Chapter 240: Celebration Banquet
"Kill ......" The beggar army chased after the elite cavalry of the Yan army galloping on horseback.
Thousands of beggar soldiers chased after less than fifty paces, and the elite cavalry of the Yan army had already run away.
"The whole army stopped, and the pursuit stopped." Shi Min let out a loud shout and ordered his beggar army to stop advancing.
Murong Hao led his subordinates to retreat five or six miles, and when he saw that Shi Min really didn't chase him, he couldn't help but sigh that Murong Ke was knowledgeable, and at the same time, he also admired Shi Min's courage in his heart, and secretly sighed why there were no such brave generals in the Great Yan Kingdom.
At this time, it was estimated that Shi Hu had already run away, and there was a beggar army blocking the valley, Murong Hao gave up the plan to pursue and kill Shi Hu, and slowly marched towards the Great Thorn City with his subordinates.
Three days later, the 170,000 army of Zhao State, which was besieging Bintu City, learned that Shi Hu had suffered a crushing defeat in Yecheng, and immediately shook the army's heart, and hurriedly gave up the siege and retreated.
The defenders of Bintu City suffered too many casualties in the defense of the city, and did not go out of the city to pursue, and the hundreds of thousands of troops of Zhao State were triumphantly withdrawn.
In this battle, the army of Yan paid a lot of casualties in order to repel the invading enemy of Zhao, but the casualties of Zhao were even greater, and in general, it was definitely a great victory for Yan.
The victorious soldiers and civilians of the Yan State naturally had to celebrate, and naturally they also had to reward the meritorious soldiers, and many soldiers who made meritorious contributions in the battle were rewarded in different ways.
Although Hua'an's capture camp did not belong to the Yan army, in the process of resisting the army of Zhao State, it made immortal contributions to the Yan State, and rewards were indispensable.
In order to reflect Jin Yan's friendliness, and also to better reward Hua An, Murong Hao let Hua An decide what kind of reward he wanted.
Hua'an was also not polite, and proposed to have three or five hundred good war horses.
Although Murong Hao was a little distressed, there was no shortage of war horses on the grassland, Hua'an bravely entered the Valley of Ten Thousand Wolves and made great contributions to the Great Yan Country, this reward was still acceptable, so he gritted his teeth and was ruthless, and transferred five hundred good war horses from the army as a reward to Hua'an.
Hua'an received these war horses, plus the six hundred war horses captured from the valley mouth of the Ten Thousand Wolf Valley, and the capture camp received a total of 1,100 war horses, which was 700 more than the 400 when they set out from Jiangnan.
It's just that there are more than 1,000 soldiers in the capture camp, and nearly 100 people were killed in battle, and only more than 900 people remain, but people will always die in battle, and this cannot be avoided.
The Great Jin Mission planned to leave when the Zhao army was defeated, but Murong Hao felt that Hua'an's capture camp had made a great contribution, and this was also the credit of the entire Great Jin Mission.
After the chief officer of the mission, Chu Li, gave a few words, he agreed, because he felt that as soon as the army of Zhao retreated, the sailors of Zhao who were cruising in the sea would also retreat together, so that when he returned to Jiangnan, he could directly enter Bintu by land, and then directly enter Jiangnan by boat from Bintu, no longer need to go over the mountains and mountains to walk hundreds of miles of mountain roads.
After deciding on the shortcut to take the Bintu, Chu Fei Pigeon sent a message to all the ships still stationed in Xi'anping to immediately go west into the Canghai Sea, anchor at the Bintu Sea, and wait for the mission.
On the sixth day of the repulsion of the Zhao army, a grand celebration was held in the Great Thorn City, and both nobles and ordinary people took to the streets to celebrate the victory of the city defense.
In the palace of King Yan, a banquet was set up, and King Murong Hao personally posted an invitation, and all the leading figures in Yan Country were present.
In the evening, the banquet was about to begin, Chu Li led the last group of the Great Jin delegation into the Yanwang Mansion, and several people such as Hua'an and Thunderstorm followed behind Chu Li in civilian clothes.
As soon as he entered the gate of the Yan Palace, the prince Murong Jun and the fourth prince Murong Ke went out to greet them together, which can be said to have given enough face to the Great Jin Mission, which well reflected the friendship of Jin and Yan.
Chu Li first greeted Murong Jun for a while, and then took the officials of the mission to sit down one by one according to the pre-arranged positions.
Due to the large number of people attending the banquet, the location of the banquet was chosen in the back garden of the Yanwang Mansion, where the space is relatively large, and there are many pavilions, and there is a large raised stone platform in the middle, which is enough for singing and dancing performances.
Murong Hao and people with relatively high status all sat at the bottom of the pavilion, and the Great Jin delegation also enjoyed this honor, while some people with relatively low status sat in the open air.
The sky gradually darkened, and Hua An's stomach growled, but the banquet had not yet begun, and he had to endure it even if he was hungry.
The servants of the royal palace were busy, bringing plates of delicacies to the table, which were mainly meat, accounting for almost half of the dishes, and even the huge roasted whole sheep were served.
The little girl who served the dishes looked to be thirteen or fourteen years old, white and delicate, beautiful and delicious, which made people can't help but have a coveted feeling, but this is the Yanwang Mansion, and the people who come are all people with status, and no one dares to be presumptuous at will.
At this time, the sky was completely dark, and thousands of candles in the back garden had been lit, but Murong Hao, the king of Yan, had not yet appeared, and the banquet naturally could not start.
Hua An's stomach was already very hungry, and the smell of meat on the table in front of him made this strong hunger even heavier, this qiē was actually his own fault, in order to eat more delicious food at the banquet, Hua An had been deliberately hungry for a day.
The people sitting next to him are all the leading and influential figures in Yan Kingdom, and Hua An is naturally not good at reaching out to eat first, which will make these big people in Yan Country look down.
But his stomach was really hungry, and Murong Hao didn't know when he would come, Hua An smelled the strong smell of meat, and he couldn't stand it anymore, so he left his seat and walked to the place where Yan Guo's subordinates served the food.
Bypassing a corridor and walking to a small tree, Hua'an happened to see a little girl walking slowly with a plate of meat, and suddenly, saliva kept swallowing in her stomach.
"Come here." Hua An's head was hot, and he grabbed the little girl who served the food and pulled her to the back of the small tree.
The little girl was frightened by Hua An's sudden move, she regarded Hua An, who was well-dressed in front of her, as a frivolous person, and just wanted to shout, but her mouth was blocked by Hua An.
"Shhhhh Hua An whispered to comfort the little girl, and looked down to see that there was already cut cooked beef on the plate, and there were dozens of slices.
Hua An hurriedly took a few thickly sliced pieces of meat and stuffed them into his mouth, chewed them gently, and immediately left a fragrant mouth.
"Alright, let's serve it!" After rearranging the slices of meat, Hua An made a gesture and asked the little girl to continue to serve the food.
The little girl looked at Hua An in surprise, smiled at the corner of her mouth, and walked towards the position of the banquet with one hand in her mouth, maybe she had never seen such an interesting person in her life.
Hua An wiped his lips and stood casually behind the small tree, waiting for the next dish.
After a few dishes, Hua An's hunger weakened a lot, he licked his lips and returned to the banquet position.
"King Yan has arrived." With a high shout, Murong Hao, the king of Yan, slowly entered everyone's sight.
"See King Yan." Many guests all stood up and saluted Murong Hao.
Murong Hao waved his hands lightly and motioned for all the guests to sit down, and at this point, the banquet officially began.
At the beginning of the banquet, Murong Hao first toasted the guests of the Great Jin Dynasty to show respect for the Great Jin court, then toasted the meritorious people who had made great contributions to show respect for the meritorious people, and finally toasted all the guests.
All the guests were shocked, and they all returned to Murong Hao, and at the banquet, they were staggered for a while, pushing the cups and handing over the lamps, and laughter and laughter shrouded the entire Yanwang Mansion.
Just as the guests were pushing their glasses, a group of beautiful and moving singers had already stepped onto the terrace and started a charming and enchanting performance.
The personable guests, with their eyes brushed, all looked at the beauties on the terrace, and the delicious food on the table was nothing to them.
The hungry Hua'an was finally able to feast openly, and when the guests had the opportunity to enjoy the song and dance performance, Hua'an tasted all the dishes he liked to eat.
After being full of wine and food, Hua'an also enjoyed the wonderful singing and dancing, and Hua'an watched a lot of singing and dancing in Jiangnan, but compared with the singing and dancing in Liaodong in front of him, it felt completely different.
The singing and dancing in the south of the Yangtze River gives Hua'an a gentle and tranquil enjoyment, while the singing and dancing in Liaodong gives Hua'an a warm and unrestrained passion, which is completely unique.
The officials of the Great Jin Mission were also accustomed to seeing the singing and dancing in the south of the Yangtze River, and for the first time they saw the hotness of the Liaodong girls, their eyes suddenly lit up, and they admired it tirelessly.
At the end of one song and dance, the second song and dance followed, and the various programs made the guests dizzy, and the officials of the Great Jin Mission had a sense of 'mistaking Liaodong for Jiangnan'.
Hua An took a sip of wine, stared at it, and suddenly found that a sword-dancing singer on the stage was very familiar, and when he looked closely, it turned out to be the county lord Murong Yan.
This surprise is not trivial, in Hua'an's impression, Murong Yan is a tomboy who loves to wear men's clothes, I didn't expect her to be able to dance a sword, and she dances decently, quite beautiful, it's really unseemly!
And Murong Yan, who was dancing with a sword, was also constantly looking for something among the guests with the corner of his eye, and after seeing Hua An, he smiled at the corner of his mouth, and frequently sent autumn waves to Hua An.
Hua Anxin was naturally quite comfortable, and stretched out his hand to say hello to Murong Yan from time to time.
The small movements of the two of them in front of the public naturally attracted the attention of many guests, but most of the guests didn't know that the girl who was dancing the sword was the county lord Murong Yan, so they didn't pay attention to it.
Due to the effect of makeup, when Murong Yan first appeared, everyone didn't recognize her, even her own father Murong Hao was almost deceived, but soon familiar people recognized her.
When Murong Hao saw that his daughter actually ran to the stage, he was so shocked that his eyes were about to pop out, but the guests were there, and Murong Hao couldn't stop him, so he had to pretend not to see it.