Beirong threw down 20,000 corpses under the city of Caozhou before withdrawing from Yunzhou and retreating to Liangzhou.

However, the casualties of the infantry of the Longxiang army under Ji Qingchen were even more heavy than those of the Beirong people, with nearly 20,000 killed and more than 8,000 wounded.

The difference between the two is that in addition to combat effectiveness, the Beirong cavalry has no wounded, and they go out to fight, and they will either die on the battlefield, or they will survive and continue to ride horses, otherwise all the injured will be executed, so as not to slow down the marching speed of the army or expose their goals.

Because of this, the Beirong cavalry were eager for strength and victory, and they also had the belief that they would die in every battle, so that they would rather die in battle than let their comrades end their lives because of their own injuries.

However, the Dayan army attached great importance to the problem of the wounded, and was rarely able to discard the wounded.

Therefore, in the several sieges between the two, Dayan defended the city and had an absolute advantage, but the casualties were always higher than those of Beirong.

After four siege battles and two cavalry battles, a total of 50,000 casualties and foot soldiers were killed, and only 70,000 of the nearly 120,000 cavalry remained, with 100,000 casualties, which is equivalent to nearly 20,000 casualties in each battle.

In the meeting hall, after summarizing the battle, the generals of the Northern Liao Army were full of laughter.

At the beginning, in the face of 200,000 Beirong iron cavalry, the pressure they were under was not small, and they were even ready to sacrifice, but they didn't expect that everyone under the leadership of Ji Qingchen was six battles and six victories against Beirong, successfully stopping the pace of Beirong cavalry going south, forcing them to Liaozhou, and letting everyone escape from death.

So everyone in the hall is now in awe of Ji Qingchen.

It's not respect or reverence, it's reverence.

Because Ji Qingchen not only showed his resourcefulness in several battles with the Beirong cavalry, but also revealed his cruel and ruthless methods.

"General Cheng, you immediately send the good news to King's Landing and ask for merit for the soldiers." Ji Qingchen glanced around at everyone in the hall and continued, "Also, you write a recital to your father in the name of this king, saying that Wei Quanxing, Xu Zizhang, Xiang Ziyu, Fang Wanqi, Meng Li, and Xu Dachun, the former leaders of the Northern Liao Xingying, have made the first contribution in this war, and I implore him to pardon their crimes and let them continue to serve as the governor of the Northern Liao Dynasty." ”

"No!" Cheng Qianfan agreed.

This time, the First World War settled Beiliao, and the credit was great. As the deputy general in the army of this war, his contribution is naturally not small. With this military merit, he has no problem being promoted to the next level.

So Cheng Qianfan was also very happy in his heart, feeling that he didn't follow Ji Qingchen wrongly.

As for Xu Zizhang, Xiang Ziyu, Fang Wanqi, Meng Li and Xu Dachun in the hall, after listening to Ji Qingchen's words, their bodies shook at the same time, and they were immediately moved to tears, and they hurriedly got up to thank Ji Qingchen, their words were sincere, and they were not pretentious.

To tell the truth, this time they lost the Yanmen Pass, put the 200,000 Beirong cavalry into the pass, and let the 200,000 Beirong cavalry trample on Liaozhou and half of Yunzhou, one-third of Shangzhou, this crime is too big, even if they make meritorious contributions this time, they still can't escape the crime of being imprisoned and descending into the world.

Now Ji Qingchen pleads with Emperor Yan for them, with Ji Qingchen's great achievements this time, Emperor Yan, the Privy Council, and the Ministry of War will definitely give Ji Qingchen face, and will not pursue the crimes of these people.

This is the real reason that moved the five people.

And they did some despicable means when Ji Qingchen first arrived in Caozhou, but now Ji Qingchen not only did not clear them out of the Northern Liao Army, but wanted them to stay in the army and continue to serve.

Just this mind is enough to make them happy and convinced, and they are willing to be driven by Ji Qingchen.

"Xiang Ziyu is admired by the chief manager's mind, Xiang Ziyu has offended a lot before, please forgive the chief manager, and in the future, Xiang Ziyu is willing to be around the biggest manager and driven by the chief manager." Xiang Ziyu said sincerely.

"Fang Wanqi is willing to follow the chief manager and be driven by the chief manager." Fang Wanqi said loudly.

"Meng Li, in the future, I am willing to swear to follow the chief manager, and I am willing to be a sharp sword in the hands of the chief manager and sweep the world." Meng Li said more passionately and proudly.

"In the future, Xu Dachun is willing to carry the flag for the general manager!" Xu Dachun was more direct, and said that he wanted to be a pawn for Ji Qingchen, but Xu Dachun was a brave and righteous person, as long as he said so, he would definitely do it.

"Everyone, please get up!" Ji Qingchen was very calm, but he still couldn't hide his joy, he said happily, "This king can get your help today, and he will be invincible in the future to fight Beirong again." ”

"Your Highness!" The four got up and returned to their respective positions.

"Li Changzheng, how much money and food is left in the army?" Ji Qingchen asked Li Changzheng beside him. Li Changzheng's loyalty made Ji Qingchen use him very much, and handed over the army's money and food to him to manage, which was an important position, a small position, and a large authority.

"The food is enough for the needs of the 200,000 army for half a year, but there are less than 20,000 copper coins left." Li Changzheng replied.

"The casualties of the infantry of the Long Xiang Army this time are very heavy, their families must make arrangements, and their bereavement pensions must also be done, if the money is not enough, the king will find a way." Ji Qingchen said. Seeing Li Changzheng, he nodded in agreement. He said loudly again, "This time the battle will be decided on Beirong, and we don't have to worry about them attacking Caozhou City again before the year." So it's time for the army to rest, you prepare, tomorrow the big shrine banquet, this king will reward the three armies. ”

"No!" Li Changzheng received the order.

……

In the evening, Ji Qingchen, who had nothing to do, came to the small courtyard where Mingyan lived, wanting to listen to Mingyan playing the piano. But when he arrived at the courtyard, he found that there was one more person in Mingyan's room, and this person was Wei Ran, who had not left Caozhou. Wei Ran was very polite when he saw Ji Qingchen, but there was dissatisfaction in his eyes.

"Miss Wei? You seem to have an opinion about this king? Ji Qingchen asked Wei Ran with a smile.

"Your Highness, don't frame Wei Ran, how dare Wei Ran!" Wei Ran subtly shot back.

"This king doesn't know how Lu Dao offended Miss Wei, but looking at Miss Wei's attitude towards this king, it seems that she wants to prepare to pay Bai Xiangcheng and them to beat this king another thirty to thirteen!" Ji Qingchen said with emotion.

Last time in the cavalry camp of the Black Eagle Cavalry, Bai Xiangcheng, Wang Yin and others played polo with Ji Qingchen for Wei Ran's money, and beat Ji Qingchen to 30 to 13, so that the team composed of Ji Qingchen and Li Changzheng lost their temper. This also allowed Bai Xiangcheng and them to earn Wei Ran 170,000 copper coins.

Now there is a shortage of money in the army, and Ji Qingchen still told Wei An that he also has the intention of continuing to let Wei Ran hire Bai Xiangcheng and Wang Yin's polo team to play with him, and he is not afraid of being beaten by Bai Xiangcheng and Wang Yin's polo team again Thirty to thirteen, not to make Wei Ran's money, he still has this kind of bearing.

But Wei Ran obviously saw through Ji Qingchen's tricks, and snorted coldly and didn't speak.

The reason why he did this last time was because he wanted to humiliate Ji Qingchen with Bai Xiangcheng's hands.

After all, letting Ji Qingchen lose in front of many Northern Liao soldiers, and losing very badly, this is definitely a shame for Ji Qingchen, who was born as a prince and was crowned the king of Northern Liao, and is also the governor of Northern Liao and the general manager of Xingyuan. Because she felt that the children of royal nobles like Ji Qingchen were very face-saving.

But she didn't expect Ji Qingchen to be an alternative, fighting to the death with Bai Xiangcheng and Wang Yin's team on the court for a ball, but when he was beaten thirty to thirteen, he didn't mind, Ha Luha smiled, and shouted that Bai Xiangcheng would give them half of the money.

This almost didn't make Wei Ran, who was present at the time, half angry. If it weren't for Ji Qingchen's hard work on the court, he would really think that this guy was deliberately releasing water to make his own money.

With such a lesson, Wei Ran naturally learned to be obedient, and she was provoked by Ji Qingchen, and she was no longer impulsive. However, he still said coldly, "Your Highness Wei Ran heard that your performance on the tower of Caozhou City today is indeed much better than on the polo field. ”

"What does Miss Wei mean by that?" How could Ji Qingchen not hear the irony in Wei Ran's words.

"It's nothing, it's Wei Ran's abruptness." Wei Ran said coldly.

"Miss Wei's meaning is understood by this king, but Miss Wei doesn't seem to understand what this king means." Ji Qingchen said with a serious expression, "Since ancient times, those who work hard govern people, and those who work hard govern people. This is an eternal law. Yes, the king did not participate in these major battles, but this does not mean that the victory is not the credit of the king. If it weren't for the king's careful planning, do you think that the 200,000 weak army of Caozhou City alone would be able to stop the Beirong cavalry from moving south? ”

"I can't." Ji Qingchen said sharply, "This doesn't need to be explained by this king, you just need to see how Yanmen Pass was lost." ”

"Your Highness's killing of prisoners and hanging their heads on the city wall, is this also your careful planning?" Wei Ran retorted.

Qingfeng Canyon captured a lot of Beirong cavalry in the first battle, these people were injured and didn't have time to commit suicide, or were crushed to the ground by the war horse, but Ji Qingchen's disposal of them was to cut them off and hang their heads on the tower of Caozhou City. Wei Ran remembered that in Caozhou City, although she had never been out of the city, she still heard about it from the mouth of the domestic servant. felt that Ji Qingchen was too cruel to do this, which was no different from the brutal Beirong people.

Now competing with Ji Qingchen, she couldn't hold back and said it.

"Miss Wei is really merciful!" Ji Qingchen sneered, "Miss Wei always looks at problems so subjectively, but have you ever thought that this king only killed less than 6,000 Beirong prisoners in Caozhou City, but twenty years ago, ten years ago, three years ago, when Dayan and Beirong were at war, how many soldiers did Dayan kill who surrendered?" ”

"These Miss Wei may not know what to do, but have you heard of the 'human wall' outside Yanmen Pass? This is a six-mile-long bone wall piled up with the corpses of the Great Yan soldiers! Have you ever wondered how many of the Great Yan soldiers were killed here? Six thousand? Or sixty thousand? No, it's a fucking three hundred and sixty thousand. Ji Qingchen was furious, no longer as polite as just now, but burst out with a foul mouth, looking at Wei Ran, "Do you know how many 360,000 people there are?" How did they die? After their surrender, they were beheaded by the Pejon with knives. ”

Wei Ran's face was very pale and she wanted to refute, but she just couldn't find a reason to refute. Because the "human wall" of Yanmen Pass does exist, there are already a lot of them, and they are piled up with white bones. The bones on the "human wall" are all the soldiers of Dayan who surrendered in the decades-long war between Dayan and Beirong, and the corpses were piled up there after being cut down, and slowly became what they are now.

"Miss Wei, this king doesn't want to say anything to you today, I only want to tell you one sentence, the kindness to the enemy on the battlefield is cruelty to oneself, my Ji Qingchen would rather go north to the infamy of the butcher, and definitely not allow some prisoners to return to Beirong, and next time pick up the sword and kill Dayan's soldiers." Seeing that Wei Ran's expression was still very stubborn, Ji Qingchen, who was not in a good mood, snorted coldly, ignored her, and said to Mingyan who was cautious on the side, "Mingyan, play a tune for this king." ”

"Yes." Mingyan agreed.

Hurriedly poured a cup of tea for Ji Qingchen, who was already sitting on the couch, and served a few plates of snacks, then retreated to the desk and began to pluck the strings.

The melodious sound of flowing water suddenly wafted in the warm spring-like room.

"Your Highness, please take your time, Wei Ran has taken his leave." In the face of Ji Qingchen's reprimand, Wei Ran couldn't hold back and didn't cry in front of Ji Qingchen, but he didn't want to take it anymore, so he said goodbye and left.

After Wei Ran left, Mingyan played a few more tunes, and when Ji Qingchen asked her to sit down and rest, Mingyan said timidly, "Your Highness, Mingyan has a reluctant request, and I ask Your Highness to agree." ”

"What's the matter?" Ji Qingchen asked, it was the first time he had seen Mingyan pretend to have the courage to make a request to him.

"Your Highness, Mingyan wants to give the night pearl given by His Highness to Sister Wei Ran, I don't know if it's okay?" Mingyan whispered.

"Because Sister Wei Ran likes this bead very much, saying that they also have a few in their family, but no matter how much she begged her grandfather, her grandfather just wouldn't give her one." Mingyan said, seeing that Ji Qingchen was silent not far away, "If Your Highness doesn't agree, you will treat Mingyan as nothing, and please don't be angry." ”

"The beads are yours if you give them, so give them away!" Ji Qingchen smiled, "However, don't give her the beads that this king gave you, you can take another one from the box and give it to her." ”

Mingyan is not confused by selfish desires, in order to make Wei Ran get what he wants, he is willing to give Wei Ran the priceless beads, and Ji Qingchen is very satisfied with Mingyan's appearance and not greedy for money.

"Your Highness, don't want to smoke, it's enough to give this one of your own to Sister Wei Ran." Mingyan said with trepidation.

"What this king gives you, you can keep it yourself!" Ji Qingchen comforted, "Take another moment and give it to Wei Ran, originally this bead belonged to theirs." ”

After Mingyan said this, it made Ji Qingchen sort out one thing that he had been thinking about recently, that is, he didn't understand what it was before Wei Ran didn't deal with him after he arrived in Caozhou City this time, and he wanted to fight against him everywhere, targeting him, now he completely understands, Wei Ran is so originally for these beads!

However, he can also understand Wei Ran's mood, he can't get the things in his own home, but he gives half of them to others in one go, and this matter will not be happy for anyone, not to mention that Ji Qingchen is still in vain.

"Your Highness!" Seeing that Ji Qingchen insisted on letting Mingyan take a bead to Wei Ran and leave her own one, Mingyan was sometimes excited and sometimes sweet in her heart, her cheeks were crimson for a while, and her delicate lips were like a cold plum in the wax moon, which made Ji Qingchen on the couch excited.