The crowd looked at each other and nodded slowly, believing that this would be possible.

Seeing that everyone did not object, Lin Haotian's heart was even more confident, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he said with a smile: "Since everyone agrees, then this matter is decided." ”

As he spoke, he looked at Ding Feng and said, "Ding Feng, immediately let people repair the book and spread it to the court of Yanguo, and Yanguo must return 10,000 taels of silver within a month, if it is overdue, you will bear the consequences." ”

"Yes, sir!" Ding Feng replied.

Soon, the letter written by Lin Haotian ordered Ding Feng to reach Zhaoyang, the capital of the Yan Kingdom, and now Zhaoyang City is already in chaos, and the imperial court is even more panicked.

10,000,000 taels of silver is nothing to the wealthy and powerful Yan State, but the key problem is that the reason of the Jin State is not convincing, the Yan State has occupied the Liuhe River for more than a year, but during this period, the taxes collected by the Yan State are pitifully small, at most only a few million taels, why should they hand over 10,000 taels of silver to the Jin State at once?

The third princess, Yin Xiang, was the first royal family to stand up against it, thinking that Jin Guo was taking the opportunity to blackmail, and Yan Guo would never agree to this matter. However, the opinion of the second son, Yin Yuan, is different from her, thinking that his father has just died, and the Yan Kingdom is in a state of grief, if it is bad with the Jin State at this time, the Yan State will not be able to take advantage, if it attracts the Jin army to crusade again, I am afraid that the final loss of the Yan Kingdom will be more than 10,000 taels of silver.

Yin Xiang and Yin Yuan's attitudes are very tough, one believes that he resolutely cannot accept Jin Guo's blackmail, and the other believes that he should eliminate wealth and avoid disasters and calm people.

The ministers of the court were also divided into two factions. One side supports Yin Xiang, and the other side supports Yin Yuan.

Because Yin Ji died too suddenly, and did not make a will, who will inherit the throne has not been determined immediately, which is also the fundamental reason for the panic of the Yanguo court, and how to deal with the matter of Jin Guo's request for 10,000 taels of silver. It became the key to the royal family's struggle for the throne. Whether it is a prince or a princess, if this matter can be handled well, it will definitely win the hearts and prestige of the people, and it will become a natural thing to ascend to the throne.

At this time, Yin Yuan, the second son, who had always been indifferent to fame and fortune, suddenly became active, and lobbied the ministers of the court everywhere, asking them to support their ideas, meet the requirements of the Jin State first, and wait for the situation in the Yan State to stabilize before seeking revenge.

Under Yin Yuan's active lobbying. Many ministers changed their positions and stood on Yin Yuan's side, and above the court, the voices of compromising with the Jin State became louder and louder.

Seeing this scene, Yin Xiang was disappointed, Jin Guo is a greedy wolf who can't be fed, this time it can ask you for 10,000 taels of silver, if you accept it. Then next time it will ask you for 20,000 taels, 30,000 taels or even more, can Yanguo continue to compromise?

It's a pity that most of the people in the Yanguo court are civil officials now. was frightened by Yin Yuan's words, and many people did not dare to insist on a tough attitude towards Jin Guo anymore.

After thinking about it, Yin Xiang simply gave up the court and went directly to find the Yan army who had just returned to China.

The long story paragraph said that Yin Xiang did not inform the court at all, and only took his cronies to leave the capital. Day and night, Dayan County in Yan finally joined the Yan army that had returned to the capital.

Seeing his father's coffin in the army, Yin Xiang cried loudly, never thinking that his wise father would die of illness on the way to inspect. She asked the generals how her father had passed away.

The generals were full of sadness and helplessness, Zhang Situ choked up and said: "The health of adults has always been bad, this long journey to inspect the national situation, hard work all the way, coupled with the water and soil adaptation, accumulated hard work, so ......"

"Did my father say anything before he died?" Yin Xiang wiped the tears from her face and calmed her emotions as much as possible.

The generals shook their heads one after another, and Zhang Situ said: "Back to the princess, the adult has been unconscious for several days before he died. ”

Yin Xiang sighed secretly, and then, she took out the letter of Jin Guo, handed it to the generals, and said: "Presumably, Jin Guoye already knows the news of his father's death, and Lin Haotian wants to take advantage of it and ask my country for 10,000 taels of silver. ”

The generals hurriedly gathered around and carefully examined the contents of the letter. After watching it, everyone gasped, Zhang Situ subconsciously clenched his fists, gritted his teeth and cursed: "Shameless! Damn! What a brazen Jin country!"

Bu Ying on the side opened his mouth and said: "No wonder there are reports that the Jin State has hoarded the army in Liuhe, think about it, it is false to ask for silver taels, and it is true to raise troops to invade our country!"

Yin Xiang's eyes flashed, and she said, "General Bu, if this is the case, how should our country respond?"

"It's very simple, either meet the requirements of the Jin Kingdom and hand them 10,000 taels of silver, or, fight with the Jin army and fall to the ground, and never back down half a step!" Bu Ying said word by word.

Yin Xiang said quietly: "Hearing the news of my father's death, many ministers in the court have lost their masters, and they are even more afraid of the military strength of the Jin State, and they all want to accept the requirements of the Jin State. General Bu, in your opinion, should our country accept Jin's request or should it refuse?"

Bu Ying's face was straight, and he arched his hand and said: "Your Royal Highness Princess, the last general is just a martial artist, he only knows how to fight, and he doesn't understand state affairs, but if the Jin country dares to raise troops to attack, the last general will definitely fight with the Jin army to the end!"

Yin Xiang nodded secretly, this is what she wanted to hear, she said: "It is understandable that the ministers are greedy for comfort and do not want to fight, but now that the Jin Kingdom is in danger, they have ridden to the top of my Yan Kingdom, and this palace will never tolerate it, but now the throne is undecided, and there is no military talisman in the hands of this palace, even if you want to fight with the Jin army, you can't command my soldiers of Great Yan." ”

Hearing this, the generals looked at each other, paused for a few seconds, and the generals Zhang Situ, Yang Zhao, Lu You, and Bu Ying who were present knelt on one knee and arched their hands and said: "The last general is willing to obey the princess's dispatch, go up the knife mountain and go down to the sea of fire, and he will not give up!"

They are all close ministers of Yin Ji, so they naturally understand Yin Ji's thoughts best, and Yin Ji has discussed with them more than once or twice about Yin Xiang, which is basically a sure thing, but he has not had time to write a testament. In the eyes of the generals. Yin Xiang is the new monarch of the Yan Kingdom, and Yin Xiang's order is equivalent to the king's order.

Another point, Yin Xiang's attitude towards the main battle is also against their appetite, in the eyes of the generals, Jin Guo is simply hateful to the extreme, asking for silver taels. It didn't mention it early or late, but it was brought up at this juncture when the adult died of illness, it was obviously falling into the well, taking advantage of the danger of people, Jin Guo was so brazen, if he couldn't teach them a lesson this time, he might not be able to bully Yan Guo even harder in the future.

Seeing the generals kneeling down, Yin Xiang was excited, couldn't help but burst into tears, and said in a trembling voice: "Generals, hurry up!"

Wait for everyone to stand up. She took several deep breaths in a row to calm down her excitement, and she frowned and said: "General Bu's speculation just now is the same as what Bengong thought in his heart, the Jin Army's blackmail is fake, and the invasion of troops is true, but Bengong is still unable to determine where the Jin Army will invade from, and where our country should garrison and defend it." ”

Bu Ying pondered for a moment and said, "Since the Jin army is assembled in Liuhe, if you want to send troops, you will naturally send troops from Liuhe. The Razor County of our country borders the Willow River and wants to come. The first place for the Jin army to attack will inevitably be Razor County."

Yin Xiang nodded while listening, feeling that Bu Ying's analysis was very reasonable, and she asked, "In General Yibu's opinion, where should the goal of the Jin Army be?"

Bu Ying said word by word: "Shuangtang County, Xuangu Pass." ”

"Oh?" Yin Xiang looked at him in surprise.

Bu Ying Zhengse said: "Xuangu Pass is one of the most important checkpoints in the north of our country, and it is also the throat of the hinterland of our country connecting Leize County, Yisu County, and Shuangtang County. If I am the commander of the Jin army, and I use troops at this time, I will take Xuangu Pass, as long as I can take Xuangu Pass with lightning speed, then. The three counties of Leize, Yisu, and Shuangtang have also become the pockets of the Jin Kingdom, and they are self-defeating. ”

Yin Xiang took a breath and muttered, "I see." ”

Bu Ying arched his hand and said: "Of course, these are just the speculations of the last general, as for what the Jin country is planning, the last general is still uncertain." ”

Yin Xiang bit her lip, raised her eyes to look around at the generals present, and said, "Now is the time when our country is in danger, I don't know which general is willing to resist the Jin army?"

All the flame generals, you look at me, I look at you, no one spoke. this

The battle is not trivial, victory is good, but once defeated, the Jin army will invade the territory of the Yan country, and he will become the sinner of the Yan country through the ages, besides, the Jin army is so easy to fight, their own side and the Jin army have not fought less, but it is a victory and less defeat, when the four countries invaded Jin, they had the advantage, but the millions of troops have returned, and now their morale is low, but the Jin army is arrogant, and it is even more difficult to win.

Seeing that all the Yan generals lowered their heads and were silent, Yin Xiang asked movingly: "Could it be that when my Great Yan is in danger, no general can stand up?"

Hearing this, everyone's bodies were in the same place for a while, Bu Ying looked left and right, stepped out of the ranks, and arched his hand and said: "Your Royal Highness Princess, the last general is willing to fight to the death with the Jin army!"

As soon as his words fell, Zhang Siyuan, Yang Zhao, Lu You and others also stepped forward one after another, and said in unison: "The last general is willing to go!"

Yin Xiang's gaze swept over everyone one by one, in her mind, Zhang Siyuan, Yang Zhao, Lu You, and Bu Ying, these generals, have similar abilities, if she insists on picking out the most reassuring person, she will choose Bu Ying.

Bu Ying is low-key, and he doesn't like to gang up, and most of the time he stays at home on weekdays to study military books and war strategies, and he is definitely the top talent in terms of the ability to command troops to fight.

After thinking about it, Yin Xiang's eyes finally fell on Bu Ying, and said: "This time, General Bu will lead the army to defend against the enemy!

Bu Ying thought for a while, did not answer directly, and asked: "How many soldiers and horses can Her Royal Highness the princess give to the last general?" He asked this with the intention of temptation, the lord has just passed away, and now is the most sensitive period in the Yan country, no matter who it is, as long as he has a heavy army in his hand, it is equivalent to having the innate conditions for plotting against him.

Bu Ying asked this, also to see Yin Xiang's reaction, how many soldiers and horses she can give herself is equal to how much she trusts herself.

To Bu Ying's great surprise, Yin Xiang didn't even think about it, and Zhengse said: "Now there are 400,000 soldiers of our army here, as long as General Bu can resist the Jin army, the 400,000 soldiers here are at the disposal of General Bu." ”

Bu Ying was shocked when he heard this, he nodded secretly, don't look at the princess is just a woman, but this kind of heart and bearing can be better than many men! He lifted his robe, knelt on one knee, and said, "The last general is willing to lead 100,000 troops." Sticking to the frontier, if the Jin army wants to invade our territory, it must first step on the corpse of the last general!"

Yin Xiang frowned, and Zhengse said: "It is reported that the strength of the Jin army is no less than 400,000, and General Bu only brings 100,000 soldiers to defend against the enemy. It's really too difficult, so let's do it, this palace will give General Bu 200,000 soldiers and horses, and I hope General Bu will not let this palace down!"

Bu Ying Zhengse said: "Please rest assured, the princess, the last general will swear to fight the Jin army to the end, and he will not give up!"

When the Jin army was preparing to take advantage of the opportunity of Yin Ji's death to invade the Yan country, Yin Xiang appointed Bu Ying, the general of the Yan country, as the commander and led 200,000 troops. Go to the three counties of Leize, Yisu, and Shuangtang to defend against the Jin army. At the same time, she wrote a reply to Liu He in the name of Yan Guo, in which she sternly rejected Jin Guo's request for 10,000 taels of silver, and instead reprimanded Jin Guo from head to toe, saying that Jin Guo took advantage of the danger of others, and his behavior was no different from that of uncivilized barbarians.

Willow River.

Lin Haotian was happy on the spot after reading Yin Xiang's reply, and he was happy. By the handwriting, he could recognize the letter as Yin Xiang's writing. Last time, Yin Xiang was making trouble in Guankou City, and he hadn't avenged that arrow, but this time Yin Xiang was against him, and he could take it back with interest.

The generals present saw that the faces of the adults were a little wrong after reading the letter, and Ding Feng took a step forward and asked cautiously, "My lord." What is written in the letter? Is Yan Guo willing to accept our terms?"

"Hmph!" Lin Haotian sneered, he threw the letter in his hand onto the candle, the letter instantly turned into a wisp of black smoke, he looked at the generals present, and said faintly: "Yanguo does not plan to hand over the taxes of Liuhe in the past few years. There is no intention of returning the treasures of the palace, but instead accusing our Jin Kingdom of taking advantage of the danger of others, which is really hateful, and the order will go down, and our army will start tomorrow and attack the Yan Kingdom!"

"This ......" Ding Feng grinned secretly, his current intelligence is far from enough, he doesn't know what kind of response the Yan country has made, and he doesn't know which legion the Yan country court sent to participate in the war, and he rushed to send troops, but he was afraid that he would suffer!

Before he could speak, Wang Han made a list and said, "My lord, is it too reckless to be in such a hurry to send troops, at least wait until ......?"

He was only halfway through his words, Lin Haotian interrupted: "When will it be?

Wang Han's brows furrowed into a pimple, Lin Haotian's idea also has a certain amount of truth, but the risk is too great. He said with a straight face: "My lord, Yanguo is different from small countries like Mu and Chi, even if you rashly send troops, you don't have to be afraid of changes, but Yanguo is different, in addition to the central army, there are also local armies and family armies...... It's hard to get out. ”

"Hehe!" Lin Haotian sneered, looked around at the other people, and said slowly: "You only think about suffering, only thinking about how to leave a way out, and all I think about is how to win, and failure is not within my scope of concern." You have different ideas from me, and there is no need to say that tomorrow you will send troops. ”

After Lin Haotian finished speaking, he flicked the sleeves of his robe, turned around and left, leaving Ding Feng, Bi Wu, and Wang Han to stand on the spot.

I don't know how long it took, Ding Feng sighed softly and looked at Bi Wu and Wang Han helplessly.

How can Yan Country be so easy to fight, let alone take the three counties of Yan Country, even if you want to occupy an inch of Yan Country, you don't know how many lives you will have to pay!

Wang Han couldn't help but laugh, shrugged his shoulders, and said, "Perhaps, it is unknown whether the adult's 'soldier speed' can really have a miraculous effect. ”

Ding Feng and Bi Wu said in unison: "I hope so!"

On the same day, Lin Haotian issued an edict of rebellion, and the next day, he personally commanded the Fourth Army, the First Army, the Second Army, and the Hanlin Army, with a total of 400,000 troops, to march out of the Liuhe River and invade the territory of Yanguo in the south.

The Jin army of 400,000 people was as imposing as a man, menacing, and it came suddenly and unexpectedly, and the local army of Leize County in the Yan Country was defenseless, where could it resist it?

The Jin army advanced rapidly, drove straight in, and successively captured the three cities of Leize County in one breath, and only five days later, the Jin army had attacked the county town of Shimen.

The defeated soldiers of Leize County gathered in Shimen at this time, and Wang Yi, the head of the county, personally climbed the city wall to command the soldiers of the Yan Army to fight, but unfortunately they were outnumbered, and the Jin army only attacked for half a day, and then broke through the Shimen City and occupied the county town of Leize County, and even the county head Wang Yi was captured alive by Jin Junsheng.

The battle went too smoothly, and it took no effort to take Shimen, and the Yan army was simply vulnerable in front of the Jin army. At this time, Lin Haotian was more confident, and after a little rectification in Shimen, he immediately continued to wave his army south, advancing towards Yisu County in Yanguo.

The situation in Yisu County is not much better than that of Leize County, after learning the news of the Jin army's large-scale attack, the Yan army often does not even resist, and flees when they hear the Jin, and the Jin army almost bloodlessly enters the hinterland of Yisu County.

When they arrived here, Ding Feng, Bi Wu, and Wang Han suggested to Lin Haotian that they could not continue to go deeper, and should take a break for the time being, consolidate the supply line in the rear by the way, and then advance to the south.

He ignored the advice of Ding Feng and others, and urged the officers and men of the whole army to continue to advance southward, striving to enter Shuangtang County in the shortest possible time and take the Xuangu Pass in Shuangtang County in one fell swoop.

Under the urging of Lin Haotian, the Jin army hurried all the way, and a few days later, arrived at the county seat of Yisu County, Ankou. (To be continued......)