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

Chapter 778: Cutting through the iron knife without any effort! Want to make peace? Then show your sincerity!
In the Qin army formation, Ying Chengjiao looked at the soldiers behind him and shouted excitedly: "Soldiers!"

"Although we are outnumbered in this battle, the enemy is just a weak Yan!"

"Even if our army only has 70,000 soldiers, we will still be able to win the battle!"

"But what I want is not only a great victory, but also revenge for the king! Retrieve the head of the Crown Prince of Yan!"

"Everyone!"

"Would you like to lend me a helping hand again?!"

More than 70,000 exhausted Qin soldiers forced themselves to cheer up and shouted excitedly: "We are willing to die for our commander!!"

Several Gongyang clan members wanted to shout out their lungs!

The ideas of our head coach are really to our liking!
Ying Chengjiao laughed heartily: "With the help of two or three men, we will surely win this battle!"

"Pass this general's order!"

"The right army will turn northeast and go around to the back of Fucheng to block the retreat of the Yan army!"

"The left army will form a square formation and be on guard against the Dai army's movements at all times."

"The front and center armies will unite and prepare to follow me into battle!"

"The rear troops will turn to the central troops, hold down the formation, and wait for deployment!"

A famous general took the order and left.

Although the Qin soldiers who had experienced fierce battles were physically exhausted, their spirits were extremely high.

However, just as the Qin troops were lining up, Qi Pao, wearing a blue court robe, led ten ministers on horseback and approached the Qin army. He bowed and shouted, "Qi Pao, the Supreme Lord of Yan, requests to see Lord Qin Chang'an!"

Ying Chengjiao followed the sound and left the battle line. Although he was filled with resentment, he still returned the greeting by bowing his hands: "Since Yan State has requested an answer in front of the battle line, I will not refuse."

"Of course!"

"Yan State betrayed its alliance and attacked our Great Qin!"

"Prince Yan sent assassins to kill our king!"

"Yan State should give us Great Qin an explanation first!"

Behind Ying Chengjiao, more than 30,000 Qin troops from the front and middle divisions roared in unison:

"Give me an explanation!"

Qipao suddenly panicked!
But Qi Pao was not panicked by the roar of more than 30,000 Qin soldiers.

It was because Ying Chengjiao actually defined this conversation as a response before the battle!
After the fall of Handan City, who in the world would dare to answer Ying Chengjiao in front of the battlefield?
For the sake of Yan Wangxi's life and his own life, Qi Pao hurriedly bowed and said, "No! No!"

"I am not a general accompanying the army to the battle. I am only an envoy representing my king. How can I answer questions in front of Qin Chang'an?"

"I invite you to join the Qin army and discuss state affairs with Qin Chang'an Jun!"

Ying Chengjiao didn't understand why Qi Pao cared so much about the name of the negotiation, but since Qi Pao was so determined, he also raised his right hand and said, "Qi Shangqing, please!"

Qi Pao hurriedly bowed and thanked him: "Thank you, Lord Chang'an!"

In Qi Pao's opinion, no matter how effective the curse is, it should only be used when answering questions before the battle.

It was not until Qi Pao was no longer in front of the two armies but in the Qin army's formation that he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Ying Chengjiao had no idea what Qi Pao was thinking, so he asked directly in a deep voice: "Qi Shangqing, what are you doing here?"

Qi Pao bowed again and said: "I came here to clear up the misunderstanding between Qin and Yan."

Ying Chengjiao said coldly: "Misunderstanding?"

"The Yan State betrayed its alliance and attacked our Great Qin. Is this a misunderstanding?!"

"Prince Dan of Yan assassinated my king. Was it a misunderstanding?!"

"If Yan is trying to evade responsibility by blaming everything on a misunderstanding, then Qi Shangqing can leave now."

"Let's discuss this on the battlefield between our two countries!"

Qi Pao said sincerely: "I do think that there is a deep misunderstanding between Qin and Yan, but I, Dayan, will never evade my responsibility!"

"The court knew nothing about Prince Dan sending assassins to kill the King of Qin!"

"Then, while the court was determined to form an alliance with Qin, Prince Dan secretly led his troops to attack Qin!"

"When my king learned of Prince Dan's actions, he flew into a rage and openly said that Prince Dan was unworthy of being the Crown Prince of Great Yan!"

"But at that time, Prince Dan had already betrayed the alliance. My king knew that Qin was powerful and that it was hard for Great Yan to stop it. That's why he had no choice but to seek an alliance with Zhao."

With a deep bow, Qi Pao said seriously: "So it is definitely not the Great Yan that broke the alliance, but only the Crown Prince Dan!"

After a few breaths of silence, Ying Chengjiao said with emotion: "As expected of the King of Yan!"

"I admire you! I admire you!"

If these words were said by King Jian of Qi, Ying Chengjiao would be willing to believe them.

But King Xi of Yan was different from King Jian of Qi. When he was young, King Xi of Yan was also a great ruler. He basically controlled the Yan court within just a few years of ascending the throne.

In the twenty-two years since Prince Xi of Yan took power, his control over the State of Yan has continued to deepen, and he can promote or demote anyone, from the prime minister to the general, with just a word.

Ying Chengjiao didn't believe that Yan Dan's actions could be concealed from King Xi of Yan, nor did he believe that Yan Dan alone could arrange Tian Guang and Jing Ke, who were not good at lobbying, as envoys. He even less believed that Yan Dan could mobilize a large army to attack the Qin army without King Xi of Yan's consent!

In Ying Chengjiao's opinion, all this might not have been led by Prince Xi of Yan, but it was definitely condoned by Prince Xi of Yan!

Now the act of betraying the alliance has not brought any benefits to the State of Yan, but instead brought it into danger of national destruction. However, King Xi of Yan did not hesitate to push all the blame onto Yan Dan, making himself look as clean as a white lotus.

Ying Chengjiao has been trying his best to underestimate the moral bottom line of King Xi of Yan.

However, King Xi of Yan's shamelessness still far exceeded Ying Chengjiao's expectations!
Qi Pao heard the sarcasm in Ying Chengjiao's voice, but did not dare to argue for King Xi of Yan. He just waved behind him.

An assistant minister came to a place two meters in front of Ying Chengjiao, holding a wooden box. The Eighth and Guafu immediately became alert and stood on both sides of Ying Chengjiao.

Ying Chengjiao sneered and asked, "Do you intend to recreate the past of Prince Dan of Yan?"

Qi Pao shook his head, opened the wooden box himself, and said in a deep voice: "Prince Dan not only ruined the reputation of Great Yan, but also betrayed the allies of Great Yan!"

"Prince Dan feels deeply ashamed of his betrayal to Dayan, his shamelessness, his betrayal, his disobedience to the king's orders, and his grave sins."

"Therefore, I will commit suicide in the camp to atone for my crime!"

"According to the will of Prince Dan, I will present Prince Dan's head to the State of Qin in the hope of calming Qin's anger."

Looking at the extremely familiar head in the wooden box, Ying Chengjiao's pupils slowly widened, and his eyes were full of disbelief.

He took two steps forward unconsciously, grabbed Yan Dan's hair and took Yan Dan's head out of the wooden box. After examining it over and over again, Ying Chengjiao finally confirmed that the head indeed belonged to Yan Dan!

Looking at Qi Pao in astonishment, Ying Chengjiao asked in a lost voice: "The King of Yan killed Prince Dan of Yan?!"

Although "Records of the Grand Historian" recorded that King Xi of Yan cut off Yan Dan's head and presented it to the State of Qin, Ying Chengjiao did not quite believe this record.

As a king, he cut off the head of his own prince in order to seek peace. Even if this move can bring peace, it will definitely cause the morale of the country to plummet, and defeat is imminent!
Compared with the statement that Yan Dan was killed by King Xi of Yan, Ying Chengjiao prefers to believe two other records also from "Records of the Grand Historian", namely that Yan Dan fought with Li Xin at Yanshui and was defeated and killed, or that Yan Dan fought with Wang Jian at Jicheng and was defeated and killed.

Ying Chengjiao never expected that the possibility that he thought was the most unbelievable would actually appear before him!
Ying Chengjiao never expected that the victory he was determined to achieve with a desperate battle would be delivered to him by the State of Yan!
Qi Pao raised his voice and said firmly: "My king has never ordered the killing of my Great Yan prince."

"Prince Dan simply felt ashamed to face the world, so he committed suicide."

Ying Chengjiao didn't believe Qi Pao's words at all!
How could a man who abandoned 120,000 soldiers in order to save himself suddenly come to his senses and commit suicide after joining forces with reinforcements?

Do not make jokes!
However, Ying Chengjiao didn't care how Yan Dan died.

His gaze fell on Yan Dan's head again, and Ying Chengjiao asked in a complicated voice: "How could the State of Yan send such a valuable gift?"

"What do you want?"

Qi Pao said carefully, "The culprit who broke the Qin-Yan alliance has committed suicide to apologize."

"Today, Qin, Yan, and Dai are all exhausted, and the people are suffering from years of war."

"My king hopes to reconcile with the State of Qin, stop the war, and restore peace to the people of the world."

"I also ask Qin Chang'an Jun not to take on the role of envoy to Yan and return to Xianyang."

at last!

This time it was no longer Ying Chengjiao who took the initiative to ask for peace, but other countries who asked Ying Chengjiao for peace!

Ying Chengjiao threw Yan Dan's head back into the wooden box, handed it to the fortune teller for safekeeping, and said calmly, "The country's major affairs cannot be decided by just my words."

"If you want Qin to withdraw its troops, it is not enough to just take the head of the Crown Prince of Yan!"

Qi Pao felt bitter in his heart and said sincerely: "After all, it was me, the Crown Prince of Great Yan, who caused the misunderstanding, and I troubled Qin Chang'an Jun to come here with his troops."

"We, Great Yan, are willing to give Qin 500,000 shi of grain as a token of our apology!"

Ying Chengjiao raised his eyebrows and said, "You want to send me away with only 500,000 dan of grain?"

"Last time, I led an army of 20,000 to fight in Qi, and Qi gave Qin a million stones of grain as a thank you gift!"

"Does the King of Yan want to humiliate me?"

Qi Pao said repeatedly: "My king has absolutely no such intention!"

"It is just that I heard that the Lord of Qin Chang'an has developed a method to cure excrement with golden juice. In a few years, Qin will no longer be short of food and grass."

"On the other hand, most of the territory of Yan State is barren and lacks food. We really can't be as generous as Qi State!"

Ying Chengjiao said calmly: "I am developing a technique to treat excrement with golden juice. What does it have to do with the State of Yan?"

"What does the lack of food in Yan have to do with me?"

"If you want to make peace, then show your sincerity!"

Qi Pao had no choice but to change his angle and said, "We, Great Yan, give Qin 500,000 dan of grain as an apology for the betrayal of our Great Yan prince."

"Qi's gift of 1 million dan of grain to Qin was to ask Qin Chang'an Jun to help Qi go to war. The requests of Yan and Qi are different, so they cannot be compared."

"And a truce would benefit both Qin and Yan."

"The Qin State is in urgent need of recuperation now. I don't think it can support Qin Chang'an Jun to continue his conquests!"

"It would be better to return peace to the world!"

Ying Chengjiao smiled and shook his head: "The war between Qin and Yan was instigated by Yan State, and now Yan State is saying that it would be better to return peace to the world?"

"How ridiculous!"

"What on earth does your Yan State regard war as?"

"Since Qi Shangqing insists on only offering 500,000 shi of grain and fodder for peace, why don't I go to Jicheng and directly discuss the issue of stopping the war with the King of Yan!"

After a pause, Ying Chengjiao said with a half-smile: "As for our army's food and grass, please don't worry about it."

"I believe that the food and grass in Jicheng will be enough for our army to eat until we return to Xianyang City!"

Qi Pao shouted in surprise: "Please think twice, Lord Qin Chang'an!"

Ying Chengjiao ignored Qi Pao and turned back to order: "Ba Fu, you go to the Dai army in person."

"Please invite Wu Anjun to our army. I want to discuss with you how to fight this battle!"

Do you want to put all the blame on Yan Dan and get away with it by handing over Yan Dan's head?
dream!

Yan Dan is going to be killed, and King Xi of Yan will never be happy!

(End of this chapter)