Chapter 354: Join the army again after the war
"The general trend of the world is that if it unites for a long time, it must divide, and if it unites for a long time, it must unite."
In the spring breeze of the 11th, Qin Ran rode on a horse on the broad road and talked to Li Shiwen, "Actually, the Immortal Heritage Land has been scattered for too long, and it's time to unify.
"This time Xuan Qin unified the Immortal Heritage Land, it is indeed a general trend in the world."
Li Shiwen was also riding a horse, right next to him. Hearing this, he glanced sideways at him and asked, "So, is this the reason why you asked Bei Chu to surrender to Xuan Qin?"
Qin Ran didn't answer, but asked Li Shiwen: "Do you want to hear the story of lying on firewood and tasting courage?"
"tell me the story."
Qin Ran then told him the story of King Gou Jian of Yue and King Helu of Wu. At the end, he concluded with "Thousands of Yue Jia can swallow up Wu" and encouraged Li Shiwen that there would be no chance for Northern Chu in the future. .
"You have all these great principles..." Li Shiwen didn't believe it and sneered, "They are exactly the same as those poor scholars. What you say is better than what you sing."
"A poor scholar cannot force millions of Xuan Qin troops to retreat," Qin Ran said.
Xuan Qin had more than 200,000 elite soldiers, and there were nearly 600,000 support soldiers to serve these 200,000 soldiers. Adding in the soldiers stationed in the occupied cities of Northern Chu, it is still a conservative estimate to say that it is one million.
They were on their way back to Danyang.
After experiencing the day when the black-robed man threatened his life, Xuan Qin withdrew its troops faster and faster. It didn't take long to withdraw from Wuyi City in Northern Chu to Anlu City in Xuan Qin.
Li Zhan himself needed to take care of the order in Wuyi City that had been shattered by the war, so he arranged for a few people to stay far behind the Xuan Qin army to observe the situation, and at the same time arranged for Li Shiwen to lead the team back to Danyang to recover.
The purpose of sending Li Shiwen back to the capital was to report the current war situation to the Northern Chu Emperor; on the other hand, it was to persuade the Northern Chu Emperor to accept the conditions proposed by Xuan Qin's Qin Ran clone and Qin Ran.
And because Li Shiyin was injured and never recovered, she was acting like a coquettish girl and wanted to go back to see her mother, so Qin Ran took her back to Danyang with the team.
He and Li Shiwen were riding horses in front, and Li Shiyin and Yu Chizhen were riding in a carriage in the middle.
"So how do you plan to convince your Northern Chu Emperor to be Xuan Qin's son?" The two of them were chatting all the way, and Qin Ran asked again.
"You are also from Northern Chu, please be more careful when you speak." Li Shiwen glanced at Qin Ran before replying, "After all, His Majesty is not that stupid and stubborn emperor. He understands the situation and does not need me to waste any words.
"In fact, as far as I know, when we lost one after another, His Majesty has approached Xuan Qin many times to seek peace, but Xuan Qin didn't bother him. This time the conditions are so easy, His Majesty may not be able to close his mouth for half a year."
"Okay, as long as you have confidence." Qin Ran said nonchalantly.
"However, I don't quite understand, why do you want me to be this evil person again? It's obviously you who betrayed the country." Li Shiwen thought of this incident again and felt unhappy in her heart. "The infamy I have suffered since the Hengduan Mountains Incident has already been Enough. I don’t know what I will be scolded after this time.”
"You don't feel itchy if you have too many lice. Do you still care about that?" Qin Ran asked, "Do you want me to go there myself?"
Li Shiwen nodded: "I just think it would be better for you to go. With your intelligence and insidiousness, it is just right to be the national advisor of Beichu."
"In fact, the word sinister is not very accurate..." Qin Ran remembered that his clone had joined Xuan Qin, and that guy might also be a national master, so he couldn't help but feel unhappy, and cursed, "That's more euphemistic."
"You are self-aware..." Li Shiwen was talking when he suddenly saw a ray of light coming quickly in the distance. He looked carefully and saw that it was a monk wielding a sword, flying straight towards them.
He stopped hastily and waited for the monk to come over.
Not long after, the monk came closer. Li Shiwen took a closer look, hey, he is an acquaintance!
The visitor turned out to be Cheng Nan.
"Why are you here?" Cheng Nan stopped in mid-air, looked down at Li Shiwen, frowned and asked, "The fighting on the front line is tense, why are you here? Did you retreat before the battle?!"
Li Shiwen squinted his eyes and raised his head to look at Cheng Nan. This boy used to follow him around like Brother Wen when he was young. Now that he has become successful, he has this kind of attitude.
"What are you going to do, old man?" he asked with a half-smile.
"When I was in the sect, I heard that Northern Chu was invaded by Xuan Qin and there was a shortage of monks, so I hurried back. I was going to advance and retreat with the frontline troops!" Cheng Nan said Lingran, "I never thought I would meet you here. I thought you were a great man...
"Your Li family...has Li Shiyin returned to protect the country?"
Although Cheng Nan has a snobbish attitude, and although he only came to join the army after the war, he is still passionate and knows how to come back when the country is in danger... he is not bad after all.
Li Shiwen stood on the horse, cupped his fists and saluted Cheng Nan to show respect, and said: "Young Master Cheng is just a monk, but he also has the four words of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism in his heart."
As he spoke, he glanced at Qin Ran and said, "However, there is no need to go to the front line now."
"No need to go to the front line anymore?" Cheng Nan murmured, his face gloomy, "Is it possible that the battle has already been defeated? What are you..."
He glanced at the team, "...the remaining soldiers are defeated?"
"How do you know that this is a defeated army?" Li Shiwen was speechless. His team was neat and tidy, and it didn't look like a defeated army from any direction. He said, "Xuan Qin has withdrawn."
"Huh?" Cheng Nan was stunned.
"Bei Chu will be gone by the time you come back." Li Shiyin's voice suddenly came from behind.
The group of people looked over and saw her opening the carriage door curtain, revealing a pale little face, and speaking to this side.
"Shiyin?!" Cheng Nan was a little surprised. He seemed to have forgotten about being rejected by Li Shiyin. Seeing Li Shiyin's face turned pale, he asked with concern, "Shiyin, are you injured?"
"Well, I suffered some skin injuries." Li Shiyin said nonchalantly.
Cheng Nan rummaged through the Qiankun bag and found a bottle of elixir. He wanted to fly over to Li Shiyin and said, "I have a healing elixir here. Shiyin, please take it quickly."
"Who wants your elixir?" Li Shiyin rolled her eyes.
Her master had as many elixirs as he wanted. If she wanted to take the elixirs, she would have taken them long ago. But she didn't... Because she took the elixir, how could she ask the master to patch it up after the injury was healed?
"Please get off the sword..." she said to Cheng Nan, "Look at you, you look like you are very good at wielding a sword."
Only then did Cheng Nan get off the sword. He smiled modestly and said, "Yes, sword practitioners know how to wield a sword. It's no big deal."
"How long have you learned to wield a sword?" Li Shiyin asked.
"More than a month." Cheng Nan said.
"That's not bad..." Li Shiyin commented very maturely, "Your speed and stability are very good. If you are more than a month old, you are very talented."
"My master also said that I am very talented..." Cheng Nan was very happy and asked, "Shiyin, you are injured. Do you want me to give you a ride? Are you going back to Danyang City?"
"I don't know how to wield a sword myself?" Li Shiyin curled her lips and said, "I don't want to wield a sword."
Then she suddenly raised her tone and said delicately, "Master... Master... I want to ride a horse, can you come and give me a ride?"
"???"
Kieran was cueed and got goosebumps all over his body by the silly disciple's tone of voice. He looked towards Li Shiwen, who was also wiping his arms, and was obviously disgusted by Li Shiyin's coquettish voice.
He originally wanted to ignore this stupid apprentice, but when he looked at Cheng Nan...he also started to show off.
"Master?" Cheng Nan was stunned, "Your master is here?! Where is he?"
Then he saw under his nose, Qin Ran turned his horse's head and walked towards the carriage where Li Shiyin was.
"You...you are Master Shiyin?!" He couldn't believe it.
This guy who looks like military advisor Li Shiwen, with no aura of cultivation in his body, is actually Master Shiyin? !
Kieran ignored him and went straight to the carriage. He glared at Li Shiyin and asked, "Aren't you in such pain that you can't even lift a finger?"
"Hehe!" Li Shiyin giggled. She wanted the master to feed her.
She got out of the curtain, with a strong posture, got into Qin Ran's arms, and sat astride the horse. How could she look seriously injured?
She also said: "Master, I will teach you how to ride a horse."
Although the stupid apprentice is stupid, he often has many bad intentions.
"Hmph!" Qin Ran didn't want to be the same as this stupid apprentice who was becoming more and more obsessed with her. He held her in his arms, shook the reins, and headed back to the front of the team.
At the front of the team, Li Shiwen was already used to this. He knew Li Shiyin's nature very well. This girl has not been a good child since she was a child. Now that there is a shady master, he is even more shady - very bad.
But Cheng Nan was so shocked that his mouth opened wide enough to stuff a fist into it. He pointed at the pair of master and apprentice who exuded a sour smell, and stammered: "You...you...master...master, you...like...it's your master???"
He finally remembered that the reason why Li Shiyin rejected their engagement that year was that she had a crush on her. He thought it was some senior brother... Unexpectedly...
"No, my master, Kieran!" She hugged Kieran and put a hand on her shoulder, introducing him to Cheng Nan.
Where is the introduction to the master?
Cheng Nan saw clearly and didn't want to speak. He was once again heartbroken by Li Shiyin. He looked at the tender and affectionate two people, stood up with his sword, and flew straight towards Wuyi City.
Qin Ran stretched out his hand to pinch Li Shiyin's face and whispered in her ear: "The disciples of the Dao Sword Sect are right in their evaluation of you."
"What's your comment?" Li Shiyin opened her innocent eyes wide and looked back at Kieran.
"They said you were a devil, and someone gave you the title of Sword Demon." Kieran leaned over and nibbled her ear, "You are just a little witch!"
The silly apprentice obviously did it deliberately to show off to Cheng Nan, in order to completely dispel Cheng Nan's thoughts...perhaps, it was also meant to show off.
She likes her master so much, so naturally she wants everyone in the world to know about it!
"No way!" Li Shiyin's ears itched and she hurriedly moved away from Kieran's mouth, giving only the back of Kieran's head, and said with a smile, "Shiyin is the cutest, Shiyin is just the master's stupid apprentice!"