Yin Hao once again experienced a complete defeat, at this time, he knew that his career was coming to an end, Huan Wen in order to gradually annex Yangzhou, will not show mercy to his subordinates, in order to save some face for himself, Yin Hao on the one hand put part of the responsibility for the defeat to the generals, such as Wang Wu and Wang Sixth Army acted without authorization, and the army was completely lost, at the same time, he also deeply reviewed himself, and thought that it was his own mistake, leading the defeat of the army, and was willing to bear the corresponding responsibility.

After writing the fold, Yin Hao sent his henchmen to Jiankang City quickly, and he himself led his 30,000 main forces to slowly march towards Guangling City, and the fifth army of Wang returned to Pengcheng, and the sixth army of Wang returned to Xiapi to garrison.

Just when Yin Hao's army was defeated, Hua'an and his main army arrived near Yecheng and stationed on the outskirts of Yecheng.

Yecheng is an important city in Hebei, therefore, for the safety of Hebei, Hua'an plans to let Xie Aizhen guard Yecheng, and is responsible for commanding the more than 200,000 soldiers and horses left in Hebei to resist Murong Jun's possible southward movement.

On the city wall of Yecheng, Hua'an and his important generals are all enjoying the scenery outside the city, and after a period of governance, the environment around Yecheng has been greatly improved, and the situation of Chidi Qianli has been greatly improved.

A few miles outside the city, there are many villages, these villages are either in groups of three or five, or connected into a large area, against the background of the surrounding trees, it looks very warm, especially when cooking, the wisps of cooking smoke rise, it is even more intoxicating.

And at this moment, it was close to evening, wisps of cooking smoke rose from the surrounding villages, Hua An looked at the cooking smoke in front of him, and said: "Yecheng has been restored for more than a year, and the surrounding people can finally live and work in peace and contentment." ”

"Yes! The king. The people of Yecheng can already live and work in peace and contentment, and I believe that it will not be long before the people of the whole world can live and work in peace and contentment. Wang San hurriedly followed.

"Your Majesty, victory is not easy to come by, and the stability around Yecheng is even more commendable, besides. Yecheng is an important city in Hebei, and our army should go all out to protect Yecheng and must not let Yecheng fall into the hands of the enemy. Xie Ai Zhengse said.

Hua An smiled and said: "General Xie said well, Yecheng is indeed an important city in Hebei, and it is a key defense city of our army. After speaking, he looked at Xie Ai.

Of course, Hua'an had long planned to let Xie Ai guard Ye City. At this time, Xie Ai took the initiative to mention the importance of Yecheng, and Hua'an took advantage of the situation to ask him what he wanted.

Xie Ai was naturally very willing, and hugged his fists and said, "How many soldiers and horses does the king plan to give Xie Ai?" ”

Obviously, Xie Ai was worried that the main army of the Yan State would attack south, and if there were not enough soldiers and horses, he would not be able to stop the attack of the main force of the Yan army, so he had to make this request to Hua'an.

Hua An smiled when he heard this. He could clearly see it from Xie Ai's request. Xie Ai was willing to defend Yecheng, but he was only worried about the lack of soldiers and horses.

"The 20,000 main cavalry under General Zhang Hao, the 20,000 charioteers under General Yang An, the 60,000 Guanzhong cavalry and 50,000 reserve regiments left by General Wang Meng, as well as the 30,000 horses under the command of General Suhai who guarded Changshan, the 50,000 horses under the command of General Pu Jian who guarded Lukou, and the more than 30,000 soldiers and horses under the command of several counties in the south of Sizhou, are all controlled by General Xie, how about it?" Hua An said in one breath the soldiers and horses that could be allocated to Xie Ai. And looked at Xie Ai confidently.

When Xie Ai heard this, he opened his mouth wide in surprise, so many soldiers and horses, all of them together were two hundred and sixty thousand, of course. Pu Jian's 50,000 horses and Suhai's 30,000 horses are a little more complicated, and the 30,000 horses in the south of Sizhou cannot be transferred at will, but even so, the main force of soldiers and horses under Xie Ai's command is still as high as 150,000 people, and these 150,000 soldiers and horses, all of them are near Yecheng, and they can be directly commanded, what makes Xie Ai happiest is that among the 150,000 horses, 100,000 can be called elite, and there are so many elite soldiers and horses, Xie Ai believes that he will be able to hold a large area around Yecheng, and have the ability to block the army of Yan Guo north of Yishui.

"Can the king really give so many soldiers and horses to the last general?" Xie Ai was worried that he had misheard.

Hua An nodded affirmatively, and said: "That's right, this king only led the main army of 140,000 to cross the Yellow River, and the rest of the soldiers and horses were all controlled by General Xie." ”

Xie Ai suddenly felt flattered, after all, Hua An's handing over so many troops to him for moderation is enough to show Hua An's trust in him, and only when he trusts him enough, it is possible to hand over most of the soldiers and horses to others.

"The king trusts the last general so much, the last general will definitely defend Yecheng with all his might, and will never live up to the king's trust." Xie Ai said excitedly.

Seeing that Xie Ai had officially agreed to guard Yecheng, Hua An was very happy, and said with a smile: "With General Xie guarding Hebei, this king is 10,000 rest assured, early tomorrow morning, this king will personally lead 140,000 main forces to leave Yecheng and go south of the Yellow River, and Yecheng will be handed over to the general." After speaking, he patted Xie Ai on the shoulder.

Xie Ai hugged his fists again and said: "Although the king can rest assured, with Xie Ai here, the army of Yan Kingdom will not be able to pass through Yishui." ”

Hua An nodded with satisfaction when he heard this, and then pointed out the surrounding villages with his generals and talked about a bright future.

After resting for a night, early the next morning, Hua'an led the main army of 140,000 to leave Yecheng and go due south, Hua'an's destination was Luoyang, where the Jin Dynasty established the capital, Hua'an wanted to enter Luoyang to defend the city in order to deter Huan Wen in the direction of Jingzhou.

In the direction of Jiankang City, the news of the defeat of Yin Hao's army again has become the main topic of discussion among the people, for Yin Hao's repeated defeats, ordinary people are a little unbearable, and feel that the imperial court should treat Yin Hao's sins, at least depose Yin Hao, and let talented people lead the army in Yangzhou.

And such a public opinion trend is very conducive to Huan Wen's impeachment of Yin Hao, for this reason, the scouts under Huan Wen immediately sent this favorable news to the direction of Xunyang City as soon as possible, so that Huan Wen could learn such favorable news.

However, this kind of public opinion tendency, for the Jin Dynasty, is very bad news, the Jin Dynasty in order to balance the domestic forces, let the southern king and the northern king confront each other, and Yin Hao's army to guard the core of Yangzhou, can neutralize the power of the two kings, play a three-legged situation, so that the Jin court is more stable, if Yin Hao is abolished, Huan Wen is very likely to take charge of the Yangzhou army by thunderous means, so that the three legs lose one foot, the shape is bound to be unstable, the Jin court will appear two confrontation forces in the north and south.

What worries the Great Jin Dynasty is that Huan Wen is a very ambitious person, although his talent is ten times that of Yin Hao, but Yin Hao is famous, but he does not have much ambition, Huan Wen's ambition is obvious in many ways, if Huan Wen is allowed to control the army of Yangzhou, the Great Jin Dynasty is bound to be completely controlled by Huan Wen, and the little emperor who is still a minor will also be completely reduced to a puppet.

At this time, Yin Hao's defeat again completely cut off the idea of luck in the Great Jin Dynasty, and under the pressure of Huan Wen step by step, deposing Yin Hao seemed to have become the only choice for the Great Jin Dynasty.

In the palace of Jiankang City, the Empress Dowager Chu Lianzi, under the persuasion of several close ministers, had made up her mind and was ready to officially depose Yin Hao as a commoner.

However, just as the will to depose Yin Hao was prepared, the news of the return of the Hua'an Legion to the south was sent to the palace.

When Chu Lianzi heard that the Hua'an army had arrived in Yecheng, he couldn't help but have a glimmer of hope in his heart, and decided to temporarily withhold the will to depose Yin Hao as a commoner and see the situation.

"Empress Dowager Qiyu, Xie An, the son of the former Danyang Yin Xie Pei, asks to see her outside the palace." At this moment, the news came that Xie An had come to visit.

Chu Lianzi knew that Xie An was a very outstanding talent among the Xie clan of Chen County, although Xie Ai did not have any official position at the moment, and he did not meet the qualifications to meet the Empress Dowager, but for such a famous person, it was impossible for Chu Lianzi not to see him, besides, Xie Ai must have extraordinary insight when he came to see him at this juncture.

For this reason, Chu Lianzi immediately issued an order for Xie An to come to the audience.

Xie Ai strode to the main hall, knelt down and said, "Grass people Xie An pays a visit to the Queen Mother." ”

"Thank you for not having to be polite, please get up quickly." Chu Garlic hurriedly asked Xie An to get up.

"Empress Dowager Xie." Xie An thanked him, and then stood up.

Chu Lianzi looked at Xie An carefully for a moment, and asked softly: "Xie Xianshi came to meet the mourning family, I don't know what important things are. ”

Xie An hugged his fists and said: "Empress Dowager Qiyu, the grass people have recently been in the market, and I heard that Yin Thorn Shi lost the battle again, and the court has the intention of deposing Yin Thorn Shi, I don't know if it is true." ”

Chu Lianzi smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth, and said softly: "I didn't expect this matter to have such a big impact among the common people, even a person who likes idle clouds and wild cranes and doesn't ask about worldly things knows about it, that's right, there is indeed such a thing, I don't know what Xie Xianshi thinks about it." After speaking, he looked at Xie An.

Being so sour by Chu Garlic, Xie An suddenly looked a little cramped, paused, and hugged his fists and said: "Empress Dowager Qi, forgive the grass people, Yin Thorn History has been defeated repeatedly, and there is indeed a great mistake, but the main responsibility is not in Yin Thorn History, but the court failed to make the best use of it, so that Yin Thorn Shi, who is not proficient in military affairs, led the army to crusade against rebellion, just like letting the illiterate crop Han be Mr., how can it be undefeated, the court made mistakes in employing people, how can it all be blamed on the head of Yin Thorn Shi, besides, the strength of the South King and the North King is already very large, and, According to what the grass people have seen, both the southern and northern kings are deeply ambitious, but I am afraid that this is not the blessing of the society! Although Yin Thorn Shi is not familiar with military affairs, he has no ambition, and he is loyal to the Great Jin Dynasty, and has never done anything rude, so that Yin Thorn Shi led the Yangzhou Army to stick to Yangzhou, and formed a three-legged trend with the South King and the North King, which is the blessing of my Great Jin Court! (To be continued......)