Two days later, the capital of the Yan Kingdom.

At this time, Zhang Xi had led 80,000 remnants of the army to defeat and retreated here.

His defeat was not terrible, but what was terrible was that he lost 100,000 troops in just one battle.

After hearing the news, King Yan, who had been worried all day long, was furious and took the case in the court hall.

The twelve strings of jade beads on his forehead trembled, stretched out his hand and pointed at Zhang Xi, who was kneeling below, and said sharply:

"Hey Zhang! You shit! The First World War damaged 100,000 of my soldiers! What other face to come back to see me! ”

When the latter heard this, he swallowed his saliva fiercely, his body couldn't help but lower, and at the same time said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty doesn't know, the spirit army is the general Ye Guizhiyong, and he attacked all the way, not because he was invincible, but he really couldn't stop it......"

"How dare you quibble! That's your excuse for incompetence!? ”

King Yan's anger continued unabated, and he couldn't help but shout: "Zhang Xi! I am ruthless! But the enemy is at present, and in terms of defeat, he should be punished with military law! ”

Yes!?

Hearing this, Zhang Xi was startled, and hurriedly kowtowed and begged for mercy: "Your Majesty is gracious!" Your Majesty is gracious! Please look at the minister's past merits, spare the minister this time......"

At this time, a minister who had a good relationship with Zhang Xi stood up and said:

"Your Majesty, as the old saying goes, victory and defeat are common things in soldiers, and for generals, the winners of a hundred battles are rare, although Zhang Xi was defeated, but the crime is not to death, and I hope Your Majesty will be gracious."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Another minister stood up and said: "The enemy army is approaching, and it is not a good deed to behead the generals at this time. ”

"Your Majesty thinks twice......"

Quite a few people have come forward.

Seeing this, King Yan's anger subsided a little, and after he took a deep breath, he sat back and said in a deep voice:

"Zhang Xi, have you also heard what the ministers said? Otherwise, you will not be spared! ”

"Yes! Be! Your Majesty, rest assured, minister, you will fight to the death! Escaping death, Zhang Xi was in a mood not to mention how excited he was, and when he spoke, his tone changed.

"Get out! Guard the South Gate! King Yan waved his hand angrily.

"Yes! The minister retired. Zhang Xi hurriedly knelt on the ground and saluted again.

After he left, the Yanguo court exploded.

At this point in the war, people have long been panicked.

A minister stood up and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, now that my country's 600,000 troops have been defeated, there are not many troops left, and on the side of the capital, there is only Zhang Xi, if the spirit army launches a strong attack, how can it be defended?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the capital is so big, with four walls, and with 80,000 soldiers alone, I am afraid it will be difficult to defend it for a long time......"

People are gossiping, and when they talk about this, they are a little panicked.

King Yan frowned deeply, and asked in a cold voice, "What about your Aiqing's opinion?" ”

"This." A minister pondered for a while and said: "For today's plan, when General Yue Zheng is also sent back, the capital of our country, after a hundred years, has sufficient grain and grass materials, or it can be defended for a long time." ”

"How long can you keep it?"

"One year or two years, it's definitely no problem."

But what about a year or two later? The Flame King was silent, but now, there was nothing he could do.

If you don't let Yue Zheng come back, you will die faster, come back, you can only stick to the capital.

After thinking about it for a long time, he could only smile bitterly: "Okay, okay, let Yue Zheng come back for help......"

His tone was full of helplessness.

On the other side, after Zhang Xi retreated from the court, he returned to the place where he was stationed at the South Gate, and escaped death, just like turning around from the Ghost Gate, until now, his back was still soaked with cold sweat.

When he returned, the adjutant general also greeted him: "General, how is the situation?" ”

"I almost died!" Zhang Xi screamed in a trembling voice, which was unbearable grinning.

"This ......" the adjutant general swallowed his saliva, and said: "Now that our department has been defeated and the country is facing such a situation, can we still hold it?" ”

"What if you can't hold it? It's not that you have to defend it. Zhang Xi shook his head.

The deputy general is not optimistic about the current battle situation, he is actually more optimistic than the deputy general, but everyone has no choice.

Seeing this, the adjutant general moved the corners of his mouth again, and said cautiously: "At today's court meeting, the general was almost killed, if there is another time, how about it?" ”

Hearing this, Zhang Xi's heart couldn't help but tighten, and a kind of fear also hit his heart.

After a moment of silence, he turned his head to stare at the lieutenant general and said, "What do you want to say?" ”

"The last general has no other intentions, but I just feel that with the current war situation, in the end, we will all have only one end, a dead end." The lieutenant is the color of the road.

"Alas!" Zhang Xi sighed, because the deputy general was telling the truth, and he couldn't help but laugh bitterly.

If you want to say that these two people have the heart to fight to the death, in Zhang Xi's case, if he knew that King Yan was going to kill him, I am afraid he would not dare to come back.

A few days later, Yue Zheng was in charge.

At this time, King Yan's order had arrived, and the words in the letter were full of helplessness, and Yue Zheng could only sigh after reading it.

There were other generals in the tent, and when people saw this, they all looked at Yue Zheng a little nervously, and Li Po was the first to ask: "Yue Shuai, what is Your Majesty's order?" ”

"Let's go back to the capital city." Yue Zheng got straight to the point.

"This ......" People looked at each other, and someone said: "But if you return to the division, the Qin-Xuan coalition army, who will stop it?" ”

"But what can be done? The spirit army is outside the capital, and if you don't return to the division, the capital will be in danger. Yue Zheng said helplessly: "Zhang Xi's defeat has been unable to reverse the situation. ”

The two decisive battles of the Yan army ended in failure, and the generals and even the sergeants and soldiers at this time were in a slump.

And King Yan was condemned as a thief, and the country lost a lot of people's hearts, and there is not much suspense in this battle until now.

It's not far from the defeat of the Yan Kingdom, and it's just a final struggle.

Subsequently, Yue Zheng began to lead the last 150,000 troops, evacuated the front line, and hurried all the way back to the capital.

As soon as he left on his front foot, the military information was transmitted to Xiao Yuan from behind.

The monarchs of the three kingdoms had nothing to say about this situation, and after starting to march along Yue, they also marched towards the capital.

In this way, Yue retreated, and the coalition army advanced.

Originally, at this time, the Spirit King could have sent troops to block Yue Zheng from the side, but for various reasons, it was not implemented after all.

Seven days later, the Allies reunited.

The army of the four countries, approaching the city, began to attack Yandu on all sides.

Four city gates, one country and one side, Yue Zheng also began to integrate his troops and made certain arrangements for the defense of the city on all sides.

At this time, there were still 220,000 troops in the Yan army, and each place was about 50,000.

The city defense of the capital is very tall and solid, if you want to attack it, it is not easy, you have to fight bloodily.

How to break this last place, the generals and strategists of the four countries also discussed.

The strategists all believed that if they went up to attack the army, they would attack the city.

The generals, such as Tang Yue and Ye Gui, thought that there was no need to talk nonsense, and directly attacked and fought hard with the Yan army.