The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1126: one touch
Chapter 1126: On the verge of breaking out
Soon the giant elephants waded across the Danshui River. Perhaps because they were burned by the raging fire and had been roasted for too long, when they suddenly touched the water, they felt like they were alive and stood in the water, not wanting to go out.
But soon the heat from their bodies was taken away by the rushing river water, and they were so cold that they had to go ashore and follow the sound of the bone whistle towards the Dog’s Tooth City.
Shen Kunyang led his men in pursuit and killed the Tianfeng soldiers who remained at the rear. They captured many prisoners alive. Then, they looked across the Danshui River and saw only a dozen elephants left fleeing in a panic after emerging from the river, so they ordered the troops to retreat.
At this point in this battle…there were only a dozen or so giant elephants left in the army led by Sar Khan of the Tianfeng Kingdom. They lost very few soldiers in this battle, so it can be said that they won a great victory!
Shen Kunyang asked them to stop, not only because they wanted to avoid chasing a desperate enemy, but also because they were not prepared to cross the Danshui River in the first place.
“Clean up the battlefield!” Shen Kunyang turned his horse’s head and shouted.
Bai Qingyu came all the way here and knew that the war was over, so he withdrew his troops and returned to the city first, leaving half of the soldiers to clean up the battlefield. He ordered them to take the unburned elephant meat back to see if it could be turned into military rations.
“On New Year’s Eve, let the firemen try to see if the elephant meat can be used to make dumplings!” After saying this, Bai Qingyu turned his horse around and led his troops back to the city.
On the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month in the early years of Yuanhe, the Zhou-Yan coalition forces joined forces to attack the elephant army of Tianfeng State that occupied Pingdu City, and the Tianfeng State was defeated and fled.
After a night of tense fighting, the soldiers were immersed in the joy of defeating the giant elephants. After all, these giant elephants were invincible in their eyes before. Unexpectedly, overnight… these giant elephants all died in Pingdu City and Hanwen Mountain.
After daybreak, they put out the fire and went down to harvest the elephant meat and the armor on the elephants. They excitedly shouted that they could eat dumplings made by the giant elephant on New Year’s Eve. It was like eating the prey they had hunted with their own hands.
On the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month, New Year’s Eve, the soldiers inevitably thought of their families. When they saw the elephant meat being harvested, tears welled up in their eyes… It would be great if their parents, wives and children could also taste this elephant meat.
Just as the soldiers of both armies were busy cleaning up the battlefield, Bai Jinzhi was looking at the giant elephant armor that the soldiers had brought back, wondering how many weapons they could be used to make, when he heard that the soldiers of the Great Zhou and the Yan army were about to fight outside the city.
Bai Jinzhi was furious, but then he thought about the future when the two countries would become one family, so he suppressed his anger and sent someone to tell his eldest sister and fifth brother who were in Pingdu City discussing matters with the Ninth Prince of Yan and General Xie Xun of Yan. Then he jumped on his horse and said, “Take me to see where it is!”
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After listening to Bai Qingyan’s talk about how the two countries would distribute the armor on the elephant army, Shen Kunyang hesitated and looked at the Ninth Prince of Dayan, who was wearing a silver mask.
Murong Yan thought for a moment and then said, “Although this is a joint effort between the two countries, the number of troops sent by Yan State is not as many as that of Great Zhou State, and it was Great Zhou State that set up the ambush at Hanwen Mountain. Our Yan State has more giant elephants than Great Zhou State, which is unfair to Great Zhou State. Therefore, Great Yan State can just take the elephant army from the north gate of the city to the front of Hanwen Mountain!”
Xie Xun clenched his fists, feeling dissatisfied again: “My Lord, if this is the case… I’m afraid the soldiers below will not agree.”
Although Dayan sent out a small number of troops, if Dayan had not sent troops, Tianfeng Kingdom would not have suffered such heavy losses before the Xiang Army arrived at Han Wenshan, right?
Moreover, no matter whether it was Lord Gao Yi and Yang Wuce of the Great Zhou who led their troops to capture the city or they set an ambush at Han Wenshan, the soldiers of the Great Zhou were in a dominant position. Therefore, the losses were greater when Lord Gao Yi and Yang Wuce led their troops to capture the city, while the Great Zhou army that ambushed at Han Wenshan did not suffer much loss at all because they were in a dominant position.
But it was different for the State of Yan. The soldiers of the State of Yan fought head-on against the charging elephant army, and the losses were heavy!
The city was conquered by the Great Zhou, and Xie Xun had no complaints about giving it to the Great Zhou. However, the giant elephant did not say that he took more, so it had to be divided equally.
Bai Qingyan was not unaware of the situation in Yan State. Due to Yan State’s geographical location, they did not produce as much ore as Great Zhou. Now that Jin Dynasty had been replaced by Great Zhou, naturally the mountain that Xiao Rongyan had bought in Jin State would return to Great Zhou’s hands.
Even if it can be mined from Wei now, it will still take time to make weapons. But this time, the armor of Tianfeng Kingdom stripped from the giant elephant can be made into sharp weapons, and the elephant meat can also be made into jerky as military rations. Although it is a drop in the bucket and cannot alleviate the current food shortage in Dayan, it is also a token of appreciation from the Great Zhou.
“This time, the Yan army was unable to rely on the high ground at the north gate and confront the Tianfeng Kingdom’s elephant army head-on. It can be said that the loss was heavy! Besides… the two countries were originally cooperating. Da Zhou took the lead in capturing the city and took Pingdu City. As for the elephant army… it is better for Yan to get more.” Bai Qingyan thought long-term, “After all, our two countries will have to cooperate in the future. I will give in a little this time, and you will give in a little next time. Only in this way can we go further. Otherwise, when dividing the spoils of war, everyone will stick to their own interests. After a long time, they will feel that they are at a disadvantage and fear internal strife.”
After listening to Bai Qingyan’s words, Xie Xun turned to look at Bai Qingyan. He admired Bai Qingyan’s magnanimity in his heart. Fearing that his master would refuse, Xie Xun took the lead in straightening his back and bowed to Bai Qingyan: “Emperor Zhou has a broad mind, Xie Xun admires it! Xie Xun is deeply touched!”
Xie Xun felt that Bai Qingyan’s broad-mindedness might be related to the confidence of the Great Zhou. The predecessor of the Great Zhou, the Jin State, was already wealthy. Later, Bai Qingyan conquered Daliang and provided the people with prescriptions and medicines to treat epidemics. It can be said that more people surrendered and fewer wars were fought, without losing much vitality.
The State of Yan was conquered through real fighting.
It can be said that the Great Zhou had the confidence to be so generous, but the State of Yan did not have such confidence.
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Outside Pingyang City.
The soldiers of the Great Zhou, who had not yet had time to change their armor and were covered in blood, and the soldiers of the Great Yan, who also had not had time to return, were separated into two sides, clearly divided, and approached each other, noisily pointing and arguing. They all had angry eyes and a strong smell of gunpowder, and it seemed as if a war was about to break out.
“Could it be that the Tianfeng Kingdom was conquered by you, the Great Zhou? On what basis did you occupy Pingdu City, and the giant elephants in Pingdu City, too… The giant elephants in Hanwen Mountain are yours too! Is our Great Yan’s military expedition in vain?” The soldiers of Great Yan shouted in high voices, their throats almost hoarse.
The Great Zhou soldiers were unwilling to be outdone. They stepped forward and shouted angrily, “Our Lord Gao Yi rushed into the city and forced all these giant elephants to the south gate of Pingdu City. Didn’t your Yan army set up an ambush at the south gate? If you want the giant elephants, why don’t you kill them yourself! You didn’t have the ability to let the elephant army escape, and now you are jealous of our big gains! If you want… why didn’t you take more troops to set up an ambush at Han Wenshan?”
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