four thousand!
The million-strong army that he had built with his own hands now only has four thousand left...
Xin Zhuo looked up at the stars in the sky and was silent for a long time before he said in a hoarse voice: "How many generals have died in the battle?"
Song Lao Chu sighed: "There were two battles at Heifengkou and Jiangkou in Beicang Country, and Jiang Man'er, Jiang Shisan, Jiang Yuxi and He Liansheng died in the battle!
In the battle of Heilong Grassland, Yuchi Jun, Yuchi Shuozhen, and Tuoba defeated the enemy and died in battle.
In the battle at Beicang Imperial City, Tossing Kun died in battle.
During the attack on Nanli, six family heads including Yuchi Shuowanlie, Zandengjiao and others were killed in the battle at Bai Fengpo!
Later, Lin Haotian, Jiang Guyen, Feng Sanbao, and Song Qiqi died in battle!
In the battle of Nanli Imperial City, the third master Jiang Hu and the four concubines and seven concubines were all killed!
In the recent battle with Dongyi, in fact, there were not many old people left in Xiqin, Zhang Guangpu, Sun Miaoer, Li Juguan and others also died in the battle..."
Song Laochu's words were like a steel knife, piercing Xin Zhuo's heart.
To Song Lao Chu, these people were just a string of cold names, but in his memory they were a group of living people with flesh, temper, and ideas.
It was a memory that he missed bitterly when he was bored in the land of suffering for several years.
Today, there is a separation between yin and yang.
He turned his head and asked in a numb and stagnant voice: "Who is still alive? Tell me, who is still alive?"
"Your Highness, calm down!"
Song Laochu's eyes turned red: "Bai Xuanji is leading the last four thousand remnant soldiers of the Western Qin Dynasty, and they are still fighting under the Dongyi Imperial City, and the Yan Chu clan has disappeared.
Taixun Gong, Yu Siliu and his ministers led Li Xiyue and Murong Yunxi into the imperial court... to become officials! Almost...just these few people! "
Xin Zhuo's voice became hoarse: "Why do you have to listen to Ji Yaoyue? Have you forgotten everything I taught you?"
He thought that Ji Yaoyue was good at skills, but he didn't expect that the whole of Xi Qin would be controlled by her and buried for her ambition!
Song Laochu was silent for a long time and did not hide anything: "The princess said that this was your highness's last wish. As long as the world is unified, your highness can be posthumously named emperor, and the Jiang family can enjoy wealth forever. Moreover, the princess has cooperated with Confucianism, and Confucianism has already It became the state religion of Zhou Dynasty, and Confucian disciples spread throughout the military and political affairs of the Western Qin Dynasty, which is enough to convince everyone!"
Xin Zhuo closed his eyes and took a deep breath for a while, then asked, "Where are Cui Ying'er and the others?"
Song Laochu looked puzzled: "They didn't participate. They returned to Fulong Mountain earlier, but last year... they all suddenly disappeared. No one knows where they went!"
Xin Zhuo felt better and asked again: "Where are the maids around me?"
"They have not participated in any military affairs!" Song Laochu thought for a while, "I don't know about other people, but Bear Paw and Sweet Potato are with the Queen Mother, His Highness's mother, Princess Qin..."
Sighing, "It's just that they and the Queen Mother seem to be... imprisoned in the Shixian Palace!"
"Why?" Xin Zhuo looked at him with a cold voice.
Song Laochu smiled bitterly: "The Queen Mother stopped everything the Princess did. The Princess joined forces with Shixian Palace, Taiping Palace, Tianji, Honghua, and Shenyin. She didn't know what to do, so she had to temporarily imprison the Queen Mother!"
Carefully looking at Xin Zhuo's face, he continued: "The Queen Mother will be fine. Now the Jiang family is also very safe. The queen is the daughter of the Jiang family. Jiang Yugui has become the king of the West Qin County. The old lady will not care about anything. She has full authority. With four princesses including Princess Beihai and Princess Zheng in charge, we are more secure than ever!"
Xin Zhuo looked at the buildings in the city and finally asked: "Where are Huang Taigai, Li Guangling and Jiang Yong?"
Song Laochu replied: "The three of them have been away together for more than two years, and I don't know where they went!"
Xin Zhuo stopped talking, and Song Lao Chu had nothing to say. The former monarch and ministers looked at the lights of thousands of houses silently.
After a long time, Xin Zhuo said: "Go get some food and wine!"
The wine is from the time-honored brand "Jinfenglie" in Fufeng City, and the food is braised pork from Li Ji Braised Food Shop.
Xin Zhuo drank Jinfenglie, but the taste was still the same as before, rough but mellow. He said: "Wine has a pure fragrance, and people are old and good. This person, once he develops a habit of drinking old wine, he will not want to drink other wines." Even if you’re drunk, it’s the same with talking to others!”
Song Laochu smiled bitterly and said: "Your Highness must have experienced a lot in these years!"
"Not many!" Xin Zhuo took a sip, "Not as many as you."
Song Lao Chu sighed softly: "I know that Your Highness must be angry, but have you ever thought about what the mission of Western Qin's professional soldiers is? It is war. Your Highness's original intention of forming the Western Qin Army is to sweep across all directions. You are no longer here, They cannot rest idle, and Western Qin cannot always maintain such an army. They must either continue to conquer or disarm and return to the fields. They always aim to die in battle and be shrouded in horse leather as their life goal!
The soldiers cannot understand what you are about to do. They only know that you are no longer here and they need to conquer. Regardless of whether it is right or wrong, these four countries were conquered by the Western Qin. This is the record of the Western Qin and history books cannot cover it up. . "
"Perhaps... you are right. I have always been stuck in expanding territories, striving to be king and emperor, and pursuing martial arts."
Xin Zhuo smiled and patted the wine jar: "I'm still thinking that this wine is still the same as before, but I'm afraid the person who made it is no longer the same person. Some things have to be discussed!"
"Is there... any difference?" Song Lao Chu asked boldly.
"The difference is huge!" Xin Zhuo drank the wine in the jar and patted his shoulder, "Old Song, take care of yourself!"
Song Lao Chu's body trembled slightly: "You really can't go back?"
"You should ask those dead soldiers!"
Xin Zhuo stood up, stepped forward, and disappeared at the end of the night sky in the blink of an eye.
"Your Highness!"
Song Lao Chu knelt on the ground, looked up to the sky and hissed: "I understand, I have fulfilled His Highness's trust, and it is not a pity to die. I am willing to hang up my crown and leave, and never touch the Great Zhou Dynasty again!"
There was no response from the night sky.
…
The autumn sun is blazing.
The green mountains and green waters of the Dongyi Kingdom have lost their beauty, the war-torn tribes and cities are in dilapidated condition, and the route is full of refugees from the Dongyi Kingdom in cross-dressing and Hufu dragging their families with their families.
It looks like the mountains and rivers are broken and fluttering in the wind.
Xin Zhuo's steps were not too fast, but since he left Fufeng Mansion, there was no expression on his face.
Things in the world, plans cannot keep up with changes. When he left, he had already made a lot of backup plans just in case. He had worked so hard for Xi Qin, but he never expected that it would end like this.
He thought that Ji Yaoyue would be troublesome, but he didn't expect that she would use the Western Qin soldiers to pacify the world.
He thought that the Western Qin soldiers were becoming more and more ambitious, but he didn't expect that they were also willing to conquer!
Just like he thought he would come out soon after entering Julie Mountain, but he wasted several years.
Could it be that all this is not due to luck?
Western Qin is gone, and the veteran generals such as Third Uncle and Jiang Man'er are gone. He, Jiang Yuqing, is no longer the King of Qin!
Western Qin's luck has dissipated.
He has no intention of fighting again.
This really confirms those speculations and prophecies made during the time of suffering. Power, wealth and honor are as empty as mirrors and flowers in the water.
Just...unwilling!
It's just... I'm still a little sad.
What do those brave generals and loyal soldiers think about before they die?
Should we give them an explanation?
According to the Prophet's Temple and various conjectures, the golden age of martial arts will come in two months!
Everything is unknown! It was better to hide and watch the changes, but before that, he needed to do something. He needed to clear the names of the sons of Western Qin and seek an explanation.
He looked ahead, where was the Imperial City of Dongyi Kingdom.
…
Handu, the imperial city of Dongyi Kingdom, borders the three tribes of Dongyi to the east and the endless sea to the south.
This is the holy land of dozens of major tribes, hundreds of small tribes and hundreds of millions of people in the Dongyi Kingdom. It is the supreme city of Dongyi. However, the last 300,000 Dongyi elites guarding it have been destroyed at this moment, and the Zhou army is pressing down outside the city.
The dusk of the empire was desolate and tragic, but it also inspired the determination of the survivors and nobles of the Dongyi Kingdom to die.
The siege is in progress.
Hundreds of thousands of Da Zhou Palace's front army, Shence Army and Tianwu Army attacked frantically, as black as ants.
But the most dangerous place, where the Dongyi Kingdom resisted the most tenaciously, was handed over to four thousand remnants of the Western Qin in black armor!
These Western Qin soldiers are still so brave and powerful, but they can't stand the intense fatigue. They have been fighting for several years and rarely have more than three days of rest in the world. They are either fighting or on the way to fight!
They have become numb. Perhaps their final destination is to follow His Highness and the old brothers to the underworld to fight again.
Bai Xuanji was riding an old horse, and the silver-white armor on her body had been dyed dark red. The handsome and clean face she once had was already rough and dark, and her eyes were full of exhaustion. At this moment, she was silently scanning the formation. Seeing that the remaining sons of Western Qin were killed in battle one by one, he couldn't bear it anymore, reined in his horse and turned around, heading straight towards the commander's central army.
"I, Erlang of Xi Qin, only have these few thousand people left. They are too tired. Xi Qin's mission has been completed long ago. Please allow them to retreat for the last battle and go home to take care of themselves!"
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"No!"
