Happy Little Scholar

There is a very famous war in history called the Battle of Kunyang.

In the Battle of Kunyang, Liu Xiu defeated Wang Mang's army of 400,000 with an army of 20,000. This was a very famous example in history of defeating a large number with a small number.

Twenty thousand people versus more than four hundred thousand people, this is a seemingly impossible task.

However, in the battle of Kunyang, meteors flew into the enemy camp first. During the war, there were strong winds and heavy rains. In a very short period of time, a lot of extremely bad weather occurred. With the help of celestial phenomena, Liu Xiu won the battle. The Battle of Kunyang was almost impossible to succeed under the circumstances at that time.

Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty Liu Xiu was nicknamed the "Son of the Plane" and the "Great Magister" by later generations.

Although Zhao Yi did not summon meteorites to help out like Emperor Guangwu did, the fact that he invited the Sea Dragon King has spread to several countries.

Li Yi didn't really believe that the son of the plane had good luck, but it was undeniable that Zhao Yi's luck was indeed extremely good.

Ruyi sat next to him and spoke softly: "Ms. sir..."

Li Yi looked away, shook his head, and said, "It's okay. We've finished eating and have a night's rest. We'll reach the capital of Wu Kingdom in less than ten days."

It was within his expectation that Qi State could defeat Zhao State, but he did not expect it to be so fast.

During their trip, they almost swept all the way to the imperial city of Zhao Kingdom.

Although they could capture Zhao State in a very short period of time, they exposed a bigger problem. After occupying Zhao State, they would need to spend a lot of effort to suppress Zhao State's uprising forces, which would take a long, long time. Time------This is not Zhao Yi's style of doing things.

A trace of doubt appeared on Li Yi's face. What are Zhao Yi and him so anxious about?

…

Zhao Guo, Liyang.

The original capital has become the capital of the subjugated country today.

More than a month ago, the city of Liyang was captured, and all the Zhao royal family and courtiers, including the king of Zhao and his concubines, were captured.

In the palace, the officials were gathered together again.

"Your Majesty committed suicide by hanging himself yesterday."

A middle-aged scribe stood in front of the palace and said calmly: "Good birds choose trees to roost in. Master Taifu, the Kingdom of Zhao has been destroyed, so why are you stubborn?"

"Hahaha..." Opposite him, a white-haired old man looked up to the sky and laughed wildly, "A loyal minister has nothing to do with the two masters. The Kingdom of Zhao has perished. Your Majesty died for the country. I and the Kingdom of Zhao will die together with Your Majesty!"

He turned around, looked at the crowd behind him, and shouted: "Who is going with me!"

A middle-aged official stood up and said with a big smile: "I am willing to go with you, Master Taifu!"

A young official walked out quickly and shouted: "I am willing to die with you, sir!"

"Since the country has perished, I must die!"

"The ministers of the subjugated country have no face to live on!"

"Let's go together!"

…

In an instant, more than ten figures stood up.

"Colleagues, I'll go first!" The white-haired old man laughed twice, stamped his feet violently, hit his head on a pillar in the hall, and died instantly.

"Master Taifu has trouble with his legs and feet, so he should go ahead as well. On the Huangquan Road, he might as well have a cane..."

An official smiled, then suddenly pulled out a guard's long knife and killed himself with his neck.

"A mere fifth-grade official dares to compete with me for the cane of a master!" One person snorted coldly, picked up the long knife that fell on the ground, put it on his neck, and wiped it away...

"Your Majesty, I am here with you!"

…

In the main hall, more than thirty corpses were soon piled up.

Even the surrounding guards had looks of horror on their faces, and they couldn't help but move farther away from the corpses.

The middle-aged scribe watched them die one by one, with a calm expression on his face.

When the last person shouted "die with the country" and inserted a long knife into his heart, the crowd fell into deathly silence. Some people looked indignant and some looked ashamed, but in the end, no one came out.

"Cough! Cough!"

Several coughs came from outside the hall, and a figure slowly walked in from outside the hall.

The middle-aged scribe hurriedly stepped forward and said worriedly: "Your Majesty..."

Zhao Yi waved his hand and refused his support. He looked at the corpses lying on the ground in the hall for a long time before saying, "They must all be buried well."

The middle-aged scribe nodded, bowed and said, "I obey."

A man walked in from outside the palace and whispered: "Your Highness, Jingguo's envoy has arrived."

Zhao Yi nodded and said, "Take them to the side hall."

The middle-aged scribe looked at him and said, "Your Highness, you'd better rest for a while. The imperial doctor said you can't do this anymore..."

Zhao Yi waved his hand and said in a hoarse voice: "It doesn't matter."

The middle-aged scribe's expression changed, he looked at him, but in the end he didn't say anything.

In a side hall of the palace, several Jingguo officials were waiting anxiously.

This time, the number of soldiers captured by Qi State in Jing State was more than 10,000. When they learned the news, they could not wait for the court order, so they came day and night. No matter what, they had to capture these 10,000 people intact. Bring back.

This is 10,000 lives. One can imagine how harsh the conditions set by the Qi Congress were.

This will be an invisible war, and the success or failure of the war depends on them.

The door to the side hall was pushed open, and several people immediately stood up and looked over.

A young man walked in. Judging from his age, he should be about the same age as their Majesty, but his face was a little pale, his steps were a little sloppy, and he seemed to be in poor health.

The leader was about to speak, but Zhao Yi waved his hand and asked, "Are you here for those captives?"

"That's right!" The man said solemnly, "We are here to redeem more than 10,000 soldiers of Jing State. Please give us a condition."

Zhao Yi was silent for a moment, looked at him, and asked, "Do you have a penny?"

...

The envoys of Jing State walked out of the side hall, and the sunlight outside shone on them, and they just sobered up a little.

Suddenly, one of them looked at his companions and said, "Master Chen, slap me and see if it hurts."

"Pah!"

The man slapped him hard on the face without hesitation.

Then he looked down at his hand and murmured, "It hurts, it's true..."

Half of the official's face swelled up immediately, blood flowed from the corner of his mouth, and even a tooth in his mouth was loose.

He looked at Master Chen with a blank look on his face.

The official surnamed Chen patted his shoulder, looked at his bewildered look, and said: "Sir Wei, you don't have to doubt it, what happened just now is true..."

He knew why Sir Wei was bewildered, because he was also bewildered.

They had already determined in their hearts that it would cost a great price for Qi to release the 10,000 captives, and Qi would definitely give them a condition that they could not imagine.

They really could not imagine the condition given by Qi.

This condition is one penny.

One penny cannot buy loss, one penny cannot buy being deceived, one penny can take all the captives back.

The captives have been detained for nearly two months. These days, the sum of what they have eaten and used is a very terrifying number...

However, the Emperor of Qi did only ask them for one penny and signed the document to release the captives. They only need to take this document to take all the soldiers and generals of Jingguo back home.

This negotiation mission was completed beyond imagination. Not to mention how much reward they will receive after returning, they can also look forward to being recorded in the history books and leaving their names in history.

The two left in a hurry without thinking too much.

Before the Emperor of Qi regretted it, they had to implement this matter in the shortest possible time.

After they took all the soldiers out of here, it would be too late for him to regret it.

In the side hall, Zhao Yi sat alone at the table.

In front of him, there was a huge map.

On the map, it was clearly divided into four regions.

Jingguo, Wuguo, Qiguo after annexing Zhaoguo, and dozens of small countries in the west.

Among them, Qiguo was the largest, almost the sum of the territories of Jingguo and Wuguo, and the dozens of small countries in the west were as big as Wuguo.

His sight fell on the westernmost.

Then he began to cough.

He covered his mouth and coughed heart-wrenchingly, coughing out a lot of blood.