Chapter 49: Away from the Sijun
King Lin led the remnants of troops and retreated a hundred miles in one breath, because King Lin knew that if he wanted to cherish his life, he had to stay away from the Si army.
Seeing the troops running for a long distance, their clothes were ragged and their weapons were messy, King Lin was secretly sad. He thought that more than 200,000 troops could not stop the Si army, and now he had no chance to defeat the Si army with these remnants. It seems that the demise of Lin army is only a matter of time.
In a forest, Lin Wang sat tiredly on the stump, reflected for a while, and said to his confidant: "I got into Qian Xiaoxing, am I really wrong?"
The confidant hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, it's not our soldiers, it's just that Si Jun is too strong and Qian Xiaoxing is too strong."
"What should we do now? Are there no chances at all?" King Lin asked sadly.
The confidant shook his head secretly. There was only 70,000 left. Compared with the Si army, the troops were very different. If you want to defeat the Si army, you have no chance to regain your territory. However, after thinking about it, he said: "Your Majesty, with our own strength, we can't beat the Si State, but we still have Shi State behind us. Why don't you ask them for help?"
"Seeking help from Shi Guo?" Wang Lin never thought that his great Lin Kingdom would be so down-and-out that he wanted to ask Shi Guo for help one day. He remembered that he had oppressed Bai Xiao in the past. Wang Lin said, "Do you think Bai Xiao will help us?"
The confidant nodded affirmatively and said, "Emperor, there is a saying that the lips are dead and the teeth are cold. If our Lin Kingdom is destroyed, we will definitely attack Shi Kingdom after taking over. Bai Xiaoxing should understand."
After analyzing by his close confidants, Lin Wang also felt that the reason was valid and said, "Okay, then you go and ask Bai Xiao for help, hoping that Bai Xiao can agree."
The confidant thought for a while and said, "King Lin, we have something to ask for, so that Bai Xiao can agree."
King Lin smiled bitterly and said, "What else can we give Bai Xiao? If you want money, you have no money, you have no one."
The confidant had no choice but to answer: "If Bai Xiao can help us to repel the Si State and regain the territory, then we might as well cede the land to him to solve the urgent problem."
"Haha, we are almost destroyed. What's the use of land? Well, we will give as much land as Bai Xiao wants, as long as the Si army can be wiped out!" King Lin is already hated Qian Xiaoxing to the core, and would rather not be able to kill Qian Xiaoxing than to kill him.
After hearing this, the confidant knew it and immediately set off for Shiguo. After more than ten days, he arrived at Shiguo Yidu and asked to see Bai Xiao.
In the palace of Yidu City, hundreds of officials lined up in two rows to meet the envoys of Lin State. Bai Xiao was naturally very concerned about the battle between Si State and Lin State. After listening to the report of the war situation of Prince Lin’s confidant, he became anxious. In terms of national strength, he was slightly inferior to Lin State. Now Lin State has been defeated in front of the Si army, and there are only a few defeated soldiers and generals left after a few battles. Si State’s strength is too strong.
Not long after Bai Xiao became King Shi, he encountered the predicament before he had not enjoyed much happiness. His heart was like a mountain pressing down on his heart. If the Si State destroyed the Lin State, Qian Xiaoxing would definitely attack him. It was undoubtedly because he killed King Shi. Thinking about King Shi, he married his sister to Qian Xiaoxing, and he was not bad to Qian Xiaoxing. Qian Xiaoxing would definitely avenge this hatred.
Bai Xiao was in a heavy mood and said with a serious face, "Why is the purpose of King Lin sending you here this time?"
The confidant of King Lin said neither arrogant nor humbly: "My Dalin Kingdom has separated the State of Si and you in the middle and has been your buffer zone, so that the State of Si cannot directly attack you. Now that I, Lin Kingdom and State of Si, have fought at the end of their lives and are about to destroy the State of China. If King Shi can know the truth about the loss of his lips and teeth, I think you should understand my purpose, otherwise, State of Shi will follow in the footsteps of State of Lin."
Bai Xiao laughed and said, "Are you here to threaten me? So what if I don't send troops to reinforce you?"
"My country Lin no longer has the ability to threaten King Shi. The one who threatens you is the country Si. King Shi, you can not send troops. If you and our army cannot form an alliance, you will at least lose our 70,000 troops. If King Shi does not send troops, our 70,000 soldiers will be eliminated by the army immediately. If you can send troops, our troops will gather together and fight with the army." The confidant of King Lin replied.
Bai Xiao's cunning eyes flashed and he smiled: "King Lin has a good plan. Use our troops to help him fight the Si army. I don't want you, the 70,000 defeated soldiers."
The confidant of Lin naturally understood that Bai Xiao did not agree so easily, and said, "If King Shi can help my country to defeat the Si army, it will be beneficial to you, and our country Lin is willing to ced the fifteen north cities to Shi."
"Haha, I didn't expect that King Lin would cede land!" I thought that Bai Xiao was bullied by King Lin and was very resentful in his heart. Now King Lin is so down and out, so he felt very relieved. Bai Xiao thought for a moment. The Si army was in a fierce manner and could not underestimate it. It would be better to send troops to reinforce first. If you can get cheap, you can fight. If you can't beat him, you will run away. So he said, "Since King Lin is so sincere, I won't be able to shirk it. Go back and tell King Lin that I will send 150,000 troops to the border between the two countries, so that King Lin can join our army."
When the confidant of King Lin heard that he wanted to let King Lin go to Shiguo to meet up, he felt unwilling to give any more opinions. After all, it was already very good for Bai Xiao to send troops to assist, so he had to thank Bai Xiao for going back to report to King Lin.
The anxiously waiting King Lin finally waited for the return of his confidant. He was worried that the Si army would attack him every day these days, but the Si army was waiting for him because the food and grass were not complete, so King Lin still had a chance to breathe.
After listening to the report of his confidant, Wang Lin was silent for a long time. Now he took the initiative in his hands and had no choice but to let his troops go to meet, so he had to say, "Okay, we have no choice now, so we go north to meet Bai Xiao."
The Lin army collected all the food and grass from nearby cities and led 70,000 troops to head north. At this moment, the wooden rail lane connecting Qidu to Si State had been built, and a steady stream of food and grass was transported over to make the Si army have no worries. The Si army immediately led the army northward to prepare to encircle and suppress the last 70,000 Lin army.
The Lin army went north and came to a river that day. As long as you cross this river, it would be Shi Guo's territory. However, the rolling river water blocked the way, making King Lin very anxious because he had heard the information and the Si army was chasing him quickly.
King Lin was exhausted and forced himself to order: "Collection of nearby ships immediately to prepare to cross the river!"
The soldiers immediately moved and collected all the ships up and downstream of the river thirty miles away. However, this collection found an important information. It turned out that there was a fleet of ships stationed in the upper reaches of the river. The huge ships were not like ordinary merchant ships, but should be warships in the sea.
These warships are naturally Lansha and Lan Lin's. According to Qian Xiaoxing's arrangement, they drove up from the sea along the estuary to the place, and the one waiting for King Lin.
The news that Lin Jun retreated to the riverside was already known by Lan Sha brothers. Lan Sha brothers immediately ordered the fleet to start and drive to the place where Lin Jun crossed the river. Standing at the bow of the boat, Lan Lin couldn't help but say: "Brother Xing is really a clever idea. King Lin is indeed here!"
Lan Sha held the boat with her hands and said, "I thought it would be a waste of time. It seems that Qian Xiaoxing is really powerful. I don't want to miss such a good brother-in-law, what do you think, girl?"
Lan Lin lowered her head when she was said and replied, "As long as you take revenge, my brother will decide my marriage."
Chapter completed!