After this incident, no one in the army dared to disobey Jiang He anymore.
With that kind of ability, and the fact that he got in through a woman's connections, he's just fooling himself.
Furthermore, Jiang He's leniency towards Sun Qian further increased the soldiers' respect for his character.
There are very few people in the military who can have such a broad mind.
Jiang He had dealt with Sun Qian and knew that his prestige was now soaring.
Killing Sun Qian would be a way to vent my anger.
But using him to establish authority can be considered making amends for his mistakes.
Jiang He would never point his gun at his own people.
Sun Qian lost face, but he didn't seem to care much.
His self-perception was that he was too arrogant and didn't know his own limitations because he was less skilled than others.
From then on, no one dared to disobey Jiang He's army.
Although Sun Yuan was wary of Jiang He, the Sun family had already declined.
If Sun Yuan and Sun Chi can fight side by side and defeat Nanning in the battle of Nanning, their military achievements may give Sun Jiabo a future.
Now that Sun Chi is dead, the Sun family has another crime to commit.
Sun Yuan looked at the river and thought, "If the Sun family can have such a descendant, why should the Sun family have no future?"
Thinking about the fifty lashes he owed, Sun Yuan sighed.
The younger generation of the Sun family, in their struggle for power and profit, will only stab their own family members in the back.
When Prince Yu personally escorted the Second Prince of Nanning back to the capital, Sun Yuan couldn't understand why Prince Yu dared to hand over the command to Jiang He, who was barely out of his teens.
However, since he is both the commander-in-chief and a prince, he does not need to report to Sun Yuan, a centurion.
Sun Yuan had also secretly hoped that the prince's departure might be an opportunity for him.
How could Jiang He, a spoiled brat, possibly fight a war?
What's the situation now?
Jiang He shocked his understanding.
After the prince left, Jiang He immediately brought him to his side to serve as a strategist.
Sun Yuan thought that Jiang He must be a brainless person, and he would have to rely on him in the future.
Sun Yuan thought his chance had come.
After fighting a few battles with Jiang He, he was completely speechless.
Sun Yuan dared not imagine what Jianghe's future achievements would be as long as Prince Yu remained in power.
He was simply a born general.
He possesses both the boldness and fearlessness typical of his age, as well as a maturity beyond his years.
In several battles, Sun Yuan's strategy was to press the attack after a victory, but Jiang He called for an emergency halt.
He had a keen sense of judgment in predicting the course of the battle.
Many soldiers agreed with Sun Yuan's tactics, but Jiang He's predictions proved correct on several occasions, thus avoiding heavy casualties among the soldiers.
On the battlefield, who wouldn't want to see the sun rise again tomorrow?
Jiang He valued the lives of his soldiers very much.
He doesn't fight battles he's not confident of winning.
Later on, the soldiers only listened to Jiang He.
In less than half a year, Jianghe won a series of victories.
After suffering several defeats, Nanning finally gave up the two cities.
The rivers and streams were in great success.
The people of southern Xinjiang worship rivers as if they were bodhisattvas.
Finally, the enemy was driven away.
People who lost their homes can finally return to their ancestral lands.
The people were overjoyed, and everywhere was filled with a festive atmosphere.
However, inside the military tent, a tense atmosphere once again descended upon them.
Jiang He and Sun Yuan were both unwilling to yield to each other.
"Why should we let them go after they killed so many of our people? Their lives matter, but ours don't!"
Sun Yuan had a loud voice, which could be heard clearly even by the soldiers outside.
Jiang He asked, "Sun Qian, do you also think we should kill all the people of Jing'an and Fengcheng?"
Sun Qian replied without hesitation, "I will obey the commander. If you tell me to kill, I will leave no one alive; if you tell me not to kill, I will not lay a finger on them."
Sun Yuan glared fiercely at Sun Qian.
Since Sun Qian lost to Jiang He, and Jiang He trusted him with his back on the battlefield, Sun Qian has become Jiang He's lackey.
Jiang He says east and he won't go west. People who used to love contradicting him now obey Jiang He's every word.
Sun Qian glared back defiantly, "The commander-in-chief's decisions are always correct, and the strategist has seen that too."
Seeing Sun Yuan's dark expression, Jiang He said, "The decision to wage war was instigated by the Nanning royal family, and the killing of civilians in our two cities was also a decision made by Nanning's generals. What does it have to do with the people of Jing'an and Fengcheng?"
“If the generals in Nanning can make such a decision, why can’t we? There are no good people among the southern barbarians.” Sun Yuan was still unconvinced.
Having fought so many battles in southern Xinjiang, resulting in countless deaths and injuries among its people, he was determined to avenge this humiliation.
"The generals in Nanning have acted worse than animals. Are we going to become animals too? Are the people of Jing'an and Fengcheng going to become a dead city like Yuncheng? Is this the meaning of your war?" Jiang He rebuked.
He couldn't understand why Sun Yuan, a general who had fought in battles for many years, would harbor such malice towards the common people.
“Every wrong has its perpetrator, and every debt its debtor. If we want revenge, we should look for the generals who massacred the people of Nanning, not those who used knives against unarmed civilians.” As he spoke, Jiang He also became angry.
Although those people were all from Nanning, they did not participate in the killing.
Now that they have taken it over, they have become citizens of Daqing.
Sun Yuan wanted to use the blood of these people to commemorate the people of the two cities.
“Although they didn’t participate in the killing, they are barbarians from the south, and keeping them alive is a potential threat!” Sun Yuan roared.
"Hidden danger? Then how are you any different from those Nanning generals who indiscriminately killed innocent people!" Jiang He shouted loudly.
Sun Yuan wanted to argue further, but Jiang He raised his hand to interrupt him: "There's no need to say anything more. My mind is made up. If anyone mentions such an inhumane and unjust act again, they will be dealt with according to military law!"
After saying this, Jiang He turned and left, leaving Sun Yuan standing there, indignant.
He clenched his fists, and Sun Qian shrank back. "The commander is right. Can you really bring yourself to lay a hand on unarmed civilians?"
Sun Yuan choked, then thought for a moment, "It's enough to treat them as the heinous Nanning soldiers."
Sun Qian shook his head.
How come he never realized before that killing civilians was such a brutal thing? It turns out that their generals were just like that; they didn't see anything wrong with following orders.
He believed that if Sun's army were still under Sun Yuan's command, a massacre of the city would be inevitable.
Sun Yuan sat alone in his tent, wondering if he was wrong.
They've thought this way for so many years.
They envisioned that one day, once they seized a city, they would rampage through it, burning, killing, and looting.
After all, Nanning did just that on Daqing's territory.
Therefore, the number of people living here is decreasing. They would rather leave their homes than stay here, not knowing when they will become victims of the enemy's sword.
There are also people who cannot leave their homeland, living like zombies day after day.
Sun Qian hadn't seen Jiang He and was looking for him everywhere. The commander-in-chief was unhappy today and urgently needed him to comfort him.
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