He was scolding everyone, and he even pointed at the generals and reprimanded them unceremoniously:
"Our army has been besieging the city for half a month! We were about to push Xirong into a desperate situation, but you! You actually withdrew from the defense line!"
At this point, he seemed to be very angry. After taking a breath, he said again: "In such a situation, how could Zhekang not take advantage of the situation to break out!"
"But we are really worried about your safety..." Someone bravely said something.
"Stupid!" Xiao Yuan scolded again.
He became angry and glared. At this time, all the generals dared to speak. They all lowered their heads and did not dare to look at Xiao Yuan.
After scolding, Xiao Yuan's anger was not gone, so he glared at the generals again, and then walked away.
Of course he was right in the end. Due to the reduction of troops on the northern front, Zhekang got this opportunity and the whole army fought hard. After losing some troops, they finally broke through and fled to Xirong.
Fortunately, the 50,000 soldiers and horses he brought with him when he went on the expedition were reduced to less than 15,000 when he escaped.
Later, Xiao Yuan regained Qingshan County and then led his army into the city.
Two days later, the Qin army's follow-up food and grass arrived. At this time, some people began to suggest that Xiao Yuan could just stop here and forget about it. All twelve cities in Qin had been recovered, so there was no need to fight Xirong anymore.
But Shangguan Wenruo once again admonished Xiao Yuan, pointed out the key points, and suggested that he continue to use troops against Xirong. His main point was that he had defeated Xirong in one go and defeated him in fear!
Xiao Yuan also adopted his suggestion again. After resting in Qingshan, he began a full-scale counterattack on Xirong.
For a time, 70,000 Qin troops entered the territory of Xirong and began to be overwhelming. Especially Su Yi's troops, under his cold-blooded military orders, killed and beheaded everyone they encountered, regardless of men, women, old or young. They were all slaughtered mercilessly.
The news reached Xiao Yuan, who acquiesced to his behavior.
Because Xirong killed too many Qin people before. They occupied twelve cities before. You can imagine how many people in Qin were slaughtered.
I don’t know how many parents, wives, and children of the Qin army officers and soldiers had died at the hands of the Xirong. Faced with foreign enemies, the officers and soldiers were filled with overwhelming anger and needed to vent their anger.
With the large-scale invasion of the Qin army, the people of Xirong began to move back en masse, fleeing with their families. Zhekang, who was defeated with more than 10,000 remnant troops, did not dare to hold back, and also hurriedly retreated all the way.
In just three months, Xiao Yuan had gone hundreds of miles deep into Xirong.
The news soon spread to Xirong, causing huge shock and comprehensive panic.
Among them, there is another very important factor, that is, Gu Le, who was regarded as the God of War by the people of Xirong, died in the hands of the Qin army!
This time, not only the people of Xirong were panicked, but the country was also panicked.
On the big chair directly above, King Xirong looked gloomy.
Xian Da lost.
Zhekang also lost.
Even the most ferocious Gule in the country is dead!
There was unspeakable anger in his heart, and more importantly, he was deeply shocked.
The Qin army was shocked, how could they suddenly change, how could they suddenly dare to attack Xirong!
He was at the top, with a sullen face and said nothing. The ministers of Xirong below also lowered their heads slightly and did not dare to speak easily.
It wasn't until a while later that King Xirong took a deep breath, tried his best to control his emotions and said, "Let's talk about it, what should we do now?"
After hearing this, someone finally had the courage to stand up and salute and said:
"King, now Xiao Yuan is leading 70,000 Qin troops to march straight in. The people in front are fleeing backwards, causing widespread panic. If this continues, the whole country may be in danger."
"It's not like I don't know what you said! What I want to hear is your opinion!" King Xirong said angrily.
The man was so frightened that he lowered his body, and then said tentatively: "Yes... you can send someone to ask for peace."
"What did you say!?" After hearing this, King Xirong was furious. He stood up and said sternly: "You want me to ask Xiao Yuan for peace!?"
The reason why he reacted like this is because Xirong was used to bullying the Qin army in the past. Only Qin was afraid of Xirong. How could Xirong be afraid of the Qin army! Now he was asked to take the initiative to surrender. The contrast was so huge that it was understandable that he couldn't accept it for a while.
But when the Xirong official heard this, he quickly said: "King, General Xianda was defeated before and lost 80,000 of our Xirong warriors. Now Zhekang has been defeated again and lost more than 30,000 people. Even General Gule died in battle!" The Qin army has a strength of 70,000, and it is not what it used to be. If we do not seek peace, I am afraid that the war will never end, and our country will always be passive..."
As soon as he finished speaking, another official stood up and said in a trembling voice: "King, seeking peace is the best policy. If not, it will be difficult to stop the soldiers. By then, if our army cannot stop the Qin army, Xiao The general's power from afar is overwhelming, and it won't be long before he reaches the capital..."
"King, the only way to retreat from the Qin army is to seek peace..."
"King, if we fight again, our army may be defeated again..."
"Wang, please think again..."
Seeing more and more ministers coming out, King Xirong was dumbfounded. He sat back blankly. After a while, he seemed to mutter to himself: "Do you really want me to surrender to Xiao Yuan?"
People did not respond to his words. It was not until a while later that King Xirong seemed to understand the situation in front of him. After he closed his eyes deeply, he said helplessly: "Okay, okay, ask for peace, send someone to ask for peace." and."
Seeing his agreement, all the Xirong ministers couldn't help but look at each other, and then someone else said: "King, if you want peace, you can send people to the Chinese Empire to meet their emperor..."
"Joke!" Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by another person: "What's the use of meeting their emperor? Qin is bordering us, and Xiao Yuan, the lord of Qinzhou, is the one who controls the life and death of this place. , and all the Qin troops are his subordinates! What if their emperor agrees, but Xiao Yuan refuses to retreat! "
"This..." The man before was told that he didn't know how to answer.
Seeing this, King Xirong frowned irritably and said, "Okay, let Gen go and meet Xiao Yuan to negotiate peace."
"Yes." The man named Gen quickly put his hand on his chest and bowed deeply.
Xirong was under pressure and planned to sue for peace. He sent Gen as his representative and began to carry envoys and honor guards to the place where Xiao Yuan was stationed.
At this time, Xiao Yuan had penetrated deep into Xirong and was on a plain.
This place was called Black Stone Plain among the people of Xirong. After stationing troops here, Xiao Yuan also had people draw detailed maps of the nearby terrain, roads, rivers, etc.
This is what he must do every step forward.
In the past, the Qin army had never left Qingshan County, and there was no map of Xirong at all. Xiao Yuan was actually fighting with his eyes closed. Now, he wanted to complete these things and be prepared.
A few days later, information came from Mu Lianying, saying that the Xirong envoy's ceremonial guard had been discovered.
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