bookrebus Chapter 792 Emperor Qian's Anger
Chapter 792 Emperor Qian's Anger
Wenbo also stood up and said,
"Your Majesty, yes. We visited the Yan army camp and stayed there for a full twenty days. We saw their regiments, their military discipline, and their various weapons and equipment."
"Oh? What do you think?"
"This...I dare not say."
"What is there to be afraid of? The court is a place where people can speak freely and hold their own opinions. If you don't even dare to reveal your intelligence, then what else can you dare to say?
Today, you two can say anything and I will forgive you.
explain! "
Wenbo nodded and said,
"Then I will speak frankly. I feel that the Yan army's equipment is a thousand years ahead of ours."
"What? A thousand years?"
"Yes, compared to the Yan army, our country is like the barbarians of a thousand years ago. Our industry is far behind theirs.
Your Majesty, the State of Yan really does have artillery that can fire several miles away."
Emperor Qian waved his hand and said,
"Of course I know about the artillery. Seven countries were destroyed by it, and so many soldiers who were blown up are still saying it's there again. Could it be fake?
Did you really see it with your own eyes? Tell me the truth about the power of that artillery. I don't want to listen to hearsay anymore."
“Yes, Your Majesty, Lord Gongyang and I witnessed the Battle of the Yan Army’s Great Camp Crossing the River and the Battle of Yiyang.
The Yan army always defeats the enemy in one day..."
"Wait, tell me in detail, describe the circumstances of these two battles, so that I and the generals can listen and plan our tactics based on the tactics of the Yan army."
"As ordered."
Wenbo said,
"We followed the Yan army for a few days and arrived at the bank of the Yuan River. Li Lei, the commander of the Chu army, led a group of 200,000 soldiers to dig trenches and set up defenses on the south bank to resist the Yan army's artillery attacks and minimize casualties. However, it was not very effective because the Yan army's artillery shells were dropped from the sky.
The Yan army wanted to build a bridge to cross the river, but the Chu army watched closely and tried to prevent the Yan army from crossing the river.
The Yan army bombarded them with artillery, which could reach several miles away and killed dozens of people with one shot.
The commander Shen Changgong knew that it was difficult to build a bridge, so he sent an army to go upstream, bypass the river, attack the enemy, and seize the river beach.
That army was none other than... the Qian army led by Gongyang Ge, also known as the Zhige Army.
However, the Chu army was well prepared and ambushed 20,000 troops behind the hillside on the south bank to prevent the Zhige army from crossing the river.
Our Qian men were extremely brave. Facing the Chu army's arrow array, we forced our way across the river by building a bridge. With the cover of the artillery on the shore, the Chu army was thrown into chaos.
The Zhige Army, relying on only a crudely constructed pontoon bridge, stormed across the riverbank, forcing the 20,000 Chu troops to flee.
Hearing this, Emperor Qian snorted coldly.
"My men of Daqian are so brave. Gongyang Ge, who suffered a series of defeats when he was a member of the Qian army, has become invincible as a member of the Yan army.
snort! "
Then, Wenbo continued,
Gongyang Ge led an army of 100,000 and charged into the enemy's position. With his 100,000 soldiers, he blocked the 200,000-strong Chu army and forced them to retreat, thus buying space for the Yan army to cross the river.
After crossing the river, the Yan army wanted to surround the Chu army. The Chu army retreated overnight and returned to the city of Yiyang.
Then, the Yan army crossed the river and arrived outside Yiyang city two days later.
Li Lei, commander of the Chu army, led his troops out of the city to fight, but was surrounded by the 900,000-strong Yan army.
Li Lei wanted to take advantage of the Yan army's unstable position to attack it, but the 100,000 cavalrymen of the Zhennan Army routed the hundreds of thousands of Chu troops.
At this point, Wenbo sighed heavily and said bitterly,
"Your Majesty, Lord Gongyang and I witnessed with our own eyes the 100,000 cavalry charging the battle line.
That's not just 100,000 cavalrymen, it's simply 100,000 ferocious beasts!
They are lined up in a mighty column, longer and wider than the river, like a torrent of black steel descending from the sky.
The hundreds of thousands of Chu troops were as weak as ants in front of them and had no power to resist.
The spears of those cavalrymen could penetrate several people at once.
One of those cavalrymen's horses could knock several people to the ground, causing them to spit blood and die on the spot!
If the Zhennan Army had not wanted to take all the credit, the Chu Army of more than 100,000 would have been wiped out by the 100,000 cavalry in less than an hour.
In addition, the Yan army's artillery bombardment came from all directions, and one shot could kill dozens of people.
Before the Chu army could even reach the Yan army, more than half of them had been killed or wounded.
The remaining Chu troops were easily killed by the Yan army in half a day, leaving no one alive.
Even the head coach Li Lei was killed.
Your Majesty, I saw with my own eyes that there were twenty or thirty soldiers marching in formation when suddenly a shell landed, and not even a single body of these dozens of men remained!"
Upon hearing this, all the civil and military officials in the court were shocked and turned pale, with the horrific scene already appearing in their minds.
A general immediately said,
"Nonsense, Lord Wen. A battlefield with a million men is visible from beginning to end, stretching for dozens of miles. You can see it so clearly. Are you watching this from the front lines?"
Wenbo immediately retorted,
"General Zhao, don't you know that the Yan army has clairvoyance?"
"Will you use my clairvoyance?"
“These past few days, Lord Gongyang and I have been watching you fight with our Clairvoyance. The Yan army showed it to us directly, and they weren’t afraid of us using it at all.
Just like the clairvoyance, it can be long or short. When it is short, you can see nearby. If you want to see far away, just pull it forward and stretch it, then you can see far away.
We were standing behind the army, but we could see clearly what the soldiers on the city walls looked like.
We also saw the spaceship with our own eyes.
Dozens of spaceships flying in the sky are just small black dots.
With the help of a clairvoyant eye, you can clearly see what the people above look like.
The people above each have a telescope and can see all the enemy situations clearly within a radius of dozens of miles.
Otherwise, how do you think the Chu army ambushing Gongyang Ge behind the Nan'an Mountain was discovered? "
Emperor Qian thought for a moment and asked,
"Then why did the Emperor of Yan allow you to watch the battle? He wanted you to use your clairvoyance to see with your own eyes the artillery and cavalry attacking the enemy?"
"This...I don't know."
"You don't know, you just don't dare to say it!"
Emperor Qian stood up and snorted coldly.
"The Yan people are deliberately showing this to you, letting you see how the Yan army fights the Chu army, so that you will be afraid of them from the bottom of your hearts, and then tell us about the strength of the Yan army and shake the morale of our army!
Artillery, divine thunder, clairvoyance, spaceships, cavalry...
The Yan thief is trying to attack the heart first!
Are you still going to say that the entire court of civil and military officials in this hall are not enough to withstand a single bombardment from them?"
"Um... Your Majesty, the killing range of the shells is not that large. Our hall is spacious and there are so many people. It will take at least two shells to kill them all."
"you……"
Emperor Qian looked at Wenbo's honest face and wanted to get angry but couldn't.
"According to the custom of the State of Yan, they like to surrender envoys. Has the Emperor of Yan surrendered you?"