Repugnant Gateway

Chapter 366 – Battling or defending

Kuangwei strode into the border army camp, the smell of blood on his body carried far by the wind. The soldiers behind him were all red in color. There were still bloodstains left behind, and it was unknown how many of them had come from the enemies and from themselves. Although all the soldiers looked exhausted when they returned, their fighting spirit did not dissipate.

An Zheng divided the two thousand four hundred armies in Glazed City into three teams, and took turns to patrol outside of the city. After he single-handedly razed Song City to the ground, Zhao Jun’s provocations also lessened. However, because the border was in chaos, those mounted gangsters and bandits also saw the opportunity and seemed to appear in an instant.

When Kuang Wei walked into the big tent, An Zheng was frowning as he looked at the map in front of him.

Seeing Kuang Wei enter, An Zheng pointed at the chair at his side: “You haven’t slept for two days and two nights, right? Sit down and rest first. Du Shoushou will lead the troops out later. ”

Kuang Wei said: “Prince Fu, Zhao Jun has been quite quiet lately, after all, under the Prince Fu’s divine might, all those Zhao Jun have been scared out of their wits. However, the bandits became more and more rampant, for the past few days, they have been killing and exterminating a few bandits’ temporary resting places, but their movements were irregular, and there was nothing they could do about it, after all, many bandits are actually citizens of the State of Zhao and have come to our side. ”

“Send someone out to spread the news that the State of Yan is willing to accept them. But there is only one rule, which is that those who abide by the laws of the great swallow will be divided into two parts and given to them to cultivate their fields, and their seeds and food will be provided by the great swallow. Those who do not abide by the laws of the great swallow, regardless of whether they are refugees or bandits, I will kill them without mercy. I have found them a way out, but they cannot force the citizens of my great swallow to a dead end. ”

An Zheng said without even raising his head, and then pointed at the map: “I have marked out the areas within a three hundred mile radius that could be populated by refugees or bandits. Take one of the maps later. We need to keep a close watch on these places. ”

Kuang Wei said: “As you command...” During the recent peace at the State of Zhao, Subordinate felt that it might not be all good news. The number of cultivators in Zhao Jun’s army was not many, but there were more than a dozen sects of various sizes near Song City. The sects around here only called them by their names, but in fact, they were called the “Grasslands of the Jianghu” by Zhao Jun. They were all attached to the Song City. “Now that the Song City has been destroyed, if those grass and plants of the martial world were to come out and commit evil, they would probably be even more brutal than Zhao Jun.”

An Zheng said: “With me here, they temporarily won’t dare to act rashly. The matter of pacifying the people on the border was now the most important matter. Three hundred soldiers were drawn out to guard the field I had planned. All the immigrants from State of Zhao were to be arranged there. These three hundred shall be responsible for the enforcement of the laws, and shall also be responsible for protecting their safety. ”

Kuang Wei replied, “Before, this subordinate had already transferred 150 elite soldiers over, but the number of refugees that came from the State of Zhao is not small, no more than four or five thousand. In a while, we will send another 150 people over to deliver a batch of food. ”

An Zheng: “Human nature, is hard to explain clearly. Those refugees may look pitiful, but in such a desperate situation, if the ugliness in human nature erupts, it will be even worse than a natural disaster. ”

Kuangwei sighed. “Why is the world suddenly in chaos?”

An Zheng stood up and stretched, “Da Xi is too big, he can’t withstand a little pressure from his easily. did not dare to disobey Da Xi’s orders to attack West Qiang. However, King Zhao also knew that this long war was enough to destroy State of Zhao, he could only pretend to be Da Xi. However, this kind of perfunctory attitude couldn’t be easily seen by others. So, at the beginning, State of Zhao would crazily capture the people at the border and create a fake army of hundreds of thousands. ”

Kuang Wei said, “These hundreds of thousands of people will all die under the sword of the people from the West.”

An Zheng nodded his head, “King Zhao is very clear, hundreds of thousands of people died because their national power was damaged. Once the hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers of the Zhao Army fight it out with the West Qiang, the country will be destroyed. ”

He handed a pill to Kuangwei. “Eat it and then go to sleep. Have a good rest.” “Although this pill is not of the highest quality, it is definitely useful in recovering one’s Essence.”

Kuang Wei immediately stood up and received the pill with both hands: “Thank you Prince Fu … This is too precious. ”

An Zheng waved his hand: “It’s nothing, I’ll provide this kind of thing to you in the future, don’t be reluctant to use it.”

An Zheng looked outside the window: “Quickly go rest, no one knows what will happen in the near future.”

Just as they were talking, a soldier ran in quickly from outside, “Prince Fu, the Great General of the Southwest border, Zou Shikai, has entered the city.”

An Zheng acknowledged: “Just have him come directly to see me.”

Not long after that soldier ran out, the first and second rank general, Zou Shikai, entered the camp and practically ran all the way in. Before entering, he gave a military salute: “General Zou Shikai greets Prince Fu!”

An Zheng waved and said, “Come in to talk.”

Zou Shikai strode in. “After I received the news from the Prince Fu, I rushed over from Feng City that very night. When they were on their way, they encountered a group of Zhao Jun entering the country. Kill one thousand and two hundred enemies, and around six hundred prisoners. ”

An Zheng: “Don’t capture me.”

“What does Prince Fu mean?”

Zou Sikai was stunned for a moment.

An Zheng: “Kill them all, throw their bodies back into the State of Zhao.”

Zou Shikai said somewhat awkwardly, “According to the usual practice, prisoners are not killed. Furthermore … After all, on the surface, the alliance between the State of Zhao and us is still there. ”

“If something goes wrong, I’ll carry it.”

An Zheng said: “Firstly, we do not have any excess food to keep the captives, they were killing and capturing people all the way here, according to the laws of the great swallow, they should be killed. Secondly, we don’t have any extra troops to guard the captives. We can split up and guard them, but we don’t have anyone to guard the civilians on the border. Thirdly, the so-called alliance between State of Zhao and our State of Yan ended the moment their soldiers stepped into our territory. ”

“Where are the prisoners?”

An Zheng asked.

Zou Shikai: “They are all outside the city. I have brought five thousand elite soldiers with me. They are also outside the city.”

An Zheng acknowledged: “Kill them, don’t leave a single one alive.”

Zou Shikai turned his head to give his instructions, but he was especially shocked in his heart. The young man in front of him was only sixteen or seventeen years old, how could he be so ruthless? The alliance between Yan Zhao and his men had been maintained for many years. Even though Zhao Jun was in the middle of crossing the border, he did not dare to use Zhao Jun’s name, as he usually pretended to be a bandit. And when An Zheng directly exterminated a border city of the State of Zhao, and beheaded all of the six hundred Zhao Army captives … There would be no turning back between the two countries.

Seemingly seeing through Zou Shikai’s worry, An Zheng said indifferently: “At this point of time, I don’t have the mood to think about anything moral or benevolent. This kind of thing surrendering doesn’t mean anything. If the hands of Zhao Jun’s soldiers were not stained with blood, then it was still possible to surrender and not kill them. “But who among these people hasn’t had our Swallow blood on their hands recently?”

An Zheng walked to the door, looked outside and said: “I have already arranged for people to record down my actions and words at the southeastern border. In the future, I will hand them over to the imperial court and hand them over to the King. So no matter what happens in the past few days, it has nothing to do with you guys.

Zou Shikai quickly lowered his head. “I don’t mean that …”

An Zheng waved his hand: “Right now, we are short on manpower, the five thousand elite soldiers you brought are just right. You are already very familiar with the situation in Liu-Li City, so I don’t need to say much. “Tomorrow, after you see Kuangwei, come up witlan to help me.”

Zou Shikai lowered his head. “I will obey.”

An Zheng said: “On the southwest side, the military strength is already low. My great swallow’s five hundred thousand elite troops are at the eastern border. On the border line of over two thousand miles in the southwest side, the border army and the garrison troops are all less than fifty thousand people. Once there was a large-scale war, there would be no time to spare. On the day I arrived, I had already sent someone to the east border to rush over, and asked General Fang Zhiji to send a portion of his troops over. But from the eastern border to the southwest, the army will have to travel for at least a month. ”

An Zheng said, “And in our own country, even if it’s the capital city’s most important area, we would no longer be able to deploy our troops. Therefore, you must persist for at least a month with the fifty thousand people in your hands. It’s fine if the State of Zhao doesn’t move, but once they do, you guys are under a lot of pressure. ”

Zou Shikai frowned, “King Zhao …. It shouldn’t be a large-scale operation, right? ”

An Zheng: “Of course he isn’t willing, but he isn’t someone who can make decisions in the first place. Da Xi had ordered that the King would not send troops to the small countries that were subordinate to Da Xi to fight against the Western Regions. The war against the Youguo that has been going on for many years has just come to an end. The citizens still have not had time to recuperate, so if we were to start a war against the Western Regions, who knows how many soldiers and civilians would die? “However, if the King refuses Da Xi’s request …”

Zou Shikai’s expression suddenly changed, “The reason why King Zhao tried to kill and arrest people on the border and even attacked our great swallow at all costs is because he didn’t dare to offend Da Xi. If the Great Western Thunder was angry, State of Zhao could instantly exterminate a nation. “And if our great swallow refuses Da Xi’s request …”

An Zheng said, “Da Xi will feel that it is a loss of face, and it is not just a loss of face. Once our great swallow rejected Da Xi’s request and refused to send troops to the Western Regions without any sanctions, then the other countries would naturally not send troops to the Western Regions. Da Xi will not agree, so revenge will come soon. ”

He was extremely familiar with the relationship between State of Zhao and himself. Before An Zheng had even finished speaking, he had already realized, “So, the moment our great swallow rejects the request of the Da Xi, the Da Xi will force the other nations around us to put pressure on the great swallow … Youguo in the east, Overlord in the southeast, an eternal nation. South Korea, southwest State of Zhao, and west Zhuo Nation … ”

An Zheng swept his finger across the map: “So, two thousand kilometers is still too little. Your fifty thousand people will be allocated in such a big place! ”

His finger moved from the southwest border all the way to the northwest border. “The one who attacked first might not be the State of Zhao, it might be Zhuo Nation, or it might be Korea …”

An Zheng took a deep breath, “In short, even if all of the countries are just putting on an act, we have to guard against them carefully. Furthermore, at the eastern border, General Fang Zhiji, who is located at the southeast side, will be even more pressured. Although he has an army of hundreds of thousands under his command, he is facing the Youguo, the Eternal Nation, and the Tyrant State along with a BoHai nation that is constantly waiting for an opportunity to invade the Central Plains. ”

Zou Shikai’s expression turned worse and worse. “Rather than that, I might as well agree to Da Xi’s request.”

An Zheng said: “Your Majesty will not agree.”

An Zheng looked up: “I won’t agree either … On the surface, it seemed that he might as well just send someone like Da Xi to the Western Regions. However, if we really are going to start a war with the Western Regions, half of my great swallow’s citizens will starve to death in a year! “We have the western border, northwest, and the northern border with the Swallow Mountain Mount Cang Man. As long as we can protect the southwest and eastern border, the commoners will be able to survive.”

Just as An Zheng was about to continue explaining, soldiers hastily ran in: “Prince Fu, something big happened!”

The soldier’s face was deathly pale, and his eyes were full of anger and fear.