Chapter Ninety-Three: Yanyun is bleak

Different from the stability of Qingyun City, the Yan State at this time was gloomy, and this battle not only buried the 200,000 troops of the Yan State, but also lost Jinanzhou, an excellent city that could suppress the Chu State all the time.

After getting the news of the defeat of the Yan army, Yan Guo was full of voices scolding Xie Wang, some said that Xie Wang was simply a person who sold his reputation, and even more, said that Xie Wang was suspected of collaborating with the enemy, and some people doubted Xie Wang's previous achievements.

When Xie Wang helped Yan Guo achieve great victories again and again, the people of Yan Guo would lift him high.

When, however, he fails, none of his exploits can outweigh the effects of his failure, let alone the sympathy that he is touted for. Yan State, a military-dominated country, after Wei Tiange ascended the throne, developed even more frantically, and Yan State also achieved strength at an extremely terrifying speed.

But in the same way, the strength of Yan Kingdom is extremely utilitarian, which leads to the same pursuit of utilitarianism by the people of Yan Kingdom, and failure is not allowed in mentality, so Xie Wang's failure has just become an outlet for Yan Guo's desperate development of the sequelae of poison over the years.

This is the wealth and strength that has squeezed out the lives of the people, and it is also like a raging fire, which is hot on the surface, but it burns everything out quickly, and it cannot last long.

Xie Ji escaped under the protection of several Yan troops, but he was greeted by the Yan State prison.

In the court of the Yan State, the defeat of the Yan army was constantly investigated, and even the court factions blamed each other, involved some insignificant people, and convicted them on trumped-up charges.

Wei Tiange sat on his throne, silent, and the cold aura weighed down none of the ministers below who dared to speak. thinks that since he ascended the throne, he has worked hard day and night, but this battle has wasted his previous efforts and interrupted his desire to dominate the world.

The Yan State is very strong, but it is not strong enough to be indifferent after the loss of the 200,000 army, and the reason for the defeat is still so inexplicable. His most proud general, Xie Wang, was so sure that he could capture the Chu State, but now he is in a different place.

"Song Xuan, how do you think the Xie family should be punished", Chu Tiange didn't think of asking how to deal with the aftermath of this battle, but directly stabbed the Xie family to calm his anger.

"The monarch, the minister doesn't know, if you don't figure out the twists and turns in this battle, the minister can't make a conclusion", although Song Xuan was dissatisfied with Xie Wang, who was very arrogant before, but over the years, he and Xie Wang have been the two major military gods of Yan State, with his understanding of Xie Wang, he could not have been defeated so inexplicably.

Even if Xie Wang had laughed at him before, he still wanted to know the specific reason, and the rabbit died and the lackey cooked, maybe one day his fate would be the same as the current Xie Wang, and he would still accumulate some yin virtue.

"Sovereign, in the opinion of Yichen, Xie Wang is arrogant and arrogant, miscalculated the Chu army, and the command is not effective, and he put the 200,000 troops of my Yan State to death, and his heart should be punished, although he is dead now, but the Xie family is still there, and his son, Xie Jiao is in the prison, and this battle, Xie Jiao is also involved, if he is not killed, if the Xie family is not destroyed, it is not enough to be angry."

As soon as Song Xuan finished speaking, a civil minister behind him couldn't help but jump out, pointing at the fault of the Xie family, and his words were extremely vicious. This made Wei Tiange, who was sitting on it, frown unconsciously.

Yan is a military-oriented country, these years, the status of civil officials in Yan has been very low, usually they are pressed by the military generals to raise their heads, thank you Wang used to see the civil officials even more despised them, today finally caught the opportunity, how can the civil officials give up this opportunity to fall into the ground?

But Wei Tiange was unhappy, he hadn't even spoken, someone was in a hurry to jump out, although Xie Wang was defeated this time, but he was sent out by himself, Xie Wang has been his right-hand man all these years, helping him solve a lot of problems, although Xie Wang is a little arrogant, but no matter what, he is also a person close to him, representing his face.

I didn't expect someone to jump out at this time, it seems that some people don't take themselves in their eyes, plus they are also extremely angry now, just take him under the knife.

"Song Aiqing, did I let you speak"? Wei Tiange stood up and looked directly at Song Jie, the Wenchen who came out to speak in the audience, his tall body was already extremely oppressive, and such a sentence that could not see joy and anger directly made the people below shudder.

At this time, Song Jie also felt that the atmosphere was wrong, but he had already jumped out, and it would not work to go back, and his horror made him feel like he was being fried on the stove.

"Sovereign, I'm also thinking about Yan Kingdom"? So he had to explain in tears, hoping that this would dispel Wei Tiange's anger.

"Yes, since Song Aiqing loves to think about Yan State so much, then let you go to the Jin Kingdom, this time the Jin Kingdom attacked our Yan Army in disregard of our agreement, and we need someone to ask for compensation, this important task will be handed over to you."

Wei Tiange walked down, stood in front of the kneeling Song Jie, and said lightly.

When Song Jie heard this, he broke out in a cold sweat, if he had been asked to send an envoy to the Jin Kingdom before, he would have gone without thinking about it, but now it is different from the past, the Yan Kingdom has just experienced a defeat, and most of the strength has been lost, at this time, the Jin Kingdom will not give him a good face, and even if he treats him politely, he will go to the Jin State to ask for an account, isn't this equivalent to looking for death.

Yan Guo has always treated Jin Guo as a monkey before, ostensibly forming an alliance with him, but in fact, only Yan Guo himself knows that it is nothing more than tricking Jin Guo out to suppress them and increase pressure on Chu State.

And he used a verbal alliance to deceive Jin Guo not to mess around, but I didn't expect Jin Guo to come in chaos this time, but Yan Guo could only eat Coptis chinensis dumbly, and he couldn't say what kind of compensation he wanted, and it was difficult to say whether he could live or not.

There is nothing in this age that makes this statement unpleasant, and even more cruel applies all kinds of criminal laws to the messenger to relieve the hatred in his heart.

"Sovereign, the ministers think that they are incompetent, and they are afraid that they will mess things up and damage the image of our Yan Kingdom."

Song Jie, who was sweating profusely, stubbornly excused himself, Wei Tiange was standing in front of him, and Song Jie's eyes could catch a glimpse of Wei Tiange's golden dragon boots circling in front of him.

"Well, are you suspecting that I am incapable and can't even use basic personnel?"

Wei Tiange, who had always been calm, accentuated his tone and knocked Song Jie, who buried his head on the ground, knowing that he was afraid that he would not be able to hide.

"The minister didn't dare", the pale Song Jie seemed to have seen the scene of himself being humiliated by the Jin State by various means, and trembled with fright.

"Then in this case, the Foreign Embassy will prepare the documents and send Song Aiqing to the Jin Kingdom in two days to help me ask for compensation for the Jin Kingdom's rebellion this time, Song Aiqing will not live up to my high hopes."

After Wei Tiange finished speaking, he returned to his seat, and none of the dozens of ministers below dared to open his mouth, all of them were afraid of touching Wei Tiange's moldy head. At the same time, he secretly laughed at Song Jie's ignorance of life and death.

Even if you want to be defeated this time, but after all, it is Wei Tiange's most important, and if you jump out at this time, isn't it equivalent to talking about Emperor Yan.

"Let's talk about it, what should I do next, my 200,000 army is gone in an instant, Ji Nanzhou is also lost, it will take at least five years for my Yan Kingdom to change its breath, I want to hear your thoughts."

After cleaning up the short-sighted Song Jie and knocking on these restless courtiers in the audience, Wei Tiange asked.

After all, defeat has become a fact, and there is no power to change it, but what next? Losing a state and dying 200,000 troops, the current situation in Yan is not optimistic, and everything will be hit to a certain extent.

As a result, Wei Tiange's words did not play a role, no one dared to speak, and the silent Zhaoxin Hall was visible from the needle.

Wei Tiange sat on the dragon chair, looking at the ministers who usually wanted to stop the credit on themselves, and at this moment they didn't say a word one by one, Wei Tiange held the hand of the dragon chair, holding it to death, this is his own courtier, except for disappointment or disappointment.

"Xiao Shan, what do you say", Wei Tiange had no choice but to call the name of Xiao Shan, the minister of parliament, because Xiao Shan has never advocated armed conquest, and has always advised himself to vigorously protect the people's livelihood.

At this time, Wei Tiange wanted to hear different ideas.

And Xiao Shan, who was standing in the front position below, walked out a little surprised, he didn't expect that he would be hit by Wei Tiange, you must know that although he is the Minister of Parliament, it is obvious that he is not as important as Xie Wang and Song Xuan before, after all, his ideas are in conflict with Wei Tiange's ideas.

"The monarch, Weichen believes that this time is not the time to hold anyone to blame, but to stabilize the situation on the border as soon as possible, Ji Nanzhou has been lost, we should guard against the Jin side, to avoid them taking advantage of the fire to rob, in addition, the loss of 200,000 troops, I hope that the monarch will treat their families well, and the rest is a truce, raising the people to live, and hibernation to recuperate."

Xiao Shan said methodically, although he knew that what he said Wei Tiange might not accept it, he still said it according to what he thought.

"Sovereign, no, the treachery of the Jin Kingdom has led to our defeat, we can't afford not to avenge this revenge, and Lord Xiao's statement completely shows that we are weak and bulliable," As soon as Xiao Shan's words fell, a few generals came out to talk about the benefits, completely negating Xiao Shan's words.

Xiao Shan didn't say anything, but it was difficult to hide the disappointment in his heart, he had been an official in Yan for most of his life, and his ideas had never been recognized by the monarch, and the generations of Yan monarchs he had experienced were all warlike, but his ideas were very gentle. In addition, the people of Yan have always been warlike, which to a certain extent, has also contributed to the fact that even after several major wars, Yan can quickly resume production, and then the strength of the army will be replenished relatively quickly.

The national nature is like this, and it can't be changed overnight, but Xiao Shan knows that although Yandi has always had a prosperous army, it is not uncommon for there to be nine graves in ten places. This is also the root cause of Xiao Shan's grief and has always advocated supporting the people to make a living.

Seeing that Xiao Shan didn't speak, Wei Tiange didn't say anything, although what Xiao Shan said was very reasonable, it was still not suitable for him Wei Tiange's proposition. Yandi boy, who has always been brave and good at fighting, how can he not make contributions on the battlefield, sacrifice is inevitable, and his ambition to dominate the world must not just stay on recuperation.

So Wei Tiange asked Song Xuan to come out and talk about his thoughts.

"The military master, what Lord Xiao said is not unreasonable, but it is not the best, the Jin State has betrayed its faith, this revenge has to be avenged, and the grievances between the Chu State and us are also not reconciled, I implore the military lord to give me five years, I am willing to bring out 200,000 troops for the military lord again to help the monarch achieve the hegemony of the army."

Song Xuan knew that Wei Tiange actually wanted the people to recuperate, but the army definitely disagreed, so he thought of a compromise method, which not only did not hurt the foundation of Yan Guo, but also satisfied the wishes of both parties.

But the price of this is that he, Song Xuan, has to do everything possible to build an army of 200,000 for Yan in five years. Although the land of Yan is vast and the population is large, it is not a small number, and it is likely that there will be a scene of ten rooms and nine empty rooms, but this can temporarily prevent Yan from continuing to fight, and exchange for temporary peace.

"What do you think"? Obviously, Wei Tiange also agreed with Song Xuan's suggestion, otherwise he wouldn't have asked like this.

"The ministers agreed", seeing that Wei Tiange agreed, the ministers below also agreed.

Only Xiao Shan looked at Song Xuan and sighed, maybe this is the best way at the moment, but it is also an extremely cruel way.

Thinking of this, Xiao Shan shook his head, feeling that he was really old, and the ideas of his youth could not be realized when he was old, and he was a little unwilling, but his ideals were still far away in his last years, which seemed a little ironic.