webnovelfull Chapter 372 If the enemy can go, I can go too!
Chapter 372 If the enemy can go, I can go too!
Hearing this, Yan Fuyao became furious, stood up and said,
"A mere barbarian from the grasslands actually dared to invade the territory of Great Yan and massacre our soldiers. His crime is unforgivable!
Submit detailed information!"
"As ordered!"
The soldier handed the letter to Gongsun Wan'er, and then waited there for questioning.
When Shen Changgong heard the news, his eyes narrowed, and he felt both angry and happy.
What made him angry was that these grassland barbarians, just as he had expected, immediately went south to plunder and massacre after unification.
These people were cruel and greedy. They slaughtered all the soldiers in an entire fort, burned the bodies together on purpose, and cut off the heads and piled them up into a Jingguan to humiliate them.
If the grassland is not destroyed, how can the rear be stable? Wouldn’t Dayan lose all face?
The good news was that he finally found a reason not to aid Liang State.
And it's a very legitimate reason.
By the time he comes back after destroying the grassland, Liang Kingdom will probably have been almost defeated, right?
At this moment, Yan Fuyao finished reading the letter, slammed the table heavily, and shouted,
"These barbarians on the grassland are so cruel and tyrannical. They took advantage of the fact that our country had just moved its capital and was not yet firmly established to massacre more than 200 of our soldiers and humiliate us so much. My dear ministers, please tell me whether we should fight this battle or not, and how we should fight it!"
All the ministers looked confused.
No, you have already asked how to fight, why do you still ask us whether we should fight or not?
Shen Changgong immediately stood up and clasped his hands,
"Your Majesty, I believe this battle must be fought. Our Yan State is not weak and cannot be easily bullied by those barbarians.
This battle must be fought, and we must inflict pain on them, so that they will tremble in fear whenever they think of us, and won't dare to have any evil thoughts again!"
Left Prime Minister Yuan Chu looked at Tang Xinyi beside him, and seeing that she had no intention of objecting, he did not say anything.
He knew that Tang Xinyi was Shen Changgong's woman, and lived by His Majesty's side every day, so she must know a lot of things that he didn't know.
She understood the attitudes of His Majesty and the Prince very well.
However, Prime Minister Wang Anqing stood up and said,
"Your Majesty, Prince, please be patient. I believe that this matter should be thoroughly investigated. If it is indeed true, we will submit a letter to the Khan of the Grassland, ordering him to apologize for this matter, hand over the murderer, and compensate our army for the losses.
Right now, Liang and Qi and Qin are at war, and our country could potentially go south to fight at any time. If we get bogged down in the northern war, fighting on two fronts, that would be disastrous."
Before Yan Fuyao could speak, Shen Changgong looked at him coldly and said,
"Prime Minister, do you want to listen to what you are saying? The enemy has already led their troops into our country and carried out an inhumane massacre of our soldiers!
This is not a murder case, it is an act of war, a provocation and declaration of war against us Dayan!
You're still sending letters and communicating with people. Those barbarians on the grasslands spend their days with cattle and sheep. Do they know how to read? Can you communicate with them?
They only recognize fists, not their bullshit logic!
Or is it that the death of just over two hundred soldiers is not a big deal at all in your eyes, Prime Minister Wang?
Or, in your opinion, the invasion of Liang's territory is more important than the invasion of our Great Yan's territory?"
Listening to Shen Changgong's words and looking at his eyes that were as cold as a poisonous snake, Wang Anqing shuddered all over.
He understood Shen Changgong's temper, and he knew that if he said one more wrong word, this butcher who had wiped out all the powerful people in the court would chop off his head.
Although he is the prime minister, Shen Changgong has absolute power in the court of Dayan!
"Your Highness, please calm down. What I meant is that the grassland terrain is complex. If we rashly counterattack, we might fall into the enemy's trap.
We must counterattack, but we must be well prepared to avoid falling into the enemy's trap.
It is better to gather intelligence first and then send troops."
Hearing this, Shen Changgong's eyes softened a little, and he let him go. He raised his head and said to the civil and military officials in the court,
"So what if we fight deep inside enemy territory? So we can't fight on the grasslands?
The enemy can go! I can go too!
Today, these barbarians from the grassland dared to massacre our soldiers. If we swallow our anger, they will only bully us even more.
By then, the soldiers and civilians at the border will suffer great harm and the losses will be even greater!
Today they invaded our country. If we do not fight back and allow them to massacre our soldiers, will the other soldiers be disheartened?!
Don’t forget who is guarding the border so that you can enjoy the peaceful and prosperous times today!
It's their soldiers!
In my opinion, the lives of those soldiers are more important than the lives of all of you civil and military officials in the court.
This time, I will tell everyone in the world!
Anyone who offends Great Yan will be punished, no matter how far away they are!
Shen Changgong's words made all the generals in the court excited and they all volunteered to fight.
After looking around, he quickly decided on the candidate and said,
"Cavalry is essential for grassland warfare. Send a message to the Southern King to transfer the Southern Guards to fight.
In addition, the Tianyu Army and the Changning Army will go on the expedition with this king.
This time, I will personally lead the troops to fight, with 300,000 soldiers, and I will not return until the royal court is destroyed!
This king will use the action of genocide to tell everyone in the world that this is the fate of invading my Great Yan!"
"I will obey your orders!"
Yu Huatian and other generals came out one after another and knelt on one knee to receive the order.
Nie Bei sighed when he heard this. This time, their Flying Eagle Army would not be able to join the expedition.
After all, whether it is the Zhennan Army, the Changning Army, or the Tianyu Army, they are all veterans of hundreds of battles and the elite among the elite.
This time, Shen Changgong mobilized almost all the elite troops around Shengjing, which shows his determination to exterminate the clan.
The Prime Minister stopped talking and stepped back to his original position.
Do whatever you want. I don’t care.
After all, this is a military matter, not a government matter. You two can fight however you want.
In fact, Shen Changgong also took the opportunity to intimidate the prime minister and clearly warned him to just take care of his own business in the future and not to interfere in military affairs.
Even this time when mobilizing troops, he gave the order directly without asking the empress's opinion at all.
Shen Changgong didn't want to fight on the front line while the civil servants were gossiping and talking behind his back.
Although His Majesty will support him unconditionally, if these civil servants gossip for a long time, His Majesty will get annoyed and even waver.
He doesn't want anyone to affect the relationship between him and his wife.
Yan Fuyao nodded and said,
"That's it. Send a message to the King of the South right now and have him transfer the Zhennan Army to the grasslands to fight.
The three armies must prepare and set out as soon as possible. Lord Shen will be the commander-in-chief. Sweep the grasslands and strengthen our nation's prestige!"
"Also, let the envoy from Liang come in!"