A few days later, Fan Chen and the rest returned with the remaining soldiers. Disregarding his injuries, he immediately went to see Nie Qing to ask for forgiveness.
Nie Qing was much thinner than before, the clothes he was wearing seemed to be empty.
When the man stepped forward to help Fan Chen up, Fan Chen could feel how shriveled his hands were.
Fan Chen's eyes were red. "I am guilty and dare not get up. My lord has lost a lot of weight recently. May I be so bold as to ask my lord to take care of yourself. "
How could Nie Qing really ask Fan Chen to apologize?
Based on the limited intelligence, Nie Qing carefully read the details of the battle at Zhanjiang Pass. He knew that the blame for the defeat could not be pushed to Fan Chen.
Under Nie Qing's insistence, Fan Chen stood up shakily. He staggered and sat down on the mat.
Nie Qing carefully asked about the details of the battle at Zhanjiang Pass. Fan Chen naturally knew more than the messenger.
After listening to Fan Chen's objective narration, Nie Qing's already pale face became even uglier.
"We can't blame anyone for this defeat. We can only say that we were one step behind. Our plan failed and we were used instead."
Nie Qing also knew that if they won the battle at Zhanjiang Pass, it was equivalent to forcefully opening the door to Dongqing. Jiang Pengji's other troops were held up by Yang Tao and could not return in time to help. If they made good use of the opportunity, they might have been able to take over Jiang Pengji's forces. What a pity.
Fan Chen said in shame, "I am still incompetent. If I could have killed Liu Xi at the frontlines, perhaps …"
He explained in detail how Jiang Pengji led the troops for a sneak attack but fell into a trap.
Because Jiang Pengji appeared at the frontlines, Fan Chen was certain that Jiang Pengji did not discover their plan and did not warn the guards.
This was also the main reason why Fan Chen felt so guilty and blamed himself.
If he had discovered something was wrong earlier, if the troops he led could have killed the leader of the bandits, the outcome would have been different.
Nie Qing was silent after listening. After a while, he said, "Using himself as bait, this Duke of Lanting is also a person who does not care about his life."
With such boldness and insight, not to mention Nie Qing, even the heroes of the world would not dare to act so recklessly.
However, when Nie Qing learned that Fan Chen led an ambush that was twice the number of enemies, his expression was unusually complicated.
When Fan Chen said that Jiang Pengji alone was equivalent to half an army, Nie Qing suddenly felt a strong sense of powerlessness.
The theory that Jiang Pengji was the chosen one became more and more popular. Even if Nie Qing didn't believe it before, he couldn't help but waver.
His lips curled into a mocking smile as he sneered, "How can mortals fight against the heavens?"
The theory of fate made people feel helpless. It was just like the Northern Chen from hundreds of years ago.
The ancestor of the royal family of the Beichen Dynasty was just a small duke who commanded an army of thirty to twenty thousand soldiers. His opponent was a giant who was about to conquer the world. There should have been no doubt about it. However, the meteorites and floods that fell from the sky had greatly damaged the vitality of the giant, and the ancestor of the Beichen Dynasty had taken advantage of the situation.
There was a limit to one's strength, and it was difficult to change the will of heaven.
How could mortals fight against the heavens?
"My Lord, why can't mortals fight against the heavens? Even the late master was not afraid of this when he was alive. " Fan Chen's expression was a little sad and aggrieved. He said bluntly, "If God had really appointed Liu Xi, why would he have stirred up this chaotic world and caused countless people to lose their lives? It would have been better to just throw the dragon throne in front of Liu Xi and let her ascend the throne. Wouldn't that have been faster and more convenient? What is fate? Whoever wins in the end will be the chosen one! The theory of fate can't be said accurately! Liu Xi went around saying that she was favored by the heavens. Didn't she want to use this to break down our fighting spirit and make us bow down to her? This sinner sincerely asks my Lord to pull yourself together and plan for the future! "
When these words fell into Nie Qing's ears, it was as if they were enlightened and enlightened him, freeing him from his depressed mood.
"You're right … I definitely can't admit defeat so easily."
If he admitted defeat to the enemy who indirectly killed his family, his soul would return to the underworld. How would he have the face to see his father and father-in-law?
Seeing this situation, Fan Chen secretly heaved a sigh of relief.
Even though he had pulled himself together, the situation would not improve because of this. The forces attached to the Nie family were restless, and the Nie family had the intention to split and become independent. Old Master Nie's prestige was useless. The few remaining elders also began to have thoughts that they should not have.
Counting from Old Master Nie, Nie Qing was a fourth generation great-grandson of the Nie family and did not have an advantage in terms of seniority.
What made him most depressed was that Nie Qing's grandfather and Nie Liang's father were in this group. They tried to use blood relations and filial piety to force Nie Qing to hand over his power and troops. When Nie Liang was alive, he had cleared out a group of ambitious elders and peers, leaving out his biological father. No matter how ruthless Nie Liang was, he would not be able to act against his own father. He had only sent people to threaten and scare his father so that he would not have thoughts that he should not have.
Nie Liang had calculated thoroughly. He had calculated that Nie Qing's troops were strong and that even his own grandfather would not dare to do anything to him.
He had never expected that Nie Jun would lose so badly and that ambition would come back to life.
Fortunately, Nie Qing's attitude was unyielding and the other did not succeed.
Even so, the situation in Zhongzhao, which had finally calmed down with great difficulty, once again became chaotic.
They were afraid that the small feudal lords of the Nie family would take advantage of the situation and divide the fat meat that the Nie family occupied. The Nie family wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to seize power from Nie Qing's hands. The forces that were attached to the Nie family also had their own ideas … For a moment, the situation was turbulent. Nie Qing felt that he was sitting on a small boat. Around him was a vast ocean. The wind roared, lightning flashed, and thunder rumbled. The tempestuous waves wanted to tear him apart …
"Let's rest comfortably for a while and let Zhongzhao consume its own internal strife."
Because of the chaos in Zhongzhao, Jiang Pengji took the opportunity to send hundreds of spies to gather information. Every once in a while, she would receive fresh gossip. Just as Qiguan Rang and the others had analyzed, Zhongzhao was now in a mess. Even though they all knew that Jiang Pengji was the biggest threat and that they should form an alliance to resist her, only a few of them shouted slogans and did not put them into action.
"They are all a bunch of short-sighted mediocre people." Jiang Pengji knew that everyone was greedy and wanted nothing more than to monopolize all the benefits in the world. There were only a few people who were clear-headed and could resist the temptation of benefits. "They only think of themselves before they die …"
Regardless of the past or present, it seemed that such people were the majority.
Jiang Pengji remembered a certain mission in her previous life. She had to go to a foreign planet where war had broken out to retrieve a confidential document.
The rebel army, the civilian army, and the official government army were in a three-way scuffle. They were hostile to each other.
When Jiang Pengji went over, the civilian army gathered firepower to besiege a first-level city that the rebel army had occupied.
When the city was breached, there were not many rebels who resisted. Most of the rebels went to make love, rape, kill, get drunk, brawl, and gamble …
Even though the crisis was approaching, most mediocre people still cared about their own interests and did not learn to unite and fight to the death with the enemy.
Jiang Pengji did not know if it was the influence of her awakening, but she found it increasingly difficult to calm down these days.
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