Chapter 678: General Kill
“Back! It’s the general and the others who are back!”
Looking from a distance at the cavalry team headed by Jie Liancheng returning to Blackstone City, they were responsible for guarding the wall. The soldiers suddenly shouted, one by one, and they were excited.
Although many of the cavalrymen who returned this time were injured, they all looked heroic and high-spirited, as if they had won the battle.
When Yan Sheng saw this, he was also happy and quickly called Xie Liancheng over for questioning.
"The general won the battle?!"
"That's natural!"
Xie Liancheng's nostrils were turned upward, as if it were natural.
“The centaur leader was quite capable. He barely fought me for twenty or thirty rounds, but in the end I was able to beat him and run away! If it weren’t for the incompetence of this bad horse, labor and management would have been defeated today. Just let him stay here!”
To others, it sounded like Xie Liancheng couldn’t help but complain here because his mount was so bad, but in fact, he was in disguise and finished the explanation in advance without killing half of them. The matter of mercenaries prevented Yan Sheng and others from further questioning.
The two of them were just acting. They had already formed a team. Faced with those centaurs, it was naturally impossible for Xie Liancheng to kill them.
But it seems unreasonable that the two sides failed to kill the enemy in the confrontation.
So Xie Liancheng had a second thought and simply put the blame on his mount's head.
Actually speaking, this is not a scapegoat.
If the cavalry of both sides really fight, the inferior horses with poor quality will indeed be a hindrance.
If the other side notices that the situation is not good and wants to run away, even if you break the whip, the bad horse will not be able to catch up. What can you do?
From this point of view, what Xie Liancheng said is actually the truth.
There was no fool present. From Xie Liancheng's complaints and complaints, he already had a general understanding of the battle situation just now.
The war horses in their country are not good. Yan Sheng didn't know about it for the first day, so he didn't have too many surprises in his heart.
This also makes Xie Liancheng's remarks very reasonable and convincing.
After thinking about this, Yan Sheng casually comforted Liancheng and asked him to go down to rest first. Then he turned around and called the officer of the cavalry unit over for questioning.
Facing Yan Sheng, the little officer naturally did not dare to lie, but to say that they were suppressed by the centaur mercenaries from the opposite side throughout the whole process and were beaten to the point of disorientation would seem like they are too useless. , If His Majesty is displeased and wants to punish them, they really won't even have a place to cry.
Thinking of this, the officer told the truth about the fight between Jie Liancheng and the centaur leader on the opposite side as soon as they came up. But when it came to their side, his words suddenly turned into... …
“At that time, the general fought fiercely with the Centaur leader opposite, and our troops also struggled with the Centaur mercenaries opposite. When the general defeated the leader and returned, the morale of the remaining Centaur mercenaries They were greatly reduced and fled one after another. "
The phrase "fighting to the death" greatly beautified their performance. At first glance, it seems that they have to imagine a back-and-forth situation.
After listening to the report, Yan Sheng nodded. This situation was in line with his expectations and he did not doubt it.
From the perspective of casualties, they were not able to kill the centaurs on the opposite side at all. Many soldiers on their side were injured, so it could not be considered a victory.
But considering the strength gap between the centaurs and them, they were able to repel the centaur mercenaries on the opposite side, which was already a big surprise for Yan Sheng.
In this way, with a morale-boosting mentality, Yan Sheng was not stingy with the reward at all, and gave it to him with a wave of his hand.
At the same time, Drogo, who had obtained the intelligence information, directly handed over the task of summons to Joseph, who had the fastest legs and feet.
After taking over the task, Joseph did not dare to slack off and ran all the way back to Huangsha City as quickly as possible, bringing the latest news from the other side to Zhou Xu.
After listening to the report, Zhou Xu felt extremely happy. He had thought about causing chaos on the other side and even triggering a civil uprising.
But the opponent was so powerful that he directly occupied the city and declared independence. He really didn't expect it.
To a certain extent, he underestimated the hidden dangers Yan Sheng had laid for himself after forcibly annexing surrounding countries by force.
Now his appearance has only detonated all these hidden dangers in advance.
[It seems that I will also take this as a warning in the future. When fighting in ancient times, the ancients always paid attention to the teacher's reputation and the great righteousness, which makes sense! 】
At this time, Zhou Xu was leaning on the chair, rubbing his chin, and thinking about this matter.
“Is there any news about Kong Daqian?”
“No.”
Joseph shook his head.
“According to the news from the other party, after bringing Kong Daqian into the city, in order to avoid being noticed by others, he quickly let him sneak into the city. At this time, the other party did not know about Kong Daqian. Where is Daqian?”
“Okay, I understand, you can go down and rest first.”
Joseph was very tired after running all the way, so now that he has permission, naturally. Is to resign immediately.
Zhou Xu, who was leaning on the chair, fell into deep thought.
Now that Kong Daqian has lost contact, Zhou Xu simply doesn't think about it. It's useless to think about it anyway.
The most important thing right now is the situation in front of us.
[Yan Sheng has only a thousand garrisons on the other three borders. This number of troops is enough to normally garrison the border cities. However, once civil strife breaks out, these troops have to defend the city and go out to quell the chaos. That's definitely not enough. 】
【As for the current situation, the people in the country are complaining. The previous conscription order has now been ignored. If we want to recruit troops again, there is a high probability that it will not have a good effect. 】
[The only place that still has sufficient troops is Black Rock City. Yan Sheng still has more than 3,000 troops, which will be the key to countering the rebellion. 】
Zhou Xu was thinking about it while sorting out the thoughts in his mind.
[I am now sending centaur troops to wander around Black Rock City. When Yan Sheng sees this, as long as he still has some brains, he should be able to understand the stakes. 】
【For now, I don’t need to take action. I can completely let them continue fighting among themselves. 】
【In the future, if Yan Sheng is determined to send troops to quell the rebellion, by then, it will be too late for me to send troops again. 】
It is sometimes not difficult to simply win a battle. What is rare is to obtain the greatest victory at the smallest cost!
Otherwise, it will be a lose-lose battle, and sometimes it is better not to fight at all.
After all, it may not be a good thing if you have one breath left and swallow up the other party's territory.
On this battlefield, temporary gains and losses don’t matter at all. The important thing is who can stand in the end!
Whoever stands at the end will be killed!
(End of this chapter)