At the end of Shenshi, dusk, Tianshan.
"Ah!!! I will fight with you..."
"Pfft!"
"..."
Bodies were staggered in the valley, and blood flowed into rivers.
Broken spears and halberds, pools of red and black blood, overturned horses, and discarded flags filled the valley bottom in piles. The black dust after the war hovered over the gorge and did not disperse for a long time.
As the last Ji soldier who refused to surrender staggered and fell, the battle that lasted all day finally came to an end.
It's not so much a battle as it is a siege.
In terms of numbers and preparations, Ji Guo was weaker than Da Jue Duo, and fell into an extremely passive state from the beginning.
If they were fighting on the plains, they might be able to fight and flee, but they could still escape some of them.
But it's a pity that this is in the Tianshan Mountains.
Therefore, a total of 200,000 people had no way to go. There were only two choices before them -
Surrender, or fight to the death.
Judging from the results, the soldiers of Ji State were quite bloody. Even though they knew that they were impossible to defeat, there were still more than 100,000 people who chose to fight to the end.
Correspondingly, there were more than 100,000 corpses in the valley.
If the losses on Dajue's side are added, the total would be almost 200,000.
In one day, nearly two hundred thousand people died.
You must know that neither side has "weapons of mass destruction" such as black powder, so the brutality of this battle can be imagined.
But although the fight was fierce, the ending was not surprising.
In other words, under the absolute crushing force of the troops, there could be no surprises.
After all, Dajue captured or annihilated all the soldiers and horses of Ji State's expedition, clearing the biggest obstacle for the subsequent annexation of the latter.
On the other hand, when the news reached Wei Changtian's ears, he had already made a plan to execute Yan Huanwen.
"Okay, that's it, let's go make arrangements."
In the state government meeting hall, Wei Changtian clapped his hands and stood up.
"The battle on the Tianshan Mountains has been completed now, and Dajue's army will probably withdraw north soon."
"Since Yan Huaiqing is so obedient, we can't be too disrespectful and should deal with Yan Huanwen as soon as possible."
"Anyway, he has basically said everything he knows, so there is no point in keeping it."
"Any more questions?"
After scanning the crowd and seeing that no one raised any questions, Wei Changtian prepared to leave.
However, Liang Zhen quickly took two steps to come to him and whispered:
"Changtian, Miss Li and Tang Chen have been wandering around the city today."
"Hang around?"
Wei Changtian was stunned when he heard this: "What did they do?"
"It's strange that it's strange here. They didn't do anything serious all day long. They just drank tea, watched a show and so on..."
Liang Zhen explained the situation roughly with a puzzled look on his face, and it was obvious that he didn't understand what Li Zimu was doing.
But Wei Changtian already vaguely understood something.
Good guy, a high-end beauty trap?
Tsk, tsk, tsk, this woman Li Zimu would have definitely been an expert at catching Kaizi in her previous life.
"Where are they now? Haven't they returned yet?"
"Not yet. The whistleblower just came to report that he went to a restaurant to drink."
"Okay, I understand. The people who told us don't need to worry about them."
Wei Changtian curled his lips: "Oh, let Li Zimu come to see me tomorrow."
"good."
Liang Zhen responded and watched Wei Changtian slowly walk away, but he was still confused.
Why does it seem like Changtian already understands Miss Li's intention?
So...what does Miss Li want to do?
Did she think that as long as she ate and drank with Tang Chen, the latter would talk?
If that were the case, then the Ministry of Punishments wouldn’t have to go through so much trouble in interrogating prisoners. They would just serve them delicious food and drinks...
Weird.
...
...
On the other side, south of Liangzhou City.
While Liang Zhen was scratching his head and scratching his head, thinking hard about Li Zimu's motives, the latter was sitting with Tang Chen in the elegant room of a restaurant called "Yuemanlou", exchanging glasses of wine.
Although it was not yet night, the two of them had already drank a lot of wine.
There are crowds of people outside the window, and the setting sun on the horizon is like blood.
Li Zimu held his chin up and looked at Tang Chen, his cheeks were very red and his eyes were a little blurry.
Although Tang Chen was somewhat drunk, his expression was still normal.
"Miss Li, you are already drunk."
Gently moving the wine glass in Li Zimu's hand further away, he advised sincerely: "You have never practiced spiritual practice, and drunkenness is most likely to harm your health, so you'd better not drink."
"I'm not drunk..."
Li Zimu muttered, and when he saw his wine glass being "stolen", he stretched out his hand to "snatch" it back.
But whether it was intentional or not, they both wanted to get the wine glass, but their hands accidentally got stuck together.
"..."
As if being electrocuted, both hands retracted suddenly, leaving empty wine cups shaking in the ambiguous air.
After a few tremors, the wine cup finally stopped shaking.
At this time, Li Zimu asked in a low voice in a rather complicated tone:
"Mr. Tang, are you concerned about me?"
"I......"
The simple question made Tang Chen stunned.
He looked away in embarrassment, and after organizing his words for a long time, he answered hesitantly:
"We are friends, so naturally we don't want to see you..."
"Don't say so much!"
Suddenly, Li Zimu's voice became louder, and he seemed to interrupt angrily: "Do you care about me?"
"this......"
"Y-should be considered..."
"..."
The smell of wine is fragrant, and the voices of diners outside are noisy.
I don't know whether it was because the environment was not quiet, or because Tang Chen's voice was a little soft, but his words were not very clear.
But Li Zimu heard it clearly.
I saw her smiling happily at first, then lowering her head a little lonely, murmuring softly:
"Mr. Tang, thank you."
"I'm not afraid of your jokes. You are actually the first person who has ever cared about me..."
"..."
A low-pitched murmur made Tang Chen's protective desire almost overflow.
He raised his head in surprise and wanted to ask something, but in the end he couldn't.
On the contrary, Li Zimu poured himself another glass of wine after a moment of silence, drank half of the glass, and then proactively said:
"Mr. Tang, don't you want to know my origin?"
"Then let me tell you now..."
"..."
A new moon rises in the east, and the setting sun finally disappears on the horizon, leaving the last glow in the sky.
Across the street from Yuemanlou is a two-story teahouse with a shabby green hanging, which is very inconspicuous.
However, there was a man performing a puppet show in front of the teahouse, and many people were watching.
The strings are flying like flying, pulling the slightly rough wooden figure to flip up and down, sometimes waving the long knife in his hand as if to kill the enemy, sometimes kneeling on the ground as if to beg for mercy.
"Hey! The shameless villain stabbed me..."
"Sir, please spare my life! My lord, please spare your life! I am a villain who has blind eyes and cannot recognize Mount Tai..."
Combined with the lifelike dubbing of the puppeteer, the scene of "a chivalrous man failed in his quest for justice and begged the gangster for his life" came to life, causing everyone to clap their hands and laugh.
I just don't know whether they are applauding this wooden person or applauding the indulgent person.
"..."
"Play some more!"
"Yeah! One more section!"
"Brother, let this wooden man kowtow to all of us! Let's be a master for once!"
"Okay! Just take a look!"
"Hahaha!"
"Ha ha ha ha......"
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