Imperial warlords: Cannons are the only truth

The battle in Fulong Province broke out the day after the commander of the Qian State Expeditionary Army, Sanchō-i, was bombed to pieces.

As it turned out, the Sharo army, whose overall combat strength surpassed that of the Yi army, did not perform much better in the Battle of Fulong than the Yi army in the Battle of Luyang.

Because the number of troops that the Daqian Zhenguo Army committed to the Battle of Fulong was twice that of the number of troops committed to the Battle of Luyang.

However, the Salo army in Fulong Province numbered less than 30.

Clearly, the Salo people also failed to make the right judgment regarding the Daqian Zhenguo Army.

Even more so when the Saluo people learned that the Yi Kingdom's army had been thoroughly taught a lesson by the Qian Kingdom's army on Highway 103 in Luyang, the Lujia Railway, and the Qingjiang Bridge.

The Salo people still didn't take the Daqian Zhenguo army too seriously.

Ultimately, in the minds of the Salo people, the army of the Yi Kingdom was simply incomparable to them.

Although Sharo and Yi are now allies, it is only a union based on mutual interests.

The Salo people did not think much of the Yi army.

Therefore, the Salo people believe that the fact that the Daqian Zhenguo army "taught a lesson" to the Yi army does not prove anything.

This only shows that the barbarian army was too weak...

However, the Daqian Zhenguo army was still no threat to the powerful Saluo army.

Before the Battle of Fulong, the famous Salo general and commander-in-chief of the Tri-Nation Alliance, Beard Ralph, who personally led the Salo army into the province, made a boast.

They said they wanted to give their barbarian allies a good demonstration of how to fight a war!

This incident once again proves that those who dare to underestimate the Great Qian Zhenguo Army will inevitably suffer a terrible fate........................

The Battle of Luyang lasted a week, resulting in the annihilation of 30 troops from the Yi Kingdom and 10 troops from the Independent Army. In the process, the commander of the Qian Kingdom Expeditionary Army, Yamanaka, was also dealt with, and more than 20 Independent Army soldiers were captured.

The Battle of Fulong lasted only six days. 80,000 of the Salo army were annihilated, and the remaining 180,000 troops chose to surrender.

Among the prisoners was the famous Salo general, Beard Ralph.

It is said that when Beard Ralph was captured, he was disguised as an ordinary soldier.

But his identity was quickly discovered.

The Salo people were quite "flexible" when it came to giving up resistance.

Seeing that the situation was hopeless, after annihilating 8 troops, they tried to break out of the encirclement of the Daqian Zhenguo army no matter how hard they tried.

Then, a wave of surrenders began...

Commander Salo, who was the first to surrender en masse, gave very compelling reasons.

"It's not that we don't want to resist to the end, it's just that the Qian people's offensive is too fierce!"

"Every inch of my position is under fire from the Qian Kingdom. Continuing to resist will only increase unnecessary casualties and will not benefit the war effort in any way..."

Thus, the Battle of Luyang and the Battle of Fulong together lasted only thirteen days.

Both the Yi Kingdom and the Salo Kingdom lost their generals.

In particular, there is Beard Ralph, who is known as a famous general of Salo.

The capture of Beard Ralph immediately turned the three-nation alliance of Sharo, Yi Kingdom and the so-called Yongchang Independent State into a huge laughing stock.

In just a few days, the commander-in-chief of the three-nation allied forces, Beard Ralph, was captured by the Daqian Zhenguo army, and the deputy commander-in-chief of the three-nation allied forces, Yamanaka, was killed in battle.

This put the command of the three-nation allied forces in a rather awkward position.

Of the three nominal commanders of the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces, only the nominal deputy commander-in-chief of the Yongchang Independent State remained.

Of course, the Yi and Shaluo armies within the Great Qian territory would not obey the commands of this nominal deputy commander-in-chief...

However, compared to the issue of command.

The question facing the allied forces of the three nations was whether to continue fighting with their backs against the wall or to swallow their pride and admit their mistakes to the Daqian Zhenguo army.

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Jizhou Province – Jicheng.

"What does this mean now?"

"It's one thing for the barbarians to be so incompetent, but I didn't expect the Salo people to be just as incompetent!"

"Before the war started, they were all incredibly arrogant!"

"But what's the result?"

"Especially that good-for-nothing Yamanaka, it's one thing for him to die in Luyang, but he almost dragged our 100,000 troops down with him into the fire!"

Zhuo Yongwang cursed in front of everyone: "If I hadn't decisively ordered the 100,000 troops to turn back, they would have been wiped out by Shen Moshen!"

"President! I think we can't count on the Yi people or the Salo people now."

Wu Huaiyu glanced at the furious Zhuo Yongwang: "In the battle between the Yi people and the Saluo people, Shen Moshen wiped out hundreds of thousands of their fresh troops."

“Bearde Ralph and Yamanaka Ino were captured and killed respectively.”

"With the battles of Luyang and Fulong ending like this, it's still uncertain whether the Yi and Shaluo people will dare to support our Yongchang Independent State as before..."

"What do you mean?"

Lu Yongwang frowned: "Are the Salar and the Yi people really willing to just give up their interests like this?"

"Given the nature of the Salo people and the Yi people, they won't easily give up the benefits we've given them in Liaozhou and Honghai provinces!"

"That being said, the formidable strength that the Great Qian Zhenguo Army is currently displaying is no longer a matter of whether they want it or not."

Wu Huaiyu said solemnly, "As far as I know, the high-ranking officials of the Yi Kingdom and the high-ranking officials of the Shaluo Kingdom will meet in the next few days to re-discuss their strategy against Qian."

Whether our Yongchang Independent Parliament will be abandoned by the Yi people and the Saluo people depends on the outcome of our meeting in a few days...

"Hmph! Our Yongchang Independent State still has more than five million regular troops. If the Yi people and the Salo people are scared out of their wits by Shen Moshen, then let them leave!"

Zhuo Yongwang roared, "I refuse to believe that my army of over five million can't hold off Shen Moshen's Zhenguo Army!"

"After all, we are fighting on home soil, and we are familiar with every blade of grass and every tree here."

"We have the home advantage and we'll fight that guy surnamed Shen to the bitter end!"

"As the president of the Yongchang Independent State, I, Zhuo Yongwang, have long been prepared to live and die with the Yongchang Independent State!"

Zhuo Yongwang looked around at the Independent Army generals present and said with certainty, "We must uphold the spirit of independence—unity of purpose, to fight against foreign enemies!"

"Our generals should emulate the heroic sacrifices of Generals Li Chunyi, Zhu Jianxiang, and Liu Qingzhi on the battlefield of Luyang..."

Zhuo Yongwang named one by one the Independent Army generals who fought to the death on the Luyang battlefield.

"This is the kind of role model we, the soldiers of the Independent Army, should learn from!"

"If every one of our generals is fearless in the face of death and axe, with millions of elite troops in our Independent Army, how could we possibly fail to defend our homeland?"

With that, Zhuo Yongwang waved his hand, displaying a bold and unrestrained spirit: "This time, we won't rely on anyone!"

"We do not rely on the barbarians, nor on the Salars! We will defend our Yongchang Independent State and our foundation through our own efforts..."

"I believe that as long as we remain steadfast in our commitment to defending our country from top to bottom, the Yongchang Independent State will surely overcome this challenge!"

During the meeting, Zhuo Yongwang became increasingly animated as he spoke.

That high-profile singing probably even moved himself!

They can't stop talking about Yongchang's independence and the survival of the nation.

While continuously boosting morale and reinforcing everyone's commitment to the independent state of Yongchang.

Zhuo Yongwang didn't forget to make grand promises to the senior generals present, and even entrusted some important generals with important responsibilities on the spot...

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"Hmph! Talk is cheap!"

"They were clearly rebelling and breaking away from the Great Qian Dynasty, yet they've come up with this whole 'independent spirit' thing?"

"This is absolutely ridiculous!"

"It would be a miracle if Zhuo Yongwang could live and die with Yongchang Independent State!"

Who would believe such nonsense?

Cai Xuean, who had just been personally appointed by Zhuo Yongwang as the commander of the Honghai Defense Zone at the meeting, complained to Feng Dafei, who was leaving with him after the meeting.

Like Cai Xuean, Feng Dafei had just been swiftly promoted and appointed by Zhuo Yongwang as the commander of the Liaozhou Defense Zone.

At the recently concluded military conference, Zhuo Yongwang divided the five provinces of Jizhou into five defense zones and appointed commanders for each zone.

However, among the five newly appointed commanders of the defense zones, Tsai Hsueh-an and Feng Da-fei are the most unique.

Because everyone knows that the Daqian Zhenguo army, which has successively won the Luyang and Fulong victories, could launch a direct attack on Honghai Province and Liaozhou Province at any time.

Therefore, being assigned to Honghai Province or Liaozhou Province at this time would definitely be a "good job"....................

"If Zhuo Yongwang were truly determined to live and die with the Yongchang Independent State, he wouldn't have sent his two sons abroad before the Yongchang Independent State was even established!"

"They sent their own families away ahead of time, yet they keep shouting that they will live and die with the Yongchang Independent State. Isn't that a huge joke?!"

"Only Zhuo Yongwang would do something like this, gathering our entire families in Jicheng just to make us work for him..."

"Now that things have come to this, there is no point in saying anything more, Brother Xue'an."

"Too much talk leads to mistakes; if these words get out, who knows what kind of trouble they'll cause."

Feng Dafei sighed: "Our families are now in the palm of someone else's hand."

"If we don't work our butts off, our families will suffer..."

“Life is unpredictable…” Feng Dafei shook his head: “Before the Battle of Luyang and the Battle of Fulong, who could have imagined that the outcome would be like this?”

"Although we all know that Shen Moshen's troops are quite capable."

"But who would have thought that their two skills would be able to 'swindle' hundreds of thousands of elite troops from the Yi and Saluo peoples in such a short time!"

"Logically speaking, of the five major defense zones, your zone and mine should be the first to be heavily defended."

“The other defense zones each have no less than a million troops, while my Honghai defense zone only received 80.”

"You have even less—only 70!"

Cai Xuean said with dissatisfaction, "I don't know how he came up with this troop allocation!"