Chapter 900 - 423: Turing Tuo kneels? By the King’s command!
After killing Jian Ze, Suo Lun met with the generals of the Southwestern Legion and the officials of the Southeast Rebel Army in his tent on the mountain.
In the first day’s battle at Tianlang Pass, Jian Ze had taken a desperate gamble by attacking the pass, resulting in over fifty thousand casualties, all of whom were soldiers of the Southwestern Legion.
Now, the entire Southwestern Legion was left with only slightly more than forty thousand men. However, there were still nine centurion-level officers left, with only one dead.
The Southeast Rebel Army, on the other hand, was formed by local officials hiring riffraff and bullies to please Zhi Li after Suo Lun abandoned the Southeast Province; it numbered a full one hundred thousand strong.
In the battle of Tianlang Pass, Jian Ze didn’t even let the so-called Southeast Rebel Army fight.
This rabble would be utterly useless on the battlefield, only capable of spoiling the situation. Their sole purpose was to rampage, pillage, and plunder Tianshui City after breaching Tianlang Pass.
Thus, up to now, the hundred thousand Southeast Rebel Army had suffered almost no casualties. However, following yesterday’s news of Zhi Li’s defeat, forty to fifty thousand had already fled, with the remaining half also ready to escape at any moment.
As for the officials of the Southeast Province, more than half of them fled, leaving a small number who realized that the whole Rage Wave Kingdom was Suo Lun’s territory, questioning where else they could flee to. So, gritting their teeth, they stayed behind to grovel before Suo Lun.
"Is it true that Duke Turing Tuo sent someone to persuade you to lead your troops to Baiyun County and join him?" Suo Lun asked.
"Yes!" The generals of the Southwestern Legion bowed.
"Then why didn’t you go?" Suo Lun asked.