"Report, general, His Majesty the Emperor has the latest decree!" Several people dressed as messengers quickly ran towards where Zhang Liao and others were, and the soldiers along the way gave way.
Zhang Liao and others looked at each other, obviously not knowing what the order from His Majesty was at this moment. After all, the battle has been completed and the enemy troops have been wiped out. It seems that there is nothing major that they need to do.
Tens of meters away in front of Zhang Liao, the loyal guards stopped him even though the envoys in front of them said they had the emperor's orders.
For them, protecting the general's safety and searching for potential dangers are their highest orders and responsibilities.
"Let him come up!" Zhang Liao's voice fell, and several guards obeyed the order and moved out of the way.
"What are your orders from your majesty?" Zhang Liao looked at the envoys in front of him. They were dressed in light and simple clothes. They were not formal orders. It seemed that they were just conveying some oral instructions.
"Your Majesty has an order. Zhang Liao will behead all the corpses of the enemies on the battlefield and bring them back to the capital of Yan State to build a palace to frighten the defenders! After the order is passed, it will be executed immediately without any mistakes!" The leader of these envoys, with a serious look on his face, announced this order and took out several seals from his arms as proof of his identity.
After receiving the certificate from the envoy, Zhang Liao verified it carefully and found that it was indeed a seal commonly used within his empire. It was impossible for ordinary people to understand it. Only a high official of the third rank or above of the imperial court could see this kind of seal. The seal in front of him was It is impossible for a few people to cheat.
"I'd rather bother the envoy to go back and report that Liao and others will definitely carry out the order and dare not disobey it!" Zhang Liao softened his tone and said to the envoy.
"Okay, let's talk about it. Your Majesty, General, has made such a great contribution. After you go back now, Your Majesty will definitely give you a reward, which really makes us envious. Now that the order has been conveyed, we will take our leave. I wish the General more meritorious service!" After finishing speaking, After saying this, the envoy turned around and ran towards Zhong Yu's camp. !
"It seems that it is really His Majesty's order. Sure enough, anyone who dares to offend and insult His Majesty will hardly have a good end, even after death..." Xu Huang said and sighed.
"Okay, gentlemen, as a minister, it is not the proper behavior to criticize the emperor. We should hurry up and carry out the task!" Zhang Liao heard this and interrupted quickly. If he continued, it would be treason.
"That's it, that's it. I made a mistake!" Xu Huang also woke up and was sweating a little behind his back.
"Send the order, order the soldiers to behead the enemy and bring them back to the camp!" Zhang Liao said to the guards beside him.
After receiving the order, the personal guards immediately went to deliver it. As the order was passed to each soldier, the sound of popping sounded again on the calm plain!
When Zhang Liao and others returned to the camp, it was already dark, but they had no time to rest. They still had a task to complete.
Taking the heads that had been pickled on the way, he threw them one after another in front of the gate of Yan State. Ji had eight gates, and thousands of them were thrown in front of each gate. Head.
Although one head is small, when the number reaches thousands, when piled together, it is already more than ten meters high, like a hill.
These are not the main things. What is more important is that the most elite 30,000 troops in Yanguo City were all killed within less than a day after leaving the city. He also brought his head back and placed it in front of his door to demonstrate. This was an extremely serious blow to the morale of the soldiers in the capital city of Yan Kingdom.
And I am afraid that not only the soldiers at the bottom will have a sense of fear in the Yu Kingdom, but also the upper echelons of the Yan Kingdom will be trembling in their hearts at this moment after receiving the news!
Just like the current Yan Chunjun, after he received the news, he was so frightened that he, who was enjoying the singing and dancing in the mansion, immediately collapsed, and cold sweat broke out on his back.
He quickly sent an order to his men to find General Yan Yi to come over and discuss countermeasures. But before the order was sent out, a notification was received that the general had arrived and wanted to discuss important matters with him.
"Quick, pass quickly!" Yan Chunjun waved away the group of dancers and singers, and sent an order to the guard, asking him to bring Yan Yi over quickly.
The guard resigned.
After a while, Yan Chunjun and Yan Yi sat down separately in the lobby, their faces serious and panicked.
"You heard the news! This idiot Yan Dan has been defeated. The 30,000-strong army had their heads cut off and sent to our door!" Yan Chunjun spoke first and directly explained the key points.
"Yes, Your Majesty, I have received this news, so I came to discuss it with Your Majesty!" Yan Yi replied with a solemn face and a trembling tone.
"With an army of 30,000, and all of them were cavalry, our most elite army in the Yan Kingdom was defeated like this, so quickly!" Speaking of this, Lord Yan Chun felt both angry and deeply frightened. .
"Yes, the strength of the enemy troops outside the city is far beyond our imagination. They have reached an incredible level!" General Yan Yi, although fatuous, still has a certain understanding of basic military common sense. of.
"Then what do you think we should do? If this continues, I'm afraid we won't be able to defend this city!" Regarding this, Lord Yan Chun was extremely afraid. If he lost the Yan Kingdom, he would have nothing.
"Your Majesty, in view of my humble position, we must negotiate for peace at this time. I see the large armies outside the city. It seems that they do not want to destroy our country of Yan. Otherwise, they would not not attack, and even send people to rob the people of our country of Yan!" For villains, observing the situation and protecting themselves wisely are necessary means.
Yan Yi was keenly aware that the imperial army outside the city did not really want to fight the Yan State or destroy the Yan State.
"Oh, is that really like this? Then tell me, what is the purpose of those people outside the city? If you have any demands, tell me. As long as it is not to destroy the Yan Kingdom, I will definitely agree, and I will persuade the king to agree too!" After hearing Yan Yi's words, Yan Chunjun seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw and refused to let go.
"I see that the enemies outside the city have two main purposes for attacking the Yan Kingdom this time. First, to expand the territory, which means capturing the three eastern counties of our Yan Kingdom. They have already achieved this goal, so they did not continue to the west. March towards our three counties in western England!" After expressing his point of view, Yan Yi looked at Yan Chunjun.
"You're right, what about the second point?" Yan Chunjun nodded, obviously he thought so too.
"The second point is what they are doing now, plundering the population. The three counties in Liaodong are vast and sparsely populated, and the places outside the three counties are even more so. So they want to plunder the population of our Yan country to enrich the population. Those places!" Yan Yi expressed his second point of view.
(End of chapter)