“…… The most urgent thing is the most beautiful time...... "When human civilization was still in the age of machinery and electronics, a poet once wrote such a sentence, in the youth belonging to Shang Zi, Yan Rin read this poem, at that time, because of recalling his previous life, he couldn't help but feel deeply moved. And now, when he looked at the child with a smile on the corner of his mouth on the screen, the sentence sounded in his mind inexplicably.

The most beautiful time...... Whether it is for the person on the screen, or Yan Rin, who can still watch the record with a leisurely attitude before, from now on, it can only be marked with the "past tense" - at a rare age of ten, Rong Xiu passed the children's test and became the youngest talent in the history of the township in Jingguo.

It was as if the frozen river had melted in spring, and the time that had previously stood still began to flow forward at a very fast speed.

A year later, the eleven-year-old Rong Xiuxiang successfully took the test, and after the fifth place, that is, the youngest Xiucai, he successfully won the title of the youngest person in the place.

In another two years, due to the 60th birthday of the Queen Mother, Emperor Jing opened Enke, and Rong Xiu went to the capital to take the exam.

Thirteen-year-old Jinshi! This is really a big event for the glory of the ancestors, for a while, the Rong family is like a city, the neighbors meet to visit, and the old relatives and old friends don't know how much more they come out. The second elder of the Rong family consciously had a bright face, and he never cared whether the people were familiar with him or not, even the person who should care most about his identity but should not care about these things the most, did show his happiness, and the corners of his eyebrows and eyes faintly showed a look of satisfaction.

However, Yan Rin couldn't be happy!

That's the world he used to be, that's the history that happened in his world! In the beginning, the experience of being too novel and the life without any tension made him forget the impact of the name for a while, but after all, it was only temporary! When the simplest days of joy are gone, and that man's fate is finally "on the right track", how can he smile as simply as those who have received the glory? That man...... What will be the end of the event...... He knows better than anyone on the screen!

However, I know, but there is no way to stop it! That is history that has already happened, and it is an absolutely irreversible end! Yan Rin didn't have any way to prevent this from happening, and even, he had to recall how when he was studying history here, he had written what kind of meaningful political opinions under the full stomach of resentment, and then he was wrapped in remorse, and he wondered in horror what kind of mood the person who had carefully reviewed each of his window lessons was at that time......

However, no amount of remorse and heartache will help, whether it is Rong Xiu in this life or Yan Rin a long time later, there is nothing that he can change. So, after cursing herself and feeling sorry for that person, the only thing Yan Rin could do was to endure the sourness and continue to watch......

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Rong Xiu, who was a thirteen-year-old junior scholar, was only sent to the Hanlin Academy at the beginning of the following year because he was young and did not receive the real shortage, becoming the youngest Hanlin in the history of Jingguo. This position has no power, no authority, and no oil and water to be greedy for, but if you continue on this path, in the end, there may be a stable ending that is not beautiful. However, at the end of this year, by chance, Rong Xiu showed that as a young man among the scholarly disciples, he should not have the skillful martial arts.

Of course, Xiaolou's arrangement would not have such a big flaw, and soon, the fact that a family member of the Rong family, who had now passed away, turned out to be a martial arts master. Speaking of which, this matter is neither a bully nor an illegality, at most there is a qualification to add some after-dinner anecdotes to the leisurely Hanlin Academy, but this time the timing is too coincidental.

Jingguo is not strong, the people are weak and weak, and they are bullied by the surrounding powers, and the DPRK and China are in civil and military opposition, especially in the use of small taxes, and they are even more at odds with each other. Whenever there is a quarrel, the civil officials always blame the military generals for not caring for the people's livelihood and reckless soldiers, and the military generals will scold the civil servants for being greedy and afraid of death, and when the world is turned upside down, they can't help but feel that only they can be regarded as loyal and patriotic, and even if the other party is not a wolf ambition, at least it is a corpse vegetarian meal.

When the news of Rong Xiu spread, it happened that the two sides were arguing again, in order to show that they were not afraid of death, the civilian officials were planning to find some "own family" to wade into the pool of the army, and the generals also wanted to let those guys who could only talk about it to experience the hardships of the soldiers on the spot, and the positions of the two sides reached a consensus on this point...... So after tossing a lot up and down, after comprehensively considering many factors such as talent, position, and position changes will not cause trouble, more than 20 officials were packed and thrown into the military department, as the limelight of rumors in the recent period, Rong Xiu, who was purely an idler before, was naturally among them.

Generally speaking, there seems to be a long distance between having a certain talent and really having a certain talent, and this sentence is fully confirmed at this time - although there are many positions similar to civilian duties such as logistics and intelligence, among the more than 20 people sent to the military department, only seven or eight people can really be entrusted with important tasks.

Among these seven or eight people, Rong Xiu was the most eye-catching one.

It is a well-known thing that martial arts are strong, but even the bow horses are equally skilled, which is somewhat unexpected. What's more, in terms of using troops, Rong Xiu also seems to have a high talent.

Of course, while receiving a lot of praise, Rong Xiu also received at least as many "just empty talk" comments. For people who have never actually been in the military, this is a matter of course. However, this situation did not last long, more than half a year later, Rong Xiu was selected into the Southwest Frontier Army as a partial general, although there was no major battle, but dozens of border friction encounters were defeated. Although there is no great victory in it, the tactics are also mediocre, and there are even examples of success with some small tricks that are not in the stream, Rong Xiu did not get the name of good fighting, but the words "talking on paper" are gradually not mentioned.

Although it is a piecemeal credit, if the time can last for a few more years, Rong Xiu will probably be enough to be promoted to deputy general. However, in this world, some guests never come uninvited—a big battle at the eastern border greatly advanced the time for Rong Xiu's promotion......

In February of this year, Rong Xiu, who was waiting for his seventeenth birthday, received the news that the country had invaded the country on a large scale, and the vanguard troops had broken into the country three days earlier.

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The reasons for representing the country are naturally very grandiose, but in Rong Xiu's view, these reasons are just things that waste time to look at - in the history of mankind, invaders have never been good enough excuses, and for the opposing side, these meaningless words are enough to defend the homeland.

However, for Rong Xiu now, these theoretical things are far less important than practical issues - due to the increasingly serious situation in the east, troops are being redeployed all over the country. After nearly half a year of garrison repairs and diplomatic engagements, Rong Xiu's border city basically dispelled the idea of neighboring countries taking advantage of the fire to loot, so the generals who were familiar with the battle formation here were sent thousands of people to reinforce the east - Rong Xiu was among them. The vacancies left by them will be filled by soldiers who have been urgently trained. At this time, Daiguo's army had already occupied five cities in Jingguo.

When Rong Xiu followed the large army of the Southwest Army to the front line, the number of cities lost by Jingguo had risen to six, and in the face of the strength of the Dai army, the frontline army was scattered, the people were panicked, and the situation could be described as chaos. In this case, although it was an elite soldier who had come specially to reinforce it, the commander did not dare to casually deploy the Southwest Army, which was unfamiliar with the terrain of this place and had no experience in cooperating with the Eastern Army before, to the front line, so he had to issue a military order to let them be used as a reserve on the second line and do some battlefield support work.

This order would be appropriate if it was only aimed at the southwest, but at present, the whole country is coming to the aid, and although only a part of the troops have been drawn from various places, because the base is extremely large, the total amount is quite large. After all of them are dealt with in this way, the number of second-line troops is not far from that of the first-line troops. Probably realizing that this was a real waste, the commander battalion soon issued another order--the adjutant generals of the reinforcements and above led half of the army to stand by on the spot, and the other half, from the partial generals and below, could attack on their own according to the situation, with a view to destroying small groups of invading enemy troops and protecting military assets and the surrounding people, etc., with a maximum number of 800 to 1,500 people.

The reinforcements in the southwest were around 6,000, and after receiving this order, Wang Chuan, the leading general, divided the men and horses into two parts, one part of the Chinese army was retained, and the other part was divided into three teams, which were led by three generals in the army, and the two divisions were changed every month.

Although in the second line, it is not possible to meet the real big battle between the two armies, but in the face of the enemy army that has penetrated deep into the border, it is not difficult to find some battles to defeat it, and in a few months, the total number of enemy troops annihilated by the Southwest Army has been more than 800......

"General Rong is still young in the end, and the things on this battlefield still need to be honed for a few more years."

"A scholar is a scholar, and it looks decent to be in a small fight, but it has to be us if we really meet a tough battle!"

Good intentions or malicious intentions, all kinds of "comments" flew all over the camp, and after a few months, even Wang Chuan's look at Rong Xiu gradually became contemptuous. Although he still let him lead the troops, he didn't give him fixed subordinates except for his own soldiers, and the other two generals always chose the rest, so it was Rong Xiu's turn to attack. Fortunately, Rong Xiu is not annoyed, he still looks like he is safe and quiet on weekdays, and the tasks assigned to him, no matter how they are not glorious, can always be completed.

Rong Xiu didn't care about the screen, but off the screen, Yan Rin showed a wry smile slightly. He didn't have any thoughts of retribution - first, the old man despised the young man, and the generals in the army looked down on the scribes, which was really a common thing, and it was inevitable in any country in all dynasties and dynasties. Second, although such people have some contemptuous words, they are all examples, even if the result of this analysis is indeed to yield Rong Xiu's record, but it is only limited by vision.

Yan Rin's wry smile was actually lamenting the lack of military strength in this Jingguo - although he was not a general or marshal, even Wang Chuan, including Wang Chuan, were all old men on the battlefield, and he only counted his merits by killing the enemy, which was really ...... Lacks a bit of a big picture.

In Yan Rin's opinion, Rong Xiu's credit is actually very great. Although the number of enemies he killed was smaller, he did not know how many key points he had made a contribution. Take Wangjialing's time, for example, hundreds of soldiers were scattered for two days and three nights, just for the enemy's three spies, if they used this effort to do other things, even if it was just to chase and kill some skirmishers who came here in a daze, the number of enemies killed would be more, right? However, Wangjialing is only a few miles away from the city, high but not dangerous, partial and peculiar, there is a deep water in the river, if the enemy really finds out the path, dig the river and release water to flood, only afraid of the army and people in this city, but there is no one in ten survivors. Even if it is a stay here, sending people to garrison it every day, after all, the army cannot succeed, and a lot of manpower and material resources are spent on this day, but it is also a great burden.

Such a war example is not accidental—of course, it is impossible for Rong Xiu to use troops every time it is a matter of strategic importance, but in terms of his intentions, they are all in the same vein. In fact, when it comes to the number of people who can protect the people, and the amount of things that can be used for the army such as grain and grass in the neighboring villages, Rong Xiu is in the first place, and when it comes to the casualties of the side, if he really calculates it, every time he takes out people, those who are killed in battle or injured to the point that they can no longer fight, are almost always the least.

Moreover...... Although he was just watching from the sidelines, Yan Rin couldn't help but squint his eyes - now the share in Rong Xiu's hand has only become eight or nine points, but it is really a treasure of marching......

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Towards the New Year, Marshal Cao Tianhao's confidant, Feng Shan, a well-known general of the Eastern Army, was ordered to go to the Southwest Army on business.

Feng Shan's trip this time was not only the Southwest Army, to be precise, the Southwest Army was only one of the "stops" of his military affairs - the entire rear front, there were two CDs that he needed to inspect and condole. This is of course because the New Year is approaching, but more importantly, Cao Tianhao's previous general order to put the country's reinforcements on the second line is about to reach a critical point in terms of the effectiveness of time.

At a time when the army was in danger and the war was fierce, it was a temporary plan in desperation, but now the front line is increasingly overstretched due to repeated major wars, and the people who come to the aid of various armies are gradually familiar with the battlefield situation, and it is really a great waste to put them in the rear like this. In addition, all the armies came from afar to help, and they were not familiar with each other in the first few months, and the reasons given in the military order were sufficient, but it was nothing, if it was really not used for a long time, it would still be a trivial matter to chill people's hearts, and if it was not good, I was afraid that there would be some trouble. Under this consideration, Feng Shan and several other generals were sent out to visit.

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People from above, of course, who are subordinates, have to do their best to entertain. In the war, I can't afford to eat and drink, but the minimum etiquette is always needed, and everyone knows what General Feng is here to do, and it is even more urgent to leave a good impression on him. So on this morning, all the people in the southwest battalion who had a little qualification were pulled out, and the formation was listed, which did look a little majestic, making such indispensable dialogues as "the general's command is really a good soldier" and "where, where, the general has won the award" Such indispensable dialogues do not sound just polite and cold.

Since he was inspecting the army, he naturally couldn't just look at the array, but after a few glances and a few words of comfort to the soldiers, Feng Shan went to the commander's tent accompanied by Wang Chuan and asked about the detailed battle situation in the past few months.

On the one hand, he ordered someone to present a battle report, and Wang Chuan replied to Feng Shan's words, how good the general was at fighting, and how brave the soldiers were, quite boasting. Naturally, he skipped Rong Xiu's name.

Feng Shan listened, and praised a few times from time to time, but he was not slow at all in his hand, turning the pages one by one, and he finished reading it in a while. Sandwiching his index finger between them, he closed the booklet and raised his eyes to look at Wang Chuan: "General Wang, there is a partial general named Rong Xiu in your army, why haven't you mentioned it?" ”

"This ......" was directly asked about the person he deliberately ignored, Wang Chuan couldn't help but speak, and said with a smile after a while, "This Rong Xiuyuan was born as a jinshi, although he has been trained on the southwest border for a while, after all, the time in the army is still short, and he is afraid that he still has some literary popularity in his temperament, and this is worse in killing the enemy, but with his qualifications, it is not bad, and he has always been conscientious, and he is still brave when he fights." ”

Hearing Wang Chuan say this, Feng Shan smiled: "Where did General Wang think of it." I didn't blame him, in fact, this Rong Xiu ......" He looked at the booklet, muttered for a while, and finally didn't say anything else, turned his face and continued to smile at Wang Chuan, "I don't know if this person can be in the camp right now?" If it is convenient, please also ask the general to arrange a meeting. ”

Although Feng Shan used a consultative tone, Wang Chuan didn't know that this was a military order, but fortunately, he didn't seem to be very guilty when he heard his words, so he stretched out his hand to summon the soldiers on the side and ordered him to find Rong Xiu.

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"You're Rong Xiu?" The slight surprise made the questioning, which should have been just a routine, more real questions that the speaker himself was not aware of--this is not to blame Feng Shan for being surprised, Rong Xiu, who was standing in the barracks, was really ...... It's hard to describe.

Feng Shanjiu has been in the army for a long time, and he has heard many rumors, so he naturally knows that Rong Xiu is a pen from Rong, and he has always thought that a Hanlin, with his martial arts, is just a scholar, just now I read the battle report, and I feel that this person is a military advisor-like figure, but I never imagined that what I saw would be such a heroic young man between his eyebrows. However, if it is said that Rong Xiu is a martial artist, he is not-seeing that his expression and attitude are as straight as the breeze, if he is not in the military tent, and then changes this heavy armor into a Confucian shirt, in the eyes of whoever it is, it is clear that he is a young scholar.

According to the records on the roster, although Rong Xiu was not weak at this time, he could really be regarded as a young man, but at a glance, he looked like a young man who had just tied his hair. With such a baby face, he is very calm - the battle situation is critical, he has been neglected for a long time, his performance is not good, and he was suddenly summoned by Shangfeng...... Together, these things are taken lightly by no one who is afraid, and when they come to him, they seem to be not taken seriously, neither carefree nor arrogant—just this bearing, but like a person who stands up and down.

Generally speaking, such a person who seems to be martial and literate, with a tender face and an old heart, always makes people uncomfortable with how good he is, such a contradiction, but Rong Xiu is not-these many seemingly completely opposite qualities, when they come to him, they are actually combined like nature, if it is really one minus a few points, it will make people sigh that there are many shortcomings in the ointment......

Although Feng Shan thought a lot, his mind was racing, even Rong Xiu, who was standing under the tent, did not see that there was anything wrong with this boss, and respectfully gave a military salute, and he signed up loudly: "The last general Rong Xiu, see General Feng." ”

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Chapter 5 Tuogu

"It turns out that this is Feng Shan." With a wry smile, Yan Rin sighed silently. In his previous life, as the monarch of Yan State, history books were an indispensable part of the course he studied, and a general like Feng Shan, who was an important general in Jingguo, received the comment of "great strength and courage", and was finally posthumously named "Wuzhuang" for martyrdom, which is naturally among the generals who should be understood. And this Feng Shan is the most famous in the history books, and it is also an incident that has completely won him the reputation of "a person of good knowledge", precisely because he discovered Rong Xiu, who later became powerful in Jingguo.

Brave, loyal, and good at discovering talents...... Although he didn't particularly appreciate it, in his previous life, Feng Shan was indeed a "good" general in Yan Rin's heart. It's just that now, he no longer has the same way to place the general's simple appreciation as he did back then.

In fact, Yan Rin didn't understand, for Feng Shan, such behavior was indeed reasonable and even worthy of boasting, and he didn't know that this was the only way for that person to complete his thesis, but just like that, watching that person begin to go to the core of power, to the place where they crushed each other, worked hard, and would eventually get such a bleak ending, he really couldn't be like a complete outsider, admiring the knowledge of the general who officially led him on this road.

It's no wonder that among those girls, the boring topic of the so-called "unchangeable fate" will have a long-term and stable market - for a while, Yan Rin's heart even swelled with such thoughts. He knows everything, he sees the end, but there is nothing he can do to change the outcome. The deep feeling of powerlessness made him anxious and painful! However, he can't run away from it – he must know that person, every experience he has experienced, every feeling! He was no longer a child under that man's wing, and he was no longer even willing to set his goal only to catch up with that man! After knowing the topic that the person had chosen, and after understanding from the name of his first life, Yan Rin knew that he could no longer indulge his innocence. He must see, to hear, to understand, to feel with his heart...... Only then will one day he be able to care for that person, to be considerate of that person, to warm that person—just as that person did to him many, many years ago.

And in order to do this, no matter what kind of pain he has to endure, he must watch it......

Completely unaware of the impact of his current actions on history, Feng Shan's current interest was all focused on this young general who was said to have "only learned a little about the art of war after entering the military department".

"General Rong doesn't have to be polite." Feng Shan replied casually, and opened the booklet in his hand again, "I just read the battle reports in the past few months, and General Rong is really a young man. ”

"The general has won the prize."

"There are achievements here...... Feng Shan smiled and waved his hand indifferently, but he didn't intend to continue the topic, "I don't know what General Rong thinks of the current battle situation?" ”

Rong Xiu was slightly slight. He is a second-tier general, and he is only a partial general, this kind of thing, it seems that it is not his turn to intervene, right? So he thought for a while before he said, "Our army ...... For now...... Slightly downwind. ”

This is the truth, but it is not very good, but Feng Shan did not think it was wrong, but nodded slightly, but paid attention to the emphasis on the word "current" in Rong Xiu's reply, and told him to go on in detail.

"On behalf of the country, he invaded my country's border, he was menacing, there were many soldiers and enough food, and he was extremely familiar with the terrain of my country's border, so he was prepared for it, and it was a sneak ......attack."

With the permission of Shangguan, Rong Xiu suddenly became endless, he first talked about the enemy's advantages, and then said that his own side was insufficient, from the intelligence of soldiers and horses to the logistics supply to the morale of the people, he analyzed them one by one, and he could hear that Wang Chuan Khan on the side came down - Jing Guo went from a general to a soldier, and Rong Xiu said that he was simply inferior to others, if he really judged according to his words, where was it only a slight disadvantage? There is no victory at all! In front of his boss, it is better to talk such nonsense, and it is better to say a word of fear of the enemy, and to be harsh, it is not too much to think that he disturbs the morale of the army! When the time comes, don't say that you will be blamed for not being strict in discipline, if you don't do it well, the entire Southwest Army will be underestimated! He had the heart to stop, but he didn't look like he wanted to blame Rong Xiu, for fear that it would be self-defeating and attract attention, so he had to be worried and cautiously ready to save the scene at any time.

Wang Chuan is here to bear his heart, but off-screen, Yan Rin couldn't help but smile bitterly - he originally thought that the person was used to nature, and he couldn't change his mentality of treating himself as a child, and he would preach a lot on weekdays, but now he looks at him with such qualifications, and he still talks so carefully to the battlefield veteran, this problem, I'm afraid it's innate......

Slander is slander, but Yan Rin agrees with Rong Xiu's analysis - not only is the analysis accurate, but the tactics he gave of "abandoning the city to the enemy if necessary, dividing his forces, and waiting for an opportunity to counterattack", although he can be called bold with his status, but in the end, isn't it precisely this method that Jing Jun can protect half of the country? Moreover, Yan Rin still remembered that when this plan was finally passed, the general Feng Shan in front of him was one of his strong supporters......

"General Wang, I asked you for this person, are you willing to give it up?" After some conversation, Feng Shan had already decided that Rong Xiu was a material that could be made, and intended to recommend him to the Shuai camp to listen to it. At the moment, it is unceremonious, and it is directly about to get up.

Wang Chuan's ability is only middle and upper-level, but his heart is quite broad-minded, otherwise he would not have clearly despised Rong Xiu before, but he would have to maintain him. At this time, after listening to it for a long time, he only felt that he really didn't know people, so he was afraid that he would miss the future of the young people under him, and he didn't blame Feng Shan for robbing people, so he smiled and nodded and let go.

Although the two generals reached an agreement, it would take some time for the personnel transfer in the army, and after calculating the day, it would take about two days, so they ordered Rong Xiu to report to the camp the day after tomorrow. It is said that the matter is over here, but Rong Xiu has his own opinion, and he must go a day later.

Feng Shan was quite puzzled, and Wang Chuan secretly scolded this kid for not knowing what to do, so they asked the reason together. Who knows the reason why Rong Xiu talked about it, it was actually that he took the time to ask the sergeant to draw a sub-map in the past few months, and now it is almost completed, but it still takes three days to revise and sort it out.

When Feng Shan heard this, he couldn't help but smile: "There is also a map in the main account, you can go and see it yourself when you use it, why draw it yourself?" In my heart, I couldn't help but think that this Rong Xiu was a young man after all, although he was talented, he was still inferior in experience.

Rong Xiu smiled slightly: "The general doesn't know, the map of the last general is slightly different." ”

"What's the difference?" Feng Shan is even more funny, he has been a soldier for twenty or thirty years, and he has seen a lot of maps, he has never seen anything special about this thing, but he just sees that Rong Xiu is serious, and it is not good to refute his face directly, and he feels that it is not easy for young people to have this heart, and he has a heart of teaching, "Since this is the case, General Rong will go and get the map, let's take a look together." ”

"This ......" Feng Shan's eyes widened a little when he looked at the map presented by Rong Xiu, and then slapped his palm on the table, "Okay! Sure enough, it's different! ”

Rong Xiu's map, in fact, is not advanced beyond the times - he is here to complete the thesis, not to transform the ancient society and improve the military level of the ancients - if there is anything special about it, there is only one word: fine!

Hills, ravines, forests, trees, and rivers are drawn one by one, and the numbers marked in between them are the key. All the ravines, the width and depth of the ravines must have data, whether the forest is lush or not, and where the deepest, shallower, most urgent and slowest places of the river are, are also listed one by one. He also used foot soldiers and cavalry to walk everywhere, and all the near points of vital point must indicate the approximate time of the journey, and the difficulty of the journey in these places was divided into ten grades, and the difficulty of the journey in these places was listed in a table from easy to difficult, and attached to the back of the book.

Feng Shan is also an old soldier, so he can naturally see at a glance that with such a map in hand, he will save a lot of effort when fighting in the future. He pondered for a moment and made a decision: "In this case, General Rong will come back in three days." In addition, if you write down the general drawing of this picture now, I will present it to Cao Shuai when I return to the camp in the evening! Suddenly, he grinned again, "In the future, this thing will be promoted to the whole army, and General Rong will be a great credit!" ”

Rong Xiu bowed his head and saluted: "The general is too prestigious, which is also the duty of the last general." ”

Maybe it is Feng Shan's recommendation, or maybe this novel map does play a big role in the war, or maybe the fact of the war is in danger, Rong Xiu, who came to the Shuai Tent, did not go through the difficult road that ordinary newcomers must go through, although he was not immediately entrusted with a heavy task, but he was not left out in the cold, and in the daily war, there are opportunities to fight from time to time. He was not only familiar with military books, familiar with geography, but also shrewd and cautious, and skilled in soldiers and horses. It's just that the power of one person is limited after all, Jingguo's army collapsed early, although this year has gradually stabilized its foothold, the land has lost nearly half, fortunately, the city where the army is located is still intact, and then there is more danger in the Bojiang River, and the situation has not yet developed to the worst point.

At present, what really gives Cao Tianhao a headache is not the enemy, but his own side is the people's hearts - in order to force the people of Daiguo to divide the army, he adopted the suggestions of Feng Shan Rongxiu and others, threw out several cities, and dragged all the soldiers and horses of Daiguo to various places, which maintained the current situation. However, the lower-class soldiers and ordinary people did not understand this, they only knew that their country's army had abandoned the land and abandoned the city and retreated all the way, and they had no confidence in the situation of the war.

When Cao Tianhao was in trouble, the emperor suddenly issued an edict, and in the New Year, the army should perform sacrifices for the dead soldiers and seal the meritorious ministers.

Regarding the emperor's will, there was a lot of speculation in Jingguo's court, and there were even more folk rumors, and Yan Rin, who was sitting behind the screen, understood that he agreed with His Majesty's thoughts.

Rewarding the defeated army and taking the opportunity to boost the morale of the army and rebuild morale -- in fact, it is also a relatively common method. It's just that this kind of thing is not to say that it has to be new and special to be good, no matter how ordinary the means, as long as the timing is appropriate, it is a good method. Although Emperor Qian's approach didn't seem to be unusual, Yan Rin thought about it, but he couldn't come up with any better way to change himself. Moreover, although this emperor does not know soldiers, he is quite knowledgeable and makes good use of people, and this time everyone's promotion and reward allocation are all just right. Take Rong Xiu as an example, after this reward, he used it in the army as a squire in the military department - such an edict, although it is based on military merits and talent, and it also takes into account the opinions of the DPRK and China in the balance of the army, but with his age and qualifications, this kind of arrangement can be truly recognized by everyone, and this Emperor Jing's wrist can indeed be called a weightlift.

It's a pity......

In front of the screen, Yan Rin sighed, if this Emperor Jing could live for more than ten years, that person would ...... probably won't encounter such an ending, and even, in high probability, there will be a good story of the monarch and the minister in the history books. It's just that the topic he chose is, after all, the minister of Tuogu......

Yan Rin's deep disgust because of the pain came quietly a year later.

In the autumn of that year, Jingguo finally lost the last city on the east bank, and in the retreat, 20% of the whole army remained on the east bank of the Bojiang River forever. The sacrifice of these people bought the army extremely valuable time - after the rest of the army crossed the river, they formed a formation according to the danger of the Bojiang River, and firmly blocked the Dai army to the east of the river.

After the armies of the two countries were in such a stalemate for a period of time, although Jingguo was on the verge of collapse, Daiguo was no longer able to advance. At this time, both sides know that it is time to negotiate peace.

Although peace is negotiated peace, the treatment of the victorious side and the defeated side cannot be equal—Jingguo not only has to entrust all the occupied cities to the "escrow" of the country, but also has to pay a large amount of money for the repair of these cities and the loss of the army...... And in exchange for such forbearance, he only rowed the river and ruled the country, and kept half of his own country.

As a result of such humiliation, Emperor Jing was naturally resentful and depressed, and his already bad health finally couldn't support it anymore after the army returned to China, and he couldn't afford to be sick ever since.

The previous war with Daiguo had already defeated Jingguo's family, half of the country's land had been lost, there was no food in the treasury, the talents of the DPRK and China were withered, the morale of the army was low, and the people were panicked...... In such a bad situation, even if the monarch tries his best, he may not be able to settle the situation quickly, where can he afford such turmoil?

In order not to shake the hearts of the people who had finally settled down, the news of the emperor's serious illness was suppressed, and the courtiers were expecting a quick improvement in his illness, and it was best to cover up the matter before all the people knew about it. However, their expectations were doomed to be disappointed - the worries and hardships brought about by the long-term war completely destroyed Emperor Jing's body, and he didn't feel it when his spirit collapsed before, but now he has relaxed, but he has completely lost the vitality of life. In just a month, the imperial doctors declared the treatment ineffective - the life of Emperor Jingguo had come to the last moment.

Emperor Jing is not confused when he is old, but he has been weak for many years, and his son has never been prosperous, so he has only two sons and three daughters in his knees, which is really desolate to the royal family, and the eldest son died early, and now only the second son can inherit the unification. It's just that although this prince succeeds to the throne in a justifiable name, he is too young - he is an infant baby, not to mention governing the country's government affairs, even eating and drinking have to be taken care of.

Originally, this situation may be able to rely on the prince's maternal line, although there will be relatives to interfere in politics, but after all, it is an expedient method, but it is a pity that this prince is from the palace maid, and several relatives are vulgar people, with their talents, even being a county commander is still worrying, where to do such a big thing? But since Emperor Jing is going, the prince will swear to succeed to the throne, and the result of the ministers' discussion is only to choose a few reliable courtiers, in case the emperor chooses to support him.

In order to seek perfection, the ministers discussed for a day or two before deciding to jointly fold the fold, but before their folds were submitted, Emperor Jing's edict had already been issued, and it was to select the ministers of Tuo Gu to support the prince. However, the courtiers he chose were really beyond the expectations of many people.

The first assistant is the prime minister Zhang Zixun, there is nothing wrong with this, Zhang Zixun is an old minister of the three dynasties, loyalty can be learned, cautious old age, protégés and old officials are all over the world, if he says the last sentence, more than eighty percent of the courtiers in the court have to concede three points. It's just that this old man Zhang is nearly eighty years old, old and frail, not only can he not do tiring work, but even whether he can survive to the new emperor's pro-government is a problem.

The problem lies precisely in this second assistant!

Rong Xiu, a young man with a weak crown, although he was born in a scholarly family, after all, he is only a child of a poor family; Although he was once a jinshi, he only did a few days of idle Hanlin and never really engaged in political affairs; Although there are some military exploits, it is not enough to talk about the Yum generals; Although it can barely be said that it can be called the third secretary of the sixth department, if you calculate it carefully, it is just the position of the secretary of the military department as a squire - if it weren't for the sudden death of the predecessor Chen Shangshu who was unfortunately hit by a stray arrow while inspecting the battle line, and he couldn't find a successor in the war for a while, this position would really not be his turn to be a twenty-year-old little hairy head.

However, it is such a yellow-mouthed boy who even relied on luck to act as the secretary of the military department, and he has become a lonely minister? Although at this time of the decline of the country, this position is far less than the glorious authority of peacetime, but it is precisely because of this time that non-heavenly ministers cannot take on this important responsibility! Emperor...... Although he is sick, he is still as clear as before in dealing with government affairs these days, how could he suddenly decide on such a personal choice? There is also Mr. Zhang, a veteran of the Three Dynasties, who is known for his loyalty and ability, and he has no objection to such an edict, and he actually helps to suppress the opposition of the DPRK and China......

In the face of such a situation, there are doubtful and unhappy, but more people choose to wait and see. Their choice has nothing to do with Rong Xiu, but only out of their understanding of Emperor Jing and Zhang Zixun - even if they don't trust their vision, at least trust their wrists - what will happen to those who disagree on such an important matter, no one wants to go into depth, at least, when Emperor Jing is not dead and Zhang Zixun is still in charge.

“…… Zhang Qing and Rong Qing ...... "The man who was sitting on the edge of the bed, after a long conversation, looked weak and weak, but he still sat up, and motioned to the woman holding the child next to him to take a step forward, "I will entrust the prince today, and Wangqing will wait for the good student to assist ......"

"The ministers will live up to His Majesty's trust."

Seeing the two courtiers beside the bed kneeling down, Emperor Jing smiled slightly, what should have been said had already been said, and the rest, even if he was not at ease, it was not just a matter of asking for help, and with a wry smile helplessly, he waved his hand to signal the two to retreat......

It was night, Emperor Jingqing collapsed, at the age of forty-three, and the temple name was Yingzong.

The second son of the emperor, Jing Si, ascended the throne with the year name Zhenping.

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Chapter VI: Restoration

After several years of war, half of the land was lost, and the monarch collapsed, the situation of Jingguo this year can be said to be an unprecedented shame.

"Kill Bojiang! Fight to the end with the people of Daiguo! Such a call has been echoed among countless young people.

"The treasury is empty, the people are struggling to make a living, and the country should be cherished." On the contrary, there are also many supporters.

The two factions of supporters disagreed, with the former accusing the latter of being bloodless and the latter hitting back with the former as nothing more than a puppet. Both sides believe that their views are the most correct, because they involve major state affairs, and at the most sensitive moment, they gradually become really angry, and in the end, the words "treason" and "traitor" are all over the sky, and they are almost ready to fight as soon as they disagree......

"These people ......" Sitting in the large simulation room, Yan Rin almost couldn't help but shake her head and sigh. He is a person who has been an emperor, although he has never encountered great chaos in his life, and the things he has experienced have rarely been so intense, but the so-called seeing the subtleties can also be seen in similar things. These clear streams seem to be speculative, loyal, and heart-to-heart, but in fact, they are good at empty talk and not pragmatic things, and they are only good at talking on paper...... Such people are indispensable, but if you really want to count on them, you can't. Just to talk about the current Jingguo, agriculture, mulberry, fishery, animal husbandry, military medicine, industry and commerce are difficult, but these people only use their strength here to attack each other and scold the court...... Shaking his head, Yan Rin finally sighed, such a situation, such a heart...... However, in more than ten years, the national strength has been restored, and the rivers and mountains have been reorganized, and that person ...... Behind the scenes, how much effort did it take......

Seeing that he mobilized all the guards and led his capable subordinates to guard the palace minister's mansion, there was no more effective guard by his side; Seeing that he was dispatched from all directions, raising grain and rice, looking for merchants to level prices, and barely maintaining the livelihood of the people; Seeing that he searched through the six old scrolls, picked up some available people, and continued for half a month, he had to rest until dawn...... It's not that I don't know that at this time, the country is in turmoil and the people are panicking, and these actions are urgent; It's not that I don't know, as a trusted minister, I should do my best to get to this point. It's just that, looking at the person working hard day by day, the person in front of him seemed to be able to calm the world with his hands, but the person behind him tried his best, his face gradually became tired, and a very dull but extremely heavy sourness, unconsciously, overflowed Yan Rin's entire chest.

It turns out that that person also has such times......

Since childhood, he has been accustomed to governing the country without being alarmed, as if everything in the world is under control. I never thought that there was such a story behind such a calm and light-hearted look......

Ago...... Did that man work so hard before? When he was too young to manage politics, did he ever work alone after smiling and coaxing himself? When he began to plump his wings in the background, did he ever have no sleep to screen the next person to be sent to him?

Or, is this hard work because it is too young? Only in the first life is like this, and then, that person has been in power for more than 100 years, and in his own life, he is already familiar with it?

It was impossible to determine whether the man's exhaustion had lasted for several lifetimes, but the inexplicable and mixed depression that had drifted through his mind like clouds in the previous life had indeed caused Yan Rin's heart to ache in an instant......

Time in the simulated world passed slowly under Yan Rin's gaze. Gradually, since the beginning of the imperial capital, the atmosphere of stability has radiated to all places very slowly but surely. The militia, who had been urgently prepared for the war, put down their shoddy weapons, took up tools to repair the broken walls and houses, and then gradually dispersed to the locality, picked up the discarded hoes, and took the seeds distributed by the government from various places, and began the spring ploughing of the new year. In the city, the tea shed and the restaurant gradually had the shadow of the small family, and in the Qinlou Chu Pavilion, the wealthy merchants once again became the group of people who consumed large amounts. In the army, although the shadow of the fiasco has not dissipated, the broken blades, the severed spears and the cracked bows and crossbows have gradually disappeared, and the swords flashing with cold light are all newly sent in, and the faces of the generals and soldiers are not as gray as before, with their serious expressions of frowning, there is no more unyielding look of iron and blood......

The new emperor of Jingguo is only a few years old, and all the credit must be recorded on the heads of the two auxiliary ministers. I don't know how many people praise Zhang Xiangye for his good governance, but the officials know that the real person in charge at the moment is actually Rong Xiu, who was not favored by everyone at all.

When the officials of the two factions were still fighting loudly, it was Rong Xiu who was the first to be busy dealing with urgent matters, and then stood up and circulated the written policy to everyone-if you want to fight first and make peace again-these eight words were the thoughts of newcomers at the time, but now they are a program that everyone follows. Five years down the line, Jingguo's national strength has basically recovered, that is, the military strength has also recovered fifty percent, because the people have the heart to restore the country, the previous weak folk customs have gone to most of the half, this fifty percent of the combat power, can be worth the original seventy percent - real achievements in front of you, but also the temple above the people have lost a long lost confidence also brought back.

Because of the proper governance, Rong Xiu is increasingly feared by everyone, and the first assistant Zhang Zixun is really relieved to see it in his eyes.

Rong Xiu's talent and loyalty needless to say, the most valuable thing is that as a civil minister, the auxiliary government will not cause the courtiers to worry, because he has personally led the soldiers, and he can suppress the group of people who are inseparable at the moment, but he is disrespectful to the official Gao Juexian, does not respect Dexin Wenhua, and only believes in the big soldiers of the people who have passed through the bloody battlefield with them - it was Zhang Zixun who urged the former emperor to use Rong Xiu as an auxiliary government for such reasons.

He knew that he was old and frail, and he didn't want to occupy the position of the first assistant, but because Rong Xiu was too young, he had to use his qualifications as a veteran of the three dynasties to suppress the court. Now that he has gradually won the hearts of the people, he is willing to help the descendants of his grandchildren at this age. Seeing that the young emperor was old, Rong Xiu was busy with political affairs, and he almost didn't care about this, so he took the initiative to take over the task of selecting the emperor, and searched for famous Confucian elders every day for screening.

Rong Xiu remembered that the emperor had reached the age of studying, but he was too heavy to take the time to visit the famous teacher, and when he saw Zhang Zixun taking over, he was relieved, and even the candidate for the emperor was obedient, and never rejected the other party's nomination.

The two auxiliary ministers are so harmonious, and all the officials of Jingguo are said to be the blessing of the society, and everyone is happy about it, but Yan Rin, who is far away from the void, sees Rong Xiu so relieved, but his heart is really mixed.

Zhang Zixun is known as loyal and good in history, Yan Rin does not have any dislike for him, but he is limited to his identity experience, and he chooses the emperor, which is really a bit biased: under the teaching of a group of literati, the young emperor learned the way of the king, all of which are mainly based on the royal road, and there are three ways of magic, and he hardly talks about it in depth. This teaching is indeed orthodox, but it is not appropriate in these troubled times—the ruler must be merciful and loving, but when the country is in danger, he cannot kill and decide, and he cannot control the ministers internally, and he is easy to be deceived by the small; It is more difficult to fight against other countries externally, and it will be insulted by strong enemies - in fact, the life of His Majesty Emperor Jing is really inferior to this "soft" word from the root!

Yan Rin read history in his previous life, and he always looked down on this weak emperor whose land was still in the enemy's hands, and he couldn't tolerate his heroes, but at this time, he saw the education he received since he was a child, but he couldn't help but feel that he grew up like this, and it was really a "non-war crime", and he was even more fortunate - although Yan Guo was also turbulent in the court back then, it was a disaster within the Xiao Wall, for this reason, since he was a child, that person has always been close to him and personally taught, and the books he learned were carefully selected one by one, even if it was deliberately avoided when he was older, The man had never been so negligent in his window lessons. If you think about it this way, perhaps the most fortunate thing is that there is no other Zhang Zixun by your side...... Shaking his head with a smile and a smile, Yan Rin put this ridiculous idea aside and continued to look at it.

Of course, Zhang Zixun didn't know how his last job in his life was slandered by a later emperor - he was quite satisfied with the selection of the emperor, and there was no voice of dissent in the court of Jingguo at that time. A month later, in the midst of a hailing voice, the octogenarian suddenly suffered a stroke and died a few days later. And in the last month of the year, the Empress Dowager Jingguo, who was nearly sixty years younger than him, also died of illness in her bedroom.

Needless to say, the death of the mother of the country and the great mourning of the whole country, the daily life of the young emperor became a problem. The empress of Yingzong died many years ago, and now there is no owner in the harem, although there is a concubine to be in charge of the palace, it is not appropriate to hand over the emperor to any of them. In desperation, Rong Xiu had no choice but to summon the two sisters-in-law of the Queen Mother, and take turns to enter the palace every day, taking care of the emperor's daily life and other chores in the name of his wife.

arranged the affairs of the harem, Rong Xiu himself devoted all his energy to the military and politics, although he could not use swords and soldiers in the past three years, but he had to take advantage of this time to strengthen the country and raise troops, and in the future, once the national mourning passed, he could break the enemy in one fell swoop.

The first month of the ninth year of Zhenping quietly arrived in a snowstorm. The people of Jingguo, who finally survived the most difficult time, and finally no longer had to mourn for the Queen Mother, celebrated vigorously in this New Year.

The only place in Jingguo that does not have a lively and cheerful New Year is Bojiang.

Over the years, Jingguo's national strength has gradually recovered, and the people of Daiguo have also seen it, it is just a big war, and Daiguo has also been quite injured, although there is more land, but the city is dilapidated, the fertile land is destroyed, and the people are uneasy, not to mention that they can't bring benefits immediately, but they have to divide their forces to govern, they know that Jingguo intends to recover the land, but they really can't spare any strength to do tricks, so they have to try their best to consolidate the land they occupy. Now that the opponent has recovered his vitality and the national mourning is about to pass, where do you not know that there will be another battle? Always vigilant and careful, it has made a lot of noise on the east bank of the Bojiang River. When the Jing army on the west bank saw that the other side was assembled, they naturally did not dare to relax, and for a time, both sides of the Po River seemed to have entered a wartime state.

However, such an atmosphere did not last long - in the imperial capital of Jingguo, Rong Xiu, the only auxiliary minister now, is a faction of guards, and the voice of war above the court is soothed, and he is busy building bridges and roads, inspecting everything in the palace, releasing palace people, and changing guards. Jingguo has several military horses, all of which are immovable, and even because of the spring ploughing in March, many second-line soldiers have been sent home to help farmers in turn......

Rong Xiu behaved like this, Jingguo and the opposition naturally had a lot of criticism, and it was better to say that he was a civil servant after all, and he didn't know that fighters were rare, and the more severe ones even said that he was cowardly and misguided the country, but now that he has the power alone, no matter how many opinions others have, it is in vain, but fortunately, although Rong Xiu is almost tough on this matter, he finally has the amount to tolerate people, and after a few months, no one in Jingguo has been convicted for this.

Jingguo's calm and calm made the people of Daiguo slowly relax - they were unwilling to go to war, since Jingguo had no intention, they were happy to be safe, and the farmers in Zhongchun were busy, and they put their energy on the military, but they were afraid that the harvest would be greatly reduced in the autumn, and they were not defeated by Jingren at that time, but they called themselves tossed to the point of starvation, but it really became a big joke. So in addition to the regular troops, the troops that were originally assembled also returned to you and went to do their daily work.

Returning troops to agriculture and repairing roads and bridges, while showing peace of mind, they used this method to secretly assemble troops and transport grain and grass...... Although it is a history that I have read for a long time, when it is presented in front of my eyes, the feeling is different after all.

"It's really not tired of cheating...... Yan Rin smiled slightly and sighed.

It is impossible to govern the country and unify the army, the person in the previous life was first in charge of the government of a country for him, and then secretly helped him to plan, and when facing the enemy, he had to use some means, Yan Rin also saw it in his eyes - he is the emperor and not Mr. Taoism, of course, he will not have any psychological obstacles to the necessary wrists, but now he is a bystander, so he lacks the same ambition when he was in the same camp. Admiring its ingenuity is certainly the same as it was back then, but for the party being calculated, there is also more room for a sigh.

Whether it is the appreciation of Rong Xiu or the sigh of the Daiguo army, for those who are familiar with this history. Yan Rin is not the first, nor will she be the last. In the world of Yan Rin's previous life, this "Battle of the Three Cities" has even been included in military classics by many countries.

Needless to say, the preliminary preparations - under the noses of the Dai Guoren, tens of thousands of Jing troops quietly lurked on the front line of the Bojiang River, however, this is only the beginning of a big drama.

At the beginning of June, when the Zhengbo River was in a hurry, Jingguo's 50,000 troops suddenly crossed the Bojiang River and attacked the city of Bozhou.

Bozhou is an important military town, with 30,000 troops garrisoned, and it is also at an angle with Linbo in the south and Zhenbo in the north, and the garrisons of these two cities also have as many as 20,000 people each. After receiving the news of Jingguo's large-scale attack, both cities sent half of their troops and horses to help defend Pozhou.

Knowing that the reinforcements were coming, the Bozhou defenders were full of momentum - "although the number of people is equal, but the Bozhou city is high and deep, the Jing army hoards heavy troops under the fortified city, and it is defeated without a fight for a long time, and it crosses the Bojiang River by force, and there is no place to defend it, and within half a year, the whole army will be buried on the east bank." After Li Du, the general defending the city, put down such a bold statement, he ordered the whole army to take advantage of the fact that the Jing army had not yet come to the city, poured out of the nest, and searched all the available things in the villages on the edge of the city into the city.

However, the assault on Poju was only a cover for the Jing Army's operation.

After ostensibly making enough offensive posture, the Jing army quietly divided into two routes, one with double flags and still running to the state, and the other road secretly turned and attacked the Zhenjiang reinforcements. In terms of numbers, they have an absolute advantage and are calculating, and the results can be imagined.

Almost at the same time, after receiving the news from the flying pigeon that the north had been engaged, Rong Xiu quickly led the army to turn around and rush straight to the reinforcements in the direction of Linbo, because the other party was completely defenseless, it only took two days to completely cripple this army.

A day later, the two Jing armies quickly reunited and approached Bozhou City.

At this time, the defenders of Bozhou were at a disadvantage in numbers, and the morale of the army was greatly shaken, so they had to lean on the high wall of the city and hold out.

The Jing army besieged the city of Bozhou, and crossed 50,000 soldiers from the west bank of the Bojiang River, and attacked Linbo and Zhenbo in two ways. Although limited by the fact that the troops did not encircle, the troops of the two cities were lost, and Fu was worried that the Jing army would do it again, so he did not dare to attack easily, and for a while, the two sides became a stalemate.

The stalemate finally broke under the city of Bozhou, and on the eleventh day after Jing's army crossed the river for the second time, the city of Bozhou suddenly fell.

It turned out that as early as a few years ago, Rong Xiu sent good hands, pretending to be a business trip from the north and south borders to go abroad, and then detoured through the territory of the country to potential Jingguo occupied land. At this time, the city gate was finally destroyed by night, and the Jingguo army took advantage of the situation to attack, naturally in one fell swoop.

The Jing army was unforgiving, and immediately attacked Linbo and Zhenbo with the momentum of a great victory, and even transferred troops from Bozhou City to intercept the road behind it, and Qi Bin, the defender of Zhenbo, saw that it could not be defended, and took advantage of the fact that the reinforcements of the Jing army did not arrive, and burned the Zhenbo City after searching all the grain and grass in the city, and led the undefeated army to retreat to the rear while the Jing army was fighting the fire. Linbo general Feng Kai led the army to defend to the death, and the city was finally broken half a month later, and Feng Kai himself died in the enemy.

At this point, the three cities on the east bank of the Bo River have all been recovered, and Jingguo's army finally has its own foothold in the east of the Bo River.

The Jing army, which quickly captured the three cities on the east bank, continued to cross the river with a large number of men and horses, but did not take advantage of the situation to pursue, but instead cultivated the fields and repaired the city, doing all the defensive. In Rong Xiu's words, this is to prepare for a long-term war.

This preparation is indeed necessary, because this war is five years after a fight.

"You can't fight for a long time, and a long war will waste your national strength", the well-known common sense, because Jingguo was too weak, had to be put aside - if you want to swallow the land that Daiguo has been operating for ten years in one fell swoop, Jingguo does not have this strength. At the beginning, I had to open my mouth as wide as possible. Now that the three cities have been recovered in one fell swoop, it can be regarded as having a beachhead front east of the Bojiang River, but having eaten so many places at once, consolidation has become a problem. When he really gained a foothold, Daiguo had already relieved himself and prepared, and at this time the sneak attack was useless, and naturally it was impossible to regain the lost ground in one go.

Step by step, gradually encroaching, this is Rong Xiu's strategic concept.

There is no speed like wind and fire, there is no heartiness, in five years, the Jingguo army led by Rong Xiu has just endured its temperament and grinded with the people of Daiguo little by little. Gradually, the rookie who first entered the battlefield became a veteran of a hundred battles, the inexperienced young general became a general who commanded freely, and the defeated army that was defeated many years ago was also ground into a confident iron army...... However, there are as many victories as there are costs, and after five years of conquest, no one can remember how many healthy young people in the entire Jingguo have been disabled, how many happy families have been worn into widows and orphans, and how many young lives have been grinded into green mounds in the fields......

However, compared with the results of the battle, these sacrifices are all valuable - in the five-year battle, the Daiguo people were almost completely beaten out of the territory of Jingguo, and even the last Huicuiling that could be defended was also captured, and everyone said that the Daiguo army was just surviving! Just wait for the Jing army to repair a little more and rush down from the ridge, and the last two cities on the edge of the eastern border of Jingguo, which they still barely occupy, will also be lost. Everyone felt that it was only a matter of time before the war ended, and the people of Jingguo were completely driven back to their hometown.

At this time, the holy decree of summoning Rong Xiu back to Beijing was transmitted to the commander tent at the forefront of the Jing army.