In a suburb outside the city, a dozen carriages tied with white cloth were parked on the road.
On one of the carriages, there was a huge coffin parked. The coffin was carved with exquisite stripes. There were dozens of people, men, women, old and young, all around, all dressed in white, standing on the left and right.
And not far away.
On the official road, many scholars gathered on both sides of the road.
"If you weren't a villain, Mr. Wu An shouldn't die~!"
"Woooooooo~! The sky is long, the soul is like the soul~ May I see Mr. Wu An~!"
Looking at the coffin on the carriage, many scholars knelt on the road, weeping bitterly, and the words they mourned on their lips were clearly the words Wu Anjun.
Obviously, those placed in the coffin are Lord Zhao Wuan and Li Mu!
After a while.
A group of cavalrymen suddenly drove slowly in the distance. The cavalry officers were all wearing Qin armor and holding black flags with the word Qin. The bows and crossbows equipped on the war horses were obviously the equipment of elite cavalrymen.
This scene caused many nobles and nobles who were watching on the official road to get out of the way.
"Why are all the Qin cavalry here?"
"Don't you know? The reason why Wu'an Lord Li Mu's corpse can return to his hometown is that Qin General Bai Yan. After breaking the Jingxing River in the past, he couldn't bear the corpse of Wu'an Lord Li Mu to be exposed in the wilderness, so he asked General Yifang and others to return with the corpse.
Bai people!"
"Qin General Bai Yan? Isn't he from Qin?"
"Alas, even the people of Qin know that Li Mu is not guilty, and the people of Qin pity him!"
The nobles gathered together and discussed with each other.
When Li Mu was alive, these nobles more or less went to the Li family to make friends. Now that Li Mu is dead, as long as they do not offend the Qin State, they are all willing to see him off to show respect and to have a good reputation.
On the official road.
The cavalry officers came to a line of carriages, and the leading cavalry general stepped forward.
"Master!"
The cavalry general turned over and dismounted, then came to an old man with pale hair and bowed his hands in salute to the old man.
This old man's name is Li Ji, also known as Bo Heng, the father of Li Mu.
The old man also had another identity. He was the former Taifu of Qin State and the brother of Li Chong, the governor of Longxi County of Qin State.
Although Li Ji had already retired from the Zhao Kingdom and was not concerned with worldly affairs, the cavalry generals did not dare to care about where his previous qualifications were.
"Taifu, we are ordered by General Bai Yan to escort General Li Mu's coffin all the way!"
The cavalry general said to the old man Li Ji, cupping his hands.
"Thank you!"
When Li Ji heard the words of the cavalry general, he slightly cupped his hands: "Li Ji will definitely go to Xianyang of Qin in person in the future to thank the King of Qin for his kindness!"
Li Ji looked at the cavalry in front of him. As a former Qin Taifu, he didn't know what was wrong. Calculating the time, Xianyang would never be able to approve the request so quickly.
This move was probably just the wish of the Qin general Bai Yan.
Think of this.
Even Li Ji couldn't help but sigh: You are serious!
But Li Ji didn't want to owe Bai Yan any debt. For what happened today, he would naturally go to Xianyang in the future.
"Let's go!"
Li Ji turned his head, looked at his eldest son Li Yun, and his third son Li Qi, and gave instructions.
Seeing this, all Li Mu's family members who were wearing sackcloth and mourning behind Li Ji lined up on both sides of the carriage and followed the coffin in the direction of Quwo.
"Let's go!"
On the other side, the cavalry generals also led their cavalry soldiers to escort the carriages on both sides of the road.
Two days later.
Jingxing.
Bai Yan was in the camp, and suddenly a messenger hurriedly delivered a letter to him.
Inside the camp, Bai Yan took the letter and read it, then put it down after a moment.
The Yuezhi and the Xiongnu have ceased war!
According to reports, before the armistice, the Yan State sent envoy Yan Xu to the grassland to meet the Xiongnu Chanyu.
Bai Yan was a little curious as to what method Xun Shuo used to make everyone think that the truce between the Yuezhi and the Xiongnu was because of the Yan State's manipulation behind the scenes.
"General, Yifang, Huipu, Yuhe, please bring Li Yun and Li Qi to see you!"
Yanmao approached the camp at this time, raised his hands to Bai Yan and said.
Hearing this, Bai Yan nodded.
"Okay! Follow me out to meet you!"
Bai Yan stood up and walked towards the outside of the camp with Yanmao.
When they arrived outside the camp, they saw two middle-aged men standing next to Yifang, HP, and Yu.
"Li Yun, meet General Bai Yan!"
"Li Qi, meet General Bai Yan!!"
When the two-year-old middle-aged man saw Bai Yan, he quickly handed him over as a gift.
Yifang, HP, and Yu He looked at Bai Yan with complicated expressions. They did not say anything and simply bowed to each other.
After all, the three of them were once generals of Zhao and subordinates of Li Mu. Although Li Mu is dead now, the three of them are still not generals of Qin.
"I've met you all!"
Bai Yan bowed his hands and saluted several people.
"Thank you so much, General Bai, for the burial! I, Mrs. Li, will definitely remember the general's kindness!"
Li Yun raised his hands to Bai Yan and said.
Looking at the young Bai Yan in front of him, Li Yun knew clearly that even though Bai Yan was Li Mu's rival during his lifetime, everyone was his own master.
After Li Mu's death, Bai Yan did not cut off Li Mu's head or let him hold Li Mu's body to claim credit. Instead, he allowed Li Mu to be buried.
Everything Bai Yan did was seen by them.
Therefore, when passing by Jingxing, his father Li Ji specially asked the two brothers to come to the Qin army camp to see Bai Yan and express his gratitude.
Li Mu was Lord Wu'an of Zhao State. As Li Mu's family members during Li Mu's time, it was indeed inappropriate for them to come to the Qin Army, but Bai Yan's behavior was enough to make them let go of their previous identities.
"General Li Mu previously protected Zhao and the entire Central Plains from the Huns, but now Bai Yan's actions are not justified."
Bai Yan saluted Li Yun.
Bai Yan's words made Yu He and HP on the side think of Li Mu's appearance when he was still alive, and his eyes instantly turned red.
Outside the camp.
After talking for a while, Li Yun and Li Qi said goodbye to Bai Yan and continued to send Li Mu's coffin north to Quwo.
Only then did Bai Yan know that Li Mu's wife had said that Li Mu often said that if he died in battle one day, he hoped to be buried near Quwo.
Under Bai Yan's gaze.
Li Yun and Li Qi presented their gifts to Yifang, Hewlett-Packard, Yu He, and after the three of them returned the gifts, they looked at them worriedly, and then Li Yun turned around and left.
Bai Yan looked at the three people from Yifang who stayed behind.
The three people in Yifang didn't take it seriously when they saw Bai Yan's gaze.
"Kill the three of us!"
Yifang said to Bai Yan.
"You were able to let the three of us go before and let the three of us escort Wu Anjun's body back to Bai people. We are already satisfied. You are a Qin general and if you let the three of us leave without permission, there will always be villains in the Qin court who can catch you.
, the three of us don’t want to owe you anything! Give us a sword, we just want to have a good time!"
After Yifang finished speaking, he looked at Bai Yan.
HP, Yu and the two of them also stood where they were. They came back today in order not to owe Bai Yan any kindness.
Before, they left not to survive, but to send back the body of Wu'an Lord Li Mu. Now that they have done that, they have no worries and want to kill themselves in front of Bai Yan so that Bai Yan can get the heads of the three of them.
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"Bai Yan has not yet received the order from our king, so it is still unclear how to place the three generals! Why did the three generals die?"
Bai Yan looked at the three people who were determined to die.
The reason why he asked Ye Zai to release the people after the raid on Zhao's camp was that because of Li Mu's prestige, Li Mu's body must be disposed of properly.
The person tied up by Zhao Cong is most likely a close confidant of Li Mu. In addition, there is a secret agent working in the Zhao camp. As long as the karma is confirmed, he can be released.
Bai Yan knew very well from the beginning that as long as he was Li Mu's cronies, he would gain a good reputation no matter if they escaped or not after releasing them, and he could take the opportunity to appease Zhao Bianqi.
Now that the three of them have returned voluntarily, Bai Yan is happy to see them.
But at this time, Bai Yan didn't want these three people to commit suicide here.
"Bai Yan, the three of us will not be loyal to Qin!"
Yifang heard Bai Yan's words and said softly.
Yifang more or less guessed what Bai Yan was thinking, so he whispered to Bai Yan that they would not serve Qin even if they were alive.
"Bai Yan won't force the three of you!"
Bai Yan heard what Yifang said and said with a smile.
After a while.
Bai Yan looked at Yifang, HP, Yu and the three of them. He did not rush to have the three of them escorted in. Instead, he stood there and looked at Jingxing Road in the distance.
Watching Li's funeral team walking slowly on the road leading to the north from Jingxing.
"Send another cavalry team to escort Li's people!"
Bai Yan turned his head and said to Yanmao.
"promise!"
Yanmao nodded and accepted the order.
Before leaving, Yanmao naturally noticed the gazes of the three people in Yifang. With a glance at each other, Yanmao didn't stay long and turned around to make arrangements.
Bai Yan looked at Yanmao's leaving figure and looked at the coffin in Li's carriage in the distance.
"Thank you!"
Yu He's slightly heavy voice came from beside him, but Bai Yan didn't pay attention.
After a while.
A group of cavalry galloped out of the camp and headed into the distance.
The three people in Yifang knelt on the ground facing the coffin in the distance, kowtowing continuously until the coffin procession disappeared at the Jingxing Pass in the distance.
Bai Yan also turned around at this time and walked towards the camp.
Inside the camp.
Bai Yan returned to the camp and continued to deal with important matters.
General Wang Jian has led the army to Handan and besieged Handan.
Qiang Yu and Meng Tian then went north to attack other cities.
Now, he led the cavalry to guard the important pass of Jingxing. Along with him, there were tens of thousands of Zhao Bianqi.
Although General Wang Jian led most of the troops to Handan, he only had his cavalry here.
But Bai Yan was not worried that Zhao Bianqi would take the opportunity to cause trouble.
After Li Mu's death, all of Li Mu's subordinates were disappointed. Without weapons and generals, Zhao Bianqi had no intention of resisting.
Not to mention that the food and grass for the tens of thousands of Zhao Bianqi are all supplied by the Qin army. Once there is a rebellion, the tens of thousands of Zhao Bianqi will only starve to death.
Not to mention that Handan has too much to take care of itself, even other places can no longer produce grain.
September.
Bai Yan was still guarding Jingxing, and at this time, the news from Xianyang was finally delivered to him.
There were two messages in total, one from the palace and one from the Bai family.
The news from the palace was an order given to him by Ying Zheng. In the letter, Ying Zheng agreed to his request. According to his plan, he would escort tens of thousands of Zhao Bianqi and move these Zhao Bianqi to Yanmen.
After conquering the Hetao, they all migrated to the Hetao to open up wasteland.
The second message from Bai was written by Bai Yu.
In the letter, Bai Yu told him that his victory over Jingxing was a great achievement. The king was very happy in the past. In addition, on the day of the destruction of Zhao, the king and the queen mother might go to Handan. At that time, he might lead the cavalry back to Xianyang to escort the king.
Go to Handan with the Queen Mother.
Two messages.
After Bai Yan read it, he put away the bamboo slips.
Bai Yan was not surprised by the first news. After all, General Wang Jian was also helping him in dealing with Zhao Bianqi.
What surprised Bai Yan was the second message from Bai Yu.
Until then, Bai Yan vaguely remembered one thing, that is, King Qin Yingzheng grew up in Handan when he was a child. At that time, the relationship between Qin and Zhao was on bad terms.
This time Ying Zheng comes, I'm afraid he's going to kill some people in Handan.
The reason why Bai Yuzai wrote to him was probably to remind him of this matter.
"You want me to take action?"
Bai Yan looked at the letter and frowned slightly.
Bai Yan doesn't care about killing some people. To get to this day, he has taken countless lives in his hands, and countless people have died because of him.
What really made Bai Yan care was that Bai Yu specifically reminded him of this matter.
This is about something that happened when Ying Zheng was young, and more than twenty years have passed since then.
What exactly did Bai Yu want to remind?
"Queen Mother?"
Bai Yan frowned, confused.
Bai Yan had always been very taboo about the relationship between the Queen Mother and the current King of Qin.
When I went to Handan before, I didn't have any extra time to find out what happened between the Queen Mother of Zhao and the King.
Now Bai Yu's bamboo slip specifically mentions this matter.
"Take it one step at a time. If you really go back to Qin, I'll ask Bai Yu again!"
Bai Yan shook his head, stood up slowly, and then left the camp with his sword.
After walking out of the camp, Bai Yan ordered all his troops to assemble.
Inside the camp.
Under the gaze of Yifang and others, they soon saw that the Qin army's cavalry suddenly began to gather together. This was obviously an important move.
"Come out, everyone is ready to go!"
"Come out! I'll be on my way soon!"
All the soldiers of Zhao Bianqi were also pressed into the camp by the cavalry officers.
At this moment, all Zhao Bian's riders no longer had weapons, and even their armor had disappeared, replaced by a suit of cloth.
"Are you planning to escort us there?"
"I don't know! Could it be that he went to Qin to work as a corvee?"
"Not sure!!"
In the camp, countless Zhao Bianqi's eyes were full of confusion. Along with the noisy discussions around them, everyone looked around.
If possible, no one would want to do corvée work, especially those in Qin.
But as soldiers of the defeated army, they had no choice at this moment.
If they really want to do corvee labor, for them, if they don't go, they will die, but if they go, there is still hope of living.
In fact, they also knew that under normal circumstances, they would have been sent to Qin to serve as corvees.
The reason why they can still stay here now is said to be the reason why Qin General Bai Yan wrote a letter.
"General, can you tell us where you are going?"
Yifang, Huipu and others saw some soldiers who had the courage to ask Qin soldiers.
As a result, Qin soldiers also shook their heads.
See the situation.
Yifang and others looked at each other.
After waiting for a long time, Yi Fang and others finally saw Bai Yan slowly walking up to the general stage in the distance among the crowd of people riding on Zhao Bian.
"According to the king's order! You are going to Yanmen to build canals and open up wasteland!"
From the podium, Bai Yan's faint voice came.
Bai Yan's words immediately caused a stir in the entire Zhao Kingdom.
"What, are you going to Yanmen? Are you going to Qin to do corvee service?"
“It’s really Yanmen! It’s great! You don’t have to leave your hometown!!”
"Yanmen! Go to Yanmen to repair the canals! Great!!"
After hearing Bai Yan's words, the densely packed figures in the crowd all talked to each other, their faces full of excitement.
As a Zhao native, no one wanted to leave the State of Zhao, let alone leave the State of Zhao with the sound of a defeated army to serve in the corvee.
Now that they heard what Qin General Bai Yan said, how could they not be excited?
In a sea of people.
Yifang, Huipu, Yu He and other generals were looking at the scene around them, and then they couldn't help but look at the figure on the general platform in the distance.
Of course they all knew why Zhao Bianqi could go to Yanmen to do corvee service!
Kneel down with a knife to thank everyone for your votes!
Kneel down and kowtow!
I kowtow to all the elders. If my health is not good, I will definitely make up for what I owe you when I recover.