"How is the current war?" Wei Lian asked.
"Thanks to your help." Ji Yue said, "The victory is in hand, but it's a matter of time."
Originally, the three countries joined forces, but they were not able to distance themselves from Qin. Now that the state of Chu has turned against the tide, Yan Lu has lost three generals, and the victory of the Qin state is a sure thing.
Xie Chen was still guarding Liang, and Ji Yue sent another general, Sun Ju, to attack Lu. The situation has been settled, he no longer needs to drive himself to boost morale, he only needs to sit at the rear and issue orders.
"In January at the most, this war should be over."
On the first day of the first month of December, a snowfall fell in Qin.
Qin and Chu are geographically close together. The winter in Chu is always full of snow, and the climate in Qin is similar.
Wei Lian stood outside the tent, wearing a thin white robe and a slender figure. The cold wind was blowing on his face, and the fluttering sleeves made the person look light and elegant, like a fairy.
He looked up at the vast sky, reached out to catch a piece of falling snow, and said with a slight emotion, "Winter is here."
Ji Yue had just finished discussing things in the tent with the others, and when he came out to see this scene, his face sank, and he immediately ordered someone to take a thick fox fur and put it on Wei Lian.
While tying the belt, he said angrily, "What if I don't stay in the tent when it's snowing, what if I run out and catch a cold? I'm still dressed so thinly, I don't know what to wear..."
Wei Lian was quite speechless: "How can I be so weak..."
"Shut up." Ji Yue tied a beautiful knot and glared at him, "I don't want to listen to you, it makes people angry."
"...Pfft." Wei Lian suddenly hooked his lips and let out a laugh.
"stop laughing?"
I really don't care about my body!
Ji Yue really broke his heart for Wei Liancao.
Wei Lian smiled: "I just remembered that you are angry with me standing in the snow for a while now. You are really different from what you were like a year ago."
He entered Qin last December, and it's been exactly one year since then, and it's also snowing. The snow was even greater then. It was freezing and snowing, and people would freeze after standing for a long time.
At that time, Ji Yue didn't feel bad for him at all.
Comparing Ji Yue's nervous appearance now, it really makes people feel a sense of emotion.
Referring to a year ago, Ji Yue remembered that bad encounter again, and immediately lost his temper again. He shook his head helplessly, and pulled Wei Lian into the tent to surround himself with the stove to keep warm.
"You were also stupid at the time. You were obviously so powerful, and you didn't know how to use your internal strength to protect your body." Ji Yue felt distressed when he mentioned it.
"I'm stupid? I'm thinking of my own life." Wei Lian glanced at him, a little bit of resentment in his eyes, "You dare to say that if you found out that I knew martial arts, you wouldn't kill me immediately?"
"..." Ji Yue thought about his character of cutting grass and rooting, thinking about the meticulous works and assassins who have no survivors except Rakshasa, and had to admit that Wei Lian was right.
He reluctantly said: "Okay, you are very smart."
Thanks to Wei Lian Bingxue for being smart and not letting him kill his future lover.
As he was talking, a pigeon flew in from outside the tent and landed on Wei Lian's hand.
"It's a letter from the state of Chu." Wei Lian recognized that the pigeon was specially domesticated by the state of Chu.
He took the letter down, unfolded it, and glanced at it. He tore the letter into pieces and threw it into the furnace to burn it to ashes. His expression remained unchanged.
Ji Yue asked, "What's the matter?"
"News from Qiao Hongfei. Yeludan sent a letter to Chu State, wanting to join forces with me and kill you." Wei Lian turned his head to Ji Yue, "Tell me, should I agree to his request? Revenge yourself?"
Ji Yue said silently, "You asked me what I was doing, and you tore up the letter."
This attitude shows that there is no cooperation.
Wei Lian blinked, and casually moved on to the next topic: "What's for dinner tonight?"
Ji Yue said, "How about braised fish? I remember you like it."
"Is there any fresh fish in the barracks?"
"I'll go to the stream to catch you."
The two talked and laughed freely, and neither of them took it to heart.
In mid-December, Yan surrendered and voluntarily included in the territory of Qin.
In late December, the Qin army approached the city, broke through the city of King Lu, and took it for himself.
So far, among the six kingdoms, only the new king of Chu has not made a statement. The remaining Xia Kingdom, with weak troops, had never participated in the storm. Now it is Junjie who knows the current affairs and directly submits the surrender letter, imitating the former Chu State to send Prince Heng to come as a pledge to show his loyalty and avoid the suffering of war.
Reunification of the world is the general trend.
Everyone was waiting for the king of Qin to order to attack the last state of Chu. The 100,000-strong army of Chu State has already been defeated, no matter how hard the new king tries to turn the tide, he will not be the opponent of Qin State.
However, to everyone's surprise, the King of Qin did not intend to take action against Chu, but instead died and went back to his home.
This operation confused many outsiders.
His Majesty the King of Qin is not such an indecisive person, why did he show mercy to Chu State alone
The few insiders thought to themselves that of course His Majesty would not fight Chu. The state of Chu was Wei Lian's territory, so wouldn't it be like flooding the Dragon King Temple
After Yan Lu's surrender, Ji Yue immediately returned to Yongping to deal with matters after the countries were incorporated into the territory. Different countries have different customs, languages, and beliefs. How to unified governance is also a huge project.
Wei Lian expressed his understanding and offered to say goodbye. He first went back to Chu to arrange his dowry.
The state of Chu will eventually return to Qin, but it cannot be conquered by Qin.
In the first month of the first month, when the spring was coming, and the year was auspicious, the long-silent King Xi of Chu finally made a move, but the one handed to Qin was not a book of war or a book of surrender, but a paper of marriage.
There was only one sentence on the letterhead.
"I wish to marry a country, I wonder if His Majesty the King of Qin would like it?"
This sentence spread all over the world in one day.
Some good people in the teahouse of Qin State sneered: "It's still our majesty's majesty, which scares people to shit. Chen Liang was killed, Yan Lu handed over the book, and Xia sent the prince as a pledge. It's better for the King of Chu to deliver it directly to the door. I even put it upside down. What kind of marriage, it sounds nice, isn't it just to have a kiss? I don't even think about how a man who can't give birth to a son is worthy of being the queen of Qin, you say it's funny or not?"
A few people in the teahouse burst into laughter, but most of them were silent.
A white-faced scholar frowned and said, "It's inappropriate to talk about the King of Chu like this."
The man said arrogantly: "What's wrong with the defeated general, the dog who lost his family?"
The scholar said with reason and reason: "King Chu Xi once collected for the son, and had a relationship with His Majesty, why can't it be out of sincerity?"
"A sour scholar, full of wind and moon, where does the emperor's family have sincerity, he is just wise to protect himself!"
Another group of scholars slapped the table and said, "When the King of Chu was not afraid of life and death to solve the plague in Jiangzhou for my Qin country, you still didn't know where to hide and protect yourself! We are from Jiangzhou, but I can't hear you slander him here!"
The man was not to be outdone: "You are in the Qin state, but your heart is towards the King of Chu. Are you worthy of the soldiers fighting on the front line!"
Another table of guests said solemnly: "We just came back from the frontline battle. In the battle at Yanguanling, if it wasn't for the good strategy of the King of Chu, we still don't know how many casualties were there! We also did the disaster relief in Jiangzhou. Let's go, we dare to guarantee that the King of Chu is not a generation that is greedy for life and fear of death, you must not treat the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain."
Looking at his eyebrows, he was the one who had spoken to Wei Lian in Jiangzhou.
He was no longer the ordinary soldier he used to be. He charged forward in this battle with Lu and made great contributions. After returning to the dynasty to discuss his merits and rewards, how could he be a lieutenant general.
This table is all his comrades-in-arms. He has seen Young Master Lian that day, so he naturally speaks for him.
When the man saw that he was a military lord, his courage was full of three points, and the remaining points were stern: "He, he is quite considerate of the Qin country, so I don't know if he is worthy of the Chu country!
Xu Wenqing in the corner couldn't hold back, and sneered: "The king of Chu has the world in his heart, how can you understand that the villain? You say that King Chu Xi is incompetent, and you don't look at how the original King Huai of Chu disturbed the state of Chu. It's a mess? Don't you think about how this mess of Chu country has recovered in just a few months?"
That person was just a scoundrel with a lot of attention. He thought that derogating the King of Chu in Qin's territory would attract everyone's approval, and he didn't want to be scolded one after another. First, he was afraid of reading people, and secondly, he didn't dare to provoke the military master. Now he finally saw a hairy boy, he immediately became enthusiastic: "You stinky little boy, you haven't done anything for Qin, have you? You know the shit. The situation in Chu State."
But someone else said: "Hey, isn't this the little doctor Xu?"
"Ah, really, it's the little doctor Xu in the palace! I often come to the folk medical center to see a doctor for free, and can solve many intractable diseases. He cured my cough last time!"
Xu Wenqing often does good deeds, and has a high reputation among the people. Now he is not arrogant or arrogant when he is recognized, he just said in a low voice: "To tell the truth, many of those intractable remedies were taught to me by the King of Chu. He cares about the people and never hides his secrets, but what contribution have you made to guide the country here? Do you rely on your mouth?"
The man's face was blue and white for a while, and he was completely speechless.
Who would have thought that a king of Chu would be so popular in Qin.
There has been a lot of discussion among the people about the marriage appeal of the King of Chu. Various conspiracy theories, true love theories, and theories of combining interests have been circulated, and they are more curious about how His Majesty the King of Qin will respond.
Should I tear up the letter and go to war directly, or should I agree to a marriage request to accept the King of Chu to go to Qin Yuan to marry, or should I ask Jiangshan not to be beautiful
Ji Yue didn't make them wait too long.
Almost as soon as he received that sentence, he did not hesitate to write a reply letter, and advertised it widely, blocking the world's long speeches.
"If you can't ask for it, don't work for His Majesty the King of Chu to go all the way to Qin. You will be alone in red makeup for ten miles, go to the country of Chu in person, use Jiangshan as an offer, and ask for your Majesty's marriage. I hope that a loved one will stay together forever and never leave the white head."
The world was shocked.
Chu State, a good city.
When Wei Lian's letter passed, not only did the Qin State boil over, but the Chu State even blew up.
The Lord and Pai were full of grief and indignation: "Your Majesty, you don't have to bear such humiliation and burden for Chu! No matter how difficult it is to deal with the King of Qin, let's surrender, why should we take care of ourselves?"
Marrying yourself is too expensive!
The main war faction was filled with righteous indignation: "Your Majesty, he will fight when he comes! It is also my honor to die in battle for the country! An Neng is so desperate to survive?"
His Majesty's various decisions are very wise, but this incident alone made them a little disappointed, and they lost their heroism and monarchy.
Every decision made by King Chu Xi was flawless, but this matter was a huge mistake.
Wei Lian ignored those voices.
They didn't know Ji Yue, but he did.
He was full of tricks in his life, always unscrupulous, but he knew that he married without any conspiracy calculations, compromises, trade-offs, and hardships.
Everything is voluntary.
Praise is worthy of the world, praise and criticism have their own spring and autumn.
How shocking the world, the uproar of the whole country, not being favored by others, and being judged arbitrarily by future generations, it has nothing to do with him now.
Right now, he felt that he was doing the right thing.
The author has something to say:
The passage of self-confessed admiration eventually becomes a cliché
Give you everything as if you were terminally ill
The dark fragrance is full of details for the feelings that are easy to decadence
No matter how unbearable our rumors are
— "Heater's Note"