Before Fu Shen could curse, he quickly added: “Not just the Tang Zhou military, the Ning Zhou military has directly rebelled. Now the northeastern and northwestern defense lines have been lost, and we’re caught in the middle. The Wuluo Protection Unit seems intent on dragging down the Northern Yan army. As long as we don’t withdraw, the Qilie tribe and Hanhai State can immediately march to the capital.
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Fu Shen: “Hmm. The Datan tribe is also thinking the same way. After suffering a bloody lesson seven years ago, they dare not directly confront the Northern Yan cavalry. If they only use part of their forces to delay us and bypass the Northern Yan army to attack from other directions, it would be much easier.”
Yu Qiaoting: “We are basically being neutralized by their joint efforts, stuck in a deadlock. If we push in one direction, the other side will immediately counterattack.”
“Everyone knows the Northern Yan army is impenetrable,” Fu Shen murmured, “When I originally returned the military power of Gan and Ning provinces to the court, the Emperor was afraid of lingering connections between old troops and transferred several generals elsewhere. These years, Northern Yan has been stable, but along the long northern border, there are holes everywhere…”
“It was the Emperor who first wanted to isolate Northern Yan. Without him, the Datan and Zhe tribes couldn’t have pulled this off.”
What is called reaping what you sow? This is it.
Emperor Tai was worried about the Northern Yan military’s power, worried about the Fu family growing too strong, worried that after a hundred years, his descendants couldn’t secure the throne. So he dismantled the Northern Yan army, leaving Fu Shen half-disabled.
The result? In conclusion, the consequences were dire.”
The Ning Zhou military defected, foreign tribes launched a massive invasion, and he was kicked off the throne by his own son, paving the way for destruction.
Yu Qiaoting sighed: “Destroying one’s own great wall…”
“When I returned from Kui Zhou, I saw many people fleeing south,” Fu Shen asked: “What’s the situation in the capital now?”
Yu Qiaoting lowered his voice cautiously: “Relocating.”
