Chapter 937 Where Are the Qi Army? Where Are the Dai Army? Where Are My 700,000+ Allies? I Must Be Dreaming!
January 8, the 16th year of the Qin Dynasty.
Food time (7:00).
Lined with five layers of silk lining, wearing a leather-based heavy armor with copper nails, and wearing a double-layered tiger skin cloak, King Yan walked out of the royal tent holding a copper stove in both hands.
The cold air hitting his face made King Yan frown, and the two eunuchs hurriedly fetched another tiger skin cloak.
King Yan shook his head slightly and looked at a eunuch on the side. The eunuch hurriedly came forward with a hand-held copper stove and served the fish soup that had always been placed on the stove.
Taking the fish soup with one hand, King Yan took a sip of the milky white fish soup.
"Hiss Liu~"
"Puff puff puff~"
"Huh~~~"
After spitting out the unfiltered fish meat and pouring the warm and mellow fish soup into his belly, King Yan exhaled a mouthful of satisfied white mist.
The eunuch took the soup bowl knowingly, and went into the tent with other colleagues, and took out all the leftover stewed mutton, pickled venison and other delicacies that King Yan Xi had eaten, and then heard King Yan Xi's sigh.
"The days of fighting abroad were really hard!"
"The King of Qi can send the prince to go to war, the King of Qin can send the king's brother to go to war, and even the king of Dai can send old ministers of the previous dynasty to go to war."
"How miserable it is for a lonely man to ride on the battlefield even though his spleen and body have been regenerated!"
All the eunuchs kept their eyes and noses in check, pretending not to hear anything, and continued to walk out with their meals in hand.
The old ministers of the former dynasty of the Yan State who were capable of going to war were driven away by the King of Yan out of joy and squandered some of them. Now there is no one available.
All the royal children of Yan State who were capable of going to war died in the hands of King Yan.
Whoever quarrels with this topic will die!
Fortunately, King Xi of Yan did not expect these eunuch guards to say anything, so he casually ordered: "Get your horses ready."
"Inspect the military camp with me!"
King Yan Xi is not a famous general, but he can be regarded as a qualified general.
Driving the horses back and forth in the Yan army camp, King Yan carefully confirmed whether the middle and high-level generals had arranged the camp defenses according to his will. From time to time, he would stop to greet the lower-level soldiers cordially, and by the way, he would also stop to greet the lower-level soldiers. The soldiers left a gentle and loving smile to consolidate their image in the hearts of the soldiers.
But when King Yan Xi inspected to the edge of the Yan army camp, he frowned unconsciously: "Dear ladies, have you ever seen the coalition soldiers patrolling the camp?"
Yan An and other generals were slightly startled when they heard this, and then all looked shocked.
Ever since Zheng Anqi and other immortals were captured, Li Mu had implemented strict military camp control regulations. When the coalition forces retreated to the northwest corner of Dukang and the defense range was reduced sharply, Li Mu's control of the military camp went to a higher level.
More than 20,000 elite soldiers of the Dai army were organized into patrol teams, patrolling outside each military camp day and night. Anyone who left the headquarters military camp without the order of General Li Mu.
Kill them all and decide!
King Yan was quite dissatisfied with this, but thinking that Li Mu was the commander-in-chief of the coalition after all, and that it would be easier for the coalition to win, King Xi of Yan also took the lead in upholding Li Mu's control regulations - not because of Yan. The country suffered two major defeats, King Xi of Yan's wrong command led to the death of tens of thousands of Yan army elites such as Qi Pao, Li Mu discovered that the grain and grass transported for Qi and Qi were secretly withheld, and other reasons!
On weekdays, the officers and soldiers of the Yan Army often glared at the officers and soldiers patrolling the camp, thinking that they were holding chicken feathers as arrows.
But now, where are the officers and soldiers patrolling the camp?
Yan An took a step forward and whispered: "Your Majesty, the general has not found any soldiers patrolling the coalition camp today!"
"If you think about it carefully, it seems that the general did not find any soldiers patrolling the coalition camp yesterday!"
King Yan sat up straight, his eyes filled with concentration: "The battle situation has changed! The alliance has also changed!"
"Captain Wei'an, lead your troops out of camp to investigate!"
No matter what considerations Li Mu had in withdrawing the patrol soldiers, he should have informed King Yan, who was an ally, of joy.
But until now, King Yan Xi has not received any news.
This was enough to make Yan Wangxi immediately alert!
Yan An couldn't help but look troubled, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, all the soldiers patrolling the camp on behalf of the army are pig-headed and wolf-hearted people."
"A few days ago, a member of our army of two to five hundred soldiers went out to inspect the camp, but he was executed on the spot by the patrolling soldiers on behalf of the army without asking any questions."
"The last general went to argue with Lord Daiwuan because of this, but he was sternly reprimanded by Lord Daiwuan."
"The general is not afraid of death, he is just afraid of losing my majesty, the Great Yan!"
Dai Jun's execution and madness of General Li Mu's orders were incomprehensible to all the generals of the Yan Army.
That’s two to five hundred masters per person!
The soldiers who patrolled the camp on behalf of the army did not even report the matter, but killed them as soon as they were told.
What's more important is that instead of giving any compensation to the Yan army afterwards, Li Mu rewarded the patrol soldiers heavily.
Who knows if those crazy patrol soldiers will draw their swords against Yan An because Yan An failed to get General Li Mu’s order to leave the camp!
King Yan's eyes widened with joy and anger: "Ai Qing is an important minister of our great empire, how dare any of our soldiers dare to harm Ai Qing!"
"If Dai Jun really dares to harm Aiqing, we will definitely avenge Aiqing even if we fight to break up the alliance!"
"I just chose to trust Dai Wu'an Jun's ability to run the army for the great cause of conquering Qin, but I did not allow Dai Wu An Jun to do anything wrong!"
"Ai Qing will immediately go to the Allied Forces Central Camp with the handwritten letter."
"I asked Dai Wuanjun why he made military strategic adjustments but did not inform our army."
"At the same time, he sent his soldiers to secretly inquire about the information and confirm the current war situation!"
King Yan's conversation changed so quickly that for a moment it was hard for people to hear the sincerity hidden behind his righteous words.
Yan An's back became stiffer, and he bowed his hands loudly and said, "Yes!"
After quickly writing a scroll of handwritten letter and handing it to Yan An to deliver to the coalition army's central camp, King Xi of Yan was still a little worried, and said in a deep voice: "I want to discuss the trade between Yan and Qi with the prince of Qi."
"My dear ministers, follow me!"
The long-sealed gate of the Yan army camp was pushed open.
King Xi of Yan was the first to rush out of the camp gate, and Yan Liu and other generals led their family soldiers to follow.
Along the way, King Xi of Yan frowned more and more.
It was because King Xi of Yan didn't even see a patrol soldier, which was in sharp contrast to the situation a few days ago!
When King Xi of Yan approached the Qi army camp, he stopped frowning, and his facial skin became particularly stretched.
It was because King Xi of Yan's mouth was unconsciously open, and his eyes were even more round.
"Where are the Qi troops?"
Yan Wangxi unconsciously clamped his horse's belly and drove his warhorse forward slowly. His round eyes turned left and right, and his pupils were filled with disbelief and incomprehension.
"Where are so many Qi troops?"
"Where are the 600,000 Qi troops?!"
Six hundred thousand troops!
That's a 600,000-strong army!
Just three days ago, Yan Wangxi had come here to discuss cooperation between Yan and Qi with Qi's crown prince Tian Sheng.
At that time, the military camps in front of Yan Wangxi were connected to the sky and the earth!
But today, there was only a snowy field covered with white snow in front of Yan Wangxi!
Yan Wangxi rubbed his eyes hard, looked back at the generals behind him, pointed at the snowy field and asked: "Have you seen the Qi troops?!"
Under the huge contrast, Yan Wangxi even began to suspect that he was old and dazzled!
However, the expressions of Yan Liu and other Yan generals were not much better than Yan Wangxi.
Yan Liu replied with a trembling voice: "I, the general, also failed to see the Qi army."
"I think that Dai Wu'an Jun must have a new order for the Qi army, and Dai Wu'an Jun has transferred the Qi army to another place without informing our army!"
This is a very reasonable explanation, but this explanation cannot explain all the unreasonableness.
King Xi of Yan breathed a sigh of relief, but the rest of his breath was still in his throat, and his face was filled with anger: "Now the three countries of Yan, Dai, and Qi have formed an alliance."
"Dai Wu'an Jun is the commander of the alliance, but I am not only one of the allies, but also the king of Great Yan!"
"Such a large-scale military operation, Dai Wu'an Jun did not tell me even a word!"
"Dai Wu'an Jun treats me as nothing?"
"If Dai Wu'an Jun despises Great Yan so much, I will lead my Great Yan soldiers to withdraw from the alliance!"
"Go, the alliance camp!"
With anger suppressing his panic, King Xi of Yan reined in his warhorse and galloped towards the alliance camp.
But just halfway through, King Xi of Yan saw Yan An leading his family soldiers to gallop.
"Your Majesty!"
Seeing King Xi of Yan from afar, Yan An shouted loudly and charged at full speed without sparing any effort!
King Xi of Yan felt even more uneasy, and took the initiative to meet Yan An, asking in a deep voice: "But did Dai Wu'an Jun embarrass you, my dear?"
"You can speak frankly, my dear!"
"I will seek justice for you, my dear!"
Yan An, panting, reined in his horse ten feet in front of King Xi of Yan, but shook his head bitterly when he heard this: "I really hope that Dai Wu'an Jun can embarrass me."
Cowling solemnly, Yan An said anxiously: "I followed the king's order to go to the coalition tent, but found that the coalition tent had disappeared without a trace, and there was no soldier in the place where the Dai army was stationed, not even a camp!"
A strong sense of absurdity enveloped King Xi of Yan's heart.
It's okay that the Qi army disappeared, but the Dai army also disappeared? !
Just three days ago, there were nearly one million soldiers around the city of Chu.
But now, there are only more than 100,000 Yan troops around this place? !
Where are the allies?
I have so many allies!
King Xi of Yan asked in panic: "Have you found any traces of the Dai army, or found the handwritten letter left by Dai Wu'an Jun?"
Yan An shook his head bitterly and said: "I have not found any bamboo slips or silks in the place where the Dai army is stationed."
"The firewood in the stove where the coalition army's tent is located is icy cold, which shows that the Dai army has been gone for at least half a day!"
"I sent my family soldiers to investigate around the coalition army's tent, but failed to find any Dai army soldiers. Even the footprints of the Dai army's withdrawal were covered by the flying snow!"
"I am incompetent and failed to find any traces of the Dai army!"
A few pieces of flying snow fell from the sky, just as the heart of King Xi of Yan was as cold as his own.
It would be fine if the Qi army disappeared, and I would have other arrangements for the Qi army.
It would be fine if the Dai army disappeared, and I would have other arrangements for the Dai army.
But now, Dai Wu'an Jun himself is gone, and he didn't even leave a handwritten letter!
King Xi of Yan even began to doubt whether the coalition forces attacking Qin a few months ago was just a dream!
"What is going on? What happened!"
King Xi of Yan had an extremely terrifying guess in his mind: "Could it be that the Dai and Qi armies have betrayed our Great Yan alliance."
"Even if they want to take advantage of the fact that my Great Yan troops are not in the country, they will form an alliance and attack our Great Yan?!"