Chapter 1258: Seven sons come, no sons return!

Liujing, inside a mansion.

Gazing at the beautiful women dancing gracefully, Zhang Cheng, who was leaning on a cushion, couldn't help but pat his thigh and say, "Wonderful!"

"Uncle, did you forget that we are going to attack the Tatars?"

Looking at Zhang Cheng's entranced appearance, Jia Wei hurriedly spoke up.

Turning his head, Zhang Cheng stared at Jia Wei and said, "Uncle has been fighting for so long; can't I enjoy myself now?"

Hearing Zhang Cheng say this, Jia Wei looked up at the main beam, his face full of helplessness.

Walking in from outside, Jia Pu stepped forward and handed over a letter, saying, "Jue-ge'er, a letter from Liaodong!"

Tearing open the wax seal, Zhang Cheng took out the letter, scanned it, and said, "This Šurhaci can be considered sensible; he sent the intelligence before I even reached the front line!"

"Uncle, is this a letter from the Jurchens?"

Looking at Zhang Cheng in surprise, Jia Wei was stunned.

"Šurhaci is feared by Nurhaci; if he wants to live now, he can only rely on me!"

Explaining to Jia Wei and the others, Zhang Cheng immediately burned the letter and said, "The eldest son Chu-ying is leading the troops, along with the other six sons? They really treat me like a dish! Coming to snatch merit, and they all came to my head!"

"Jue-ge'er, how should we reply?"

Speaking to Zhang Cheng, Jia Pu couldn't help but inquire.

"Tell Šurhaci that Nurhaci dared to send seven sons, and I will let no son return!"

A cold smile rose at the corners of Zhang Cheng's mouth, and he couldn't help but narrow his eyes.

"Uncle, we're only killing two; isn't that too few? This battle merit is hard to share!"

Hearing Zhang Cheng's words, Jia Wei hurriedly inquired.

"I told you to read more books, but you insisted on feeding pigs; it's 'no son', not 'five sons'!"

Picking up the cushion beside him and smashing it on Jia Wei's head, Zhang Cheng couldn't help but complain.

And hearing Zhang Cheng's explanation, Jia Wei said happily, "Does that mean I can also get a Tatar Beile this time?"

"That's right; Uncle intends to promote you to a Fifth-Rank Battalion Commander for this battle!"

Looking at Jia Wei with a face full of smiles, Zhang Cheng couldn't help but narrow his eyes.

Because the clansmen of the Jia family were all becoming "haloed" in his hands; winning every battle and beheading thirty-plus heads, what an exaggerated battle record!

"Uncle, if you help me this much, won't it affect your enfeoffment?"

Gazing at Zhang Cheng beside him, Jia Wei hurriedly inquired.

"That's right, Jue-ge'er, helping clansmen is not wrong, but if it affects you, that would be too bad!"

Looking at Zhang Cheng seriously, Jia Pu became solemn.

"I am too young now, and having too much battle merit isn't necessarily good!"

Speaking to the two, Zhang Cheng immediately said with a serious face.

Hearing Zhang Cheng say this, Jia Pu said gloomily, "Are you trying to support Šurhaci? Raising bandits to ensure one's own importance!"

"Does he deserve to be a bandit? I just don't want to be promoted so quickly!"

Speaking indifferently, Zhang Cheng turned his head and said, "How is Li Sun-sin doing? Is he willing to defect?"

"He heard that Brother Jue wanted to take him into his command, so he immediately kowtowed and knelt in worship!"

Gazing at Zhang Cheng, Jia Pu hadn't expected that this Goryeo naval general would have such soft knees!

Looking at Jia Pu's appearance, Zhang Cheng smiled and said, "In this vast East Asia, although our Great Gan's Retired Emperor was not successful in civil or military affairs in the early days, don't we still have military generals like us? Letting these commoners be dogs is all due to their ancestors accumulating virtue!"

"Hahaha, Jue-ge'er is right!"

Hearing Zhang Cheng's words, Jia Pu, as a member of the Heavenly Dynasty, immediately laughed out loud.

Jia Wei beside him rubbed his head and said, "Are we really that amazing?"

"It's Jue-ge'er who is amazing, not you; you just honestly be a deputy general!"

Speaking to Jia Wei beside him, Jia Pu couldn't help but smile.

Because since Jue-ge'er stood up, the Jin Ling Jia family had reversed the situation; what the Rong and Ning mansions had, the Jin Ling Jia family would also have, and even more!

Shengjing, Prince's Mansion. Šurhaci looked at the letter from Liaodong, and the whole person couldn't help but fall silent.

"Father, what did Jia Jue say?"

Leaning forward, Altonga inquired.

But just after he took the letter and read it, he couldn't help but twitch his mouth, because this wasn't something a thirty-seven-degree mouth would say; it was truly too cold!

"You all should take a look!"

Gazing at the two's reactions, Amin was also full of confusion.

But just after Amin finished reading, he hurriedly gasped in cold air and said, "If the Khan hears this news, he'll probably go crazy!"

"This Jia Jue is too brutal!"

Throwing the letter into the fire basin beside him, Šurhaci couldn't help but say, "It's no wonder Daishan didn't dare to go; if he were caught, he'd be skinned and have his tendons pulled!"

"Father, Daishan has already been frightened by the battle!"

Looking at Šurhaci, Altonga explained.

"If you met him on the battlefield, would you dare to step forward?"

Speaking to Altonga, Šurhaci couldn't help but inquire.

"Father, am I your biological son? You want me to die early? You want me to go against that thing that isn't like a person?"

Looking at Šurhaci in shock, Altonga was also shocked.

Because was this something a biological father could say?

"If he can really do this in this battle, we must make plans early!"

Speaking silently, Šurhaci couldn't help but narrow his eyes.

He had surrendered early only because Zhang Cheng was too ruthless and Nurhaci couldn't tolerate him, so he had to find a backer.

But now it seemed he had made the right move, because his good Big Brother would sooner or later be killed by Zhang Cheng!

After resting for several days, 18,000 Great Gan soldiers were ready to set off toward Anzhou.

Because Shuozhou had already been breached, and there was no suspense at all.

And why could the Tatars dismount to attack the city? It was because Goryeo's city walls could be jumped over with a pole vault.

Don't talk about large-scale sieges; even without load-bearing scaling ladders, they could be hung directly on the wall!

So, this wasn't the Tatars suddenly becoming fierce, but Goryeo's city walls were truly the nightmare of the defending generals!

Unfortunately, Zhang Cheng didn't intend to play a defensive war with the Tatars; he intended to directly charge them to death!

Under the whistling gale, the weather became colder and colder.

Since entering Goryeo to fight, in just one month, the Great Gan had swept across the north and south.

However, even with such frequent battles, the soldiers still maintained high morale, because compared to the Japanese pirates, the Tatars' heads were worth 30 taels more, which was a full 50 taels of silver...

The world knows that the Jurchens are invincible if they don't exceed 10,000, but who knows that the Ming army is invincible if they are fully paid!

Ming army: Give me the silver, and I'll kill him for you immediately!

Breaking through Guicheng with irresistible force, the Tatar army was about to arrive at Anzhou.

However, just at this moment, a scout came back with arrows stuck in him and said, "Brother, the Gan army is fifty miles ahead..."

Saying this, the scout collapsed directly on the ground.

Gazing at the scout who had already stopped breathing, Chu-ying's face revealed a cold look as he said, "Actually abandoning the defense of Anzhou? How arrogant!"

"Brother, don't be careless; Jia Jue defeated the Second Beile!"

Explaining to Chu-ying, Feiyingdong became serious.

"Why should I fear the Southerners? Only a waste like Daishan would be beaten until he didn't dare to meet the enemy; I will tell them who the true Jurchen warriors are!"

Saying this, Chu-ying waved his hand, and the army continued to advance.

When the winding long dragon gradually arrived at the battlefield, on the vast battlefield in the distance, a great banner had already stood in the wind for a long time.

Riding a horse on the hill, Zhang Cheng smiled and said, "Tell the soldiers that the silver has come; whether you return home in glory or are spat upon by your neighbors depends on today!"

"Great Gan is mighty!"

Raising the horse-chopping saber in his hand, Zhang Cheng roared.

"Great Gan is mighty!"

Roaring in unison, a terrifying sense of oppression immediately spread from the army.

Looking at this scene, Feiyingdong frowned tightly, because he finally understood why Daishan was afraid; this Great Gan army before him seemed a bit different!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1259 =====