When they saw Zhao Kang, everyone was as excited as if they had seen a savior. They have been living in fear these days.
Now that I saw Zhao Kang and the soldiers of the Qian Kingdom with torches around them, I finally felt at ease.
Zhao Kang looked at an old eunuch and vaguely remembered that he seemed to be the supervisor of one of the twelve palace eunuchs.
"You seem to be Eunuch Li, right?" .??.
The eunuch nodded excitedly, "Slave Li An has met Prince Zhao!"
Zhao Kang looked at it and asked, "Eunuch Li, please count and record the number of people in the palace. The enemy has been defeated by us. All matters in the palace should be resumed!"
Eunuch Li was immediately overjoyed, "I obey!"
After getting excited, Eunuch Li looked at Zhao Kang and said cautiously, "Prince Zhao, may I ask you something?"
Zhao Kang nodded, "Father-in-law, please tell me."
Li An felt a little uneasy and said, "Prince Zhao, dare to ask Your Majesty where others have gone?"
His Majesty Wu Rulong did not appear in the previous battle. His Majesty announced earlier that he was in seclusion. However, even though Hua Jing City was breached, he was nowhere to be seen.
Li An was a little unbelievable.
Now that Zhao Kang and the others have returned, Wu Rulong has not shown up. Could it be that something unexpected happened?
Zhao Kang's eyes dimmed for a while. Since Xiao Feiyu is still alive, one can easily imagine Wu Rulong's fate.
After all, no one drank from my cup of wedding wine.
This matter had to be told to the people of Jingguo after all, so Zhao Kang called Brother Diao.
"Brother Diao, go and inform General Hua and General Gao that they are here."
Not long after, Hua Fengyuan and Gao Yuan arrived. After all, they held high positions, and they both endured the grief in their hearts.
"Shuai Zhao!"
"Shuai Zhao!"
After bowing, both of them looked at Zhao Kang, waiting for orders.
However, Zhao Kang did not expect to take out a yellow edict from his arms: "Your Majesty's edict, everyone listens to it!"
Hua Fengyuan and Gao Yuan were both shocked.
"Edict!"
Zhao Kang nodded, "Yes, it's a posthumous edict. Just listen to it."
Everyone in Jingguo fell to their knees in an uproar, still in disbelief at this moment.
Zhao Kang opened the edict and recited softly: "The emperor is entrusted by heaven. The edict says that in the forty-seventh year of Wuli, foreign barbarians attacked our country. The three armies of Qi and Zhou attacked our country, and the country was in danger. As a descendant of the Wu family, the emperor of Jing, I, Wu Rulong, should sacrifice my own life." Protect the country."
"However, the enemy's force is so strong that it is unexpected. I, Wu Rulong, have issued this edict to pass on the throne to the crown prince Wu Guanhai from now on. The crown prince has both political integrity and talent, and there is also the national advisor, King Zhao, who is able to assist the government and take on the important task."
Until Zhao Kang finished reading the edict, everyone was still in disbelief. Hua Fengyuan said dumbly, "Shuai Zhao, is it true, Your Majesty?"
Zhao Kang nodded with a heavy heart, "Your Majesty previously pretended to be in seclusion, but in fact he went to Xuzhou to kill the enemy's commander Xiao Feiyu. Unfortunately, he failed to succeed and was ultimately defeated."
Gao Yuan lowered his head and burst into tears.
Seeing that everyone was in a low mood, Zhao Kang didn't say much. It wasn't until a while later that he said loudly, "Everyone, now is not the time to mourn. Your Majesty has passed away, and the entire Jingguo has suffered from the war."
"But! We won this battle! You are all the most loyal ministers of Jingguo! What we have to do now is to rebuild Jingguo and welcome the new emperor! And! Let those enemies who invaded us pay the most painful price
cost!"
Encouraged by Zhao Kang, Hua Fengyuan and Gao Yuan took the lead in cheering up, and the two generals went to organize their soldiers.
Li An began to arrange tasks and prepare to clean the palace inside and out.
.
Five full days.
With the concerted efforts of all the soldiers, all the corpses in Huajing City were moved outside the city, burned and buried.
All the gold and silver that Zhao Kang had looted by the Qi army were also properly placed one by one.
After five days, everyone was very tired, but compared to the previous decadence, the people of Jingguo were at least more energetic at this moment because they had hope.
this day.
The wilderness outside Huajing City.
Two generals, Hua Fengyuan and Gao Yuan, arrived and saw Zhou Long standing in front of a large earth pit with his hands folded.
"What are you doing?"
Gao Yuan asked, and after Zhou Long turned around and said hello, he said, "We don't know either. Two days ago, the imperial master ordered us to dig a big hole here. Dig as big a hole as we can. It's said to be useful."
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"The battlefield has almost been cleaned up. Why did you dig such a big hole? Could it be to bury people?" Hua Fengyuan laughed.
Sun Fang walked over with a smile, "How is that possible? How many people would have to be buried?"
While a few people were talking, someone appeared. Ganjun escorted nearly 70,000 prisoners of war.
Hua Fengyuan's expression changed: "What are these guys doing!"
Gao Yuan also gritted his teeth with hatred, "I really want to rush over and kill them!"
"Brother Diao, what's going on?" Zhou Long asked.
Brother Diao, who was in charge of escorting, scratched his head and said, "I don't know, General Zhou. I was asked to bring these bastards here this morning. What are they going to do?"
After the battle was over, everyone began to call Zhao Kang casually.
Zhou Long was speechless: "You don't even know, how could I know?"
Li Goudan: "Hey, the master is here."
Everyone looked around and saw Zhao Kang, who was almost recovered from his injuries, riding a horse.
Everyone's eyes became extremely hot.
It was this person who led them to win this battle, and it was this person who pulled Jing Guo back from the shaky state.
Although he was from the Qian Kingdom, at this moment Gao Yuan Huafeng was far superior to Duke Cheng and all the Jing Kingdom soldiers regarded him as the real commander-in-chief of the Jing Kingdom.
King Zhao of Jingguo!
Riding his horse to the edge of the pit, Zhao Kang turned his head and glanced at the bewildered prisoners of war. He knew that what he had to do today would definitely be infamy for thousands of years in the future.
The former Yuanjiang County Magistrate would definitely not be able to do this, nor would he have the guts to do such a thing.
But after all these years, he was no longer the little county magistrate who only wanted to live a peaceful and happy life.
Countless people have their eyes on him, he carries the hopes of countless people, and there are countless souls lingering in his heart, including his enemies and his own people!
All of this is making him grow!
He has become the current national advisor, King Zhao of Jingguo! King Zhen of Qianguo!
"Brother Diao." Zhao Kang said softly.
After calling out, Brother Diao trotted over, but Zhao Kang ignored him and continued, "Li Goudan."
"arrive!"
Gao Yuan on the side heard that something was wrong. Zhao Kang named seventy-eight people at this moment.
These seventy-eight people had all been trained by Long Wuzu and served as soldiers under him for a period of time.
He also knew that these people were brought by Zhao Kang from Yuanjiang County, and they deserved to be his trusted generals!
Brother Diao and others were also a little confused, not knowing what their master asked them to do.
Zhao Kang said calmly, "We won this battle, but someone needs to pay for the result. Someone needs to atone for the innocent people who died tragically in Huajing City, the people who were massacred in Guzhou, Xuzhou and other places. So throw them into the pit for me." Go inside!"
