After Yin Kai finished speaking, Nie Shu and all the generals sighed, it turned out that Yin Kai did not escape from the battle, but found another way to go to Jinggu County to recruit troops.

Many of the generals had a 180-degree change in their impression of Yin Kai, if the first time he defeated the Yan Army was luck, then this time, it was definitely a reflection of strength.

His control of the overall battle situation and his ability to grasp opportunities are not unprecedented, but he is definitely the best among the commanders in the world, and few people can control him.

Nie Shu looked at Yin Kai, who couldn't stand up on his knees, his face changed, and his eyes kept rolling.

This battle can be won, Yin Kai is a great contribution, his actions are far better than his own, and there is also a very important point, his own soldiers and horses have been wiped out, and Yin Kai has 150,000 elite soldiers in his hands, so these soldiers and horses are he Yinkai, or his own?

Seeing that Nie Shu didn't speak for a long time, all the generals looked at him puzzled.

After a long while, Nie Shu, who had always been silent, suddenly asked, "Yin Kai, where is your talisman now?"

Yin Kai didn't even think about it, and immediately said, "Here!" As he spoke, he carefully took out a red silk package from his arms and held it in his hand.

Nie Shu's eyes flashed, and he immediately took the red silk package and opened it, revealing the talisman inside.

It was a bronze lion, not very delicate, but it was of great significance, and whoever owned it was equivalent to having the command of an army of 150,000.

"Our army's talismans are so rudimentary that General Ben thinks it's time for a new one. "Finished speaking. Nie Shuke didn't return the talisman to Yin Kai, but casually put it into his own arms. Then he shouted to the surrounding generals as if nothing happened: "The Yan army has been defeated, and the generals will follow me out of the city." This time, we will wipe out the thieves and avenge the brothers who died in battle!"

"Kill-" The generals shouted in unison and followed Nie Shu to rush down the attic.

After Nie Shu took the people away, they all came to Yin Kai's approach, helped Yin Kai, who was still kneeling on the ground, and said in a low voice: "General Yin, it's too late for you to come to the rescue, why didn't you come over earlier?"

Yin Kai frowned and said, "Come early." The officers and men of our army have not been properly trained, and they have only beaten away the Yan army, but now they are coming, and they can completely annihilate the Yan army. ”

"That's right, but the general's heart is uncomfortable, General Yin, you don't know yet, if you are half a step late, the general will ...... He has already killed himself with a horizontal sword. ”

When Yin Kai heard this, he couldn't help but gasp.

Seeing his face full of surprise. The general said in a low voice: "So, General Yin don't blame the general for taking away your talisman, now the general is scared in his heart, and I believe it won't be a few days." and they will return the talisman to you. ”

"Oh!" Yin Kai nodded blankly, and didn't say anything more.

The first battle of Sands City was protracted. After more than four months of fighting, it finally ended in the defeat of the Yan army. The impact of this battle was far-reaching. After this battle, the Yan Kingdom completely lost control of the three counties of Yuxi. In the next few months, the You army was like a bamboo, successively taking the two counties of Fantiao and Jinggu, so far, the Nie Shu forces that rebelled in Youdi finally had their own foundation, with the three counties of Youxi as the basis, wantonly recruiting troops and horses, expanding to the east, and its momentum has reached the point of being unstoppable.

The repeated setbacks of the Youxi Rebellion finally made the Yan Imperial Court realize the seriousness of the situation, and felt a strong pressure, if it really couldn't quell the rebellion, not to mention that the rebels would control the entire Youdi, and might even counterattack into the Yan Country itself.

Now, Yan Guo has entered a dilemma, the strength of the rebel army in You Di has become larger, with a total strength of more than 400,000 people, it is impossible to easily exterminate it, if you want to completely eliminate the rebels, Yan Guo can only send the main central army.

However, there is also a Jin country in the north of the Yan country, during this time, the Jin country's troops have been moving south, it can be seen that the Jin country will have a plot against the Yan country, once the main force of the Yan army goes to Youdi to quell the chaos, then the Jin country will definitely take advantage of the situation to enter, and the harm caused to the Yan country is bound to be much greater than the rebels.

Yan Guo is not sending troops, nor is it not sending troops, it is a dilemma.

After much deliberation, Yin Xiang finally sent an envoy to the Jin State, hoping to reach an alliance with the Jin State for complementary aggression between the two countries, and then send troops to quell the rebellion.

Yin Xiang sent an envoy to talk about the alliance at this time, Lin Haotian naturally understood what she was calculating in her heart, for the envoys of the Yan Kingdom, Lin Haotian treated him politely, but as for the alliance between the two countries, he sternly refused.

After sending away the envoys of the Yan Kingdom, Lin Haotian also sent envoys, but the envoys he sent did not go to Zhaoyang, the capital of Yan, but to Youdi.

The envoy sent by Lin Haotian was Prime Minister Chang Shi Gaojie.

Gao Jie is not only knowledgeable, but also quick to react and can speak well, what Lin Haotian values the most is that he has a kind of arrogance that others do not have, which is exactly what Lin Haotian wants, and it is also his attitude towards Nie Shu.

On the order of Lin Haotian, Gao Jie went to the West Soup in Youdi.

Xitang is the capital of the original You Kingdom, and now it has been controlled by Nie Shu's forces, and Nie Shu is also logically stationed in Xitang.

At this time, Nie Shu can be described as high-spirited, although the title he gave himself was general, in fact, he was no different from the monarch of You State.

Knowing that the envoys of the Jin Kingdom were coming, Nie Shu treated them as guests and personally greeted them out of the city.

And Gao Jie also gave Nie Shu a great courtesy, which made Nie Shu very useful, since the envoys of the Jin State gave him the courtesy of the monarch and the minister, it is obvious that the Jin State has now regarded himself as the monarch of the You State.

Nie Shu brought Gao Jie into the city and invited him into his Great General's Mansion, after all, he had not yet established himself as a king, and it was not suitable for him to live in the palace, so he temporarily settled in the General's Mansion close to the palace.

He held a banquet in the general's palace to entertain Gao Jie, and the ministers under his command also came, and everyone pushed cups and changed lamps in the lobby, chatting and laughing.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Nie Shu deliberately led the topic to the throne of You Guo, he sighed at Gao Jie Youyou, and said, "You Di has been occupied by the Yan people for several years. I have suffered humiliation and suffering, right now. Thanks to the spirit of the previous king in the sky, my generation finally succeeded in driving away the Yan people. I have recovered the whole territory of Youdi, but I don't know about the restoration of the country, what does General Lin think, and please make it clear to Lord Gao. ”

Gao Jie smiled indifferently and said, "For this matter, my lord is also happy to see it come to pass." ”

Nie Shu was secretly overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately said: "But the country can't be without a king for a day, ...... candidate for this king."

Without waiting for him to finish speaking, Gao Jie continued: "As for the candidate for King You. Of course, it has to be the general. ”

"Oh, the tall man can be tortured and killed, how can he be under the virtue, how dare he covet the throne of King You, this must not be said nonsense. Saying this, Nie Shu's heart was already happy, and he was now only one step away from the throne.

As long as the head coach of the Jin Army supports him, the king will inevitably support him, and with the support of the king. Then it is justified to ascend to the throne yourself, which is very important.

Gao Jie said with a smile: "The general doesn't have to be humble, first of all, the general is a descendant of King You." Succession to the throne, as a matter of course, and secondly. The reason why You Guo was able to restore the country was all due to the work of the general. If the great generals cannot inherit the throne, who will?"

"What Master Gao said is extremely true. The general can't shirk anymore!" At this time, the civil and military ministers present also stood up one after another and persuaded Nie Shu to advance.

"This ......" Nie Shu's face was full of embarrassment, and he turned his gaze to Yin Kai, who was sitting on the other side of him.

At this time, all the ministers present were persuading him, but Yin Kai was silent, sitting there expressionless and drinking silently, not knowing what he was thinking.

Nie Shu frowned secretly, why, Yin Kai objected to his claim to be the king?

When he was about to open his mouth to ask a question, Gao Jie suddenly said: "It's just that now You Guo not only can't restore the country, but the general can't become the king of You." ”

As soon as these words came out, not only Nie Shu's face was displeased, but the faces of the ministers present also sank in unison.

Nie Shu asked with a pleasant face, "Lord Gao, how do you say this?"

Gao Jie stood up, looked around at the people present, and said: "Don't forget, you don't forget, there is still a Yan country in the east, as long as there is a Yan country, you country will never be able to restore the country, and if you can't restore the country, how can you talk about the throne?"

After listening to his words, the ministers who persuaded them were a little deflated again, yes, how could Yan Guo let You Guo return to the country, if he couldn't restore the country, of course there would be no king.

Seeing that everyone lowered their heads, Gao Jie Zhengse said: "Therefore, if You Guo wants to restore the country, there is only one way to go, and that is to destroy Yan Guo!"

The crowd took a breath.

Don't look at the fact that they have defeated the Yan army now, it is because they are fighting on their own soil, occupying the time and geography, and now they want to send troops to the Yan country and fight the Yan army in the Yan land, I am afraid that in the end, there will be no return!

Nie Shu frowned and said: "The national strength of the Yan State is extraordinary, even if it has suffered several defeats in Youdi, and the losses of the troops are very large, but the foundation of the Yan Country has not been damaged, and the national strength still exists, if our army sends troops to the Yan Country, it will be difficult to win." ”

Gao Jie smiled and said: "Only your army and one family send troops, of course it is difficult to win, if the two families of Jin You join forces to send troops, the victory will become nine out of ten, at that time, the Yan country will perish, and the two countries of Jin You can equally divide the Yan land, not only the You country can restore the country, but also occupy half of the Yan land, and the strength will be far better than before!"

Nie Shu's eyes lit up, and he subconsciously stood up and asked, "General Lin is willing to join forces with his subordinates to jointly destroy the Yan Country?"

"Exactly!" Gao Jie replied simply, and said categorically: "Although the strength of your army is not much, but my Dajin elite soldiers are more than a million, as long as Jin You and the two countries join forces to send troops, one north and one west, and work together to attack the Yan country, why worry that the Yan country will not be destroyed?"

Nie Shu's eyes widened, he was stunned for a moment, then he laughed on his back, and said hello three times in a row, he clapped his hands and said: "Yan Country and my You Country have a common enmity, as long as General Lin gives an order, my hundreds of thousands of You Army brothers can be at the disposal of General Lin, as long as I can destroy Yan Country, I You people will go up the sword mountain and go down to the sea of fire, and I will not give up!"

"Well! With the general's words, my king will be relieved. ”

Nie Shu picked up the wine glass, raised it high, and said, "Lord Gao, for the eternal alliance between the two countries of Eugene, a toast!"

Gao Jie is also bold, holding a wine glass and drinking it all.

The next banquet lasted until late at night, and Nie Shu and his ministers were excited about the fact that Jin You and the two parties jointly sent troops to Yanguo.

You Ren's hatred for Yanguo is too deep, and this hatred has accumulated little by little. It can be said that it is deep in the bones. However, if the You army was allowed to send troops to the Yan country, they would not have the courage to do so anyway. After all, the strength of the Yan country is there, and with the strength of the current You army, take the initiative to invade the Yan country. It is undoubtedly an egg to hit a stone, but it is different after joining forces with Jin Guo, Jin Guo's national strength and military strength are not inferior to Yan Guo, once Jin You joins forces, it is not impossible to extinguish Yan.

Among the ministers, the only one who did not report optimism on the matter was Yin Kai.

In his opinion, Lin Haotian's ambition is too great, and now he has targeted the Yan Kingdom, if the Yan Kingdom is really destroyed. Then the next unlucky one will definitely be yourself.

After the banquet, Yin Kai didn't leave immediately, deliberately left until the end, and after everyone left, he explained his thoughts to Nie Shu in detail.

Now, Jin, Yan, and You are obviously in a three-legged situation, of which Jin is the strongest, Yan is second, and their own strength is the weakest. If you join forces with Jin Guo to destroy Yan Guo, then you will inevitably suffer from it in the end, and the best way is to negotiate peace with Yan Guo, if possible. It should also form an alliance with the Yan State and join forces to resist the Jin, so as to balance the Jin State. Make sure you're safe.

After listening to Yin Kai's thoughts, Nie Shu's nose was almost crooked. Jin Guo is a benefactor who helps his side, and he can have today's achievements. To be able to recover the entire Youdi, almost all of it depends on the free funding of the Jin State, and the Yan Country is its own enemy, I don't know how many You people were killed and enslaved by the Yan people, but now it's good, Yin Kai wants to make peace with the enemy, or even take the enemy as a friend, and join forces to deal with his own benefactor, so won't he and You Guo become white-eyed wolves?

At this time, Nie Shu was already a little drunk, and the more Yin Kai's words became more and more outrageous, and the more he listened to them, the more unpleasant he became, he was furious, reprimanded Yin Kai fiercely, and then drove him out.

Nie Shu's view of Yin Kai is also changing little by little, at the beginning, he tried to be suspicious of Yin Kai, then reused, and then suspicious, and now he has become a little bored.

The reason why he can still tolerate the existence of Yin Kai is only because Yin Kai is too strong in governing the army and fighting, and no one can replace him, it can be said that without Yin Kai's commander, Nie Shu's forces will not grow to this point.

No matter what, Nie Shu finally did not follow Yin Kai's advice, but accepted Lin Haotian's request and decided to join forces with Jin Guo to send troops against Yan Guo.

After all, Jin Guo is not as barbaric as You Guo, and if he wants to send troops to Yan Guo, he must also find a reasonable excuse, make his dispatch of troops reasonable, and stand on the highest point of morality.

It is difficult for two countries to live in peace with each other, but it is easy to cause trouble.

Soon, the opportunity came, a caravan of the Jin Kingdom was looted in the territory of the Yan Kingdom, not only the goods and money were robbed, but even the caravan people were killed without leaving a single person, which was a tragedy.

Jin Guo is worried that he can't find a chance, and if such a thing happens to happen, how can he miss it? Jin Guo sent an envoy to Yan Guo to find out the murderer within three days and give Jin Guo justice.

Speaking of which, Yan Guo didn't attach much importance to this matter, even in Yan Country, this kind of looting of caravans happened from time to time, but it was a bit rare for the means to be so vicious and not leave a living mouth.

Three days later, Yan Guo came to the conclusion that the bandits had done it, and as for the whereabouts of the bandits, they are now missing, and they still need to be traced.

Of course, Jin Guo was not satisfied with Yan Guo's reply, and the Jin State court also intended to use this matter to make trouble for Yan Guo. Subsequently, Jin Guo insisted that the caravan was robbed and killed in Yan Guo was committed by Yan Jun, and Yan Guo must hand over the murderer.

Yan Guo felt very innocent about this, and he couldn't hand over any murderer, and soon after the Yan Guo court rejected Jin Guo's unreasonable demand, Jin Guo suddenly tore his face and declared war on Yan Guo without warning.

On the second day of the declaration of war, several Central Army corps of the Jin State, which had already been preparing for a long time, began to march south and invade the territory of the Yan State.

The Jin Kingdom was sent from two routes, the First Army, the Third Army, the Fifth Army, and the Hanlin Army as one road, a total of three army corps were sent from Liuhe to attack Leize County in the Yan Kingdom.

The Second Army, the Sixth Army, the Seventh Army, and the New Army served as another route, with a total of four legions moving south from the pass city of Yankou County in Andi and attacking Bianyang County in Yanguo.

It can also be seen from the dispatch of troops from the Jin State that the Jin State had a premeditated plan to invade the Yan State.

The Leize County of the Yan State is a land of rivers and swamps, so the four legions dispatched by the Jin State are all infantry legions, and the Bianyang County of the Yan Country is a plain area with a flat horse, so the troops of the Jin State are mainly cavalry, supplemented by infantry, and the seventh army is a heavy cavalry corps and a light cavalry corps, which are also all invested here.

Jin Guo invested eight legions in one go, which was not enough, behind the eight legions, there was the Twelfth Army with Liu Zhangwei to respond, and then behind, there were the Fourth Army Corps and the Iron Lion Army waiting for battle, ready to go.

It can be said that in addition to the Chifeng Army, the Jin State has put all the available troops into this campaign against the Yan State, which can be described as a bloody waste.

Of course, Nie Shu, who had formed an alliance with the Jin State, was not far behind, he did not need to find any excuse for sending troops to the Yan State, nor did he declare war in advance, and directly sent a large army to advance into the Yan State.

Nie Shu ordered Yin Kai to take command, commanding almost all the forces of the You army, a total of 400,000 people in four legions, from the west of the Yan Kingdom to attack Jingyang County.

For a time, the situation in Yanguo changed abruptly, and the situation fell into a precarious situation.

Just resisting the two-pronged action of the eight legions of the Jin State was already very difficult for the Yan State, not to mention that there were still 400,000 You troops in the west whose combat strength was not inferior to the Jin State.

The Yanguo court made an emergency response, appointed Ren Tianxing as the commander, commanded 400,000 troops, went to the three counties of Yanbei to resist the invasion of the First Army, the Third Army, the Huwei Army, and the Hanlin Army, and appointed Bu Ying as the commander, and also led the 400,000 troops to Bianyang County to resist the invasion of the Second Army, the Sixth Army of the Fifth Army, and the Seventh Army, and then, Jin Zhuo was appointed as the commander, and Yang Zhao and Lu You were the deputy commanders, commanding 400,000 troops, and went to the west to resist the invasion of the Yan Army.

More than a dozen legions were sent to defend against foreign enemies at once, and now the strength of the Yan Kingdom began to be insufficient, and at this time, there were gradually voices complaining about Yin Xiang inside and outside the court.

Many Yan people think that Yin Xiang made a big mistake by banning the family army in order to consolidate his throne, and now that foreign enemies are invading Yan Country on a large scale, it is really impossible to rely on the central army alone.

The family army system is originally a double-edged sword, and the role of the family army is obvious in dealing with foreign enemies, but in the same way, it also causes factional disputes within the Yan country, and the internal friction is very large.

It is difficult to determine whether Yin Xiang's ban on the family army is right or wrong, but one thing is certain, she misjudged the grim situation facing Yan Guo, at least the timing of banning the family army is not right.

In any case, the family army has disappeared in the Yan country, and now facing the invasion of Jin You's two powerful enemies, the Yan country can only use the central army to confront it. (To be continued......)