Chapter 47 Why do I feel a little sad?

Chapter 47 Why do I feel a little sad?

After listening to Shan Li's narration, Song Qingci suddenly felt a little distressed in his heart.

How is this going?

Logically speaking, she had seen a lot of killing and death. How could she feel this way about a complete defeat? Especially when she saw that Shan Li's mood was obviously not right.

She actually had an urge to reach out and smooth out the wrinkles on his brow.

Song Qingci quickly pressed his right hand with his left hand.

She is crazy.

She defined herself in her mind.

After taking a few breaths, Song Qingci asked, "Has Yicheng been taken back?"

According to the order of Emperor Chengtian, if Yicheng had not been taken back, Shan Li should still be in the northern border and it would be impossible for him to return to Beijing to get married.

Shan Li nodded, "Yes. It took me three years to take back Yicheng. During these three years, tens of thousands of people died on the battlefield."

There wasn't a trace of pride in his tone, but rather it was mixed with deep guilt.

Song Qingci understood this emotion immediately.

That is a lack of recognition of one's own abilities and a disappointment in oneself. If one could be stronger and more powerful, one would not have spent so much time and so many people would have died. One should have taken back the lost territory long ago.

For the first time, Song Qingci comforted Shan Li, "A battle is not a one-man show. Even if you are a master, you cannot fight a battle alone. Three years will pass quickly. Your brothers will know. They will be proud of you."

Song Qingci didn't say this just to comfort him; it was completely from the heart.

In a war involving tens of thousands of people, even if all the people from Lingxiao were brought in, they were not sure of success in one go.

As long as there is fighting, bloodshed and sacrifice are inevitable.

As long as you achieve what you want in the end, all these sacrifices are worth it.

Many people have told him the same thing, but Dan Li has never listened to it without hesitation.

However, when Shan Li heard Song Qingci say this today, his heart felt as if it was gently brushed by warm water, which was very soothing.

"Thank you very much," Shan Li said, looking into Song Qingci's eyes.

Suddenly someone was staring at his eyes, just staring at him so hard, even if Song Qingci was thick-skinned, he couldn't stand it.

She turned her head away and said, "You're welcome."

After a long while, when the inexplicable atmosphere in the air dissipated, Song Qingci asked again, "The battle of Yicheng three years ago, I felt something was wrong just by listening to it. Yicheng was lost, and the Yicheng army was annihilated. In the end, His Majesty the Emperor only dealt with a quartermaster?"

He is just a small quartermaster. Does he really dare to control the overall situation?

Shan Li nodded, "The quartermaster's family was confiscated and exterminated. The entire family, a total of 73 people, were all beheaded, leaving no one alive."

"Including women and children?" "Generally speaking, even if the family is to be exterminated, some women and children will be spared as appropriate.

The Dachen Kingdom ruled the country with filial piety, and there was almost no record of an entire family being exterminated.

"Including women and children, I heard that even babies who were just one month old did not escape."

How cruel.

Song Qingci always thought she was quite cruel, but she knew she couldn't do anything to a one-month-old baby.

"Have you checked it yourself?" Song Qingci didn't believe that Shan Li would not check it out given his character.

"We checked more than once." Shan Li not only used people from the General's Mansion to check, but also people from Fengxue Tower to check. "However, there was not much that could be found. The quartermaster did deliberately take a route that required passing through Zhuoer Lake. Because he was not familiar with the weather and the route, when crossing the lake by boat, the bottom of the boat hit a reef, and all the food and war supplies sank to the bottom of the lake."

"The superior who gave him the order was not implicated or punished at the time, but was later demoted and transferred. When our people went to look for him, he had already died of illness. When we traced back further, all the clues were deliberately cut off."

"I and the dead Yicheng soldiers all know that someone from our own side stabbed us in the back. However, I have not found any evidence."

When those people did this, they had already thought about how to end it. Those who deserved to die would naturally be killed and silenced. The evidence left behind would also be cleared one by one.

Shan Li did not lose because of his ability, but because of time.

Not only does he want to find out the truth, but more importantly, he wants to take back Yicheng.

The loss of Yicheng was not only a regret for the Yicheng soldiers who had died, but more importantly, once Dayan occupied Yicheng, it had the possibility of moving south again.

Below Yicheng are Dongcheng, Yuecheng, Beishuicheng and the hinterland of Dachen Kingdom further south.

In the past, the Great Yan lived a nomadic life, and the royal court was deep in the grassland. They did not have a decent town to rely on and a springboard. Therefore, it was quite difficult for them to invade the south.

Otherwise, there wouldn't just be border harassment every year, but no large-scale invasion.

But they took Yicheng. As long as they used Yicheng as a starting point and springboard, their ambition to invade the south might be realized little by little.

Because Yicheng is sandwiched between two large lakes, it has always been easy to defend but difficult to attack.

The people of Dayan have been roaming the grasslands for generations. Their cavalry is their strongest force, known as the Iron Cavalry. However, they are not naturally good at dealing with water.

Therefore, Yicheng, which has long served as a border town, is the safest place in the entire northern defense line.

The standing garrison numbered only 20,000.

Unlike Qianfeng Pass, although there are many mountains around it, it is the best place by land.

As long as you can pass it, the rest will be easy.

Therefore, Qianfeng Pass has always been the most important place in the northern defense line.

Who would have thought that Yicheng, which everyone thought was unlikely to be breached, was actually lost at one point.

It took Shan Li three full years to take Yicheng back from Dayan.

Only he himself knows how he managed to survive these three years.

"So do you still want to find evidence now?" Song Qingci asked.

According to most people's thinking, Yicheng has returned to Dachen's hands. The previous quartermaster was also executed along with his entire family. This matter should be considered settled.

"Of course!" Shan Li said without any hesitation.

This matter is not over until he finds out the real mastermind behind it.

No matter how difficult or slim the chance is, he will find the truth in his lifetime.

Otherwise, the souls of the tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Yicheng who died in vain will never rest in peace.