Chapter 162: The Chu People Guarding Korea
The northern part of Yan State is full of cold winds, extremely cold. The people here advocate white, probably because this color is close to the color of ice and snow. It is difficult and poor, and even the Hu people are unwilling to come here to rob. The cold wind here has created a group of warriors who are good at drinking, generous and focused on friendship. Wei Wuji probably gets along very happily with the warriors here. In the wars of the princes in recent years, Yan State has been in a weak situation for a long time.
It was even difficult to resist the attack of the Hu people. Fortunately, the overlord of Qi led the help of the princes of the Central Plains, which gave Yan a chance to survive. The land of Yan was barren and the household registration was scarce. In addition, the people in various places were speechless, and it was difficult for soldiers to communicate, which made Yan's comprehensive national strength perhaps not as good as that of South Korea. It is precisely because of this that General Le Yi's extraordinary qualities were seen. He led these insignificant soldiers, poorly equipped and less food supplies to attack Qi.
Compared to the more northern cities, the capital of Yan State, the climate is not that bad. However, at this moment, snowflakes are still falling here. The snowflakes are not big. They fall on the ground or the shoulders of people quickly disappear, leaving only a stain, but the ground becomes muddy and very difficult to walk. The warrior stood in the courtyard, raised the sword in his hand, drank a sip of wine, and then danced the sword, the sword light shone everywhere, swaying with his figure.
The knocking sound interrupted the warrior's sword dancing. The warrior was not angry. He hurriedly put away his short sword and opened the door. Outside the door, there was a young man with dusty face and red face standing. The young man exhaled a mouthful of mist and looked at his friend in a daze. The warrior smiled and hurriedly welcomed the young man into the yard, and said, "Where have you been these days? I'll go to your house, and your father said you've gone far away... You don't tell me."
The warrior enthusiastically pulled his friend, but soon found something wrong. His joking friend and cheerful person became particularly silent at this moment, with sadness in his eyes, and seemed to be numb and he was pulled without any response. The warrior asked him to sit in front of him, looked at him seriously, put the dagger on his knees, and then asked: "Who wants to murder you?"
Hearing the inquiry from his friend, the person who came was touched. He raised his head and looked at the friend in front of him. After a long time of silence, he carefully handed the bamboo slip in his hand to him. He said seriously: "This is the method of keeping cold taught by Ma Fujun. I copied a copy. Please be sure to teach it to the people of Yan State." The warrior was stunned, held the bamboo slip tightly, and said in surprise: "What's going on? Have you defected to Ma Fujun of Zhao State?"
The visitor did not answer his question, but shook his head and said, "Please help me take care of my family."
The warrior was a little scared and hurriedly said, "What kind of thing can't be told to me? You have parents and a wife you just married. Why do you think you're going to die?"
"I have not been able to complete the order of Shangjun." The visitor said, slowly stood up and bowed to his friend. The friend closed his eyes, sighed, and asked, "Are you going to see your relatives at home?" The visitor shook his head, and didn't know what he was thinking, he pulled out his sword and placed it in front of his friend. Then he turned around and walked out of here. The warrior just watched him leave, trying to say something, but he could not keep it.
"You should teach this method to the people of Yan State, but you can't tell them that this is what Ma Fujun taught. You can tell the people that this is the method stolen by the warriors from Ma Fujun. Ma Fujun also killed two warriors who stole this thing for the people of Yan State..." Ju Xing said. King Yan was stunned, stood up slowly, and wandered back and forth in front of Ju Xing. Suddenly, King Yan laughed.
He shook his head and threw the bamboo slips on the table.
"I want to kill him because of Li Fu, Qing Qin and Lejian. Even if I am not a wise king like my eldest father, I am not a villain. Zhao Kuo can tell me about the favorable method to Yan State that is beneficial to Yan State without regard for the hatred between us. How could I frame him like this? You can find the warriors who assassinated Zhao Kuo and pass this method to all parts of Yan State to tell them that this was taught to them by Ma Fujun!"
Ju Xing looked at the King of Yan in front of him in surprise. He stood up and said, "Shangjun, Zhao Kuo is very famous in Yan State. The soldiers are all feeling his kindness and righteousness. If you do this, it will only make his reputation higher. If he leads his soldiers to attack Yan State in the future, how could the Yan people stop Zhao Kuo for you?" The King of Yan laughed loudly, he clapped his hands, and immediately there were beauties smiling and entering from the side, with more than a dozen.
Even in such a cold winter, they were wearing very little clothes. They surrounded the King of Yan, and warriors brought fine wine. The King of Yan drank the fine wine, hugged the left and right, and sent someone to call the musician. Ju Xing looked at the scene blankly, hurriedly pushed away the beauties in front of him, which made the beauties scream. He walked to the King of Yan, leaned over and bowed, and said, "Your Majesty, you must not do this."
"Just do what I said. By the way, you will be the prime minister of Yan State from now on. I will leave the rest of the matters in Yan State to you!"
Ju Xing asked: "What if Zhao Kuo attacked Yan State?"
"Then I will lead the troops personally! drive him out of Yan State!" The King of Yan said, laughing again, hugging the beauty in his arms. Ju Xing was stunned. Looking at the extravagant and ridiculous scene in front of him, he sighed helplessly, turned around and left. After seeing Ju Xing away, Yan King saw the helpless warrior of Yan State standing not far away. The King of Yan shouted angrily: "What are you still standing here?! You have not completed your mission, do you still want to enjoy yourself with me? Go home!"
The warrior bowed deeply to the King of Yan and left the palace.
Until he left the palace, the warrior was a little confused. Should he die?
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In Xinzheng, Han Dynasty, Xiang Xian stared at the Qin army camp in the distance and fell into deep thought. He had known for a long time that Bai Qi would definitely ambush him on the road, but even if he was ready, he did not expect that Bai Qi would actually ambush him as a fleeing Korean. As soon as Xiang Xian entered the land of South Korea through Nanyang, he saw the Korean defeated army being chased by the Qin people. He immediately formed a formation and wanted to let go of the Korean defeated soldiers and pursue the Qin people in the distance.
However, these defeated soldiers were disguised by the Qin people. When they passed the Chu formation, they suddenly launched an attack, causing Xiang Xian's vanguard's formation to be in chaos. The Qin people who later pretended to chase the Koreans directly launched an attack. Bai Qi chose the best time and the best place, so that the Chu army was sandwiched in a narrow road and stepped on themselves. If Xiang Xian stopped the loss in time and blocked Bai Qi's strong attack, he was afraid that the 50,000 Chu people would be annihilated by the other party.
Bai Qi attacked quickly and evacuated very quickly. Xiang Xian was trying to win over the remaining troops and reorganized them again. He learned that the Korean army was ambushed, but he did not dare to support him at full speed. Therefore, when he arrived at the battlefield, the Korean people were killed completely. The Korean general Feng Ting would rather die than surrender and died in a tragic battle. He was surrounded by Qin people's corpses, and he died with his eyes open. Xiang Xian learned that Bai Qi pretended to be the Chu van who came to rescue... He used his usual tricks again and killed the Korean troops.
Xiang Xian returned to Xinzheng with these remnants of defeated soldiers.
Of course, he returned from defeat and died in battle, but he could not get the smile on the King of Han. The King of Han was very angry and gritted his teeth. If it weren't for his failure, Feng Ting would not have died in battle and would not have lost so many Korean soldiers. However, the King of Han held back his anger, because in Xinzheng, there were only less than 20,000 Korean soldiers left, and he had to rely on Xiang Xian to resist Bai Qi.
However, he no longer had any hope for Xiang Xian.
This kind of despair was not only in the King of Han, but also in the Korean people had lost confidence in the war. They hid in the house in horror and did not dare to go out. The same was true for the Korean soldiers on the city wall. Even when they heard Bai Qi's name, they were so scared that they could not hold the weapons in their hands. Only the soldiers of Chu were better and they also had the will to fight. But the problem was that Xiang Xian did not dare to leave the city at all.
After Bai Qi severely injured him, he did not think about attacking Xinzheng. His soldiers, who were missing, occasionally appeared outside the city and disappeared without a trace. Just now, corpses were tied up on horses and came to Xinzheng's city walls. These corpses were sent to Xinzheng from all over the place. They came to ask for help, hoping that the King of Han could save them, and they were unable to resist Bai Qi at all.
Xiang Xian knew that this was Bai Qi's plan to attack. He sent a scout to inquire, but the scout who came back was also tied to a horse, and his head had been cut off. The headless corpse was almost collapsed under the city wall. Some Korean soldiers had already begun to jump off the city wall and committed suicide. Xiang Xian didn't understand, and died because he was afraid of death.
At this moment, Xiang Xian saw several knights appearing in the distance. The knights came slowly towards the direction of the city wall, and they all had heads, not corpses. Xiang Xian looked at them seriously. They were Qin people! Xiang Xian immediately ordered that the generals on the city wall be prepared to face the enemy. At this moment, the knights had already arrived under the city wall where Xiang Xian was. There were only twelve people. The man in the head raised his head high, as if observing the Chu people on the city wall.
The Chu people were not afraid of the Qin envoys. They looked at them disdainfully. The crossbow in their hands was aimed directly at them. The Han people standing beside them had already started trembling at this moment. They seemed to think of the knights without heads. They were trembling, and they also imitated the soldiers of Chu, aimed the crossbow at the enemy under the city, and looked at them in fear.
"We were sent by Wu'anjun to discuss the truce with the King of Korea!" The leader suddenly shouted in Korean.
"Swoosh~~", in an instant, a crossbow arrow shot out from the city wall, and suddenly shot a Qin soldier from the horse's back and fell to the ground, without resurrection. The knights were furious and pulled back one after another. The leader did not retreat, but just looked at Xiang Xian angrily and cursed: "How can the world treat the messenger like this?!" Xiang Xian was also very angry. After looking at the left and right, he was a thin Korean soldier who was only a teenager. He looked around in horror and cried: "I'm not... not intentionally."
Xiang Xian stared at him but did not scold him. He turned around and looked at the head of the Qin knight. He said in Chu language: "The war continues and ends! It should be a matter of negotiation between the kings. As a general of Qin, can Wu'anjun discuss with the King of Han instead of Qin?!"
Chapter completed!