The envoy of Yan was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly explained: "There is indeed an urgent matter in my Great Yan country, and the king must not listen to the words of the villain." ”

Shi Hu smiled coldly at the corner of his mouth, and asked rhetorically: "Then you can tell me what is the urgent matter in the country." ”

"This ......," the envoy of the Yan Kingdom was speechless for a moment.

Seeing that the envoy of the Yan State was speechless, Shi Hu burst into round eyes and reprimanded loudly: "Hmph, Murong Hao violated the agreement with my Great Zhao State, and attacked Duan Liao alone without being a teacher, plundering 5,000 households in Duan Liao, tens of thousands of cattle and sheep, and despised this king so much, how could this king rest." ”

Seeing that Shi Hu was angry, the envoy of Yan understood that war was inevitable, so he stood with his hands in his hands and said nothing.

Shi Hu stood up and shouted: "You go back immediately, tell Murong Hao, I am a 500,000 male division of Zhao, Keri Northern Expedition, let Murong Hao be a minister, otherwise, in the land of Liaodong, there will be no chickens and dogs." ”

"Farewell." The messenger clenched his fists and turned to leave.

As soon as the envoy of the Yan Kingdom left, Shi Hu waved his hand and asked people to withdraw the banquet.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Murong Hao despises this king, and this tone has no way out for this king." Shi Hu directly showed his bottom line.

"Your Majesty, the last general is willing to lead the troops, go straight to the Great Thorn City, capture Murong Hao alive, and present it to His Majesty." The general Kui An clenched his fists and asked for his life.

"Your Majesty, the last general is willing to help General Kui."

"Your Majesty, the last general will ask for battle."

All the generals tried their best to fight.

Shi Hu was naturally very happy to see it, but in order to completely defeat Murong Hao, Shi Hu decided to go out in person and lead more than 100,000 troops to attack the Great Thorn City.

Due to the long distance of the Great Thorn City in Liaodong, the 300,000 army mobilized the army, and the consumption of grain and grass was very large, and the land transportation was relatively difficult, and the transportation volume was not large, so it was difficult to meet the needs of the 300,000 army.

The sea route is different, the volume of ships is far greater than that of vehicles, if the grain and grass are transported by sea, for Shi Hu, the problem of feeding the 300,000 army will be solved smoothly.

And from the materials transported by sea, there must be a place to store grain, Shi Hu carefully looked at the map for a long time, and picked a place, that is, Bintu City, which is not far from the sea.

As long as Bintu City is captured, it will not only solve the problem of grain storage, but also the Great Thorn City of Yan State will lose the southern barrier, which can be described as killing multiple birds with one stone.

Determined his goal, Shi Hu ordered loudly: "Pass the order, let Tao Leopard and Wang Hua lead 100,000 sailors to attack Bintu City by sea, Zhixiong and Yao Gezhong lead 70,000 forward troops to attack Liaodong by land, and this prince will lead the main army to attack Da Thorn City." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." The herald received the order, turned and left, and went to inform Peach Leopard and Zhixiong.

After giving the order, Shi Hu's eyes swept over the faces of the generals one by one, and said loudly: "The whole army will cultivate for a few days, and on the first day of the next month, the whole army will march to the Great Thorn City in Liaodong." ”

"The last will obey." The generals spoke in unison.

With a wave of Shi Hu's hand, all the generals retreated.

After the generals left, Shi Hu looked up at the sky, and a treacherous smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

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Shi Hu had already decided to send troops to Liaodong, and the envoy of the Yan Kingdom, who was holding his head, rode his horse to catch up with Murong Hao and truthfully informed Shi Hu's arrogant statement.

When Murong Hao and the generals under his command heard this, they were extremely angry, and even scolded loudly.

"Father, Shi Hu is about to attack Liaodong in the near future, and we must do our best to defend it." Murong Jun, the prince of the world, said loudly.

Murong Hao nodded and said: "Now, Shi Hu's army is strong, and the dozens of cities in the south of my Great Yan are afraid that they will not be able to resist, and our army must accelerate the retreat to the Great Thorn City, and only by virtue of the solidity of the Great Thorn City can it be possible to block Shi Hu." ”

"Dozens of cities in the south, with hundreds or thousands of troops, if they resist with all their might, they will definitely be able to greatly slow down the advance of Zhao's army and gain a certain amount of time for the fortification of our Great Thorn City." General Mu Yugen said.

Resisting gradually can naturally slow down the offensive edge of Zhao State, Murong Hao understood this truth, so while leading the main force to retreat, he sent his subordinates to give orders to the cities along the way to defend to the death.

After several days of continuous rapid marching, the main army of Yan finally retreated to the vicinity of Great Thorn City, Murong Hao selected 20,000 main forces to stay to defend Great Thorn City, and let the generals lead the remaining 30,000 troops to Bintu City, and converge with the 20,000 troops gathered near Bintu City, Murong Hao believed that with the strength of 50,000 troops, it was enough to hold Bintu City.

As long as Bintu City is foolproof, and the flanks of Great Thorn City are safe, the plan to resist Shi Hu under the fortified city can be carried out smoothly.

When Murong Hao led an army of 20,000 to the foot of the Great Thorn City, the city gate was immediately opened, and the news of the victory of the army immediately spread throughout the city, and the people of the Great Thorn City were immersed in the joy of victory, they had no idea that Shi Hu's hundreds of thousands of troops were about to invade Liaodong.

Twenty thousand troops entered the city one after another, and Murong Hao asked his troops to prepare for the defense of the city, while he himself walked towards the palace with several sons.

"Ke'er, the Jin family in Jiangnan sent an envoy to come, and I have been waiting in the post house for many days, you go to the post house to pay a visit." Murong Hao suddenly remembered that his subordinates had told him that the Great Jin Mission had been in Great Thorn City for many days.

"Yes, Father." Murong Ke clenched his fists slightly, and rode his horse towards the post house.

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At this time, in the post house, many officials were infected with diseases, and even Chu Li had a little cough, which is no wonder, starting from Xi'an Ping, all the way to the cold wind and snow to the Great Thorn City, and it was normal for the road to be attacked by the wind and cold.

It's just a bumpy road, the human body is in a state of tension, but it is not easy to get sick, but the cold evil will accumulate more and more in the body, and when you enter the post house in the Great Thorn City, everyone's body is extremely relaxed, and at this time, the cold evil is naturally very easy to attack.

Moreover, in the Great Thorn City, after many days of waiting, at this time, it is already spring, and everything recovers in spring, and the multiplication of germs will also be accelerated, making people more likely to get sick.

Murong Ke rode his horse to the post house, and after dismounting, he heard a cough from the post house, and with doubts, Murong Ke strode in.

The room was full of the smell of herbs, and as soon as Murong Ke entered the gate of the post house, he saw several officials with haggard faces, so he clenched his fists and asked respectfully, "Excuse me, which one is General Chu." ”

Chu Li glanced at Murong Ke, coughed lightly, and replied softly: "Down there is Chu Li, the envoy of the Great Jin Dynasty, who is the son?" ”

Seeing this, Murong Ke immediately hugged his fists and said: "Under Murong Ke, on the order of my father, I have come to meet General Chu, the bitter cold land of Liaodong, let you suffer." ”

"Oh, King Yan has returned triumphantly." Chu Pei looked a little surprised, an hour ago, he got the news that King Yan had not come back yet, and Murong Ke came to visit so soon, which was enough to show that Murong Hao had just returned, and he sent his son to visit him as soon as possible.

"General Chu, my father has just entered the city, and he learned that General Chu has been waiting here for many days, so he sent a special envoy to come down to meet him." Murong Ke's words confirmed Chu Li's speculation, and Murong Ke really just came back.

Chu Yi grinned and congratulated: "King Yan has returned triumphantly, congratulations!" Ha ha! ”

"Congratulations, congratulations." The surrounding officials also chimed in.

Murong Ke naturally knew that the purpose of the Great Jin delegation to Liaodong was to officially canonize his father as the King of Yan, so he said straight to the point: "General Chu, my lords, my Murong family has been canonized by the Great Jin Dynasty for generations, last year my father called himself King Yan, and he was also forced by Liaodong Shape shì, and now, regardless of the previous suspicions, the Son of Heaven of the Great Jin Dynasty sent all the adults to come to the official canonization, and the father has returned to the house to fast and bathe, three days later, officially accept the canonization, and bother your lords to wait here for three days." ”

Seeing Murong Ke say this, the officials in the post house were greatly relieved, after all, Murong Hao at this time already had more than 100,000 soldiers, if they didn't appreciate it and didn't accept the canonization, they could only go back in disgrace.

From Murong Hao's willingness to accept the canonization, it can be seen that the Yan State was willing to form an alliance with the Great Jin Dynasty to jointly fight against the Zhao State that occupied the Central Plains.

"So good, so good." Chu Li was naturally very happy.

Seeing Chu Di's statement, Murong Ke hugged his fists and said: "It's not early, you lords rest early, and say goodbye first." After saying that, he turned around and left the post house, and rode his horse to the palace.

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In the evening, the sky was a little dark, Hua An and Murong Yan had been shopping in the market in Yecheng for a day, and at this time, they were preparing to separate.

"Miss Yan'er, it's getting late, I'll send you back!" Hua An said.

"No, I can find my way home." Murong Yan immediately refused.

Hua An scratched his head and explained: "It's getting dark, your girl's house is not safe, so I'll send you back!" ”

Seeing that Hua'an was so considerate, Murong Yanwan smiled and agreed, "Okay! ”

The two of them walked one after the other, heading in the direction of the Yan Wangfu.

In front of the gate of King Yan's Mansion, Murong Yan stopped and looked at Hua'an with a pair of beautiful eyes.

Hua An looked at the gate of Yanwang's Mansion and asked pretending to be puzzled: "Miss Yan'er, you actually live in Yanwang's Mansion, are you a maid or a county lord?" ”

"Guess?" Murong Yan sold Guanzi.

Hua An pretended to be surprised, and said to himself: "The maid and the others don't go through the main gate, the girl is not the county lord!" ”

"Then you look at me, I don't look like the county lord." Murong Yan smiled and spun around in place.

With a graceful figure, a smile on the corner of her mouth, and dancing, Hua An was stunned, stunned for a moment, and pretended to be surprised: "Unexpectedly, the Yan'er girl who accompanies her all day long and visits the mountains and rivers of Liaodong is actually the county lord of Dayan, how can Hua'an have this honor." ”

After speaking, Hua An's face was full of intoxication, and this intoxicated expression was by no means pretended, but the true thoughts of Hua An's heart.

Seeing Hua An's intoxicated face, Murong Yan covered her mouth and laughed.

"Driving ......"

Just when the two were intoxicated and laughing, Murong Ke rode over on a war horse.

"Yan'er, who are you talking to?" Murong Kelema asked, at this time, Hua An had his back to him, and he naturally couldn't guess that the person in front of him was the Hua An that Ye Cheng had seen.