Chapter 361 Rebellion
Lin Wen met with the three military leaders the next morning.
To be honest, it would be a lie if they didn't feel a bit nervous, after all, this was a rare young county chief.
Who knows if such a young boy can handle such a big thing?
But once they got in touch with him and talked for a few minutes, they immediately knew that he was a veteran.
This way of dealing with people, this flow of official language, this smooth and fluent manner, cannot be acquired without thirty years of hard work.
"He's truly a genius!"
The three of them thought about it together.
"This person must be reliable."
After the last bit of doubt was eliminated, they began to discuss specific tactics.
The tactics were actually very simple. The governor's main force surrounded the northeastern corner of Shizhou and launched a fierce attack on Jiangkou City.
They were stationed in the rear, taking advantage of the situation to attack the main army from behind. If the Changshan County army attacked from the front, they would surely defeat the enemy.
The problem now is how to reach the front line without being suspected.
Lin Wen offered a suggestion: "Use a large sum of money and gifts to bribe the Governor of Shizhou and tell him that you want to go into battle."
The three of them looked at each other and said, "Gu Xuanli won't agree."
Lin Wen smiled and said, "Whether he agrees or not, let's just move forward."
The three men were a little nervous, but they did as they were told. They specially prepared a very valuable gift, wrote a sincere letter, bribed the governor's chief guard with a large sum of money, and sent the gift and letter over.
The main force immediately set out, with Lin Wen's troops mixed in.
When the army was halfway there, the governor's reply arrived. The words were very polite, but he still asked them to stay where they were and not move around. He simply brushed aside the fact that they had left their post and moved the troops without permission.
The three of them gained confidence and asked, "What should we do next?"
Lin Wen smiled and said, "Send it again."
The three of them had no choice but to grit their teeth and send another gift and write another letter to the Governor's Office.
Throughout the rest of the journey, although the Governor's Office had not yet responded to their letter, no one stopped them.
When meeting friendly troops, they would tell them that they had received approval from the Governor and were about to go to the front line, and asked their colleagues to take care of them in the future.
No one questioned it, just a few congratulations.
When they were approaching the battlefield, the headquarters called and questioned them why they had left their posts and approached the front line.
The three of them also informed the headquarters in the same way.
The headquarters called back: "Set up camp on the spot and await further instructions."
At this time, they were only seven kilometers away from the headquarters.
It's so close that you can see it with a telescope.
At this point, Guan Jurang, Yu Bozheng and Xie Qizhen also realized that speed was of the essence in war. They stopped talking and led their troops to charge.
Telegrams came pouring in like snowflakes, but the three ignored them.
It’s a seven-kilometer journey, and it only takes a little over an hour to reach the destination by forced march.
The people at the headquarters couldn't believe that they had betrayed them until the soldiers kicked down the door. They thought they were just anxious to gain military merit.
Lu Yuerong, Tong Yu, and other important officials and generals shouted, "Commander, have you lost your minds? This isn't the way to try to steal the credit, is it?"
No one paid any attention to them, and all the people in the command center, along with the two thousand defenders, were wiped out in an instant.
The army then marched to the front line.
The front line didn't know they had rebelled and thought they were reinforcements, so they let them pass and entered the lower city area of Jiangkou City.
It happened that the frontline troops were rotating, and the general thought they were here to rotate, so he shouted, "Finally they're here! Hurry up, take over! Those guys from Changshan County are really tough, and I'm almost dying of exhaustion."
Yu Bozheng waved his hand and said, "Brothers, glory and wealth are just around the corner. Push forward!"
The general had just smiled when a bullet pierced his throat.
There was chaos on the front line, and then the inner city gate was opened. The Changshan County army rushed out shouting slogans: "Surrender your weapons and you will not be killed!" and "Imperial people do not fight imperial people!"
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Lin Wen once again witnessed what it meant to be defeated like a mountain collapsing. The momentum of thousands of soldiers turning around and fleeing was indeed like a landslide. If he didn't want to be crushed to death, he could only run with the defeated soldiers.
Millions of defeated soldiers are sweeping in, and any resistance is a luxury.
Shizhou had no commander, and the various units were in chaos. Faced with the surging trend, they could only flee.
At this moment, Gu Xuanli, the highest commander of Shizhou, was still thinking about how to write back in an awkward but polite manner to reject the requests of Yu Bozheng and other three commanders.
When the numerous telegrams for help were finally delivered to the Governor's Office, defeat was already decided.
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Observation groups from various factions of the empire witnessed this spectacular scene with their own eyes. They had originally thought that war was a foregone conclusion.
Although Shizhou lost its aircraft, Changshan County was slow to come up with other new weapons, which made the observation team very disappointed.
The war quickly turned into a war of attrition, and the walls of the inner city collapsed under the continuous bombardment. Shizhou even rushed into the inner city at one point.
Some observation groups had even written their war reports and left early, regretting for a long time that they had missed this miraculous reversal.
The rest of the observation group remained at their posts in silence.
When thousands of defeated soldiers poured out of Jiangkou City like a tide, the bored members of the observation team thought they were celebrating their hard-earned victory.
But they soon realized something was amiss. When they saw the Changshan County soldiers chasing them, they were overwhelmed with joy. They adjusted their lenses and picked up their binoculars to record this miraculous reversal and then sent the footage to their masters.
West District.
Supreme Commander Wu Yao slammed the table.
"Good! You are worthy of being the commander of my Western District. You defeated Qin Gang's ally."
The entire headquarters was filled with joy.
"Haha, the state can lose to the county, that's stupid."
Wu Yao ordered, "Call the highest military headquarters immediately and get Yu Bozheng and the others back."
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The highest military headquarters of the empire.
This is the highest command body of the empire's military system, with the Imperial Joint Council at its core.
The Federation is composed of twelve people, including three field marshals of the army, one air marshal, one admiral of the navy, the supreme commanders of the six major regions, and the Grand Marshal of the Empire who only takes office in wartime.
Of the twelve, all the marshals were present, and three of the six commanders-in-chief were present.
While they were discussing the empire's new battle plan, a staff member sent back footage of the Battle of Shizhou.
Looking at the soldiers fleeing in Shizhou, everyone had a solemn expression on their face.
Imperial Marshal Shang Lianshan, who had returned from the Far North front, couldn't help but sigh upon seeing this scene. "The Empire is so powerful that it can mobilize so many troops even for a war of internal interests. If these people can work together, if our forces can be unified, who on this continent can be our rival?"
No one answered him. Everyone knew that this was impossible. Forced integration would mean a full-scale civil war, and no one would give up the power they had obtained.
Being able to maintain this terrifying balance is already the result of operations at the highest level of perfection.
Li Longxing, who attended the meeting as a Grand Marshal, sat at the head of the table and suddenly said, "I think it's time to end this absurd civil war. The empire faces a formidable enemy, yet internal fighting continues. The imperial soldiers have fallen not at the hands of the enemy's bullets, but at the hands of their own bayonets."
"This is a disgrace to the empire."
Shang Lianshan shouted, "Your Majesty is right. If these one million men could go to the front lines, even if their combat effectiveness isn't great, at least we'd have a better chance of victory. The other states don't have many troops, so sending 50,000 or 100,000 each wouldn't be a problem, right? Wouldn't that double our frontline forces? Wouldn't that greatly increase our chances of victory?"
Another field marshal denied this, saying, "What good is this rabble bringing to the battlefield? They'll only be a burden and a hindrance in the fight. It's better not to bring them along."
Shang Lianshan angrily said, "Fu Wenyu, you are so prejudiced. We are all human beings, so how can they not be trained well? Isn't it good for the empire to work together and win the war as soon as possible?"
Fu Wenyu sneered, "And then you became the greatest hero, right?"
Anger distorted Shang Lianshan's face.
"What right do you have to say that?" He pointed at Fu Wenyu's nose and cursed, "What qualifications do you have to say that? It's because you ruined the empire's expeditionary force that the empire has been deteriorating. Now even these bugs have jumped onto your face..."
Li Longxing shouted, "Lianshan!"
But it was too late. Fu Wenyu pushed the table away and said coldly, "There's no need to say any more. If a person doesn't look for his own faults but only finds faults in others, he will never win the battle."
He turned and left.
Li Longxing sighed lightly, knowing that the meeting could not continue, so he could only announce the end of the meeting.
But he did not give up. At this time, a ceasefire in Changshan County could achieve the best result in the overall situation and was his most advantageous choice.
But Li Longxing was troubled by how to do this.
Where is the entry point?
While I was thinking about it, the phone from the association rang.
When I saw the number, it was Wu Yao, the commander of the West District.
Li Longxing's eyes lit up.
(End of this chapter)
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