Chapter 343 How can this not be considered decisive and courageous?

In terms of appearance, Commander Annan does look like what most people think of a military general.

He is tall and sturdy, and at first glance he looks a bit solemn and murderous.

However, after he got closer, he grinned and opened his mouth, and his ruffian-like temperament could no longer be hidden:

"Your Highness, are you looking for me?"

"General You?"

Yun Shu raised her eyebrows. Considering what she had heard from General Weiyuan before, she was not surprised by the behavior of General Annan.

He just smiled and raised his hand to signal the other party to sit down and chat:
"I am really curious about some questions, so I want to ask General You. I think the general wouldn't mind, right?"

"Your Highness said so."

You Yu waved his hand, looking calm and unconcerned:
"Your Highness calls me General out of respect. To put it bluntly, I am just a prisoner with a little more freedom of movement.
Your Highness, feel free to ask whatever you want to ask. I promise to tell you everything I know!"

"General You is indeed straightforward. I will ask directly then."

Yun Shu nodded, and really didn't bother to be polite:

“When an ordinary general leads his troops to defend a city, even if he knows he cannot hold it, he will still fight to the last moment.

But General You surrendered very quickly yesterday, and it seemed that he did not even hesitate for a moment. Why is that?"

"Why else?"

You Yu said carelessly:

“Of course it’s because I think there’s no point in dying like that!
The king is not smart. After listening to the nonsense of the seventh prince of Beixiang, he insisted on starting a war without knowing the consequences. I have tried to persuade him for a long time before, but it didn't work and I even got tea splashed all over me.

I didn't rebel and give him a slap in the face because I was timid and valued my life.

When we get to the battlefield and know we can't win, we naturally won't fight for him."

"..."

No problem, it's reasonable.
It fits his personality perfectly.

Yun Shu was silent for a while, then asked:
"You seem to look down on your King Annan?"

"I'm dumber than anyone else, less capable than anyone else, but more ambitious than anyone else. Who would look up to me?"

You Yu immediately expressed his disdain three times:
"If the previous prince had not had so few heirs, would he have been able to take the throne?"

"He's stupid, incompetent, and more ambitious than anyone else..."

Yun Shu repeated You Yu's comment thoughtfully, and became curious:

"I remember that the King of Annan has been in power for more than ten years, right?
If it were just the first two problems, maybe I could still get by.

But he is still ambitious...Hasn't he brought any trouble to Annan over the years?"

"How not?"

You Yu sneered:
"If we send troops to Tiansheng this time, won't we destroy Annan?"

"...What about other than that?"

Yun Shu stretched out a finger and tapped the table:
"I was asking before, is this the only time he got into trouble?"

"Of course there is more!"

You Yu didn't even have to think about it, he could just say a bunch of things casually:

“Haven’t we had conflicts with Shan and Funan before?
It's all up to me to handle it! If it weren't for me... Ahem, Your Highness, isn't your look a little too obvious? "

The hero was halfway through his words of reminiscing about his past, when he met Yun Shu's complex and obviously questioning look, and You Yu choked:
"Don't think that I surrendered happily yesterday. That was simply because the difference in strength between Annan and Tiansheng was too great. But I am not afraid of fighting against small countries like Shan and Funan that are just as powerful as Annan."

"is it?"

Yun Shu smiled, but didn't say whether he believed it or not. He just changed the subject casually:

"By the way, I heard that before the siege officially began yesterday, you sent 40,000 troops to ambush the Tiansheng army on the road outside the forest?
Since you have been planning to surrender for a long time, why did you let those 40,000 Annan soldiers die in vain? "

"I didn't intend to struggle for a while...Okay, I'll be honest."

Facing Yun Shu's carefree smile and eyes that seemed to be able to see through everything, You Yu had no choice but to change his words:
"Lieutenant General Li and Lieutenant General Song are both the king's men, and they are particularly loyal. Their soldiers only listen to them.

If I don't get rid of them first, Your Highness, do you know what will happen if I choose to surrender?"

A cold smile appeared on the corner of his lips:

“They will immediately turn their knives on me as a coach.

There will be only two possible outcomes at that time: either you insist on not surrendering, in which case all 90,000 soldiers will die in battle, the border town will be destroyed, and the people’s money and lives... may not be saved.

Either they insist on surrendering, and then a fight breaks out between 40,000 and 50,000 Annan troops.

The 90,000-strong army could not be defended either.

Instead of doing that, it would be better to let them fight an ambush first. Regardless of whether they win or lose, it is the scene I want to see."

"You are decisive."

This time, the Yongzhou army crossed the mountains and forests, which could be regarded as a surprise attack.

Judging from what General Weiyuan and You Yu said, You Yu had arranged all this almost the moment he learned that the Yongzhou army was about to launch a siege.

Although it is preparation for surrender...

But how can it not be considered decisive and courageous?

Yun Shu nodded calmly:
"One last question, General You, do you know where the Seventh Prince of Beixiang is now?"

"I really don't know about that."

You Yu shook his head and said sincerely:

"If I knew that he was still in Annan, I would be the first one to kill him without your asking!"

If it weren't for that bastard, although Annan was a little weak, at least it wouldn't have been destroyed so quickly, right?

You Yu's resentment towards the Seventh Prince of Beixiang is more than a hundred times stronger than Yun Shu's!

Yun Shu had no doubt about this:
"In that case, General You will be in trouble for making this trip today."

"What kind of hard work is this? Since Your Highness has asked everything you wanted to ask, then... I will take my leave first?"

You Yu understood the hint very well and stood up and left.

Yun Shu did not try to persuade him to stay. He picked up a blank piece of letter paper and wrote a letter to Emperor Xuanwu.
After finishing writing, he put this letter together with the letter of surrender submitted by the King of Annan and handed it to General Weiyuan:
"Send these two back to Father together."

"Yes."

General Weiyuan took the envelope and did not dare to delay. He immediately sent the courier to deliver it back to the capital at an expedited speed of 800 miles.
After hesitating for a moment, he returned to Yun Shu's tent:

“Your Highness, now that the war in Annan has been resolved, I would like to lead my troops to Ningzhou as soon as possible.

After all, among the seven countries, relatively speaking, Pagan, which Ningzhou is currently defending against, has the strongest overall strength.

Ningzhou should be under a lot of pressure now, so..."

Later~