A few days later, Fan Chen and others returned with the remnants of the soldiers. He went to see Nie Qing for the first time regardless of the injury.
Nie Qing was much thinner than before, and the clothes he wore before seemed empty.
When the other party stepped forward to help Fan Chen up, Fan Chen could feel how thin the other party's hands were.
Fan Chen said with red eyes, "The guilty minister is ashamed and dare not stand up. The lord has been too thin recently, so I dare to ask the lord to take care of himself."
How could Nie Qing really ask Fan Chen to plead guilty
According to the limited information, Nie Qing carefully read the content of the battle of Zhanjiang Pass, and knew that Fan Chen could not be blamed for the defeat.
At Nie Qing's insistence, Fan Chen stood up tremblingly and sat down on the mat.
Nie Qing carefully inquired about the details of the Battle of Zhanjiang Pass, and Fan Chen naturally knew more than the messenger.
After listening to Fan Chen's objective description, Nie Qing's already pale face was even more ugly.
"I can't blame anyone for this defeat. I can only say that we were one move short of chess, and we were used against the odds."
Nie Qing also knew that if he could win the battle of Zhanjiang Pass, it would be equivalent to forcibly opening the gate to Dongqing. Another part of Jiang Pengji's troops was dragged by Yang Tao and could not be returned in time. Taking advantage of the opportunity, it may not be possible to fully accept Jiang Pengji's power, which is a pity.
Fan Chen said ashamedly, "This matter is still the incompetence of the culprit. If Liu Xi could have been killed before the battle, maybe not..."
He detailed the story of Jiang Pengji leading a sneak attack but stepping into a trap.
Because Jiang Pengji appeared on the front line, Fan Chen was sure that Jiang Pengji did not discover their plot, and he never warned Wei Xian.
This is also the main reason why Fan Chen feels so guilty.
If he had discovered something was wrong earlier, if the soldiers and horses he commanded could kill the thief, the result would have been different.
Nie Qing was silent after hearing this, before saying, "Using himself as a bait, this Duke Lanting is also a lifeless person."
This kind of courage and courage, not to mention Nie Qing, I am afraid that no hero in the world would dare to act like this.
However, when Nie Qing knew that Fan Chen was leading the ambushes twice as many as the enemy, he was defeated in the end, and his expression was very complicated.
Fan Chen also said that when Jiang Pengji alone was worth half the army, Nie Qing suddenly felt a strong sense of powerlessness.
The statement that Jiang Pengji was the son of destiny became stronger and stronger. Rao was Nie Qing who didn't believe it before, but he couldn't help but be shaken now.
He evoked a sarcastic arc and sneered, "How do mortals fight for their lives with heaven."
The number of fate is simply powerless, just like Beichen hundreds of years ago.
The ancestors of the Beichen royal family were just small princes who commanded 30,000 to 20,000 troops, but their opponent was a giant who was about to conquer the world. There should be no suspense. As a result, meteorites and floods fell from the sky. , let the ancestors of Bei Chen pick up the cheap.
Manpower is sometimes exhausted, and the will of God is difficult to do.
How do mortals fight for their lives with God
"My lord, why can't mortals fight for fate with heaven? The first lord never feared this when he was alive." Fan Chen looked a little sad and aggrieved, and said bluntly, "If the heavens really ordered Liu Xi, why bother to set off this troubled world? , causing countless people to die because of this? It would be better to drop the dragon chair directly in front of Liu Xi and let her become emperor directly. Wouldn't it be more convenient and quicker? What is the destiny, whoever wins in the end is the destiny It’s impossible to say the number of fates! Liu Xi has been preaching that she is favored by the heavens, is it not just that he wants to disintegrate our war will and let us directly bow to her
These words fell into Nie Qing's ears, but they seemed to be deafening and inspiring, making him free from his depressed mood.
"You're right... You mustn't admit defeat so easily."
If he submits to the enemy who indirectly killed his close relatives, and then returns to the underworld, what face will he have to see his father and father-in-law
Seeing this, Fan Chen secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Although he cheered up, the situation would not improve because of this. The forces that depended on the Nie Clan were restless, and the Nie Clan also wanted to split and become independent. Grandpa Nie's prestige was useless, and the few remaining elders began to have thoughts that they shouldn't have.
Starting from Grandpa Nie, Nie Qing belongs to the fourth great-grandson of the Nie family, and does not have an advantage in terms of seniority.
What made him depressed the most was that there were also Nie Qing's grandfather and Nie Liang's father among this group of people, who tried to use blood filial piety to oppress Nie Qing to hand over power and soldiers. Nie Liang cleaned up a group of ambitious elders and generation before his death, omitting this biological father. No matter how ruthless Nie Liang was, he couldn't even beat his father. He just sent people to threaten and frighten him, so that his father didn't dare to have any thoughts he shouldn't have.
Nie Liang's calculation is quite comprehensive. He is sure that Nie Qing's army and horses are strong, and even his grandfather would not dare to use Qiao as a demon.
No matter how hard it was, Nie Jun was defeated so badly, and that ambition came alive again.
Fortunately, Nie Qing's attitude was tough, but he didn't let the other party succeed.
Even so, the situation that had finally calmed down in Zhongzhao became chaotic again.
The little princes who were afraid of Nie's family took advantage of the situation and divided up the fat that Nie's family occupied. All of Nie's family wanted to take this opportunity to seize power from Nie Qing's hands. , Nie Qing felt that he was sitting on a flat boat, surrounded by a vast ocean, the wind roared, lightning and thunder, and the stormy waves were going to tear him apart...
"We take a comfortable rest for a while, so that Zhongzhao's internal fighting can consume it."
Because of the chaos in the imperial edict, Jiang Pengji took the opportunity to pack hundreds of spies to inquire about the news, and every once in a while, she could receive freshly released gossip information. As Qi Guanrang and others analyzed, Zhong Zhao is now in a mess. Even though they all knew that Jiang Pengji was the biggest threat and should form an alliance to resist her, only a few of them shouted slogans and did not put them into practice.
"All of them are a group of mediocre people with short-sighted eyes." Jiang Pengji knew that people are profit-seeking, and wished that one person could take all the benefits of the world alone. There are only a few people who are truly clear-headed and can resist the temptation of profit. "Before dying, they only think about Own… "
No matter ancient or modern, it seems that this kind of talent is the majority.
Jiang Pengji remembered a mission in a previous life to get a confidential document from an overseas planet where a war broke out.
The rebels, the civilian army, and the official government army fought each other and were hostile to each other.
When Jiang Pengji passed by, the civilian army gathered firepower to besiege a first-tier city occupied by the rebels.
When the city was broken, there were not many rebels who resisted, and more rebels went to make peace, murder, drink, fight, gamble...
Even if the crisis is approaching, most mediocre people still look after their own interests instead of learning to unite and fight the enemy to the death.
I don't know if it was the influence of awakening, Jiang Pengji felt that it was becoming more and more difficult to meditate recently.
"Is there any progress in Zhangzhou?"