I'm a bully in troubled times

"General Nangong, the monarch is very dissatisfied with your performance this time. However, the new monarch does not want to leave the world with the impression that he is militaristic, cruel and bloodthirsty, so this battle ends here."

"For the next thing, there is no need for General Nangong to be in charge. The monarch appointed me as the envoy for this peace talk."

The envoy was over [-] years old, with two mustaches and a kind face. He looked easy to get along with, but he was not as harmless as he appeared on the surface.He is a close minister of the new monarch, and he has always supported and supported the new monarch before he took office. After the new monarch took office, the young princes did not treat him badly.

Since hearing what Jiang Yu said last night, although Nangong Chuo didn't believe it on the surface, he still believed it a little bit in his heart. After all, Chu Hou was indeed as ambitious as Jiang Yu said.But the king's envoys came so quickly, it was still beyond Nangong Chuo's expectation.

Civil servants and military generals have always been at odds since ancient times. Seeing that Nangong Chuochuo didn't speak, the envoy laughed twice, handed the imperial decree to Nangong Chuo, and said with a smile: "General Nangong, please withdraw the troops!"

At this moment, Nangong Chuo hated his teeth. If the envoy came half a day later, he would be able to catch Jiang Yu and win the battle.But now, if he insisted on arresting Jiang Yu, even if he took the risk of offending the monarch and the state of Chu to arrest him, he would have no choice but to release him after a good job, and he would have to make an apology, which was not worth the loss.

"General Nangong, don't you want to resist the order?" the envoy said lightly.

Nangong Chuo sneered, folded his fists and knelt down: "I accept the order."

With Nangong Chuo's order, the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses surrounding De County retreated slowly, revealing the city gate that had been closed for several months.In the city, Gongsun Ke, who played the role of Jiang Yu, hadn't dared to close his eyes for several days and nights. Standing on the tower and looking at the situation downstairs, he let out a long breath and thought: This war is finally over.

Immediately, Gongsun Ke looked in the direction of Guo Gongshan again, with a little worry in his expression, not knowing what happened to his master.In the past few days, Nangong Chuo concentrated his forces to attack the city. Even though they fought day and night, they still suffered heavy losses, and they had already reached the limit. If Nangong Chuo attacked for a few more days, the city of De County might be destroyed.

In the morning of that day, Qi State sent envoys into the city to convey the meaning of Qi State's peace talks.

Without the strict defense of the Qi army, Jiang Yu and Qi Ranming sneaked into the city with the old couple.

Because he left the city quietly, when he entered the city, Jiang Yu didn't dare others to see his face clearly. After Qi Ranming settled the old couple down, they sneaked back to Jiang Yu's handsome tent together.

Gongsun Ke was already waiting there, and when he saw Jiang Yu coming in, he was so excited that he "thumped" and knelt on the ground: "My lord, this subordinate has neglected his duty, please punish him."

Jiang Yu was covered in injuries and exhausted. He rubbed his forehead with his hand and said, "Go, find two military doctors."

"Yes!" Gongsun Ke hurriedly ordered, turned around and saw Qi Ranming, with a somewhat unnatural expression, smiled and said, "Qi Cheyou, you are back."

Qi Ranming pursed his lips and nodded slightly, but did not speak.

"You guarded the city well. Where did you neglect your duty? Let me tell you about it." Jiang Yu asked Gongsun Ke.

When Gongsun Ke heard this, he knelt down again, bowed his head, and said in a hoarse voice, "This subordinate is incompetent and failed to protect the generals. General Ning..."

Jiang Yu narrowed his eyes, sat up straight immediately, and looked down at Gongsun Ke: "What did you say? General Ning, what's wrong with him?"

Gongsun Ke said sadly: "When General Ning broke through the siege and returned to the city that day, he was already seriously injured. In the past few days, Nangong Chuo attacked so hard that he almost broke through the city gate. General Ning died fighting to defend the city."

After Gongsun Ke finished speaking, the tent was so quiet that even a needle could be heard clearly.Jiang Yu didn't speak, Qi Ranming didn't speak, and Gongsun Ke just lowered his head, his shoulders trembling slightly, accompanied by his heavy breathing.

Jiang Yu's hands were clenched so tight that his knuckles turned white, and his lips were tightly pursed, forming a straight line.The muscles on the cheeks were also tense.

Speaking of it, Jiang Yu and Ning Jian didn't have much friendship, only the friendship of comrades in these few wars, but no matter how you say it, Ning Jian was his subordinate.If it weren't for him, regardless of the overall situation, to run out of the city to save Qi Ranming, leaving only Gongsun Ke to impersonate him, Ning Jian might not have died in battle.In the final analysis, this matter was his dereliction of duty, not Gongsun Ke's dereliction of duty.

"General Ning...where is he now?" After a long silence, Jiang Yu asked in a low voice.

Gongsun Ke replied: "General Ning's body is still in his tent."

Jiang Yu didn't care about his own injuries, so he got up and headed towards Ning Jian's camp, with Gongsun Ke and Qi Ranming following behind him.Ning Jian is dead, but the soldiers on duty in front of his gate are still there.When they saw Jiang Yu, they all cupped their fists and bowed their heads: "General!"

Jiang Yu hurriedly walked past them, opened the curtain and walked in.Inside the tent, Ning Jian was lying quietly, without sound, without temperature, heartbeat, or breathing. His limbs were already cold and hard, his skin was white and blue, and he had no blood.

Ning Jian's body was well preserved, but from his wounds, it can be seen what kind of brutal battle he had experienced before his death.

"When did General Ning die in battle?" Jiang Yu asked in a low voice, as if afraid of disturbing the sleeping people.

Gongsun Ke said: "Two days ago."

"Immediately arrange a convoy to send General Ning back to Beijing." Jiang Yu said quickly, "It is late autumn, the weather is cool, and the corpse is not easy to rot. You need to hurry up and send General Ning to the capital before his body rots."

Gongsun Ke said: "This subordinate obeys."

"The State of Qi has already sent people to negotiate peace, and Dong Ying will be in charge of this matter." Jiang Yu continued to order, "I think the king also means the same."

Dong Ying is the son of an aristocratic family, so it is most appropriate to entrust this kind of lip service to him.

"Count the total number of soldiers and horses in the city, how many people were killed or injured, how many people are left, and the number of horses and chariots, and report to me."

"Yes."

"Where are Dong Ying and Wei Boyong? They should still be alive, right?"

"General Wei was seriously injured, and General Dong was also slightly injured," Gongsun Ke said.

Jiang Yu turned around and hurried out of Ning Jian's camp: "I'll go and see them."

Jiang Yu and Gongsun Ke talked to each other, and Qi Ranming stood there, which seemed a bit redundant.Jiang Yu passed by Qi Ranming when he was walking out, and suddenly stopped, and turned his head to look at Qi Ranming: "Go back and rest, let the military doctor show you, your injury is not serious, so don't run around anymore."

Qi Ranming nodded.

When Gongsun Ke passed by him, he also nodded at Qi Ranming, and said quickly: "Qi Cheyou survived a catastrophe, it's God's mercy, go back and recuperate quickly, don't waste the general's kindness." After finishing speaking, he followed Jiang Feather left.

As a subordinate, of course Gongsun Ke would not criticize Jiang Yu's actions, he would only choose to obey.But I have to say, from any point of view, Jiang Yu was reckless and irresponsible enough to leave the soldiers in the city and run to find Qi Ranming who didn't know whether he was alive or dead.

The point is, Ning Jian died in battle because of this.Although it cannot be said that it was Qi Ranming's responsibility, Gongsun Ke, the only person in the know, inevitably had some opinions on Qi Ranming in his heart.Before this, Jiang Yu had never done such a thing.

After Qi Ranming returned to the tent, he asked the military doctor to treat his wound, and after bandaging the wound, Qi Ranming waited quietly in Jiang Yu's tent.But Jiang Yu was busy until dark before stopping.

There are still 5 fresh troops left in De County, most of which are wounded, and there are more than 3 seriously injured.However, the losses of the Qi army were even more severe. When De County was surrounded, under the threat of life and death, the fighting power of the Yan army was astonishing. Don't dare to face it head-on.When the Qi army came, there were [-] people, and there were less than [-] people left.

The peace talks were proceeding in an orderly manner under the auspices of Dong Ying, and Jiang Yu, Qi Ranming and Wei Boyong were all recovering from their injuries.Gongsun Ke has also suffered serious injuries these days.

About the old couple, Jiang Yu didn't tell Gongsun Ke in detail, but only said that they rescued Qi Ranming, worried that Nangong Chuo would be bad for them, so they took them to De County together.

However, when Gongsun Ke was chatting with the old couple, he heard the old couple tell the truth, that is, the whole process of the four of them outside the city.Hearing that Jiang Yu had ventured into Nangong Chuo's camp to rescue them, Gongsun Ke was terrified when he thought about it, but after thinking about it, he felt that this was not Jiang Yu's style, but he didn't dare to ask Jiang Yu, so he had to ask Jiang Yu himself. Hold it in your stomach.

After the war with Qi State stopped, I heard that Chu State also stopped fighting, and both sides are talking about peace.After a month-long peace talks, from autumn to winter, the weather became colder and colder. At night, frost formed on the ground, and every breath would form a white mist.

The soldiers of both countries were homesick and eager to go home, so both sides made concessions.

The State of Qi returned Gaoyang to the State of Yan, ceded Yongjing to the State of Yan, and paid a tribute of one hundred taels of gold, one hundred fat cattle and one hundred fat sheep to Yan State every year.De County was returned to Qi State.

So far, this battle can be regarded as a complete victory for Yan State.And Jiang Yu also had time to listen to other news.

But Gongsun Ke looked at Qi Ranming next to him, hesitant.

"Don't be shy, just say it directly." Jiang Yu waved his hand.

"Yes." Gongsun Ke said, "There are three pieces of news."

"The first one is from Linzi. I heard that the defeat of Yan Qi and Chu Qi in the two wars damaged Qi Hou's prestige in the court. The former third son Jiang Ping took the lead in opposing him, saying that he was incompetent."

"The second one is from the State of Qin." Gongsun Ke said this, and glanced at Qi Ranming, Qi Ranming seemed unaware, "The Prince of Qin, Lord Guangling, sent troops to the State of Jin a few days ago, but was thrown from the chariot with an arrow by Shi Xiang." He was shot, and I heard that he was shot in the chest, and now he is alive or dead.”

"What about the third one?" Jiang Yu asked.

Gongsun Ke said: "The third one is from Jicheng."

"Jicheng." Jiang Yu repeated, "There's no need to read this, I probably know about it. I'll talk about the situation in Jicheng when I go back."

"As for Linzi, with the help of the Marquis of Chu, it shouldn't be difficult for Jiang Ping to win. After all, Jin is busy dealing with Qin and has no time to help Jiang Gu."

"Mr. Guangling..." Jiang Yu rubbed his chin and pondered, "If Shi Xiang really shot Lord Guangling to death, then the enmity between Qin and Jin would be forged. If Lord Guangling is gone, The younger brother of Lord Guangling, Young Master Xi..."

Gongsun Ke glanced at Qi Ranming again.

Qi Ranming was touching his white bone flute again, as if he was playing with something he loved.When Gongsun Ke saw it, he asked with a casual smile: "Qi Cheyou, your flute looks strange. I haven't seen it in Quwo before. Where did it come from?"

Qi Ranming raised his eyes and glanced at him: "Mother's belongings." Then he glanced at Jiang Yu again.