The Prodigal Son

Next, Lian Xingzhi and Shen Tu Hong took turns telling Empress Murong about the battle.

Actually, their understanding wasn't very comprehensive either.

The information they received was gathered from various channels and was only a general overview.

Even so, Empress Murong was still deeply shocked after hearing their story.

With a mere 10,000 troops, they launched successive attacks, completely disrupting the deployment of the allied forces of Min and Chu.

If Qin Yu hadn't penetrated into the rear of Yiling, Ningguo would never have won so easily.

At this moment, Empress Murong regretted it once again.

I shouldn't have cured Qin Yu's congenital meridian deficiency in the first place!

If I hadn't cured Qin Yu, Qin Yu would likely have chosen to remain a spoiled brat forever!

He himself had released this treacherous and cunning wolf!

After recounting the battle situation, Lian Xingzhi said with deep resentment, "Your Majesty, this traitor Qin Yu has repeatedly thwarted our dynasty's grand plans. I suggest Your Majesty request Master Tuoba to take action and find an opportunity to kill Qin Yu!"

"Let's not talk about this anymore!"

Empress Murong gently shook her head. "Have you forgotten Ning Huang's massacre of the city back then?"

"this……"

Lian Xingzhi opened his mouth slightly, then immediately fell silent.

In fact, there is an unwritten rule among the top leaders of various countries.

Outside of the battlefield, Grandmasters are forbidden from assassinating officials of other countries.

If you want to do assassinations or something, go ahead, send someone below the Grandmaster level!

This rule exists not because everyone is aloof or has a bottom line, but because everyone is aware of how terrifying a Grandmaster is.

If both sides send grandmasters to carry out endless assassinations, almost all local officials in each country will die.

This would plunge all countries into chaos.

Back then, Bei Qi angered Ning Huang, the murderous maniac, by breaking the unspoken understanding between everyone.

Ning Huang single-handedly infiltrated the territory of Beiqi and slaughtered the entire population of a small town, leaving almost no one alive, men, women, or children.

Before leaving, Ning Huang used the blood of those people to write several menacing characters on the city wall.

The murderer is Ning Huang!

This was both Ningguo's counterattack and their warning.

Since then, no one has broken this unwritten rule.

Empress Murong remained silent for a moment, then instructed, "Uncle and General Shentu have traveled thousands of miles to return to Northern Qi; they must be exhausted! I will arrange for someone to take you to bathe and change clothes so you can get some rest! Tomorrow I will summon the court's key officials to review this battle, and then I will ask Uncle to tell us about it!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

……

The next day, Murong Wujiang summoned several important officials to review the battle between the Ning Kingdom and the Min Chu allied forces.

Inside their council chamber hung a huge map of the Min Kingdom.

They spent the entire day reviewing the battle.

That morning, they put themselves in Qin Yu's shoes and thought about how they would fight this battle if they were Qin Yu.

In the afternoon, they confronted Qin Yu from the perspective of the allied forces of Min and Chu.

After reviewing the situation, none of them were filled with doubt anymore.

They simply couldn't understand how the allied forces of Min and Chu could have suffered such a humiliating defeat!

They now don't know whether Qin Yu is too powerful or the allied forces of Min and Chu are simply too useless.

Losing is normal!

Upon receiving news of Ningguo's troop deployment, they judged that the allied forces of Min and Chu were bound to be defeated.

But no one expected that the allied forces of the two countries would collapse so quickly. Not only did they fail to tie down Ning's troops, they didn't even inflict much damage on Ning's army!

The disastrous defeat of the allied forces of Min and Chu completely disrupted their plans.

Yelü Shumeng dismissively looked away from the map. "I believe the allied forces of Min and Chu were not defeated by Qin Yu, but by their own actions! The two allied forces must have had their own ulterior motives to suffer such a crushing defeat!"

"I think so too!"

Xiao Yanguang agreed, saying, "Putting everything else aside, regarding the Battle of Dongyuan, I truly cannot understand why 40,000 to 50,000 elite troops couldn't even take Dongyuan, which was defended by a rabble! Once Dongyuan is captured, Liang Jingzhe and Huang Dengxing can join forces!"

"Under normal circumstances, they should first join forces to defeat the Ning army attacking Yiling, and then quickly return to reinforce and annihilate Qin Yu's forces!"

"In this way, even if they cannot completely annihilate Qin Yu's forces, they will certainly inflict heavy casualties on them, rendering Qin Yu unable to capture Yuwang Pass..."

Xiao Yanguang pointed at the map with a long wooden stick, and as he spoke, the stick in his hand moved continuously across the map.

Listening to Han Cizhang's analysis, both Han Cizhang and Xiao Baoju nodded in deep agreement.

"That's not necessarily true!"

Shen Tu Hong picked up the conversation.

"Oh?"

Xiao Yanguang looked at Shentu Hong, "General Shentu, what are your thoughts?"

Shen Tu Hong, a newcomer, dared not offend Xiao Yan Guang, but also wanted to make a good impression on Empress Murong. He sighed and said, "What you all say makes sense, but you've overlooked an important point!"

Which point?

Empress Murong pressed for an answer.

"The State of Yan!"

Shen Tu Hong said in a deep voice, "In this battle, Yan and Ning are clearly in cahoots. When Liang Jingzhe attacked Dongyuan, Yan Mu's troops had already collapsed, leaving Guanzhou's forces vulnerable and creating an excellent opportunity for the Yan bandits to launch a surprise attack! Even if Liang Jingzhe breaks through Dongyuan and joins forces with us, the Yan army will still attack from the direction of Guanzhou. Unless they defeat the Ning army in a very short time, they will inevitably be trapped and die in Yiling..."

Hearing Shen Tu Hong's words, Empress Murong's gaze quickly moved across the map, and then she nodded slightly.

Well, what he said does make some sense.

"yes!"

Lian Xingzhi agreed, saying, "In my opinion, the biggest mistake of the Min-Chu allied forces in this battle was their failure to control the key location of Sanliqiao, which allowed Qin Yu to cross the Qujiang River three times and slaughter them..."

It's actually not difficult at all to defend Sanliqiao.

Sanli Bridge is only so wide. Even if Ning Huang were to assist Qin Yu in the battle, as long as 10,000 troops were stationed at either end of Sanli Bridge, Qin Yu would not be able to conquer it.

At worst, they could launch a dozen or so large ships loaded with stones upstream.

If we can't hold Sanliqiao, we'll just send boats to ram and destroy it!

Ultimately, it was because the states of Min and Chu lacked experience in major battles that they repeatedly missed opportunities to intercept Qin Yu's forces.

Empress Murong nodded slightly, raising her eyes to scan the crowd. "I would like to ask you all, if you were Qin Yu, could you have fought to this extent? Could you have seen through Qin Yu's schemes in time and made corresponding adjustments?"

"this……"

Faced with Empress Murong's question, the group immediately fell silent.

A review of the battles clearly shows that Qin Yu's military tactics were always unexpected and unpredictable.

If we let them go, they could definitely fight better than Liang Jingzhe and Huang Dengxing, but I really can't say they could fight better than Qin Yu.

The silence of the crowd is the best answer.

Empress Murong sighed silently in her heart.

It seems I've really unleashed a real wolf!

The key point is that Qin Yu is not even twenty years old yet!

He has a lot of room for growth in the future!

Given time, Qin Yu will surely become a formidable enemy of Northern Qi!

After a moment of contemplation, Empress Murong said in a deep voice, "Xiao Yanguang!"

Xiao Yanguang: "Your subject is here!"

"I hope you will carefully study Qin Yu's fighting style! Knowing yourself and your enemy is the key to victory in every battle! If we encounter Qin Yu on the battlefield in the future, I hope our dynasty can defeat him in one battle and completely crush this rising star of the Ning Kingdom!"

Empress Murong's voice was icy, her eyes filled with a sharp killing intent.

If she could, she would kill Qin Yu right now to prevent future troubles!

"As you command!"