It was another complete victory. Ji Jie's name and this battle once again became a hot topic among people. Generally speaking, South Korea suffered a big loss in this battle, losing thousands of elite soldiers, plus 50,000 stones of food and grass.
and hundreds of thousands of cars of gold.
As for the exact number, only Ji Jie and King Han knew. In order to save some face, King Han asked him not to publish the number, and he agreed.
However, Ji Jie had previously captured 8,000 Qin troops and defrauded them of more than 200,000 taels. Han troops had captured more than 20,000 taels, so the ransom would not be less than what Qin had given them!
In addition to these, there is one most important thing - King Yu's tripod. Ji Jie used this as the basis for negotiations between the two parties. The King of Han never took it seriously since he got it. Isn't it just a big copper lump?
It would be more practical to melt it and cast it into copper coins!
The Qin State also used this as a threat a while ago, so give it to Ji Jie and let the Qin people go to him and fight for it!
Therefore, Wang Ding had already been delivered to Ji Jie before the negotiations officially started.
Finally collected all nine royal tripods!
Li Mu became the main person responsible for this defeat. After returning to Zhao with the remaining defeated generals, he was dismissed from the post of marshal. If not for his outstanding achievements, he would have been killed by the King of Zhao.
Sima Shang was dismissed from his post together, and both of them stayed at home.
The treacherous prime minister Guo Kai and the Julu Marquis Zhao Mu took the opportunity to place their cronies in the army. After the two of them, the Zhao army became a mess. Those who could conquer and fight well could not hold real power, and those with high positions and powerful positions were all underprivileged.
generation.
After these few battles, the Great Zhou Dynasty completed a leap from weak to powerful. Although the number of soldiers in Ji Jie's hands was not comparable to that of the Seven Kingdoms, no matter which country's monarch wanted to take advantage of the Great Zhou Dynasty,
You really need to weigh it first to see if it’s enough.
In Ji Jie's own words, the current Great Zhou Dynasty is still far away from expanding its territory, but self-protection has no problem at all.
The rise of the Great Zhou Dynasty has had a subtle impact on the development of the Chinese mainland. Perhaps the "Seven Kingdoms" in people's mouth will soon be changed to the "Eight Kingdoms"!
So far, Qin, Wei, and South Korea, which are adjacent to the Zhou Dynasty, as well as Zhao, which is not adjacent, have all fought against Ji Jie. The only thing in common is that they all ended in failure.
It only took Ji Jie one year to go from the Zhaocheng Guards with only 300 people at the beginning to nearly 40,000 regular troops now.
In addition, it also controlled the Sima family, had the Dragon City manufacturing industry as its foundation, and combined with Ji Jie's reputation in the land of China, Zhaocheng Yanran became a dazzling pearl, and Wangcheng's status in the Great Zhou Dynasty was replaced.
Just after the plague, Qin was in a confrontation with the Qi-Chu coalition forces in Chu. They could not advance even half a step, so they had to retreat and defend. The King of Qin once again planned to attack Zhao. Among the seven countries, only Zhao was capable of competing with Qin, and he had long regarded him as his enemy.
It's a thorn in my side and I wish I could have pulled it out one day earlier.
After King Zhao got the news, he immediately sent envoys to South Korea and Wei. The three Jin Dynasties once again formed an alliance to jointly resist Qin's invasion.
Returning to Zhaocheng, the first thing Ji Jie did was to summon the nine royal tripods from the Sumeru Ring and place them in their original order. The one he got from the Koreans was indeed the "Xuanyuan Sword".
There are nine secret techniques of the nine king tripods, among which "King Yu Jue", "Chiyou Spear", "Sun Shooting Bow" and "Xuanyuan Sword" were practiced by Ji Jie personally; "Yao Ji Dagger" was passed on to Ji Xueling, and she has already mastered most of them.
He has become extremely proficient in the moves, and has taught a team that is good at completing assassination missions; the "Shen Nong Chapter" was passed on to the little girl Zhao Qian, and except for the final elixir that has not yet been mastered, everything else has been fully mastered.
"Pangu Ax" was divided into three parts, which were taught to the three brothers Xiong Ba, Xiong Kui and Xiong Bi respectively.
Some of the moves in "Chi You Gun" were passed on to Zhao Ling and Tai Shi Yong. Both of them practiced very hard, and their martial arts improved greatly compared to when they first met Ji Jie.
"Nuwa Vine" and "Tianwu Gou" have not been put into use yet, but Ji Jie has a feeling that they will be used sooner or later.
Looking at the nine big cauldrons happily, Ji Jie thought to himself how much they would be worth if they were brought to the 21st century. They would not be worth a fortune!
"Wow..."
The door was pushed open, and Sima Xueran stood outside the door with her mouth pouted.
Sima Xueran has never shown her current little girlish attitude in front of anyone except Ji Jie, including her uncle Sima Heng.
"How come you know it?" Ji Jie asked with a smile.
Sima Xueran ignored his question, walked in with light steps, looked at the nine cauldrons and said: "This is King Yu's nine cauldrons. It is indeed majestic!"
After saying that, she looked at Ji Jie with a strange look until he felt a little scared.
Ji Jie began to wonder, wondering if he had done anything unfair in the past few days. Otherwise, why would this girl Xue Ran have such an expression?
It seems like it’s never been done before!
"Ranran, why are you looking at me?" Ji Jie asked cautiously.
Sima Xueran raised her eyebrows, blinked her big eyes, and said meaningfully: "They say whoever gets the nine royal tripods can be the emperor, why aren't you the same?"
That’s what I wanted to ask!
It’s not easy to be the emperor. I just need to go to the royal city to depose the crown prince Ji Yang and declare my accession to the throne! But such an emperor is really boring. If you want to do it, you have to be the lord of China. How can a mere Zhou Dynasty let me do that?
Get excited!
"Well..." Ji Jie said with some embarrassment: "Legends are just legends, and they are very different from the real world..."
"Brother Jie, you are unfair!"
"ah?"
Ji Jie was complaining in his heart, I have never done anything that favors one over another. Is it possible that I usually treat Ji Xueling and Zhao Qian better than you? No, why have I never felt this way?
Sima Xueran looked like an angry little daughter-in-law, with a pair of big eyes full of resentment.
"No, if you say something about me is unfair, I will change it!" Ji Jie raised his fist and vowed: "I will definitely change it!"
Sima Xueran pursed her lips, pointed at Wang Ding and said, "Sister Ling'er and Sister Qian'er both have the skills to practice, why not give it to me?"
I thought it was a big deal, but it turned out to be this!
He smiled and said: "You can choose any of the nine secret techniques. That's fine. Ling'er and Qian'er don't have such a big reputation!"
"Then I choose "Xuanyuan Sword"!"
"Okay, no problem!"
This girl is quite good at picking. First of all, the sword is the god of hundreds of weapons, and "Xuanyuan Sword" is the most powerful among the nine secret arts.
"And "Sun Shooting Bow"!"
"Ah? You want to learn two kinds of things?" Ji Jie said with a big mouth: "You can't chew off more than you can chew. If you are not afraid of being a master of others, you should be afraid of being good at one. This is an old saying!"
"Then why can you learn several at the same time?"
"Uh!" Ji Jie was speechless and could only nod.
"Yeah!" Sima Xueran looked happy after victory.
"Well, I allow you to learn both at the same time, and I'll give you a reward..." Before Ji Jie finished speaking, Sima Xueran disappeared in front of him again.