1972: C1972 Final volume

C1972 Final volume

Final Volume, chapter 87

Li Shu currently resided in Gong City, a small city at the border between the Bainan County and the other counties. The remaining rebel soldiers were all stationed near Gong City.

After receiving the news that Meng Xiong had escorted Qing Yu out of the city, Li Shu personally welcomed him. Li Shu's name resounded like thunder in Li Shu's ears. He knew that Qing Yu was one of the top commanders of the Feng Country, and currently, what he lacked the most was the general of the army. Qing Yu's arrival was like a lifesaver to him, and whether or not he could turn his body around would entirely depend on Qing Yu.

The battle at the Western Prairie had caused the Chastity Army to suffer heavy losses. This had also allowed Li Shu to stop his arrogance and realize the shortcomings of his side.

Li Shu had visited the Feng Country before, and had also seen Qing Yu before, but did not interact much with him.

Now that he saw Qing Yu, he quickly walked up to him and cupped his hands in a deep bow. His expression was difficult to conceal, and he said emotionally: "General Qing Yu, I have been waiting for you."

Tang Yin did not want to reveal his identity in front of the numerous People of Zhen Country s. He did not stand together with Qing Yu, but had blended into the numerous guards, so Li Shu, who had placed all of his attention on Qing Yu, naturally did not see him.

He never thought that the proud and arrogant Li Shu would be so courteous to him, Qing Yu was somewhat surprised, I believe that the battle at the Western Plains has also suppressed Li Shu's anger. Qing Yu smiled, cupped his hands in return, and said: "Great General is too courteous."

"General Qing Yu, please enter the city!"

"Great General, please!"

Li Shu and Qing Yu walked side by side into the city. Even though Gong Cheng was not big, there were many commoners in the city. At this time, many commoners stood on both sides of the streets, all of them stretching their necks to take a peek, from this, it could be seen that Li Shu's Zhen Country was indeed very popular, and the commoners were all supporting him.

Tang Yin, who was walking in the middle of the crowd, squinted his eyes. It was a good thing that the people of Zhen Country were supporting Li Shu, but it was also a bad thing.

Li Shu brought Qing Yu into the Mayor Palace that he was staying in, and found a good banquet set up inside. In order to show his respect for Qing Yu, Li Shu intentionally gave the main seat to him and invited Qing Yu to take a seat.

Qing Yu did not refuse, but he did not sit at the seat of honor either, and instead sat opposite to Li Shu at the seat of honor. Li Shu felt that it was extremely strange, since both he and Qing Yu were seated at the center of attention, wouldn't that mean that the main seat was empty?

Just as he was about to speak, Qing Yu took the lead and said: "Great General, I have some understanding of the war that Your Army is fighting in the Western Plains, I wonder how Great General thinks he is doing?"

"This ?" When Qing Yu suddenly asked about the war in the west, Li Shu's face became extremely awkward. After pondering for a moment, he rubbed his hands and said with a smile: In this battle, the casualties of our army are equal to the casualties of Chuan Army.

"A draw?" Qing Yu shook his head and smiled, saying: "In my opinion, it's not a tie, but a defeat for Your Army, and in fact, a crushing defeat."

His words did not leave any face, and made Li Shu feel even more awkward. One of the staff members, General Zhen, said in an unconvinced tone, "Although this battle was not satisfactory, it was still far from a crushing defeat!"

Qing Yu smiled, but before he could speak, a voice came from behind him: "There are many generals in the Chuan Army, but few soldiers in the Chastity Army. After fighting one battle, both sides will suffer the same casualties, one in exchange, if it's not the Chastity Army who lost miserably, then what is it?"

Hearing such clear words, the expressions of everyone present changed, and they subconsciously looked behind Qing Yu. The person who spoke was wearing a cloak that covered him from head to toe. His appearance could not be seen clearly, but judging from his clothes, he should be Qing Yu's follower.

The loyal general snorted and asked: "And who are you? Is there any place for you to talk here? "

"Ha ha!" The man smiled and walked out from behind Qing Yu, taking the chance to pull off his mask. He did not even look at the loyal general, and smiled at Li Shu.

Looking at the person's gaze and seeing his appearance, Li Shu's body trembled. He was startled for a moment, then suddenly stood up and quickly went around the table, approaching the person, and once again carefully examined him from head to toe. After confirming that his eyes were not blurry and that he was not mistaken, he exclaimed in surprise and joy, "Feng ? Feng King?! "

The man smiled and said: "How have you been in General Li!"

"Aiya, I didn't know that Feng King was visiting. This humble one has been too slow. " Suddenly seeing Tang Yin, Li Shu was dumbfounded, he was at a loss of what to do, and quickly cupped his hands and bowed.

Feng King? This man is Feng King? Hearing the way Li Shu addressed him, all the People of Zhen Country present were dumbstruck. Everyone's gaze concentrated on him, from one glance to the next, sizing him up.

He was a tall, slender man with a starry face, a nose that hung in the air, a mouth like a single pearl, a handsome face, and a natural smile. The most surprising thing was that he looked to be in his early twenties; who would have thought that such a handsome and elegant young man would be the famous king of the Windy Nation, Tang Yin.

Everyone was stunned for a long time before they regained their senses. They looked at each other in dismay, then stood up at the same time and cupped their hands towards Tang Yin: "I have seen them before ? Greetings Feng King! "

Tang Yin casually waved his hands towards the crowd and smiled: "No need for formalities, everyone."

While he was speaking, he said to Li Shu, "General Li doesn't need to be courteous to this king anymore, please take a seat!" With that, he unceremoniously walked to the main seat, threw off his cloak and sat down.

Li Shu was still in shock as he stammered, "Why has Feng King also come to the Western Zhen? His Highness didn't mention this matter in the letter he sent earlier ? "0

Tang Yin shrugged his shoulders and said calmly, "This time, this duke did not come here to let too many people know, so I came here to secretly visit.

"Yes, yes, yes, Your Highness, do not worry, I will definitely not divulge Your Highness's whereabouts, and will also restrain Subordinate from spreading Your Highness's visit." With that, Li Shu turned to look at the people below and asked: "Did you all understand?"

"General, we understand!" Everyone said in unison.

The corner of Tang Yin's mouth rose, and with a change in tone, he asked Li Shu: "General Li, how many warriors does Your Army have left?"

Li Shu's expression turned serious, and said: "Right now, our army still has more than a hundred thousand soldiers."

Tang Yin laughed and reminded him, "This king is asking about weapons that can be used for battle."

"This ?" Although Tang Yin was smiling, under his gaze, Li Shu felt like all of his worries had been seen through. He licked his dry lips and said with a wry smile, "To be honest, Your Highness, our soldier ? There are less than 80,000 now. "

Tang Yin squinted his eyes and asked: "What about Chuan Army?"

"Reportedly, the Sixteenth Legion of Pinggu County has already been established in the Pangang County. Currently, the total strength of their Chuan Army in Pangu County is over two hundred thousand." Li Shu seemed to be lacking in confidence when he spoke.

"Eighty thousand against two hundred thousand, General Li, do you think that you have any chance of victory?" Tang Yin asked.

If it was in the past, Li Shu might have dared to say such bold words about how chaste troops were guaranteed to win. But after the battle at the Wangxi Plains, he really didn't have that kind of confidence, and he didn't want to deceive himself. He shook his head and said, "Almost... "No."

Tang Yin became silent and knocked his forehead, then turned and looked at Qing Yu. Qing Yu thought for a while, then asked, "Who is the commander in charge of Chuan Army?"

Li Shu answered bluntly: "It's Chen Lihua, the commander of Chuan Country."

Amongst the Chief General s of the Chuan Country, Chen Lihua was one of the less famous ones. He did not have any outstanding achievements, nor did he have any famous battles, of course, he had never committed any mistakes and was only average in the end. He only relied on his qualifications to get the position of the commander of the Ninth Army, and then advanced to Chief General. Amongst the commanders of Chuan Country, he could not be considered outstanding, but that did not mean that he was a mediocre person.

Chen Lihua was proficient in military strategy and strategy, so he was adept at strategy and strategy. If he was placed in any other country with a talent like him, he would have become a famous general long ago, and would only remain unknown in the Chuan Country.

However, he was still considered a late bloomer. In the battle of Western Zhen at the Western Plains, he had become famous just in one battle.

"Chen Lihua?" Tang Yin muttered this name. After thinking for a while, he shook his head and said, "I've never heard of it."

Qing Yu was also not very familiar with Chen Lihua, but from what he had heard, he knew that there was such a person in the Chief General s. He asked: "Does General Li have a more detailed combat report?"

Li Shu nodded his head quickly and threw his head to the side to one of his followers. The follower replied and quickly ran out. Not long after he left, he returned with a bamboo scroll.

That was the record of the entire battle that Li Shu's advisers had set down, it was extremely detailed, and all the details that could be seen were recorded in it.

Qing Yu took the bamboo block, opened it and looked at it carefully. Taking the chance that Qing Yu was looking through the report, Li Shu shook his head and said to Tang Yin, "Feng King, the combat power of the Ninth Army that is under Chen Lihua's command is extremely strong, and the force that is killing and injuring our army the most is precisely his Ninth Army. The only thing worth rejoicing in this battle is that our army has completely wiped out Chen Lihua's Ninth Army.

Tang Yin disapproved of Li Shu's words, since he was ranked ninth, how strong could he be? In terms of strength, they could only be said to be the strongest commanders of Chuan Army, experts in the use of troops and in the field of command.

As expected, after Qing Yu read through the entire battle report, he nodded his head and sighed: "Chen Lihua's ability to command and response in battle could be considered top-notch. In this battle, he has never made a single mistake, for a battle of such a large scale to be able to do this is truly not easy."

"General Qing Yu thinks that he is powerful too?" Li Shu asked with his eyes wide open.

Qing Yu smiled bitterly, and said without hiding anything: "Of course he's powerful, he can be considered one of the top generals. However, there is one thing that I have yet to understand. Why didn't he take advantage of the situation and attack? "

In the battle at the Western Plains, although it looked like both sides were fighting on the surface, they were actually evenly matched, but in reality, the army had suffered a crushing defeat, leaving behind only sixty to seventy thousand troops. But the main force of the Chuan Army was still there, if he did not launch an attack now, wouldn't he be missing out on an opportunity?

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