Chapter 481 Farewell With
40,000 troops and two cities in Yu Zheng's hands, Xiao Chen had no choice.
If he sent troops to attack, as soon as he made a move, Yu Zheng would sacrifice the Nanyan army.
By then, it would be unknown whether he would win or lose, and the army would lose its morale.
After weighing the two options, the best outcome was to redeem the city and 40,000 troops without a single bloodbath.
After the covenant was signed, Zhou Boxu took one copy and left the other to Xiao Chen.
So far, the two countries have made peace.
Zhou Boxu politely bowed to Xiao Chen.
Xiao Chen looked at him and said, "May I know your name, General?"
"Zhou Boxu."
Xiao Chen smiled when he heard this, with a hint of respect in his smile.
After Dazhao captured Shuncheng and Xingyicheng, it released a Nanyan soldier to deliver a letter to Xiao Chen, so Xiao Chen knew the name Zhou Boxu.
He killed Xiao Lin.
His reputation will surely spread to Nanyan and Dazhao.
"I'll remember this, General Zhou." Xiao Chen's words had a deeper meaning.
Zhou Boxu looked up and looked at Xiao Chen, not afraid at all.
Xiao Chen looked gentle and elegant on the surface, but in fact, his mind was unfathomable.
It was understandable that he could do such a thing as losing a battle and redeeming a city calmly without any embarrassment, which was enough to prove how deep this person's scheming was.
"Goodbye." Zhou Boxu didn't want to say more, and turned to leave.
Xiao Chen watched Zhou Boxu enter the city, and the city gate closed behind him, his eyes narrowed slightly.
Yu Zheng said loudly on the city wall: "Your Highness is straightforward. I will withdraw my troops and return the city to Your Highness."
Xiao Chen said: "If King Jing likes it, it's okay to stay a few more days."
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness, there is no need to stay longer, just send the silver to Dazhao as soon as possible." Yu Zheng reminded without hesitation.
Speaking of silver, Xiao Chen frowned and sighed in embarrassment: "To be honest, the treasury of Nanyan can't take out so much silver at once, I'm afraid it will have to be divided several times."
Yu Zheng was silent after hearing this.
150 million is not a small number, it is normal that Nanyan can't take it out all at once.
After discussion, Yu Zheng finally took a step back and agreed to pay it in three installments, and Xiao Chen promised to deliver the first batch of ransom money to Yicheng within two months.
After the two sides reached an agreement, Yu Zheng did not stay long and immediately ordered the withdrawal of troops back to Yicheng.
With the covenant in place and the witnesses of the generals and people of Nanyan, Yu Zheng was not afraid of Xiao Chen's resistance.
The new king has to have some face when he succeeds to the throne.
Yu Zheng had just led the Dazhao Army to leave, and Xiao Chen entered the city to deal with post-war affairs and comfort the soldiers and civilians.
Although Xiao Lin was dead, the mess he left behind was enough to cause a headache.
Of course, these had nothing to do with Yu Zheng and the others.
After everything was done, Yu Zheng and the other two were eager to return to Shangjing as soon as possible.
However, the journey was long, and they rushed for two days before returning to Yicheng.
Although Da Zhao returned with a great victory, it also suffered heavy casualties. Only more than 70,000 people were left of the 120,000-man army. Yu Zheng ordered the generals to
separate the troops. The generals of Yicheng continued to guard Yicheng, and the generals of Shangjing stayed in Yicheng temporarily, and escorted back to Shangjing after the ransom money from Nanyan was delivered. There were many things to do after the war, and Yu Zheng and Zhou Boxu dealt with them all day. Jiang Shu was not idle either. After explaining the aftermath to Zhang Wei, she went to see Ren Dong with Lian Xuan. Ren Dong was buried on Ma Bei Mountain near her home, and it took half an hour to walk the mountain road to get there. The mountain road was rugged and difficult to walk, and Jiang Shu was puzzled and asked: "Why is Ren Dong buried here?" Lian Xuan said: "This is facing the direction of Shangjing." Ren Dong has always longed for Shangjing, but she can't go. When thinking of this, Lian Xuan couldn't help crying. When Lian Xuan first learned of Ren Dong's death, she was shocked and couldn't believe it. It was not until she saw Ren Dong's body with her own eyes that Lian Xuan couldn't accept it and cried until she fainted. Although she and Ren Dong were not relatives, they depended on each other for many years, better than blood relatives. After Ren Dong's death, Lian Xuan no longer had any relatives in this world. In the past few days, Lian Xuan often cried for no reason, and her eyes were swollen. Jiang Shu's eyes also turned red, and he stroked Ren Dong's tombstone and said: "We will go back to Shangjing tomorrow. Don't worry, I will take good care of Lian Xuan and Dabai." "In your next life, you will be reborn in Shangjing, in my family, and be my relative." For Ren Dong, Jiang Shu felt more distressed than regret. Such a good girl deserves the best life. If there is an afterlife, she will definitely compensate Ren Dong and let her see the prosperity of this world and enjoy all the wealth in this world. "I'm sorry, I didn't protect you well." Leng Xing looked at Ren Dong's grave with guilt, burning paper money one by one. "Goose--" Dabai pecked at the tombstone and cried sadly. Thinking that he would leave tomorrow and might never come back, Lian Xuan burned a lot of paper money for Ren Dong and left money to a kind neighbor, asking her to look after Ren Dong's grave. Jiang Shu also contacted the general's mansion and asked people to sweep Ren Dong's grave and burn paper money every year. Unknowingly, it was evening, and tired birds returned to their nests in groups, flying over the treetops in the forest. "It's getting dark, let's go down the mountain." Jiang Shu sighed, and the three of them said goodbye to Ren Dong reluctantly and left. It was already dark when they returned to the general's mansion. After dinner, Jiang Shu and Lian Xu packed up their things, preparing to set off for Shangjing early tomorrow morning. The army is holding a celebration banquet tonight. Yu Zheng and Zhou Boxu are rewarding the generals in the army and will be back very late. The generals originally invited Jiang Shu to join them, but Jiang Shu knew that she would make the generals uncomfortable, so she refused. Zhufeng woke up a few days ago, and under Leng Xing's careful care, his wounds are healing. Because they were going back to Shangjing, Leng Xing changed Zhufeng's medicine and helped him pack his luggage. Zhufeng lay on the bed, watching Leng Xing busying around, in a very good mood. Leng Xing turned around and saw Zhu Feng staring at her. She couldn't help but asked shyly, "What are you looking at?"
"Look at you." Zhufeng said frankly.
Leng Xing glared at him and said, "Don't look."
"You have seen me naked, let me see what's wrong." Zhufeng said righteously.
Leng Xing's face turned red from her neck after hearing this. She ran over and covered Zhufeng's mouth, whispering threats: "It was an accident, don't mention it again!"
"You saw it, so you have to take responsibility." Zhufeng pulled her hand off, looking unreasonable.
Leng Xing was furious, and her face was red as if bleeding.
Zhufeng was seriously injured and bedridden, unable to wash himself, and it was the guards who helped him. The day before yesterday, Zhufeng had just finished washing and had not yet put on his clothes. He was only covered with a quilt, and the guards went to get his clothes to dry.
At this time, Leng Xing came to change his dressing. Zhufeng held the quilt tightly, but Lengxing didn't know why, so he pulled it away...
At that time, there was a dead silence in the tent, and both of them were petrified on the spot. When he heard footsteps outside the tent, Lengxing came back to his senses and hurriedly covered Zhufeng with the quilt.
Fortunately, the guard didn't find any clues and asked Lengxing
to leave. He helped Zhufeng put on his pants and applied medicine. Lengxing agreed hesitantly and ran away.
The two of them had a tacit understanding for the past two days and didn't mention this matter. Lengxing thought it was over, but when Zhufeng suddenly mentioned it, she was so embarrassed that she wanted to kill him to silence him.
"Don't look at me like that, I told you it was inconvenient, but you didn't listen." Zhufeng looked innocent.
Lengxing clenched his fist and said, "Don't mention this again in the future!"
"Oh." Zhufeng responded angrily.
Leng Xing continued to pack her luggage, and Zhu Feng said behind her: "But you still have to take the responsibility."
Take the responsibility of the devil!
Leng Xing turned around and threw the clothes in her hand at Zhu Feng's face.
Zhu Feng finally shut up.