Chapter 459 Benevolence and Righteousness

The moon is dim and there is no light, and the snow is falling.

Between the mountain cols, snow covered the ankles.

After the defeat, Leonard took the remaining troops and rushed to Yuezhi King City. However, before they reached the halfway point, the people and horses were separated.

In fact, not only the Qin army was chasing behind them, but also the Hu and Qiang tribes, and even the Yueshi army who saw the situation was not good and surrendered to the Qin people.

"Da Xihou, are you okay?"

The wound appeared faintly. It was injured by the giant in the Qin army on the battlefield that day. Recalling the long black knife in the giant's hand, when he swung it, his armor was shattered and his muscles and bones were hurt, Leonard felt a sense of fear in his heart.

The food and grass were cut off, the injuries were getting worse, the horses were too tired, the wind and snow were heavy, and he could not see the future clearly, so he could only take shelter temporarily in this mountain col.

They would wait until the weather improved before they could move on.

However, as soon as the army stopped, many knights fell off their horses and never got up again.

These are the elites who have been with Leonard for a long time and have been in battle for a long time.

Leonard's heart ached, but it was difficult for him to even speak at this moment.

In the wind and snow, a group of cavalry came from afar. At this moment, Leonard's remnant army, which was like refugees, immediately changed, holding swords and bows, vaguely showing an elite appearance.

"Is it Da Xihou's army?"

That group of cavalry seemed to have discovered the hostility of the other party, and roared from a distance.

"Yes, whose army are you?"

"We are Lord Mokdu's army. We know the fighting situation on the front line and come here specially to greet Lord Xihou."

Beside Leonard, the soldiers who were raising their bows were overjoyed when they heard this. They turned their heads, only to see Leonard with a serious face and exhausted all his strength.

“When an army is defeated, people’s hearts change and cannot be ignored.”

After Leonard said this, he fell to the ground. The once powerful Marquis of Yuezhi could not even stand up now.

"Everyone, please don't doubt it. Lord Mokdu has prepared a military tent in front, which is filled with milk wine, cattle and sheep, waiting for you."

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There was a stalemate in time, and Leonard finally couldn't hold on anymore and passed out on the ground. But when he woke up, he was already in the warm tent, and in front of him was Mokdu's sad face.

"Brother, you finally woke up."

"I...where is this?"

Leonard's words revealed weakness, and there were also his generals around him.

"I heard about the military situation on the front line, so I brought people to respond."

Leonard thought of something and shouted loudly.

"How is Zhao Shuang?"

Leonard used to be very arrogant, and Mokdu only heard titles such as "that Qin person" and "Qin people's lord" in his mouth. Now, Mokdu officially heard the name from Leonard for the first time.

But Mokdu felt a little sad when he heard it.

"Don't worry, brother, the traitor did not march after his lucky victory at Huquan Terrace. Instead, he gathered troops and horses around and transported the captured materials to the rear."

After Leonard heard this, a force seemed to surge in his body. He stood up and grabbed Mokdu's arm.

"Zhao Shuang will not give up. He is accumulating strength and his goal is Yueshi Royal City."

"Brother, don't get angry or cause injury."

Feeling the huge force on his arm, Mokdu comforted him. However, Leonard's eyes were wide open and he refused to let go until the wound burst and he fainted again.

All the generals gathered around, and Mokdu spent a lot of effort to calm the excited people.

After everything was calmed down, Mokdu walked out of the tent and was met by his teacher Tudor.

"Why do I feel a little sad when I see him like this?"

Tudor smiled, and the two walked forward, talking as they walked.

"If Leonard hadn't been so powerful and insisted on fighting the Qin army in the field, it wouldn't be like this."

Mokdu looked back. There were no tears on his face, and there was only a smile.

"But it's okay, I'm afraid he won't survive for a few days like this, so we don't have to do anything again."

"Although Leonard was defeated, his troops are still numerous. To gather them together, they must have tens of thousands of riders, which is a very important force."

"I know, otherwise I wouldn't have come here in this winter."

Tudor glanced at Mokdu and smiled slightly.

"No, the most important thing is to transport Leonard to Yuezhi King City as soon as possible so that he can send him off on his last journey."

"Why?"

"To the Yuezhi people, we are outsiders after all. Even Zhao Shuang, with the Yuezhi Princess in his hands, has more appeal than us. Only by letting the Yuezhi nobles see our benevolence and righteousness and Zhao Shuang Only with cruelty can you win over people's hearts and make you justifiable and able to deal with the next formidable enemy."

"I see."

Changping Junfu.

"What did you say?"

Lord Changping opened his eyes wide and felt a little unbelievable when he heard Lord Changwen's words.

"In the battle of Huquantai, Zhao Shuang set up a formation, defeated 100,000 Hu cavalry, and beheaded 30,000. At this moment, he is gathering the remnants of the ten Jihou troops. It seems that he is preparing to attack the Yuezhi King's City."

Chang Pingjun sat down and was silent for a long time. After a while, he waved his hand, his face very calm.

"It's just thirty thousand beheadings, it's nothing."

After all, with the record on the shore of Zhangshui ahead, the record in the West cannot be matched.

"Brother, if Zhao Shuang is really allowed to attack the Yuezhi King's City, then..."

"A siege is not a field battle. Zhao Shuang only has 10,000 troops in his hands. How many lives do he have to sacrifice to be able to attack?"

Changpingjun's words made Changwenjun feel at ease.

"Now, for us, the most important thing is the battle to destroy Zhao. Fan Yuqi's army is ready and will be ready to go out in ten days."

"Then will we still go to Yedi this time?"

Lord Changping shook his head.

"After the lessons learned in the last battle, although our army captured Pingyang and Wucheng, it is still very difficult to continue northward, cross the Zhang River, and break the Great Wall. Therefore, this time we will take the northern route and pass through Jingxing."

"But in this case, will we encounter Li Mu's border troops?"

Chang Pingjun smiled, full of contempt.

"Even though 100,000 Zhao troops died in the battle at Zhangshui, Handan has not learned its lesson and sent generals to the court to deal with our army. The country of Zhao is already poor and the people are hungry. Once this battle is won, they will rely on Li Mu's tens of thousands of soldiers. Ma, can it still change the world?"

"The State of Zhao has such a foolish king and treacherous ministers, and I am afraid that it will perish."

"Your Majesty, Mokdu gathered the remnants of Leonard's troops, opened up the treasury, comforted the orphans, and appeased the nobles. Moreover, there have been many rumors in Yuezhi City recently about how cruel your Majesty and the Qin army are. People in the Yuezhi Royal City are afraid."

In the military tent, Chubiju got the information and handed it over.

"Is this guy named Mokdu showing his kindness?"

Zhao Shuang looked at Qiu Biju. After the battle at Huquan Terrace, his head lowered.

"How many soldiers and horses have been gathered?"

"Originally, the troops of the ten Jihou troops agreed to surrender after these days of persuasion. However, the losses were serious and there were not many left."

"Scatter them up and organize them into an army. In addition, I want you to tell a message to the nobles and nobles in the Yuezhi King's City."

"Please give me your orders, Your Majesty."

"If you don't surrender, we will join the rebels. When my army arrives, not a single blade of grass will be left behind."

"Your Majesty, will this put everyone in the Yuezhi in danger and unite against us?"

Zhao Shuang didn't care, he rested his arm on one hand and leaned on the chair.

"Then let's see whether Mokdu is more 'benevolent' or I am 'cruel'!"