My brother Ying Zheng, who dares to kill me?.

Chapter 1144 Three teddy dogs biting each other, a tiger lying on the side! He stood up and looked around, and the Qin soldiers arrived again!

Ying Chengjiao's troops stopped at a beach 120 miles south of Nanshui River, to relieve the fatigue and exhaustion after a series of battles and traveling thousands of miles.

Ying Chengjiao led his generals to the Nanshui River every day to watch the battle from across the river. From time to time, he commented on the mutual attacks between the Donghu, Xiongnu and Yan State. He also allowed surrendered generals such as Hulun and Buir to speak freely and introduce the war characteristics of the Donghu tribes.

With the actual battle situation right in front of them as a teaching plan, serious introductions from the surrendered generals who knew the enemy best, and personal guidance from Ying Chengjiao, the Nanshui battlefield was directly transformed into a small classroom on the front line, with each general holding a knife, pen, and bamboo slips in their hands, carrying out post-graduation re-education.

The armies of Donghu, Xiongnu and Yan were busy conquering, testing and entangled with each other, and had no time to send scouts hundreds of miles away. All the scouts who approached Ying Chengjiao were killed by Ying Chengjiao's family soldiers, so that they had no idea that Ying Chengjiao had turned this battle that determined their country's destiny into a practical teaching class at the Qin Military Academy!
It was not until June 7, the 17th year of the reign of Qin Shi Huang that two blood-stained scouts ran back to the Yan army on horseback, causing an uproar.

"Your Majesty!" The scout general whose right arm was completely broken ran straight to the side of King Xi of Yan, holding his intestines in his hands, and tried his best to make a weak voice: "Qin scouts were found twenty miles to the south!"

King Xi of Yan was still commanding his troops to resist the attack from the Huns, but he was stunned by these words.

King Yan's head buzzed, and he turned to look at the scouts in disbelief and cried out in surprise: "What did you say?"

"Qin scouts were spotted 20 miles to the south?!"

"How can this be!"

King Xi of Yan didn't think that Ying Chengjiao would deliberately avoid the territory of Yan State and order the Qin army to go north from Yuyang County of Dai State and then take a long detour to attack here.

If the Qin army scouts really appeared twenty miles south of the Yan army, it would mean that the Yan State, or at least the Yan State's Youbeiping County, had fallen!

And if Youbeiping County has fallen, how long can Liaoxi, Liaodong counties and the current Yandu branch pass last?
King Xi of Yan thought that the Qin army would inevitably turn around and attack Yan after the destruction of Dai and Zhao and the defeat of the coalition forces.

But how could the Qin army come so quickly!
Could it be that the three counties of Yan State couldn’t even hold out for half a month?

The scout general panted hard and spoke with all his strength: "I dare not speak nonsense."

"I led my scouts southwards for reconnaissance, but discovered a hundred Yan soldiers wearing our armor."

"I approached to question him, but I found a former comrade who had followed the bandit Li Ke's army to the battle - the scout sergeant and the Pinggangcheng Taofu!"

"The enemy also noticed that I was suspicious, and immediately chased after me!"

Just looking at the wounds on the bodies of the scouts, the Yan king and his ministers knew that this scout group must have been killed by the Qin army.

The words of the scout generals shattered their remaining illusions.

The news of Li Ke's rebellion against Yan had already reached the Yan army. Even if Li Ke's Yan army could break through and escape, they should have fled back to Yan territory, and it was impossible for them to appear here, more than a thousand miles away from Yan territory.

The Yan army of Li Ke's tribe that could appear here could only have one identity, and that was the surrendered soldiers who had followed Li Ke to surrender to Qin!

The scout general took a hard breath and continued, "I have known Tao Fu for a long time and I know his abilities very well."

"But this time, during this pursuit, Tao Fu's courage is far greater than before. He can actually be on horseback, on horseback..."

As they were talking, the scouts could no longer hold on and fell limply onto their horses.

The badger shouted in alarm: "Get some water! Send for a doctor!"

Two assistant ministers rushed forward, carried the scout commander off his horse, and poured warm water into his mouth.

But not long after the bowl of water entered his mouth, it began to flow out of his abdomen mixed with blood!
As for the other scout sergeant, he had already revealed a relieved smile and threw himself off his horse as soon as the hundred scouts escorting him arrived at the side of King Xi of Yan!
An imperial physician quickly stepped forward to test the scout commander's breath, and then pointed his finger at the scout squad leader, and finally shook his head helplessly: "These two people are both dead!"

Hundreds of candidates sacrificed their lives to bring back crucial military intelligence and fulfilled their mission.

However, no one cared what kind of epic escape and interception these hundred candidates experienced, and how much amazing willpower the last two candidates relied on to drag their seriously injured bodies back to the army.

All the Yan army soldiers were only concerned with the horrible guesses that surged in their minds!
The reason why this scout general was able to recognize that the army was the Qin army was entirely because the two sides were old acquaintances, but would other scouts also meet old acquaintances by such a coincidence?

Those Qin scouts who wore Yan army armor, spoke Yan dialect, adopted Yan battle formations, and were indeed Yan army for a long time, might have already walked back and forth in front of the Yan army scouts several times, but no one could recognize their true identities.

This team of 100 scouts almost failed to bring back any intelligence. Even if the other scouts discovered the true identity of the Qin scouts, would they be able to escape the pursuit and rush back to the Yan army?

So, when did the Qin army arrive near this place? Was it today, yesterday, or even longer ago?

In a trance, the soldiers of the Yan army felt that the fighting between the Donghu, Xiongnu and Yan during this period was like three funny little teddy bears.

Qin Jun, on the other hand, was like a tiger that had just finished hunting, lying in the grass quietly watching the three cute little dogs biting each other, picking the meat from between his teeth and licking the blood foam on his sharp claws, ready to hunt at any time!

Thick fear and panic spread quickly around like a dark cloud.

All the generals of the Yan army could not help but look at King Xi of Yan, and said one after another: "Your Majesty, the Qin army is coming! What should our army do?!"

"Even the coalition forces of the seven nations cannot stop the Qin army. Our army is closest to the Qin army. If the Qin army attacks first, our army will be the first to suffer!"

"Your Majesty, flee eastward! Lead the Qin army to the Hu bandits, use the lives of the Hu bandits to tie up the Qin army's forces, and then our army will advance eastward to the Dongyi to seize their habitat and stabilize our Great Yan state. The main force of the Gaoyi has also been wiped out in Puyin Xing. Our army will not waste any effort in advancing eastward to the Gaoyi!"

Yan Xiangjiang Qu failed to defeat Meng Wu for a long time and died in the battle of Ying Chengjiao. Yan Xiang Li Ke led his army to surrender to Ying Chengjiao. Yan Xiangju Guang died at the hands of Li Mu. A prince, more than 40 captains and hundreds of thousands of soldiers died because of Ying Chengjiao and Li Mu! The generals of the Yan army did not know whether the main general of the Qin army in the south was Ying Chengjiao, Li Mu, Meng Wu, Su Jiao and other generals.

They only knew that they had never won in the war with Ying Chengjiao and Li Mu!
The will to fight never arose from the beginning, and the first reaction of all Yan generals was the same - escape!
The only difference is where to escape.

King Xi of Yan could tell that the generals were timid, but he didn't know how to turn around their morale. He could only pretend not to notice what the generals were saying, staring at the scouts, and asked slowly, "What are the names of these two scouts?"

The Yan army generals didn't react for a while, and Yan Hu was also stunned for a moment before answering: "The scout commander is named Liu Mang, and he is from Liucheng."

"The leader of the scout squad is called Cuofu, and he is from Guzhu."

King Yan Xi exclaimed with a look of admiration and heartache: "One hundred men went out to fight, but only two returned. All those who followed him died."

"If everyone in Great Yan was as loyal and brave as Liu Mang and Cuo Fu, why would I move the capital to defend the border, why would I go north to attack the Donghu, and why would I be afraid of Qin?"

"Pass the widow's order!"

"Appoint Liu Mang as Marquis of Protecting the Nation, and the title will be passed down for three generations without any downgrade, and he will enjoy the state's salary for generations!"

"Appoint the wrong husband as the Marquis of Loyalty, and the title will be passed down for three generations without any downgrade, and he will enjoy the state's salary for generations!"

"Inform the three armies that they should follow the example of the Marquis of Protecting the Country and the Marquis of Loyalty. Anyone who protects our country and fights for our country will be rewarded generously!"

Even though Yan Huan, Yan An and other generals were extremely anxious, they had to hurriedly bow and shout: "My king, be kind!"

While shouting, many generals couldn't help but complain in their hearts.

You're just thinking of conferring titles on those who have made contributions now? What were you doing before?
Oh, by the way, if he had been granted a title of nobility earlier, Dayan would have provided him with a salary.

But today, he is conferred the title of marquis, and the Great Yan is almost gone. The so-called hereditary national salary is nothing but empty talk!

But even if it was just empty talk, the king was reluctant to be generous. It was obvious that a team of a hundred scouts were wiped out, but only two triumphant soldiers were rewarded. Could it be that the merits of the other soldiers who helped Liu Mang and Cuofu to kill the enemy were really far inferior to those of these two?

Prince Xi of Yan never expected that his generosity failed to boost the morale of his soldiers, but instead attracted a lot of criticism. Prince Xi of Yan only knew that he used two cheap titles to buy himself precious thinking time.

When the generals of the Yan army stood up, King Xi of Yan looked at them with a burning gaze and asked, "Marquis of Protecting the Country and Marquis of Loyalty are only generals of a hundred or a squad leader, yet they are willing to fight to the death for our Great Yan!"

"All of you are on the payroll of the Yan State, and many of you have been on the payroll of the Yan State for generations. Do you dare to fight to the death for the Great Yan State?"

All the generals had no choice but to bow once again: "I am willing to die for the king!"

King Yan laughed out loud: "Good! Very good!"

"Our soldiers are all brave and valiant. We will surely win this battle!"

Hearing the hidden meaning of Yan Wangxi's words, Yan Hu hurriedly whispered: "Your Majesty..."

Before Yan Huan finished speaking, King Xi of Yan waved his hand to interrupt Yan Huan and said in a deep voice: "I left after failing to defend Jicheng."

"I couldn't hold the Lingzhi Pass, so I left again."

"And today, I have made concessions one after another, ceded land one after another, and even had to flee north to the Donghu, but the tyrannical Qin still refuses to let me go!"

"Today I will cede the Donghu, tomorrow I will cede the Dongyi, then I can sleep peacefully for one night, wake up and look around, and the Qin army will arrive again!"

"But the land of the world is limited, and the desire of the tyrannical Qin is insatiable!"

"If I keep retreating, my country will become weaker and weaker, and I will have no more room to retreat until my country collapses!"

King Xi of Yan could not hide the regret and self-blame in his voice.

King Xi of Yan really didn't expect that the Qin army would chase to such a wild land as Donghu!

In fact, if it were not for Ying Chengjiao's lobbying, no other country in the Central Plains would have been able to continue the northern expedition against the Donghu when Liaoxi and Liaodong counties had not yet been developed.

If King Xi of Yan had known that Ying Chengjiao was a madman, he would never have chosen to go north to the Donghu, but would have chosen to gather troops and fight to the death at Lingzhi Pass!

It’s a pity that knowing it earlier is priceless.

King Xi of Yan did want to flee eastward to the Dongyi as his generals had advised, so as to rest in peace. However, he did not dare to gamble whether the Qin army would go crazy again and attack the Dongyi, who were even more barbaric than the Donghu!

If the Qin army really attacks Dongyi, King Xi of Yan will have no way to retreat!

King Xi of Yan slowly exhaled a breath of foul air, and his voice became particularly firm: "This time, I will not leave."

"Qin wants to fight, so I will fight Qin to my heart's content!"

(End of this chapter)