Chapter 659: In the face of strength, all tricks are paper tigers
The man didn't understand what was pressing against his forehead, but the cold touch went all the way from his forehead to his heart, chilling him to the bone.
He covered his thighs, his hands were stained with hot blood, and layers of cold sweat appeared on his forehead.
He couldn't help but shudder when he saw Shang Yuanniang's cold eyes. The female general was serious!
The female general will really collapse herself!
The man gasped and had to admit his mistake: "General, I will never do it again. I know I was wrong. Please forgive me."
Yuan Niang snorted coldly, stood up, and glanced at the rebels around her: "Who else has any objections?"
"No!"
"I'm just here to watch the fun."
"Whatever the general says is what it is."
Everyone took a step back, horror written all over their faces.
This female general has a very hot temper. She gets into fights over the slightest disagreement. She is not like Lord Mei at all.
Yuanniang ordered two female soldiers to drag Shuger down and give him fifty lashes.
Shu Ge'er cried and begged the general to spare his life, but Yuanniang remained unmoved.
Yang Laosi couldn't bear it, so he secretly gave money to the two female soldiers who were in charge of beating them, saying, "Please show some mercy, sir."
The two female soldiers didn't even look at him, they just raised the board high and hit him with all their strength.
"ah!"
In an instant, Shu Ge'er's facial features were distorted with pain and his face turned pale.
"You!" Yang Laosi wanted to attack fiercely, but after looking at the female soldiers around him who were eyeing him covetously, he had to lower his head and bite his lips tightly to hide the resentment in his eyes.
At this moment, the expression on Yang Lan's face was also very ugly.
Shu Ge'er is from Hulu Village and is Yang Lan's right-hand man.
Shu Ge'er was executed in public without giving Yang Lan any face.
Yang Lan could no longer maintain her smile, her face was as dark as ink.
Mei Tang came to Yang Lan and said with a smile: "Alas, Yuan Niang's temper is getting more and more impatient. There is no way, who let these female soldiers be the apple of your eyes? However, Yuan Niang did not disappoint your expectations. In the military competition, these female soldiers beat all the other troops and won the third place. Brother Lan, please be more considerate!"
Mei Tang said that he wanted Yang Lan to be understanding, but in fact he was warning Yang Lan that the Duke of Yun was behind this group of female soldiers and he had great power, so Yang Lan had better not do anything tricky.
Yang Lan took several deep breaths and said with a fake smile, "A good man should not fight with a woman. Thank you, Master Mei, for reminding me."
The board hit Shu Ge'er again and again.
Shu Ge'er was still howling miserably, but after being beaten with a dozen boards, he didn't even have the strength to howl.
The glaring blood made everyone shiver all over. They couldn't bear to look at it, but they didn't dare to leave.
Yuanniang watched this scene with an expressionless face, as if she was accustomed to it. She went straight to Yang Lan and Mei Tang and informed them.
"The next operational command will be handed over to me. We will hand it over later."
Yang Lan couldn't help it anymore.
Why did he do this today? Wasn't it just to get more benefits for his people?
As a result, this female general didn't give him face, but she actually dared to ask for the right to command the battle? !
Even when Mei Tang came, he only talked about mutual cooperation, not usurping power!
Everyone else looked at Yang Lan.
Yang Lan curled her lips, her eyes cold as ice: "General, you have come all the way here, I am afraid you are not very familiar with Henan County. How dare I trouble you to come?"
Yuan Niang seemed not to hear the rejection in Yang Lan's words, and said coldly: "These are all minor issues. Henan County knows the combat troops very well and has made a combat plan long ago. I will act according to the plan."
Yang Lan clenched his fists tightly, almost unable to suppress the anger in his heart: "We are advancing very quickly, and we don't need outside help. Hezhong Prefecture is besieged by the navy, you should go to help Duke Yun first."
Yuanniang took out a rake from her waist, wiped the musket carefully, and lightly dropped a piece of bombshell news.
"Hezhong Prefecture? I wanted to go and help, but I couldn't make it in time. When I arrived, Li Mingde was collecting prisoners, so there was no place for me to help."
Yang Lan seemed to be frozen in place, with her mouth wide open.
When he was transporting grain, he had witnessed how majestic and powerful the Great Zhou's ships were!
There are a total of twenty ships dispatched this time!
Others couldn't help but exclaim.
"Ten thousand naval forces failed so quickly?!"
This is a regular army, not a mob like them that was assembled at the last minute!
"It's only been a few days?! Is this true?!"
Mei Tang did not expect that the war would end so easily. He originally planned to make a bigger fuss in Henan County to help Duke Yun share the pressure.
Yuanniang raised her lips, her eyes full of fanaticism and admiration: "The real fight lasted less than two hours! Zhao Jun's ten ships were completely destroyed. Li Sui was smart and decisively surrendered after sinking two ships!"
"Two hours?!"
Yuan Niang also thought this battle record was too impressive, and couldn't help but say more: "Yes! Our soldiers didn't even go out of the city gates, we used the Yunzhou cannons to sink them! We suffered zero casualties."
Yang Lan was in a daze. How could this be possible?! At that time, the matter was far beyond her understanding. Yang Lan instinctively thought that this must be fake! It was a lie made by Yuanniang to seize power!
"General, do you believe this?"
Yuan Niang said hypocritically: "If the protagonist is someone else, I definitely won't believe it, but she is the Duke of Yun, so it must be true! Don't talk nonsense to me, the Duke of Yun has decided to strike back at Guangde Prefecture, and we must speed up the progress and fight on two fronts! No one can hold us back!"
Yang Lan's eyes flashed. Regardless of whether Yuanniang's words were true or false, her goal was to speed up the occupation of Henan County and not hold back Duke Yun.
In that case, there is an opportunity for negotiation!
"General, you are right. We cannot delay the important matter of Duke Yun. However, we are all untrained peasants. We are not as powerful as your soldiers. The military discipline of Yunzhou is too strict for us."
The implication is that you want benefits.
They want money, food, and power.
Yuanniang's eyes flashed and she sneered.
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Xinzheng County, Ding Ze was in the study, walking around: "Any news from Kyoto?"
"No."
Ding Ze sat down on the stool, frowning: "It's really frustrating! What is Kyoto hesitating about? At least give us some soldiers!"
The confidant brought a cup of tea and placed it on the table: "Don't worry, sir. Haven't you already sent someone to contact Yang Lan? If we stir up trouble, we will definitely be able to delay some time."
Ding Ze took a sip of tea and sighed, "Yang Lan likes to play tricks. He wants to use us to raise his own status. We don't have to worry about him. What we should worry about is that Yunzhou will directly send troops to take over the rebel army."
"That shouldn't be the case. The crises in Hezhong Prefecture and Suining County have not been resolved. Twenty ships and ten thousand sailors are not that easy to deal with! How can Duke Yun have the energy and manpower to manage our Henan County?"
"I hope so." Ding Ze's heart was beating fast, and he felt a strong sense of uneasiness.
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