Chapter 52 Collapse
In the military camp, the King of Ying looked extremely ugly. He was surrounded by King of Ying Sima and more than a dozen guards. King of Ying was not in the commander's tent, but outside. His original intention was to inflict Qin Hao assassination or to make Qin Hao disappear in order to deal with the questioning of Zhennan Army, but Qin Hao actually found something wrong and did not enter the commander's tent.
King Ying regretted this. If he had known that Qin Hao was so alert, he would have told the guards outside the tent not to take action. Qin Hao's words before his death were simply a vicious curse on him.
Outside the military camp where King Ying was located, under the night, Di Ping and his three subordinates looked at each other. Di Ping waved his hand decisively and fled hurriedly.
"Sir, what should we do?" asked the three subordinates in panic. In fact, when Qin Hao walked away, Di Ping took three subordinates out, but he heard something shocked.
"I'm going to join Jin State." Di Ping replied.
The three subordinates looked at each other, and one of them said, "I heard that Lord Lu was the son-in-law in Zhou State. Now that the Zhou State's army has attacked Jiangnan, can we go and join Lord Lu?"
Di Ping smiled bitterly at it. He knew that Lu Qi was the King of Wu, but he didn't dare to tell him here. Otherwise, once it was spread, it would be afraid that Lu Tianfeng would be harmed in Zhou State.
"Go to Jin State. I will take you to surrender to Lord Lu in the future. Now I cannot surrender, because the Zhou army that attacked Jiangning may not be close to Lord Lu." Di Ping said.
The three subordinates nodded. Of course, Di Ping could not leave like this. He rushed to find Tong Guang in the army and asked Tong Guang to spread the news that Zhu Lingyun and Qin Hao were killed by King Ying, but he did not dare to spread it.
Tong Guang was happy when he heard this. This was an opportunity to make contributions to Jin State, and immediately spread it. After a while, a riot occurred in Zhennan Army. A large number of soldiers rushed to the King of Ying in the dark to verify whether the general was at peace. As a result, two corpses were found on the way to the King of Ying’s military camp. It was obvious that they were Zhu Lingyun’s guards.
The guard's corpses were found, and then a large number of corpses were found in a nearby puddle, including Zhu Lingyun's corpse. Zhu Lingyun's death was confirmed, but the soldiers of Zhennan Army did not go to the Yingwang barracks for inquiries, but returned to the army to discuss.
At this time, chaos broke out in the 300,000 army, and many military camps began to scramble under the night. News spread that the King of England was unkind and killed General Zhu Lingyun in order to seize military power. It was really hateful. Instead of working hard for the King of England, it was better to go to Jin to seek official positions and wealth.
As soon as there were people who took the lead in leaving the camp, many soldiers were shaken, so blindly following the camp. The soldiers from Kanghua Army and Ning** came to respond to the camp. After that, the Zhennan Army also drove south in large numbers. Overnight, the 300,000 troops left more than 200,000, all of whom went to Jin State.
It was dawn, and when the army was only more than 40,000, the King of England looked pale and dizzy. He asked someone to stop him last night, but it was useless. The soldiers who had already drawn the camp were afraid that the King of England would settle the accounts in the future, so they could not regret it after the camp was pulled out. The fact that they were able to leave the army more than 200,000 was caused by the superposition of various factors.
The factors were firstly because someone instigated the army, which was the most important. Secondly, the treatment of soldiers in Jin was much better than that of Tang. Thirdly, the soldiers had no confidence in the victory of the Zhou army, and mainly because they had no confidence in the King of England. The soldiers did not know that the King of England would give Wang Wenhe to the presidency. If they knew that it would be Wang Wenhe, they would be able to leave at least more than 100,000 military strength. Fourthly, they were indignant of Zhu Lingyun's killing.
Two days later, Wang Wenhe led 70,000 troops to Xuancheng and met with the King of Ying. Wang Wenhe had already learned about the rebellion of the Beng Army. This general-faced general respectfully treated the King of Ying.
King Ying helped Wang Wenhe in shame, then shut down everyone, then bowed to Wang Wenhe, and said ashamedly: "General Wang, I was provoked by a traitor. The traitor said that Zhu Lingyun had already sent someone to Jin and Wei. I was shocked and worried that Zhu Lingyun and General Wang were disagreeing, so I did a foolish thing, which caused the consequences of the collapse of the army."
Wang Wenhe calmly heard this and said, "Your Highness doesn't have to blame yourself too much. In fact, the incident of the collapse of the army was caused by someone's long-term planning. That person had a great influence on Tang **li."
King Ying was stunned and asked, "Who is the general talking about?"
"I just want to give an example, which means that Jin State is very good at attacking the heart." Wang Wenhe said as he turned his head.
King Ying nodded after hearing this and said, "The more than 200,000 troops have all gone to Jin State. Jin State must have planned it for a long time."
Wang Wenhe nodded and asked, "What are your plans?"
King Ying was stunned and raised his politely and said, "I can only rely on the general and go to rescue Jiangning."
Wang Wenhe shook his head and said, "It's useless to go with his current military strength. Instead, he gave gifts to Zhou Jun."
The King of Ying hurriedly said, "General, I have sent someone to get the Zhang family in Changzhou to send troops."
Wang Wenhe shook his head and said, "It's useless, Changzhou Zhang family will not send troops."
King Ying was stunned and said, "No, Zhou State attacked Jiangnan. If he gained a foothold, it would also pose a great threat to Zhang, unless Zhang intends to surrender to Zhou State."
Wang Wenhe sighed in his heart, thinking that the man wanted to destroy the Tang Kingdom with the hands of Zhou. If that man had not been concerned about the reputation of regicide, he would have been able to enter the Tang Kingdom long ago. Jin Kingdom is now basically in harmony with the people, and the country's power has entered a stable position, and he is fully capable of protecting himself and competing for power.
"Your Highness, Zhang is undesirable. Now your Highness has only two choices to do." Wang Wenhe said.
"Please see the disciple, General." King Ying Li asked.
"The first choice is to follow the Xuanzhou defense. Your Highness can immediately transfer the naval warships from Chizhou to the bank of Xuanzhou River, and then follow the Jiangning in Xuanzhou." Wang Wenhe said.
The King of England nodded, with a little regretful expression. In order to gain the advantage, he transferred the Kanghua Army in Chizhou to the Chizhou. If the Kanghua Army were all staying in Chizhou, he might be able to dispatch naval warships in time to block the Zhou Dynasty's warships from crossing the river. The Kanghua Army was the naval and land force to defend the river.
"Your Highness, you don't have to regret it. Without the Jiangzhou Hukou Army in the State of Tang, it basically cannot stop the attack of Zhou." Wang Wenhe said.
He once wrote a letter to Lord Li, asking Lord Li to strengthen the defense of the river and prepare more fire attacks. However, Lord Li just couldn't listen to his and Lin Renzhao's advice and was thinking about dealing with Shezhou. Wang Wenhe was helpless.
The King of England nodded and asked, "General, what is the second choice?"
"The second choice is to belong to Jin State. With the military strength that Your Highness has, you can ask for the title of Prince." Wang Wenhe said.
"What? I've made me belong to Jin." The King of England said in disbelief.
"Yes, Your Highness now belongs to Jin State and has been able to gain a noble status. I just suggest that this is just a suggestion. I believe that it is basically impossible for Your Highness to defeat the Zhou army by the Zhou State. In other words, the ones that can decide the outcome in the future will be Zhou State and Jin State." Wang Wenhe said.
The King of England looked ugly and shook his head and said, "No, I won't surrender to Jin."
"I said it, just a suggestion." Wang Wenhe said.
"General Wang, if you belong, it would be better to belong to Zhou State." King Ying said excitedly.
"The Lord of Zhou has always been afraid of being granted the title of King. If His Highness joins Zhou, at most he will be granted the title of the Duke of the County. The title of Zhou will only receive the title of the Grandpa, without power or soldiers. In addition, His Highness's brother is already in Zhou. In the future, Jin and Zhou will compete for power. No matter which wins, you brothers can help each other." Wang Wenhe said.
King Ying was silent, and Wang Wenhe said again: "This is just my advice. I am over fifty years old and I have long wanted to be a farmer. If Your Highness decides to defend Xuanzhou and try it, I am willing to help him."
The King of Ying thought for a moment and asked, "General, is it feasible if I give up on the State of Jin by the method of Tang to surrender to the State of Jin and ask Jin to send troops to attack the Zhou army together?"
Wang Wenhe shook his head and said, "Tang State is already a vassal state of Zhou, but now Zhou State has not tolerated Tang State. If Your Highness has that idea, it will only be worth the loss, and there will be very few opportunities to survive in the end. In addition, Your Highness does not have the qualifications to submit to Jin State on behalf of Your Majesty."
The King of Ying's face changed slightly. After thinking for a while, he suddenly said to Wang Wen and Li: "I want to take advantage of Xuanzhou and ask the general to help me."
Chapter completed!