Seeing Hua An's explanation, Wang San felt that it was very reasonable, paused, and asked, "The eldest brother made these three requests, did Wei Guo agree?" ”

"The Wei State is in danger, no one can save them except our army, and they have no bargaining capital." Hua An said softly.

Wang San nodded and said softly: "Big brother, then we will gather the army now and be ready to set off at any time." ”

Hua An looked at the map in front of him and said softly: "Now our army has gathered 40,000 main forces and 20,000 reserve regiments in the area of Wude and Huaixian, and 60,000 troops to reinforce Yecheng, which is enough for the time being, and when the main force of the Liangzhou army arrives, our army can continue to increase tens of thousands of troops, which is enough to resist the southward movement of the Yan army." ”

"What the eldest brother said is that I really hope that the 20,000 main forces and 20,000 reserve regiments of the Liangzhou Army can arrive soon, so that our army will have enough soldiers and horses to resist the Yan army's southward movement." Wang San said softly.

"Soon, it's only a few days, once the main force of the Liangzhou Army arrives in Hanoi County, our army can draw out 100,000 troops to reinforce the direction of Yecheng, and it is not a problem for Wei to gather 50,000 troops in Yecheng, so that there will be 150,000 troops to block the southward movement of the Yan army, and Yecheng can be safe." Hua An said affirmatively.

Subsequently, Hua'an began to carefully analyze the combat power of the Yan army according to the information collected by the scouts and Congshi, and made corresponding deployments according to the combat power of the Yan army.

In order to deal with the Yan army, which is very mobile and combative, Hua'an decided to let his soldiers be equipped with arrows to resist the impact of the Yan cavalry with arrow rain tactics. In addition, in order to reduce the losses of the army, Hua'an did not intend to fight hard with the Yan army, but temporarily adopted a defensive posture, relying on the cities around Yecheng to hold on, and only when his own side had an advantage, he would fight with the Yan army in the field, and even if he won, he would not continue to advance northward. so as not to fall for the Yan army's trick to lure the enemy.

Hua An knew it very well in his heart. The strength and combat power of the Yan army are very strong, and the main generals of the Yan country are also very wise, and with their current strength, they can only confront it. and not to achieve a full advantage. For this. Cooperating with the remnants of Wei to resist the Yan army's continued southward movement has become the best choice at present.

Moreover. There is a saying that raising thieves is self-respecting, in more than ten years of military career, Hua'an's troops are getting bigger and bigger, and there are more and more lands under the jurisdiction, and this will naturally cause suspicion and fear of the royal family, and many ministers will take the opportunity to slander, but because of such a strong enemy as Yan and Daiguo, the imperial court needs to lead its own army to fight against it, therefore, it is natural that it will not find a way to weaken itself, and once Yan and Daiguo are completely defeated and flee to the bitter cold land of Liaodong, their doom may come.

As the saying goes, when the world is full of heroes, the imperial court needs generals to fight in the south and the north, and serve the royal family, and when the world is peaceful, the first thing the court wants to get rid of is the generals with heavy troops to stabilize the society, which is naturally what Hua'an does not want to see.

For this reason, Huaan knew that it was time to think about the way back, this matter was extremely urgent, and if there was any hesitation, it would be a catastrophe.

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It is at least a few hundred miles from Huai County in Hanoi County to Ye Thanh, but if you change horses all the way, you can reach it in one day's effort.

At this time, Wei had reached a critical moment, for this reason, the Wei envoy sent his henchmen to Yecheng with the attitude of the Jin army as quickly as possible, and he himself led Zhuge Xiong's 10,000 troops to Yecheng quickly, and at most two or three days, he could reach Yecheng.

Because the ministers of the Wei State all believed that they should make every effort to ensure the safety of Yecheng, they had already transferred more than 10,000 soldiers and horses from Ji County to Yecheng, that is to say, all the cities in the whole territory of Ji County were already devoid of soldiers and horses, and only some powerful armed forces were responsible for the daily security of the city and maintaining the stability of the city.

Zhuge Xiong immediately sent his henchmen to report the situation of Ji County to Hua'an, and built that Hua'an immediately led his army to occupy Ji County, so that if needed, Yecheng could be reinforced at any time.

The henchmen of the Wei envoy rushed in the direction of Yecheng as fast as they could, changing horses along the way, and resisted the palace of Yecheng before sunset.

At this moment, several important ministers of the Wei State were in the imperial palace, and they had to process intelligence from all directions, and make corresponding predictions and deployments to save the Great Wei regime that was on the verge of extinction.

In the face of the current emergency situation, he was restless and restless, worried that Murong Ke's army would approach Yecheng soon, and at the same time, he was worried that the Jin army would not reinforce Yecheng, and even, and the Yan army would attack the Great Wei State, and in this way, the Great Wei State would inevitably perish.

"Report, Lord Jiang, report from the front, the main cavalry of Murong Ke of Yan State has successively broken through dozens of cities in Julu and Zhao County, and the front of the troops is directed at Xiangguo, and the defenders of Xiangguo will ask for reinforcements." Just when Jiang Gan was worried, a junior colonel reported very bad news.

"What, Murong Ke has already approached Xiangguo, so fast." Jiang Gan couldn't believe it, after all, Julu and Zhao County had dozens of cities, and these cities could block Murong Ke's cavalry from moving south.

The rest of the important ministers in the main hall were also taken aback after listening to the report of the junior colonel, and hugged their fists and said: "Lord Jiang, Xiangguo is the gateway to Yecheng, if Xiangguo is lost, Murong Ke's main cavalry can go straight to Yecheng, and Xiangguo can't be lost!" One of the ministers said worriedly.

Jiang Gan frowned impatiently, and said with a straight face: "Xiangguo is naturally very important, but at present, Murong Ke's main cavalry has approached Xiangguo, and our army is now reinforced, but I am afraid that it will be too late, besides, Yecheng's troops are not sufficient, if some soldiers and horses are transferred to reinforce Xiangguo, Yecheng will be difficult to defend." ”

"Master Jiang, do you mean to give up reinforcing Xiangguo, so the five thousand defenders of Xiangguo are going to withdraw to Yecheng?" A minister asked.

Jiang Gan thought for a moment, shook his head, and said: "The defenders of Xiangguo can't be withdrawn, if all the defenders are evacuated, Murong Ke can easily get the easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack Xiangguo City, in this way, the Yan cavalry can approach Yecheng, and the five thousand defenders of Xiangguo can at least delay the Yan army for a while, so as to facilitate the preparation of our Yecheng." ”

"According to what Master Jiang said, shouldn't all the 5,000 troops in Xiangguo City be martyred." One of the ministers was a little unbearable.

Jiang Gan frowned, and said: "My Great Wei State is in danger, in order to keep Yecheng, I can only sacrifice them, come and give an order, let the defenders of Xiangguo stick to the city with all their might, and never abandon the city, five days later, the main force of my Yecheng will reinforce Xiangguo." ”

"Yes, Master Jiang." A junior colonel clenched his fists and immediately went to give the order.

In fact, Jiang Gan did not plan to reinforce Xiangguo City at all, and the five days after the order was just to give the army defending the city a hope, so that the 5,000 troops defending the city could go all out to defend the city and wait for rescue.

After giving the order, Jiang Gan breathed a sigh of relief, with the tall walls of Xiangguo, he could at least block the cavalry of the Yan army for a few days, and the next step was to gather the troops around Yecheng as much as possible and wait for the support of the Jin army.

"Report, Lord Jiang, Jin Jun has already expressed his attitude, this is a handwritten letter from my master, please take a look." The confidant of the envoy of Wei handed over the letter in his hand to Jiang Gan.

Seeing that it was Jin Jun who had a reply, Jiang Gan hurriedly took the letter and read it carefully.

"It's really unreasonable, the Jin army deceived people too much, and actually put forward three demands in one breath." After reading the letter, Jiang Gan couldn't help but get angry in his heart, and handed the letter to the minister next to him.

"Hand over the jade seal of the country, detain the hostages, cede Jijun, Lord Jiang, these three conditions cannot be agreed! If all these conditions are agreed, my Great Wei Kingdom will really be destroyed. After reading the letter, a minister said anxiously.

"Now that Yecheng is in danger, what can you do if you don't agree? Lord Jiang, it's better to agree to the Jin army! Even if Great Wei died in the Great Jin, it was stronger than in the Yan Kingdom. Another minister agreed.

Jiang Gan broke out in a cold sweat on his forehead, he was indeed reluctant to agree to these three conditions, but the Jin army was resolute, if he did not agree, in case the Jin army killed from behind and attacked the Yan army from the north and south, Yecheng would be even more unable to defend, besides, now that Ji County has no soldiers to defend, the Jin army can take Ji County at any time without blood, and he does not agree, and he does not have the strength to recapture Ji County.

"Ji County has no soldiers to defend, the Jin army will soon learn that the gift of Ji County to the Jin army can be regarded as a favor, however, the jade seal of the country is related to the orthodoxy of imperial power, how can it be handed over lightly, in addition, the emperor has a total of four sons, the king of Taiyuan has died, His Royal Highness the prince naturally cannot be a hostage, the rest is only Pengcheng Wang Ran Ming and Wuxing Wang Ran desire, even if we agree, the queen may not be willing to agree! After all, children are the hearts and minds of their mothers, and they are reluctant to fall on anyone's head. Jiang Gan said helplessly.

When a minister heard this, he hugged his fists and said: "Lord Jiang, now that my Great Wei Kingdom is in danger, the jade seal of the country is just an item, this thing can't save the Great Wei Kingdom, if you can borrow tens of thousands of heroes from the Jin army with this thing, why not?" As for the hostages, whether it is King Pengcheng or King Wuxing, they can contribute their own strength to the safety of the Great Wei State, and they are not in vain the descendants of the royal family. ”

When Jiang Gan heard this, he nodded, and said with a straight face: "Okay, the task of persuading the queen mother will be handed over to you." ”

"Master Jiang rest assured, the lower officials will be fortunate not to be dishonored." The minister clenched his fists and took the order and went to the harem to ask for hostages.

The reason why Jiang Gan agreed to the three conditions of the Jin army was naturally a helpless move, and besides, the Jin army took the lead in reinforcing 10,000 main cavalry, which was quite sincere. (To be continued......)