When Jiaodong County was peaceful, and even some small clans in Jiaodong County who belonged to the Zheng clan began to get used to the Bashan Sword Field and the rule of the Chu army, but within the territory of Yan, the Yan army and Yan people were ushering in the darkest days of the dynasty. time.
Within a hundred miles of the Qin-Yan border, the Yan army left more than 300,000 dead soldiers.
Compared with the total number of Yan Qi coalition forces before, the loss of 300,000 Yan troops does not seem to be surprising.
However, from the defeat in Guanzhong to the present, the Yan army in the former Yan-Qi coalition army has left less than 400,000 in total after leaving the corpses of more than 300,000 colleagues.
The most important thing is that a Qin army has quietly separated the Qi army and the Yan army.
What makes the people of Yan want to cry is that from beginning to end, the Qin army used its absolute main force to chase and kill the Yan army.
The army of the Qi Dynasty did not encounter a strong resistance from the Qin Army on the way to retreat.
At this time, the purpose of the Qi army is also obvious-the reinforcements of the Qi army are all reunited in several border towns on the border of the Qi army, waiting in full battle, but they have no desire to attack at all.
In fact, the Yan people also knew that if the roles of the two sides were reversed, the Yan people must have the same idea as the Qi people, to lose as few cities as possible and preserve their army as much as possible.
The strength of the Qin army is not unlimited. When the Qin army abuses Yan and exhausts all its strength, it is impossible to attack Qi again, so the Daqi Dynasty has a chance to breathe.
Beitu City is one of the fortresses on the border of Yanjing. In the past, 50,000 Yan troops were stationed here, as well as tens of thousands of prisoners and hard labor sent here.
However, at this time, Beitu City was almost deserted, not even a dog barking, and occasionally some crows called, which made one's heart palpitating and disturbing.
The entire Beitu City was covered with a thin layer of floating soil, and many courtyards just had their doors ajar, and some courtyards didn't even have time to collect the clothes that were hanging to dry.
All the soldiers in Beitu City, including those prisoners and hard laborers, set off more than ten days ago to meet most of Yan's defeated troops.
It's just that none of these people were able to come back.
All the reinforcements who set off here died in Kushuidu.
It was that battle that completely separated the Yan army from the Qi army, and the general who personally led the Qin army was Bai Qi, the commander-in-chief of the Qin army at this time.
Yan Crown Prince Ji Dan appeared in front of a courtyard.
He looked at the courtyard where the owner seemed to be away for a short time, but in fact the owner would never come back, his eyes were full of sadness.
This is the home of a certain general in Beitu City.
And this general, when he was in Yanshangdu, used to be his classmate and studied under the same teacher as him.
There were more hurried footsteps and horse hooves in the dead streets and alleys.
The sound of horseshoes finally stopped around the courtyard.
Several generals with dust in the gaps in their armor got off their horses and walked into the courtyard silently.
"His Royal Highness."
A general whose face was covered under the armor mask saluted coldly, and said in a cold voice, "You shouldn't have left the army here alone."
Ji Dan smiled bleakly, and said, "Are you worried about my safety, or are you worried about my escape?"
The general was slightly stiff and did not respond for a while.
"I'm just here to pay tribute to the deceased."
Ji Dan took a deep breath, exhaled slowly, shook his head, and said with extremely complicated emotions: "Father still asked Yuan Wu for peace after all?"
The general was silent for a moment, nodded, and said, "Yes."
"What's the price?" Ji Dan also calmed down, looking at the general he was familiar with, but now he didn't even want to remove the mask in front of him.
The general also controlled his mood, and said slowly, "It is Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
"I was the closest person to Zhang Yi before, and I was also the person who was most opposed to attacking Qin regardless of Bashan Sword Field's intentions before this war started. From Yuan Wu's point of view, if there is an accident in Yan , if I replace the father, then the power of Yan will be directed to the Bashan Sword Field." Ji Dan looked at the general with a wry smile, and said, "So he will definitely miss me to death."
"It's just that as a general of my court, looking back now, do you think my objection is justified?" After a pause, Ji Dan took a deep breath and looked at the general pleadingly, "Think again. , Now that I am in the Yan Dynasty, is it more useful to kill me and ask Yuan Wu for peace, or is it better to directly ask for help from the Bashan Sword Field? Keep me and let me go to see Zhang Yi and Ding Ning, regardless of my Yan Dynasty How many people will die in the end, but the ending will not be as bleak as Han Zhaowei."
The general was silent for a long time, shook his head, and said: "But respect the emperor's order, these are not things I consider."
Ji Dan laughed.
His smile was not only full of bitterness, but also a kind of indescribable tragedy: "So General Pan is dead, otherwise, with him, I wouldn't let you kill me. Father is really a fool."
"Shut up!" The general sternly said: "There is a difference between monarchs and ministers. Your thoughts are just your wishful thinking. In the eyes of others, what our Yan Dynasty needs most now is a breath of time."
"Do you think that after taking this breath, the Qin Dynasty will be exhausted, and then the Yuanwu and Bashan Sword Field battles may allow you to sit back and watch the fisherman's advantage?" Ji Dan also laughed sharply, "You stupid people You idiots, if you do this, it will only make Ding Ning and Zhang Yi more disappointed in you, they will never interfere with Yan's affairs, and they will just watch Yuan Wu general Yan get rid of it."
"And the most important thing is not this point." Before the general couldn't help but speak out, Ji Dan went on to say sharply: "The essence of a dynasty is not at all how much wealth, how many practitioners, and how many troops there are. , but whether you have your own backbone. If you kill me in order to seek peace, then this dynasty will lose everything, lose its own spirit, and it will be impossible to even stand up."
The general's chest rose and fell violently.
The same is true for the chests of the several generals beside him, which are so obvious even under the thick armor.
"Stupid."
However, looking at their eyes, Ji Dan knew that their hearts would not change.
"Stupid!"
"It's sad!"
"A good emperor for half a lifetime, but his reputation is ruined!"
"Look how scared you are."
"I will kill myself and hang my head on the tower of the upper capital, so that I can see how the Yan Dynasty perished."
In the repeated mourning, a sword light flew up from Ji Dan's hand, his head broke away from his body, and jumped up with the blood.
Although he was dead, his eyes were wide open and glaring.
These generals bowed their heads, not daring to look into his eyes, they just wrapped his head with a roll of cloth.