After listening to Murong Ke's explanation, Murong Hao was even more nervous in his heart, if Shi Hu made up his mind to annex Liaodong, could he resist it, you must know that Shi Hu dispatched 300,000 troops, and all of the Yan Kingdom was only more than 100,000 troops, and he also had to draw out some troops to defend Goguryeo, Yuwen and Buyeo.

The number of troops that can be used to resist Shi Hu's invasion is at most seventy or eighty thousand, and the gap in strength is so large, how can this not make Murong Hao worried.

The generals in the tent naturally saw this worry from Murong Hao's worried eyes, but a strong enemy was a fact, and the generals didn't have a good way.

"If Shi Hu really attacks Liaodong, whether my Dayan will fight to the end or be a minister, you can all talk about it." Murong Hao asked the generals under his tent for advice.

Most of the generals bowed their heads and said nothing, after all, the enemy is strong and I am weak, and the bloody battle may destroy the country and the clan, and the title of minister is obviously not in line with the established national policy of the Yan State.

If the so-called 'distant and close attack' Yan Kingdom wants to expand its living space, the beautiful and rich Central Plains is the best place, and this will inevitably conflict with Zhao State, but at this time, the Murong family is fledgling and has not yet reached the strength to compete with Zhao State.

But at this time, if they are ministers to Zhao State, and in the future, they will attack Zhao State with full wings, it will become the following offense, a great rebellion, besides, the Murong family worships the Central Plains culture, and in their hearts the Qian people who occupy the Central Plains at this time are just Hu Lu, and they despise this group of Hu Lu, therefore, Murong Hao is never willing to be a vassal to Zhao State.

"Father, my Great Yan Kingdom will definitely win the Central Plains in the future, how can I bow my head to Shi Hu and be a vassal, it's a big deal to fight to the end, with my Great Yan's 100,000 grassland iron horses, I may not lose to Shi Hu." Murong Jun, the prince of the world, was the first to speak.

"Father, I agree with the second brother's opinion, it's a big deal." Murong Baqing looked a little excited.

With the strong support of his two sons, Murong Hao's heart was settled, he looked at Murong Ke and asked, "Ke'er, what do you think?" ”

Murong Ke said with a straight face: "Father, our army should return to the country in triumph with victory, and immediately mobilize the people to prepare for defense. ”

"What do you think of the generals and adults?" Murong Hao looked at the generals and advisers in the tent.

Mu Yugen first hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty, as long as I, the army and people of Dayan, are united, Shi Hu is not afraid. ”

"Your Majesty, our army should immediately withdraw and inform Shi Hu that there is an urgent matter in the country, and it cannot be as good as the appointment division, and this gift is indispensable." Nashi Gao Xiang said.

Since all the generals under the account agreed to return to the country immediately, Murong Hao made up his mind that the main army would return to the country in triumph immediately, and at the same time send an envoy to inform Shi Hu that he could not meet the division.

Murong Hao led a main army of 50,000 and retreated all the way to the north, and along the way, he discussed the details of the defense with his advisers, generals, and several sons.

After a discussion, the generals unanimously agreed that if the enemy is strong, we must not resist head-on, but adopt the strategy of luring the enemy into depth, fortifying the city, cutting off the enemy's food routes, and finally completely repelling the enemy's army.

Because of the 300,000 troops of Zhao State, 100,000 are water troops, and the water army can go directly to the beach in the south of Bintu County along the sea, and attack Bintu City directly along the beach, Bintu City is an important barrier in the south of Yan State's Great Thorn City, and its strategic position is extremely important and cannot be lost.

In order to defend the strategically important Bintu City, Murong Hao decided to transfer 50,000 troops from all over the country to defend the Bintu City, so as to ensure the safety of the south of the Great Thorn City.

Naturally, the tens of thousands of men and horses defending the Yuwen clan and Buyeo in the north could not be mobilized at will, and the more than 10,000 men and horses defending Goguryeo in the southeast could not be moved.

At this point, the troops that could be mobilized in Murong Hao's hands were only 20,000 or 30,000, and such a meager force naturally could not compete with Shi Hu's 300,000 army.

But it is enough to guard the Great Thorn City, you must know that the Great Thorn City is the capital of the Yan Kingdom, the city is tall and strong, and the moat, pier, corner tower, suspension bridge, urn city and other defense facilities are readily available, as long as there is enough food and water in the city, it will never be a problem to hold on for a year and a half.

Murong Hao decided to allocate 20,000 troops to defend the Great Thorn City, and the rest of the troops were divided into various parts of the country to prepare a defense plan, Murong Hao finally breathed a sigh of relief and calmly headed towards the capital Great Thorn City.

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Just when Murong Hao of Yan State led his army back to the north, Shi Hu, the king of Great Zhao, had already entered Jicheng, and the forward Zhixiong and Yao Gezhong advanced to the capital of Duan Liao.

In Jicheng, Shi Hu kept receiving good news from the front line, and his mood was really good! But this is also what he expected, after all, Duan Liao's troops are weak, and he has sent 170,000 forwards, including 100,000 sailors, how can Duan Liao resist.

Shi Hu, who was wrapped in victory, couldn't wait to set up a celebration banquet in Jicheng, and all the accompanying civil ministers and military generals attended.

At the banquet, Shi Hu and his subordinates ate and drank to their heart's content, and the girl danced in court, and the monarchs and ministers of Zhao were completely immersed in the joy of victory.

"Report, Your Majesty, the envoy of the Yan Kingdom asks to see you." Just as Shi Hu was eating and drinking, a small soldier broke in.

Shi Hu was stunned when he heard this, touched the corners of his mouth, and thought: "This Murong Hao, why are you sending a messenger here!" ”

"Quick, let him in." Shi Hu shouted.

Hearing this, the little soldier hurriedly ran out, and after a while, the envoy of the Yan Kingdom strode in.

"Envoy of the Great Yan Kingdom, meet the king." As soon as the envoy entered the banquet, he knelt down in front of Shi Hu.

Shi Hu leisurely gnawed on the leg of mutton, as if he didn't see the envoy of Yan State, which made the envoy of Yan State feel embarrassed, Shi Hu's virtue is to despise Yan Guo's expression, but Shi Hu is also a demon king who kills people without blinking, so although the envoy is very dissatisfied, he does not dare to express his appearance.

After kneeling for a while, the messenger felt a pain in his back and knees, so he stood up and stood on top of the main hall with his head bowed.

Sun Fudu, who was eating and drinking, saw it and shouted: "Bold messenger, the king didn't let you get up, why did you stand up and kneel down by yourself." ”

"Hahaha!" Sun Fudu's words caused the surrounding generals to laugh.

The Yan envoy's chest rose and fell violently, he glared at Sun Fudu, closed his mouth and did not speak.

Seeing that the envoy of Yan Kingdom was a little backbone, Shi Hu put down the leg of mutton in his hand, looked at the envoy, and asked directly: "Murong Hao asked you to come, is there anything wrong?" ”

The envoy clenched his fists and said: "There is an urgent matter in my Dayan, and the king of my family has urgently led his troops back to the north, and he has sent a minister to inform him." ”

"Oh, Murong Hao has withdrawn." Shi Hu was slightly surprised when he heard this.

At this moment, a henchman walked in, lay in Shi Hu's ear and whispered a few words, Shi Hu heard this, the corners of his mouth smiled fiercely, glared at the envoy of Yan State, and reprimanded loudly: "Bastard, what is the urgent matter in the country, it is clear that Murong Hao is a thief with a weak heart, and he shirks it for some reason." ”