"If the Chu army in the city sallies out, beat them back!
If the Chu people send envoys, shoot them on sight!
If the Chu people try to surrender, refuse them!
These tens of thousands of Chu people in this city—
I will have them starve to death in there."
Tian Wujing reached out and idly scratched the mane of the Pixiu beneath him. He said slowly, "The Chu people enjoy singing their Chu region songs, don't they? When I return with my army, I want to see if they still have the heart to sing those songs when hunger drives them to eat the flesh of their own fellow soldiers!"
Upon hearing this, Li Fusheng grinned so widely his mouth almost split. For a Regional Commander like him, serving under this Lord was simply too satisfying. The Lord's thods were exactly to his taste!
Lord Jingnan pointed to the surroundings and said, "Build a monunt of skulls here, and have Situ Yu co personally to erect the stele."
"My Lord, Prince Cheng is, after all, still young… A scene like a monunt of skulls, with heads piled so densely—how terrifying would that be? Even an adult could have nightmares from a single glance, let alone a youth like Situ Yu."
"He is Situ Lei's son. If he hasn't forgotten how his father died, he must co personally."
"Yes, my Lord." Li Fusheng bowed in obedience.
At this mont, Chen Yang, Regional Commander of the Jingnan Army, personally brought over a captive wild people Ten Thousand Households Chief. The wild man had clearly been tortured and was thrown to the ground by Chen Yang like a dead dog.
"My Lord, I have important military intelligence to report!"
Lord Jingnan looked at him and nodded. Chen Yang imdiately continued, "I learned from this scoundrel that General Zheng Fan of the Shengle Army has successfully captured Snow Sea Pass, as you commanded, Lord!"
Hearing this, Li Fusheng's eyes instantly lit up. He imdiately bowed to Lord Jingnan, saying, "My Lord, your strategic planning is masterful, your calculations divine! I am thoroughly impressed!"
This wasn't Chen Yang engaging in flattery, nor was it Li Fusheng. In this world, aside from that general surnad Zheng, very few commanders would dare to deliberately fawn over Lord Jingnan in his presence.
Rather, they instinctively believed this military action by the Shengle Army must have been orchestrated by Lord Jingnan beforehand.
First, block the wild people's retreat. Then, annihilate their main force. After that, all the wild people who had dared to invade this ti would be buried here in the lands of Three Jin—not a single one would escape!
Moreover, they were all aware that Zheng Fan's Shengle Army, following Lord Jingnan's orders, had crossed the river ahead of schedule and penetrated deep behind enemy lines. Naturally, they assud this was Lord Jingnan's arrangent and design.
Upon hearing this news, Lord Jingnan's hand, which had been stroking the Pixiu's mane, paused for a mont.
Snow Sea Pass.
The Shengle Army.
Zheng Fan.
The reason for the wild people's recent movents had finally been identified.
Any soldier with a modicum of military sense understood what capturing Snow Sea Pass for their side ant: they could annihilate the main force of the wild people once and for all.
Once the main force of the wild people that had invaded this ti was obliterated, it would take the snowfield wild people several generations, decades even, to recover.
Furthermore, when the Yan cavalry eventually rode out to sweep across the snowfield, the wild people would find it exceedingly difficult to gather a substantial army for resistance.
Marching beyond the pass was inevitable. The Yan people's vengeance had never been a matter of sparing the old or the young.
A hundred years ago, after the first Earl of North Border crushed the invading Qian State army, he had gone on to trample their Northern Three Prefectures. This was done purely to vent their fury!
The wild people who had died here at the Wang River were rely the first installnt of interest on the Yan people's revenge. Next, a return visit to the wild people's hotown was undoubtedly in order.
Assisting the Jin people in expelling the wild people was the first step. The next would be to lead the Jin people to the snowfield for retribution, repaying the suffering the wild people had inflicted upon Jin land. Only then would the lands of Three Jin truly and completely submit to Yan.
After a long silence, Lord Jingnan shook his head and muttered, "Heh, this kid."
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