This battle was the biggest defeat that King Liang had suffered since he took the throne.
He was full of sorrow and was hit hard. At the same time, some problems in his character were completely exposed.
After thinking about it, he also stared at Wang Meng with a gloomy look.
Seeing this, Wang Meng couldn't help his Adam's apple sliding, swallowed, bowed tightly, and looked at King Liang cautiously: "Your Majesty..."
"It's all you!"
King Liang stopped him and said sternly: "When the decisive battle was supposed to be fought, you swayed my determination and delayed the war. You also suggested some cavalry intrusion tactics. As a result, the people of Jinling accused me one after another!"
"When there shouldn't be a decisive battle, you are making arrogant remarks!"
"It's fine that you didn't remind me during the decisive battle! You even encouraged me to fall into King Qin's trap!"
"If it weren't for you, why would this king be like this!"
He shouted harshly, and when Wang Meng heard this, he was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and said in a trembling voice: "Wei Chen, Wei Chen just wanted to share the worries of the king, but he didn't expect that things would turn out like this..."
"Shut up! You have given me wrong advice time and time again. You deserve to die!"
King Liang was very angry. As he spoke, he also shouted: "Come here! Put Wang Meng in jail! Let him be punished!"
"No!" Following his words, the guards immediately stepped in. Under the king's order, they didn't care so much. They pulled Wang Meng to the left and the right and dragged him out.
"Your Majesty, please calm down, Your Majesty, please calm down..." Wang Meng was still shouting loudly when he was dragged out.
All the generals on the scene were so frightened by this scene that they lowered their heads and looked at each other.
Cai Yan frowned secretly.
King Liang is cruel and has no ambition as a hero. The advice of counselors is his own responsibility. There must be right and wrong. As a monarch, whether you adopt it or not depends on your own vision.
Now you listened to other people's opinions and ended up losing, but you put all the blame on others.
Such behavior also made some Liang army civil servants start to secretly beat the drum. After this, do they still dare to offer suggestions? If they don't succeed, won't they themselves be killed?
After venting his anger at the defeat, King Liang looked around again, and then looked at Cai Yan: "Master Cai, what suggestions do you have for the situation our army will face next?"
"This." Cai Yan hesitated for a moment, then continued: "We still believe that the time for a decisive battle has passed, and we should no longer confront the Qin army head-on. We should adopt a comprehensive defensive strategy, and at the same time, lobby other countries to jointly weaken Qin."
Turning from attack to defense, King Liang had no objection and asked again: "How to weaken Qin?"
Cai Yan said: "We are willing to go to Wu, Chu and other countries to explain to the kings of other countries the dangers of Qin's eastward march, and the King of Qin's ambition to unite the world."
"How confident can Mr. Cai be?" King Liang asked again.
"It should be more than 70%. The monarchs of all countries are not fools. If Qin is allowed to continue like this, everyone will suffer!" Cai Yan said.
"Okay!" After hearing this, King Liang said immediately: "For major diplomatic matters, I will leave it to Master Cai. As for the defensive strategy and the deployment of the next war, what suggestions does General Xue Wu have?"
As he said that, he also looked at Xue Wu.
The latter cupped his fists and said: "After the First World War, our army's food and grass camp has been attacked. Due to the lack of food, we can no longer wait for the arrival of follow-up supplies. Therefore, the Ping-Tianjin defense line is by no means a place to stay for a long time. We should first withdraw to the closed city and then close the city." The main force was transferred to Youzhou, using Youzhou as an important military defense area, to deal with the Qin army on this front line."
Youzhou in the north is an important military town.
Xue Wu's deployment was clear. The Pingjin defense line was not a city, but in the wild. Fengcheng was just behind the defense line. Behind the Fengcheng was Youzhou.
At that time, any place named after a state was a huge city, such as Xuzhou and Qinzhou, which were far from ordinary counties.
With commander Xue Wu perfecting the military and counselor Cai Yan responsible for grand strategic planning, King Liang seemed quite satisfied with this arrangement and prepared to fight a protracted war with Xiao Yuan next.
When two countries are at war, don't underestimate diplomacy. Sometimes, it is the key to success or failure.
Cai Yan, as a counselor, was conscientious, quick in thinking, and extremely eloquent. After receiving the order, he did not delay for a moment and immediately started preparing to set off.
On the other side, inside Jinling City, is the meeting hall.
Xiao Yuan stood in front of the commander's seat directly above, and one by one the generals began to report inside.
Not long after, Peng Shuang walked in quickly. He was wearing a general's armor, and his shirt was stained with blood in many places. After entering, he looked excited, clasped his fists and said:
"Your Majesty! The last general led the cavalry and chased the enemy for forty miles, killing nearly 6,000 enemies, capturing more than 700 horses, and countless weapons!"
"Okay!" Xiao Yuan praised.
Immediately afterwards, Wei Qing strode forward, and after entering, his face was also stained with blood, and he held his fists and shook his voice:
"Your Majesty! The last general led an army of 30,000 men and attacked the flanks of Liang's army. He beheaded more than 9,000 enemy troops!"
"good!"
"Your Majesty! Our troops are in pursuit and have attacked and killed the rear wing of Liang's army. The enemy's troops have not been left behind!"
"good!"
"Your Majesty..."
In this battle, almost all the generals of the Qin army went into battle to kill the enemy, all with their own troops, and more or less, all of them achieved gains.
Of course, in a war, although the enemy army was defeated, the Qin army also suffered losses.
After listening to Zhao Mu's summary of the battle, Xiao Yuan took a deep breath and said: "The enemy is outnumbered and we are outnumbered. This battle was so brutal. The fact that we were able to defeat the Liang army in the end is all due to the bravery of my soldiers. We will record the martyrs who died in the battle." , Collect the military cards, don’t miss anyone!”
"Yes!" The army leader Bo immediately accepted the order.
Xiao Yuan added: "In addition, when the next batch of grain and grass arrives in the country, the wounded will be sent back to the country with the grain transport team for treatment, military expenses will be subsidized, and military achievements will continue as usual."
"No!" Zhao Mu responded, and then said: "Your Majesty, there is one more thing. Because there were too many wounded in the decisive battle, it will be many days before the next batch of food and grass arrives. In the meantime, the military doctors may be a little overwhelmed. "
Every branch and battalion in the army has military doctors, but this battle was too brutal and there was an obvious shortage of medical manpower.
Often, a military doctor is responsible for taking care of more than a dozen wounded people, and is somewhat in a hurry.
After hearing this, Xiao Yuan pondered for a moment and said, "Immediately post a notice and spread it throughout Jinling, paying a lot of money to hire a doctor."
After dealing with this, footsteps outside the hall started again. Xu Rong hurried over, then knelt on the ground and said respectfully:
"The last general, Xu Rong, comes to see your Majesty."
"Get up." Xiao Yuan said casually.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Xu Rong stood up, glanced at Xiao Yuan cautiously, and then quickly lowered his head.
Xiao Yuan narrowed his eyes as he looked at him and remained silent for a moment.
"In this battle, the Black Mountain Army attacks the enemy's food and fodder. The general, his subordinates, and I, the king, will all reward them based on their merits."
"Ah? Thank you, Your Majesty! My King, Long En——"
When Xu Rong heard this, he hurriedly knelt down again, beaming with joy.
