Chapter 1101: Chapter 265: One Man, One Army_2
Immediately following,
he then broke open the seal of the wine jar, allowing the aroma of the wine to fill the air.
Afterwards, he picked up each item, stuffing it into his mouth, and after swallowing, took a sip from each of the two jars.
Finally,
he placed one jar before Lord Jingnan and the remaining jar between himself and Zheng Fan, apologizing to Zheng Fan:
"I’m sorry, when my men reported, they thought it was the Southern King with a flag-bearer, so I only brought two jars of wine. If you don’t mind, brother, let you and me share one jar?"
Lord Zheng felt a subtle sadness in his heart,
He believed,
the earlier scene where Lord Jingnan alone forced an army to retreat,
was a significant moment worth remembering.
And yet,
he found himself merely playing a minor role in this major event.
Although,
he truly was just playing a minor role.
"No problem."
Composing his emotions, Lord Zheng boldly raised the wine jar, glancing at Lord Jingnan sitting beside him, seeing no intention to stop him, he boldly took a sip.
"Refreshing!"
He set the jar down,
Lord Zheng wiped the wine stains from his chin with his sleeve.
"Bold!"
The Chu general also picked up the wine jar Lord Zheng had just set down and took a hearty sip.
"Ah."
The Chu general looked back behind him,
and spoke:
"Your main forces haven’t arrived."
In his tone, there was a hint of melancholy and self-mockery.
Even if Lord Jingnan appeared alone, he was surely a peak Third Rank Martial Cultivator, yet still not enough to scare a thousand troops into retreat. Had we known this sooner, we might have directly sent two thousand armored soldiers forward, using manpower to obliterate this Yan Southern Marquis.
But the Chu army dared not gamble, misunderstanding the appearance of the Yan Southern Marquis as a stance, since this Southern Marquis enjoyed leading charges and whenever he rode the Pixiu into battle, the Yan cavalry with him became instantly fearless.
Therefore, the Chu army succumbed, abandoned the camp, and withdrew.
Due to today’s daytime advancements and expansions, they had already faced the offensives from the Yan Army.
After drinking wine and eating meat,
the Chu general remembered to introduce himself,
bowing to Lord Jingnan, and smilingly gesturing to Zheng Fan,
saying:
"Greetings, Yan State’s Prince Jingnan, I am the Lieutenant General of the Royal Guards of Chu, surnamed Jing, named Renli."
Lord Jingnan remained unmoved.
The Jing Family is regarded as a significant noble family in the Chu State, their status and influence was on par with the Qu Clan.
The envoy sent to Yan State for negotiations, Jingyang, was also from the Jing Family.
As a scion of a major noble family, daring to search here alone while bringing wine and food, was evidently already putting life and death aside.
"Actually, our General Nian also intended to come, but fearing death, he asked the surrounding generals who would dare come to investigate the truth, so I voluntarily took the assignment.
Ah, we can’t blame our General Nian for being cowardly, it is just that he heard that during the Snow Sea Pass negotiations, the wild General Geremu was killed, and he decided to yield.
It was truly due to that Lord Pingye disregarding the rules first, with such a move, who would dare negotiate before the army again? No one would dare!"
"......" Zheng Fan.
The death of Geremu not only greatly influenced the defensive battle at Snow Sea Pass, but also altered the form of warfare in future generations.
The cause was when Lord Zheng surprisingly instructed the Sword Saint to secretly act as a flag bearer, genuinely insidious to the extreme, but actually hard for others to emulate.
However,
Lord Jingnan could replicate it, because the fact that Lord Jingnan defeated the Sword Saint was known both on the street and in the royal court.
Hence, Lord Jingnan was destined for solitude, as the precedent set by Zheng Fan in the event of the main generals from both armies meeting away from camp would not likely occur again in Lord Jingnan’s case.
This kind of opponent is even more excruciating, as sending a mere assassin becomes unnecessary, why would someone capable of killing Lord Jingnan act as an assassin? Wouldn’t seeking the position of martial arts alliance leader be more appealing?
Even dueling at the battlefield front seemed to have become an act of purely boosting one’s morale while diminishing one’s own prestige.
Lord Jingnan took a sip of wine without speaking.
Jing Renli saw Lord Jingnan ignoring him, not feeling embarrassed, instead looking actively towards Zheng Fan, asking:
"May I ask who you are, brother?"
Jing Renli naturally knew that anyone seated alongside Lord Jingnan was undoubtedly no ordinary person.
Lord Zheng directly responded:
"Zheng Fan."
Lord Zheng didn’t possess much family background,
Well,
he himself was a family background.
Who would’ve thought,
Upon hearing the name "Zheng Fan,"
Jing Renli was initially stunned,
and then:
"Puhahahahahahaha!!!!!!"
While laughing heartily, Jing Renli slapped his thigh vigorously,
then suddenly stopped,
looking at Zheng Fan,
Zheng Fan said:
"Is it really Lord Pingye?"
Zheng Fan nodded and said, "Yes."
"Hahahahahahaha!!!!!!"
Jing Renli continued to laugh heartily,
and then saw that Zheng Fan wasn’t laughing,
quickly pointed up to the sky,
and kept saying:
"That guy surnamed Qu, Qu Peiluo, Qu Peiluo, Qu Peiluo, hahahahaha!!!"
Lord Zheng nodded and laughed along with Jing Renli:
"Oh, ah, hahahahaha!!!!!!"
"That dog, Qu Peiluo, relying on his good looks, always looks down on people, thinking of himself as a white lotus, and us as filthy beings. I’ve long found him disagreeable. This time Lord Pingye did a commendable job, brilliant, delightful, satisfying!"
Clearly,
the relationship between the Jing Family and the Qu Clan was not good.
Jing Renli and Qu Peiluo were of the same generation, and they looked down on each other. This wasn’t about family dignity, because Jing Renli didn’t come here for family matters, just to satiate his curiosity.
If it involved national matters,
he would have been slapped to death by Lord Jingnan.
Tonight, here, there’s only wine, meat, and a chance encounter.
Zheng Fan hurriedly raised his hand,
and said:
"We shouldn’t laugh at Brother Qu, it’s not righteous, nor is it the behavior of a gentleman."
"Oh?"
Jing Renli was a bit surprised.
Lord Zheng reached out and patted Jing Renli on the thigh,
and said:
"After all, brother Qu is the best person I’ve ever met in my life!"
Jing Renli first nodded, then his mouth slowly opened again,
"Hahahahaha, yes, Qu Peiluo is a good person, a very good person, come on, Lord Pingye, to the great person, cheers!"
Zheng Fan raised the wine jug,
made a show of it,
and said:
"To Brother Qu, cheers!"
He drank it all in one go,
Jing Renli took the wine jug, lifted it in a show, and said:
"For the ancient virtuous style of the Qu Clan, cheers!"
Then,
drank a mouthful heartily.
"For Brother Qu’s broad mind, cheers!"
"For Qu Peiluo’s generosity, cheers!"
"For Brother Qu’s magnanimity, cheers!"
"For Qu Peiluo’s appreciativeness of beauty, cheers!"
"For Brother Qu’s noble character, cheers!"
Lord Jingnan was just sitting there,
watching Zheng Fan and Jing Renli continually downing glasses as if watching two fools.
A jug of wine,
was soon emptied.
Jing Renli shook his head, a bit tipsy, and said:
"Direct Thief, for the first time in my life, I discovered that Qu Peiluo is actually the best appetizer with wine in the world!"
Zheng Fan also nodded, and said: "With Brother Qu accompanying the wine, it gets tastier the more you drink."
"Indeed, indeed." Jing Renli nodded in agreement: "Drinking for three days and nights wouldn’t be excessive!"
Having said that,
Jing Renli looked towards Lord Jingnan,
slowly stood up,
and respectfully knelt down,
and said:
"Prince, General Nian from my family asked me to bring a greeting. General Nian means that we’re tired of fighting, isn’t it time we take a break?
Your army will withdraw fifty miles, and my Chu army will also retreat to the line of Town South Pass. This is what General Nian desires, what does the Prince think?"
The Jingnan army wasn’t really intending to attack the city,
this point,
Nian Yao could see it, and the senior generals within the Chu army could also see it.
But even though the Jingnan army wasn’t attacking the city, under Tian Wujing’s command, they constantly compressed the defense space of Town South Pass, forcing both sides to continually deploy for battle, which was overly exhausting.
The Yan people were a bit better off, relying on their advantage in open-field battles and cavalry, they could come and go freely, but the Chu army had to constantly be on high alert due to Tian Wujing’s presence.
If they really attacked the city, it would be better, but they only made a loud noise without actual action, really tiring people out.
Tian Wujing pointed at Zheng Fan,
and said:
"Since he is back, there will be no more fighting."
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