Chapter 669 Puppet Show
Late Shen time, dusk, Tianshan Mountains.
"Ah!!! I'm going to fight you guys!"
“Puff!”
“.”
The valley was littered with corpses and blood flowed like a river.
Broken spears, pools of red and black blood, overturned horses, and discarded flags filled the valley floor in piles. The dark dust after the war swirled over the gorge, taking a long time to dissipate.
As the last Ji soldier who refused to surrender staggered and fell, the battle that had lasted a whole day finally ended.
It was more like a siege than a war.
Whether in terms of numbers or preparation, Ji State was much weaker than Dajue, and fell into an extremely passive situation from the very beginning.
If they were fighting on the plains, they might be able to fight and flee, and at least some of them would be able to escape.
But unfortunately this is in the Tianshan Mountains.
Therefore, a total of 200,000 people had no way out. There were only two choices before them:
Surrender, or fight to the death.
Judging from the results, the soldiers of Ji State were still brave enough. Even though they knew they could not defeat the enemy, more than 100,000 of them still chose to fight to the end.
Correspondingly, there were more than 100,000 corpses in the valley.
If the losses on the Dajue side were added, the total would be nearly two hundred thousand.
In one day, nearly 200,000 people died in the battle.
You have to know that neither side has "weapons of mass destruction" such as black powder, so you can imagine how brutal this battle was.
However, although the fight was intense, the ending was not surprising.
In other words, with the absolute overwhelming force of the troops, there can be no accidents.
In the end, Dajue either captured or annihilated all of Ji State's troops, clearing the biggest obstacle for his subsequent annexation of the latter.
On the other hand, when this news reached Wei Changtian's ears, he had already made plans to execute Yan Huanwen.
"Okay, that's it, go make the arrangements."
In the provincial government meeting room, Wei Changtian clapped his hands and stood up.
"The battle in Tianshan has ended. It won't be long before Dajue's army retreats northwards."
"Since Yan Huaiqing is so obedient, we can't be too disrespectful to him. We should get rid of Yan Huanwen as soon as possible."
"He's basically already said everything he knows anyway, so there's no point in keeping it."
"Any questions?"
After looking around at everyone and seeing that no one raised any questions, Wei Changtian prepared to leave.
However, Liang Zhen took two quick steps to his side and whispered, "Changtian, Miss Li and Tang Chen have been wandering around the city today."
"Wandering around?"
Wei Changtian was stunned when he heard this: "What did they do?"
"The weird thing is that they didn't do anything serious the whole day, just drinking tea and watching plays."
Liang Zhen explained the situation with a puzzled look on his face, and it was obvious that he did not understand what Li Zimu had done.
However, Wei Changtian had already vaguely understood something.
Wow, a high-end beauty trap? Tsk tsk tsk, if this woman Li Zimu were in her previous life, she would definitely be an expert at catching rich men.
"Where are they now? Haven't they returned yet?"
"Not yet. The sentry just reported that he went to the restaurant to drink."
"Okay, I get it. Tell our people to ignore them."
Wei Changtian curled his lips: "Oh, let Li Zimu come to see me tomorrow."
"good."
Liang Zhen responded and watched Wei Changtian slowly walk away, but he was still confused.
How come Changtian seems to have understood Miss Li's intention? So, what exactly does Miss Li want to do?
Did she think that as long as she accompanied Tang Chen to eat and drink, the latter would speak?
If this is true, then the Ministry of Justice wouldn't have to go through so much trouble to try prisoners. They could just serve them well with good food and drink. How strange.
On the other side, south of Liangzhou City.
Just as Liang Zhen was scratching his head and pondering over Li Zimu's motives, the latter was sitting with Tang Chen in a private room of a restaurant called "Yuemanlou" and drinking.
Although it was not yet night, the two of them had already drunk a lot of wine.
There are crowds of people outside the window, and the setting sun in the sky is blood-red.
Li Zimu supported his chin and looked at Tang Chen, his cheeks were very red and his eyes were a little blurred.
Although Tang Chen was somewhat drunk, his complexion was still normal.
"Miss Li, you are already drunk."
Gently moving the wine glass next to Li Zimu a little further away, he advised sincerely: "You have never practiced cultivation, and being drunk is most likely to harm your body, so you'd better not drink."
“I’m not drunk”
Li Zimu muttered something, and when he saw his wine glass being "stolen", he reached out to "grab" it back.
But whether it was intentional or unintentional, both of them wanted to pick up the wine glasses, and their hands happened to touch each other.
“.”
As if being electrocuted, both hands shrank back suddenly, leaving the wine cup swaying in the ambiguous air.
After trembling a few times, the wine cup finally stopped shaking.
At this time, Li Zimu also asked in a rather complicated tone:
"Mr. Tang, are you concerned about me?"
"I"
It was a simple question, but it made Tang Chen stunned.
He looked away in embarrassment, and after organizing his words for a long time, he stammered, "We are friends, so naturally we don't want to see you."
"Don't talk so much!"
Suddenly, Li Zimu's voice became louder, and he interrupted angrily, "Do you really care about me?"
"this"
“I guess so.”
“.”
The aroma of wine was tangy and the voices of diners outside were noisy.
I don’t know if it was because the environment was not quiet or because Tang Chen’s voice was a little soft, but in any case, his words were not very clear.
But Li Zimu heard it clearly.
She smiled happily at first, then lowered her head somewhat dejectedly and murmured softly:
"Mr. Tang, thank you."
"Don't worry if you laugh at me, but you are actually the first person who has ever cared about me."
“.”
The murmur without much ups and downs almost made Tang Chen's desire to protect her overflow.
He looked up in surprise, wanting to ask something, but in the end he couldn't bring himself to ask.
Instead, Li Zimu poured himself another glass of wine after a moment of silence, drank half a glass, and then took the initiative to say:
"Mr. Tang, don't you want to know my origins?"
"Then I will tell you now."
“.”
A new moon rises in the east, and the setting sun finally disappears over the horizon, leaving only the last ray of sunset glow.
Across the street from Yuemanlou is a two-story teahouse with a shabby green sign hanging on it, which is quite inconspicuous.
However, there was a man performing a puppet show in front of the teahouse, and there were many people watching around.
The strings flew like flying, pulling the crudely made wooden man up and down. Sometimes he waved the long sword in his hand as if killing the enemy, and sometimes he knelt on his knees as if begging for mercy.
"Hey! You shameless villain, take my knife!"
"Please spare my life! Please spare my life! It is because I am a villain that I cannot recognize the great man."
Combined with the vivid dubbing of the puppeteer, the scene of "failed in trying to be chivalrous and begging for mercy from the bandits" came alive vividly, causing everyone to applaud and laugh.
I just don't know whether they are cheering for the wooden man or for the man who makes the puppet.
“.”
"Play it some more!"
"Yeah! One more!"
"Brother, let this wooden man kowtow to us all! Let us be the master for once!"
"Okay! Just wait and see!"
"Hahaha!"
"Ha ha ha ha."
(End of this chapter)
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