Dugu Yan understood Jiang Ming's temper!

He always keeps his word...

With no other option, the massive army began to retreat, even abandoning the 40 "Divine General" counterweight catapults, leaving them lying on the battlefield.

Jiang Ming withdrew his troops back to their original South Korean territory for reorganization.

An atmosphere of antagonism permeated the entire military camp.

Some of the soldiers thought that the king was right!

The fact that the king didn't stand idly by and watch those babies die shows that he has a compassionate heart...

If he treats the children of Wei this way, how much more so the children of those who are loyal to him?

The other group of people were completely baffled by Jiang Ming's actions!

Leaving aside whether we can conquer Wei or not, or what potential problems might arise if we abandon the attack on Wei...

If the king is bound by Wei Ji's "benevolent kidnapping" tactic, this evil act will be imitated by other countries!

For example, when attacking those small countries, and also the powerful state of Qi in the east...

At that time, they won't need to use rolling logs and stones to defend the city. They can just hang their own children on the city walls to threaten the king. Wouldn't the king then have to withdraw his troops?

In this way, other forces that wanted to rebel followed suit...

Since they knew that King Jiangming couldn't bear to see children die, as long as they had young children as hostages, it would be equivalent to having a get-out-of-jail-free card.

......

In Jiang Ming's command tent, Dugu Yan also gave Jiang Ming this advice.

"Oh, Great Khan..."

Instead of confronting Jiang Ming directly, she first admitted her mistake, kneeling on the ground to confess to him, "Today, I was inconsiderate and even offended the Great Khan. I beg the Great Khan to punish me..."

Jiang Ming pulled her up and said with a wry smile, "We're an old married couple, what crime are you trying to punish?"

Seeing that Jiang Ming's attitude had softened, Dugu Yan breathed a sigh of relief and began to subtly comfort him, "Your Majesty, I believe you have your reasons for doing this, but... I worry that if Wei Ji's move is adopted by other rebellious lords... the consequences would be unimaginable. For example, Qi... Qi is even stronger than Wei. If they resort to this tactic when they are outmatched, will we still be able to unify the world? Can we still let them have their way?"

She paused and continued, "A criminal kidnapped a toddler, and the police officers beat the criminal to death, which also caused the toddler's death... The fault lies with the criminal, not the police officers. If they were afraid that the criminal would harm the child, wouldn't that mean... in this country, anyone could kidnap an infant and do whatever they want?"

"cough!"

Jiang Ming sighed deeply: "My beloved concubine, how could I not understand what you're saying? But many things are not as simple as they seem... You're thinking about how to conquer the world, while I'm thinking about how to govern it. You must know, governing the world is far more difficult than conquering it..."

He paused and continued, "Back then, when I unified the four seas... how simple it was! If it weren't for reducing casualties, do you think a mere Wu Kingdom could have stopped me? I didn't actually need to spend three years slowly wearing down Wu Kingdom! But once the world was conquered, how to stabilize it was the most difficult thing. It's true what they say: conquering the world is easy, but maintaining it is difficult!"

"But... can we protect the world just by talking about benevolence and righteousness?" Dugu Yan frowned and shook her head.

"hehe!"

Jiang Ming smiled faintly: "Of course not! In fact, blindly advocating benevolence and righteousness, preventing the wicked from being effectively punished and allowing the good to maintain their high status, will only create chaos in the world and do more harm than good!"

"Why is the Great Khan here today?" Dugu Yan was increasingly puzzled by Jiang Ming.

"hehe!"

Jiang Ming laughed and said, "Don't always be so superficial, always looking at the surface of things... Benevolence and righteousness are just appearances, magic and power are the core!"

"Spell power?"

"right!"

Jiang Ming pondered for a moment and said, "Given today's situation, it's not impossible for me to charge in directly, but it would also cause heavy casualties... Wei has 400,000 men. Even if we annihilate them all, our forces will be reduced by at least a third. We're about to unify the world, and many of these people don't need to die!"

"What does the Great Khan mean?"

Dugu Yan asked, completely bewildered, "Is the Wei Kingdom really not going to fight anymore?"

"Fight! Of course we must fight!"

Jiang Ming said decisively, "Anyone who wants to follow Wei Ji's wicked idea is just daydreaming! Anyway, don't worry about it. I have my own reasons for dealing with Wei!"

To reveal one's defeat...

Jiang Ming did not explain his specific operating method, and Dugu Yan did not ask any further questions.

In short, Jiang Ming finally told her that Wei was not giving up, it would just take a little longer, but... he would definitely be able to take down Wei within a month!

......

The Chu King's Palace, within the city of Luoyi.

King Ying Zhuang of Chu received a letter from Jiang Ming, informing him of some specific strategic plans...

After reading the letter, Ying Zhuang immediately understood the situation and led the 500,000-strong army of Chu directly to Daliang City.

Meanwhile, in Wei, seeing that Jiang Ming had only been gone a few days before Chu's "million-strong army" arrived, they were once again plunged into the shadow of death...

The northern city wall of Daliang has already been breached by Jiang Ming...

Repairing it is by no means an easy task!

Moreover, repairing it wouldn't make much sense.

Even if you repair it, Jiang Ming can still use the "Divine Might General" to chisel it open!

It only serves to waste people's resources...

At first, Wei Ji wanted to bring the 40 Divine Might Generals into the city, but he found that they couldn't be moved at all.

Jiang Ming set up mechanisms under each of the Divine Might Generals.

Once locked, this massive bronze catapult will be firmly fixed in place and will never be moved.

Unless the people of Wei use brute force to lift up the Divine General and move him away...

So they remained standing in the same spot, without moving an inch.

Meanwhile, the 500,000-strong army of Chu had gathered north of Daliang City, poised to charge into the city.

Faced with Jiang Ming's army, the people of Wei could even use children as hostages to "morally blackmail" Jiang Ming!

However, Wei Ji was troubled again when faced with the army of Chu.

The King of Chu didn't have many rules; he ordered his troops to charge in without hesitation...

However, the 500,000-strong army of Chu stood ready in front of the two armies and did not immediately launch an attack!