Chapter 995: As long as the war continues, everyone will continue to lose
Zi Juan stabbed Fan Kuai in the shoulder with his spear, but what he saw was his younger brother Zi Huai who had died in his hands by the Wenshui River a few days ago.
This smile is exactly the same as Ashu...
Ashu...
Zijuan couldn't help being stunned.
There was a cold feeling in my chest.
She was woken up and wanted to distance herself from Fan Kuai again, but when she lowered her head, she saw the long sword deeply embedded in her chest.
I wanted to move again, but I no longer had the strength.
The rain of arrows has arrived.
Zao Ji came from behind Zi Juan and blocked the top of Zi Juan.
"Uh-poof...ah? Cough cough cough-"
Zijuan looked blankly at the sword in her chest and spit out a mouthful of blood.
Fan Kuai was pricked like a hedgehog by numerous sharp arrows and had no way out, but he still had a relieved smile like a victor on his lips.
He stabbed it crookedly, and the sword did not penetrate directly into Zijuan's heart. Instead, he stabbed a little sideways and penetrated into Zijuan's lungs, so Zijuan did not die immediately.
Also drowned in the rain of arrows was Zijuan's Zaoji.
It blocked all the arrows for Zi Juan, gently licked Zi Juan's face, and did not neigh. It just bent its knees quietly and then fell down.
The battlefield was still noisy with fighting, and the Northern Chu army had the absolute upper hand.
But where the Zijuan was, it was eerily quiet.
In her eyes, everything became blurry and slow.
"Xiaosi————!!!"
The slow, high-pitched, heart-rending roar reached Zijuan's ears.
...Is he the second brother?
Second brother, are you calling me?
Zijuan no longer knows what she is thinking.
She just felt so cold, really cold.
She knelt on the ground with her head raised. Behind her was the dead Zao Ji, and in front of her was the equally dead Fan Kuai.
It's so cold.
It's been so cold before, so cold.
That was...when?
The lonely little girl, who lost her father, mother, and brother in the village after the earthquake and mudslide, also knelt on the ground, helpless and collapsed, crying loudly.
Zijuan looked at the little girl and felt that she had seen her before.
And then there's...
"Xiao Si!!!"
"Xiaosi, Xiaosi..."
The big beryllium was thrown to the side, and Xiang An fell off Tuanchi's back. However, holding on to the pain in his chest and abdomen, which seemed to be burning with fire, he ran to Zijuan's side, knelt on the ground and hugged Zijuan.
His pupils were trembling, he looked at the long sword on Zijuan's chest in disbelief, and murmured the word "little four" in his mouth.
"...Second...Brother..." Zijuan lay in Xiang An's arms and murmured softly.
Xiang An's pain was reflected in her pupils.
"Xiao Si, Xiao Si..." Tears welled up in Xiang An's eyes, and his extremely painful voice was mixed with the smelly blood surging in his throat.
He hugged Zijuan, his heart was as sad as death, and his whole body was trembling.
"...Second brother..." Zijuan called out again, slowly using all her strength, she raised a hand, gently climbed up to Xiang An's face, and rubbed it.
Here comes Xiang An's gray-black beard.
There was a happy smile on her face, and she curled up slightly in Xiang An's arms, like a baby.
"...It's so warm..."
Snap.
Zijuan's hand fell to the ground.
Xiang An knelt in the center of the Northern Chu army, which was about to win a great victory, and looked at the sky.
Then, roar loudly.
The sorrow and pain in the roar made the entire battlefield cry.
...
Beichu won.
In Xiayi, they defeated 80,000 Han troops, wiped out 30,000 enemies, and killed two Han generals, Ren Ao and Fan Kuai. This was an unprecedented victory for Northern Chu in the war against the Han.
However, Beichu also suffered heavy losses.
It's not a loss in terms of military strength, but that Northern Chu lost a great general who had a high reputation and was extremely loved by the soldiers and civilians of Northern Chu. He was also the adopted sister of Northern Chu King Xiang An, Zijuan.
Xiang An sat in his tent outside Xiayi, just sitting there.
Zijuan's body is being placed next door, along with Zaoji's body.
Wow——
The curtain of the camp tent was opened, and Xiang An looked up.
It's Xiang Lu.
"Xiang An..." Xiang Lu already knew the news about Zi Juan, and in a low voice, he called Xiang An.
"Uncle Four..." Xiang An's voice was filled with tears and he looked at Xiang Lu, "Uncle Four is dead..."
Xiang Lu looked at Xiang An, feeling the helplessness in Xiang An's voice, his jaw trembled, and he didn't know what to say for a moment.
"Xiaosi is dead..." Xiang An repeated this sentence, tears bursting through the dam again, and he shook his head blankly.
Xiang Lu only felt severe pain in his heart. Looking at Xiang An like this, he felt that life was worse than death.
However, even if he is sad, he still has to stand by Xiang An's side.
"Bury Xiao Si..." He patted Xiang An on the shoulder and said in a hoarse voice.
"Um, um... um..." Xiang An nodded and sobbed, but couldn't stop.
...
"Bury him..." Liu Ji looked at Xiang Jing's body with his head and body separated, and sighed, feeling sad.
Although he was fighting at the front, he also knew the news behind the scenes.
After Ren Ao and Fan Kuai died in battle, Lu Wan took over the command of the army and conveyed the message on the battlefield to Liu Ji.
He didn't resent Xiang An.
It doesn't matter whether you say he is a little ruthless or too realistic, but Liu Ji's positioning on the war has been clear from beginning to end.
You have no right to resent your opponent, because as long as you are on the battlefield, you will continue to create hatred.
He just felt sad for these two, his childhood playmates, his friends and subordinates who had been with him since Peixian County.
"Don't worry, it will be over soon..." He murmured, "Old man, your achievements... the big man will not forget it, he will not forget it.
....."
Liu Ji looked to the north.
There, Han Xin was almost there.
On the frontal battlefield, he could immediately destroy Xi Chu, and then just turn around and surround Xiang An who planned to surround him.
By that time, the main force of Beichu will be surrounded by Han troops.
Han Xin came from the north, Liu Ji came from the east, and Xiao He came from the west, and they were able to surround Xiang An.
By then, victory will definitely be established...
...
Beichu Military Camp.
Xiang An was holding a big stone in his arms with a calm expression.
He wielded a big beryllium and chipped the big stone into a rectangular shape.
He dug out the tomb for Zijuan with his own hands, and what is missing now is this monument.
"Zi Juan, the official of Shangzhu State in Northern Chu, was the Taiwei, the general of Dingbei."
He holds an eight-sided Han sword with Zijuan's name engraved on it.
After a moment of silence, he danced his sword again and carved a line of small words underneath.
"Princess Langya, a heroine through the ages."
Nodding to the guard next to him, Xiang An gently placed the two coffins, one large and one small, into the deep tomb, along with Zi Juan's armor and Zi Juan's slanting pine and silver-topped spear.
The larger coffin contained Zaoji, and the smaller one contained Zijuan.
Xiang An picked up a wisp of loess and dropped it on the coffin.