Chapter 792
In the blink of an eye, a Ning general died, and the surrounding generals didn't even have a chance to stop him.
Looking at the body broken into two pieces on the ground, people's faces became uglier and uglier, and many people's fists were clenched and creaked.
Tang Yin looked around at everyone and said solemnly: "Generals, you only have two choices now. One, surrender to Dafeng, and two, you have seen the result. What to do, be a loyal minister or a traitor, you choose it yourself!"
What he said was equivalent to not giving these Ning generals any room for choice. No one is not afraid of death. If death is meaningful, perhaps some people dare to try it, but now, even if they die, they will bear the stigma of disrespect and disloyalty to the emperor. How can people be willing to make sacrifices in vain?
This is the additional effect derived from Tang Yin's acceptance of the emperor's entry into Feng State. No matter what he does, no matter how cruel and shameful his methods are, he always stands at the highest moral point and can openly say that he is following the emperor's orders. Behind him, there is always the emperor's golden signboard to support him.
The Ning generals panted heavily, their hearts were in a knot. People looked at each other. Even if they didn't speak, they only communicated with their eyes and reached a consensus. People were silent for a while, and then they knelt on one knee and bowed their hands and said: "I am willing to surrender to Feng State and serve the emperor and the king!"
"Good!" Tang Yin was overjoyed when he heard this, and at the same time he breathed a sigh of relief. He was really afraid that these generals would rather die than surrender. If they were all killed, then the more than 100,000 Ning State Central Army in Liangzhou City would be a big trouble. They might be out of control at any time and rise up, causing major hidden dangers to their side.
Tang Yin stood up excitedly and said word by word: "Since you have surrendered to Dafeng, you will be our brothers in the future. In my Feng country, we never recognize the high or low status of origin, but only the strength of personal ability. As long as you have the ability, I will guarantee that you will be promoted in the army. Otherwise, you will only be eliminated. I hope you can do your best and don't be the one who is eliminated."
Since Tang Yin became the King of Feng, the powerful people in Feng country have been in name only, and promotion depends only on merit and political achievements. This is the only thing to be thankful for for the surrendered Ning generals. Of course, whether Tang Yin will reuse them is also unknown.
The next two days were extremely busy for Tang Yin.
First, the resistance forces in Liangzhou City must be completely eliminated, and secondly, the eight northern counties of Ning country must be recruited.
It is not easy to wipe out the resistance forces in Liangzhou City. Liangzhou is too big. As long as the resistance personnel hide, it is like looking for a needle in a haystack to find them. Moreover, for most Ning people, these resistance forces are heroes of Ningguo. The people protect them in every possible way, so it is extremely difficult to wipe them out.
It is relatively easier to recruit the eight northern counties of Ningguo. According to the original agreement between Tang Yin and Shao Fang, after the destruction of Ning, the eight northern counties of Ningguo will belong to Feng, and the eight southern counties will belong to Mo. Among the eight northern counties, Hexi County, Xiaoling County, and Yunkou County have been successively captured by the Feng Army. It is naturally a piece of cake to recover them, but the other five counties have never been attacked by the Feng Army. Fortunately, there are few local troops left in each county. Tang Yin assigned the Tianying Army and the New Army to recruit them. They were unstoppable along the way. Wherever they passed, the counties and counties surrendered one after another, expressing their obedience to Fengguo.
Things went smoothly, and Tang Yin also began to plan to return to the country to resist the four-nation coalition's crusade against Fengguo.
When attacking Ningguo, the Feng army marched west, west, and west again, fighting all the way. Now it is not an easy task to evacuate. There are too many things to deal with.
Tang Yin first appointed Cai Song as the chief inspector of the western border of Fengguo. Here, the western border of Fengguo refers to the eight counties of Ningbei. Now, the eight counties of Ningbei are nominally the territory of Fengguo, and they are located in the west of Fengguo, so they are the western border. In addition, Tang Yin also appointed a deputy chief inspector to Cai Song, who is Zhan Peng. Tang Yin's intention is also very clear, that is, to let Zhan Peng supervise Cai Song.
In addition, Tang Yin also sent a letter to Yancheng, urgently transferring Zhang Zhe to Liangzhou to take charge of the overall situation and stabilize the situation in the eight counties of Ningbei.
As for the central army of Ningguo, Tang Yin reorganized it. He originally planned to include these troops in the new army, but the new army had nearly 100,000 troops, and the central army of Ningguo had 150,000 troops. The two armies together had nearly 250,000 people, which was far beyond the legion establishment.
After careful consideration, Tang Yin decided to establish a new army, called the Western Border Army. From top to bottom, it is composed of the Ningguo Central Army. Unlike the new army, the commander of the Western Border Army is also a Ning people. Tang Yin only sent Wei Xuan to serve as the deputy commander.
The commander of the Western Border Army is called Zuo Shuang, a middle-aged general in his early forties. This person was born in a humble family and gradually rose from the lowest level of soldiers to the general of the Ning Army. When the Feng Ning two countries fought in Hedong, he also made several great contributions. The reason why Tang Yin valued him was not because he was loyal to Fengguo, but because he valued his personal ability.
In Tang Yin's view, the new army, a cannon fodder army that is difficult to achieve great things, is enough for his side. There is no need to have another one. He hopes that the Western Border Army can really become a combat-capable army. Then the position of commander becomes crucial. It must be held by a person who understands and is familiar with the Ning Army and has outstanding strength. He chose and discussed with Qiu Zhen again and again before deciding to use Zuo Shuang.
Before returning to China, Tang Yin left the Sky Eagle Army led by Ziying in Ningdi. First, he could suppress the rebellious forces of Ning people. Second, he had a deeper consideration. If necessary, the Sky Eagle Army could go south from Ningdi as a surprise force to cooperate with the battlefield of Fengguo to attack the coalition forces of the four countries.
Leaving the Sky Eagle Army, Tang Yin took the Western Border Army. To be honest, the combat effectiveness of the Ningguo Central Army is still not weak, especially in archery, which is unique in the world and extremely suitable for defense. Tang Yin needs this 150,000-man army to resist the coalition forces of the four countries.
These things are easy to say, but not easy to do. Every decision requires Tang Yin to think carefully. A mistake may lead to unimaginable consequences. In recent days, he has not slept for more than two hours a day. He looks thinner. He feels that dealing with post-war affairs is more tiring than fighting.
However, there are also good news these days.
First of all, Moguo did not participate in the alliance to attack Fengguo.
The reason why Shao Fang was able to withstand the pressure of the four major powers and resist all objections internally was due to the contribution of Lu She, the envoy of Feng State to Mo State.
When Lu She arrived in Zhenjiang, the envoys sent by Chuan and Zhen States also arrived in Zhenjiang. Shao Fang was Lu She who saw it first.
In fact, Lu She was not good at speaking and stuttered when he spoke, but he was very insightful. After meeting Shao Fang, he directly told Shao Fang that once Mo State participated in the attack on Feng, no matter what the result was, Mo State would not benefit.
If the attack on Feng failed, Chuan, Zhen, An, and Huan would just pat their butts and leave, but Mo State could not leave. Mo State and Feng State were close neighbors. If the hatred was formed, the disputes in the future would be endless, and there would be constant wars between the two countries.
If the attack on Feng succeeded, Chuan, Zhen, An, Huan, and Mo would divide Feng State, and in the end, Mo State would still be the unlucky one.
Chuan, Zhen, An, Huan and Feng do not border each other, and there is Mo in the middle. It is extremely difficult for the four countries to govern Feng, or even impossible. At that time, the four countries will definitely not tolerate the existence of Mo. After destroying Feng, they will definitely destroy Mo. At that time, Mo will be isolated and helpless. How can it withstand the coalition of the four countries?
Because of his personal relationship with Tang Yin, Shao Fang originally tended to Feng. Now after listening to Lu She's analysis, he thinks that he can't help Chuan and Zhen to attack Feng. However, the ministers of Mo don't think so. They think that this is all Lu She's speculation, or his alarmist talk, which is not enough.
Lu She can't argue with the ministers of Mo. He made a bet with everyone. When Shao Fang meets the envoys of Chuan and Zhen, he can ask them how to divide Feng after destroying Feng. If the five countries are divided equally, how will Chuan, Zhen, An and Huan govern Feng? He asserted that Chuan and Zhen would promise to give the entire territory of Feng to Mo in order to win over Mo, and they would only welcome the emperor back to Shangjing. If the other party is so generous, it must have ulterior motives, and its purpose is to win over the Mo Kingdom first and then destroy the Mo Kingdom.
All the ministers sneered at the words. How could the Chuanzhen envoy make such an absurd promise? If so, it can be considered that the other party has ulterior motives, but in the eyes of everyone, that is impossible. The Chuanzhen envoy will never promise to give the entire Feng Kingdom to the Mo Kingdom.
In the end, they were all wrong.
When Shao Fang met with the Chuanzhen and Zhen Kingdoms, he asked according to Lu She's words, asking how to divide the Feng land after destroying Feng.
The envoys of the two countries did not even think about it, and answered straightforwardly, and it was almost exactly the same as Lu She's speculation. The envoys of the two countries said that the four countries did not border the Feng Kingdom, so after destroying Feng, they were willing to give all the Feng land to the neighboring Mo Kingdom, and they only needed to take the emperor back to Shangjing.
When this was said, all the ministers present were dumbfounded, and the whole court was silent.
This made the Chuanzhen envoy stunned. He didn't understand why the monarch of Mo and his ministers didn't even smile when they offered such generous conditions. Instead, they looked terrified.
Shao Fang sighed softly and looked around at the ministers on his left and right. His eyes were undoubtedly saying: How is it? Now you should believe Lu She's words, right?
The ministers of Mo understood what Shao Fang meant. They all lowered their heads and remained silent.
Shao Fang didn't say much in front of the Chuanzhen envoy, but just said that he needed to think about it again and let the two return to the country to report.
After sending the envoys of the two countries away, Shao Fang immediately summoned Lu She again.
After seeing Lu She again, Shao Fang made it clear that Mo would never send troops to attack Feng and was willing to continue to form an alliance with Feng.
At this time, the ministers of Mo began to stand up and oppose again. If the State of Mo did not send troops to attack Feng, it would not have to come into conflict with the four states of Chuan, Zhen, An and Huan. But if it sent troops to help Feng resist the coalition forces of the four states, then the State of Mo would have no way out.