When Jiaodong County was peaceful, and even some small gate valves in Jiaodong County who were originally subordinate to the Zheng clan began to get used to the rule of the Bashan Sword Field and the Chu army, within the Yan realm, the Yan army and the Yan people were ushering in the darkest hour of the dynasty.

Within a hundred miles of the Qin-Yan border, the Yan army left behind the corpses of more than 300,000 soldiers.

Compared with the total number of Yanqi coalition forces before, the loss of 300,000 Yan troops does not seem to be amazing.

However, since the defeat of Guanzhong, the Yan army in the former Yanqi coalition army has only left less than 400,000 in total after leaving behind the corpses of more than 300,000 colleagues.

The most important thing is that a Qin army has quietly separated the Qi army from the Yan army.

What made the Yan people want to cry without tears was that from beginning to end, the Qin army used the absolute main force to chase and kill the Yan army.

The Qi army's retreat did not encounter a strong resistance from the Qin army.

At this time, the purpose of the Qi army was also obvious - the reinforcements of the Qi army were gathered in several border cities on the border of the Qi army, waiting for battle, but they had no desire to attack at all.

In fact, the Yan people also knew that if the roles of the two sides were reversed, the Yan people's idea must be the same as the Qi people, to lose as few cities as possible and preserve their army as much as possible.

The strength of the Qin army is not unlimited, when the Qin army abuses in the Yan Realm and consumes all its strength, it will be impossible to attack the Qi Realm again, so that the Great Qi Dynasty will have a chance to breathe.

Cup Tucheng is one of the border fortresses of Yan Realm, where 50,000 Yan troops were stationed in the past, as well as tens of thousands of prisoners and hard labor who were assigned here.

However, at this time, there was almost no sound in the cup soil city, that is, there was not even a dog barking, and occasionally there were some crows barking, which made people's hearts palpitate.

There is a thin layer of floating soil in the whole cup of earth city, many courtyards just cover their doors, and even some courtyards don't even have time to collect the clothes that are drying.

All the soldiers of Cuptu City, including those prisoners and hard laborers, had set out more than ten days earlier to receive most of Yan's rout.

It's just that none of these people were able to come back.

All the reinforcements from here died in Kushuidu.

It was that battle that completely separated the Yan army and the Qi army, and the general who personally led the Qin army was Bai Qi, the commander of the Qin army at this time.

The figure of Ji Dan, the prince of Yan, appeared in front of a courtyard.

He looked at the courtyard where the owner seemed to have only been out for a short time, but in fact the master had never returned, and his eyes were full of sadness.

This is the home of a certain general in Cuptucheng.

And this general, when he was in Yanshangdu, used to be a classmate with him and studied under the same teacher as him.

There were more hurried footsteps and horses' hooves in the dead alleys.

The sound of horses' hooves eventually stopped around the compound.

Several generals with dust in their armor dismounted and walked into the courtyard in silence.

"His Royal Highness the Prince. ”

A general whose face was covered under the armor mask saluted coldly, and said in a slightly cold voice: "You shouldn't leave the army here alone. ”

Ji Dan smiled dismally and said, "Are you worried about my safety, or are you worried about me escaping?"

The general's body stiffened slightly, and he did not respond for a moment.

"I'm just here to pay my respects. ”

Ji Dan took a deep breath, exhaled slowly, shook his head, and said with extremely complicated emotions: "Father Emperor still sued Yuanwu for peace after all?"

The general was silent for a moment, nodded, and said, "Yes." ”

"What is the price?" Ji Dan also calmed down, looking at this general he was familiar with, but now he was unwilling to remove the mask in front of him.

The general also controlled his mood and said slowly, "It's His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." ”

"I am the person who was closest to Zhang Yi before, and I was also the one who tried my best to oppose the attack on Qin regardless of the meaning of the Bashan Sword Field, in Yuan Wu's view, if there is an accident in the Yan Realm, if I replace my father, then the power of Yan will be thrown into the Bashan Sword Field. Ji Dan looked at the general with a wry smile and said, "So he will definitely want me to die." ”

"It's just that as the general of my dynasty, now that I look back, do you think my objection is justified?" After a pause, Ji Dan took a deep breath and looked at the general pleadingly, "Think about it again, the current situation of my Yan Dynasty, is it more useful to kill me to ask Yuan Wu for peace, or is it better to directly plead for the help of Bashan Sword Field?" Keep me, let me go to see Zhang Yi, go to see Ding Ning, no matter how many people my Yan Dynasty will die in the end, but the ending will not be as bleak as Han Zhaowei. ”

The general was silent for a long time, shook his head, and said, "But the emperor's order, these are not things I think about. ”

Ji Dan laughed.

His smile was not only full of bitterness, but also an indescribable tragedy: "So General Pan is also dead, otherwise he will not let you kill me, my father is really a real faint king." ”

"Shut up!" the general said sharply: "There is a difference between the monarch and the minister, your thoughts are just your wishful thinking, in the eyes of others, what our Yan Dynasty needs most now is a breath of time." ”

"Do you think that after taking this breath, the Qin Dynasty will be exhausted, and then Yuan Wu and Bashan Sword Field will fight, maybe you can sit and watch the benefits of the fisherman?" Ji Dan also laughed loudly, "You stupid fools, you do this, it will only make Ding Ning and Zhang Yi more disappointed in you, they will no longer interfere in Yan's affairs, they will watch Yuanwu destroy Yan naturally." ”

"And that's not the most important thing. Before Ji Dan could not help but speak, Ji Dan had already said sharply: "The story of a dynasty is not at all how much wealth, how many cultivators and how many troops it has, but whether it has its own backbone. In order to seek peace, even I will be killed, then this dynasty will lose everything and lose its spirit, and it will be impossible to even turn over. ”

The general's chest rose and fell violently.

The chests of the generals beside him were the same, even under the thick armor.

"Foolish. ”

However, looking at their gaze, Ji Dan knew that their minds would not change.

"I'm stupid!"

"Pathetic!"

"Half a good emperor, but his reputation is ruined!"

"Look what you're afraid of. ”

"I committed suicide and hung my head on the Shangdu Tower, so that I could see how my Yan Dynasty perished. ”

In the midst of repeated sorrows, a sword light flew up in Ji Dan's hand, and his head broke away from his body and jumped up with blood.

Though he was dead, his eyes were wide open, and he glared angrily.

The generals hung their heads, not daring to look him in the eyes, but wrapped a roll of cloth around his head.