Chapter 179 The Ancient Emperor's Last Wish 10
"Zhou Feng," General Yan shouted in grief, jumped off his horse and ran over to help Lieutenant General Zhou up from the ground.
"General, Zhou Feng finally has the opportunity to repay your kindness," he said with all his strength, then died with his head tilted.
The battlefield is cruel and tragic, and separation of life and death is common.
General Yan was doubting himself at this time. Did he do something wrong? Why did he fight even though he knew he couldn't win?
He himself wanted to die on the battlefield rather than surrender like a coward, but what about these 150,000 soldiers? They had parents, wives and children waiting for them to return home.
The Kingdom of Yue had actually already perished when its emperor died. Was this final war necessary?
He seemed to have made some kind of decision. He gently put Zhou Feng down, jumped back on the horse, and sank his energy into his dantian. The sound of his internal strength spread across most of the battlefield.
"The Moon Kingdom descends", these three words echoed in everyone's ears for a long time.
Almost as soon as he shouted "Moon Kingdom surrender", people from both sides stopped fighting.
"Your Majesty, please treat the people of Yue Kingdom well."
General Yan stared at Gu Laoliu, as if waiting for his response. He knew that what he said was redundant. Just look at the lost cities and you will know that the soldiers of Daye have never harmed any civilians.
Gu Laoliu nodded slowly. He was not a psychopath, so why would he hurt ordinary people?
Seeing him nod, General Yan drew his sword and committed suicide. Seeing this, the Yue Kingdom soldiers dropped their weapons and knelt on the ground.
An old general sighed sadly, "Why bother?"
He led his men forward and took away the bodies of General Yan and his deputy general. The soldiers of the Yue Kingdom were incorporated into the Daye Army.
Gu Laoliu led his army into the city. The palace was not defended. The Emperor of Yue died too quickly. Before they could react, the army of Daye had already attacked.
The palace was in a mess. It was obvious that the palace servants had taken away the palace's property when they escaped. Some concubines and princesses were still in the palace. They had confusion on their faces and didn't know what to do.
Gu Laoliu ignored her and asked someone to handle it. He strolled around the Yue Kingdom Palace but didn't find anything interesting. He took the Yue Kingdom's jade seal and left with Chang'an.
He arranged for all the gold, silver and treasures in the national treasury to be transported back to Daye.
He asked General Li to stay behind to deal with the aftermath, and then took 10,000 troops to the battlefield of the neighboring Yu State. He Shi was too rule-abiding. He issued a challenge, challenged others before the battle, and was hesitant in the fight.
Gu Laoliu showed He Shi what it meant to do whatever he wanted. Fighting a war and greeting each other? It didn't exist.
"Your Majesty, is this inappropriate?"
Chang'an sat on her father's shoulder and said affirmatively: "That's very good. Didn't we conquer the neighboring Yue Kingdom?" It seemed that He Shi was very tired from fighting.
Gu Laoliu grabbed Chang'an's kicking chubby legs. If he wasn't an extraordinary person, he would be kicked to death by his daughter sooner or later.
"This... is against the rules." He Shi is good in every way except that he is too rigid.
"My rules are rules, General He. Don't be too old-fashioned at such a young age. Watching you guys fighting makes me depressed."
It was really depressing. They fought all the way to the Moon Kingdom, and only the last battle was relatively tragic and cruel. The rest of the time they were like a Husky destroying a house.
Although there were some stupid things, it was good overall. None of our soldiers died in the battle, and the most seriously injured was the one who lost a thumb. This was all thanks to the four wolves who protected them.
General He did not argue with Gu Laoliu anymore. He was the king, so he told them to fight however they wanted.
"Yes, He Shi will obey the Holy Order."
Then he saw how the 10,000 soldiers brought by Gu Laoliu fought. If he was not mistaken, each of them had a brick, a mace, a big knife on their backs, and was led by four wolves.
Looking at the soldiers who were rushing forward excitedly, He Shi had the illusion that he was seeing a dog seeing a bone.
The soldiers of the Yu Kingdom were puzzled. Why did they start fighting today? They instinctively took up their weapons to resist.
The Daye army came with great force and defeated the Yu army step by step. Seeing that the situation was not good, General Chen of the Yu country immediately withdrew his troops. He also immediately realized that the Daye army had changed its leading general, and the new one was an unruly one.
Now that he was here, would Gu Laoliu let him withdraw? Impossible.
"Xiaoyin, Dabai, Xiaobai, Dahui, go and stop them from closing the city gate."
This city has no moat, so the four wolves can run more easily. With four wolves guarding the city gate, the Daye army quickly broke into the city.
He Shi looked at the Daye army rushing into the city with a wooden face. If they attacked every city at this speed, the Yu Kingdom would be conquered in less than a month.
Later he saw what it meant to win a quick battle and win a quick victory. This battle was like a piece of cake.
Who would stop fighting in the middle of a battle and go back to eat lunch at noon?
Just like this, they conquered the Yu Kingdom. He Shi reflected on himself and decided to follow the example of Gu Laoliu. From then on, Daye had another Laoliu.
One month later, the remaining countries were completely recovered, Gu Laoliu and Chang'an returned to the court, and there was no need for them to support the sophomores and freshmen, as they were almost done fighting.
In the capital city of Daye, the crown prince led all the civil and military officials outside the city to welcome the emperor and General He’s triumphant return.
The army stayed in the military camp on the outskirts of the city. The prince saw the most conspicuous father and daughter from afar. His great father was wearing a flamboyant red robe and riding a snow-white horse, and the little princess was sitting on her great father's neck and riding towards him.
The corners of the prince's mouth twitched twice. The ministers had something to report again. Some old-fashioned people were already shouting, "What a disgrace!"
Dayi turned around and looked over expressionlessly, saying lightly: "If Minister Lin doesn't like it, he can poke his own eyes out."
"Do your job well. If you can't do it well, you can resign. The world is unified now and there is no shortage of talents." This is the truth. There are many officials in the four conquered countries, and it is certain that good talents can be selected from them.
Minister Lin had naturally thought of this, and his face looked particularly ugly for a moment. If he was not careful, he might be replaced. Except for those talents picked up from the exile land in the freshman year, everyone else was a little trembling with fear.
Before entering the city, Chang'an climbed down from her father's shoulders. After all, her father was the emperor now, so she had to give him some face.
Originally, she wanted to ride the horse back by herself, thinking how cool it would be, but her father thought it would be too tiring to ride such a long distance and didn't let her.
When they came closer, the crown prince led all the civil and military officials to kneel down to greet them, "Welcome to our triumphant emperor, long live the emperor."
Changan: Actually, you don’t have to shout “Long live the emperor!”
From the city gate to the imperial palace, the common people and officials of all ranks knelt on the ground to welcome him. The scene was so grand that the sound of their welcome resounded through the sky.
When the sophomore and the first year of high school brought Yuan Yao back, Gu Laoliu began to reward them according to their merits.
Yuan Yao was granted the title of the third-rank General of Huaihua, and He Shi was originally of the first-rank, so he was granted the title of Duke Zhenguo.
Their subordinates were also rewarded, either with official positions or with money and property.