Chapter Twenty-Four: Funeral with the Great Rites of the Vassal King
Alas!
Standing in the pile of dead people all over the ground, facing Li Yue, who was getting more and more cold and stiff in front of the dead corpse, after mocking frantically for nearly a quarter of an hour, the ridicule on Li Xiang's face slowly disappeared, and finally only a vain sigh remained!
"King, why are you? It stands to reason that the great enemy is dead, you should be happy?" Li Xiang's attitude suddenly changed, and a group of generals and strategists who followed him looked at each other, and all the second monks were confused. Everyone, look at me, I look at you, and in the end, Lin Hai, who was the deputy marshal of this expedition to Qin, stood up and asked with curiosity.
"You don't understand!"
Li Xiang looked at the pile of dead people with complicated eyes, Li Yue's dead cheeks, and whispered.
Oh?
We don't understand?
Lin Hai and the others looked at each other, their hearts full of thoughts.
"Bury Li Yue's body with the gift of the vassal king!" After taking a deep look at Li Yue, who was about to stare at himself angrily when he died, Li Xiang made a decision in an instant, and ordered Lin Hai and the others.
This?
The leader of the enemy army is going to be buried with a big gift from the vassal king!
Li Xiang's order instantly caused a strong shock in the hearts of Lin Hai and other Shu army generals and strategists, and everyone looked at each other, full of incomprehension.
"My lord, what is the explanation? This time, we have paid such a huge price, and we have exchanged the blood and lives of countless soldiers for Yongzhou. Now he wants to bury the monarch of the enemy country with the great gift of the vassal king, what is the reason! The last general is ignorant, I hope the king will tell you!" This time, without waiting for Lin Hai to speak, a middle-aged general with a beard who was as strong as a calf and a beard among the generals and strategists of the Shu army immediately stood up and asked with an angry face.
The generals and strategists of the Shu army present also nodded one after another, full of agreement with the middle-aged general's words.
In the past, when the city was attacked and plundered, which time was not after the victory, the corpses of the enemy leaders were discarded everywhere and fed to the wild dogs. How did it make a precedent this time? Or is it the kind of feudal royal gift that is second only to the emperor, this is too puzzling.
Lin Hai also stared at Li Xiang with puzzled eyes, waiting for him to give a reasonable explanation, otherwise the order just now would be too chilling for the soldiers. If you don't say it well, if you don't handle it properly, it will cause a mutiny accident, and then you will be cocooned.
Hahaha......
Looking at all the generals and strategists who were staring at him angrily and angrily, Li Xiang smiled in vain.
"Do you want King Gu to give you an explanation?" Li Xiang looked at the middle-aged general expressionlessly and said in a deep voice, and at the same time, his indifferent eyes glanced at the generals and strategists, and said coldly: "You also want King Gu to give you an explanation?"
Belch?
This!
Looking at Li Xiang's indifferent gaze, everyone present had cold hairs standing up, and they felt that the temperature around them had dropped by dozens of degrees in an instant. They all trembled and lowered their heads, avoiding Li Xiang's sweeping gaze.
"Right...... That's right, the end ...... The last general wants an explanation today, even if the king blames the last general for colliding with the king, and wants to cure the crime of the last general, in order not to let the soldiers chill and mess up the morale of the army, the last general will also admit it!" Although he may have to face Li Xiang's anger and end up in a different place. But in order not to let a group of soldiers who followed him into life and death, the soldiers who rolled over with the sword mountain and the sea of fire were cold, and the middle-aged general gritted his teeth, and today he went out and continued to question.
Hum!
"Well, there are some things that the Lone King didn't want to say and let the world know. But today you must want to know, if you can't, then you can't let the Lone King hide it. Now the Lone King will tell you the truth as it is, so that you can fully understand why the Lone King gave such a seemingly ridiculous order! Now put your ears up to the Lone King, and listen clearly!" Facing the middle-aged general's question of not even wanting to take his life, Li Xiang snorted coldly, looked around at the people present indifferently, and said indifferently.
Forehead!
When the king finally agreed, the generals and strategists pricked up their ears, for fear that they would miss even a small detail.
After Li Xiang glanced at Li Yue again with complicated eyes, he said silently: "The reason why King Gu gave that order is because Li Yue is qualified enough and is a hero!"
Hero?
Did you hear that right?
Everyone present looked at each other!
"King, dare to ask why Li Yue is praised for the sacred reputation of being a hero?" For fear that the middle-aged general would collide with Wang Jia again, Lin Hai didn't want one of his generals to be guillotined like this, so he spoke out in front of him. After all, in this case, he is also the deputy commander of the Qin army this time, and Li Xiang has to give some face.
Hum!
Li Xiang saw that it was Deputy Marshal Lin Hai who came out to ask questions this time, and he didn't know there, he had a little Jiujiu in his heart, and he was not afraid that the recklessness of the middle-aged general would bump into him. With a light snort, Li Xiang didn't hold on to it, directly ignored the past, and continued: "This time we were able to take Yongzhou so easily, on the one hand, because of the courage and good fighting of our Shu army, and on the other hand, it was also caused by the emptiness of the Qin army. There is a situation that I guess everyone present still doesn't know, over the years, the Qin State has grown stronger and stronger in the hands of Li Yue, not only the national strength has risen steadily, but even the army has expanded several times. At the peak of the Qin State, there were 200,000 armored iron horsemen across the country, including nearly 20,000 Iron Eagle swordsmen known as the king of all armies!"
What the!
200,000 armor!
Among them, there are nearly 20,000 Iron Eagle Swordsmen!
Good boy!
After listening to Li Xiang's words, the generals and strategists of the Shu Kingdom present looked at each other, and they were shocked in their hearts.
"Great King, why is it that when our 300,000 army attacked Yongzhou, Qin only had 50,000 people to defend the city, where did the rest of the army go!" Lin Hai's heart was extremely shocked, and at the same time, his mind was also filled with deep doubts, and he hurriedly asked.
"That is, if the Qin State really has such a strong military strength, why don't you see the other 150,000 troops appear until the country is destroyed!" The middle-aged general pursed his lips, and his heart was full of doubts about Li Xiang's words, thinking that he was simply exaggerating!
Hum!
Li Xiang looked around with indifferent eyes, and saw that everyone was full of doubts after the initial shock, and snorted coldly.
"How could the Lone King lie to you, the reason why the 150,000 army did not appear when it came to the destruction of the Qin State, but there is a reason. Presumably, everyone present should be clear, right?" Li Xiang ignored the attitude of everyone and said in a deep voice.
Forehead?
Five Messy Week!
Who doesn't know about the Great Zhou, three years ago, the five foreign kings of the Saiwai barbarian land gathered 500,000 troops to attack the Central Plains from the four directions of the Great Zhou, killed the Zhou people when they saw them, robbed them when they saw the property, ** women, did all kinds of evil, and even the then Great Zhou Tianzi Shenzong Li Guang and hundreds of concubines in his harem and the current queen mother were all taken captive back to the Saiwai barbarians. According to incomplete estimates, during those dark days, nearly 6 million Li people in the Great Zhou were ruthlessly slaughtered by barbarians, and countless treasures were robbed. That period of time was the most humiliating time since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and countless Zhou people were all like blood.