It has a territory of thousands of miles and millions of armies.
Hearing that the scribe with a sinister look in front of him was speaking so wildly, exaggerating the strength of Yuguo to this extent.
Although Yan Yi felt a little impossible, looking at the faces of everyone in the tent, he felt faintly proud, but felt that what he said seemed to be true.
So that's what it means? The strength of this royal country is not as simple as one imagines, their strength is extremely powerful. I am afraid that only the powerful empire in the west, Qin, can rival them in the world!
Thinking of this speculation, Yan Yi was shocked, but he quickly gathered his thoughts, kept all his disdain in his heart, and did not dare to show it, but changed to a more respectful demeanor.
"This, of course, my Majesty is not questioning the emperor of the imperial country. It's just that when I first heard this title, I was shocked and lost my mind!" Hearing Jia Xu's questioning, Yan Yi quickly apologized with a smile.
"Okay, Jia Aiqing, don't embarrass General Yan. I see you scared him. General Yan, I wonder why you came here on behalf of King Yan this time. What's the important thing?" Jia Xu seemed to want to stop him, and even more As a sign of further questioning, Zhong Yu spoke directly to Yan Yi and asked straight to the point.
"His Royal Highness Prince Jing, I came here this time to represent King Yan and seek peace with the imperial kingdom!" After hearing that Prince Jing had already asked about business, Yan Yi put away all his thoughts and turned to said seriously.
"Oh, asking for peace? Why is this? As far as the lonely king knows, Yan State has more than 100,000 troops in the capital at the moment, and there are tens of thousands of defenders staying in various places. There are even 100,000 border troops on the border. In total, there are He has 300,000. His strength is not inferior to that of our imperial army this time. Why should we surrender like this?" Zhong Yu said jokingly.
"Your Highness, please don't make fun of me. Your Highness must be aware of the situation in Yan State. The garrison troops from various places stay in place to maintain order and cannot be mobilized at all. The border troops must stay with officers to guard against the barbarians in the north and the foreigners in the south. We can't mobilize the troops to invade. With more than 100,000 defenders in the capital, they can't even protect themselves. How can they have enough energy to fight against the Yue army?" Yan Yi said with a wry smile.
However, he revealed the current situation of Yan State completely without covering it up at all. He knew that the enemy in front of him knew the situation of Yan State better than he did, and there was no use in covering it up.
"That's right. That's all. King Gu won't embarrass you. You said that Yan wants to ask for peace, but what price can Yan give? How about letting King Gu's 300,000 troops evacuate? You know, mobilizing a large army costs a lot of money. There are quite a lot of them, but without a satisfactory result, they just retreat, and the morale of the army is difficult to stabilize!"
Seeing that Yan Yi had directly pointed it out and even put the current weakness of Yan State directly in front of him, Zhong Yu did not pretend anymore and asked directly what kind of benefits Yan State could give him to allow him to retreat. .
"In addition to plundering Shang County in Liaodong, His Highness's army is going out this time to plunder the population and enrich His Highness' country!" Yan Yi asked slowly, but he was trying to test whether his guess was correct.
"Yes, Gu Wang Yu's country covers an area of tens of thousands of miles. In such a vast area, the population is naturally sparse, so I want to come to Yan Kingdom to plunder and enrich the territory of our Yu Kingdom!" After hearing Yan Yi's question, Zhong Yu did not hide anything and directly Speak up.
Anyway, in these circumstances, a person who is interested can find out the information by just sending some spies to the territory of Yuguo and conducting a careful investigation. It is of no use now.
"Since Your Highness needs a population, our country, Yan, is willing to export 200,000 people to support the imperial government in order to persuade Your Highness to retreat!" After hearing his guess, it turned out to be true, Yan Yi felt relieved and spoke his mind. condition.
"No, 200,000 people is too few. It's not even enough for my army. We need 500,000 before our army can give in!" After hearing this number, Zhong Yu flatly refused. Then the lion opened his mouth and asked for 500,000 at once. Are we talking about business anyway? Continuous discounts and price reductions are the right thing to do.
"Your Majesty, if 500,000 is taken away, our country, Yan, will be no different from destruction. How about 220,000?"
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After some debate, Yan Yi finally reached a consensus with Zhong Yu. Yan State sent out a population equal to Zhong Yu's army and asked them to withdraw 300,000 people.
After the Yu Kingdom gained the population, it also withdrew from the three western counties of the Yan Kingdom and retreated to the three occupied Liaodong counties. The two sides took the currently occupied borders as their territory, and signed a peace treaty not to invade each other.
Moreover, the Yan State must ensure that the people sent to the Yu State and their families are the strong men who are serving as soldiers for the Yan State.
It must also be sent to the Yu Kingdom to ensure that the Yu Kingdom gets these people and there is no problem of being controlled by the Yan Kingdom.
Fifteen days later, Zhong Yu, on behalf of the imperial kingdom, built a high altar with King Yan of the Yan Kingdom under the city gate, swore an oath, and offered sacrifices to heaven. They each agreed not to offend each other, and signed this covenant, which made countless officials and people of Yan State shed tears.
And Zhong Yu also achieved his goal.
With the signing of this covenant, the war that attracted the attention of countless countries and forces from all over the world came to an end and ended with the disastrous defeat of the Yan State.
After this raging war, the strength of the Yan State was greatly reduced, less than half of what it was before the war, and it would no longer be known as the hero of the Warring States Period.
Outside Jidu City, on a nearby hill, a woman in blue with white hair and a beautiful figure was standing on the top of the mountain looking down into the distance.
A covenant is being signed there that is destined to affect the fate of the world. And this covenant is closely related to the appearance of this woman, indicating that he should come in person to witness the birth of this covenant.
"What kind of person is he? In the midst of talking and laughing, he destroys people's countries, attacks armies and destroys cities, all without any disadvantage!" This was the Snow Girl in Feixue Pavilion who witnessed the beginning of this war with her own eyes.
Similarly, Prince Dan of Yan, who had been rescued by Concubine Yan and escaped from the battlefield on the city wall of Yan State, also had a sad face at this moment. Tears fell uncontrollably from his eyes, and he looked down with great pain. His father, the king of the Yan Kingdom, had signed this extremely insulting covenant with his deep-rooted enemy.
"Things won't end like this!" Yan Dan said this through gritted teeth.
And above the sky, there are several red machine birds hovering, and Master Ban and other leaders of the Mohist family are sitting on them. At this moment, they are also staring closely below.
They don't know where this sudden appearance of the imperial kingdom will lead to the chaos in the world
And somewhere unknown, there are countless people with countless eyes closely watching the establishment of this covenant.
The Yin-Yang School, Confucianism, Taoism, Famous School, Qin State, the other seven countries... all the countless forces in the world came here. They had a premonition that this newly emerged country would bring new mist to the world. The direction of fate became chaotic again at this moment.
(End of chapter)