Seeing Fan Yu again, Zhou Bian was also a little excited, and couldn't help trotting forward, panicking that Ning Yue and others followed closely behind him, and couldn't help shouting, "Slow down, be careful of slippery roads!" ”

And Fan Yu was also startled, hurriedly ran over, and knelt directly on the ground, "Your lord, Fan Yu is fortunate not to be dishonored!" ”

Zhou Bian immediately stretched out his hand to help him up, "It's good to come back safely, it's good to come back!" ”

Since Zhou Bian crossed over, although there are a lot of courtiers, but Fan Yu is the only one who has always been by his side and can be regarded as a friend, so thinking of the worry just now, Zhou Bian couldn't help but reveal his true feelings, but he didn't expect that in his future career as king, Fan Yu, as an indispensable general, will inevitably continue to embark on the journey alone, do you have to worry so much every time?

Ning Yue on the side stretched out his hand to support Zhou Bian, "King, it's cold outside, and it's snowing, let's go back to the house and talk!" ”

The group then walked back to the royal family's residence in the palace, and when they entered the house, the monarchs and ministers sat down, and Fan Yu even told a series of things after he led the troops away yesterday. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

When it came to meeting the Marquis of Qi, everyone sighed, but after everyone analyzed, they came to the conclusion that the "Marquis of Qi" on the chariot was not the real Marquis of Qi, because even Fan Yu was aware of the problem in those actions. Even if he didn't meet Fan Yu, Qi Hou would definitely be able to escape, but he didn't know who this capable minister was, or who he was.

And when it came to meeting Gongsun Or, the young general of Wei, it caused the monarchs and ministers to laugh, and they praised Fan Yu for successfully provoking a fight with Gongsun Or is a clever move, obviously this is to buy time for the Marquis of Qi, but it is Gongsun or the first move, so when Fan Yu slightly shyly raised the worry that Wei Hou was to blame, Ning Yue spoke to reassure Fan Yu, because Gongsun may not tell Wei Hou that he delayed the pursuit of Qi Hou because of the battle, even if he said it, Wei Hou can't blame it, but with Gongsun or Liangzi, this time it was completely settled.

However, Fan Yu didn't care at all about the bad relationship with Gongsun He, anyway, after those few arrows, Fan Yu had already classified Gongsun Or as a mortal enemy, how could he care about this more battle?

In fact, what the royal family and ministers thought was not wrong, Gongsun or the original withdrawal from the battle and then hurried south, but never saw the shadow of a Qi person again, and searched until dark that night, and then had to find a small village to settle down. The young man was vigorous, so on the second day, Gongsun or braving the snow walked another twenty miles to the east, and his subordinates were so frozen that they were afraid of sleeping in the wilderness.

When he rushed back, as soon as he remembered that he had fought inexplicably with Fan Yu of the royal family, Gongsun or was extremely depressed in his heart, and he couldn't wait to run to Wei Hou to complain immediately, but in the afternoon, after asking the Marquis of Ming to be in Puyang City, seeing that he was getting closer and closer to Puyang City, Gongsun Or's heart became more and more calm.

Gradually, calm like this long snowy day, cold and quiet, finally, the young Gongsun or figured it out, even if he listened to the Hou Ye, in the absence of definite evidence to prove that Fan Yu deliberately prevented himself from chasing after the Hou of Qi, the Hou Ye would definitely not do anything to the people of the royal family, so after taking a deep breath, Gongsun or decided to hide the fight with Fan Yu, rather than annoying the Hou Ye, it was better not to take the initiative to report. In fact, to be selected as an important personal guard of the Marquis of Wei and appear on some big occasions, what is needed is not only the relationship and ability, but also a cool head.

However, it is indeed as the people of the royal family think, at this time in Gongsun Or's heart, he has a deep hatred for Fan Yu, after the three arrows forced Fan Yu to offend the Hou Ye, Gongsun Or only remembered that there was such a person in his heart, and he did not pay attention to it at all, and at this time Fan Yu had risen to Gongsun Or's number one enemy.

Let's put aside the affairs of the royal family and the Wei people on Puyang's side, and then look at the southern border of Qi at this time, among Zhenyi, the Marquis of Qi, who has calmed down, is in a two-zhang square palace, back and forth, walking non-stop.

This two-zhang square hall is already the most luxurious and spacious room in this underdeveloped small town, although the stove burning in the corner successfully keeps the cold out of the door, but Qi Hou's body and mind are still cold.

Hundreds of thousands of troops, what kind of ascension and oath were at the beginning, what kind of spirit went south, but why was it all in just a few hours?

The joy of escaping was actually passed quickly, and Qi Hou, who returned to reality, immediately realized his situation, although in the heavy snow, the Wei army would not chase and kill, but the hundreds of thousands of troops were gone, and only more than 200 people from Tian Ji were still with him, and then there were more than 200 soldiers, where are the remaining hundreds of thousands of troops? Will they all be able to escape the pursuit of the Wei army? Will they survive in the snow and ice?

Even if you don't pay attention to human life, the lives of these hundreds of thousands of people, Qi Hou still has to pay attention to it, the small soldiers in Zhen Yi are sent out one after another, but the morning has passed, but a small soldier has not returned, there is no news, this is the worst news, Qi Hou in a hurry, can only walk around the hall, and look at the Tianyi and Yi Shou on the side A few pairs of eyes are spent.

At noon, he finally persuaded the Marquis of Qi to eat lunch, and Tian Yi cautiously asked, "Your Majesty, can you let the last general go out of the city to find out the news, no matter what, the last general is still better than those soldiers in Zhen Yi!" ”

"Not allowed! When you're gone, who's going to guard the widows? ”

At this time, Qi Hou was actually more fragile than anyone else, and he had already left a psychological shadow.

"In this way, take a few of your strong soldiers out of the city, they are still more reassuring than the Yi soldiers." After thinking about it, Qi Hou spoke, and did not forget to squint at the Zhen Yi guard, and the meaning of dissatisfaction and warning was not concealed.

panicked that Zhen Bing, the guard of Zhen Yiyi, fell to the ground with a thud and kowtowed repeatedly, but at this time, Zhen Bing's heart was scolded, didn't you say that General Tian Ji's soldiers were tired in the morning, and Zhen Yi's soldiers had to be familiar with the local road conditions, so they sent the soldiers out of the city? And this snow is falling, the road is difficult to walk, not to mention, the sight is extremely poor, it is good to go out and walk back, what news do you want to bring back, how can it be so fast? But in this case, Zhen Bing can only rot in his heart and will never be able to speak.

In the blink of an eye, another afternoon passed, although the snow was falling outside the house, and the house was warm like spring, Tian Ji still felt that his head was swollen, because this afternoon, his lord was already in front of him, and he didn't know how many laps he had walked back and forth.

Finally, before dark, several of the eunuchs hurried into the city, and before they had time to shake off the snow on their robes, let alone change their shoes and leggings that had already been soaked in ice water, they were brought directly to the king.

In the face of this supreme ruler of the Qi State, whom they usually admired but could not meet, these eunuchs did not have the slightest excitement to meet the leader, because they walked twenty or thirty miles west of the city without seeing a single Qi person.

The news was very bad, but Qi Hou still waved his hand and let them out.

The two groups of soldiers in succession did not bring any news, and Qi Hou's face became more and more ugly.

However, the last group of Yi soldiers finally brought the news, they were heading north, and they found Qi soldiers north of Zhenyi and brought these Qi soldiers back. Useful information was finally brought back, but these lucky soldiers were not treated well by the supreme ruler at all, because after seeing the few Qi soldiers who were brought back, they were driven out by the excited Qi Hou with a wave of his hand, and perhaps from the moment they turned around and walked out of this small hall, their master had forgotten their merits.

What Qi Hou didn't expect was that these Qi soldiers were actually sent out to look for him, and most importantly, these were a few personal guards, and they looked very familiar.

It turned out that the Marquis of Qi was chased that day, and after separating from the army, the already chaotic Qi army was even more chaotic, all the people only knew that the Qi country was in the east, so they ran desperately to the east, the soldiers could not find the commander, the captain could not find it, and I don't know how much it ran away, and how many people trampled to death.

Of course, there are also some generals, such as the captain of the personal guard, who are still leading the army to look for the traces of Qi Hou, but they are looking in the wrong direction, so they have never been found yesterday. In the end, all these routs broke their own battalion, and then carried the officers and soldiers who remained in the battalion, and continued to run eastward together, as for the wounded and sick in the battalion, it was unpredictable to live or die.

It wasn't until it was almost dark that the Wei army stopped pursuing, and the running army gradually quieted down, and slowly some generals began to gather their subordinates, but it was difficult to count the number of people in the dark, and some generals couldn't find each other. On the second day, that is, in the early morning of today, when they woke up in the morning, the generals woke up their subordinates who did not freeze to death, shouted, and soon contacted the rest of the generals.

The panicked generals were in a hurry, and they didn't know what to do for a while. As the saying goes, a snake can't do without a head, and a group of people panicked, but soon someone came out to take the lead, and that was Gongsun Qiu. Although Gongsun Qiu is still very young, as the grandson of the previous monarch, his status is the highest. So soon dozens of hundred-man squads were sent out, not only to find Qi Hou, but also to inquire about the news of the Wei army, but the direction they were looking for was to the west or southwest and northwest.

Then the remnants of the assembled army marched in the direction of Maling. However, before the army started, Gongsun Qiu also did one thing very carefully, that is, he took Duan Ganpeng into custody, in his words, it was Duan Ganpeng who suggested that the whole army at that time caused the situation of the collective collapse of the entire army, so Duan Ganpeng had to be detained and waited for the prince to deal with it.

But on the way to the march, there was a person who was dissatisfied with Gongsun Qiu's treatment of Duan Ganpeng, but due to the different statuses, He Chang, the chief of the guard beside Qi Hou, couldn't say anything, but thinking of the importance that the prince attached to Duan Ganpeng, He Chang still touched Duan Ganpeng's side and secretly asked him for advice, where did the prince flee to.

Others can not care whether the prince lives or dies, but he can't, because he is the chief of the guard, if the marquis of Qi is finally confirmed to be dead, then he will definitely be buried, so whether it is useful or not, He Chang is extremely humble to Duan Ganpeng and whispered for help, so it didn't take much effort, He Chang got two possibilities for the king, one is to cross the Pushui and flee to the south, and the other may be Zhenyi in the south.

So He Chang immediately sent two small teams of guards to look for them directly in these two directions, not delaying time on the road, and sure enough, he met the guards sent by Zhen Yi, and soon, these lucky guards were the first to see their prince.

After learning that the situation of the army was not very good, Qi Hou waved his hand depressedly and signaled these people to rest in the afternoon, lowered his head and began to ponder.

However, Tian Ji, who had been beside Qi Hou, was a little restless, although Tian Ji and Duan Ganpeng had no personal relationship, but Tian Ji knew that this time he was able to make a contribution to save the driver, thanks to Duan Ganpeng's guidance, so when he heard that Duan Ganpeng was detained at this time, Tian Ji was naturally uneasy.

After hesitating for a while, Tian Ji finally stammered a little,

"Your Majesty, Duan Ganpeng's handling is a little inappropriate, right?"

"Well, what did you say?" Qi Hou, who was in deep thought, came back to his senses.

In a panic, Tian Ji hurriedly knelt on the ground, stiffened his neck and said, "Your Majesty, your subordinates think that although Duan Ganpeng finally suggested that the army retreat, the collapse of the whole army was not just caused by this, and since this campaign, your subordinates have heard your grandfather's general Zhong often mention that Duan Ganpeng has unique insights and is quite talented, so your subordinates think that Duan Ganpeng should not be detained." ”

"Oh, you said Duan Ganpeng, the few people didn't hear clearly. Don't worry about this, Duan Ganpeng is talented, and the widow knows, but now that the widow is still there, Duan Ganpeng should be fine, so there is no need to worry. Qi Hou reacted, but then said with a smile.

"In fact, when it was critical yesterday, only Duan Ganpeng knew the meaning of the widow, so he put forward a proposal for the whole army to retreat, but it was actually for the widow to share the worries, the widow was very clear in his heart, and Duan Ganpeng was also very clear in his heart, hehe!"

Tian Ji didn't understand this, but Tian Ji didn't ask it, it's always bad to have too many questions, Tian Ji, who was born in a big family, knows the reason.

"Tian Ji Aiqing, tomorrow immediately send a few strong soldiers to Maling, let Maling's army send 2,000 people to pick up the widows, this Zhenyi city is small, and the widows will rest in Maling City the night after tomorrow." Qi Hou then commanded.

"No!" Tian Ji replied yes loudly.

Another three days have passed, the early morning of Malingyi is still very cold, although the snowflakes are smaller, but Qi Hou is not in the mood to enjoy the snow scene, because today, Qi Hou who came to Maling learned the statistical results of his generals, more than 100,000 troops, now there are less than 30,000 people left around Malingyi, it is estimated that in this snowy day, the rest of the officers and soldiers can survive a few thousand, it is good, it can be said that this southern expedition, the Qi army was completely defeated by the Wei army.

But what can be done? And on the desk of the Marquis of Qi, there is also the armistice agreement of the Marquis of Wei, the war was meant to stop, so this agreement is just a formality on the surface, but the most important thing in the actual content is the compensation treaty.

The Marquis of Qi looked at it carefully over and over again, in fact, there are only two major articles in this treaty, one is to compensate for the loss of the Wei State, these goods are not a very heavy burden for the Qi State, and the other is to recognize the hegemony of the Wei State, and must also promise to respond to the call of the Marquis of Wei in the next year's alliance of princes to meet the Son of Heaven together.

It is said to be a visit to the Son of Heaven, but this alliance is not simple, it is obviously a common witness to the moment when the Marquis of Wei was named the chief of the princes by the Son of Heaven, and flattered Wei as the leader of the alliance. Since the meeting of Huangchi more than a hundred years ago, there has been no such grand event for many years, but I didn't expect it to be Wei Hou who came to this point.

After thinking about it for a long time, thinking of the siege of Han Du, the defeat of the Qin army, and the loss of the 100,000 troops around him, Qi Hou sighed, and finally picked up the lacquer pen and officially signed his name on the agreement.

Finally, this hurried battle of Qi and Wei ended with the complete defeat and compromise of the Qi state.

And then there is another problem facing Qi Hou, that is, how to ensure that the remaining 30,000 people can survive this winter safely.