Chapter 602 Wei Zheng pondered for a long time, and asked suspiciously: "How can our army build Qingyuan City first, as long as the wind army arrives, our army will occupy Qingyuan City first, and rely on its city defense, plus the hoarding of grain, grass and materials in the city, it will not be a problem to resist the wind army for two or three months." ” Eldest Sun Yuanhong smiled lightly and asked rhetorically, "And then?"
"And then, of course, wait for the king to send troops to help."
"Impossible" Changsun Yuanhong waved his hand and said: "Now that the capital is now, there are no soldiers available, otherwise, the king will not transfer me back urgently."
Our army is now a lone army, there is no reinforcement, we can only fight alone, even if we can occupy Qingyuan before the wind army arrives, we have to be surrounded by the wind army and trapped in the city, and it will not only be us who will suffer, but also hundreds of thousands of people in the city, in addition, Qingyuan is a county town, and may have hoarded a lot of grain, grass and materials before, but after being occupied by the wind army, can you still ensure that the wind army still leaves those grain, grass and materials in the city?
Being asked by the eldest grandson Yuanhong, Wei Zheng had no words, he nodded secretly, the eldest grandson Yuanhong's concerns were not unreasonable, seizing Qingyuan was a risky move, and if one was not careful, he would have to harm the whole army and the people of the city, this is the next step Thinking of this, he asked: "Is it true that our army has no way out?"
The eldest grandson Yuanhong said: "It's still the same sentence, retreat to Hexi, resist the westward invasion of the Feng army, and wait until the Duji people in the north are pacified, and then concentrate their forces, counterattack Hedong, and recover the lost territory."
Wei Zheng was surprised: "Isn't what the Wind Country wants is Hedong, and they will continue to go west" Eldest Sun Yuanhong shook his head and smiled, and said: "People's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants, not to mention, Tang Yin is not a person who will be easily satisfied. ” Wei Zheng took a cool breath, rolled his eyes, and nodded thoughtfully.
Under the meaning of the eldest grandson Yuanhong, the Ning army did not stay longer outside Qingyuan City, the whole army packed up the camp, only brought the fine and soft, complicated baggage did not want, retreated to the west overnight, this retreat, the more than 100,000 Ningguo Western Army led by Changsun Yuanhong and Wei Zheng has been retreating across the Zhanghe River, the whole army is stationed between Yongzhou and Shunchang on the west bank of the Zhanghe River, set up a large camp, and transferred more than 300 warships and more than 20,000 sailors from Yongzhou City and Shunchang City, ready to fight, put on a posture of defending the west bank.
The battle between the Western Army of Ningguo and the Feng Army in Hedong ended with the active retreat of the Western Army, and it seemed that the Western Army was defeated, but the losses of the troops on both sides were about the same, the casualties of the Western Army of Ningguo were 50,000, and the casualties of the Feng Army were about 50,000, and the 400,000 elite of the Wind Army that entered Hedong at the beginning had been reduced by more than half to the present, leaving more than 200,000 people.
The battle was fought to such an extent, of course, it was acceptable for the Wind Country, and the exchange of 200,000 casualties for the entire Hedong region was worth it from any point of view, and the solemn atmosphere in the country was replaced by sudden joy.
There are so many generations of monarchs in the country of the wind country, all want to recover Hedong, but no one succeeds, the people of the wind think that they don't want to see the day when Hedong has returned to the terroir in this life, but they didn't expect that such a strong Ning country was defeated by the new monarch of their own country, Tang Yin, if the big Hedong region was all recovered by Tang Yin, at this time, the voice of opposition to Tang Yin can no longer be heard in the country of the wind country, and people's attitude towards Tang Yin has gradually changed from the original wait-and-see to blind worship, almost all the wind people firmly believe, Tang Yin is a monarch who can lead the country of wind to become stronger and stronger, and a king who can make himself live a good life.
Facts have proved that Tang Yin made the Wind Country quickly become stronger, and the people's lives became richer and richer, but at the same time, it also brought endless wars to the Wind Country, making the Wind Country the center of the whirlpool of chaos.
On the other hand, Ning is the whole country is in a panic, Ning has not suffered defeat on the local battlefield for more than 100 years, in the minds of the Ning people, Ning is the most powerful vassal state in the north of the empire and even the entire empire, the army of the Ning army is invincible and invincible undefeated division, as a result of the battle in Hedong, the confidence of the Ning people was completely shattered, the central army of nearly one million was defeated in Hedong, and the first fierce general of Ning, Sun Yuanhong, also suffered a defeat in Hedong, and had to retreat to the west of the Zhanghe River.
People are like this, the stronger their self-confidence, the higher they put their position, the more fragile they become, and the more they can't withstand the blow, and the current situation in Ningguo is exactly like this.
Above the court of Liangzhou, there is no minister who dares to fight anymore, and what people are most worried about is that once the Feng army takes advantage of the victory and continues to advance westward, what to do if it attacks Liangzhou directly, now the capital has no soldiers, and there are no generals, and what to do to resist the Feng Army, the ministers have the same idea, and negotiate peace with the Feng State.
In the past two days, Yan Chu couldn't sleep steadily, he really couldn't understand, the Feng Army was obviously fighting in a different place, it was obviously the emptiness of national strength, and there were only 400,000 people, how could it kill his own million-strong army, even the commander Sun Yuanhong was not the opponent of the Feng Army, whether the Feng Army was helped by heaven or the problem was on his side In the early dynasty, the main hall of King Ning's palace.
As soon as Yan Chu sat on the king's chair, Zhang Zhihong, the right minister, walked out of the train and said, "The king, the minister has something to do."
Yan Chu took a deep breath, waved his hand and said, "Speak" "Great King, the 200,000 troops commanded by General Changsun and General Wei have been defeated in Hedong and are now retreating to Hexi" "Smack" Before Zhang Zhihong finished speaking, Yan Chu slapped the table, and the loud noise echoed in the hall.
Zhang Zhihong and the ministers on both sides trembled and fell to their knees in unison.
Yan Chu stood up, looked around at the ministers kneeling below, and shouted: "I heard this news last night, don't you have anything else to play?"
"King" Zhang Zhihong swallowed and foamed, and said in a trembling voice: "The Feng army has been prepared for this battle, I am afraid that what is coveted is not Hedong, but the entire Ning country, now our army is under the control of the Duki people in the north, and the capital is no longer available, once the wind army continues to approach the west, I am afraid that it will go straight to the capital."
Yan Chuqi's body trembled, but he couldn't deny that what Zhang Zhihong said was also true, now he really has no soldiers in his hands, he clenched his fists, his nails were buckled into the flesh of his palm, forcing himself to calm down, he calmed down and asked: "Zhang Aiqing, then in your opinion, how can my country resist the enemy?"
Zhang Zhihong hurriedly raised his head, and said: "The king, the country of wind is barren, and sending troops to our country is nothing more than for face, gold, silver and food, since they want these, we will give them well, the king can first cede Hedong, and add gold and silver to stabilize the wind people, and after solving the troubles in the north, you can have the energy to deal with the wind country, at that time, our army will be wide, do not worry about recovering Hedong, do not worry about expelling the wind thief" Yan Chu's face turned white at first, then turned red, gritted his teeth and said: "Zhang Aiqing, you are asking Gu Xiangfeng to admit defeat and pay compensation for land cutting."
Of course, Zhang Zhihong understood that with Yan Chu's arrogant surname, it would be extremely difficult for him to admit defeat, and it would be even more difficult to accept the war losses of ceding Hedong and compensating for the wind country.
He sighed lightly and said, "My lord, this is also an expedient measure that cannot be taken for granted, now that the wind is strong and I am weak, if I don't make certain concessions, the consequences will be unimaginable."
But the king doesn't have to worry, when my strength recovers, I Daning can still recover the Hedong region that was ceded to the Wind Country, and I Daning can also double the gold and silver that was compensated to the Wind Country, so please think twice."
If it was before, this was a very ridiculous thing in Yan Chu's heart, who dared to say that, he could have executed that person on the spot, but now, he really couldn't find any other way to resist the wind army.
Yan Chu seemed to have been hit by a hammer, his standing figure shook twice, and he sat down slowly, his eyes swept left and right, and asked softly: "Do you think that Lonely should do this?"
Hearing his question, everyone who was already kneeling on the ground and did not get up kowtowed to the ground, and said in unison: "Take expedient measures to stabilize the wind people, protect the foundation of my Daning, and keep the foundation of my Daning alive.
"Hehe" Yan Chu smiled, looking at the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty who were on his knees under the black pressure, he couldn't suppress the urge to laugh in his heart, when the country was in danger, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were all greedy for life and afraid of death, and no one dared to stand up, this is the ministers he relied on People didn't understand why Yan Chu was laughing, but they could also hear the mockery in the laughter.
Everyone lowered their heads, looked at each other, and said in unison: "To negotiate peace with the country of Feng, is to ensure the foundation of my Daning for thousands of years, and also to protect the people of Daning from the suffering of soldiers, the king is wise, please make a decision."
Yan Chu snorted, he understood what the ministers in the court were thinking, these ministers were all traditional nobles of the Ning Kingdom, and their fiefs were not in Hedong, even if they ceded Hedong to the Feng Kingdom, there would be no loss for them, but if they lost Hedong, the loss to the Ning Kingdom as a whole was immeasurable.
But if you don't negotiate peace, what can you do Once the Feng army breaks through the Zhanghe River, what should Zhiliangzhou do If you are forced to move to this place, Yan Chu closed his eyes and let out a long sigh, then he stood up, flicked the sleeves of his robe, and said as he walked out: "Since the rank Aiqing wants to negotiate peace, then according to your intentions, negotiate peace, as for the specific content, you discuss and decide, and after it is prepared, show it to me." ” With these words, the hearts of the ministers finally fell, and the people kowtowed in unison and shouted: "My king is Shengming" Yan Chu, who had already walked outside the hall, listened to the shouts behind him, and he shook his head helplessly and smiled bitterly
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