Azure Heaven Saber
Chapter 1154 - 1154 51 Marshal Mengs Military Records 7 4 in

Chapter 1154: Chapter 51 Marshal Meng’s Military Records 7 [4 in 1] Chapter 1154: Chapter 51 Marshal Meng’s Military Records 7 [4 in 1] Meng Fang led his army on a rapid march, speeding towards the front lines with every possible preparation made en route.

Finally, under the cover of night, Meng Fang arrived at the front.

He took command of the military forces immediately.

Just when the Han people thought Meng Fang would need at least three days to adjust before attempting to advance, the Great Qin’s general surprisingly launched an attack on the night of his arrival.

Furthermore, when he launched the attack, it was with the full force of the army.

This was… the posture of a decisive battle!

Keep in mind that Meng Fang’s army had traveled a long distance, and even if their spirits were high, they inevitably suffered from fatigue. More crucially since they were on a forced march, it was almost impossible for supplies and heavy equipment to arrive in sync; at most, only a small part could make it with the army, while the majority were still en route.

This was a standard practice in marching an army, as well as a constraint no commander could break.

It was exactly because of this blind spot in thinking that no one anticipated the general would be so reckless.

He immediately launched an offensive.

Overnight, with the Han State caught completely off guard and unprepared, their border defenses were breached.

The million-strong Qin Army, without stopping after the breakthrough, split into seventeen routes to advance, encircling and forcefully penetrating deep into Han territory.

The reason this battle became so one-sided wasn’t solely due to General Meng Fang’s courage where others dared not. Another crucial point was the Han army’s misestimation of the Qin Army’s strength.

As is widely known, the so-called “million-strong army” was always ‘purported.’

The actual strength was never that high.

Usually, it was by including logistics, equipment, and everything else that the numbers were barely cobbled together to reach ‘a million’ or thereabouts.

Hence, historically, forces claiming to be a million-strong often had no more than three hundred thousand men!

But this time… the Qin Army’s ‘million-strong army’ was indeed a real million in combat troops!

This exceeded not only the Han State’s expectations but went beyond the common knowledge of the entire continent!

Could it be that Meng Fang was the Qin Emperor’s illegitimate son, given such trust?

Directly allocated a full million combat troops?

Should Meng Fang harbor any ulterior motives, he could indeed shake the foundation of the state and change the course of history—this was not an overstatement, but a very real possibility!

In the standoff between the two armies, such mistakes needed not to be many—one was enough, not to mention a double miscalculation.

In that campaign, the Han troops fell like dominoes.

Meng Fang even issued a military order: no prisoners!

“The last and greatest opportunity for soldiers to build a career and achieve glory!”

“Under my command, military merit is of the utmost importance! Anyone who covets unearned military distinctions will be shown no mercy!”

“Whether you can secure titles and honors for your wives and children, expand territories, and establish your achievements, this is your last chance.”

“After the unification of the world, even if there is a need for troops, it will only be for quelling rebellions and defending territory—there will be no more chances to expand territories and gain merit!”

“On the day of triumph, I will present the record of military achievements to His Majesty the Emperor! I hope to see your names on it!”

“Fight!”

To say that Meng Fang’s motivation was not particularly clever, or even rather simple, would be true.

But it was precisely because of his simplicity that he gained the utmost trust of his officers and soldiers!

His established reputation had long forged his name as an unselfish leader.

The Qin Army, with every man fighting bravely and risking their lives, advanced directly and relentlessly, crumbling everything in their path like rotting wood.

Ten days!

In just ten days, they toppled sixty-three cities of the Han State!

The Qin Army pressed forward like an iron curtain, turning the Han State’s tens of thousands of miles of territory into Qin land!

The higher-ups in the Han State were greatly alarmed, especially by Meng Fang’s ruthless decision not to take prisoners, which sent the entire country into panic and fury.

The King of Han sent envoys to negotiate.

Meng Fang would not permit it, would not negotiate.

Finally, the envoy asked, “Although the general was known as a butcher, he has never committed extermination before. Why now?”

Meng Fang replied in silence,

“More than three hundred of my brothers were killed by your assassins.”

“I am a soldier, and any grudge, no matter where it’s from, must be taken up on the battlefield!”

“This is justice for my brothers!”

“It is also the justice I owe to my brothers!”

“…”

After the Han envoy reported back, the entire Han State was once again in uproar.

So it was!

Faced with orders of slaughter unto death, the Han State fought desperately.

But by then, everywhere Meng Fang’s army went, flames soared to the sky, countless cities were reduced to scorched earth and ruins.

Such fierce methods shocked the entire world!

Seeing the boundless slaughter wrought by Meng Fang, not only was the Han State trembling, but the other five states were also protesting vehemently.

Such butchery was just too ruthless, too cruel!

Although the Han State was the one being slaughtered, the other countries felt a chill down their spine, empathizing as if it was happening to them, and couldn’t help but send out protests to the Great Qin, denouncing Meng Fang’s atrocities.

They insisted that the Qin Emperor recall this butcher and put him on trial, for nothing less would appease the world and comfort the countless lost souls.

Furthermore, endless rumors spread, claiming that Meng Fang, with a million strong troops at his command and nearly half of the Han State’s territory under his control, had already established his own rule independently, no longer part of Qin land; that when he truly turned his army around, it would be the time to overthrow the Qin country.

As for all these various true and false rumors, the Qin Emperor ignored them entirely, as if not seeing them at all.

At present, the Qin Emperor no longer worried about the threat of the six states launching a joint attack against Qin.

Times had changed. Now it was the Great Qin that was attacking the six states, not the other way around.

“I have absolute trust in General Meng Fang,” the Emperor thought. “All baseless rumors shall be disregarded!”

Within a month, Meng Fang’s million-strong army rampaged through Han territory like a torrent, laying waste to the entire region.