Chapter 327: The Dust Settles
On the twenty-fifth day of December in the Xia calendar, that is, five days before the New Year, Zhang Yiyun died of illness in the Palace of Nourishing Hearts. The crown prince Zhang Cheng succeeded to the throne of Emperor Xia.
As soon as the news came out, the whole country mourned. This highly controversial emperor finally ended his legendary and glorious life.
Throughout Zhang Yiyun's life, from being a prince to ascending the throne and becoming the emperor, the ups and downs are difficult to describe with a short period of pen and ink.
After ascending the throne, Zhang Yiyun pushed aside public opinion, advocated changing the law, and created a stable rear for Li Kang's army on the front line.
The news of Zhang Yiyun's return to heaven soon spread all over the world.
On this day, the two sides of Tianfeng City, where the war had never stopped, hung up their war-free cards for the first time, announcing that the battle of Tianfeng City was over.
It seems that both sides are using this way to see off Zhang Yiyun.
It is true that Zhang Yiyun and Li Luo do have a blood feud, if it weren't for him, his father would not have died, if it weren't for him, he wouldn't have made up his mind to break with the Xia Kingdom, but the deceased is like this, with Zhang Yiyun's death, everything will disappear. Li Luo really hates Zhang Yiyun, but he can't compete with a dead man.
In the combined camp of Xia and Wu, Leng Changfeng took off his green clothes and changed into plain clothes.
Leng Changfeng is not a courtier of Xia Guo, but for Zhang Yiyun, Leng Changfeng also has a lot of admiration and admiration in his heart, in many places, Zhang Yiyun is worthy of the name of a generation of heroes, if it weren't for this serious illness that took Zhang Yiyun's life, what is the future of Xia Guo, but it's hard to say.
Zhao Zhan, who was dressed in armor, walked into the camp tent and looked at Leng Changfeng in plain clothes, a flash of surprise flashed in his eyes, but he quickly regained his calm.
Arching his hand slightly, Zhao Zhan said softly: "General, the battle between the two sides has ended, in this battle, our side lost 100,000 soldiers, Xia Guo lost more than half, close to 300,000, Li Luo's side is not comfortable, they almost died more than 200,000 people." All parties can be called a big injury. What do we do next? ”
"Withdraw your troops." Leng Changfeng sat on the main seat and waved his hand lightly.
Zhao Zhan was stunned: "Withdraw troops? General, if you fight for three or five days in one go, the foundation of Xia Guo and Li Luo will basically be exhausted, and at that time, my Wu State will enter Xia State in one fell swoop, and a big event can be expected, at this time, withdraw the troops, wouldn't it be a missed opportunity? ”
Shaking his head, Leng Changfeng muttered: "Actually, I once made the same plan as you, but then someone said something to me. ”
"He said that the Xia Kingdom with Li Luo is the situation that my Wu Kingdom wants to see the most."
"Yes, if there are only Wu and Xia in the world, things will be much simpler."
Zhao Zhan was a little confused when he heard it: "I don't quite understand. ”
Smiling slightly, Leng Changfeng waved his hand and said: "There are five days left before the New Year, just take advantage of this time to let the soldiers return to China and have a good New Year." ”
……
Outside Jeju City, inside the Baekgi tent.
"General, after Zhang Yiyun returned to heaven, the combined forces of Wu and Xia retreated one after another, let's ......"
Listening to the guard's report, Bai Qi lifted the curtain of the tent and looked at the calm Jeju City and said, "What about Jeju City, is there any news from Jeju City?" ”
The guards knew that Bai Qi was asking about Xiao Chen's life and death, and shook his head and said, "General, since the assassination, Jeju City has been as calm as a backwater, and no one knows whether Xiao Chen is dead or alive. Even the spies in the city could not get the slightest bit of useful information. ”
Bai Qi pondered for a long time, then suddenly shook his head and said, "That's it, withdraw the troops." There's no point in staying here any longer. ”
"Yes!"
On this day, the tripartite alliance of Wu, Xia, and Bai Qi chose to retreat.
A big war involving the four countries has finally come to an end.
The army withdrew, and the peace of Cheonwind City and Jeju City was restored, but everyone knew that hundreds of thousands of soldiers were left behind on such a land.
……
On this day, the snow was falling, and on the top of a large mountain outside Jeju City, a young man with a long sword stood on the top of the mountain.
In front of him, there is a tombstone carved from wood, and the seven big characters of "Tomb of Teacher Ouyang Xu" on the tablet are particularly dazzling.
Looking into the distance along the tombstone, I saw countless armored people, slowly disappearing into the young man's eyes like a silver torrent. The young man who withdrew his gaze looked at the tombstone in front of him and muttered softly:
"Master, the grievances between the two of us will be cleared up."
"But ......" The young man looked in the direction of the army's departure, the gloomy color in his eyes became more and more intense, and said, "The grudge between me and Bai Qi has just begun. ”
As the words fell, the boy turned around and walked down the mountain step by step through the endless snow.
The wind was blowing, and only a lonely grave was left in its place......
In Jeju City, after a few days of recuperation, Xiao Chen's body has gradually recovered.
It's just that when he heard that he had been hit by this sword and happened to avoid all the key points, Xiao Chen's eyes couldn't help but flash a trace of embarrassment.
In fact, he understood that Ouyang Xu really didn't want to kill himself.
If he didn't fall unconscious, he would definitely stop Han Che and Ouyang Xu's life-and-death battle. It's a pity that there is no if in everything in the world.
If there is an if, then there will be fewer regrets in the world.
The door slowly opened, and Zhang Gu walked in with the medicine.
"Lord Wang, the allied forces of all aspects of the Xia Kingdom have been withdrawn, and Ye Zhichu also chose to leave Jeju today, because the prince is not in good health, he didn't tell the prince."
Xiao Chen nodded: "Actually, in the final analysis, I, the nominal host, should still give him a ride." ”
Although Ye Zhichu had a life-and-death battle with himself, at least in the defense of Jeju this time, Ye Zhichu led the army, and he really made great efforts, otherwise, just with Xiao Chen's ability to lead troops, if he wanted to compete with Bai Qi, Jeju didn't know how many more people would die.
Zhang Gu said: "Someone went to deliver it." ”
"Who?" Xiao Chen raised his eyebrows.
Zhang Gu said thoughtfully: "The prince's senior brother, Ye Han! ”
Xiao Chen was slightly stunned, but quickly reacted.
In fact, from the contact with Ye Han, Xiao Chen vaguely felt that there was also an inexplicable grievance between Ye Han and Ye Zhichu.
Shaking his head, Xiao Chen muttered: "It's okay like this, it's okay like this......"
"One more thing." Zhang Gu wanted to speak and stopped.
"Say it." Xiao Chen smiled: "Grandpa Zhang, the relationship between you and me, what is the need to be so twisted and pinched?" ”
Zhang Gu bowed down and said: "Empress Yanguo, Sun Si arrived in Jeju in seconds, and now she is in the guest room, wanting to see the prince." ”
……
Some people died, but not completely......