Unlimited Resources: Raising a Minister with a Space Supermarket-Chapter 548 - 482: Tingmao of Hu Kingdom

It has always been the Hu people conducting surprise raids on the Hu-Liang border, yet when the new Great Liang Emperor took the throne, a Linzhou King who doesn’t know the limits arrived at the border and repeatedly captured their herdsmen as free labor.

They had just offered a ’national treasure’ to the new Emperor, agreeing that there would be no conflicts between the two countries for three years, living in peace.

Well, this is great, how long has it been, this new Linzhou King openly obeyed in public but defied in private, bullying and enslaving their Hu citizens in various ways.

A soldier can be killed but not humiliated, even though the Monarch of Hu Kingdom tried to endure it, his youngest son, Tingmao, who was young and impetuous, could not bear it and threatened his father with his life, saying he would commit suicide if they did not go to war.

The Monarch of Hu Kingdom first soothed his youngest son, then sent people disguised as Liang citizens into Linzhou to secretly spy and explore, and when he learned that Li Guangpu, who had been stationed in Linzhou City all along, was unexpectedly transferred to Jinzhou City by that new Emperor, the Monarch of Hu Kingdom was thrilled, as was the entire Hu Kingdom.

Fight, this war must be fought!!!

They must let the Linzhou King know that the Hu people are not to be bullied!

Although they have a smaller population and cannot extinguish Great Liang, they are like ants on an elephant’s ear; the elephant cannot do much about them.

"Great General..." The military counselor Wu Kudan, also Tingmao’s teacher, tried to persuade Tingmao that they should retreat when they had gained the upper hand.

"Don’t call me Great General, don’t follow that Liang tradition, call me Da Xu Lun!"

Da Xu Lun: (Hu language, means demon.)

Tingmao, young and rash, leading troops for the first time, decisively defeated the Linzhou King, who retreated repeatedly, boosting Tingmao’s self-confidence, and he no longer listened to anyone.

Moreover, recently Wu Kudan had nagged in his ear too many times about the possibility of deception and retreat, and he was sick of it.

"General..." Wu Kudan tried to speak again in persuasion.

"Seeing Linzhou City is about to fall, don’t nag those useless things in my ear; if you keep on babbling and disturb the soldiers’ morale, I’ll chop you down with a single blade." Tingmao glared fiercely.

Wu Kudan sighed, after a long silence, he compromised, "Since you insist on capturing Linzhou City, go ahead, but after capturing Linzhou City, absolutely do not advance further south."

Having seized resource-rich Linzhou City is enough to fill the Hu Kingdom’s treasury, they should be content.

Tingmao, although exceptionally brave, thought the Linzhou King of Great Liang should not be so weak, smoothly capturing two cities in succession, Wu Kudan always felt there was deception involved.

When Li Guangpu’s troops guarded Linzhou, they never even reached the city gates; they only conducted minor raids in the border towns, taking small advantages.

Having acquired the resources of two cities consecutively, the entire Hu army was excited beyond measure, Master Tingmao led them on an all-out attack, truly a wise decision, even the deputy generals, intoxicated by victory, unanimously agreed with Tingmao to continue pushing forward and seize more wealth.

Regarding Wu Kudan’s words, these military generals unanimously chose to ignore.

Tingmao knew Wu Kudan feared he would be delayed too long and run into the reinforcing Li Guangpu forces, but little did he know, the reckless young Tingmao actually longed to face Li Guangpu head-on, so how could he listen to Wu Kudan and retreat back to Hu!

"The Linzhou City gate is about to fall, beyond Linzhou City is Yangcheng, we must capture Yangcheng before encountering Li Guangpu!" Tingmao pointed to the map with his sturdy finger.

The Hu people all regarded Li Guangpu as a terrifying demon, Xu Lun, yet he was precisely not afraid, wanting to show his people who truly is the real Da Xu Lun!

Upon hearing Tingmao’s bold words, Wu Kudan felt a surge of blood and suddenly lost consciousness.

Tingmao saw Wu Kudan faint and was furious, "Mention Li Guangpu and he faints, truly disgraceful for us Hu people!"

"Someone, drag him away!"

Tingmao, fond of martial pursuit since young, never favored literary learning, so he felt no teacher-student bond with Wu Kudan, the Literary Master.

Wu Kudan’s little assistant was very angry seeing Tingmao show such disrespect to Wu Kudan as his teacher.

"Great General, before going on an expedition, the Monarch had instructed that you must listen to the teacher’s words in everything, you are too intoxicated by victory to heed the teacher’s advice, if you stubbornly insist, you will pay a painful price."

Tingmao glared furiously, slamming the table as he stood, "You, a mere servant, dare to curse me like this!

Die!"

Tingmao snatched the deputy general’s blade nearby, and swiftly chopped off the assistant’s head.

The assistant’s warm blood happened to spray onto Wu Kudan’s face, causing him to slowly awaken.

After wiping his face, his expression changed, seeing the assistant’s body nearby, Wu Kudan was immediately overwhelmed with grief, tears cascading down.

This expedition could be said to mobilize Hu Kingdom’s entire resources, except for the old, weak, sick, and disabled; everyone was here, totaling less than twenty thousand people, if Tingmao wanted to engage Li Guangpu recklessly, all of Hu Kingdom’s robust men would be lost to Li Guangpu’s blade.

Li Guangpu was a godlike strategist, they had suffered losses at his hands many times, how could reckless Tingmao possibly be a match for cunning Li Guangpu?

Wu Kudan thought, as long as Li Guangpu set a trap for Tingmao, Tingmao won’t hesitate and will fall right into it overnight.

Wu Kudan slapped his forehead, rising in rage, snatching the blood-stained blade from Tingmao’s hand, he decided to admonish him by death.

"What are you doing?" Tingmao’s expression changed; he did not intend for Wu Kudan to die.

If Wu Kudan died, he wouldn’t be able to answer to his father.

What Tingmao did not know was, he no longer had any way to return home.

Jun Mobai was not one to suffer silently, when he loses here, he will find recompense elsewhere.

Originally, Jun Mobai had thought of slowly dealing with Hu Kingdom after seizing the throne, but with Hu Kingdom mobilizing its entire nation, he wouldn’t hold back in this great opportunity.

Jun Mobai dispatched ten thousand private soldiers to attack the old nest of Hu Kingdom.

Yes, it can only be called a nest, because those tents that Hu Kingdom reconstructed repeatedly cannot be called a capital city.

"As a teacher, I admonish with my life, hoping Da Xu Lun, after capturing Linzhou City, immediately withdraws troops, definitely not continuing to move southward, if you continue to seek victory impatiently, Da Xu Lun is in grave danger, Hu Kingdom is in grave danger!"

For years Tingmao had been calling himself Da Xu Lun, and letting others call him Da Xu Lun, but Wu Kudan had never accepted Tingmao’s title, today Wu Kudan called him Da Xu Lun for the first time, still speaking with the blade at his own throat, Tingmao felt somewhat moved inside.

Wu Kudan knew that asking Tingmao to abandon the juicy piece of meat that was Linzhou City was impossible, he now only wished for Tingmao to capture Linzhou City, then return triumphantly with abundant resources, not to covet more.

As soon as Li Guangpu arrives, they won’t be able to defend any city gate.

Tingmao felt reluctant, but if Wu Kudan died and the officials thought he forced Wu Kudan to death, it would greatly affect his future ascension to his father’s position.

Tingmao decided to first placate Wu Kudan.

"I promise you!"