Seeing Jingci bowing his head in silence, Shen Qingci didn't say anything more. He stood up and said softly: "You should think about it for yourself, whether to die a grand and meaningless death, or to endure humiliation and bear the burden and create a prosperous age for the people."
Shen Qingci walked away, and Zhang Chao, who had witnessed the entire incident, tried several times to dissuade Jing Ci from being loyal to King Beidi and never betray Beidi easily, but every time the words came to his lips, Zhang Chao swallowed them back. .
Because even Zhang Chao's own position is no longer as firm as before.
If Qin Feng intends to destroy Beidi, then Zhang Chao must fight Qin Feng until his last breath. But the problem now is that Qin Feng does not intend to destroy Beidi, or even take Beidi into his pocket.
Jing Qianying is originally from the royal family, so there is no problem for her to inherit the throne. Even if Jing Qianying abdicates in the future, a new heir of the Jing family will naturally be selected to succeed.
Moreover, Qin Feng's purpose is to build Beidi into a wealthy but peaceful country, which is naturally an infinitely better future for Zhang Chao.
Zhang Chao was confused. He didn't know how to face Qin Feng. In the end, he simply handed over this problem to Jing Ci. He turned around silently and left Jing Ci in the yard.
Qiya didn't leave, she always stayed with Jing Ci.
"Your Highness, we have no choice now."
"Even if we continue to fight Qin Feng, even if we can defeat Qin Feng, what will happen? What is left to us is only a devastated country."
"How many years will it take to regain its former glory?"
"Besides, is this country the Jing family's country or the people's country?"
Qiya's last words were said into Jing Ci's heart. This is what she has been struggling with. If it is just to ensure the imperial power, then no matter how miserable the people are and how many people die, why does it matter? But if it is to protect the country itself, then the honor and disgrace of the Jing family seems to be worth compromising.
Jing Ci couldn't help but feel distressed. She couldn't make up her mind for a while.
Night had fallen unknowingly, and Qin Feng had finally handed out the household registration documents. When he was about to take a rest, he felt a sudden coldness on his face.
When I reached out and touched it, it was actually snowing.
"It's snowing again. Is this the first snowfall this year?"
"According to this method, Beidi will really make things worse."
Hearing Qin Feng's emotion, Liu Ming on the side couldn't help but asked curiously: "Master Hou, why do you start to sympathize with Beidi? If you ask me, the more snow the better, our army has abundant supplies, but Beidi is stubborn In a scalp battle, the harsher the environment, the better it is for us.”
Qin Feng couldn't help but sigh: "Even so, it is the people who suffer after all."
"Every time it snows, I don't know how many people will die."
"From a war perspective, I also hope that the snow will fall as much as possible, and this cold winter will go by as slowly as possible. But considering those innocent people, and from an emotional perspective, I hope that winter will pass quickly, and spring will pass. Come soon."
Qin Feng stood up and walked back silently, his mood becoming a little heavy. In this world, many things have two sides, and even he cannot be perfect.
The purpose of this winter war was to create peace, but before peace came, a large number of casualties had to be paid.
Perhaps, this is the darkness before the light comes.
At the moment, Qin Feng has secured Changshui County, and there is nothing he can do next. He can only hope that Xu Mo and Li Zhang can break through Chen Si's defenses as soon as possible, invade the capital, and end this war as soon as possible. war.
As the night progressed, the shouts of killing were heard on the northern line of Ezhou.
After days of fierce fighting, Chen Si's army was exhausted. Chen Si, Jing Peng and Wu Kang, the three backbones, sat around the brazier in the camp, staring at the bright flames in a daze.
The situation of the war has become extremely unfavorable. If the fight continues like this, defeat is only a matter of time.
The Eagle Brigade under Wu Kang still maintains a strong combat effectiveness, but even so, the war value it can exert has become extremely limited.
Now on the frontal battlefield, the enemy's main force has been completely "stuck", and there are light cavalry troops moving in the rear. As for the most important Beixi Expeditionary Brigade, it is located on the western front of the battlefield. The Eagle Brigade wants to attack the Beixi Expeditionary Brigade. , it will take a big circle.
But the problem now is that the war is intense, and Wu Kang does not dare to easily move the Eagle Brigade away from the defense line.
Jing Peng also swept away his former playfulness and showed a rare serious expression: "Our army is the last line of defense. If we can't stop the enemy, Dadi will not be far from being destroyed."
Hearing this, Chen Si couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Dadi will not die."
Jing Peng's expression became even more gloomy, because he understood that Chen Si's subtext was that Dadi would not die, nor would the Jing family, but only the Beidi King lineage would die.
Chen Si turned to look at the howling wind and heavy snow outside the camp, his eyes full of helplessness.
Even if Chen Si had excellent strategic qualities, he could not keep up with the logistics, and he was at the end of his rope.
"The army's food and grass can only last three days. If the logistics materials cannot be transported, the soldiers will be hungry. Once there is a problem with the food and grass, the next problem will be morale."
Hearing this, Wu Kang asked in a deep voice: "General, is it really true that there is no logistics supply at all now?"
"Before you led the army to Ezhou, didn't you already urgently mobilize the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household Affairs?"
Not mentioning this, Sir Chen sighed: "After two consecutive wars, the national treasury has been completely emptied. Before the troops and people in various places could recover from the national war, they were once again involved in something worse. of the Winter War.”
"Nowadays, the grain and grass stored in the rear can barely sustain the stationing and consumption of elite troops. Most of the field soldiers are already preparing to be temporarily demobilized in preparation for the next spring's farming."
"This sudden war directly interrupted the original deployment, resulting in a lack of material resources. Coupled with the large number of soldiers stationed in the fields, these are the mouths to eat."
"In terms of marching and fighting, and the arrival of logistics, the consumption of materials will also increase significantly."
"The only solution for now is to forcefully requisition grain and grass from neighboring counties. We can barely survive for a few days, but this practice of fishing in dry swamps will definitely provoke civil unrest."
Although Chen Si did not say it explicitly, Jing Peng and Wu Kang knew very well that the army was now in a dilemma.
It doesn’t matter if you fight, it doesn’t matter if you don’t fight.
