I am a ruler in troubled times

At the same time, the Luoyang Imperial Palace was illuminated by candlelight, making it no different from daytime.

Not only were they annoyed at the sudden appearance of Chen Guo, who wanted to take advantage of the fire.

Before the news of Chen Guo sending troops to Yan Guo reached Luoyang, an urgent report came from Jinshan Pass in the north of Yan State.

General Helian led the frontier army to guard the pass to the death, and suffered heavy losses.

If there is no reinforcement, it is only a matter of time before Jinshan Pass is captured by the Turks.

When I received this [-]-mile express delivery, it happened to be the Dachaohui.

Emperor Mingzheng at the top and Yan officials below each have their own thoughts, and the three sentences cannot be separated from Zhao Jun and Zhao Guoyonghe Emperor.

Not only Emperor Mingzheng was worried and confused about his future, but the officials of Yan were also feeling uncomfortable.

No matter how they share the same origin as Zhao, no one wants to be a defeated prisoner.

In fact, if it wasn't for Zhao Guo's rapid growth in a short period of time, he won Wei Guo and Dong Liang one after another and reached a tacit agreement with Xi Liang, becoming the most powerful country in Kyushu.

There are more and more strange goods cities in Zhao country, which can bring huge benefits visible to the naked eye. Even Yan country can get close to the first strange goods city in Zhao country by virtue of its location, master several checkpoints, and benefit from it.

Yanchen may not be willing to admit that they have the same origin as Zhao.

Otherwise, when Emperor Yonghe first proclaimed himself emperor, these Yan officials would not have issued a letter of rebellion every three days, wishing to dig out the family tree of Emperor Yonghe and scold them one by one.

Even the Song family, which has been passed down in Luoyang for hundreds of years, did not escape Yanchen's ink.

When Yan State still had the upper hand, Yan officials believed from the bottom of their hearts that the traitors of Zhao State were not even qualified to be compared with them.

In just 14 years, Zhao Guo has been thriving, not only expanding its territory one after another, but even convincing the tribes and clans in the west to do things for Zhao Guo.

The name of Zhao Guoyong and Emperor "Great Khan" spread throughout the 36 countries in the Western Regions.

On the contrary, Emperor Qing, who was sitting in the land of two states back then, experienced the loss of ambition in his later years. He had no ability at all, he only knew how to bark at Zhao Guo, and he did not forget to write the word "shame" on Yan Guo's face after his death After the Xiaodi Emperor, the Mingzheng Emperor who was also incompetent and didn't even know what to do as an emperor was ushered in.

It is not an exaggeration for Yan Guo to say that it is "flying down three thousand feet", and he will never see the demeanor of the overlord of the Northland.

Being annexed by Zhao State is inevitable, and the only hope for the officials of Yan is that after the collapse of Yan State, they will not just go home to retire and serve in the court without being looked down upon by Zhao Chen.

After several months of madness, Emperor Mingzheng gradually calmed down.

He sat on the throne, looking down at his courtiers.

These people pushed him to the throne with their own hands, but no one cared whether he would lose his life when he lost the throne.

He wanted to live, not to still hold power like King Liang, but at least to be a rich and idle man like King Anping.

Emperor Mingzheng knew very well that the so-called emperor Xiaodi murdered his father and usurped the throne, and Emperor Zhao set things right. They were all Zhao's excuses to attack Yan.

Even if Zhao Guoyong and Emperor really wanted to avenge Emperor Qing.

The person who killed his father and usurped the throne was Emperor Xiao. What does it have to do with him?

If Zhao Guo really did not recognize his emperor name and treated him as an ordinary Yan Guo clan, his life would be much easier.

They were clearly thinking about themselves, but Emperor Ming Zheng and Yan Chen reached a consensus by mistake.

Before Zhao Jun hit the city of Luoyang, they had to win the initiative from Zhao Guo.

At least the state of Zhao cannot be easily recognized by the people of the state of Yan.

Yan Chen's life will be easier only if Zhao Guo has a place where Yan Chen must be needed.

Even if all the letters of surrender sent to the Zhao State fell to nothing, Emperor Mingzheng and the officials of Yan still did not give up.

In order to delay the negotiation for a longer period of time, Yan Guo also voluntarily gave up some county towns, and let the garrison troops in those county towns take their luggage to the county towns closer to Luoyang.

Combine the garrisons of two or even three county towns, and work together to defend a county town.

At present, this method does slow down Zhao Jun's progress towards Luoyang.

But the time left for them is still running out.

Emperor Mingzheng sat on the throne with a sullen face, waiting for the courtiers to discuss a new way to impress Zhao Guo.

Suddenly someone shouted outside, "Jinshan Pass [-] miles, hurry up!"

The noise in the court hall stopped immediately, and the courtiers turned their heads to look in the direction of the gate.

Emperor Mingzheng lazily changed his posture.

He is no longer the emperor who panicked when he heard "eight hundred miles urgent".

Thanks to the expedited [-]-mile document every two days, in the eyes of Emperor Mingzheng today, the urgent [-]-mile document is no different from ordinary documents.

Emperor Mingzheng didn't realize where Jinshan Pass was at all.

After seeing the blood-stained man who knelt down and stained the marble floor tiles with blood, Emperor Mingzheng became more energetic, his eyes were full of surprise and panic.

Even though the people who sent messages urgently from eight hundred li that Emperor Mingzheng usually saw were not very clean, they never appeared in front of him bleeding.

Zhao Jun What does this mean?

Why did he suddenly make such a deadly move against Yan Jun?

Could it be that he became impatient after discovering that the propulsion speed had slowed down?

Fortunately, the courtiers were all focused on the messenger, so they didn't notice Ming Zhengdi's hopeless appearance.

"Turk went south and attacked Jinshan Pass by surprise. General Helian led his troops to stop Turk outside the pass..." The reporter shook his head to resist dizziness, bit his tongue to stay awake, and struggled to finish the most important words, "Please, Your Majesty, send troops .”

Before the words were finished, the reporter had already fallen limply to the ground.

Da Sima tried to wake up the messenger and ask some more questions, but he felt the scorching heat on the man's body, so he hurriedly ordered the messenger to be sent to the Imperial Hospital first.

With this urgent interruption of Baibali, everyone put Zhao Guo in the back of their minds for the time being.

Since the Turks broke through Jinshan Pass a hundred years ago and went all the way south, the former dynasty had no choice but to escape, allowing the Turks to do whatever they wanted in the north.

The word Turkic has become a pain engraved on the bones of every northerner since birth.

Emperor Mingzheng was sensitive to the emotional changes of the courtiers, even the sitting posture was much more correct than before, and said in a deep voice, "What do you think, my lords?"

"Don't let the Turks break through the Jinshan Pass!" Excited voices rang out from among the courtiers, "After passing the Jinshan Pass, there will be no more natural dangers. If the Turks march fast enough, they will be able to reach the outside of Luoyang within 20 days!"

"Immediately dispatch troops to support, and guard Jinshan Pass no matter what." The opinions of the courtiers gradually became unified.

A voice lacking in confidence suddenly sounded from the corner, "If we send all the troops and food to Jinshan Pass, wouldn't it mean that Luoyang is sent to Zhao Guo, then what shall we... what will your Majesty do?"

Losing the final bargaining chip with Zhao Guo, wouldn't they want to become inferior captives?

The excited atmosphere in the hall suddenly froze. After everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, only a handful of people continued to insist on sending all their troops and supplies to Jinshan Pass, and most of them fell silent.

Those who fell silent were not willing to say the words 'Let's leave Jinshan Pass alone'.

The courtiers who still insisted on sending all their troops and supplies to Jinshan Pass to resist the Turks could not support themselves, so they could only put their hopes on Emperor Mingzheng and ask Emperor Mingzheng to make up his mind.

Emperor Mingzheng held up the teacup to hide the sarcasm at the corner of his mouth, he was skillful and sloppy.

At this time, I remembered that he was His Majesty.

Do you think he is a fool?

Emperor Mingzheng refused to express his opinion on this matter, and when he was asked harshly, he ordered his silent courtier to answer this question for him.

Anyway, he, the emperor, can't do it anymore, whatever the courtiers think of him.

In the end, those who held different opinions took half a step back, and the army and supplies at the junction of Zhao Jun and Yan Jun were not used.

Most of the troops stationed between Luoyang and Yangong, including Luoyang and Jinshan Pass, were transferred to Jinshan Pass.

In addition, people were sent to inform Yan Jun, who was confronting Zhao Jun, to make an opening in the north and let Zhao Jun go north.

Doesn't the State of Zhao want the territory of the State of Yan?

Only those who have the ability to defend the territory of the Yan Kingdom are eligible to covet it.

Because they missed the Turks at Jinshan Pass, the next day was obviously not a grand court meeting, but there was not a single person missing in the hall.

When the familiar sound of "eight hundred miles urgent" sounded, everyone who had been silent for the whole morning immediately came to life, and looked at the gate in unison.

Seeing that the people who came in seemed to be in exactly the same distress as the people who came back to report yesterday, everyone's hearts couldn't stop sinking.

Da Sima took the initiative to take a few steps forward. He didn't dislike the dirt on the visitor's body at all, and stretched out his hand to support the visitor's arm, "Has Turkic ever broken through Jinshan Pass?"

The visitor was questioned by Da Sima, and he whispered after a while, "The villain is from Qin County. Three days ago, Chen Guo suddenly sent troops to Qin County. The general led the defenders to resist, but the Chen army was several times our army. If you can close the city and leave the city, I would like to ask Luoyang to send troops to support you."

Da Sima was stunned, only to realize that the person in front of him didn't even wear a coat with the special mark of the county seat, and his gray-yellow middle coat was also tattered, obviously he had experienced fierce battles.

"Chen Guo?" Emperor Mingzheng suddenly stood up from the throne, strode down with a large robe in his hands, pushed Da Sima away without thinking, and held the soldier's loose collar with both hands, and asked viciously, "Really?" Is it Chen Guo?"

Fortunately, although the soldiers who came back to report this time were physically exhausted, they were still in good spirits, so they were not fainted by the fierce appearance of Emperor Mingzheng.

The soldiers who reported the letter clearly explained the whole process of Chen Jun's sudden attack on Qin County to Emperor Mingzheng in detail.

The State of Chen launched an attack on Qin County on the grounds that the State of Yan had treated the princess of the State of Chen harshly, and demanded that the State of Yan return the Princess of the State of Chen to the State of Chen.

Following the report to the soldiers, the expression on Emperor Mingzheng's face became more and more distorted.

Princess Chen...

The princess of Chen State in Yan State is only the noble concubine of Emperor Qing!

Not to mention that the imperial concubine of Emperor Qing was suspected of cooperating with Emperor Xiao to poison Emperor Qing, and falsely spread the behavior of Emperor Qing to help Emperor Xiao defraud the throne.

On the day of Emperor Xiao's birthday, the imperial concubine of Emperor Qing ordered the camp in the suburbs of Beijing to mutilate the important officials and clan of Yan State, and put Chen Jun, who was disguised as an envoy of Chen State, into the hall where Emperor Xiao Emperor held his birthday, which was a crime of death.

Yan Guo didn't go to Chen Guo after discovering that Emperor Qing's noble concubine was missing, and asked Chen Guo to hand over her. aggrieved.

Does Chen Guo still have the face to seek someone from Yan Guo?

Ever since he gradually recognized his situation, Emperor Ming Zheng always dreamed about what happened on Emperor Xiao's birthday. He thought about it day and night, and finally identified his enemy.

The biggest enemy is the Queen Mother, followed by Chen Guo, and finally Zhao Guo.

Although there is no evidence, Emperor Mingzheng always firmly believed that it was the Queen Mother who killed Emperor Xiao.

Because Emperor Mingzheng found out that after Emperor Xiao died, the second-rank official who called Emperor Xiao to kill his father and usurp the throne was actually a confidant of the Empress Dowager.

How can there be such a coincidence in the world?

When Emperor Xiao died, someone risked his whole family being beheaded to expose Emperor Xiao's crimes of murdering his father and usurping the throne.

It must be a conspiracy prepared in advance.

It's a pity that the Queen Mother has disappeared, and Emperor Mingzheng couldn't stop Yan Guo and Chen Guo from reaching a consensus on covering up Yan Guo's scandal, so he could only keep this matter in his heart.

Hearing that Chen Guo was going to take advantage of the fire to rob Yan, Emperor Mingzheng's anger, which had been suppressed for a long time, immediately rushed from his chest to his forehead.

He shook off the soldiers in his hands, and stared straight at Da Sima with his scarlet eyes, "Increasing troops! Don't let Chen Guo step into Yan Kingdom!"

This was the most confident time when Emperor Mingzheng issued an order since he ascended the throne.

The same worries as yesterday sounded from the crowd, "But, Zhao..."

Emperor Mingzheng turned his head suddenly, and immediately found the person who was talking in the corner, "Let them come! As long as Zhao Guo can guarantee that Chen Guo will not step into Yan State, I will kneel outside the city and wait for Chong Yi!"

Emperor Mingzheng's sudden resolute and strong attitude shocked the officials of Yan. After a little hesitation, they turned their attention to the three elders beside Emperor Mingzheng.

When discussing whether to increase troops to Jinshan Pass yesterday, the three elders remained silent until finally they came out to smooth things over and decided to let Zhao Jun go north and let Zhao Jun worry about the Turks at Jinshan Pass.

With Yan's current military strength and morale, it is possible to defend against powerful enemies by putting all its energy in one of them, otherwise it will only be defeated on three fronts at the same time.

Da Sima looked at Emperor Mingzheng beside him, various complex emotions flashed in his eyes, and suddenly heaved a long sigh. Emperor Yan, this may be the last decision of His Majesty's reign."

Da Sikong curled his lips, sighing secretly that Da Sima controls the soldiers and horses of the entire Yan Kingdom, but he is as soft-hearted as a woman, so he is hopeless.

His closed eyelids were inexplicably sour, and he suddenly remembered that when he first entered the court, he was serving as a servant by Emperor Qing's side.

At that time, Luoyang and Xianyang were both parallel, there were Turks in the north of Yizhou, and Tuyuhun in the west of Youzhou, and there was no peace in the two states.

In order to reassure the people of the two prefectures, Emperor Qing spent almost two and a half years in a carriage during the three years, either on the way to Luoyang or on the way to Xianyang.

At that time, many elders persuaded Emperor Qing.

For the Yan Kingdom at that time, it was really difficult to defend the two states at the same time, and the battlefields on both sides could be defeated at any time.

It is better to temporarily abandon one of them and try to stabilize the other state.

Anyway, foreigners don't know how to govern cities, and the Yan State can take back the cities that were temporarily given up to foreigners at any time after they have spare power.

In a trance, Da Sikong felt that Emperor Qing's words sounded in his ears again, "I can defeat the war, but I can't lose my backbone."

Although the situation he was facing was quite different, at this time Emperor Mingzheng's resolute refusal to make concessions to Chen Guo was as strong as that of Emperor Qing back then.

He finally saw the demeanor of his ancestors in Emperor Mingzheng, but unfortunately...it was too late...

Da Sikong silently stood beside Da Sima, expressing that he agreed with Da Sima's idea and was willing to support Ming Zhengdi's decision.

The cowards who fled south deserved that all traces of their life in the north should be wiped out, and they would never return to their homeland.

Da Situ took out a blue leather booklet from his sleeve pocket, which contained densely packed small characters, which recorded how much grain and other supplies could be mobilized in which county.

He stared at the number on the booklet, quickly settled the accounts in his mind, and bent down to Emperor Mingzheng, "If the soldiers and horses who are confronting Zhao Jun are sent to Qin County in the south and Jinshan Pass in the north, if they only defend but do not attack , can defend the city for at least three months."

Emperor Mingzheng sneered, and said without hesitation, "Assemble all the soldiers and horses to Qin County. If Zhao Guo can't stop the Turks, there is no need to think about Luoyang again."

Da Sima, Da Sikong and Da Situ have made it clear that they will support the last decree of Emperor Mingzheng's reign.

The rest of the officials of Yan asked themselves, if they had to choose between Zhao, cheap Turkic and cheap Chen, no matter how many chances they were given, they would choose Zhao.

At least after Zhao Guo occupied Luoyang, they could still lick their faces and recognize distant relatives with Zhao Chen

Turkic?

Bah, Turks are not worthy!

Chen Guo?

Chen Guo is not worthy either!

Luoyang, which has been decadent for half a year, is suddenly full of vitality.

All Yan officials, including Emperor Mingzheng, had the same idea.

On Emperor Xiao's birthday, Chen Guo, who unscrupulously murdered the clan and important ministers of Yan State, must not be allowed to take any advantage in Yan State.

Chong Yi knew nothing about the changes in Luoyang.

When he heard that the scouts reported that there was a gap in Yan's tight defense line, he immediately led [-] cavalry along the gap.

When he arrived at the nearest county town behind the gap, Chong Yi immediately noticed something was wrong in the city.

The garrison disappeared, and the people were panicked.

After seeing Zhao Jun, the people in the county were more joyful than fear and disgust.

Pingzhang soon learned the inside story from the brave people.

Two days ago, the county suddenly demanded grain, and the garrison marched northward overnight with grain and grass to rescue Jinshan Pass, which was in dire straits.

Chong Yi leaned against the dilapidated city wall, squinted his eyes and looked in the direction of Xianyang, without expressing any opinion on Ping Zhang's words.

Ping Zhang still hasn't learned it, and guesses Chong Yi's thoughts through Chong Yi's expression.

After scratching his head in embarrassment, he followed Chong Yi to look in the direction of Xianyang.

They have been away from Xianyang for nearly two years, and it is natural for His Highness to be homesick.

Ping Zhang didn't see it, but Chong Yi was holding an amber-carved kitten in his hand.

The direction of Xianyang is also the direction of Qiu County where Song Peiyu is located.

After the sunset had completely set, Chong Yi put the amber kitten in a dark pocket on his chest, turned around and walked down the city wall, "Line up within half a stick of incense."

Ping Zhang, who was leaning against the wall and half-closed his eyes and dozed off, suddenly stood up straight, his eyes were brilliant, and there was no trace of sleepiness.

After nightfall, Zhao Jun, who had just arrived in the county, set off again.Instead of heading in the direction of Luoyang, he turned a corner and headed north all the way to Jinshan Pass.

Yanli border, Qin County.

On the third day of the siege, Chen Jun obviously felt that something was wrong.

When the troops were withdrawn yesterday, they clearly felt that the Yan army in the city was showing signs of decline. Some Yan soldiers even fell from the tower without being injured because they were too exhausted.

According to Chen Jun's plan, Qin County will be breached today.

After a little repair in Qin County, continue to move towards other counties in Yan State.

Chen Jun's morale was winning, and it only took a very short time to knock the gate of Qin County out of the crack.

The Yan army on the city wall seemed to have changed suddenly, resisting with unprecedented vigor, and almost wiped out the entire army of Chen Jun who had already rushed under the city gate.

After four consecutive days of attacking the city, it was the first time that Chen Jun had no room to parry and could only withdraw his troops.

Xue Lin, Crown Prince of Chen State, is also in Li State, and is on the Li-Yan border.

After the 'true and false crown prince' incident, Xue Lin hated Zhao Guo the most, followed by Li Guo.

If Li Guo could not send the body of 'Xue Lin' to Chen State so quickly, or break the ice in the ice coffin, wait for 'Xue Lin''s body to rot, and then send the coffin back to Chen State, he would not He was so embarrassed that he didn't relax for two years.

After finally using bitter tricks to soften Emperor Xiankai's heart and release him from the East Palace, Xue Lin's heart was completely frozen in two years of confinement.

He was wrong.

After Emperor Xiankai canonized him as the crown prince, he should kill Emperor Xiankai and inherit the throne directly.

Instead of trying his best to help Emperor Xiankai stabilize his throne, in exchange for his own status being unstable.

Fortunately, it was not too late for him to wake up.

Although Emperor Xiankai abolished Xue Lin's cheap mother's posthumous position, he had not abolished Xue Lin's crown prince.

Even a prince who is rejected by his father and whose status is unstable is a hundred times better than a humble prince who has nothing.

Xue Lin has figured out why there is such a big difference between what happened in his previous life and what happened in this life in his memory.

The source of everything is in the State of Zhao.

The Mu family of Zhao Guo succeeded in changing the civet cat for the prince in his previous life, but he failed in this life.

Song Peiyu, the younger brother of the Patriarch of the Song family who did not survive the previous life, survived in this life.

Xue Lin hated himself for noticing this too late, otherwise he would not only do everything possible to get rid of Chong Yi when he suddenly found himself decades younger, but would also take Song Peiyu to Chen Guo at all costs.

Xue Lin was full of remorse, and because of this, he was unprecedentedly clear.

Although Chongyi is no longer the Zhao Guoqi Emperor in his previous life, this Chong Yi, with the full support of Zhao Guoyong and Emperor Zhao Guoyong and the love of Zhao Guo's courtiers, is more threatening than the Zhao Guoqi Emperor in his previous life.

He is also a prince now, but he is despised by Emperor Xiankai and looked down upon by his courtiers, he is not qualified to fight openly and secretly with Chong Yi at all.

Wait until he fully grasps Chen Guo... just wait and see!

Xue Linjing made up his mind and spent three years regaining the support of Emperor Xiankai and establishing his prestige among the courtiers.

After the precarious crown prince was stabilized, he cleverly used a trick to frame Emperor Xiankai's empress and poison Emperor Xiankai.

In the end, Xian Kaidi was so poisoned that he could only lie in bed for the rest of his life, staying awake for no more than two hours a day.

The empress of Emperor Xiankai was deposed and bestowed with white silk.

The queen's two children, that is, Xue Lin's two direct brothers, also died and the other was injured, and the brother at Pojiao was adopted by Emperor Xiankai.

Xue Lin acted as an agent of the government according to Emperor Xiankai's will. The first thing he did was to prevent Zhao from continuing to expand.

While contacting his aunt who was far away in the country of Yan, he worked frequently in the country of Li, waiting for the death of Emperor Li and the crown prince of Li country.

Ambitiously want to take both Li and Yan into their pockets.

It's a pity that the plan was perfect, but there were frequent accidents when it was implemented.

First, he disagreed with his aunt in Yan State and quarreled frequently.

He is willing to take out Chen Guo, including his own years of management in Yan Guo. In addition to wanting his aunt in Yan State to control the government of Yan State and facilitate the annexation of Yan State by Chen State, the most urgent goal he wants to achieve is to Keep Zhao Guo's prince Chong Yi in Yan Guo forever.

But my aunt doesn't have the slightest bit of family and country righteousness in her heart, she only thinks about her personal enmity.

Xue Lin sensitively sensed that the queen mother's attitude was becoming more and more crazy. In desperation, she could only pretend to compromise and promised the queen mother that she would kill Song Peiyu immediately, or arrest Song Peiyu and hand it over to the queen mother in exchange for her cooperation. .

The various deployments in the country of Yan, the final result is not even satisfactory.

It was Xue Lin's determination to tear himself apart from the Yan State that Chen Jun, who was going to the Yan State, obeyed the Queen Mother's order and took the opportunity to fight directly.

He neither kept Zhao Guo's prince Chong Yi in Yan Guo forever, nor did he find a chance to tie Song Peiyu to Chen Guo.

Even when dealing with Yan's clan and important ministers, he only did the former, and he didn't do it thoroughly, leaving Yan with three royal men.

Xue Lin even learned from Chen Jun who had fled back that if the Queen Mother hadn't suddenly attacked Princess Showa, she would have been the Empress Dowager Regent.

God knows how much Xue Lin hated the queen mother after knowing what happened in Yan country.

However, the queen mother has disappeared, even if Xue Lin wanted to vent his anger, he didn't know who to turn to.

Xue Lin could only swallow the grievance accumulated in his throat, and focus on the next plan.

He immediately sent someone to send a heavy gift to Yan State, intending to stabilize Yan State, and at the same time threatening Yan State, as long as Yan State does not want the scandal of Yan State's royal family to be known to the world, it will naturally know how to back down after Li State becomes completely chaotic , Do not compete with Chen Guo.

But Xue Lin never expected it.

He just wanted to stabilize the country of Yan, but the country of Zhao wanted to take advantage of the weakness of the country of Yan and directly include the country of Yan in its territory.

Of course Xue Lin didn't want such a thing to happen, but it's a pity that Chen Guo was still separated from Li Guo whether it was with Yan or Zhao.

It's beyond the reach of the whip, nothing more than this.

Xue Lin was forced to abandon most of his deployment in Li State, and hastily mobilized troops to send troops to Li State.

We must first take down Li before Zhao takes down Yan.

Only in this way can Chen Guo have a chance to prevent Zhao Guo from taking all of Yan's territory into his pocket.

For Chen Guo, Luoyang was not an inevitable location, and Xue Lin hoped that Chen Jun could follow the border between Yizhou and Yanzhou all the way to the north.

In this case, Yanzhou and Qingzhou will be completely surrounded by Chen Guo.

It is only a matter of time before Yanzhou and Qingzhou are won.

Although there have been many changes in the deployment of the Yan State, since the Chen State sent troops to the Li State, Xue Lin's deployment to the Li State has very good results.

Including Xue Lin reached a tacit agreement with the Chu State through the family of the Li State. With the Yuzhou land ceded to the Chu State, the Chu State fell to the Chen State in the invisible confrontation between the Zhao State and the Chen State, and sent troops to block Zhao Jun who wanted to enter Yuzhou. mouth.

In addition, Xue Lin also took advantage of the spring plowing to make new arrangements for the Yan Kingdom.

For example, send someone to contact Turkic, and disclose the news of Jinshan Pass in Yan State to Turkic.

In order to reach a deeper cooperation with the state of Chu, Xue Lin promised to marry King Jia's daughter as the princess.

So far, the results of these deployments are also good.

Since staying away from the crazy woman of the queen mother, his luck has improved.

The communication with the Turks went smoothly, and the Turks would launch an attack on Jinshan Pass in the State of Yan while Chen Jun was attacking Qin County.

The state of Chu was also very sincere. It not only opened up the sea and land trade routes blocked by the state of Chen, but also distributed to the state of Chen the people who had worked for the shops of the state of Zhao.

Most importantly, the people of Chu State promised that after Chen State formally launched an attack on Qin County, they would pretend to attack Yan State’s county that had already been occupied by Zhao State, so as to attract Zhao State’s attention and block Zhao State from preventing Chen State from attacking Yan State. mouth.

Xue Lin's goal is to take at least half of the remaining [-] counties in Yan Kingdom.

The first step is to take down the fortress of Yan State, Qin County.

Xue Lin, who was waiting for the good news in the prince's guard of honor, received news that was completely contrary to his expectations.

Yan State's sudden increase of troops to Qin County not only resisted Chen State's offensive, but also caused heavy losses to Chen Jun, who had never thought of Yan State's increase of troops to Qin County.

The smile on Xue Lin's face froze completely before he could unfold it, "What did you say?"

General Chen Guo, who was kneeling on the ground, was intimidated by Xue Lin's dark and terrifying gaze, and immediately put his head on the ground, but he dared not answer Xue Lin's question, and could only repeat the process of defeat in fear.

His Royal Highness, the prince, has never been a person who can understand his subordinates.

Those who went to Yan Kingdom with Nanyang County King as envoys and escaped with difficulty were sent to the mines as supervisors.

'Snapped'

The delicate glazed teacup was shattered in front of General Chen Guo, and the sharp glass was unceremoniously scratched towards General Chen Guo's face.

General Chen Guo clenched and loosened his hands placed by his side, and closed his eyes fiercely, after all, he still didn't dare to dodge.

There was a sharp sting on the face, followed by a strong smell of blood.

This wound was far less serious than General Chen Guo's thigh that was scratched on the battlefield, but it made General Chen Guo feel extremely uncomfortable. He did not hesitate to stick his forehead on the ground full of glazed slag, "I should be guilty of everything!" Death, please appease your Highness."

"You really deserve death!" Xue Lin slapped the palm of his hand on the table next to him, and lifted General Chen Guo's chin with the tip of his shoe, forcing General Chen Guo to look at him. It takes four days for a county with [-] garrisons? Qin County can have reinforcements because you gave it a chance!"

General Chen Guo endured the stinging pain on his face, gritted his teeth silently, and soon felt the strong smell of blood.

From the moment he dispatched his troops, he suggested a quick battle to take Qin County at any cost, and first open a gap in Yan's tight defense line.

It was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who said that he couldn't bear Chen Jun to attack the city with his life, so he didn't have to worry, anyway, Yan Guo would not have reinforcements.

But now...

Xue Lin was so dazed with anger that he didn't even notice the change in General Chen Guo's expression.

Even if he noticed the change in General Chen Guo's expression, he wouldn't care.

With him, there is no strategy left, even if a dog is tied to the commander's horse, he can lead Chen Jun to victory!

It wasn't until the courtiers who heard that the army was defeated in Qin County came one after another that Xue Lin reluctantly asked General Chen to get up.

In the eyes of everyone, the battle that was a sure victory was lost. As the chief general, General Chen Guo was naturally to blame. Facing the harsh words of his colleagues, he always lowered his head in silence, and had no intention of explaining at all.

Because he knows it's useless for him to explain, and no one really wants him to explain.

Because General Chen Guo never spoke, and Xue Lin did not participate in complaining about General Chen Guo's behavior, the campaign against General Chen Guo came to an end soon.

Everyone began to care about Yan Guo doing something completely unexpected by them and increasing troops to Qin County.

How are they going to respond.

General Chen Guo, who seemed to be dumb, knelt on one knee, and was the first to speak, "I thought it was time to rectify the army, so I was caught off guard by attacking Qin County in the early morning, and took Qin County in one go."

"General, if he can't defeat the Yan army in Qin County today, he can win tomorrow?" Someone asked in a strange way.

General Chen Guo didn't even bother to look at the yin and yang people. He looked up at Xue Lin who was staring at him coldly, and explained seriously, "The Yan army rushing to Qin County must have traveled day and night to arrive in Qin County in time. Shiqin County may be breached at any time, and the Yan Army rushing to aid Qin County has not seen Chen Jun's strength, so they have the courage not in the past to defend the city regardless of gains or losses."

"When today's battle is over, the soldiers rushing to aid Qin County will know from the original garrison in Qin County that Chen's army is brave and several times their number. Some people will be timid because of this, and some people will be arrogant because of it. In addition, they are just outnumbered. When I was in Qin County, I didn’t get used to it when I came to Qin County suddenly, maybe I even need someone to remind me where to go up the city wall.”

……

"Dawn will break tomorrow, which is the best time to attack Qin County."

Even civil servants who don't know anything about war can learn something from General Chen Guo's simple and straightforward analysis.

Although they didn't fully understand it, they felt that what General Chen Guo said made sense.

Xue Lin saw the expressions of the courtiers in the account, and he denied General Chen Guo's proposal without hesitation, "No, we will wait three days before launching an attack on Qin County."

"Your Highness!" General Chen Guo was so anxious that he couldn't help taking two steps forward, and immediately felt that Xue Lin's gaze had become unfriendly, so he could only stop where he was, staring at Xue Lin with eyes like copper bells.

There was obvious disgust on Xue Lin's face, he turned his head abruptly, and said firmly, "It's just an accident that there will be reinforcements in Qin County. After a few days, the news of the Turkic attack on Jinshan Pass will spread throughout the country of Yan. The hatred of the Turks will definitely focus on Jinshan Pass."

"At that time, attacking Qin County will not only minimize the loss, but also allow the people in Qin County and the rear counties to compare in their hearts whether to surrender to the Chen Kingdom or the Turks, so that the resistance of the people of the Yan Kingdom to Chen Jun will be reduced. .”

Seeing that Xue Lin had made up his mind, those who thought General Chen Guo's words were justified just now turned to Xue Lin without hesitation, saying 'Your Highness is wise', 'Your Highness is considerate'...

General Chen Guo spoke several times, but was drowned in the compliments of his colleagues.

Three days later, Chen Jun attacked Qin County again.

There were twice as many Yan troops on the walls of Qin County than three days ago.

General Chen Guo's face changed drastically, and he immediately ordered to withdraw his troops, but was stopped by the lieutenant general.

The deputy general reminded General Chen Guo that Xue Lin and the courtiers had a lot of complaints about General Chen Guo's failure to take Qin County three days ago.

If General Chen Guo didn't win Qin County today and retreated without fighting, he might lose his position as coach.

In just two or three sentences, the gates of Qin County suddenly opened wide.

This is the first time Qin County has opened its gates since Chen Jun attacked Qin County.

The deputy general was overjoyed when he saw this, and triumphantly said to General Chen Guo, "Qin County must have decided to surrender a long time ago, so all the Yan troops were sent to the city wall. I am afraid that when we enter the city, we will rush too hard and kill them..."

The long and low sound of unfamiliar horns sounded, and the gate of Qinxian County was not empty as the lieutenant general thought, but the Yan army lined up neatly.

The cavalry in front and the infantry in the rear were densely populated.

There are at least 5 million people.

"Come on, brothers! Drive these villains out of the Northland! They are not worthy to stand on the land of Yan Kingdom!"

A hoarse cry sounded at the front of Yan Jun, and the long knife, shining in the sun with dazzling golden light, swung a beautiful knife flower, and rushed towards Chen Jun like a shooting star with its master.

As the distance between the two sides narrowed, Chen Jun finally saw the face of the man holding the sword clearly. The beard was not unusual, but the strange thing was the man's blue eyes.

"It's Ji Tong! Why did Ji Tong appear here?" Chen Junzhong kept shouting in panic and collapsed, asking questions from the bottom of his heart, "Isn't Ji Tong on the battlefield where Yan Jun and Zhao Jun are confronting each other?"

Twenty years ago, the three famous generals who resounded throughout Kyushu, Helian Jizhong.

In other words, Helian Wuwei, who guards the northern tip of Yizhou and makes the Turks frightened.

Ji Tong, who ran all over the place, frightened the nations, and raised the prestige of the Yan Kingdom.

Stationed at the Youzhou Pass, Tuyuhun was defeated repeatedly, and even Wang Ting couldn't care about Chongshan.

It is precisely because of the three famous generals that many people thought that Emperor Qing would be the one who unified Kyushu before Emperor Qing lost his ambition.

Chen Junben had just been defeated under the city wall of Qin County three days ago and lost morale.

General Chen Guo tried his best to get Chen Jun to regain his morale.

However, when Chen Jun rushed to the city wall of Qin County, he was moved by the movement of Qin County, first overjoyed and then shocked.

Even after General Chen Guo regained his senses, he desperately called the army to retreat, but the army still broke up, and Ji Tong bit his tail fiercely.

The [-] Chen army was defeated all the way, and when they returned to the camp, there were only [-] left.

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