Azure Heaven Saber
Chapter 1156 - 1156 51 Meng Shuais Military Record 7

Chapter 1156: Chapter 51 Meng Shuai’s Military Record 7 [4-in-1]_3 Chapter 1156: Chapter 51 Meng Shuai’s Military Record 7 [4-in-1]_3 The pincer movement was complete.

This was no longer a surprise raid but rather a mass armied onslaught, a forceful breach employing brute strength, a forced entry into battle.

Before, when both armies were locked in a stalemate, they each had their wins and losses, and the situation was relatively stable; however, Meng Fang led his vast army into battle in this unreasonably aggressive manner, abruptly shattering the balance of victory and defeat.

The Wei Army, vastly outnumbered, barely put up a semblance of resistance before showing signs of a crushing defeat.

Amongst the renowned generals of the various states, only a great general like Li Po could maintain order in the face of defeat and persevere in adversity, and such a general was, at the very least, nonexistent in the Wei State!

Seeing their own side’s victory secured, Meng Fang issued a second order: the elite central forces made a concentrated push, breaking through and allowing the massed troops to follow up with a crushing assault.

No longer relying on any clever tactics or schemes, a million-strong army simply turned into a hammer crashing down, an outright display of superiority by strength, an open act of using greater numbers to bully the few!

Great Marshal Wu Yun, spotting the opportunity, immediately responded, pouring all his troops into the decisive battle, and the Wei Army could only hold out for half an hour before they were utterly routed!

With the border broken, the Qin Army’s forces, coming from two directions, swept into Wei territory, pursuing the defeated soldiers, capturing cities and fortresses effortlessly, and their ferocious advance set Wei land ablaze.

Faced with such a dire situation, the entire Wei State was petrified with fear, even more terrified that they would follow in the footsteps of the Han State.

After the Wei Army’s initial defeat of seven hundred thousand men, along with the subsequent wave of fleeing troops, any additional Wei soldiers only added fuel to the fire.

Defeat after defeat!

It was mostly due to Meng Fang’s reputation as an unyielding executioner that was so effective; once Wei’s defending generals saw Meng Fang’s army approaching, many would immediately surrender their cities without daring to resist.

For fear that any slight resistance might cause heavy casualties to the Qin Army, and that this fearsome figure would once again mercilessly order the slaughter of a city!

The executioner’s name, at this moment, had truly become a formidable weapon.

In contrast, on another front, the old General Wu Yun had to fight hard for every city, and though he also triumphed in each battle, his achievements paled in comparison to Meng Fang’s route!

In less than seven days, Meng Fang’s advance was unstoppable, conquering twenty-six cities!

To understand, the distance between these twenty-six cities would take a fast horse three to five days to cover!

Yet Meng Fang’s army spent only seven days to completely secure all of them!

“The Butcher is here!”

These four words were truly potent!

Many cities that surrendered without a fight even set off firecrackers after receiving lenient treatment from the Qin Army.

Moreover, countless rich merchants and households from within the cities proactively offered support and comfort to the troops, engaging in unabashed flattery in hopes of pleasing the conquerors.

And once the Qin Army left, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, their faces lit up with beaming smiles, feeling profoundly blessed in life: Wow, spared from slaughter, still alive and kicking, hahaha… satisfying!

This was the genuine feeling of having just walked a round trip through the gates of hell!

With such good fortunes, why not call friends to celebrate? Getting thoroughly drunk was a must!

Meng Fang’s momentum was like splitting bamboo, fighting his way to Wei State’s second-largest city, Yangzhou, before coming up against the elite main force of the Wei Army and renewing the battle.

Great Wei’s foremost war god, the royal prince Wei Wuji himself, commanded a million troops stationed in Yangzhou, confronting Meng Fang’s army.

With equal strength on both sides and both committing to a fierce battle, victories were exchanged, and neither could gain the upper hand.

But with this, the pressure on Great Marshal Wu Yun from the other route visibly lessened, and with the force of his entire army, he stormed forward, clearly indicating his intent to come to the aid of the others.

Though Meng Fang commanded a million-strong army, he was still a lone force deep in enemy territory, committing a major taboo of military strategy. Should his fierceness diminish, the consequences of the forced march would inevitably become apparent. However, the impending arrival of Wu Yun’s forces perfectly resolved this issue.

No longer a lone force but a vice ready to squeeze, turning the tables so that it was the Wei Army that faced the prospect of being trapped between two fronts.

As Wu Yun drew nearer, panic began to unsettle the Wei Army.

And it was during that night, when Wu Yun’s forces were still over a hundred miles from joining the battlefield, that Meng Fang, who had been monitoring the Wei Army’s morale, audaciously launched a unilateral engagement, initiating the decisive battle!

This was a most delicate moment: with Wu Yun not yet arrived but the pressure already felt, a pincered assault, how could the Wei Army bear it?!

The moment right before Wu Yun’s arrival was precisely when the Wei people felt the most fear.

If Wu Yun’s forces had arrived the next day, the Wei Army would not have been as terrified; after all, they were at that point already in disarray, resigned to either fight fiercely with the million men they had and the strongholds they held, or accept defeat—not all was absolutely lost.

Meng Fang anticipated this and chose this moment to launch the decisive battle. He aimed to fully exploit the psychological vulnerability of the Wei people at the moment when pressure peaked, ordering a full-on assault by hundreds of thousands of Qin troops.

“Wei Wuji has fled!”

“The Qin Army from eight directions is closing in!”

“Victory is certain!”

“The Wei State is doomed!”

“…”

Shouts and howls roared like the screaming of hell, utterly chilling the enemy’s courage.

Meng Fang’s most devastating blow was placed on the left flank, where he committed all his elites with the sole aim of causing as much chaos within the Wei Army as possible.

Such a gamble was not about anything else but to create the utmost disruption in the ranks of the Wei troops.

As one side began to crumble, it triggered a chain reaction throughout the army.

The Qin Army pursued and began spreading rumors, leaving the Wei rearguard to hear nothing but the clamor of intense fighting ahead, Qin troops shouting their achievements, and a chaotic retreat of many of their own units. How could their hearts remain calm?