The city was covered with blood, and Rong Yi stood at the head of Zhongyang City, watching the Qi and Zhao coalition retreat like a tide.

Looking up into the distance again, he saw that behind the retreating Qi-Zhao coalition army, two handsome flags with "Tian" and "Pang" written on them stood tall and fluttered in the Qi-Zhao coalition army.

sighed, turned his head to the deputy general Qing Qin beside him, and asked quietly: "General Qing, how many days can our army's food and grass in Zhongyang City be supported?" ”。

Qing Qin, the deputy general, also bowed his head and whispered: "General, there is not much grain and grass left in Zhongyang City now, and it is less than two days to support my army!" ”

Rong Yan asked again: "Where have I been to the reinforcements of the Yan Kingdom now?" ”

"Back to the general, General Lejian has sent someone to tell him, and now he is leading reinforcements and rushing to me day and night, but it will take at least eight days to reach Zhongyang City."

Rong Yan closed his eyes, shook his head slowly, and said slowly: "It's too late, it's too late!" I think that Tian Dan and Pang Xuan also knew that I didn't have much food and grass, so they dared to invade my Yan country with a large army and force me to fight a decisive battle. ”

After hearing this, Qing Qin hurriedly said: "General, you can't fight a decisive battle!" I look at Tian Dan and Pang Xuan, two old men, I have already prepared! ”

Rong Yan opened his eyes, nodded and said, "General Qing, you are right!" Now the elite soldiers of our Yan army are all in our army. Once our army loses, our Yan country will face an unpredictable situation. It seems that if you don't withdraw, you have to withdraw! ”

The deputy general, Qing Qin, said hurriedly: "General, if you withdraw again, this ...... This Zhongyang City was lost. How can this be explained to the king? Explain to the courtiers? ”

Rong Yan waved his hand and said, "General Qing, I will bear all the responsibilities on my shoulders." You just do what you are told. ”

Then, he said decisively: "General Qing Qin, order the whole army to evacuate Zhongyang City tonight, build fortifications in the area of Hejian and Wuyuan, and wait for the reinforcements led by General Lejian, and resist the coalition led by Tiandan and Pang Xuan. ”

"No."

The 100,000 Yan army led by Rong Yansuo, since the beginning of September, on the border of Zhao State, faced the situation of the Qi-Zhao coalition army. Rong Yi decisively abandoned grain, grass and military resources, led the army back to Zhongyang City in Yan State, and ambushed halfway to defeat the Qi and Zhao coalition forces that he was chasing.

But after Tian Dan and Pang Xuan saw this situation, they judged that the grain and grass of the Rong Worm army would inevitably be poor. Then he led more than 200,000 Qi and Zhao coalition troops to invade the Yan State and forced Rong to fight a decisive battle. In vain, he tried to eliminate the most elite Yan army led by Rong Xuan.

Rong Yan led the army to retreat into Zhongyang City and held on for more than ten days. See through the intention of the Qi and Zhao coalition forces to fight a decisive battle with themselves. When the enemy was outnumbered, he did not take risky actions to fight the enemy.

However, due to the lack of food and grass, he could not hold on to Zhongyang City. At the insistence of Rong Wei, the Yan army withdrew from Zhongyang City, an important town in the south of Yan State, and built fortifications in the area of Hejian and Wuyuan, waiting for reinforcements.

On the second day after Rong Yi withdrew from Zhongyang City, Tian Dan and Pang Xuan led the Qi and Zhao coalition forces and stepped into Zhongyang City, an important town in the south of Yan State.

Standing on the head of Zhongyang City, Tian Dan and Pang Xuan, after looking at each other, they both laughed.

Pang Xuan said to Tian Dan: "This Rong Worm is really powerful, he actually abandoned Zhongyang City with me, and he didn't want to fight a decisive battle with my coalition army." ”

Tian Dan also nodded and sighed: "Under the fame, there is no vanity." With this glorious cockroach, how should Yan Kingdom be endless! ”。

Then, Pang Xuan asked Tian Dan: "General Tian, now that I am allied with the army, will I continue to pursue the Yan army?" ”

Tian Dan thought for a while and said slowly: "General Pang, the art of war: poor Kou Mo chase." I think that now the reinforcements led by Yan Guole Jian have almost arrived in the area of Hejian and Wuyuan to join Rong Worm.

If we keep in hot pursuit, we may not be able to predict victory or defeat! Don't forget, the Qin State is the great enemy of your Zhao State! We have now occupied Zhongyang City, an important town in the south of the Yan Kingdom, and we can explain it to your king. General Pang, you say, isn't it? ”

After hearing this, Pang Xuan nodded and said, "General Tian, what you said is extremely right. The Qin State is the great enemy of my Zhao State, so the Yan State will end here! ”

Tian Dan smiled again: "But in this way, we also have to continue to weaken the power of Yan Kingdom." You can send fine works to all parts of Yan to publicize the name of the Yan general Rong Worm who escaped, and we can call Rong Worm "Escape General". In this way, King Yan can hate Rong Worm and no longer use him. This will be of great benefit to our Qi and Zhao countries in the future! ”

After that, the two of them laughed again on the wall of Zhongyang City.

The reinforcements of the Yan State led by Waiting for Lejian arrived at the Yan River and converged with the army of the Zhao Dynasty led by Rong Yan. found that the Qi and Zhao coalition led by Tian Dan and Pang Xuan did not chase after them.

A few days later, Rong Yi received a royal order from Ji Kang's grandfather, King Wucheng, asking him to hand over the troops to Lejian and return to Jidu to report on his work. After the handover between Rong and Lejian, he led his guards to rush to the thistle overnight.

Before he returned to Jidu, he ran into his eldest son Rong Yan halfway through, and asked strangely, "Why are you here?" ”

When the eldest son Rong Yan saw his father, he fell to the ground and said to his father with a sad face: "Father, run away!" Now the thistle forms are against you and it is not good! ”

When Rong Yan heard this, he said angrily: "You son, I led the army to fight for a few months, and led my Yan army to retreat under the attack of the Qi and Zhao coalition forces. Although the city of Zhongyang was lost, it was also short of food and grass, so I had to do it! In this battle, at least the merits can be low, so why not say anything unfavorable? ”

Rong Yan saw that his father was angry, and said hurriedly: "Father, now in Jidu City, everyone calls your father a "runaway general", and you are afraid of the enemy like a tiger.

said that as soon as you saw Qi Zhao's army, you ran away. led the army to Zhao and attacked the city for a long time. Later, when he saw that the Qi army came to help, he led the army to retreat, discarding countless grains and grasses; Seeing that the two armies of Qi and Zhao were coming, they hurriedly retreated, and now they have lost Zhongyang City.

Now my Yan Kingdom, from the people to the king, hates you father! ”

When Rong Yan heard this, his head was "confused", and he asked in a trembling voice: "How can this be?" How so? Who framed me? Who framed me? ”

suddenly thought of something, and scolded: "Tiandan Lao'er, his mother!" I am used to using this villain's trick to frame my general of Yan Kingdom.

After harming General Le Yi, and then harming the general of cavalry, and now he is harming me again, and he is inseparable from you. ”

looked at his son, who was still blocking him, whipped away, and scolded: "As soon as you run away now, your father will confirm this rumor." I don't believe that the king and Yaqing Su belly and others are so confused, and when they go back for their father, they can justify themselves. ”

The eldest son, Rong Yan, ignored his father's whipping of himself, stepped forward to pull the reins of Rong Yan's chariot and horse, and cried: "Father, after my mother and I heard the news at home, we rushed to Yaqing's Su Belly Mansion overnight, but we didn't even enter the door of Su Mansion!"

Father, now all the ministers in the court are talking about you, and the ministers who used to be good friends with you are now avoiding me and my mother! ”。

After hearing this, Rong Yan shook his body in the car and said, "You let go, wait until I go back to Jidu and meet the king and Yaqing." I don't believe it, they will be so confused? ”

But what disappointed Rong Yi was that after Rong Yi rushed back to Ji Capital, he asked to see Ji Kang's grandfather, King Wu Cheng, but was not summoned, but just asked a waiter to come out and spread the word, and let Rong Yi return to the house to wait for news.

Rong Yan ran to Yaqing's mansion again, and got the news that Yaqing's belly was out on errands and was not in the mansion.

Rong Yan had no choice but to return to his house and wait for news.

A few days later, a decree came from the palace. Because Rong led the army, he was defeated repeatedly, lost Zhongyang City, lived up to the expectations of King Yan and the ministers, removed the post of general, and deprived him of the title of Gaoyang Jun. He should have been sentenced to prison for his crimes, but he remembered his previous merits and let him go home to serve the people.

When Rong Yan heard this, he was dumbfounded. And Rong Yan's old wife, when she heard this, also fainted, and the whole family fell into grief and anger.

Rong Yan sighed and said to his son Rong Yan: "That's fine, we just have a clear conscience." Let's go back to Fengyi! I don't want to spend a day on this thistle. ”

In 265 BC, the seventh year of King Wucheng, October.

The general of the Yan Kingdom, Rong Yan, was removed from the post of general, deprived of the monarch of Gaoyang, and returned home for the people.