Chapter 768: The Sound of Drums and Horns Shows Its Sharp Edge (40)

Yuyang County is now like a pot of chaos, with three forces entangled into a ball. Among them, Kongde is in the most dangerous situation. He is vulnerable to enemies on both sides and may be attacked by Zhou Changshou and Ye Zhen. Changshou is the most embarrassed. He has the right to choose whether to fight with Kong De or not. He simply lets Kong De go and lets him return to Tianhe County to cause trouble for Gao Yuan. But the problem is that next, he will face the possibility of Instead of getting nothing, he made a big mistake and lost the whole city and other five important towns. His situation in the country was already not good, and his prospects were bleak and he might even be accused and imprisoned, which might bring harm to his family. Now, he doesn't have the power of Zhao Mu. A large umbrella covers the head. But Ye Zhen is the most subtle. If Zhou Changshou chooses to let Kong De leave and come back to fight him, his plan will fall into the void, which will make Gao Yuan face difficulties in Tianhe County. If Kong De With tens of thousands of soldiers and horses returning to Tianhe, the Yan Dynasty could gather several times the troops of the Eastern Expedition Army and have the capital to fight a decisive battle with the Eastern Expedition Army. The advantage of the Eastern Expeditionary Army was only the mobility advantage of the ten thousand cavalry.

This is a gamble. Either you win everything or you lose completely. Of course, for the Eastern Expedition Army, it cannot be considered a complete loss, because now he has the whole city in his hands. As long as he holds these cities, Zhou Changshou can stay in Yuyang. If you can't help it, at least the Zhengdong Army can get Yuyang, but Langya will definitely not be able to keep it.

In this bet, Zhou Changshou was unwilling to lose everything and became the biggest loser in this bet.

When Ye Zhen was sitting in the whole city and preparing to deal with Zhou Changshou's possible counterattack, he also went out incessantly to inquire about all the movements in Yuyang. After several days of suffering, he finally got the news he wanted most. Zhou Changshou Changshou and Conde went to war!

Ye Zhen let out a long sigh of relief. Zhou Changshou was still unwilling to lose everything. He wanted to seize the last straw and only needed to defeat Conde. Controlling the entire territory of Yuyang, what if Ye Zhen takes over the entire city? You don't have to leave with your tail between your legs in despair.

After receiving the news, Ye Zhen felt that every pore was opening happily and laughing loudly. Kong De had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and he himself was a veteran of many battles. How could it be easy to defeat him? Even if the elite Zhao army under Zhou Changshou had higher combat effectiveness than Kong De, it would not be easy to defeat him. Winning is not something that can be achieved in a short time. The longer the time, the more beneficial it will be for the Eastern Army. Of course, it will be more dangerous for Zhou Changshou, because he is fighting in a foreign land.

Naha led a force of three thousand people and moved towards the battlefield. He was not there to participate in the battle, but to warn both sides and take a look at the end of the battle. Can you get a little advantage by taking advantage of others?

In Jicheng, the atmosphere is becoming more and more tense day by day, outside the city. The Eastern Expeditionary Army is stationed there. Although there are no signs of siege yet, the number of troops is increasing day by day. This can only mean one thing, that is, the armed forces in Tianhe County are about to be overwhelmed by the Eastern Expeditionary Army. After they were wiped out, the troops that came later were to wipe out these armed forces. Tianhe County now has two large cities except Tianhe County City and Jicheng. The rest of the area has all fallen into the hands of the Eastern Expedition Army.

Military pressure is still secondary.

After all, the troops in the city are more than enough to defend the city, and the possibility of the opponent forcing a siege is not high. Gao Yuan had fully calculated, but only had 20,000 troops, of which 10,000 were cavalry. However, the situation in the city was not optimistic. The panic was spreading day by day, and the food supply was decreasing day by day. Even if the most severe battlefield was adopted, Control has concentrated all resources, but there is only one big piece of cake. Every day, one piece of this cake will be bitten off. How many days can this small piece of cake last? The food supply to civilians has been repeatedly reduced, and now, even survival has become a problem. According to Chunyu Yan's knowledge, Jicheng can still sustain for a month at most. After one month, even the army will be out of food.

Jicheng is very large. Although Gao Yuan's cavalry patrols every day, the communication within the city has not been isolated. News from Langya and Yuyang are still flowing into the city. Reinforcements from Langya County could no longer be counted on. The Eastern Expeditionary Army sealed off Xintian, and Hu's general Wang Changjiu could not attack it. Instead, he was defeated by Tie Xun, the second army of the Southern Group Army of the Eastern Expeditionary Army who followed up. Now Hu Yanchao They could only try to maintain the situation in Langya and were in a stalemate with Ye Zhong's Southern Group Army. Ye Zhong even sent a force to break into Tianhe directly, which showed that he had spare strength. On the other hand, it also showed that the situation in Langya was tense.

As for Yuyang, things are even more tense. The Zhao army led by Zhou Changshou suddenly intervened, making the situation there extremely complicated. Now Zhou Changshou and Kong De are fighting to the death. No one can do anything about the other. Zhou Changshou cannot completely defeat Kong De. , Kongde could not find a way out. Later, Ye Zhen's subordinate Naha led thousands of troops and horses to intervene in the battlefield. Such an army whose position was clear to everyone caused both parties to stop fighting. Yuyang actually came to a standstill in such a strange situation.

Yuyang can't hope for anything anymore.

These two armies, which are the most important to King Yan, are both being calculated to death. Can Jicheng still count on other states and counties? Until now, Jicheng's king's orders have come one after another, but all the states and counties have They claimed that they were recruiting troops and food, or that reinforcements were already on their way, but God only knew where they had gone. Anyway, Jicheng had not seen a single reinforcement so far.

There was no good news, but another shocking news came from Fenzhou. Zhou Yuan was missing. Not only Zhou Yuan, but also the entire Zhou clan of Zhou Yuan's lineage, all disappeared without a trace. The belated Yan Lingwei finally found out that Zhou Yuan's disappearance was inseparable from the Overwatch Council of the Eastern Expeditionary Army.

This made Yan Ling even more angry.

Ning Zecheng's daughter Ning Xin defected to the Eastern Conquest Army, which had already caused him great loss of face, but after all, there was still a layer of separation. If Zhou Yuan also defected to the Eastern Conquest Army, then he would lose more than just face. No matter Zhou Yuan went It would be better to take refuge in that country than to go to the Eastern Expeditionary Army, but judging from the intelligence collected now, Zhou Yuan may have really gone to Jishi City.

In the main hall, there were hundreds of civil and military officials, but everyone was enveloped in an aura of despair. If this situation continues, Gao Yuan will not need to attack Jicheng at all, and he will starve Jicheng until it becomes unbearable, and he has to Open the city gate and either fight to the death with your opponent or surrender.

"Let's negotiate!" Chunyu Yan came out and looked at King Yan Ji Ling on the throne, "Your Majesty, Jicheng can't support it any longer. Even now, people are starting to starve to death in Jicheng. If we continue to support it, More people will starve to death. At that time, our army will not only be unable to go to the city to defend the enemy, nor can we go out to fight in the city, but will all be used to suppress the resistance of the hungry people in the city. People who are extremely hungry can do anything. "

"Negotiation?" Tan Feng took a deep breath, "Chief Assistant, do you know what Gao Yuan wants? If he is the king's throne, can this be given to him?"

Chunyu Yan said angrily: "Doctor Tan, I think you are a little confused. Yes, everyone knows Gao Yuan's thoughts. He wants the king's throne, but right now, what he wants is Langya and Yuyang counties. Otherwise, the current situation would not be like this. Gao Yuan did not mobilize He Lanxiong's troops in Panshan, which left room for the Donghu Army to attack. "

"Without Langya and Yuyang, will my Dayan still be Dayan?" Tan Feng asked rhetorically.

"Without Langya, Yuyang, and Dayan, half of the country is still there, and there is still the possibility of a comeback. And if this stalemate continues, not only Yuyang and Langya will not be saved, but even Jicheng will be lost. Without Jicheng, this big country will not be saved. Yan is no longer Dayan!" Chunyu Yan shouted loudly. The most vulnerable chief minister of Dayan in the past decades was furious at this moment, with his beard and hair flying, his teeth and claws dancing. Everyone was used to this always gentle and full-mouthed person. The civil and military officials who were in charge of diplomatic rhetoric were stunned.

Tan Feng turned away and stopped talking. In fact, he didn't understand what Chun Yuyan said, but he just wasn't willing to give in. Even at this last moment, he was still looking forward to a miracle. It was possible to stage a shocking reversal, but now, it is obvious that everything has been shattered. Neither Hu Yanchao nor Kong De can play such a superhero.

"If Jicheng doesn't want to stage a wave of resistance from the hungry people, don't want to stage the tragic situation of exchanging children for food, and doesn't want to stage the tragedy of cannibalism, then negotiate with Gao Yuan and agree to his request in exchange for his withdrawal." Chunyu Yan said to the throne, Ji Ling, whose face was ashen, bowed deeply.

"Let's talk, let's talk, Chunyu First Assistant, you will be in charge of this matter. Dr. Tan will take charge of it and send Gao Yuan away as quickly as possible." Ji Ling stood up, dropped these words, and said Throwing back his sleeves, he staggered away from the throne.

Outside Jicheng, in the camp of the Eastern Expedition Army, Gao Yuan finally waited for the result he wanted most. Jicheng finally could not withstand the huge pressure and had to lower their noble heads in front of him. When Chunyu Yan and Tan When Tan Feng appeared in his Chinese army's tent, his lofty gazes collided with Tan Feng's, and sparks really flew. The two were once friends, fought side by side, and talked about everything together, but in the end, But they embarked on the road of confrontation with each other. Today the two met again. Gao Yuan's eyes were condescending as a winner, but Tan Feng's eyes were unruly and unconvinced.

Gao Yuan wanted to acquire Langya and Yuyang. When Chunyu Yan directly threw out these two negotiation conditions, and took out the royal order stamped with the seal of King Yan, and from then on put these two counties under the jurisdiction of Zhengdong Mansion, Negotiation is a matter of course. (To be continued)