Li Mengchang came to Longlin County from Yanjing with wine and meat, silver taels, and Liu Xuanyuan got the news in advance and received him in the camp outside Heyang City.

According to Lin Feng's request, in addition to the monthly military salary, this time the three armies were rewarded, and each soldier was rewarded with an additional twenty taels of silver.

On the afternoon of the third day, Li Mengchang, accompanied by Liu Xuanyuan, entered Heyang City, and saw that the former prosperous city had been burned, and there were traces of fire burning on all sides, and in addition to the stone pillars in the entire Heyang City, there were only wooden stakes that had not been burned out.

The city was pitch black, as if to tell how fierce the fire was that day and how dangerous the Yan army was in.

Li Mengchang is a literati, he has only heard it in Biansai's poems before, once he has achieved a lot of things, he has witnessed the tragedy in front of him, and then thinks about the presumptuousness of the soldiers in the barracks when they carnival, at this time, he can understand the other party's feelings, which is the joy and catharsis of the rest of his life after the catastrophe.

As an envoy, Li Mengchang did not stay long in the Yan army camp, and left early in the morning of the fourth day.

When Li Mengchang's carriage disappeared from sight, Liu Xuanyuan and other generals woke up like a dream, and this rich reward was completely unexpected by everyone.

I thought that if the army was defeated, he would be severely punished by the emperor, but who knows.., Li Mengchang took out the holy decree and handed it to Liu Xuanyuan before the start of the drinking party, and there was only one sentence written on it, Xiongguan Mandao is really like iron, and now he is stepping forward from the beginning. You did not fail, but only temporarily ceased to succeed.

When the generals learned of Lin Feng's words of encouragement, they were all happy, yes, they did not fail, they only stopped succeeding temporarily.

With Lin Feng's holy decree of comfort, all of a sudden, everyone became full of momentum, and the will to fight burned like a raging fire.

Sending Li Mengchang away, the generals returned to the camp, Liu Xuanyuan sat in the central seat, stood up violently, supported his hands on the desk, and said quickly: "The emperor is magnanimous, and he doesn't say a word about the defeat of the army, we, as courtiers, can't live up to the emperor's good intentions, just like the emperor said, Xiongguan is as long as iron, and now we are stepping forward again, and today we have failed, it does not mean that we will still lose in the next battle."

Now that the emperor has designed Wang Lunkey, whether this matter is successful or not, next, our war cannot be stopped, and we must go further. ”

"Yes, we must take advantage of the situation to pursue, completely annihilate the Jin army's forces in Longlin County, and advance the war to Merlin County." Zhang Yu nodded in agreement, now there are only Guangde City and Shitai City left in Longlin County, and the defenders of the two cities are only 20,000, and it is easy to annihilate them.

At the same time, the 100,000 troops of Northern Zhao went to the Black Flag Pass, and the emperor asked Lei Jieying to lead the guards to buy time for everyone under pressure.

"General, in this battle, the last general asks to be the vanguard and capture Guangde City to avenge the dead soldiers." Yang Fei said indignantly, Heyang City escaped by chance, and he vowed to annihilate the main force of the Jin army and take revenge.

At present, although the Jin army in the two cities of Guangde is not the main force, no matter how small the sparrow is, it is also meat, first pull out the last two nails of the Jin army in Longlin County, and then, the face is still the main force of the Jin army.

"Okay, shame and courage, thick accumulation and thin hair, General Li, General Bai previously commanded all the troops to you, 35,000 cavalry, enough to conquer the two cities of Guangde, right?" Liu Xuanyuan ordered that Yang Fei had not been under his command for a long time, but with his performance in the battle in Longlin County, it was enough to see that he was a loyal and brave man.

"General rest assured, the last general will not be dishonored!" Yang Fei hugged his fists and finally led the army alone, it was time for him to show his skills.

Liu Xuanyuan continued: "The army rested for two days, General Yang stayed to uproot the Jin army in the two cities of Guangde, and the rest of the people all went to Merlin County with the army. ”

"Yes!" The generals responded with fists clenched.

Only Hou Mingfeng was not as optimistic as Zhang Yu and Liu Xuanyuan, and asked with a calm face: "General, the Marquis of Dingguo led 150,000 elite horsemen, but there is no trace so far, and life and death are uncertain, do you want to find his traces first?" ”

Hou Mingfeng was worried that it was not out of nowhere, five or six days had passed since the end of the battle of Heyang City, but there was no news of Lin Xiao.

At first, he thought that Lin Xiao had led his army into Merlin County, but for several days, the spies did not find any trace of Lin Xiao, and there was no fighting in Merlin County.

150,000 fine horsemen is not a small number, it can cause shock anywhere, people have left a name, geese have left a voice, but Lin Xiao has led the army without a trace.

I have to say that Lin Xiao's marching methods are very strange, but he has not been seen for a long time, not only leading 150,000 elite horsemen to live and die uncertainly, he is also the emperor's flesh and blood brother, if an accident occurs, the people present are afraid that there will be trouble again, and they can't care less about Lin Xiao's whereabouts.

"Old Hou, Hou Ye is not a reckless person, there is no big war in the territory of Jin Kingdom, and now there is no trace of Hou Ye, I think it must be hidden somewhere, you don't need to worry too much." Zhang Yu said: "On the contrary, I feel that the army entering Merlin County is the right way. ”

Jinyang City!

Years ago, a fire caused heavy losses to Jinyang City, almost half of the city was burned down, years ago, Beichen Dome ordered timely repairs, but the signs of fire burning are still faintly visible.

However, the incompleteness can not cover the magnificent momentum of Jinyang City, wandering on the lively street at will, the tail of March, the brilliant sunshine sprinkled between the green tiles and red walls on both sides of the street, the abrupt horizontal cornices, the high fluttering shop signboard flags, the sparkling carriages and horses, the endless flow of pedestrians, all show the prosperity of Jinyang City.

Similarly, no matter the business, or the lives of the people, there was not much damage caused by the fire, and the teahouses, taverns, and pawnshops on both sides of the street were still doing brisk business.

However, in this lively scene, a conspiracy began to brew, and on the streets, in the mouths of children who played casually, limericks were chanted from time to time: Mu Xiaotian, the victorious general, Wang Lunkey, 100,000 heroic souls returned to the west, and the three cities were burned when they saw death, and Mu Jiaerlang assassinated Emperor Yan, and one person reached 100,000 soldiers.

No one knows when and where, this limerick poem quickly spread throughout the streets and alleys of Jinyang City with lightning speed, and children playing almost casually regarded singing this poem as fashionable.

Speaking unintentionally, listening to the heart, the limerick poem comes from the mouth of children, they don't know the meaning of the poem, but the pedestrians on the street, some people have probably guessed the meaning of the limerick.

Thinking of the war that happened in Longlin County, this poem must refer to Sang scolding Huai, and the poem probably says that Wang Lun led the command of the three armies to make a mistake in command, so that Mu Xiaotian, the victorious general of the Jin State, led 100,000 cavalry into the encirclement of the Yan army, not only did not save the death, so that the 100,000 Jin army died tragically, but also deliberately burned the three cities of Heyang, and the battle with the Yan State, the Jin State suffered heavy losses.

For the battle that happened in Longlin County, the people did not know the details, and in most cases it was hearsay, with false rumors, but the words of the people were terrible, and the three of them became tigers, and sometimes, the rumors set off a storm.

Soon, in the restaurants, tea shops, and wine shops in Jinyang City, diners began to talk about what happened in Longlin County.

"This year, there is a war every year, Chinese New Year's Eve 10,000, and this year there are 100,000 Jin Guolang's bones buried in other places, rather for the peace dog, not for the troubled world, sad, how sad!"

"Who said it wasn't, in the past two years, the Jin State and the Yan Song Dynasty have fought against each other, and they have been defeated and retreated, among the generals of the Jin State, no one has taken the lead alone, and even General Mu can't stop the Yan Army's edge, and now, unfortunately killed in battle, the Jin State is in danger."

"It's not as serious as you said, I heard that this Jin army's defeat has a lot to do with the Wang woman, she deliberately delayed the Jin army and no longer sent troops, resulting in the loss of 100,000 elite cavalry of the Jin army, but there are rumors that as long as Mu Xiaotian's brother, Mu Xiaochen leads the soldiers of the three armies of the Jin State, he will be able to defeat the Yan army, a few years ago, he led the killer to hit the Yan Emperor hard, and almost succeeded."

"Tong Yan is unscrupulous, rumors can't be said nonsense, although the Wang woman is a woman, she still has some ability, doesn't it temporarily block the edge of Yan Jun? I heard from my brother who served in the army that General Mu's defeat was because he didn't listen to the generals and made his own opinions, so he fell into the trap of the Yan army. ”

"Although the fairy tale is unscrupulous, I'm afraid it's not groundless, and there is no wind and no waves!"

"Don't say it, don't say it, these things, what do we ordinary people know, if the previous words reach the ears of the Wang clan, we probably won't be able to eat and walk around."

Jinyang City Palace.

After returning from Taimu Mountain, Beichen Dome ******** all focused on military and political affairs.

He personally comprehended Lin Feng's strength in Taimu Mountain, and he deeply realized that if the Jin Kingdom did not try to be strong, if he still had nothing to do, one day, the Jin Kingdom would be swallowed up by Lin Feng after all.

Therefore, during this time, Beichen Qiong promoted officials in various counties in a very short period of time, and quickly filled the court, and on the night of the fire in Jinyang City, the losses of the courtiers were basically to be compensated.

At the same time, he began to send people to rebuild Jinyang City, and constantly summoned the people, because of the battle with the Yan State, and continued to recruit troops, for a time, the Jin State was full of complaints, and the burden of the people suddenly increased a lot.

In order to reduce the burden of the people, reduce gossip, and at the same time fill the vacancy of the Jin court's expenses, he also promoted six Wang children into the court at the expense of obtaining 50 million silver in the hands of the Wang family, but in the face of military expenses, especially the cost of rebuilding Jinyang City, 50 million taels of silver, still unable to make ends meet, the daily courtiers' documents to collect money continue to be sent to the desk, Beichen Qiong's heart is not only bored, not long ago rose fighting spirit, and gradually extinguished.

The house leak happened to rain overnight, and news came from Longlin County that Wang Lun had annihilated 80,000 Yan troops, however, the Jin army had lost 170,000 and had three cities.

Annihilated more than 80,000 enemies, lost 170,000 by himself, nearly twice the difference, and burned three cities, seeing the daily expenses of Jinyang City, Beichen Qiong was not only dissatisfied with Wang Lunkey, rebuilding the city was like a bottomless pit, how much money could be swallowed, but she burned three cities at a time, it was too violent.

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