The God of War is killing like crazy

Chapter 173 I recognize my husband as my elder brother 33

On this day, the Great Zhou army was fighting with the Yu army on the battlefield, and was forced to retreat by the Yu army.

Gu Chengyuan did not lead the troops personally. He was still in prison, torturing Hong Yanshan.

A deputy general came in hurriedly and reported to him that the Great Zhou army had been defeated and the Yu army would be here soon, and asked him to evacuate quickly.

Gu Chengyuan didn't expect that he would suffer such a crushing defeat this time without leading the troops personally that he had to retreat. Although he hated these useless and incompetent generals, he quickly took Hong Yanshan with him to evacuate. During this retreat, their Great Zhou lost three cities in a row and retreated to Handu Pass.

Originally this place was the territory of the Yu State. Because there was a wide and fast-flowing Chishui River in front of it, it was easy to defend but difficult to attack. The army of the Yu State temporarily stationed on the other side of the Chishui River and did not continue the attack.

However, there are now many corpses floating in the Chishui River. They are all soldiers of the Great Zhou who did not have time to cross the river, or who were shot by the Yu army and fell into the river during the crossing process.

The soldiers of the Yu State on the river bank looked at the bodies of the soldiers floating away with the rushing river, and they couldn't help feeling sad. They remembered that when the Great Zhou had attacked the Yu State at Handan Pass with powerful troops and weapons, the Chishui River was filled with the bodies of their soldiers.

The dead soldiers from the Yu State and the Great Zhou State were so innocent. They had no hatred or grudges against each other and lived in their own hometowns. However, at the order of those in power, they had to leave their loved ones and hometowns, rush to the battlefield, and take up swords and guns to stab each other.

On the battlefield, it's either you or I, and no one wants to die. They all have their families waiting for them to return, but the moment they pick up their weapons, no one can escape death. Even though the Great Zhou had captured many cities of the Yu Kingdom before, the victory was achieved at the cost of the sacrifices of countless soldiers from both countries. And now that the Yu Kingdom has counterattacked and won, it is still the soldiers and civilians of both countries who have sacrificed.

The Emperor of the Great Zhou could not see through this, and neither could the young Emperor of the Yu Kingdom. They both wanted to seize each other's territory and become the overlord of the world.

Little do people know that this world is filled with the corpses of countless innocent people.

Si Ying watched all this, and suddenly she gave up her previous idea. She originally wanted to help the young emperor of Yu Kingdom unify the world, but now it seems that her idea was wrong. Perhaps what the people need more is peace, rather than being forced to become Yu people, Da Zhou people, or Mulan people.

No matter which side wins, the people of the other country will be displaced and their country will be destroyed.

So after Yu Kingdom drove the Great Zhou out of its territory and even took back the two mining cities, Si Ying found the young emperor of Yu Kingdom and talked for an afternoon.

Then the young emperor, who was full of ambition and wanted to take the opportunity to attack the territory of Yu Kingdom, gave up his inner thoughts and chose to sign a contract with Da Zhou to negotiate peace and truce.

Both the Great Zhou and the Yu Kingdom have suffered heavy losses. If they continue fighting, more soldiers and innocent civilians will die. The two countries really need some time to recuperate.

Moreover, the Great Zhou was completely frightened by the Yu Kingdom this time. For a long time, it did not dare to make any unusual moves. He was also afraid that the Yu Kingdom would take the opportunity to launch a sneak attack again, so he gave the Yu Kingdom a lot of benefits.

The Mulan Kingdom, which had been waiting for the Yu Kingdom and the Great Zhou to suffer mutual defeat so that they could reap the benefits, had to reluctantly give up its original plan and continue to wait and see what would happen.

The young emperor now also needed to consolidate his court and maintain his power, so he returned to the court with generous compensation from the Emperor of Yu.

The people of the two countries finally ushered in a brief peace.

Si Ying did not tell the young emperor to stop fighting in his life, but pointed out another way for him. A good king ruling a strong country must ensure that the people can live and work in peace and prosperity. If the people of Yu Kingdom live a good life that is envied by the people of other countries, then it will naturally become what the people want.

By that time, the young emperor will have trained a strong and strict army that will not harm the people of other countries and strictly prohibits burning, killing and looting. Then, unifying the world will be a natural process.

After listening to Si Ying's thoughts, the young emperor finally became fully aware and began his legendary life of great achievements.

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After Gu Chengyuan was defeated all the way and retreated to Da Zhou, he was severely scolded by the emperor of Da Zhou, and not only was he punished with military punishment, but he was also beaten and carried back to the Duke of Zhenguo Mansion. The emperor also ruthlessly took back the Duke of Zhenguo Mansion, confiscated all the property, and directly demoted the Duke of Zhenguo's family to commoners, expelled them from the capital, and exiled them to the frontier.

The Duke of Zhenguo took the seriously injured Gu Chengyuan and his wife on a journey exposed to the wind and sun, and had to sleep in the open air. The Duke of Zhenguo's wife, who had been used to a life of luxury, fell ill because she could not stand the hardships along the way.

When the Duke of Zhenguo went out to find food and herbs for her, she was rescued by an old businessman who passed by. She had taken very good care of herself over the years and still had some charm. The old businessman saw her beauty and asked her if she would like to go with him. The Duke of Zhenguo's wife, who had lived a hard life, nodded in agreement, and so she abandoned her husband and children and ran away with the old businessman.

When the Duke of Zhenguo came back, he found that his wife was gone and only his unconscious son was beside him.

He was immediately extremely worried, fearing that something had happened to his wife. Just when he was about to go out to look for her, he heard Gu Chengyuan, who had been unconscious, speak. Only then did the Duke of Zhenguo realize that his wife had run away with an old businessman because she couldn't stand the hard life.

It turned out that Gu Chengyuan woke up when the old businessman was persuading the wife of the Duke of Zhenguo. He had been listening to their conversation until his mother and the old businessman, whom he had never even glanced at before, walked away. Then Gu Chengyuan slowly opened his eyes, and a tear ran across the corner of his eye and flowed into the depths of his messy hair.

Since he retreated to Handan Pass that day, he thought that the Yu army would have to wait for two more days before they could cross the Chishui River. However, he did not expect that that night when he was still torturing Hong Yanshan with a knife, slicing her piece by piece like he had done to the owner of Huicui Tower and others, another soldier came in a panic to report that the Yu army had already broken in. A large group of Yu soldiers rushed out from another secret passage that they were unaware of, catching the Great Zhou army off guard again.

After that, the Great Zhou continued to suffer defeat after defeat, unable to recover and unable to fight back. It was not until they retreated back to the Great Zhou territory that the Yu Kingdom stopped attacking.

Gu Chengyuan thought that Yu would take advantage of the victory to invade Da Zhou, but the young emperor of Yu did not do so and accepted the peace talks of Da Zhou. The emperor of Da Zhou was angry and pointed the finger at Gu Chengyuan who led the troops to fight because he had paid a lot of benefits to Yu.

Not only did they beat him until he was covered in bruises, but they also confiscated the Duke of Zhenguo's property and exiled him without any regard for their old friendship.

Gu Chengyuan had completely given up on the Emperor of Great Zhou. In his previous life, he thought that Great Zhou was defeated because of the strong military strength of the Yu Kingdom and the scheming of Hong Yanshan. Now it seems that it was more because of the cold-blooded and selfish Emperor of Great Zhou.

The Emperor of Great Zhou raided the Duke Zhenguo's Mansion without any hesitation, without caring about how many victories the Duke Zhenguo had won for Great Zhou and how many times he had been injured, nor about how much effort the Duke had put in for Great Zhou. Just because of a defeat, the Gu family felt that this was the end of the matter. No wonder when the emperor needed a general to lead the troops to fight, there was no one available, and it was Gu Chengyuan who volunteered himself. It can be seen that all the ministers in the court have already figured out the emperor's cold-bloodedness.

Now the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty gave the gold, silver and jewels in the treasury to the Yu Kingdom, which made the treasury empty. He even issued an order to increase the taxes and corvée for the people. The people of the Great Zhou Dynasty are really suffering. Now many refugees have fled to the border with the Yu Kingdom. They can't survive in the Great Zhou Dynasty and can only sneak into the Yu Kingdom to make a living.