The Grand Prince had been having a pretty good time these last few days.

He had visited six tribal chieftains, and also convened a "Chieftain Conference," inviting even more barbarian tribal chieftains.

In reality,

The meeting was just for show;

And those who came to the meeting were all absent-minded.

The barbarians were at the height of their national fortune, led by their king, first taking down the Situ family's two cities on the snowy plains, then breaking through Snow Sea Pass, nearly capturing Yingdu.

Although the Yan army arrived later, they were still defeated decisively at Wangjiang.

Many things could be faked, but the convoys of Jin slaves being escorted back from the Cheng Kingdom, the carts of wealth, and the massive amounts of grain, those could not be faked.

Under this momentum, the Barbarian King's prestige on the snowy plains was unmatched.

But to completely unite a snowy plain that had been fragmented for hundreds of years, in a short period of time, was almost impossible.

Unless the Barbarian King returned to the snowy plains with the might of his great victory and vast resources, and with the threat of his direct troops, reorganize and integrate the snowy plains.

The problem was, the Barbarian King hadn't reached that point yet, not because he didn't want to, but because he didn't have time.

He had too many things he wanted to do, one after another, each one leading to another.

The main reason was that when he attacked the Cheng Kingdom, the Yan people took the initiative to send troops into the snowy plains, joining the battlefield, completely depriving him of the opportunity to arrange things at his leisure.

So, the original tribal chieftains all had their own little thoughts. They were like local emperors in their own territories and didn't want a "king" or "emperor" really sitting on top of them.

However, circumstances were stronger than people. In fact, these tribal chieftains who had not surrendered in the first wave and were still putting on airs, had already prepared to bend the knee.

They would definitely go to pay homage to the Barbarian King when he returned, and even kiss his boots to show their submission.

But this didn't prevent them from meeting with the noble prince from the Yan Kingdom at this time.

Of course, the main reason was that the black dragon flag of the Yan Kingdom had suddenly been planted on Snow Sea Pass, which was the fundamental reason why they were willing to sit down and listen to what this Grand Prince had to say.

They were all clever people. The so-called "simplicity" and the dullness around the bonfire were just their natural exteriors. How could barbarians who had to deal with wolves from childhood be so naive?

The Grand Prince was well aware of this.

His task was not to integrate the remaining tribes on the snowy plains to do anything, but to delay them, preventing them from attacking Snow Sea Pass from the north.

When Zheng Fan gave him this task, the Grand Prince initially refused.

Because his surname was Ji, some things, which were really irrelevant to Zheng Fan's "rebel" nature, were so sacred and inviolable in his eyes.

As the eldest son of the Ji family, as a prince of Great Yan, maintaining the sanctity of royal power was almost his instinct.

But alas, the previous defeat at the Battle of Wangjiang was under his command. Putting aside the problems with his command, he himself felt extremely guilty.

This was very similar to the Sword Saint's situation;

To atone for his sins,

The Sword Saint was willing to risk falling to force open his realm and kill Grimm;

Similarly, to atone for his sins,

The Grand Prince was willing to go to the snowy plains and fraternize with these barbarian chieftains.

However, perhaps that Zheng fellow had already seen the situation clearly and understood the thoughts of those chieftains. So, when he really came with a blank imperial decree and a radish-sized seal, he found that the difficulty was actually much lower than he had expected.

Those tribes willing to follow the Barbarian King and those who were tempted by the looting after breaking through Snow Sea Pass had basically already sent their warriors to follow the Barbarian King into the pass.

And some large tribes and the small tribes that depended on them were somewhat awkwardly watching.

On the one hand, the face of a large tribe prevented them from shamelessly asking others to take them along to get rich at this time, and on the other hand, the situation on the front lines was not yet clear. Anyway, they had already missed the first wave of dividends, so it was better to wait and see how things developed.

Therefore, what the Grand Prince was contacting this time were not the Barbarian King's staunch supporters.

As a result, after the Grand Prince issued the imperial decree, these chieftains all accepted it respectfully.

As for how much of this respect was real and how much was fake, hehe, everyone knew in their hearts.

It was nothing more than kowtowing, saluting, and taking a bright yellow imperial decree as part of a ritual, which really wasn't a big deal for these chieftains.

But when faced with the Grand Prince's proposal that since everyone had been conferred by Great Yan and was now a subject of Great Yan, then they must gather together to讨伐 (tǎo fá, condemn and suppress) the rebellious Barbarian King, these "princes," "dukes," and "marquises" who had been conferred would only constantly beat around the bush, as if they had instantly opened up their Ren and Du channels and were playing extremely sophisticated Tai Chi push hands.

Today they said that their tribe lacked food, tomorrow they said that their tribe seemed to be infected with the plague. In short, there were fresh reasons to perfunctorily deal with the situation every day.

This was the way of doing business.

I sit on the ground and raise the price, and you slowly bargain.

I get the price I want, and you get the satisfaction of bargaining.

You want to wait and see,

Fine,

Anyway, my mission is just to keep you sitting.

This wait lasted a long time.

It also formed two extremely contrasting scenes.

On the one hand,

South of Snow Sea Pass, the barbarian army was constantly attacking the city, suffering heavy casualties, irreconcilable!

On the other hand,

North of Snow Sea Pass, everyone had bonfire parties every night. From the Grand Prince to Jin Shuke, they all had several barbarian women attending to them, as if it were a harmonious model of the Yan and barbarian families being united.

Sleeping,

They really slept together;

You can't be aloof, you can't pretend, and you can't possibly be disgusted.

When people send you girls to entertain you, that's a sign of respect!

Especially at such a critical moment, you can no longer pursue any spiritual purity. The seemingly extremely friendly relationship on the surface is actually so fragile.

Therefore, the Grand Prince partied every night and was a groom every day.

Sometimes, after a night of passion, the Grand Prince would feel a little lonely, looking at the barbarian women who were exhausted and asleep in bed, he felt a little absurd.

Before setting off, that Zheng fellow had told him that while he was fighting on the front lines, he was on the enemy's side, which was an invisible battlefield, and that he also needed to shed blood.

But what he was shedding was not blood, but…

This Ji family child would suffer a kind of inner reproach every night after it was over.

A small part was for his fiancée who was left in Yanjing.

Most of it was a clash of values as a soldier.

In his mind, he kept comforting and persuading himself that he was sacrificing for the overall situation, working hard for the overall situation, and dedicating himself to the overall situation;

But if you really had the nerve to say this out loud,

Who would believe you?

You are galloping on the battlefield, and I am also galloping;

Heh,

The Grand Prince was too embarrassed to say it.

The more time he spent thinking about life, the more entangled and embarrassed he became.

When the sun rose outside,

The Grand Prince got out of bed, opened the curtain, and walked out, then his eyes narrowed.

Outside the tent, more than a dozen tribal chieftains, big and small, were kneeling.

Some people's robes were still stained with frost, obviously they had been kneeling for quite a while.

Because on the one hand, the wind outside was relatively strong, and on the other hand, the positions where those chieftains were kneeling were some distance away from his tent, as if to avoid hearing sounds that were inconvenient to hear;

So,

The Grand Prince hadn't sensed it beforehand.

There was also the factor that he himself was feeling uneasy.

But when faced with this scene, the Grand Prince was first slightly stunned, and then a little dazed.

Outside, Jin Shuke walked over while fastening his belt. This barbaric man from the desert didn't have such rich psychological activities as the Grand Prince.

Sometimes, he was as meticulous as a hair, but at other times, he was actually very straightforward.

When you only need to sit here and watch the changes south of Snow Sea Pass, Jin Shuke really ate and slept as he pleased, and his whole person was obviously a little fatter.

When the Grand Prince came out,

These chieftains who had been kneeling in the wind and frost for a long time collectively kowtowed:

"Greetings to His Highness."

There were many prefixes added before the greeting.

This king, that earl, that marquis, and before that, there was also Great Yan.

The rules and the complete words were said more completely than the real Yan officials.

And from their expressions, one could only see respect, and no longer the perfunctory attitude that both sides knew in the past.

The woman who had been with him in the tent last night also put on her clothes and poked her head out from inside to look outside. When she saw those chieftains who were usually high above all kneeling at the feet of her "yesterday's lover," she opened her mouth in surprise.

And those chieftains were also very straightforward, or rather, at this moment, they really wanted to climb up the pole to the point of madness.

They even shouted at the woman, who was the tribal slave they had sent to the Grand Prince:

"Greetings to the Princess!"

"Greetings to the Princess!"

The Grand Prince didn't scold them, nor did he hypocritically tell them to get up quickly,

But smiled,

Smiling with gritted teeth,

His gaze,

Looked to the south,

There,

Was the direction of Snow Sea Pass.

The depression that had been suppressed in his heart for a long time had finally dissipated a lot at this time.

The Barbarian King,

Had been defeated!

…

Yes,

Snow Sea Pass had released three hundred prisoners, they came from many tribes, and they were allowed to bring back the flags with their respective tribal totems to announce to the snowy plains what the final outcome of the barbarian army that had entered the pass would be.

The iron cavalry of the Yan people,

Not only wiped out their previous shame and crushed the main force of the barbarians at the banks of Wangjiang, but also pursued them all the way, and completely buried the last barbarian army before Snow Sea Pass!

The Jin people were defeated,

The Jin Kingdom was destroyed,

The emperor of the Cheng Kingdom also died,

The Cheng Kingdom was also gone,

But what replaced it,

Was an even more powerful empire called "Yan".

It would replace the original duties of the Jin people,

With the black dragon flag,

Continue to deter the entire snowy plains!

………

"Ah Choo!"

General Zheng sneezed on the north gate tower of Snow Sea Pass.

He pointed to the ground under his feet and said:

"This is the north gate, right? Didn't that Sword Saint say that he would only help me guard the north gate in the future? Okay, we'll build the future General's Mansion next to the north gate, and the main gate will also face this north gate;

Hehe."

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Happy birthday to student Wang Xiaonan, forever eighteen years old.

Asking everyone for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets, bowing.