diskusbooks Chapter 137 The Empress Arrives, You Come Just in Time
Chapter 137 The Empress Arrives, You Come Just in Time
"Huh? Isn't this considered an invasion?"
Lian Yong was surprised.
"Of course not. Even if we destroyed Shen Changgong and captured the Empress of Dayan, Dayan would still be Dayan. It would just have a new emperor.
It's just that this emperor wants to cede land to us, become our vassal state, and in this way it is possible to minimize the rebelliousness of the people of Dayan, because their emperor is still a member of the royal family with the surname Yan.
If we kill King Ning and incorporate Dayan into our territory, we will have to suppress rebellions for many years to come. It will be difficult to digest this land in a short period of time, and it will continue to consume our national strength.
It's not that we don't have the ability to suppress it, but our focus has always been on the south. What can this remote and impoverished land of Dayan offer us? It's a small country with a small population."
"Forget it, forget it. I don't understand politics. Just tell me how to fight."
"Hit hard, there's no other way."
"Oh."
The Second Corps of Kun State, carrying ladders and pushing carts of large stones, charged forward.
Shen Changgong ordered his men to shoot arrows, and the fierce siege began.
The soldiers of Kun Army first set up the ladders on the top of the city wall, and then they pushed the huge stones that they had risked their lives to push up and pressed them on the newly installed wooden boards at the bottom of the ladders. In this way, the ladders became extremely heavy.
Shen Changgong saw their behavior on the top of the city wall, and stopped shouting for the grappling soldiers to come over. He just shouted,
"Bring the kerosene over here and pour it on those ladders to burn them!"
"As ordered!"
Many soldiers carried boiling hot oil to the edge of the city wall and immediately poured it down.
On the ladders below, many soldiers who were climbing up were directly poured with hot oil all over their heads.
The sudden severe pain made them scream and fall downwards. Blisters appeared on their bodies that were visible to the naked eye. The severe pain all over their bodies made them unable to help but wail and roll on the ground.
Immediately afterwards, several more torches were thrown down, and the ladders immediately caught fire.
How could the wooden ladders withstand the scorching flames of kerosene? Not only the ladders were engulfed in flames, but also many soldiers under the city walls.
Dozens of ladders were all on fire, making it impossible for the soldiers outside to climb up. They could only raise their shields to defend themselves, move out of the range of arrows, and wait for the ladders and stones to be brought up from behind.
However, although bows and arrows could not penetrate the area where they gathered, catapults could.
Dozens of burning earthenware jars were thrown out from the top of the city wall by catapults.
Learning from the previous experience, Shen Changgong improved his technique this time.
He also smeared kerosene on the mouth of the earthenware jar. After placing the jar on the catapult, he directly ignited the kerosene on the top and then threw it out, hitting the enemy crowd heavily.
Those clay pots would smash and explode when they hit the ground, sometimes killing a few lucky soldiers. The kerosene would spill out, and the little flame would immediately ignite the kerosene, starting a raging fire.
Those Kun Army soldiers were immediately engulfed in a sea of fire, screaming miserably.
The Yan army on the city wall cheered and cursed loudly, shouting for the Kun country's thieves to die quickly.
At this moment, a woman's voice came from behind Shen Changgong.
"Marshal Shen is really capable. This move of setting fire to the enemy is really good."
Shen Changgong turned around and saw a breathtakingly beautiful face behind him, smiling at him.
"Your Majesty? Why are you here?"
Shen Changgong immediately frowned and turned to glare at Gongsun Wan'er.
How did this guy do his intelligence work? His Majesty only found out about this after he came behind him.
Yan Fuyao opened her red lips slightly and said slowly,
"What? Lord Shen doesn't welcome me? Then I'll go back?"
"Well, go back."
Shen Changgong nodded without hesitation.
The empress's strong heart was shattered and her eyes turned cold.
I came all the way here to visit him and boost the morale of the army, but all I got in return was such a cold word?
Shen Changgong frowned and shouted,
"This is the front line, a life-or-death battlefield, a place where you fight tooth and nail. Do you know how much the enemy wants to kill you? You came here alone, are you trying to save yourself?
I said, you don't need to go to the battlefield unless I die!
As long as I'm standing here, there's no need for a woman to fight the enemy!
You should hurry back now. I will dispatch a group of soldiers and have Guan Shouchang escort you back."
After saying this, Shen Changgong sent someone to find Guan Shouchang.
He knew that at the speed of the reinforcements, it would take at least five or six days for them to arrive. Yan Fuyao must have abandoned the main army and rushed here at full speed. Now that she had appeared on the city wall, the enemy had also seen her and would not miss the opportunity to kill her, so they had to send a brave general like Guan Shouchang to escort her.
General Guan is now directing the defense of the city on the western section of the city wall.
Although Shen Changgong's words were harsh, Yan Fuyao was no longer angry, and her eyes gradually softened.
Haha, what a man he is. His way of caring for others is so face-saving.
Yan Fuyao cleared his throat and said,
"I brought more than a hundred bombs."
"More than a hundred bombs?"
Shen Changgong turned around again and said in surprise.
"There are still two thousand cavalry."
"Two thousand cavalry?"
Shen Changgong's eyes grew wider.
Seeing this, Yan Fuyao snorted coldly,
"It seems that I came at the wrong time."
After saying that, she turned and left.
"No, you came just in time."
Shen Changgong grabbed her and pulled her into his arms.
Many soldiers around saw this scene. Although they were in a fierce battle of life and death, these people still smiled.
Yan Fuyao's pretty face turned slightly red, and she quickly broke free and adjusted her dragon robe.
In public, being hugged by this guy, don’t I have any dignity?
Thinking of this, Yan Fuyao rolled his eyes at him fiercely.
"Aren't you going to send me back?"
"What I mean is, people leave, but the gifts remain."
"Ignorant of good and evil!"
Yan Fuyao was just talking. Now that he was here, there was no way he would leave.
Shen Changgong looked at the army group pressing down from below and shouted again behind him,
"Ready the kerosene tanks!"
"As ordered!"
Yan Fuyao looked at the battlefield outside and asked curiously,
"Where are the enemy's trebuchets?"
"We burned it down. If the enemy had a catapult, I wouldn't dare let you stand here even if I had a hundred guts."
Shen Changgong continued,
"With the one hundred bombs and two thousand cavalry you brought, plus the dozens of bombs and two thousand cavalry I originally brought, it's enough for a night raid on the enemy camp tonight."
"It's up to you. You are the commander-in-chief of the entire army. It's up to you to decide and arrange the tactics."
"I didn't ask you, I just wanted to tell you."
"The mouth can be sewn shut."