Time travel, sell Tang poems at the beginning

Although Li Yan's surname is Li, he is the son-in-law of the Gao family. The reason why he can become the general of Gaozhou is because the Gao family supports him behind the scenes.

The Gao family is the largest aristocratic family in the Yue State, and its influence spreads throughout the entire Yue State. Anyone who is favored by the Gao family will be promoted as long as they agree to join the Gao family, but if anyone refuses, they will be suppressed by the Gao family.

Li Yan and Yuan Ce are the most typical representatives among them. Yuan Ce was a commoner, but he suddenly became a fourth-rank general of Gaozhou, enjoying endless wealth and glory.

Yuan Ce, although he was the top scorer in the imperial examination, was sent to the State of Yan as an insignificant envoy. This shows how powerful the Gao family was in the State of Yue. They were so powerful that they could cover the whole country with one hand!

Nanyue was a dynasty ruled jointly by the emperor and the gentry. The gentry had great power, and almost all the civil and military officials in the court came from the gentry. If an ordinary person wanted to become an official in the Kingdom of Yue, the first thing he had to do was to find a way to join a gentry.

In order to ensure the long-term prosperity of the family, the major aristocratic families would often recruit outstanding young talents into the family through marriage. For the lower-class people of Yue State who wanted to stand out, this was almost their only chance.

Half an hour later.

Gao Yan sat quietly in a chair, looking at the neatly arranged Yan army outside the city with interest while drinking tea leisurely.

At this moment, Li Yan led three armored generals and appeared on the city wall of the west gate.

When Li Yan saw Gao Yanqing, he immediately stepped forward and bowed respectfully, "Master, here come the three generals."

Liu Qian, Zhou Yi, and Hu Yan all stepped forward and saluted, "I, Liu Qian, Zhou Yi, and Hu Yan, pay my respects to the Minister of the Central Secretariat!"

Gao Yanqing nodded and said, "Generals, there is no need to be polite. Please sit down and talk!"

Liu Qian and the other two bowed again, "Thank you, sir!"

As soon as the three of them sat down, Gao Yanqing asked, "Three generals, I want to hear your honest opinions. If the Yan army attacks the city now, how confident are you that you can hold the city gate?"

"This……"

To be honest, Liu Qian and the other two were not sure at all.

Nowadays, the Yue State is doomed and its demise is imminent. They have already made up their mind that if the Yan army attacks the city, they will surrender. In this way, they can at least retain their original military positions and have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of their lives.

Liu Qian stepped forward and clasped his hands, "Your Excellency, I am not sure."

Gao Yanqing looked at Zhou Yi and Hu Yan, "How confident are you two?"

Zhou Yi and Hu Yan both cupped their hands and said in unison, "I'm not sure either."

Gao Yanqing nodded and said, "To tell you the truth, the Yan army will attack the city at 15:30 today. Since you are not sure, then follow me out of the city and surrender to the Yan army!"

"His Royal Highness the Great Yan King has promised that as long as you leave the city and surrender, you can keep your original military positions and continue to serve Great Yan. As the saying goes, husband and wife are birds of the same forest, but they fly away separately when disaster strikes. Moreover, Your Majesty and I are only the monarch and his subjects. We only have one chance, so the three generals should think carefully!"

Liu Qian and the other two had already wanted to surrender. When Gao Yanqing said this, the three of them looked at each other and nodded in unison.

Then the three of them stepped forward together, clasped their hands together and saluted, "We will follow you till death, sir!"

Gao Yanqing's face lit up with joy, and he immediately stood up from his chair, "Hahaha! Good! From now on, the three of you are members of my Gao family. As for the families behind you, this patriarch will take care of them for you."

Liu Qian and the other two were overjoyed and bowed again, "Thank you, Patriarch!"

The Gao family is the largest aristocratic family in the State of Yue. The aristocratic families behind the three people are not even worth mentioning in front of the Gao family. People go to high places and water flows to low places. In the eyes of the three people, being able to join the Gao family is like a blessing from their own ancestors.

Gao Yanqing nodded and said, "I have good news for you. His Royal Highness the King has promised this head of the family that after Dayan unifies the world, this head of the family will continue to serve as an official in the court, and our Gao family will still be a noble family in Dayan."

Liu Qian, the other two, and Li Yan were overjoyed. They immediately knelt on the ground and respectfully saluted Gao Yanqing. "We are willing to follow the master until death!"

Gao Yanqing was very satisfied with the performance of the four people and immediately stepped forward to help them up from the ground.

"Gao Quan, what time is it now?"

Gao Quan immediately stepped forward and bowed, "Return home, it will be Si time in a quarter of an hour."

"It's getting late. The three of you should quickly return to the city gates you are defending and order the soldiers to clear the mud from the gates. Once noon arrives, lead the troops out of the city and surrender."

"Yes, master!"

Liu Qian, Zhou Yi, and Hu Yan all bowed, turned around and left quickly...

"Master, it's better to be safe than sorry. Do you want me to send someone to secretly keep an eye on them?"

Gao Yanqing waved his hand with a smile on his face, "No need, the head of this family has already arranged the people to keep an eye on them. If they still can't see the current situation clearly, the worst that can happen is that we leave the city and surrender in advance, and then use the Yan army to eliminate them."

Li Yan quickly cupped his hands, "The master is wise!"

Time passed little by little, and the "what if" that Li Yan mentioned did not happen.

Yan Junzhongjun camp.

Today is the day when Dayan will unify the world. Perhaps Lin Feng was too excited. He tossed and turned in bed and couldn't fall asleep. He got up at dawn.

As soon as Lin Feng walked out of the camp, Bai Shan, who was guarding outside the camp, immediately stepped forward and bowed, "Your Majesty, you got up so early. I will go to the cook's camp to get you breakfast."

Bai Shan turned around and was about to leave, Lin Feng immediately said, "Wait! Bai Shan, there's no rush for breakfast, go and notify all the generals in the army to come to the camp for a meeting."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Bai Shan cupped his hands, turned around and left quickly...

Two quarters of an hour later.

A group of generals gathered in the central army camp, and Lin Feng spoke first, "Everyone, the elite troops of the Yue army were completely destroyed in the battle last night. Only 40,000 state troops are left in the huge Hegu City. The time for my Great Yan to unify the world has come. I have decided to formally attack Hegu City at 3:30 p.m. today."

The generals were very excited and all clasped their hands in a gesture of thanks. "Yes, Your Majesty! We promise to complete the mission!"

Lin Feng nodded, "I have already sent people to persuade Yue's Secretary Gao Yanqing to surrender. If the defenders in the city surrender before 15:30, the army will immediately arrest all the Yue soldiers who surrender, and then enter the city to arrest the members of the Murong family headed by Murong Zhengming and all the great noble families in the city."

"If the defenders in the city do not surrender, the army will launch an attack from the four city gates at the same time. Anyone who dares to resist will be killed."

The generals' faces turned grim, and they all bowed their hands, "Yes, Your Majesty!"

Lin Feng nodded, "I think you all haven't had breakfast yet! Captain Bai, have the guards bring in breakfast."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Soon, the guards brought a table and placed all kinds of food on it, including steamed buns, noodles, fried dough sticks, eggs, bean juice...

Lin Feng immediately stood up and walked towards the dining table, picked up a bowl of noodles and started eating, "Mm! This noodles is good, everyone, take whatever you want to eat, don't be polite, after the army takes over Hegu City, I will treat you to a feast in the Yue Kingdom Palace."

"Thank you, my lord!"

Everyone's faces lit up with joy, and they took the food from the table and put it into their mouths...