eurekapd Chapter 136: The righteous have many supporters, the unrighteous have few supporters
Chapter 136: The righteous have many supporters, the unrighteous have few supporters
King Ning roared angrily and called on everyone to shoot the deserters with arrows, but almost no soldiers listened to him.
Because the majority of people were fleeing, the rest of the people were reluctant to shoot arrows at their comrades.
Some just follow the crowd and run forward.
The soldiers ran, and the centurion followed them.
The decapitators ran away, and the centurions, seeing that they had no soldiers left, ran away too, fearing that they would be punished.
The centurions all ran away, and some of their sons followed them.
Nonsense, if they don’t run away now, their father will chop them to death because of their poor military management, and they don’t want to be cannon fodder for Kun’s army.
Although Shen Changgong said that whoever killed Prince Ning would be promoted, no one went to kill him.
One reason was that Prince Ning was heavily guarded, and they were only concerned with their own escape, so no one came to organize this matter.
Secondly, the soldiers still had a deep-seated fear of the prince, a powerful person like him, and they had no conflict of interest or deep hatred with Prince Ning, so there was no need to lose their lives in order to kill him.
They ran away to live, not to die.
As for those sons who really had conflicts of interest, they did not dare to kill their father in public. Whether they could succeed was one thing, but even if they really did kill him, they would be despised by others.
The moral principles of heaven, earth, the emperor, parents and teachers cannot be broken. No matter how big a mistake your father makes, you cannot kill him with your own hands.
Of course, secretly leading troops to kill in the middle of the night is another matter.
Soon, there were not many people left running around Prince Rong.
Most people dropped their weapons and ran towards the opposite city wall.
Yu Huatian, who was far away in the center of the army, could not see the situation here clearly. After the scout's report, Yu Huatian's usually smiling face suddenly turned gloomy.
"Our Prince Ning is truly a waste."
"Send the order, have the cavalry chase down those deserters. Kill as many as possible, otherwise it will only increase Shen Changgong's military strength.
As one side gains, the other loses, and the gap between them and us has narrowed by tens of thousands of people."
"As ordered!"
Following the order from the messenger, thousands of cavalrymen rushed out from the rear of Kun’s army, bypassed the Kun army, and rushed towards the enemy camp.
But the Ning Wang army was originally at the front line, very close to the city wall. In addition, they all abandoned their weapons and fled, and there was no obstruction on the city wall, so at this time, more than half of them had already entered.
The cavalrymen rushed to the city wall and were about to shoot with bows and arrows when the rain of arrows and catapults from inside the city launched an overwhelming attack outside.
Shen Changgong sneered and shouted with a loud speaker,
"Brothers outside the city, don't be anxious, don't be afraid. Since you have surrendered, you are our brothers in the Yan army. We will protect you!
Kill Kun Gou and protect your comrades!"
The soldiers on the city wall thought it was rhyming and catchy, so they shot arrows and shouted in unison,
"Kill Kun Gou! Protect our comrades!"
"Kill Kun Gou! Protect our comrades!"
At the foot of the city wall, the Kun cavalry were caught off guard and hit by arrows and catapults, resulting in heavy casualties.
Fortunately, the cavalry had extremely strong mobility, and they moved out quickly without waiting for the second wave of arrows to be fired from the city walls.
When the deserters saw this scene, they were completely relieved and rushed in one after another, squeezing into the city wall.
When they saw that the city gate inside was also open, they felt relieved, knowing that Lanling Wang let them in not to trick them in and kill them, but to save them.
Shen Changgong asked Guan Shouchang to resettle those people and not to distribute weapons for the time being. He just asked them to do some work of carrying supplies.
These people had just escaped death and were extremely grateful to Shen Changgong for this arrangement.
Gongsun Wan'er ran to Shen Changgong and said happily,
"You're quite good! I didn't expect that besides being irritating, you're also so eloquent that you actually managed to trick the enemy into surrendering."
Shen Changgong smiled slightly and said,
"My words were just a fuse. What really made them surrender was their hatred for Prince Ning, their unwillingness to be cannon fodder, and their fear of death.
As the saying goes, those who are in the right will have many supporters, while those who are in the wrong will have few. King Ning colluded with the enemy country, opened the country's borders to let the enemy troops enter our country, and sold out the country for personal gain, which has already angered both humans and gods.
In addition, these people were pushed out by the Kun Army as cannon fodder, so they were naturally unwilling to accept this. The grievances they had suffered at the hands of King Ning and his people burst out, and they naturally surrendered.
Again, if death is the inevitable outcome, why not choose to die as a hero or martyr, rather than becoming a traitor and dying for the enemy?
Outside the city, King Ning watched as all his troops had fled. Only two or three thousand of his sons and soldiers were left. He knew it was impossible to attack the city with such a small number of people, so he led his men to rush back in dejection.
When he saw the Queen of Heaven, he looked at her murderous cold eyes, lowered his head in shame, and said,
"General Yu... General Yu, our army has suffered heavy losses..."
"Yes, the losses were indeed heavy. Only one out of ten survived. So how many enemies were killed?"
Yu Huatian asked sarcastically.
The Kun generals around him all glared at him with anger and disgust in their eyes.
Prince Ning lowered his head and dared not say a word.
Yu Huatian sighed and said,
"I'm glad that Prince Ning is alright. You are the most important, more important than all the troops. Go back to the central army tent and rest. Don't worry about this place anymore."
"Yes, yes, Xiao Wang will take his leave."
Prince Ning would feel awkward if he stayed here for one more second.
After he left, Yuhuatianxia issued an order,
"The Second Corps is pressing forward and beginning the siege. This time, we're going to attack with all our might, no more probing. We're running out of time, and the enemy reinforcements are arriving soon."
Following Yuhuatianxia's order, Kun Kingdom's Second Corps of 10,000 troops strode forward.
Lian Yong beside him laughed at himself,
"It's hard to imagine that we were actually blocked from entering Yaoguan by such a mob."
However, Yu Huatian shook his head and said,
"No, the troops under Prince Ning are not weak. They fled only because the enemy is also from Yan.
If the enemy were us, if they were still at Yaoguan, you would see how much fighting power they could unleash. Morale is very important."
"Now that Prince Ning has no soldiers under his command, let's kill him. He's just useless if he keeps me alive."
Hearing Lian Yong's words, Yu Huatian looked at him in surprise and said,
“Although the brain and the large intestine look similar, you can’t put shit in your brain.
Prince Ning's role is much more powerful than thousands of troops.
With him here, we have a legitimate reason to fight. We are here to help the Yan princes purge their court, not to invade. Do you understand?"