Peace Order

Chapter 1851 - 1: Reversal of Attack and Defense

The battle tactic of Jiang Wanxiang at the time was tinkered with for a while, and then used against Ying Country.

When Li Guanyi led the army into Ying Country.

The opposing army was initially shocked.

They naturally could not be a match for Prince Qin.

Originally, upon discovering that the opposing army was twenty thousand strong, they were already almost losing their composure. When they saw the leader of these twenty thousand, dressed in ink-colored heavy armor, in a martial robe with cloud-patterned sleeves in scarlet Qilin, wielding a battle halberd, a young man with white temples.

The city defense generals within Ying Country were stunned.

With a speed faster than deployment, they retreated, and the city gates were immediately sealed shut!

Poured with molten copper and iron.

Sealed shut!

Facing Emperor Qin, indisputably one of the world’s number one divine generals.

Besides this, was there any other choice?

Over the years, they had studied countless battle tactics and finally discovered the best choice for ordinary generals to deal with such situations, immediately following the tactic of Lu Youxian, the late general of Chen, directly layering armor to build city defenses.

Now that things have come to this, let’s defend the city first!

Then they watched Emperor Qin reveal a smile.

He then reached behind, clicked, and took out a shimmering—

Sickle.

The defending general of Ying Country was dumbfounded, watching as Emperor Qin personally led his band of Qilin Army bandits, directly reaping all the grain fields around the city. It is a tradition of the Qilin Army not to harm the civilians, but they reaped the wheat sown by the city’s military swiftly and thoroughly.

A bunch of poverty-stricken ghosts reborn.

Then the fellow named Fan Qing came out and started discussing some incomprehensible matters with the common people.

The defending general sent someone to inquire.

Brilliant indeed.

Fifteen people went out, and three came back.

What Fan Qing explained was simple.

Mainly revolving around three points.

[Land division][Land division], and more [Land division].

The defending great general was greatly angered, saying: "With Emperor Qin’s prestige, and the military power of the Qilin Army, yet they come here, snatch our wheat fields, and disturb people’s hearts! How dare they!"

"Everyone! Bring me my weapon!"

The colonels brought a Xuanhua Axe, and the great general stepped out in large strides.

Climbing the city wall, looking from afar, seeing Emperor Qin personally discussing matters, it seemed his gaze was too sharp and eye-catching, the young man over there raised his head to look over, seemingly smiling.

Even pleasantly waving.

The great general was silent.

Turned around, went back, seeing his subordinate colonels dumbfounded, he was greatly angry:

"That is Emperor Qin, would you like to go and fight them!"

He threw down the weapon in his hand, stretched out his hand, and shouted: "Someone, bring the Flying Eagle, watch my Flying Eagle send a message, inform the capital, for the military god Jiang Su to come, we and the grandmaster coordinate from inside and outside, flank them, surely breaking them with one strike!"

The Flying Eagle went out.

Then was beheaded and eaten by the grassland omen as a snack.

The Fire Qilin, with a mouthful of Qilin Fire, cooked it just right.

It was the most suitable taste for the omens’ liking.

So when Jiang Su arrived with the army, he only saw the harvested wheat fields, barren like the great general’s hair, and the common people indoctrinated with certain thoughts, with a hidden anger in his heart, pursued, only to battle with Li Guanyi.

No one could overcome the other, it was just armies facing each other.

Jiang Su only thought of the Qilin Army eating all of Daying’s grain.

His heart burned with an unkind fire.

......

Mr. Po Jun, flipping through the records of this time, said: "The grain and fodder are actually enough for us to use, attacking in autumn, My Lord, could it be that you did this to save grain?"

Li Guan’s expression remained unchanged, saying: "How could that be!"

"When I was young, passing by a vendor, an elder surnamed Sun talked to me about military strategy, he said a line, ’Therefore wise generals make it a point to forage on the enemy. One cartload of enemy food is equivalent to twenty of ours; a picul of enemy fodder is worth twenty of ours.’"

"What we are doing now aligns with the principles of the Military School."

"How could it possibly be to save grain?!"

"Impossible, absolutely impossible."

"I am Emperor Qin!"

A cricket chirped from the side: "Poor Emperor Qin."

Po Jun’s mouth twitched, watching as Emperor Qin reached out, grabbed the essence of Chen’s Absolute Skill, unleashed the Six Forces of Energies, capturing a beautiful woman, tucked under his elbow, his fingers pressing against her forehead, causing a weak chicken-like scream.

Li Guan’s expression remained unchanged: "It’s nothing."

"Only..."

"We have always been harassed by Jiang Su at the borders, the world so vast, how can the Heavenly Strategy Mansion be a place they come and go as they please?! Now, it’s just a shift in roles between offense and defense!"

Nangong Wumeng stubbornly said: "Then why don’t you fight?!"

Li Guan smiled, said: "Because, we cannot win."

Nangong Wumeng was dazed: "Huh?"

Li Guan stated: "With three hundred years of rule, and Jiang Wanxiang’s decades of hard work, Ying Country’s foundation is too deep and strong. If we were to engage in a fierce battle, there would only be one result, which is both sides bleeding each other out, exhausting all blood."

"The world would be left desolate."

"Better to wait for it to make a mistake on its own."

Nangong Wumeng puzzled: "Make a mistake on its own?"

Li Guan stated: "Yes, with three hundred years of governance, similar to the Chen Country of the past, even if a giant is dead, it does not die completely so quickly. If attacked from outside, it cannot be completely destroyed in one go, only its internal decay."

"For instance, the aristocratic families, for instance..."

Po Jun said softly: "Jiang Yuan."

Within the Ying Country’s palace, the emperor sat on the throne.

Jiang Su went to war, Qin Yulong went north, Yuwen Lie feigned illness.

Thus the Emperor of Ying moved his body slightly.

No longer feeling constrained.

He could thus, act freely!