The purpose of Xia Hengyang's recital was to let the imperial court send a large army to support Suizhou, and by the way, he also had the intention of clearing his name. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

But he never expected that when his recital was discussed in the Yan court, the topic changed from whether or not to increase troops to Suizhou to whether he should be punished for his crimes.

Moreover, this discussion is many days, and no one can convince anyone.

Until Gongsun Xiong's army pressed the border, Suizhou did not wait for reinforcements from the imperial court.

At this time, Yan Guo's court was still chattering about his escape.

Because during this time, the truth about the battle of Zhige City also slowly spread to the capital of Yan and the ears of the princes of Gonggon.

It turned out that the soldiers and horses of the Chu State did not have millions of people at all, only tens of thousands.

It turned out that Xia Hengyang was not fighting his way out of the encirclement, but hurriedly fled as soon as he saw the city wall being broken.

Tens of thousands of soldiers and millions of Yan people were left behind, and the people of Chu were slaughtered.

"This thief should be killed! Not killing is not enough to punish clearly, and not killing is not enough to thank the world!"

Xia Hengyang's hostile forces were indignant and shouted that Xia Hengyang would be sentenced to death.

This is an anecdote and there is no evidence, so it may be inappropriate to convict him. Moreover, at present, the enemy is pressing the border, Xia has tens of thousands of soldiers, and he is on the front line, and he rashly asks for the guilt, which may lead to unforeseen disasters. ”

Those who were originally on Xia Hengyang's side didn't dare to say anything now, but some people stood up, thinking that treating Xia Hengyang's sin at this time might force Xia Hengyang to surrender to the enemy, and it would be out of control.

This is also an issue that needs serious consideration.

Then it was a few days of postponement, and it was not until the news of the destruction of the city of Suizhou came that everyone stopped discussing this matter and moved on to the next issue -- how to defend the country without losing it, and whether to move the capital to the south.

It doesn't matter whether Xia Hengyang is punished or not - because Xia Hengyang did not find a chance to rush to the aid of the national capital this time and died at the hands of the musket battalion.

The king of Yan looked at the arguing ministers in the court, and his heart was disgusted - with this minister, why worry about the country not dying?

However, he could only endure it - he couldn't let himself personally resist the Chu army's iron cavalry going south, right?

After capturing the city of Suizhou, Gongsun Xiong did not directly move his army south to attack the capital of Yan State.

Although with the bravery of the Chu army and his newly established musket battalion, there was no problem in capturing the capital of Yan.

However, he only had 30,000 soldiers and horses, and he lost thousands of them in the battle, and when he did not have a stable rear area, he penetrated deep into the enemy's territory, and one mistake was the end of the entire army.

He wasn't in such a hurry that he didn't need to take that risk.

So after he took Suizhou City, he began to rest again.

Of course, there are small battles, and they happen often. The main thing is to wipe out all the Yan resistance forces in Suizhou and make a large number of Yan people flee south -- this can clear the obstacles for Chu to receive these places, and at the same time, the southward movement of a large number of refugees will also have a great impact on the governance of Yan government.

Wherever his troops went, the territory of Yan was not ten rooms and nine emptiness, but ten rooms and ten emptiness.

After he took the sui zhou and handed it over to the empress of the state of Chu, the empress conferred on him the title of Duke of Yan, and issued an order to move millions of people who had lost land and had less land in the state of Chu to enrich the population of the newly expanded territory.

When Gongsun Xiong was resting and recuperating in the army, Yan Guo also got a chance to breathe, and was able to mobilize troops from all over the country to gather in the capital and prepare for a decisive battle with the Chu army.

While the Yan army was shouting the slogan of defending the homeland and defending the country, some ministers had already secretly sent people to contact the Chu army on the Suizhou side to discuss some cooperation matters.

Those who came into contact with the Chu army even had people from the Yan royal family.

Everyone shouted fierce slogans, but in fact, they knew very well in their hearts that the pace of Chu State's aggression was unstoppable to them.

Lin Qingchen has been the emperor for more than ten years and has destroyed dozens of countries. There is no country in it that is worse than Yan.

Resist, how to resist?

Now the invasion of Yan is just a partial division of the Chu army, with only tens of thousands of people. In this area, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses have already captured the city, and the army is directly pressing the national capital.

And such soldiers and horses have millions of people in the Chu State.

Even if this army is defeated, it will not be able to escape the fate of Yan and the destruction of the country.

They encouraged their soldiers to prepare for a bloody battle with the enemy, but secretly had to find another way to survive.

"A traitor, it's simply spineless. For such a phenomenon, Gongsun Xiong is very emotional.

He was also hesitant in his heart.

If it was before, people were willing to surrender, he would naturally accept it gladly, so that he could reduce the casualties of his subordinates and speed up the pace of victory.

However, now that he wants to repay Ye Xuan for giving him a thousand muskets, and wants to send more souls to Ye Xuan, it is not very suitable to accept the surrender of the enemy.

They all surrendered, what excuse is there to fight? If they don't fight, where will they get so many souls for Ye Xuan to use?

However, not accepting the surrender of the other side and increasing the difficulty of the war is not the way to go.

He was in a quandary.

Fortunately, he did not plan to attack the capital of Yan State immediately, so he was there to make a false accusation, only saying that he could not do the big things himself, and he had to tell the court to stabilize those who were ready to surrender.

The king of Yan also sent a secret envoy to contact Gongsun Xiong, and the condition was to carve out the six northern states of Yan to Chu, including Suizhou, to Chu, and to regard Chu as the suzerain, hoping that the war would end there.

Gongsun Xiong refused this request without hesitation.

The order given to him by the empress was to take the Yan Kingdom, but not a fraction of the Yan Kingdom.

The purpose of the state of Chu was to turn the state of Yan into a large state of the state of Chu, rather than a vassal state.

At best, he can only accept surrender, not peace talks.

King Yan, who was rejected, was very panicked, and he had no way to retreat, but he had the courage to fight to the death.

"I and Chu Yu don't share the sky!" When receiving the generals and colonies of the three armies, King Yan generously stated:

"Since Chu Yu entered the country, he has burned, killed, plundered, and done all kinds of evil, and in the territory of Yanbei, he has thousands of miles of red land. Such a ferocious and vicious enemy will not be destroyed, so where will the father of the Yan country be? For today's plan, there are only two words to speak of, namely, "Kill the enemy!"

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

The generals raised their arms and shouted.

"The morale is acceptable, and there is still the strength to fight, so it is not the end of the road. King Yan commented in his heart.

He was cheering up these soldiers, when suddenly a henchman eunuch came from outside and whispered in his ear: "Your Majesty, an envoy claiming to be from the Jing State has come over, saying that he wants to talk to His Majesty about forming an alliance to deal with the Chu State. ”

"Is there such a thing?" King Yan was overjoyed, "Take me to him!"

During this time, King Yan had a difficult time, especially after his request for land and peace was rejected.

He saw no hope of victory, but he could not afford not to fight.

Now that other countries are willing to form an alliance with themselves to fight the enemy, they are naturally overjoyed.