Chapter 1014 Destroying a Country in Passing

"I once heard that,

Back then, Zang Fuzi entered Yanjing to threaten the Yan Emperor with the severing of the dragon vein, demanding that the Yan Emperor cease hostilities. In response, the Yan Emperor generously said:

Come, come, quickly sever this dragon vein for him to see. After he's done looking, he still has to approve the memorials.

I once heard that,

A Qi Refiner from the Qian Kingdom's back mountains traveled west across the lands of Zhuxia, reaching the Northern Sealing Prefecture, and discovered a treasure trove destined by the heavens, which he informed the old Lord of the Northern Garrison;

The old Lord of the Northern Garrison left a will, instructing Li Liangting to be buried in that location. However, when the Qi Refiner revisited the treasure trove many years later, he found no tomb standing above it, but instead a pigsty, with the pigs raised specifically for the侯府祭祀 (hou fu ji si, ancestral rites of the noble household).

I even witnessed with my own eyes, the Jingnan Prince's heir leading his Embroidered Uniform Guard to form a battle array on the shore, while a shaman attempted to forcibly probe his aura with incantations, only to suffer a backlash and lose his mind. He claimed that the Jingnan Prince's heir carried a restriction placed by his father, a means as uncanny as ghosts and gods.

It was truly eye-opening,

I never knew that the previous generation's Great Yan Military God possessed an arcane technique surpassing even shamans."

Here,

Xie Yu'an paused,

Glancing at the blind man beside him, he continued:

"Today, I've also witnessed Your Highness forcefully ascending to the Third Rank with the aid of the heavens.

This is true ambition,

A true unyielding spirit that looks down upon ghosts and gods, even the heavens themselves.

This Great Yan,

First, there was an Emperor and two Princes, breaking the deadlock;

Then, there's a successor supporting the current situation, while the Regent Prince wields the knife and treads the world beneath his feet.

Outstanding talents emerge one after another, and they are all truly upright and heroic figures.

Then I think of our Chu Kingdom, whose ruler is always flirting with the Fire Phoenix spirit, and the Qian Kingdom's back mountain, which has been there for a hundred years, and even the current Prime Minister came from there.

Compared to all of this,

This,

How can it compare,

And how,

Can it be stopped!"

The blind man smiled,

Pointed to the sky,

And said:

"Do you think the sky is that big?"

Xie Yu'an retorted, "Isn't the sky big? Everywhere you look, it's all under the sky."

"On the ground, there are mountains, rivers, magnificent landscapes, people, beasts, demons, the clash of swords and horses, and also poetry and literature, so many flavors and wonders.

But the sky, is so dry and boring that it makes you drowsy.

Big but empty, what's the point of this kind of bigness?"

A smile crept onto Xie Yu'an's lips as he nodded and said:

"Thought-provoking."

"You think the sky is big because you fear that patch above your head. This matter, from a different angle, cannot withstand scrutiny.

No matter how big the sky is, no matter how high,

It's not as solid as the ground beneath your feet.

What's the point of something so high and so far that you can't touch or feel?

Earth dragons rolling, rivers bursting, and raging winds howling can all cause heavy casualties;

But have you ever seen the sky,

Truly collapse and crush someone to death?

In the end,

It's just a paper tiger,

Not worth revering."

"An agrees wholeheartedly."

Perhaps it was because this great victory was almost certain, and there was no need to worry anymore;

Or perhaps the Xie clan and the post-war Chu Kingdom's situation had already been decided, and there was no need to consider it any further;

Having witnessed the Prince scolding the heavens and entering the Third Rank,

Xie Yu'an, who had always been somewhat effeminate, was rarely so bold, and his mind opened up accordingly.

This opening was no small matter. The blind man's previous exchange, the blind man's words, seemed to fall into his heart.

What he was talking about was not the sky, but everything above his head.

The sky is a paper tiger, so what is the so-called Son of Heaven, the so-called supremacy of imperial power?

"North, after this battle, An would like to follow you, North, and study by your side for a period of time."

The blind man frowned slightly;

Xie Yu'an was a little stunned. From any point of view, his pursuit of North would be beneficial to both North and the Prince's mansion. He really didn't know why the other party would obviously show resistance.

"Are you willing to blind yourself?" the blind man asked.

"Uh..."

"Heh heh."

The blind man smiled, waved his hand, and said, "In the future, we can exchange letters. Your father's health is not good, and the Xie clan cannot do without you."

"Yes, this disciple understands."

The reason why the blind man resisted Xie Yu'an coming to his side was that a long time ago, the Demon Kings, including the Master, had teased him with Xie Yu'an, always saying that they were very similar.

In temperament, personality, and... means;

Even the habit of peeling oranges to feed people was exactly the same.

It's a pity that Xie Yu'an's eyes are normal. If he were blinded, he would really be the second blind man.

"Mr. North, what do you think the general trend of the world will be after this battle? It is easy to conquer the world, but difficult to govern it; it is easy to share hardships, but difficult to share wealth."

"It's still early, don't worry, there are a lot of trivial matters, there's plenty to be busy with."

The blind man seemed unwilling to say too much on this topic,

But he still reminded him:

"That Emperor of Yanjing deserves the four words: wise and martial."

The Emperor's martial prowess does not refer to his own martial arts, but to the martial "achievements" of the country he governs.

In the current situation,

From the collapse of the Great Xia more than eight hundred years ago to the present, rounding it up, adding the title of "Emperor of the Ages" is really not a bit of boasting or exaggeration.

Especially in terms of controlling people,

The Emperor can be said to have deeply inherited the true teachings of his old man.

The blind man even felt that if the Emperor were to become one of their Demon Kings, this Majesty would probably be the one to lick the top spot every time.

"The Emperor is too far away, and this little one has never seen him."

"In the future, you will see him."

If the Xie clan wants to become a Prince of the Great Yan Dynasty, they will definitely enter the capital to pay homage to the Holy One.

"But the Son of Heaven will not stand before me like today, wielding a sword." Xie Yu'an said very seriously, "I recognize the general trend under this black dragon banner, which cannot be reversed from tonight.

But since I have to kneel,

Why not choose one that makes me kneel willingly and comfortably?"

"Very good."

The blind man nodded, very satisfied with Xie Yu'an's "obedience".

"So, is there this opportunity?" Xie Yu'an asked.

"Who knows what will happen in the future, but because we don't know, we have to make more preparations."

"Understood."

...

When the hooves of Liang Cheng's Pixiu crossed the mountains on the border between Qian and Chu, it was already destined for the result of this battle... which concerned the Yan-Qian situation and even the final situation of the entire Zhuxia.

The black torrent, like a flood, swept away the Qian army.

The Qian people's defeat was unavoidable. The great fear brought about by the great defeat caused almost half of Jiangnan to surrender at the mere sight of the Yan army in the following month or so.

When the Yan cavalry passed by the city, they, who were originally responsible for other tasks such as searching, chasing, or scouting, were forced to open the city gates by the Qian people inside, who couldn't wait to surround and block them, and then rush to surrender.

It can be said that wherever the Yan army pursued the defeated Qian army, they received surrenders. In many cases, the Yan army couldn't even spare extra troops to take over the city, so they could only let them change the flag first, and then select officials in the city to represent them to Jinghai City to see the official... and more importantly, to pay homage to the Prince.

The advantage of establishing a puppet court is here. When the building is about to collapse, it gives the surrender faction a justifiable reason;

As long as they feel at ease, they will be reluctant to die;

Of course, it can also be said that they are reluctant to die, and deliberately find peace of mind for themselves.

More or less the same,

The "court" in the temporary palace outside Jinghai City, which had gone through several twists and turns and had been thoroughly purged and was very deserted, soon returned to its former state after a major defeat of the Qian army:

"The righteous are in abundance."

Military force certainly cannot solve all problems, but it is enough to make most of the problems disappear directly.

In this great battle, which has been called the "Battle of Jinghai", the scale of the forces mobilized by both sides was actually much smaller than the previous national wars.

The force used by the Yan army,

Even if the Chu royal guards and the Wu family navy, who had initially formed an alliance, then betrayed, and then betrayed again, were included,

It was only about 200,000 in size.

If the Qian army included the county soldiers in Jiangnan with their poor combat effectiveness, it would be more than double that, but the direct descendants of the so-called four great generals of the Zhongxing era only amounted to about 200,000.

Therefore, in terms of scale,

Whether it was the battle between the two Northern and Southern Princes to open up the Jin Dynasty more than ten years ago, the great battle between hundreds of thousands of Yan cavalry and hundreds of thousands of Three Jin knights;

Or the first Yan-Chu national war, in which both sides had a total force of over a million, and they were constantly suffering along the Zhennan Pass;

The current battle cannot really rank at the top in terms of scale, but the problem is that this battle directly wiped out the results of the Qian people's efforts to rebuild for more than ten years.

Unlike back then, when the Northern Yan army invaded, they invaded. As long as the three borders were still there, the Yan army would have to retreat again after invading, and then rely on Jiangnan to transfuse blood and rebuild the north.

The problem now is that half of Jiangnan has already been lost, either passively or actively, and the Qian army's field elites have been killed or wounded.

The foundation has been dug up by others,

How can you continue to rebuild the house?

The Wu family navy went north against the current, this time they didn't dare to wait and see, and directly invested heavily, taking the initiative to fight the Qian navy;

Then, the Wu family navy was defeated.

But at the same time, Liang Cheng personally led a part of his troops, seized the opportunity, and burned the Qian navy's warships that had just repelled the Wu family navy and returned to the寨 (zhai, stockade) in Yishan Water Village.

The Wu family navy reorganized and continued to go north, cooperating with the Yan army to completely contain the Qianjiang waterway, which was equivalent to cutting off the connection between the Jiangnan area and Shangjing, and the entire Qian Kingdom north of it.

When this battle report was sent back to Jinghai City,

It caused an uproar among the new dynasty.

Because no one knows better than the big Jiangnan Qian clans and officials the importance of the Qianjiang waterway to the entire Great Qian, which is almost strangling the Qian Kingdom's neck.

For this reason,

Zhao Yuannian, this official, also led his subordinates to hold a heaven worship ceremony on a small mountain near Jinghai City.

The official first worshiped the heavens,

Then worshiped his ancestors;

The official and his ministers cried out, 老天开眼 (lao tian kai yan, the heavens have opened their eyes), and finally snatched back the country from the hands of the traitors, and the Great Qian was able to correct its roots.

Of course, as for what the ancestors in the ground think... the living have never cared.

Moreover, after the Heaven Worship Ceremony, Zhao Yuannian, this official, also personally named this mountain "Mount Tai", imitating the Regent Prince's old events.

Later, after being reminded by a Jiangnan scholar, he was worried that it would have a different meaning from the Regent Prince, so he added two strokes,

Called

"Mount Tai the Second".

...

"Mount Tai the Second, what the hell."

The Prince looked at the memorial in his hand, and was also speechless for a while.

The blind man smiled and said: "It's just that the flattery is a bit stiff, but this is also art. Stiff flattery looks 滑稽 (hua ji, comical), but sometimes it can be more effective."

The Battle of Jinghai has passed for some time.

Zhao Yuannian can mess around with his increasingly large makeshift team,

But others don't have that much time.

Xie Zhuyang left the troops to his son, and first returned to Chunan to formally break away from the Chu Kingdom's court.

The sword maker also brought the Prince's promises to the Dugu clan and even the Great Chu noble system back to the Chu Kingdom;

With the Xie clan as a barrier in Chunan, and the local influential factions headed by the Dugu clan embarking on a second boat, even if Zheng Fan can't free up his hands to settle accounts with his eldest舅哥 (jiu ge, brother-in-law), his eldest brother-in-law now has no ability to make any waves, and he may really have to face the situation of the tree falling and the猢狲散 (hu sun san,猢狲: macaque, a band of macaques scatters when the tree falls).

As for Jiangnan, which is further west, Jin Shuke pursued the defeated Qian army all the way west, and a large number of Jiangnan towns surrendered one after another.

However, Jin Shuke is, after all, a calm and steady commander, and did not greedily advance rashly. After expanding a large area of safe territory for the Qian puppet dynasty in Jinghai, he stopped advancing, as if he was a showy thug.

In the case of insufficient troops left behind by other Yan troops in the north to guard Jiangnan, this can greatly guarantee the puppet dynasty's survival and the stability of the situation.

In other aspects,

Liang Cheng's army cooperated with the Wu family navy, went all the way north along the Qian River and then turned west, and the military force had already approached the Qian Kingdom's capital, but did not choose to continue to go deeper, but regarded himself as a knife, hanging over the Qian people's Shangjing.

"Those two stinky brats are really going crazy."

There are a total of four memorials on Zheng Fan's desk.

The first memorial is about "Mount Tai the Second", don't mention it;

The second memorial is about Tiantian and Zheng Man.

Chen Xianba, Tiantian, and Zheng Man each led an army, and at first they all went to the northwest according to Zheng Fan's military orders, with the intention of making a big havoc in the Qian Kingdom's stomach.

But these three stinky brats seemed to be completely enlightened this time, or the turbulent situation in Jiangnan has already affected most of the Qian Kingdom. In this situation, everyone feels that the sky has fallen, and the will to resist is even weaker.

As a result, the three of them became more and more courageous, and more and more radical. While fighting, they accepted the surrender of the local Qian army. One by one, the Qian treacherous troops under their command were more than the main force.

Tiantian and Zheng Man merged into one army, broke through three prefectures, and all the way to Xishan Prefecture, which is the old home of the Xishan Army. As a result, they encountered tough bones there. After all, although the main force of the Xishan Army was no longer there, the tradition of the people's strong customs was still there. Several civilian rebels and several old military families organized troops. If it weren't for the lack of unified command and problems, Tiantian and Zheng Man would have almost been wiped out.

Tiantian and Zheng Man, who "survived the disaster", finally stopped their rash advance and began to defend their strongholds and engage in tug-of-war.

But they sent a memorial, which only talked about the front-line war situation in a very small space. The main thing they wanted to ask for instructions was that the Northern Qiang tribes began to actively show their favor to them.

Seeing that the Qian people are not working anymore, the Northern Qiang people are ready to change masters. Of course, they also intend to take advantage of the chaotic situation and rise up.

Chen Xianba's memorial

Is much simpler,

After his army separated from Tiantian and Zheng Man, Tiantian and Zheng Man went to the northwest, and Chen Xianba went to the southwest.

After all, Chen Xianba is indeed too fierce;

His two younger brothers are still in the stage of flirting with the Northern Qiang tribes, and everything is waiting for the Regent Prince to make a decision in the rear;

Chen Xianba directly sent a memorial,

Saying that he was going to marry the direct granddaughter of the Xicai Tusi (native chieftain);

"Look, look, what did Chen Xianba, this reckless fellow, tell me in the memorial? He said that the people had sent their granddaughter to his military tent in advance. The person has been slept by him... and he has slept several times. He even said that when the memorial is on the road, he estimates that he will have to keep sleeping.

Now ask me whether to allow him to get married."

"Hahaha." The blind man couldn't help laughing, "I've also seen the memorial, and he also thinks he has made a great contribution."

"This stinky brat." The Prince shook his head, "I know this stinky brat's脾气 (pi qi, temper), he doesn't like ordinary political marriages."

What Chen Xianba prefers is direct conquest with a horse knife, rather than relying on marriage and political means to complete his goals indirectly. His character is so strong and proud.

"So..." Zheng Fan smiled, "Most likely that Turen (local) woman is extremely beautiful."

He doesn't like political marriages, and he doesn't want to use himself for marriage, unless... the girl is really too pretty.

"This subordinate also thinks so." The blind man echoed, "But, how does the master plan to reply to these memorials?"

"You can reply to the memorial about Mount Tai the Second, I'm too lazy to reply, too 二 (er, stupid)."

"Yes, this subordinate understands."

"Tell Tiantian in the reply that he should use the status of the eldest son of my Great Yan Regent Prince to confer the leaders of the Northern Qiang tribes, one by one, and all of them should be conferred military meritorious marquises. It doesn't matter if the east, west, south, and north are used up, you can use red, orange, yellow, and green."

First mobilize all the forces that can be used, and completely mess up and collapse the Qian Kingdom, which is the top priority at the moment.

Xishan Prefecture is the old home of the Xishan Army, and it is also one of the toughest bones in the Qian Kingdom's territory, so it must be made to take care of itself first.

Zheng Fan doesn't want to wait until he really leads his troops to Shangjing, and a king-defending army can still run out of Xishan Prefecture.

As for the legitimacy, it doesn't matter if it's absurd or not;

He has done the same thing in Xuehai Pass, and the eldest prince directly used a blank imperial decree and a radish seal to go on an envoy to the snowy plains.

Use them first, and then卸磨杀驴 (xie mo sha lu, kill the donkey after it grinds the mill) after using them.

The Qian people have been unable to solve the problem of the Northern Qiang, because the Qian people themselves are not good at it, but the Yan people are good at dealing with fishing and hunting or nomadic tribes. Compared with the Barbarians, the so-called Northern Qiang tribes are just younger brothers.

"As for Chen Xianba, send a reply and bring one of my tokens..."

Zheng Fan conveniently took off a jade pendant from his python robe,

"Just say that this is the congratulatory gift I sent over. The Xicai Tusi is the largest Turen force in the southwest. First, establish a relationship, and stabilize the southwest. I naturally agree.

But in the memorial, you mention the marriage between the eldest prince and the Barbarian princess;

Just say that I hope that Chen Xianba can make a contribution to the harmonious coexistence of the Turen and the Yan people, just like the eldest prince did back then."

The blind man understood,

Said:

"Write two copies?"

"Naturally."

One copy is for the Turen, that is, Chen Xianba's mother-in-law, and there must be a lot of good official words.

One copy is for Chen Xianba, using the example of the eldest prince and the Barbarian princess to warn him that after the eldest prince married the Barbarian princess, the Yan people still wiped out the Barbarian royal court.

The blind man said: "Xianba will know clearly, after all, he has always admired you, master."

"What's wrong with me?"

"You also married the Chu princess, but this does not delay you from attacking Chu again and again, until you beat Chu down."

"Okay, remove the example of the eldest prince and replace it with mine."

"Yes, this subordinate understands."

This fourth memorial was actually sent the earliest, but it came the latest.

Because it took the path of the Secret Intelligence Department, and it was sent from the three borders.

"Ji Lao Liu (sixth) has really invested heavily." Zheng Fan said, holding the last memorial, "The three borders have gnawed off a strip abruptly."

"The Emperor is to support and respond to you, master." In the face of this war result, the blind man had to admit that the Emperor was really giving up for his master this time.

"Well, find a way to reply to tell him that he can take a rest."

The blind man said: "They should have received the battle report here long ago."

"The battle report is the battle report, that guy Ji Lao Liu is the most affected, so he has to reply in my name personally."

"Yes, this subordinate understands."

The blind man put away the memorial, but when he got up, he seemed to think of something, and said:

"Originally, this subordinate thought that after the Battle of Jinghai was won, the master would either choose to continue to 'support the Emperor' in Jiangnan, or lead his troops north and directly force Shangjing, or make a big insertion to cooperate with the Emperor's army to stir up the three borders.

But what this subordinate did not expect was that the master's next instructions were so...猛 (meng, fierce).

Most importantly, it achieved an unexpected effect for this subordinate."

Jin Shuke's army, Liang Cheng's army, the main army, Chen Xianba and their three cubs have two armies. If more troops are allocated to the territory of a country, they will be diluted severely.

But the master decisively chose the strategy of dividing the troops into multiple routes, scattering his fists.

It seems that it is impulsive, but looking at the war results reported, almost half of the Qian Kingdom has entered a "wartime" state, and each route is advancing triumphantly.

Zheng Fan waved his hand, not taking it seriously:

"The opponent's field elites have been defeated, so everything is simple. Taking advantage of this opportunity, quickly expand the war results, and it is the best choice to paralyze him.

To put it bluntly, how many people did the Manchus have when they entered the customs?"

"Yes, this subordinate originally thought that he was not good at military affairs because he was not interested in it and was too lazy to learn it. Now this subordinate admits that he does not have this talent, and even if he learns it, he cannot learn to be as good as you, master, and it will be much worse."

"The effectiveness of this level of flattery is too poor, and it can't reach that point." Zheng Fan smiled and patted the blind man's shoulder.

"This is not urgent, we can take our time. After we finish the war, everything will be calm." The blind man said.

"Um."

At this time,

Zheng Lin walked in, first saluting the blind man, and then saluting his father.

I have to say that after experiencing that night outside Jinghai City and witnessing his father entering the Third Rank with his own eyes, Zheng Lin's attitude towards his old man has changed a lot.

He once looked down on his father because of his bloodline, thinking that he was a "mortal";

But when a "mortal" dares to despise this way of heaven, he is no longer a mortal in the pure sense.

After all, no matter how noble the bloodline is, it will appear humble in the face of a proud soul.

A smile appeared on the blind man's lips. Yu Huaping once said that the master's means of "corrupting" people's hearts are unmatched, and the blind man also thinks so.

It's just that it has always been used externally before. Now that it is used internally, look, doesn't the effect come out?

"Master, you father and son talk, I'll go get busy first." The blind man excused himself.

After the blind man left, Zheng Lin looked at Zheng Fan and asked:

"Father, we are not going to Shangjing, are we?"

"Your godfather Liang is leading the army to hang around Shangjing, which is enough. Our little army can move freely in Qian now, but if we run to Shangjing to attack the city, it won't have much effect.

You should have heard what I said to your blind godfather outside. Can you understand it?"

"I can understand. Father doesn't want to care about the gains and losses of one city and one place, but wants to paralyze the entire Qian Kingdom and achieve the complete disintegration of the Qian Kingdom."

Jiangnan has Zhao Yuannian's puppet dynasty, which is growing stronger.

The southwest Turen and the Northern Qiang tribes will also take advantage of the situation to rise up and respond to the Yan people;

Liang Cheng's army is eyeing the Qianjiang River upstream of Shangjing;

The three borders have long been fighting fiercely.

The entire Qian Kingdom, east, west, north, and south, is actually in a state of war everywhere, and there is turmoil everywhere.

"Well, it's good that you can understand."

"But son has one thing he doesn't understand."

"Say it."

"What exactly is our army, the army carrying your royal flag, doing here?"

Other armies are either fighting or on their way to fighting, but his and his old son's army has been stationed here for three days.

They don't go north to the three borders, or go west to meet Chen Xianba and Brother Tian, or go east to take a look at Shangjing, they just stay in this empty and vacuous place.

Zheng Fan noticed that his son was just asking, although the tone was still the same as before, it was not to complain.

He reached out and touched the back of his son's head, signaling him to walk outside.

Zheng Lin's mouth twitched habitually, but he didn't care about his old man's face. He followed his old man out of the commander's tent and walked north for a while. This is located in the middle of the commander's tent area and the military camp area.

At this time, thousands of Qian people who had been captured from the nearby area were holding hoes and other things, and had just finished their digging work.

Liu Dahu also came over at this time and reported:

"Master, it's been arranged properly."

"Is the change big?" Zheng Fan asked.

Liu Dahu said: "It took a little effort to reconfirm the location, but it has been dug up now."

"Um."

The Prince nodded and walked to a small high platform built in front. Zheng Lin followed behind him.

On the high platform, there is an offering table with incense candles and other offerings.

Zheng Lin saw his own mother, personally bringing some refreshments to enrich the offering table.

Then,

Zheng Fan walked behind the offering table and stood still.

Zheng Lin saw his mother stand next to his father, so he also walked over and stood on the other side.

But his mother leaned slightly and looked at him,

Reaching out and pointing forward,

Said:

"Kneel over there."

"..." Zheng Lin.

Although he was very surprised, although he was very puzzled, although he did not understand, Zheng Lin had always been filial and obedient to his mother from the bottom of his heart;

Therefore, the son of the world still walked to the front of the offering table, that is, the edge of the high platform, and knelt down.

Below, Liu Dahu ordered that the Qian people who were originally on the side were driven out, and the Embroidered Uniform Guard marched in formation and stood next to the large pit that had been dug very deep.

Liu Dahu took off his saber,

And shouted:

"Take off your sabers!"

"Yes!"

All the Embroidered Uniform Guards threw their sabers on the ground.

Then,

Liu Dahu squatted down, and other Embroidered Uniform Guards either squatted or knelt on the ground, and used their hands to dig the soil out.

Then,

The Embroidered Uniform Guards kept sending the dug out identity tablets to the front of the high platform, that is, in front of the son of the world.

In a short while,

The identity tablets in front of Zheng Lin had become a pile, and on the other side, identity tablets were still being dug out constantly.

The son of the world naturally knew what this was. It was a tradition of the Yan army. If it was inconvenient to collect the corpses on the battlefield, they would collect the identity tablets, mark the deaths, and provide a basis for pensions.

Subconsciously,

Zheng Lin looked back at the back,

And found that at this time, his own father, who was standing behind the offering table, had an indescribable solemn expression on his face, an expression that he had rarely seen.

Even when he was surrounded by the Qian army in Jinghai City before, his father could still have the leisure to feed the goldfish.

On the high platform,

The son of the world was performing a kneeling ceremony,

The Prince's wife personally burned incense;

I still remember that night,

He sat on a chair and watched the Yan children throwing their identity tablets into the pit in front of him, and finally knelt down collectively and shouted:

"We are willing to die for the Prince!"

The Prince has fought many battles, and he has long been accustomed to accepting the necessary preparations for sacrifice on the battlefield in order to achieve the overall victory.

He even told 阿铭 (A Ming, a name) when he was sitting in the attic in the city when the Qian army attacked Jinghai City, and said that he felt a little numb.

But this is different,

The people buried here... are different.

Strictly speaking, they are dead in battle, but they are not dead in battle;

They simply... died for themselves.

It has deviated from the category of so-called wars between countries,

Not for military merit, not for capturing cities and territories, not for any glory and wealth,

It's more like a Jianghu gang who values righteousness and is willing to stab himself in both ribs for his brother,

For their eldest brother,

To carve out a bloody path.

Zheng Fan never denies that he is a very double-standard person. After all, having seen life and death, it is difficult not to take it lightly, not to underestimate it;

But only here,

He has never been able to let go.

In recent years, he has often dreamed of them in his dreams, dreaming of them shouting "We are willing to die for the Prince" again and again.

The "Prince" here is not a title, but refers to Zheng Fan himself.

Because what is the significance of the Prince's position, halo, and the rewards he can bring to them in the eyes of those who are about to die?

The Prince opened his mouth and shouted:

"Son, didn't you just ask me why I brought you here instead of going to Shangjing?"

Zheng Lin turned his side and looked at his father.

The Prince smiled:

"Your dad, I, came here specifically to pick them up this time.

Then,

By the way,

Destroy Qian."