As a politician, you must learn to celebrate funerals!
The prince's guards who went to capture Han Qinhu returned quickly. Although they received orders to capture him if they could and kill him if they couldn't, facing the huge Qinghe crossbow formation behind Han Qinhu and the catapults on both sides, the guards just took a look from a distance and simply went back home.
After all, enough people have died today, and there is no point in us going there to die.
The captain of the guards thought so in his heart.
In desperation, the prince ordered the second method to be adopted, which was to send someone with a loud voice to quarrel with Han Qinhu under the cover of a large shield.
Even though Han Qinhu was once considered a formidable warrior, his voice had nothing to do with his physical prowess. Despite years of martial arts training and a powerful physique, Han Qinhu couldn't even compare to an elderly rural woman who would collapse at the slightest gust of wind when it came to cursing.
The two armies were at war, so where could they find the old lady and General Han to argue with each other?
There is one among the Yigunmen, isn’t that a coincidence?
Under the various verbal attacks of the three old ladies, General Han suffered his second defeat of the day. Later, he couldn't even breathe and felt that he was having difficulty breathing. The annihilation of the entire Tiger-Catching Army did not deal him such a big blow, and the three old ladies almost completed the task of cleaning up the mess for the prince.
Fortunately, Lin Hai had seen the scene of Wang Lang being scolded to death, and he was also very clear that if it came to reasoning, half the people in the world combined might not be able to match Zhuge Liang. But if it came to just swearing, with a louder and fouler voice than anyone else, even three armies of Zhuge Liang could not compare to three old ladies, so he ordered Han Qinhu to be withdrawn in time.
Just treat it as a loss, it’s not a big deal, after all, you won what you were supposed to win.
Although Han Qinhu was still angry after recovering, his main goal was achieved, which was to express his separation from the Chen Dynasty in front of the Qinghe monarch and his ministers. He could never go back, but he could keep his life. Lin Hai also agreed to send intelligence personnel to pick up his main family members, which was a good result.
As for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, he also won his first victory of the day. After all, he really forced back the Qinghe Army that had reached the gate of the camp.
Well, it’s a win-win-win situation, and the winner is the winner.
Therefore, under the advice of the staff, His Highness decided to celebrate the funeral as a celebration, and took the opportunity of rewarding the three armies to publicize that today's battle with Qinghe was not a complete failure, and at least achieved three major strategic goals.
The most important thing is to clarify the false information. It now seems that the output of Qinghe's advanced weapons is still very high, but today's "test attack" was very successful, allowing His Highness and the ministers to see the truth, which is conducive to the subsequent attack.
Then, the saboteurs and wavering elements who had long been lurking within Dachen were identified. This easily explains why Dachen, despite its superior numbers, could never achieve victory. The answer is now clear: saboteurs, led by Han Qinhu (Zhou Shangwen's whereabouts remain unknown and he is temporarily being treated as an out-of-state official), have been lurking within the ranks, causing not only disruption but also providing intelligence to the Qinghe enemy.
Finally, of course, although Dachen did not have the upper hand in the hot war, it won a great victory in the war of public opinion, especially in the public opinion war between the "Dachen Public Opinion Attack Group" and the "weak and shameless Han Qinhu who surrendered to foreign enemies" that everyone saw at the gate of the camp.
All of the above are worth celebrating.
"We are about to face the most severe difficulties we have ever encountered in history, even including the double-sided attack from Liang and Cambodia one hundred and fifty years ago!
The brutal and shameless enemy is about to counterattack, and the traitors with evil intentions have caused our powerful army to fall apart.
Despite this, I am still confident of victory.
The great mission of strengthening Dachen will never end halfway because of a small setback!
Dachen's army is still strong, our soldiers are still loyal, and Dachen still enjoys the thousands of miles of land in the south of this continent. That's enough!
It would be better if those unstable and wavering conspirators left. Only the steadfast Dachen warriors remain, and we will be even stronger!"
At the reward banquet that evening, Crown Prince Chen Yu delivered a passionate speech in public.
Although I don't quite understand why burning tens of thousands of core elite soldiers and a large number of stick-wielding men in the daytime battle would make Da Chen "stronger", but since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said so, and the ministers around him who have read the books of sages and are full of wisdom and knowledge also said so, then it should naturally seem possible that it is right.
The officers and soldiers of the Chen Dynasty looked down at the boiled fat meat handed to them, then looked up at the gallows surrounding the parade grounds. Then, they quickly stuffed the fat meat into their mouths, raised their machetes and spears, and chewed vigorously while muttering, "Long live the Great Chen! Long live His Highness! Long live victory!"
Of course, although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's slogans were loud and clear, claiming that he would become stronger and would definitely win, except for the group of simple-minded soldiers and the stick-wielding man who was still trembling with fear, no one else had the same firm confidence as him.
Of course, since the speech was written by someone else, the prince just went up to read it, so it is hard to say how much confidence he had.
However, the knowledgeable people in the Chen Dynasty all realized that if this continued, everyone would be finished.
Coincidentally, Qinghe was also rewarding the three armies.
For Qinghe, it was normal and reasonable to hold a banquet to celebrate after using part of its troops to achieve such a great victory on the front battlefield.
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