That's right, Zhao Kuo is boiling the eagle.
The stubborn eagle of the Qin Army asked the Qin Army to give in again and again, and each time asked him to step back a little bit. It didn't need to be too much, just a little bit was enough. As time passed, whenever Qin Jun heard or saw the word Zhao Kuo, his heart would tremble and he would unconsciously take two steps back. This was Zhao Kuo's purpose.
"Please give me the remains of Mr. Wu An." Wang Hao clasped his hands and saluted Zhao Kuo.
Zhao Kuo no longer made things difficult for Wang Lu and others. With a wave of his hand, Xu Li appeared in front of everyone holding a big box. Everyone immediately understood what was in the wooden box.
Wang Hao was stunned for a moment, and then his back molars were almost broken: "Mr. Ma Fu, are you going too far to bully me?!"
The sluggish emotions of the Qin troops behind them were instantly ignited again, but because of what Zhao Kuo said, no one dared to draw their swords at each other.
Zhao Kuo expressed that he was very satisfied with the way that the Qin army dared to be angry but dared not speak out.
Of course, Zhao Kuo had already anticipated the Qin army's anger. After all, in this era where burial was highly valued, future generations would never allow corpses to be cremated unless there was a plague.
However, Zhao Kuo was obviously prepared for this.
"This is Lord Wu'an's wish!" Zhao Kuo said calmly: "The broken body was buried with the party and the body was returned to the homeland. I just followed Lord Wu'an's wish."
This was of course made up by Zhao Kuo. Bai Qi, Lord Wu'an, is already dead, and there is no proof that he is dead. However, these words were extremely consistent with Wu Anjun's mentality at the time. He had both longing for returning to his hometown and his obsession with staying in the Party, which was quite convincing.
"The broken body was buried in the party, and the body was returned to the homeland in powder." Wang Hao chewed on Wu Anjun's last words, and his eyes instantly became moist.
Fan Sui beside him and other soldiers of the Qin army also had wet eyes: they will never forget their hometown accent until they die, and it is still a king's business before they die.
"Wu Anjun, let's go home!" Wang Hao wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, then stepped forward to hold the wooden box containing Bai Qi's ashes with both hands.
"Mr. Ma Fu." Wang Lu turned around and faced Zhao Kuo and said, "I wonder what your Majesty will do with the other half of the body?"
"Don't worry, General Wang. Death in battle is the highest honor for every general. I will do my best to honor Lord Wu'an after his death." Zhao Kuo returned the greeting and said, "I will order Xu Li to choose his tomb and lay it with bluestone." With the stone as the foundation and the flower rock as the body, a stele should be erected with inscriptions to commemorate the deeds of Lord Wu'an. This will allow his name to be passed down to future generations."
Wang Hao was stunned again. He originally thought that Zhao Guo could dig a tomb and not let Lord Wu An leave it in the open.
Good is good, but a little too good!
Such a brave general was defeated in Shangdang. This was also a big blow to the Qin army. Wouldn't this matter be permanently engraved on the faces of the Qin people by laying a stone and erecting a monument?
But Wang Lu really couldn't refuse. No matter what, Zhao Kuo had "good intentions", not to mention that he couldn't stop him from erecting a monument for Lord Wu'an.
Sighing softly, Wang Lu knew that he and Qin had no choice but to swallow this embarrassing loss. Perhaps only by defeating Shangdang again can we erect a new monument for Lord Wu An to avenge his shame and clear his name.
Then he bowed slightly to Zhao Kuo and without saying any more words, Wang Hao turned around and led the Qin army officers and soldiers towards the direction of Yewang City.
Fan Sui also sighed lightly, bowed slightly to Zhao Kuo, and left with all the Qin soldiers. Of course, since Hanoi County had not exchanged yet, Fan Sui and others could only go back to Jiepailing and wait.
Fan Sui's mission was full of twists and turns. He seemed to have completed the mission of King Qin and rescued hundreds of thousands of troops from the quagmire of Shangdang. However, Bai Qi's death caught Fan Sui off guard.
Fan Sui could even see King Qin's furious look.
no! Fan Sui knew in his heart that if he went back like this, even if King Qin didn't punish him, he would probably...
Gotta think of a way!
Fan Sui's eyes kept wandering among the Zhao courtiers and generals, and finally fell on the inconspicuous Lou Chang in the corner. Although Lou Chang is inconspicuous in the military camp now, once he returns to Handan and has the support of King Zhao, he will be Zhao Kuo.
I can no longer suppress him.
Therefore, the breakthrough point still has to be placed on this person. Coupled with yesterday's military law treatment, I don't believe that he has no complaints against Zhao Kuo. With a common enemy, there is a basis for cooperation.
This idea has been entrenched in Fan Sui's mind for a whole day and night. Coupled with Wu Anjun's words before leaving, Fan Sui already had a preliminary plan in his heart. He just wanted to complete this matter, and maybe he could also come up with the idea. Some blood.
With the departure of both Fan Sui and Wang Lu, the Shangdang War, which lasted three years and involved nearly one million troops, finally came to a complete end.
The biggest loss was undoubtedly the Qin army, which invested nearly 500,000 troops. In the end, only less than 120,000 troops returned to the country. Lord Wuan Bai Qi died because of this, and he was regarded by Lord Wuan as his successor. The human royal general, Ying Xi, was also designed to die on the battlefield.
Compared with the loss of military strength, the loss of battlefield initiative is obviously a greater loss for Qin. Not only was Shangdang County, the roof of the world, not captured, but the key to the Weihan Passage from the east was also taken away by Zhao Guo.
After that, if you want to go eastward, you will either have to continue to fight Zhao Jun in Hanoi County, or you can only attack the Chu Kingdom from the south, which is surrounded by mountains and rivers.
Of course, as the instigator of the war, Qin deserved such losses. If we want to talk about being taken advantage of, it has to be our country Wei. He led hundreds of thousands of troops around Shangdang County, but caught nothing. In dejection, only about 20,000 troops were left to return to Daliang. They had to take advantage of the heavy rain to swim across the river to get out of danger.
The only winner, Zhao Guo, actually felt uncomfortable. There were more than 400,000 troops, plus nearly 100,000 young men, and in the end, only 190,000 troops were left. Among them, the main army was only 140,000, and the young army was less than 50,000.
It can be said that the Zhao State spent the lives of 430,000 soldiers in exchange for the lives of the Qin Army's 380,000 troops and the general siege of the Qin Army.
If we only talk about the battle loss ratio, at a nearly one-to-one battle loss ratio, the Zhao and Wei armies suffered more losses. Of course, the outcome of a war is never determined solely by the battle loss ratio.
Although the Zhao army also lost a large number of elite troops, what Zhao gained not only was Shangdang, the roof of the world, but also the security of the capital, Handan, and the replacement of strategic initiative.
From then on, Zhao no longer had to worry about the situation of fighting with Yan happening again, and it was even less likely that the Qin army would directly invade Handan.
Shangdang will become an insurmountable and sad place for Qin Jun on his way out east.
