Volume 1 Chapter 183 The Black Witch Mission
In the past half month, he has sent more than a dozen memorials back to the capital to report the situation here to His Majesty the King.
No matter if it means punishing the whole clan or executing all nine generations of the clan, he only asks for one thing, and that is to change the commander. He doesn't want to be this crappy marshal anymore, the pressure is just too great!
He was afraid that if he continued to be the boss, his courage would be crushed by the pressure!
Finally on this day, His Majesty the King replied. To be precise, someone came from the capital!
Princess Song Yun of the Black Witch Kingdom came to Shimen City behind Qingji City with three censors and hundreds of personal guards. Before they arrived, Guo Ziyi led a group of generals, both big and small, out of the city to welcome them.
As soon as he saw Song Yun, Guo Ziyi knelt down first, lowered his head and shouted: "The defeated general Guo Ziyi kowtows to Her Royal Highness the Princess. May Her Royal Highness be blessed with good health!"
Song Yun is the younger sister of the King of the Black Witch Kingdom. She is now in her prime. Although she is a little older, she is still as elegant and beautiful as a girl in her jade-like youth. Her skin is as fair as jade and very beautiful.
Nowadays, when she goes out, her clothes are not as gorgeous as those in the capital, but she wears a light purple crape myrtle skirt and a palm-sized dark purple crape myrtle purse around her waist. Although it is very low-key, it cannot conceal her aristocratic temperament.
From his every move, it is clear that he is not an ordinary person.
Guo Ziyi was even more surprised. This eldest princess was no ordinary person. Her skills in witchcraft were among the best in the Black Witch Kingdom. Even the fact that His Majesty the King's position was so stable was closely related to her.
It is said that before His Majesty the King ascended the throne, he relied on her witchcraft to destroy many opponents. Now in the Black Witch Kingdom, no one dares to offend her.
Has the situation become so serious that His Majesty the King needs to send the eldest princess?
Song Yun was a little surprised to see Guo Ziyi so old and frail. She personally stepped forward to help him up and said, "Marshal Guo, you dare not perform such a great honor. You are a pillar of the Black Witch Nation. Song Yun cannot bear it."
"I, this old minister, am ashamed~" Guo Ziyi was moved and quickly begged for mercy.
"I already know the details. Marshal Guo, please relax and we will discuss it in detail after we enter the city!" Song Yun said softly.
The tone was gentle, but it gave people an irresistible feeling, making the soldiers around him feel a little uncomfortable.
Shimen City Lord’s Mansion, meeting hall.
Song Yun sat in the main seat, while Marshal Guo Ziyi stood aside, and the other generals did the same.
A lieutenant general said excitedly: "Your Highness, Princess, will His Majesty order us to attack with all our forces and wipe out those arrogant Great Sun Dynasty troops in one fell swoop!"
Guo Ziyi cursed in his heart when he heard this: "This guy, after just a few days, have you forgotten the power of the Great Sun Dynasty's army and the fear it brought to you?"
"Fight? This is how we should fight. Can we win?"
Song Yun also looked at him strangely, thinking to herself, "If you want to fight so badly, why do you keep retreating? Don't you see that I only brought a hundred people with me? Are you ready to fight? You really have no sense!"
Guo Ziyi quickly stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, Princess, what does His Majesty mean?"
Song Yun coughed twice, then looked at Guo Ziyi and said, "Your Majesty is very angry about the war here, but you, Marshal Guo, the God of War of our Black Witch Country, can do nothing about it. Your Majesty is also willing but unable to do anything, so let's stop the invasion of the Great Sun Dynasty!"
Hearing this, Guo Ziyi finally breathed a sigh of relief. As long as he was no longer an enemy of the Jiang brothers, he would be fine with anything.
He has been in the army for so many years and is not afraid of death. However, it is difficult to die when fighting against the Jiang brothers. The threat they give you is not fatal, but an enormous pressure, a pressure that makes people unable to resist!
But you are in your position, and the millions of troops and the faith of your motherland force you to resist!
So he has been caught in a dilemma these days, and most of his energy has been drained away.
Song Yun then said, "Your Majesty does not blame Marshal Guo for this matter, but you must give an explanation to the civil and military officials and soldiers in the court. I hope Marshal Guo understands."
Guo Ziyi shuddered when he heard this, then he suddenly drew the sword from his waist and pretended to commit suicide. Finally, he said: "This is a kind of relief for me!"
"Wait!" Song Yun quickly scolded him, "Your Majesty and I don't mean that. Marshal Guo, please don't make the mistake!"
"What is that?" Guo Ziyi asked puzzledly.
Song Yun sighed and said, "Now that the war has been lost, the most urgent task is to stop the war with the Great Sun Dynasty and make all the Great Sun Dynasty troops that have penetrated into the territory of our Black Witch Country withdraw!"
"So, His Majesty sent me here to lead the delegation to the Great Sun Dynasty for negotiations. His Majesty meant that you, Marshal Guo, should also accompany me to the Great Sun Dynasty. No matter what the cost, the war between the two countries must be stopped!"
"When necessary, Marshal Guo will have to make some sacrifices for the Black Witch Nation."
Upon hearing this, Guo Ziyi immediately knelt down and said in a loud voice: "I, your humble servant, accept your order and thank you for your grace. I will serve the Black Witch Nation with all my heart and soul until my death!"
In fact, the King of the Black Witch Kingdom would not have given in so early just because of the defeat in the border war. It was because the tragic death of the two great wizards who protected the Black Witch Kingdom not long ago had caused him to have a deep fear of the Emperor of the Great Sun Dynasty.
The two great magicians who protected the country were the most powerful fighting force of his Black Witch Kingdom. One of them practiced the Flying Head Technique which could kill people thousands of miles away, and the other practiced the Black Straw Man Technique which could kill people in dreams.
However, when two such powerful people joined forces to kill the emperor of the Great Sun Dynasty, they ended up dying tragically. How could a king not be afraid?
Originally, he had intended to withdraw his troops and not provoke the Great Sun Dynasty again, but the battle report from the frontier was not too good.
Marshal Guo captured three cities in a lightning speed. This achievement gave him inexplicable confidence and made him believe that there was still a lot of potential in attacking the Great Sun Dynasty.
But his beautiful dream has finally come to an end. The other side only sent two generals and 300,000 troops to defeat his Black Witch Kingdom's army of more than 2 million and made them flee in panic. They retreated two passes and six cities within a month!
This kind of record is truly horrifying!
In addition, after the news of the destruction of the Sand Barbarians and the defeat of the Mahayana Kingdom came, the King of the Black Witch Kingdom no longer had the intention to compete with the Great Sun Dynasty for hegemony. If he did not admit defeat at this time, he was afraid that when the Great Sun Dynasty raised its army to attack, even his position as king would be lost, and his head would be dislocated from his neck.
Sending envoys to the Da Ri Dynasty for negotiations was really a last resort. Not only was Guo Ziyi under great pressure, but he, as the king, was also under great pressure!
In Qingji City, Song Yun and Guo Ziyi led the delegation and were solemnly received by Jiang Yue, Jiang Fei and Zhu Qiyu.
After learning the other party's intentions, the three of them were at a loss. After all, all affairs of the Great Sun Dynasty were managed by His Majesty the Emperor alone. That was fine, but the most important thing was that the Emperor was moody and no one could guess his temperament or what he was thinking.
So the three of them didn't know what the emperor was thinking. Finally, they discussed it privately and decided that Zhu Qiyu would lead the troops, Song Yun, Guo Ziyi and others to the capital of the Da Ri Dynasty.
Jiang Yue and Jiang Fei also prepared to withdraw with an army of 100,000. After all, the desired effect had been achieved, and they had to hurry back to the dynasty to suppress the bandits, otherwise the emperor would punish Jiang Yue.
As for the price that the Black Witch Kingdom will have to pay for invading the Great Sun Dynasty, the emperor himself will need to discuss it with the Black Witch Kingdom's envoys in person.
The two brothers believed that given the emperor's character, he would definitely not take less.
One month later, in the territory of the Condor Gang.
Brothers Jiang Yue and Jiang Fei brought an army of 100,000 and came again to the place where Jiang Yue was taken away by the vicious eagle.
Time flies. Looking at the lush woods around him, Jiang Yue felt a lot of emotion in his heart, and his eyes turned red involuntarily.
When the team got closer, they saw that there was still a strong smell of blood in front of them. A large number of corpses of soldiers from the Great Sun Dynasty were lying there, and there was a foul smell. However, for many people, only skeletons were left, with no flesh and blood on their bodies.
Some of them still had some flesh and blood left on their bodies, but they had all rotted away, and the wounds on their flesh and blood looked as if they had been torn apart by wild beasts.
The temperature in this area dropped by at least seven degrees. There were a large number of crows jumping and flying among the skeletons, as if they were looking for something to eat.
Seeing this, Jiang Yue finally couldn't hold back his emotions anymore, and tears couldn't stop flowing from his eyes.
He immediately jumped off his horse, rushed to the front of the corpses, knelt down with a plop, and shouted in grief and anger: "Brothers, I'm back too late! I'm sorry!"
Then Jiang Yue angrily hit the ground with his fists and cried wildly to vent his anger and self-blame.
Jiang Fei couldn't help but feel distressed when he saw his elder brother's scene. He quickly dismounted and walked over, cursing, "These damn bandits didn't even take the corpse. This is too much!"
Then he grabbed his eldest brother and said angrily: "Brother, you shouldn't vent your anger here, you should pour it all on those damn bandits!"
"Together, the two of us brothers will lead the army to wipe out the entire Condor Gang and avenge our brothers!"
Jiang Yue heard this and nodded viciously, then wiped the tears from his face and murmured: "Before that, big brother has to collect their bodies!"
Then Jiang Yue went to dig a hole far away alone. He dug silently without asking for help. He didn't stop until he had dug a big hole that was three meters deep and ten meters long and wide.
Then they began to carry the corpses into the forest and gently placed them into a three-meter-deep pit.
There are tens of thousands of skeletons in the whole place. If Jiang Yue is left alone like this, how long will it take to move them all?
Jiang Fei couldn't bear to watch it any longer, and quickly called out, "Everyone come together and collect the bodies of these brothers!"
Jiang Yue, who was far away, quickly shouted: "All of you retreat!"
"This is the sin I committed. They are my brothers, so let me collect their bodies with my own hands!"
At this moment, a soldier summoned up the courage to shout: "General, they are our brothers too!"
"That's right, they are all from the Great Sun Dynasty, they are all our brothers, real brothers!"
"Let us collect their bodies together!"
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