Yan Zhengqing looked at Kong Donglai who was blocking the road and smiled coldly, "Governor Kong, Jin has surrendered, and the wise king has accepted Jin's surrender. In addition, the wise king has signed the order himself, so we can only withdraw our troops."
Kong Donglai looked at Yan Zhengqing and said almost word by word: "So you are just going to abandon your comrades?"
It's not easy to bear the blame for abandoning your comrades.
But Yan Zhengqing said nonchalantly: "I'm sorry, we have never been comrades-in-arms. The technology and items given to you in the agreement signed earlier in Xiandai River have also been given to you. I, Anyang, don't owe you anything."
"We originally had a plan to attack the State of Jin to the south!"
Yan Zhengqing suddenly shrugged, with a strange smile on his face: "Lord Kong also said that this is a plan, not an agreement. Now, plans cannot keep up with the speed of change, and we can only compromise with reality. Of course, the people of Jin are already very weak now, you can continue to attack, we will not care. In addition, the wise king is kind, all the captives of Jin are left to you, which can be regarded as compensation for you."
After that, Yan Zhengqing ordered the army in Anyang to retreat quickly, and then retreated all the way to Anyang without any rest. As for the prisoners, this was a hot potato, and the letter clearly told Yan Zhengqing that he could not take any prisoners from Jin.
The people who stayed at the scene were dumbfounded. However, things were not too bad. Just as Yan Zhengqing said, Kong Donglai's people could continue to fight, because the Jin army was already very tired, and now after hearing the news of "surrendering to Anyang", they were even more shocked - the powerful Jin State actually surrendered to Anyang!
Kong Dong came to see Yan Zhengqing and realized that he had really left, and all the captives had also stayed. With a flicker in his eyes, he made a decision, "We still have 400,000 troops here, and Jin State only has a little over 80,000. Kill them!"
The battle lasted until dawn; without Anyang's restraint and the command of Marshal Yan Zhengqing, Nangong Zhi was ultimately at a disadvantage, and Li Lisong finally began to turn defeat into victory; especially without the interference of a large number of aircraft, the Ten Thousand Swords Formation was activated three times, completely tearing open the border defenses of Nanyang County.
However, after all, the army was exhausted after a long battle, and Li Lisong finally took away less than 70,000 soldiers; and the 100,000 border troops of Jin State that were sent to support Li Lisong also suffered more than 10,000 casualties - almost all of which were caused by ammunition.
It was not until the army retreated to their own checkpoint that Li Lisong looked back to the north with mixed feelings.
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Anyang, the day has dawned, and the new issue of the newspaper is selling like crazy. Last night, the newspaper worked overtime to add new content - the Jin State surrendered.
Sima Xuan, the prime minister of Jin, came to Anyang to surrender with a letter of repentance from the emperor of Jin. This meant that this unprecedented war, which involved many people, was large-scale, and had tragic casualties, had finally ended.
During the day today, the senior officials of Anyang will officially come forward to start negotiations with Sima Xuan.
Of course, before this, Li Xian had already had a long discussion with Xu Ren, Li Yuanming, Yan Ze'an and others overnight. Among them, Li Xian determined a very clear direction for the negotiation - we don't need too much nominal things, we want actual benefits; in addition, Jin is a big country after all, we must also grasp the degree.