Chapter 641: Yan Guo - Death!
Liaodong is located in a remote area, sparsely populated, backward agriculture, and the climate is cold, and the development is difficult.
Once Zhao blocked the Liaoxi Corridor, the Central Plains hegemony would no longer have anything to do with Yan.
King Yan is not stupid, the so-called waiting for the world to change is just a perfunctory word.
But Yan Guo has no other choice, and if he doesn't want to lose his country, he can only survive.
"We'll definitely call back." King Yan took one last look at the palace and fled out of the city under the protection of hundreds of guards.
"Great King, the momentary gains and losses are nothing, Handan of Zhao was also captured by Wei for several years, and finally recaptured. As long as the king is still there, my Yan Kingdom will not be destroyed." Ju Wu comforted.
It's just that he understands in his heart that Zhao Guo relied on the people's will to fight back.
No matter when, Zhao has never lost the hearts of the people.
But the people's hearts of the Yan Kingdom have long been lost.
"Qingshe, Feng Wuxue, the two of you lead the army to occupy the north and south gates. Sima Shang, you immediately lead your army to block the East City Gate." Li Mu led the Zhao army to attack Jicheng and quickly ordered.
"No."
The Zhao army quickly dispersed and followed their respective generals to kill, without the slightest drag.
"Go back and rest. Three days later he will come to the palace and receive his reward." Finally, Li Mu said to the five thousand Yan army.
If there is no such 5,000 internal responses, although the Zhao army can also capture Jicheng, it will inevitably pay a lot of price, and it is impossible to occupy the capital of a country almost without blood as it is now.
"Thank you, General, thank you, General." Yan Jun was relieved when he got Li Mu's promise, and they all bowed down to salute, and then dispersed.
"The rest of the people will be killed to the palace with Ben and capture King Yan alive."
The sound of hurried horses' hooves sounded in the street, all the doors and windows on both sides were closed, and some bold ones secretly opened a little gap, and saw Zhao Jun, who was stubborn and stubborn, riding a tall horse, passing in front of the door, and was suddenly startled, and hurriedly closed the gate, and took a few hard wooden sticks to hold the gate from behind the door.
Then he took out a big sword, a short sword, or a hoe from under the bed, and put the iron rod at the head of the bed, and the family did not dare to sleep, but sat at the head of the bed, quietly waiting for the judgment of fate.
Although some people say that the Zhao army never robs civilians, they can't believe that only the weapons in their hands can bring them some psychological comfort.
"General Yu, I didn't catch King Yan."
"General Yu, I didn't catch King Yan."
"General, I caught a eunuch, and he said that he saw the Yan Dynasty fleeing eastward."
"Li Gan, you lead people to lock down the palace and prohibit anyone from entering or leaving. Zhao Hui, you lead people to maintain order in the city and prevent anyone from taking advantage of the opportunity to cause chaos. The others follow me." Li Mu turned over and got on his horse and chased after him to the east in person.
"King, let's go here." Ju Wu took the Yan Dynasty east for a while, and then turned southeast.
"We walked on our legs, the Zhao army was all cavalry, and the speed must be faster than us, and now it was too late for us to rush to the city gate. If you want to escape from Jicheng, you can only go through the water gate." Ju Wu saw the question on King Yan's face and explained.
Jicheng is built according to water control, and the rivers and moats in the city are connected to water control, and there is a water gate, and some materials will be transported through the water gate.
Water transport is far more convenient and cheaper than road transport.
Soon, the group fled to the water gate, and the two eunuchs helped King Yan onto the boat, and then the chief of the guard also boarded the boat.
"Aren't the doctor and Wang Sun coming on board soon?" King Yan saw that his son and Ju Wu hadn't come up yet, so he hurriedly beckoned.
The wind knows the grass, and the board knows the Chengchen. At this time, those who can follow him are loyal ministers, and King Yan will not give up on anyone.
Coupled with the conversations along the way, King Yan admired Ju Wu's wisdom very much, and already had plans to make Ju Wu his son's teacher.
"If the minister does not speak, he hopes that the king will atone for his sins. The king is the king of Yan State, and although the prince and grandson have not yet been made the crown prince, they also have the fact of being a prince. In such a dangerous situation, the monarch and the prince must not share the same boat. If misfortune happens, our Yan Kingdom will suffer a catastrophe." Ju Wu knelt on the ground
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"The doctor is from the bottom of his heart, how can the widow blame, the doctor will take Wang Sun on a boat behind. If something happens to the widow, the prince will be handed over to the doctor." King Yan stood on the boat and bowed solemnly.
Ju Wu accepted this gift calmly, and from now on, he will use his life to protect Yan Dan.
Ju Wu took Wang Sun Dan to board the second ship, followed the boat that King Yan was on, and quickly came to the Water Gate along the waterway.
King Yan looked left and right, but did not see Zhao Jun, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief and ordered someone to open the water gate.
The two ships full of guards rushed out first, and without seeing the enemy, King Yan and Ju Wu left one after the other.
Looking at Jicheng behind him, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
In the past, they were full of feelings for this city, but at this moment, Jicheng became a man-eating monster in their eyes. Look at the book
"Let's land first, then retreat northeast, take the Liaoxi corridor, and retreat to Liaodong." Ju Wu said.
At this moment, two warships that were more than twice as large as the ships of the Yan Kingdom came quickly from a distance, and in the darkness, the word 'Zhao' on the warship loomed.
The river channel is too narrow, not to mention the moat, the big ship can't enter at all, and the Zhao army can only take the ship, even so, it is one or two times larger than the ship of the Yan Kingdom.
If it weren't for the rainy summer and the rising water level of the moat, Zhao Jun's boat might not have been able to get in.
Woo woo woo~
Zhao Jun also spotted Yan Jun, but instead of rushing directly, they blew the horn of the painting, and soon, more ships sailed out of the darkness.
"I didn't expect to be able to catch someone by staying here." Yuan Hua said in surprise that he originally wanted to follow the main force to attack the city together, but Li Mu ordered him to block the waterway.
The military order is like this, and Yuan Hua has no way to disobey it.
But what he didn't expect was that someone really sent it to the door.
"Brothers, give it to me, and no one is allowed to run away. If you catch a big fish, I'm going to invite you to drink when I go back." Yuan Hua said loudly.
The blue internal qi rushed out of Yuan Hua's body and covered Zhao Jun's body, and the battle clouds in the sky instantly condensed and crushed towards King Yan.
"Yes." Zhao Jun roared excitedly, controlling the arrow like a string and rushing towards Yan Jun.
"When did Zhao Jun have such an elite navy?" Ju Wu looked at this scene in disbelief, as we all know, the north is good at horses, and the south is good at boats.
Why is Zhao not only powerful in cavalry, but also in the navy.
The generals at the head are even more obviously talented.
Now the entire Yan Kingdom can't find a famous general with talent, and any of the main generals of the partial army in Zhao State have talent.
Why does God treat Zhao Guo so favorably!
"King, don't worry about us, you go first, we'll help you block Zhao Jun." A ship resolutely turned around and rushed towards Zhao Jun, and then more warships turned around and rushed towards Zhao Jun.
They were favored by the Yan State, even if the King of Yan was unpopular, even if the people were full of resentment against the court, they were still willing to die for the Yan State.
Ju Wu scolded angrily in his heart: There is more than enough success and more failure.
"The King? It's King Yan on board!" Yuan Hua's eyes suddenly lit up, all the laziness disappeared, and he accelerated and rushed towards Yan Jun.
"Shoot the arrows."
The dense rain of arrows covered the Yan army like locusts, and after five waves of arrow rain, there were no soldiers standing on the Yan army's warship.
"Surround it, catch it alive." Yuan Hua said excitedly.
"Don't speak." Ju Wu hugged Wang Sun Dan and said solemnly.
Wang Sundan nodded very sensibly, although he was young, he knew that Ju Wu was his own person, and he would definitely not harm himself.
Ju Wu looked at Zhao Jun who was getting closer and closer, secretly hid in a place where Zhao Jun couldn't see it, threw away his robes, jumped directly into the water with Wang Sun Dan in his arms, and then desperately swam in the direction away from King Yan.
King Yan stood on the side of the boat, his legs trembled a little, he couldn't swim.
"You are the Yan King?" Yuan Hua approached and asked.
"Widow...... The widow is not the king of Yan......" the king of Yan said tremblingly.
"It's not King Yan, what do you call yourself a widow." Yuan Hua suddenly laughed, this Yan King seemed a little stupid, "Catch it."
Two soldiers stepped forward to tie up King Yan and take him to the Zhao army's warship.
In the dark night sky, the luck of Zhao and Yan slowly emerged, and then the luck of Zhao moved northward, swallowing up the luck of Yan State, and suddenly grew by three or four percent, and then extended to the northeast.
"Five years ago, I, Yuan Hua, was still hunting in the mountains, and I never thought that I would one day be able to catch the monarch of a country. This life is not in vain." Yuan Hua circled around King Yan twice and nodded with satisfaction.
The most correct decision in his life was to give up his roots in Yue and resolutely come to Zhao State, not only becoming the commander of Zhao State's naval army, but also arresting the monarch of Yan State.
If he had stayed in the Yue Kingdom, he might have died in battle with the destruction of the Yue Kingdom.
"General, is he really the King of Yan?" A soldier asked cautiously.
"Isn't this nonsense, could it be that there are still two Yan Kings in the Yan Kingdom." Yuan Hua said angrily.
"So, we're rich." The soldier said excitedly.
"Look at your little bit of talent, can you have some ambition." Yuan Hua said.
"Hey, hey, I'll just follow the general in the future. If the general is developed in the future, don't forget me." The soldier said with a smile.
"Don't worry, I won't forget you." Yuan Hua patted the soldier's shoulder, this was the old man who followed him all the way from Yue Guo, "Look at it, don't let it go, and don't let him commit suicide."
"Don't worry, General. With me, he won't be able to run." The soldier patted his chest and said.
"Keep searching and see if any fish slip through the net." Yuan Hua ordered.
On the other side, Li Mu chased to the East City Gate non-stop, and when he saw Sima Shang, he hurriedly asked, "Have you caught King Yan?"
In fact, from Sima Shang's expression, Li Mu had already learned the answer, if he caught King Yan, he would definitely be happy, and he couldn't cover it.
But Li Mu still had a glimmer of hope that he could get an unexpected answer.
"King Yan is not in the palace?" Sima Shang asked in surprise.
"Alas, it took so much effort, and in the end, King Yan escaped." Li Mu sighed.
If the king of Yan can be caught, all the counties of the Yan country can be passed on. But if King Yan is not caught, there will be some trouble, not only will the resistance of the counties increase, but once King Yan regrouped his forces, the Zhao army would have to destroy the Yan Kingdom again.
"Great handsome, good news, we have captured King Yan." At this time, Yuan Hua rushed in from outside the city and said with his fists clenched.
"Really?" Li Mu said in surprise.
"The last general has already found someone to identify, and it is sure that it is King Yan, and the general can find someone to take a look." Yuan Hua pointed at King Yan and said.
"Okay, well, in this battle, General Yuan Hua has made a great contribution." Li Mu said very happily.
"Thanks to the general, if it weren't for the general's arrangement for the general to defend the waterway, the general wouldn't have been able to do such a good thing." Yuan Hua laughed.
"General, General Yuan Hua caught King Yan, but after we checked, there was one less person." After returning to the palace, the clerk found Li Mu.
"Who's missing?" Li Mu asked.
"Wang Sun Dan, that is, Yan Dan, the eldest son of King Yan, is three years old this year, according to the guards, Yan Dan fled with his father King Yan, but no one in our army has seen him." The clerk said.
"Didn't you catch a few captives? Go to trial, and King Yan, as long as you don't get killed. We must ask about Wang Sundan's whereabouts." Li Mu said immediately.
"No." The clerk said.
Soon, King Yan couldn't bear the torture and told Ju Wu and Yan Dan about jumping into the water and escaping.
"Send men into the water at once to look for them, that they may see men alive and corpses when they die." Li Mu ordered, "In addition, summon Sima Shang, Yuan Hua, Qingshe, and Feng Wuxuan to come to discuss the matter."
Soon, the four of them came to the palace.
"General." The four saluted
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"Although we captured King Yan, Wang Sun Dan was rescued by Ju Wu, if there is no accident, Ju Wu will definitely flee to Liaodong with Wang Sun Dan." Li Mu pointed to the map and said.
Although he sent someone into the water to fish for the corpse, Li Mu did not put his hope on this, and learned from Yan that although Ju Wu was a literati, his strength was very good, since he dared to jump into the river, it meant that he knew the water, and the possibility of drowning was very small.
"Sima Shang, Yuan Hua, after dawn, the two of you will lead the Great Wall Army and Navy from the Liaoxi Corridor and the Bohai Sea to Liaodong to capture Wang Sun Dan. If there is no news of it, it will be announced that the Yan Kingdom will be destroyed, and the king of Yan, his son Yan Dan, and all the clans will be captured and occupy Liaodong." Li Mu said.
A Wang Sun Dan does not pose much threat to the Zhao State, but the orthodoxy of the Yan State represented by him is very useful in this era.
However, as long as he dared to come forward, Li Mu was sure to catch him.
If Ju Wu took him to hide and didn't come forward, then Li Mu would announce that Yan Dan had been arrested and deprived of the identities of the two.
Without identity, the two of them are just ordinary people, and no one will admit that they are the doctor of Yan Guo and the grandson of Wang, and Ju Wu will not have the opportunity to do things.
"No." Sima Shang and Yuan Hua clasped their fists and said.
"Qingshe, Feng Wuxue, the two of you will lead the headquarters to recover the four counties of Shanggu, Yuyang, Youbeiping, and Liaoxi, and if you resist, you will be destroyed directly." Li Mu said.
Of the several lieutenant generals, Qingshe and Feng Wuxue made the least meritorious contributions, so Li Mu handed over the credit for recovering the four counties to the two.
"Thank you, General." Qing She and Feng Wuxue said gratefully.
The Yan Kingdom has already perished, and anyone in the four northern counties can recover it, and this credit was given to them by Li Mubai.