Chapter 623: The Jade Seal went north and south
Seeing that Li Nan was silent and suspicious, Wanyan Zongwang hurriedly said for the sake of his life: "For the time being, make beautiful treasures, and help the king for a thousand years." China has lost the deer, and this treasure returns to the north. Children and grandchildren should be cautious, and the world should be Yongchang. Dare to ask General Huo, have you ever heard this poem? ”
Li Nan shook his head slightly and said, "No." ”
Wanyan Zongwang explained: "When Liao Shengzong Yelu Longxu was the emperor, the Liao State reached its most prosperous period, and this person was able to write and martial arts, and this poem was the "Poem of the Seal of the Country" he made. Not only that, in the seventh year of Liao Chongxi, the Liao State conducted a big competition in the imperial examination, and the title of the test question was "Those who have passed on the national treasure are orthodox". ”
"Oh." Li Nan understood the meaning of the other party's words, "You mean to say that the jade seal of the Chuan Kingdom has always been in the hands of the Liao State?" ”
"Not bad!"
Wanyan Zongwang continued: "Shi Jingjiao was assisted by the Khitan army in the Great Northern Tang Army, after Shi Jingjiao broke through Luoyang City, the late Tang Emperor Li Congke carried the national seal to the Xuanwu Tower and burned to death, and this treasure will be extinct in the future. However, after the death of Shi Jingjiao, the son of the Khitan, his adopted son Hou Jin came out of the emperor Shi Zhonggui to ascend the throne, and then, the Liao and Jin went to war, and the Later Jin was destroyed by the Liao State, and this jade seal fell into the hands of the Khitans. ”
Shi Jingjiao broke through Luoyang City, and the jade seal of the country is in Luoyang City, so if you calculate it, the origin of this jade seal is much more real than that that Song Guo picked up from the farmland.
No one would care about the heirloom jade seal, so Li Nan asked, "Then where did you get this heirloom jade seal?" ”
Talking about this, Wanyan Zongwang said proudly: "Emperor Tianzuo fled all the way and led more than 5,000 soldiers to fight with me. At that time, although I only had more than 1,000 soldiers, I still beat the emperor of Liao. Although Emperor Tianzuo escaped again in the end, I captured his son Yelu Xi Nilie of Zhao and the jade seal of the country, and also obtained 14,000 horses and 8,000 chariots. ”
Li Nan didn't ask why you didn't give it to the gold lord Wanyan Agu to fight the stupid words when you got the jade seal of the country, after all, this thing is extremely precious to every ambitious person.
The jade seal is the treasure of the treasure, but also the king of all treasures, because of its existence, has already crossed the category of treasures, it is the symbol of the mountains and rivers of the society.
An emperor, if he doesn't have this heirloom jade seal in his hand, then he is a pseudo-emperor; Even if a leading car sells pulp, maybe the bandit Cao Kou obtained this jade seal, he dares to say that he is a symbol of the orthodox son of heaven.
Li Nan has now killed Yan Zongwang, and the biggest possibility is to cause the Jin Guo East Route Army to be leaderless, and then take advantage of the victory to pursue, but his own ammunition consumption is seventy-seven, eighty-eight, and if he wants to completely annihilate the enemy army, he will definitely have to pay a heavy price.
What's more, Li Nan is not most worried about Jin Bing now, but the people of the Song Kingdom, so he decided that he couldn't let his people fight to the point where they had no power to fight back.
After thinking about it for a while, Li Nan came to Wanyan Zongwang and solemnly put forward his conditions: "Hand over the jade seal of the heirloom country, order your soldiers and horses to return to the north bank of the Yellow River, and this general will let you go." ”
Wanyan Zongwang can also be regarded as a hero, he will never drag his feet in doing things, and he does not let the other party swear by swearing, but said: "Our soldiers and horses crossed the river first, and finally handed over the jade seal in the Yellow River?" ”
"Yes!"
This group of soldiers of the East Route Army of the Jin Kingdom has followed Wanyan Zongwang for many years and is loyal to him. Besides, in yesterday's battle, they also saw the strong strength of the imperial army with their lives and blood, and they were somewhat afraid and homesick in their hearts. Therefore, after receiving the order of the commander, the remaining tens of thousands of soldiers did not make much commotion and began to cross the river relatively calmly.
The crossing of the river went very smoothly, after all, these golden soldiers had just crossed from north to south a few days ago, and this time they were also very proficient.
When all the Jin soldiers returned to the north bank of the Yellow River, Li Nan personally took a small boat to escort Wanyan Zongwang to the Yellow River, and a boat also floated from the north bank.
When the two boats met, they had their own servants to connect the ships with iron anchors, and Li Nan took the yellow brocade cloth bag handed over by Yan Zongwang's henchmen, and saw a luxurious sandalwood treasure letter after the fight.
Open the lid of the treasure box, and there is indeed a four-inch square square pure white and flawless, and the jade seal with the shining treasure light is being placed on the copper table without any dispute with the world.
The seal is engraved with the pattern of five dragons and bonds, the craftsmanship is ingenious, but there is a corner missing, and the gold is supplemented, and the seal is a small seal: "Ordered by the sky, both longevity and eternal prosperity."
Li Nan curiously stretched out his hand to reach out to the jade seal, and as soon as his fingers touched this ancient treasure, he knew that this thing must be real.
The two conditions have been fulfilled according to the agreement, and Li Nan is not a person who easily breaks the promise, so he immediately covered the treasure letter, raised his hand and said to Wanyan Zongwang: "This general is true to his word, the second prince, please go back." ”
Hattori Hanzo and the others withdrew their respective blades, and Wanyan Zongwang, who had regained his freedom, did not want to stay in this dangerous place for longer, and immediately jumped onto another ship.
After removing the iron hook, the two boats separated, Wanyan Zongwang looked directly at Li Nan, and said loudly without humility or arrogance: "General Huo, I hope you will live a long life, and you and I will see each other again!" ”
Li Nan understood what he meant, this was to take revenge in the future, and immediately smiled: "The second prince also needs to be safe and sound, let's have a long talk in the future!" ”
The two boats drifted along the water of the Yellow River, and then farther and farther away, each running north and south......
With a strong long-range attack of the imperial army guarding the Yellow River, Wanyan Zongwang would not be stupid enough to raise troops to cross the Yellow River again, and victory or defeat is a common thing for soldiers, so he did not stay here, and directly led the remnants of the army back to Jin.
Li Nan gathered his soldiers and horses, and after the first battle that day, his 30,000 soldiers and horses still had about 24,000, although there were not many casualties, but the ammunition was running out.
The corpses of the soldiers killed in the battle must not be brought back to their homeland in Lingnan, so Li Nan ordered all the troops to collect dry firewood and incinerate the corpses on the spot.
Li Nan led all the soldiers to the outside of the fire, stood silently, and Pang Xu on the side whispered: "The blazing holy fire, burning my remnants, what joy is life, and what is the pain of death?" For the sake of good and evil, but for the sake of light, joy and sorrow, all to dust. Have mercy on me, there are many sorrows! Have mercy on the world, and there are many sorrows......"
Although Li Nan was not interested in Manichaeism, when he heard this prayer, he still silently recited: "What joy is in life, and what is the pain in death......
Seeing the brothers who died in battle being burned to ashes, no one was in a good mood, and a sense of sadness shrouded in this world.
That night, Li Nan returned to the camp tent, washed up, and took out the Nanmu treasure letter containing the jade seal of the country.
Why did Li Nan never see it, but he could be sure that this jade seal was the legendary treasure?
Just because at that time, after his fingers came into contact with this pure white and flawless heirloom jade seal, he felt that there was an incomparably cool breath in the jade seal entering his body.
Although this breath is cool to the body and mind, it does not mean that the cold hurts people, and it feels as comfortable as drinking ice water in the scorching sun.