In the direction of the north gate of Yecheng, Li Nong's heart was very worried, although the letter had been sent, whether Zhang Ju could receive it in time, whether Shi Yuan would accept his surrender, whether he would let go of the hundreds of thousands of people in Yecheng, he could not know, besides, whether Ran Min really died in battle, he had no way of knowing.

What Li Nong was most worried about was that Ran Min did not die in battle, but led part of his army to retreat to a certain place, if so, he would definitely seek revenge in the future.

However, at this time, the strength of the Yan-Zhao coalition army was already very strong, and Li Nong believed that with the strength of the Yan-Zhao coalition army, it would be difficult for Ran Min to make a difference, and the Great Wei State would inevitably go to extinction.

"General, it's not good, the emperor is here with his troops." Just when Li Nong was just at ease, the soldiers came to report in a panic.

Li Nong was taken aback, and when he looked back, Ran Min was indeed riding on a tall horse, leading thousands of soldiers and horses, and rushed over.

Seeing Ran Min riding his horse to kill, Li Nong was very desperate in his heart, he knew that with him and the thousands of men and horses under his command, he would never be able to resist Ran Min and the elite beggar guards, open the city gate and escape, it was too late, resistance was death, and the hope of not resisting the living was also very slim.

"What to do! General, the emperor is here. The confidant said urgently.

Li Nong sighed, took off the iron helmet above his head, and said softly: "You follow me to see the emperor." After speaking, he greeted Ran Min.

"General, will the emperor let me wait?" The confidant soldier wondered.

Li Nong smiled at the corner of his mouth and said softly: "It's life or death." One qiē can only resign himself to fate. ”

"When the emperor arrives, you still don't lay down your arms." General Ran Min shouted loudly.

With a wave of his hand, Li Nong asked his subordinates to put down all their weapons, and asked the soldiers on the city wall to withdraw immediately.

"Li Nong see the emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live." Li Nong knelt down and saluted Ran Min, and the henchmen and generals behind him also knelt down.

Ran Min sneered, and asked with a straight face: "Li Nong, what do you want to do with your army to occupy the north gate?" ”

"The Yan-Zhao coalition army is not far from here, and the last general is naturally to defend the city." Li Nong explained.

"Defending the city is fake. The real purpose. I'm afraid it's just to meet the Yan and Zhao coalition forces! Ran Min said loudly.

Li Nong was taken aback when he heard this, paused, and said softly: "What does the emperor mean, the last general can't understand." ”

"Hmph. I don't understand. Look. What are these. Ran Min scolded and threw the three letters in his hand in front of Li Nong.

Li Nong took a closer look, among the three letters. One was a reply letter written by himself to Zhang Ju, and the other two were letters written by Zhang Ju to himself, but, strangely, he only received one letter from Zhang Ju, and the other letter was never seen by him.

Li Nong gently opened the letter that he had never seen before, read a paragraph slightly, and was immediately shocked, the content in it was actually various situations of collusion between himself and Zhang Ju, and these situations were obviously nothing, he had never had such close contact with Zhang Ju before, and had never discussed such a specific action plan.

At this point, Li Nong completely understood, it turned out that this was Zhao Guo's anti-plot, and the person who carried out this counter-plot was his close friend Zhang Ju, a person he trusted very much.

Although Li Nong had already seen through the anti-plot at this time, he had nothing to say, because Ran Min would not believe it, besides, he did have a rebellious move and had a plan to defect to Zhao Guo, how can he explain such a situation?

Seeing Li Nong's lonely face, Ran Min said loudly: "Li Nong, what else do you have to say." ”

Li Nong sighed secretly and said in a low voice: "The last general has nothing to say, and he asks the emperor to punish him." After speaking, he closed his eyes and waited for Ran Min's punishment.

Ran Min nodded and said loudly: "Okay, you really dare to act, come and put the traitor Li Nong and a cadre into prison." ”

When the soldiers under his command heard the order, they immediately stepped forward and pressed Li Nong and the main generals and personal soldiers under his command all in the direction of the prison.

At this time, several other groups of people had also captured Wang Mo, Wang Yan, Yan Zhen and others, and pressed the people of their three clans into prison together.

After pressing Li Nong, Wang Mo and others into the prison, Ran Min began to arrange the city defenses, preparing to meet the attack of the Yan and Zhao coalition forces.

Although, at this time, there were not many soldiers and horses under Ran Min's command, and most of the main soldiers and horses were scattered, but the eight thousand beggar guards were extremely elite, plus more than 20,000 soldiers and horses gathered inside and outside the city, Yecheng's defensive strength was 30,000, and among the hundreds of thousands of people, there were at least tens of thousands of young and middle-aged people.

After arranging the city defense of Yecheng, Ran Min returned to the palace, convened his confidant ministers, and began to discuss how to deal with Li Nong and others, he had already made up his mind to kill Li Nong and Wang Mo and others, but Li Nong was the core figure of the Great Wei State after all, Wang Mo and others were also important ministers of the court, and he was afraid of affecting the political situation of the Great Wei State, which caused the fear that everyone in the court and the ministers was in danger.

But if he didn't deal with Li Nong and the others, Ran Min was extremely uneasy, after all, Li Nong and the others had already plotted to rebel, and keeping them would be a scourge sooner or later.

Ran Min looked at the confidants and ministers, and said softly: "Ladies and gentlemen, Li Nong and the others intend to rebel, and now the evidence is conclusive, but I don't know what to do with them, what do you do?" ”

"Your Majesty, Li Nong and others intend to rebel, this is a big crime of the nine clans, and they must be executed immediately to correct the law of the country." A minister said.

"What is the emperor to hesitate about when dealing with those who try to rebel? Is it because of the merits they have made? Another minister said.

Ran Min shook his head and said softly: "After all, Li Nong and the others are the important ministers of my Great Wei State, if they are killed for the crime of defecting to the enemy, everyone in the world will know that the important ministers of my Great Wei State intend to defect to the Zhao State, which will be a great blow to the prestige of my Great Wei State!" ”

"Your Majesty, since this is the case, you can not issue charges and directly kill them secretly to get rid of future troubles." The confidant minister built yì said.

When Ran Min heard this, he frowned and said, "It seems inappropriate to kill many ministers for no reason!" ”

"Your Majesty, since Li Nong and others intend to rebel, they must be executed, and since it is inappropriate to punish the crime of defecting to the enemy, then simply not promulgate the crime, this is already the best way." The confidant minister said.

Ran Min nodded, and said with a straight face: "Okay then!" Just do as you say, reward Li Nong and the others with a glass of wine, and kill all the people of their three clans and bury them secretly. ”

"The emperor is wise." Several confidant ministers praised.

Subsequently, Ran Min's subordinates prepared a few bottles of wine and entered the prison for Li Nong and others to drink.

Li Nong and the others, seeing Ran Min giving wine, naturally understood that this was wine, but they were deceived by rumors, and it was an indisputable fact that they intended to take refuge in Zhao State.

Li Nong, Wang Mo, Wang Yan, Yan Zhen and others all thanked the emperor for his grace and drank the wine, while the people of their three clans were secretly beheaded, and the corpses were all transported to the mass graves outside the city.

After Ran Min's thunderous means, Yecheng's rebellion was completely resolved, but the greater threat was still to come, the Yan-Zhao coalition army with the momentum of victory, was surging towards Yecheng, next, how to hold Yecheng, repelled the Yan-Zhao coalition army, became Ran Min's most important task.

In the afternoon of the second day, the Yan-Zhao coalition army slaughtered under the city of Yecheng, Yao Xiang, Zhang Hedu, Zhang Ju, Wang Lang, Murong Ba, Shi Kun and other legions, each with tens of thousands of troops, extremely arrogant, there is a lot of momentum not to level Yecheng, vowing not to return to the army.

Yao Xiang's elite men and horses, who were lurking in Yecheng, suddenly entered Yecheng with Ran Min, and thwarted the rebellious conspiracy of Li Nong and others with thunderous means, and truthfully reported to Yao Xiang.

Knowing that Li Nong and other important ministers of Wei were easily killed by Ran Min, Yao Xiang was slightly disappointed, however, although his counter-plan failed to cause too much loss to Wei, it was not bad to get rid of Li Nong and others, after all, Li Nong was the most important general under Ran Min, without Li Nong, Ran Min would have one less general who could take charge alone, and the strength of Wei would be greatly damaged.

In Shi Kun's Chinese army tent, Yao Xiang, Zhang Hedu, Zhang Ju, Wang Lang, and Murong Ba were all lined up, ready to discuss the plan to attack the city.

All the generals already knew that Ran Min had fled into Yecheng with the surviving, but they believed that Ran Min's troops were insufficient at this time, and there was not much grain and grass in Yecheng, as long as they besieged Yecheng with superior troops, they would be able to break through the city sooner or later, so as to kill Ran Min and destroy the Wei regime.

Shi Kun looked at the generals and said loudly: "Generals, now, Ran Min has become a lost dog, he is trapped in Yecheng, his strength is weak, at this time, it is the best time for our army to annihilate Ran Min, I hope that all the generals will share the same hatred of the enemy, break through Yecheng and kill Ran Min." ”

"General, give the order! I'm all set. Zhang Hedu said loudly.

Shi Kun nodded, looked at Murong Ba, and said softly: "General Murong, I don't know if the Yan army is willing to help our army." ”

Murong Ba smiled, hugged his fists and said: "I was ordered by my second brother to come to destroy Ran Min, how can I give up halfway, the army of Yan Kingdom is willing to participate in the war." ”

Seeing that Murong Ba agreed to participate in the battle of attacking Yecheng, Shi Kun was very happy in his heart, nodded and gave the order to attack Yecheng.

Since Yecheng had six city gates, Shi Kun asked Yao Xiang to attack Jinmingmen, Murong Ba to attack Yingchun Gate, Zhang Hedu to attack Fengyang Gate, Zhang Ju to attack Yongyangmen, Wang Lang to attack Guangyang Gate, and he himself led a large army to attack Langmen, which is the north gate of Yecheng.

The six route armies attacked the six gates of Yecheng respectively, which seemed to be impassable in the siege of Yecheng, but in fact, it gave Ran Min a chance to break through. (To be continued......)