
And in Xu Qingnian’s mind, the truth told by the unity of knowledge and action was this.
It was precisely for this reason that Xu Qingnian had calculated all this when he killed the surrender.
The purpose of killing and surrendering was to win the second battle.
When more and more civil and military officials understood, the shock came over them, they really did not expect that Xu Qingnian had planned ahead to this extent.
In the first battle, he had already thought of how to win the second battle.
“Now it seems that betting Peng Ru in was the right thing to do.”
“It’s just a pity that Zhang Ning was not beheaded.”
After Chen Zhengru understood, he could not help but sigh with emotion.
If it was said that Xu Qingnian had previously killed the surrender just to promote the prestige of the Great Wei State, then there was nothing wrong with the Great Wei Palace of Literature spraying a few words, it was just that it was a bit not very good to scold at this juncture.
But after Xu Qingnian’s explanation, everyone completely understood why Xu Qingnian had killed the surrender.
Chen Zhengru even felt more and more that it was right to detain Pengru, and even regretted not killing Zhang Ning outright.
These words were echoed by the crowd.
But just then, Xu Qingnian’s eyes looked towards the Minister of Household and said.
“Minister Gu, let the Ministry of the Household prepare recently, it’s going to be busy.”
Xu Qingnian spoke thus.
Hearing this, Gu Yan first frowned slightly, but quickly understood the meaning of Xu Qingnian’s words.
The three countries had been conquered, and the next step was to collect the wealth, but Gu Yan looked relatively calm, it was good to conquer the three countries, but as the Minister of Household Affairs of the Great Wei, it was not like he had never seen a big storm before.
The first time I saw him, I felt I had completely transformed, at least not to the extent of screaming when I heard 70,000 to 80,000 taels of silver.
“Good, Shouren, don’t worry.”
Gu Yan nodded his head, looking calm.
And Xu Qingnian didn’t say much, but dropped his gaze on the third level.
The first level was the battle of the Tomato Kingdom, which was a trial battle.
The second level was the battle of Tang, which was a battle of defending a city.
The third level was the battle of the northwest, which was a battle of attrition, and the kind of battle you couldn’t even if you didn’t want to.
The fourth level is a hard battle, a really hard battle.
Xu Qingnian didn’t care much about the third level.
Now that Tang, Tuliang, Amuta and Fan are all under the control of Great Wei, forming a base camp, once the pace of the attack is interrupted, it is possible to return to the base camp to recuperate and recuperate.
Wei already has the capital to fight a protracted war.
After the capture of Tang, Amuta, Tulliang and Fan, the transport of provisions and the recuperation of wounded soldiers would be no problem at all, and it would be a hundred times better than camping.
The meaning of this is very simple, so that all the va*sal kings will not want to rebel.
Of course, Xu Qingnian will not let go of the va*sal kings, and he is about to strike at them.
He’s going to go after them. You want to take advantage of the fire and plunder, right?
No problem, in a few days you will be able to have fun.
Putting aside all these mixed thoughts.
Xu Qingnian didn’t care much about the third level, as he had already made up his mind.
At most, he would delay it for seven days.
Xu Qingnian’s real sights were on the fourth level.
The Battle of the Chen Kingdom.
The seventy-two provinces of the State of Chen, falling horizontally and vertically, were innately defensive provinces, and it was said that under each of them, there were three secret pa*sages to transport food and soldiers.
And since the details of the battle of Tang have only reached the Si Long tribe, Chen is bound to take strict precautions.
If this is the case, then the seventy-two provinces of the State of Chen will have to be confronted.
The country of Chen is also extremely special, as the foreigners live together with the Central Plains, and the people are tough, and Chen is among the top three of the ten kingdoms.
Before the Northern Expedition, Chen was hit by a great famine, and Wei provided food to the country without counting.
Before the Northern Expedition, Chen was suffering from a great famine and Wei had provided food to the state.
However, when the famine was over, the State of Chen turned its back on them and was unwilling to pay them back.
It was not the royal family that was reluctant to pay, but the people. They thought that since Wei was the top country and was prosperous, why should it pay back when it had provided aid?
The prince of the dynasty risked a great deal by promising that Wei would repay the grain, and as a result, the prince, reviled by the people, eventually killed himself in the palace, although there must have been something else in it.
But what is known is that Chen hated Great Wei and hated it with a pa*sion.
During the Northern Expedition, some of the army’s provisions were destroyed, so they went to Chen, hoping that Chen would give them to them, and that they would pay them back when the logistical provisions arrived.
However, Chen stood by and did nothing, and some of the people even fed the grain given by Great Wei to the dogs in public, rather than giving one to the Great Wei army.
This incident was so serious that Wei had already planned to take care of Chen, but it was not expected that the northern expedition would fail and the country would return with a big defeat, so it did not bother Chen for years.
This time, with this kind of thing happening, the State of Chen was arguably the most active country, second only to the State of Si Long.
So Xu Qingnian understood that the State of Chen hated Great Wei, extremely so.
This battle was bound to be a bloodbath.
Only, even if blood was shed, this battle had to be fought.
And it had to be fought ruthlessly.
Only, how it was to be fought was another matter.
And so it was.
Little by little, time pa*sed.
When the news of the defeats in Tang, Amuta and Tuliang spread, the reactions were very different.
First of all, the people of Great Wei cheered and rejoiced, they had defeated three kingdoms in one day, it was a miracle.
But the va*sal kings were a bit shocked, they couldn’t understand how the Tang Kingdom had been destroyed.
Even a pig with an army of close to a million would have been able to hold on for a month, right?
How could it be taken over in one day?
But when they found out the details, all the clan kings were instantly dumbfounded.
After a long time, they muttered one sentence.
“Xu Qingnian, when it comes to terror.”
There were even many clan kings who began to think in their hearts about whether …… to rebel or not to rebel.
The reaction within Great Wei, on the other hand, was still of a normal nature.
Si Long Guo.
Inside the royal palace.
When the battle report appeared, the entire royal palace was completely silent without a sound.
King Si Long froze in place, unable to utter a single word for a long time.
The faces of the messengers of the hundred kingdoms also became incomparably ugly.
Among the gazes of the civil and military officials, there was also all …… The eyes of the civil and military officials were numb.
A full two quarters of an hour had pa*sed.
It was two quarters of an hour.
All of them were dumbfounded and frozen in place for two quarters.
The previously incomparably arrogant and confident Si Long Wang was at this moment even more uncomfortable than if his wife had run away with someone else.
“Impossible.”
“Tang, Amuta and Tuliang, three heavy cities, how could they be taken overnight?”
“Together, they have close to two million generals.”
“Even if they stood still and let the Qilin army kill them, they wouldn’t be able to finish it in a day and a night.”
Boom!
King Si Long erupted with terrifying power, his entire body was like a mad demon as black dragon true qi swirled behind him.
Amuta, Tang, Tuliang, was the second and most important level.
Because once it is lost, Great Wei has the qualification to fight a protracted war, and according to the battle report, the Kirin Army has not even sacrificed 10% of its generals so far.
In other words, the Kirin army still had 800,000 troops.
With this 800,000-strong army in place, the Great Wei va*sal kings would not dare to move at all.
In this way, it would be difficult for Wei to create civil unrest, and for them to face a truly invincible Wei.
Even if this Great Wei is in decline, it is still a dynasty.
The Great Wei Dynasty.
Seven hundred years of supreme dynasty.
A splendour forged with blood and bones that could not be concealed.
King Si Long could not believe it, he could not believe it.
After a moment, he gathered his own aura and his gaze fell on the messenger.
“Give all the details, all of them.”
When the man came down, his voice trembled as he spelled out all the details.
Another two quarters of an hour later.
The great hall once again fell into dead silence.
After they had heard all the details, for a moment, they didn’t know what to say.
“Attacking the city is the next step, attacking the heart is the next step, this Xu Qingnian is a born soldier.”
“This plan, it’s really defensible.”
“Kill the surrender to force the regiment and create internal chaos, hahaha, hahahahahahaha, we have always hoped for internal chaos in Great Wei, but we never thought that this Xu Qingnian, would keep making us have internal chaos.”
“After this battle, I’m only afraid that the Alliance of Hundred Kingdoms, no longer exists, who would dare to continue to believe that the so-called allied army, is sincere in resisting Wei or not?”
“The first step to attacking the heart is to kill and surrender! The second step is to draw them in! And the third step is the most frightening of all, to divide!”
“He has already alienated us without doing anything, and this is truly terrifying.”
“We gathered here because of him, Xu Qingnian, and now we are separated because of him, I somehow feel that we are like ants, at Xu Qingnian’s mercy.”
In the main hall, the amba*sadors from all the countries laughed bitterly.
The bitter laughter was a mixture of shock at the destruction of the Tang Kingdom, shock at Xu Qingnian’s wisdom, and an inexplicable feeling of despair.
Xu Qingnian had told them to unite together, and they did so.
And when Xu Qingnian told them to fall apart, they had to fall apart.
After this battle, how could there be no divide between the hundred nations? How could they not be on guard against people from other countries?
Even Xu Qingnian has turned against the prince of Tang, so what other people could he not turn against?
As expected, people who play with schemes have dirty hearts.
“Gentlemen!”
“Don’t rush yet!”
“Don’t be too pessimistic, this kind of intrigue and trickery will win a moment but not a lifetime.”
“Our real hope is not actually dashed, this fourth level is our real hope.”
“The third level will delay them for a while, the fourth level will be controlled by our respective men, and the main cities will be controlled by Chen, in that case, even if there are traitors among us.”
“At most, we would only be offering one city to go, and with the 72 provinces of the Chen Kingdom, it would be useless for him, Xu Qingnian, even if he has a divine plan, this is our hope.”
King Si Long immediately spoke out, he looked at the crowd with some despair and could not help but hurry to speak up, lest the morale sink.
But as King Si Long said this, the crowd did indeed pick up a little spirit.
“That’s right, in the battle of Chen, even if Xu Qingnian has a good strategy, it won’t help.”
“En, if we still lose the battle of the Chen Kingdom, then it will not be too late for us to complain.”
“Xu Qingnian wants to suppress our morale, so don’t fall for it, whether there are traitors among us or not, as long as most of us hold firm.”
“As for these traitors, when Great Wei is defeated, we will clean them up one by one and skin them.”
The amba*sadors from all the countries spoke, giving each other encouragement to each other, lest morale fall.
King Si Long’s gaze, meanwhile, fell above, on the seventy-two provinces of the Kingdom of Chen.
This battle could not be lost.
It absolutely could not be lost.
Even if it was defeated, the Great Wei must be made to pay the price in blood.
Otherwise, it would be his turn at the fifth level.
“Gentlemen, we will continue to discuss the deployment of Chen’s troops, we must guard against everything and anything this time, we must not neglect.”
“Logistical provisions, troop replenishment, all types of defensive weapons, nothing must be neglected.”
King Si Long shouted, allowing the crowd to continue to begin discussing the battle, this was a big man and a ruthless one.
The destruction of the Tang Kingdom did not stay dwelling on it, but quickly adjusted to the situation and calmly analysed the next battle plan.
If they did not have a certain amount of strength, they would have only heard that the Tang Kingdom had been destroyed and would have already despaired.
And so it was.
Two days pa*sed in a row.
Finally a thick pile of intelligence was sent all the way from Tang to the Great Wei Wenhua Hall.
“Report!”
“Tang, Amuta, Tuliang, the inventory of the spoils of war is over.”
“Please ask Lord Xu to look at it.”
Seven or eight messengers entered the great hall and presented hundreds of copies of the zhengzhi.
At this moment, all the civil and military officials were excited and curious.
Now that the battle had been won, naturally what they cared about most was the spoils of war.
They were still really curious about how many treasures there were in the Tang Kingdom, among other places.
“Read.”
Xu Qingnian spoke indifferently, while glancing at Gu Yan. Compared to the other adults’ curiosity, Gu Yan instead looked calm, holding a bowl of tea and slowly sipping it, looking at the hundred officials with a small amount of disdain in his eyes.
Thinking that they had not seen the world.
And the next moment.
The messenger took out the largest zhengzhi, which was the general zhengzhi.
“Kai! Lord Xu!”
“My servant, the Marquis of Sheyang, has completely counted the war profits”
“In this battle of Tang, the accumulated liquidation of silver, five hundred thousand taels, two million taels of gold, one million war swords and weapons, three hundred and fifty thousand war horses, five hundred thousand war armour, seven hundred thousand prisoners of war, countless treasures of all kinds, and one medicine king.”
“Fifty million stones of grain and hay.”
This was the Marquis of Shuyang’s liquidation of the spoils of war.
When the voice rang out, the great hall was instantly silent.
Click!
Suddenly, the sound of a cup breaking rang out.
The hundred officials looked over.
It was Gu Yan.
The teacup in his hand was crushed by him.
But the crowd did not say anything, but listened to the news in a daze.
Five hundred thousand million taels of silver! Two million taels of gold! That was 700,000,000 taels, plus a million war swords and weapons, 350,000 war horses, 500,000 war armour, countless treasures of all kinds, and a medicinal king plant?
The best part is that 50 million stones of grain, which is enough to feed 900,000 of the Great Wei Kirin Army for decades.
Of course the 50 million stones of grain should have included the people’s rations, after all, Tang was prepared for a protracted war, so preparing so much grain in advance was not really a problem, but it was a pity for Tang.
Before they even started eating, they all gave it to the Great Wei.
The main thing was the silver.
The Tang treasury, when added up, had more money than the Great Wei treasury.
This is what makes it so incredible.
How did this Tang country have so much silver?
The hundred officials really couldn’t understand it.
This is impossible.
It was completely impossible.
But when you think about it, it wasn’t impossible. Three reasons made the Tang country rich.
Firstly, the Tang State did not suffer from war, which was centuries of treasury savings.
Secondly, Tang did not develop the country vigorously; small countries are well controlled and the people could not turn over in their lifetime, so they worked honestly to earn money.
Thirdly, there was all kinds of a*sistance from the First Yuan Dynasty and the Tusi Dynasty.
The above three points made the Tang country rich.
And Xu Qingnian originally did not have any surprise, but after hearing about the Medicine King, she could not help but have a flash of surprise in her eyes, but quickly collected it.
“What about the other two countries?”
At this moment, Gu Yan stood up straight away, and he inquired with unbridled excitement.
He was dumbfounded, completely dumbfounded.
He had thought that there wasn’t much, no longer thought that there was actually so much!
He was really a toad!
A frog at the bottom of the well!
Gu Yan was incomparably excited!
At the same time, he was also incomparably excited!
“Report.”
“Amuta Kingdom, 200,000,000 taels of silver, 1 million taels of gold, 500,000 war swords and weapons, 150,000 war horses, 400,000 war armour, 350,000 prisoners of war, and countless treasures of all kinds! Twenty million stones of grain and hay.”
Goodness, a small Amuta has 20 million stones of grain.
We don’t need to fight, we can transport all these grains and gra*s back and give them directly to the people of Wei, giving them out free of charge and going to farm after they are fed.
“Report!”
“The Tuliang Kingdom, 150,000 taels of silver, 500,000 taels of gold, 250,000 war swords and weapons, 100,000 war horses, 200,000 war armour, and countless treasures of all kinds! Two hundred and fifty thousand prisoners of war, and fifteen million stones of grain and provisions.”
As the voice fell.
The hundred officials had gone numb.
The silver alone was one million two hundred thousand taels.
Not to mention the war resources among them.
Moreover, this was only the basic silver.
What about the land?
What about the country?
What about some important mines?
These are all endlessly valuable. It’s as if Tang currently has two mountain ranges that Great Wei has always wanted, but has been too embarra*sed to ask for them and had to buy them from Tang.
Do you still need to ask for them now?
The defeated country, not to destroy your country is to give you face.
So these benefits, they are endless.
Great Wei this time.
It’s really full.
Completely and utterly satiated.
However, just then, the messenger’s voice rang out.
“Lord Xu.”
“The Marquis of Sheyang asks you, what should be done with all the prisoners of war?”
As this voice rang out.
The crowd fell completely silent as their gazes fell on Xu Qingnian, looking somewhat odd.
The prisoners of war had now exceeded the number of one million.
These one million prisoners of war.
If Xu Qingnian wanted to kill it, it would be ……. It was too terrifying.
