Phi-Fic Chapter 113: Surrender of the Liang Army
Chapter 113: Surrender of the Liang Army
Returning to the battlefield, Anton Jun did the same thing, once again using his giant sword to drop from the air and slash at the front of the Liang army, while shouting:
"The rear of the Liang army has been defeated, and Zhu Youzhen is dead.
Your loyalty is commendable, but your king has passed away before you. Why don’t you submit to the wise master to avoid making unnecessary sacrifices?
War is ruthless, but people are compassionate. My lord, the King of Qi, cannot bear to see more innocent people suffer, so he has come here to persuade them to surrender in order to reduce the suffering of the people.
You are far away from your homeland, your families are worried about you, why do you have to fight for a tyrant?"
Li Maozhen and the Empress and her entourage in front also saw him and smiled. It seemed that things had really been done.
No matter in what era, when two armies fight, the real defeat of an army is always carried out from many aspects.
For example: casualty ratio, command ability of generals, morale and fatigue level of soldiers.
Once you start to lose weight, collapse is often just a matter of moments, and this is especially true at this time.
Generally speaking, when the casualties of an army reach 15-20% of its total strength, the army may be on the verge of collapse or has already collapsed.
At the beginning, the three armies of Liang State were all hit by sudden attacks to varying degrees, and the casualty rate had already exceeded that number.
Just now, Lord Anton captured the king with one hand, so the Liang army, who were unaware of the truth, naturally believed what he said.
First, a small number of Liang troops began to throw away their weapons and armor, and Li Maozhen and his men let the Qi army take control of this group of people.
Li Maozhen and his group will show no mercy to those who are still fighting desperately and will kill them if necessary.
Anyway, the Qi State now has no shortage of these disobedient soldiers, and Tubo was conquered by them in this way.
However, despite this, there were still many Liang troops who resisted.
Especially the Liang army near Wang Yanzhang, who surrounded him layer by layer. For them, this chief general of Daliang was the last pillar of support.
And Anton also knew a thing or two about this person.
Wang Yanzhang was one of the few people in Liang State who left a positive impression on him.
The scene in the anime where he carried the flag and charged into battle to die alone is still vivid in my mind. He was a talented and loyal general, but he just followed the wrong person.
In the anime, Shi Yao once tried to persuade him to surrender, but he refused to listen, so Anton Jun simply gave up the idea and let him die on the battlefield. Maybe that was the best ending.
Anton Jun's figure trembled and disappeared in an instant, making it difficult to capture his movements. The next moment, he appeared in front of Wang Yanzhang.
Then, he swung his sword across and killed the enemy with one blow.
"General Wang, have a safe journey!"
An Dongjun only took a moment to adjust his breath, and then he sank his qi into his dantian: "Wang Yanzhang is dead! Those who surrender will not be killed!"
He didn't stop afterwards, leaving a trail of blurry afterimages, and every time he swung his sword he took the lives of several Liang soldiers.
Those sturdy armors were shaved to a smooth surface that had never been and should not be.
The makeshift square formation shield that the scattered Liang troops had managed to form was easily torn open by Anton Jun.
A hurricane of internal force rose up from under his feet, and countless broken limbs and arms around him were thrown away by his power and hit the surviving Liang soldiers.
Anton Jun walked expressionlessly under the falling blood. His blue clothes had been stained blood red, and the original exquisite embroidery was stained beyond recognition.
Looking at him now, Liang Jun was so scared.
He really took the head of the enemy general in the midst of thousands of troops, and did it twice!
The key point is that we have no way to deal with him, and everyone who tries to stop him has died before that.
The news of the death of the emperor and the commander-in-chief spread one after another, and the morale of the Liang army had already been weakened. At this time, even the Liang army, who were determined to stick to their bottom line, gave up.
...
At this time, Li Xingyun and the other two had just arrived halfway up the mountain, but they found only Zhu Youzhen who had committed suicide, and there was no sign of An Dongjun.
While he was thinking, he saw another giant sword, so he hurried there again.
...
The Qi army then advanced like a hot knife through butter and broke through the Liang army's defense in an instant. An Dongjun also returned to the Qi army and came to the side of Li Maozhen and Li Zhaozhao.
He simply nodded and greeted Li Zhaozhao, then turned to Li Maozhen and said:
"After you deal with the surrendered Liang troops here, you cannot rest yet. Lead 100,000 Qi soldiers all the way east to Luoyang.
Li Cunxu is now focused on attacking Bianliang and has no time to compete with us for territory, so Jiangzhou and Jinzhou above can also be taken.
This time I will bring Brother Hou, Brother Hanba and Brother Yinggou with me. With the four of us as corpse ancestors, these should not be difficult tasks.
By the way, after this matter is over, Zhu Youzhen’s cannon can be taken away. I will let Brother Hanba study it.
Finally, the families of the soldiers who died in the battle must receive no less pensions, money, food or land."
"I know all this and will do it myself." Li Maozhen took off his mask, revealing his two-color pupils, and patted his shoulder.
"It's just that you should stay in Fengxiang to accompany your sister and have a good rest this time. The three corpse ancestors there are enough."
"Heh~ You're so confident. I thought you just wanted me to go."
Anton waved his hand and continued to lead the charge.
……
At Prince Qi's Mansion, about two hours later, the only 100,000 remaining Liang troops had been completely wiped out by the State of Qi.
The method of resettling them was also different. First, everyone's weapons were confiscated. Those with a good attitude had two choices.
One option is to give him some money and recruit him to make up for the shortfall in Qi's military strength.
The other is to place them among the people, let them change their careers, and thus reintegrate into Qi society.
As for those troublemakers, they were converted into labor and dispersed to various places to build roads and water conservancy projects. At the same time, they were also given their usual monthly salary to strengthen their sense of identity with the State of Qi.
If Qi wants to dominate the world in the future, it will definitely need a lot of projects and population, but if corvée labor is excessive, the people will definitely complain, so it’s better to just let this group of people do it.
"Old man!"
As soon as he stepped over the threshold, Anton heard the voice of the person he had been thinking about.
"Bitch!"
Considering that he was still dirty, Anton Jun did not simply say hello as he did in the past, but turned his attention to Zhang Xuanling.
"Senior, the news can be released in the next few days. After Qi country is stabilized in a few days, I will take you to complete the revenge. How do you think?"
Zhang Xuanling replied with a smile:
"You are too polite, my friend. It won't be too late to deal with Qiguo's affairs first."
Ever since Anton Jun told him about his plan and about bringing Xu Huan to Fengxiang a few days ago, he has placed great trust in this man who is much younger than himself.
"it is good!"
An Dongjun also showed a reassuring smile, and bowed to the three Hou Qings, the generals, and the saints, saying:
"I will have to continue to thank all the corpse ancestors and soldiers for their hard work."
"Young Master, you're welcome!"
The generals also bowed respectfully in return. After all, in this battle of Qiliang, most of the arrangements in the plan were on Anton Jun, and he had the heaviest burden.
Although their rear army had been stuck in Liang State for a few days, today's battle really let them vent all their anger. It was so satisfying.
And even if we don't talk about those, according to King Qi, the series of reforms that Qi State carried out a few years ago were also proposed by others, and they have long been convinced by him.
"Old man..." The empress took the initiative to put her arm around him, looking at his fatigue that could no longer be concealed, she felt extremely distressed and said with a worried look.
"Thank you for your hard work this time, I didn't..." Anton Jun replied with a smile.
But before he could finish his words, he felt an intense fatigue rushing through his body. He became dizzy and passed out. He could still hear their voices before he fell unconscious.
"Old man!" (My dear friend!/Mr. An!)
"I feel a bit embarrassed..."
Practicing martial arts won't make a big difference. As long as you don't deviate from the scope of martial arts, even if you can defeat a hundred or a thousand people alone, you will never be able to defeat ten thousand alone.
Not to mention that Anton has been in a state of nervousness these days.
While following the Liang army during the day, he also had to deliver messages to Liu Zhijun in the rear. At night, he had to find opportunities to harass the Liang army camp and weaken the strength of the Liang army. He hardly slept along the way.
(Looking at the dark circles under Gangzi's eyes caused by not sleeping for a night in Tian Gang Chuan, I think that no matter how powerful they are, they still have to follow the normal schedule of human beings, which is more reasonable)
It takes half a year for the natal sword to be condensed again, and his desperate method of ferrying the empress would easily increase her fatigue, and in the end she would have to be distracted by Anle.
He has been so cautious and careful in handling all matters, and it can be said that his brain has been overloaded for a long time.
Now that everything is over, he can finally relax. Once the taut string is released, he falls into a deep sleep.