The general who fell off his horse was Xiong Er. The reward for capturing the enemy general alive was fifty taels of silver. This was a big fish. The soldiers who were pointing guns at him were secretly happy and tied him up tightly in no time.
"Don't hurt him or insult him!" Jian Ning hurriedly said this and then joined the battle. The Yan army had poured into the city like a tide. The General of Cavalry and the General of Chariots and Cavalry led the troops and were unstoppable all the way.
Su Muyun, Shi Youheng and other young generals were even more crazy with killing. Attacking a city is all about momentum. Once the city gate is broken, the coalition forces will lose all their fighting spirit. The Di, Rong and Jiuchi countries originally gathered together for the sake of profit, but seeing that the situation was hopeless, they retreated with their tails between their legs at the command.
"Don't retreat! Kill them for me! Kill all the southern barbarians! I will reward you with ten thousand taels of gold!" Pei Xiyuan was unwilling to fail, and roared at the top of his lungs, with veins bulging on his forehead.
However, the morale of the army had been broken, and a group of civil and military officials pulled and persuaded him to retreat. Amid the sword flashes and sabers of a group of generals who were fighting bravely to protect his retreat, he caught a glimpse of a corner of a bright red battle robe flashing by, and knew that it was Jian Ning who was chasing him. He was so angry that his eyes were filled with hatred.
He had underestimated this woman. If he had known this would happen, he would have regretted not letting her die in the Prince of Yue's Mansion!
However, there is no medicine for regret in the world. The Dayan army pursued the victory and besieged Shangjing City within two days.
The Yan Dynasty's large flags were planted all around the capital, surrounding it like an iron barrel.
News of the great victory flew to the capital like snowflakes, and the official roads of the prefectures and counties in the Central Plains were covered in dust. Wherever the postmen rode past, wherever there were people, they would shout at the top of their lungs: "Great victory at the border! Great victory at the border!"
At the same time, Marshal Deng, who was in the Northern Expedition, also drove the Dirong tribes deep into the grassland. The Yue Kingdom and the Dirong Jiuchi had both submitted surrender letters, expressing their willingness to pay tribute every year and never offend again. They also paid compensation to the Yan Dynasty with ten thousand taels of gold and hundreds of millions of silver. The two expeditionary forces of the Yan Dynasty only waited for the signing of the contract before returning to the court.
The place where the coalition forces surrendered was set at Fengyi. King Pingnan led his troops to withdraw and station outside Fengyi City. Xiong Er had been enjoying preferential treatment since he was captured. When Yue Kingdom submitted the surrender letter, it proposed to release their mighty general Xiong Er, but did not mention Pei Zitong at all. I don't know if they forgot or were waiting to sign the contract to exchange prisoners of war between the two sides.
In short, Xiong Er had returned to Yue Kingdom on the day they submitted their surrender. Although Pei Zitong was still detained in the Yan Army camp, his treatment was much better. His handcuffs and shackles had been removed. Except for the fact that someone followed him wherever he went, he could move freely in the camp.
After she learned that her royal brother only proposed to release Xiong Er first, she cried bitterly and even went on a hunger strike. After crying and making a fuss, she didn't need anyone to persuade her, as she quickly calmed herself down.
Because she figured out one thing: the Yue Kingdom was defeated, but her brother was still the Emperor of the Yue Kingdom, and her mother was still the Empress Dowager. After signing the contract, she would be free. Although she could not become the Princess of Qilin, with her mother around, the Princess of Qujing would be hers no matter what!
"Go, tell your concubine that I need to go into the city to buy some clothes. I'm not used to the clothes of you Central Plains people. Look, the sleeves are so big." She tugged at her sleeves and told the maid, "Tell her to stop being so stingy and give me some silver. I'll pay her back in the future and won't take advantage of her. Go quickly!"
"What kind of princess are you? If you want to buy clothes, why don't you exchange the jewelry on your body? At worst, you can buy them on credit. It's not certain that the people of your Yue Kingdom will not buy your princess's account?" After saying this, the maid rolled her eyes at her and went to report her needs to Concubine Li.
When the maid came to report, Erlangzi was taking Erniu and Sanniu to visit Fengyi City. He wanted to buy some gifts for Duan Xinyan and his two children, and he also asked Tong Bajin and Xu Dali to go shopping together.
Because Jian Ning was changing the dressings for the wounded soldiers with Da Niu and Qiao Feng, Er Niu and San Niu asked Jian Ning for money but failed, so they brought Er Langzi and the other three to ask Concubine Li for money.
Concubine Li asked her maid to open the box and took out two taels of silver and five hundred coins. She gave the two taels of silver to Pei Zitong to buy clothes, and the five hundred coins to Erniu and Sanniu to buy snacks. She gave all the money to Erlangzi and asked the maid to bring Pei Zitong over.
"Let her go with you. Please keep an eye on her and don't let her run away. If anything happens along the way, we won't be held responsible. We'll just have to wait until the Moon Nation comes and hand her over safely."
Concubine Li said to Tong Bajin and the other three.
The war was over and the people of Yue Kingdom were happy, especially those who opened shops and did business. The war had caused the city to be closed and besieged from time to time, making it impossible for them to do business.
Now it was good, everything was finally settled, and the two countries restored their friendly neighborly relationship. The streets and alleys of Fengyi City were filled with joy, and merchants took out their accumulated goods and hung them all over the streets.
As soon as he entered Fengyi City, Pei Zitong excitedly introduced various snacks and gadgets. He did not regard himself as a prisoner of war at all, and joy was revealed in the corners of his eyebrows and eyes.
Erniu looked at her and reminded her, "You are a prisoner captured by my great aunt. You all lost the fight, and you can't beat my great aunt either. I don't understand why you are so happy."
"Little guy, I won't be that anymore soon. I'm the princess of Yue Country, and I'll be given a title soon. What about you? What are you? Oh, I heard your father is a small county magistrate in Xing'an County. Your Emperor Yanchao is so kind that he actually appointed a county magistrate as the Left Assistant Army Officer. I wonder if your Emperor will reward your father after the war."
"If there were no reward, your father would still be a small county magistrate, and you would just be the daughter of the county magistrate's mansion."
Pei Zitong actually meant no harm, but Tong Bajin glared at him. "You're a grown man, why are you arguing with a little girl? So what if we're just county magistrates? Wasn't it us who broke your Five Poison Formation?"
Erlangzi also said: "Our lord is unparalleled in wisdom and skills. How can you, a woman from an enemy country, just comment on his affairs?"
"Hey, I was talking to her, not you. Why are you so anxious? Besides, we have already stopped fighting and reconciled. How can I still be the enemy's woman?" Pei Zitong was unhappy when she heard the two of them say that she was the enemy's woman. Although she was married, she had never given birth to a child. How could she be a woman?
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