Chapter 175: (Departure from Liaodong)

On June 20 of the first year of Fengtian, Hebei War reported that the news of Yuan Jingchu's death quickly spread throughout Hebei, Yuan Long and other Hebei generals were leaderless, and under the joint push of many soldiers, Yuan Long took over the emperor of the Great Yan State, the capital Zhuangzhou, and maintained the alliance with Tuoba Wenhong and Liu Xuan; Among them, Liu Xuan also gladly accepted it, Yuan Jingchu's death is also good news for Liu Xuan, after getting rid of Shangguan Yin Feng, Yuan Jingchu is a hot potato, and now Yuan Jingchu was killed by Shangguan Yin Feng, which can be regarded as a great favor for himself. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

On the 21st, Kou Sui, Wentai, and Yuan Xian gathered 400,000 troops to attack the inner hill that Li Xiucheng was defending.

June 25, outside Shanhaiguan

Shangguan Yin Feng went to Liaoyang this time, took 30,000 troops and the Shenji battalion, and left Jia Fu to lead 40,000 troops to defend Beiping City, waiting for his triumph; He imagined that if Shen Lang of Shanhaiguan refused to surrender, he could only use Shenwu artillery to blow up the walls of Shanhaiguan.

Looking at the majestic Shanhaiguan standing in the middle of the mountains, Shangguan Yin Feng could also feel the scene of looking at the pass and sighing when the Manchu Qing Dynasty was blocked out of the Shanhaiguan: "Shen Chang, you go to lobby to see if your brother is willing to surrender." ”

After Shen Chang with the army got the order, he rode a horse and walked towards the front of the pass, Shangguan Yin Feng took the army far away, and after a while, he saw Shen Chang who was blocked outside the pass was put into the city, more than half a time later, the Shanhaiguan gate was opened, Shen Chang took a middle-aged man with full armor to ride out of the customs together, when the middle-aged man with the armor rode to Shangguan Yin Feng on horseback, he dismounted and knelt down on one knee towards Shangguan Yin Feng and said: "The sin will be Shen Lang, I don't know the prince's mastery, and I ask the prince to forgive the sin." ”

Looking at the kneeling Shen Lang, Shangguan Yin Feng nodded with a satisfied smile and said: "Yuan Jingchu is dead, the rebellion in Hebei can be extinguished day and night, General Shen can understand the current affairs, this king is very admired, according to what this king said before, only punish the first evil, and the followers will not be investigated, since General Shen surrendered to this king and sacrificed Shanhaiguan, he will be punished lightly. ”

"Thank you, Lord Wang, for your great kindness..."Shen Lang lowered his head and said loudly.

"Shen Lang obeys orders..."Shangguan Yin Feng rode on his horse, looked at Shen Lang who was still kneeling on the ground and ordered: "This king orders you to lead all the soldiers guarding Shanhaiguan to set off, go to Liaoyang with this king to relieve the siege, and capture Chen Xun." ”

Although Shen Lang surrendered, it is difficult to say that this guy will suddenly turn against the water, once the Shanhaiguan is closed, it is impossible for him to even enter the customs, let alone take Shanhaiguan with only 30,000 people, so he can only let Shen Lang take the defenders of Shanhaiguan to Liaoyang with him, as for the defense of Shanhaiguan, it was handed over to Huanglong, who was stationed with 10,000 horses, just in case.

Although the Liaodong region is bitterly cold, but the news of Yuan Jingchu's death spread quickly, the first to bear the brunt is Chen Xun who is still besieging Liaoyang, he has no idea that Yuan Long has succeeded to the throne of the emperor of Yan, and now because he is trapped in Liaodong can only hold on, he does not even have the strength to besiege Liaoyang, after Fan Yang was besieged, Yuan Jingchu transferred 30,000 troops from Liaoyang, leaving only 20,000 people to Chen Xun, and the heavy task of attacking Liaoyang was handed over to the people of the Japanese slave country, after all, they still have contact with Yuan Jingchu, Otherwise, the Japanese slaves would not have been able to cross the sea to help.

Under the rule of Zhenfan County, Liaozhong City, Liaozhong Protectorate

Liaozhong Protector is Chen Xun, when besieging Liaoyang, it was Yuan Long and Chen Xun who led the troops together, Yuan Long was the Protector of Liaozhong Metropolitan Protector at that time, Chen Xun was the Protector of the Upper Capital, after Yuan Long left, Chen Xun succeeded to the post of Metropolitan Protector, and at this time in the Metropolitan Protector's Mansion, Chen Xun sat on the first seat, and below was the general who was arguing with each other.

"General Fan, although the emperor is dead, but the princes believe that it is still there, and now that the Cheng Dynasty army has not yet reached the territory of Liaodong, you advocate surrender, are you the person installed by the Cheng Dynasty at the beginning?"

"General Zhang, you can eat more, don't talk nonsense, General Fan said this, it is also for the sake of everyone's interests, although Shanhaiguan is still in Shen Lang's hands, there is no guarantee that he will not surrender, right? General Ben heard about their Shen family leading the way for Shangguan Yin Feng to attack Beiping, otherwise how could Beiping City fall? ”

"Yes, yes, what General Liu said is reasonable, the Shen family is greedy for life and afraid of death, Fan Yang garrisoned seventy or eighty thousand troops, and actually led the way for Shangguan Yin Feng, so that Beiping was lost, and the Shen family has an unshirkable responsibility."

"General Li, don't say something useless, the general agrees with General Zhou's words, General Fan was thinking about surrendering before the enemy army arrived, is it thinking about everyone's interests, or is General Fan originally a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death?"

"Tian Chong, what the hell are you talking about, when will you be greedy for life and afraid of death? You don't regard the lives of soldiers as human lives, how do you fit this armor? ”

"You..."

"That's enough..."There was a lot of arguing at the bottom, Chen Xun frowned, stood up and shouted: "You only know how to argue, I think that the 100,000 people before us couldn't take Liaoyang City, which was only 40,000 people, what qualifications do you have to argue here Who is not afraid of death?" ”

Chen Xun's words completely touched the nerves of this group of people, although Chen Cheng gathered 100,000 horses, but they were distributed around Liaoyang, there were less than 40,000 people in Liaoyang City, and they held out for several years, in addition to their own troops, there was also the help of the Japanese slaves, and they did not attack the city wall of Liaoyang, so that they suffered heavy losses.

Of course, Chen Cheng could not hold Liaoyang without the help of the Wuhuan people and Goguryeo, if it weren't for these two parties secretly transporting food and materials to Liaoyang, Chen Cheng would not have been able to hold on for so long, and Liaoyang City would have been broken a long time ago.

"Duhu, this news is prepared correctly, it's time for us to think about countermeasures, otherwise once Shangguan Yin Feng leads his troops to arrive, Chen Cheng of Liaoyang will definitely lead his troops out of the city to attack us on both sides, the grain and grass in Liaozhong City can only last our army for three months, once the food is out, the army's morale is unstable." The scolding general from before said to Chen Xun.

Chen Xun also knows this, but whether it is a battle or a surrender, we have to ask everyone's opinion. He was also afraid that in the end, he would end up in a situation where he was greedy for life and afraid of death: "I asked you to come this time to discuss this matter, not to let you quarrel, and the governor does not have much time to rub shoulders with you." ”

"Duhu, Pingxiang Marquis Li Yanqing can still surrender, why can't I wait?"

"That's right, then Yuan Han has surrendered, why can't I?"

"Duhu, once the Shanhaiguan Pass falls, we will be cornered, since the emperor guarded Hebei, we have fought hundreds of battles with the Wuhuan people and the Huns, they have long hated us, even if we go to vote, I am afraid that we will be treated inhumanely, the Japanese slave people will definitely break the covenant when they see us lose power, no matter which way they go, it is a dead end, so, for the sake of today, we can surrender in order to save the lives of these 20,000 soldiers."

"That's right, all the protection, that Shangguan Yin Feng knows witchcraft, even the four-story city wall of Beiping City can't be defended, this Liaozhong City can't be defended, please think twice."

"Please think twice..."More than half of the generals in the hall said to Chen Xun in unison, and the rest were a few generals who were unwilling to surrender.

Chen Xun frowned, and after thinking about it again, he made a decision: "The current situation is extremely unfavorable to our army, there are only 20,000 soldiers in our city, once Chen Cheng and Shangguan Yin Feng attack the city, I am afraid that they will not be able to hold it, and it is only a matter of time before our army's back road and grain road are cut off, in view of this, this governor decided to send people to Beiping City to surrender, hoping that Shangguan Yin Feng can treat everyone equally and spare our lives, and in addition, withdraw all the scout troops outside Liaoyang and send a surrender letter to Chen Cheng to show sincerity..."

"Whoa..."

In addition to surrendering to Shangguan Yin Feng, Chen Xun also wanted Chen Cheng to surrender, after all, this is not a trivial matter, those soldiers in Liaoyang City hate Chen Xun and Yuan Long to the core, if they don't make it clear, it is very likely to cause Chen Cheng's misunderstanding, and then lead the army into Liaozhong City.