Chapter 380: Establishing the King
At nightfall, several carriages had already left Fengyuan territory.
In the shaking carriage, Chu Xianping quietly put away the mother-and-child jade, looked at Wei Changtian who was not sure what he was thinking and said softly: "Sir, You Jia hasn't replied to my letter for a whole day."
“.”
The palms resting on his knees trembled slightly, and Wei Changtian lowered his head.
"I understand. Wait a few more days. Perhaps it is inconvenient for her to send you a message at this time."
"good."
After responding, Chu Xianping must have something to say, but in the end he didn't say it.
He and Wei Changtian both knew that there were only two possibilities for You Jia not replying.
First, she did not assassinate Ning Yongnian yesterday, and now she did not reply only because it was inconvenient.
Second, she failed to assassinate Ning Yongnian yesterday, and since she had taken the Puppet Pill, You Jia was not likely to rebel.
In other words, the consequences of her rebellion were actually no different from being directly killed by Ning Yongnian.
All are dead.
With a soft sigh, Chu Xianping stopped talking.
Instead, Du Chang who was standing by hesitated for a moment and suddenly asked, "Sir, there is something I have always been curious about."
Slightly different from others, Chu Xianping and Du Chang never showed too much grief and indignation about the events in Yuanzhou City.
However, Wei Changtian knew that the former was intentionally hiding his emotions, while the latter most likely really didn't care.
Perhaps in Du Chang's opinion this is still a good thing.
After all, 500,000 elite troops of Dafeng were wiped out. Ning Yongnian's next plan would definitely be to counterattack and target Fengyuan. He would have no time to take care of the Wei family and Shuzhou in a short period of time, which would once again give Wei Changtian time to grow and develop.
As for the two million people of Daning who were "buried", Du Chang might feel that it had nothing to do with them.
From another perspective, this idea is actually not wrong.
But “ask.”
Nodding, Wei Changtian glanced at Du Chang.
"yes."
The latter thought for a moment and then asked, "Sir, what did you want to get from Li Qi?"
"Don't misunderstand me, sir. I just feel a little unwilling."
"We have spent so much time and energy on the matter of Yan Luo, but in the end we got nothing. It's such a pity."
“.”
This is actually the problem.
After a pause, Wei Changtian did not give a direct answer.
He was silent for a long while, and then he whispered: "It's nothing to regret. In fact, Li Qi no longer has such a thing now."
"there is none left?"
Du Chang looked confused, not knowing what Wei Changtian was talking about.
On the contrary, Chu Xianping who was standing by suddenly widened his eyes slightly and asked in disbelief: "Sir, was your original condition to withdraw the troops?!"
“.”
The bumpy carriage suddenly fell into silence, which indirectly confirmed Chu Xianping's guess.
really.
Wei Changtian used "beheading Yama Luo" as a bargaining chip and proposed to Li Qi the condition of "withdrawing troops from Dafeng".
It is hard to say what his mentality was when he proposed such a condition.
Perhaps it was because I had just watched a movie before traveling through time, which talked about the harm that war caused to ordinary people.
Perhaps it was due to the education he received in his previous life that he instinctively disliked war.
Or maybe it was because Wei Changtian had "no desires" at the time, so he suddenly wanted to be a "hero" like Xiao Feng. But no matter what the reason was, he did put forward such a condition to Li Qi.
Dafeng withdrew its troops and restored peace to the people of both countries.
In fact, if Qin Zhengqiu had not swung the sword at noon, and if Li Qi had not insisted on waiting until July 15 to fulfill his promise, Wei Changtian would have almost saved the lives of three million people by accident.
But unfortunately, there are no ifs in this world.
Looking back now, Wei Changtian only felt how ridiculous his thoughts at that time were.
He wanted to buy peace in this childish way.
Ning Yongnian used the lives of three million people to fight a war. "Haha, that's ridiculous."
With a hint of self-mockery on his lips, Wei Changtian slowly closed his eyes.
Chu Xianping and Du Chang looked at each other with mixed feelings and said nothing more.
To be honest, they all had a little admiration for Wei Changtian in their hearts at this moment.
Regardless of the outcome, under the circumstances at that time, he was able to give up the treasure of a country and instead put forward a condition that was of no benefit to himself. There are indeed not many people who can do such a thing.
What’s more, it’s someone like Wei Changtian.
Therefore, they admired him, but they also knew that this might be the last time Wei Changtian would do such a thing.
This is not because Wei Changtian did anything wrong.
But because things in this world are so strange.
Often the more "true, good and beautiful" something is, the more difficult it is to get good results.
The reason for this may be that most people do not live such a "good" life.
So in their view, a life that is too "good" and things that are too "good" are destined to be just a joke.
Three days later.
The news of the tragic destruction of Wonju City spread throughout the world. The Fengning and Ning countries each had their own version of the story, each putting all the blame on the other.
Of course, the statement of Dafeng, which also suffered heavy losses in this incident, will undoubtedly appear more credible.
However, for the people of Daning, they instinctively preferred to believe Ning Yongnian's explanation that "Dafeng massacred the city and then was punished by God."
Five days later.
The 400,000-strong Daning army held a ceremony to worship the heavens for three days and three nights outside Yuanzhou City.
One is to comfort the three million souls who died overnight.
The second is to swear an oath and justify the upcoming counterattack.
Looking at the charred corpses all over the city, the angry roars of the Daning soldiers could be heard for miles, and countless people traveled thousands of miles to Yuanzhou City to see off the army of justice.
Ten days later.
The Daning army crossed the Mang River, passed through the western desert Gobi, and arrived at the Huailing Mansion in Dafeng. Despite being tired from the march, they launched a fierce attack on the city that day.
The two sides fought for several days, with corpses scattered all over the ground and no trace of earth left.
Fifteen days later.
The city of Huailing Prefecture was captured, and the Daning army continued to advance into the heart of Dafeng.
Upon hearing the victory at the front, the whole country of Daning was jubilant.
There was a sudden torrential rain in Yuanzhou City which lasted for three days.
Outside Yuanzhou City, Meishan.
"Sir, Ning Yongnian has returned to Beijing."
Standing in the rain curtain, Chu Xianping turned his head to look at Wei Changtian, who was already soaked, and added in a complicated tone:
"But no one in the same boat group has seen Youjia."
“.”
After taking a deep breath, Wei Changtian seemed extremely tired. He didn't know if it was because he had created heavy rain for three consecutive days through "fusion and separation".
Looking at the vast ruins shrouded in heavy rain below his feet, he was silent for a long time, then slowly sat down on a bluestone.
The city of Wonju is as silent as a tombstone, and the man is as motionless as a stone sculpture.
Chu Xianping and Du Chang just stood behind Wei Changtian, not saying a word in the rainstorm.
Until a voice slowly sounded amid the sobbing of the rain.
"Tell the Freemasons to spread the truth about Prince Shun's extermination of his family and the fact that Princess Rouan is still alive to all thirty-six states within ten days."
"Tell Ning Yuke again and ask her to make all preparations."
"Within a month, I want her to be the Southwest King of Daning."
(End of this chapter)
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