In the past two days, the Qin army expanded to a territory of two to three hundred miles around Xiongcheng.
The strong city has been conquered, and Liaodong basically belongs to Qin.
Youdu, the capital of the Yan Kingdom, also opened its doors with the loss of the great city.
Gongsun Yan led 120,000 remnant troops back to the capital. For a time, the entire Yan Kingdom was shocked and panicked. The Yan Kingdom was defeated in the battle on the front line, with more than 230,000 people killed in the battle. The land was lost, and the Yan Kingdom was in a state of panic. If the movement continues like this, Yan will be destroyed!
What scares the people of the Yan State the most is not the 230,000 soldiers who died in the battle, but the defeat of the Yan State's number one conspirator Gongsun Yan and the Yan State's general Gongsun Miao. Even the two of them joined forces and were defeated. Qin State.
The two main ministers of the Yan Kingdom were defeated like this. Can the Yan Kingdom be saved?
The secluded capital of Yan State, the main hall of the imperial palace.
Gongsun Quan held the dragon chair with one hand and rubbed his head with the other hand.
He is an ambitious king. A long time ago, he had thought about marching the Yan State's army into the Central Plains. But with this defeat, I'm afraid! In ten years, I couldn't enter the Central Plains.
Moreover, now he is facing the crisis of annihilation of the country, which gives him even more headaches.
"Your Majesty, we are guilty, please punish us!" Gongsun Yan, Gongsun Miao and other defeated generals on the front line knelt in front of the palace and waited for their fate.
Today, even if Gongsun Quan wanted to execute them all, they would not hesitate.
"No, Your Majesty, although the generals and military advisors were defeated, they were still able to annihilate 150,000 enemies under such a huge disadvantage. It is considered a great victory. Moreover! Apart from the two of you, no one in the Yan Kingdom can fight again. Dongfang Yu."
"Yes, Your Majesty, in this battle, countless generals of our Yan Kingdom died. If we kill the military advisors and generals again, I am afraid that our Yan Kingdom's way of survival will be cut off!"
Gou Wen and Gou Zhong immediately stood up, knelt on the ground, and begged them for mercy.
In private, several people are very good friends, and! Nowadays, the situation in Yan State is such that we really can’t kill generals anymore.
The other ministers and generals knelt on the ground and begged for mercy for the two men.
well!
Gongsun Quan sighed, then regained his dignity and sat on the dragon chair.
"Okay, everyone, get up!"
"I also know that the Yan State is powerful, but... in this battle, Yan, Liao, and a country that appeared out of nowhere failed to defeat the Qin State. What else can we do? Are we just waiting for the Qin State to destroy the Yan State? Really?" Gongsun Quan looked at His Highness's ministers and couldn't help but ask.
"Military advisor, please tell me!"
Compared with before, Gongsun Quan's attitude towards the latter is not that good now.
Gongsun Yan immediately said: "Your Majesty, for the current plan, we can only find an alliance with the Liao Kingdom. Haven't the Liao Kingdom always wanted to take back the horse farm in the north! Then... I think that we should return it to the Liao Kingdom for the sake of the alliance. , at this time, the Liao Kingdom will not fail to understand the truth of lips dying and teeth cold."
Um!
Gongsun Quan nodded slightly, "Leave the affairs of the alliance to the military advisor!"
"Besides, the Qin State is powerful. If we want to unite, let all sides of the Qin State be in chaos!"
Gongsun Yan was slightly startled, "Your Majesty means..."
"hehe!"
Gongsun Quan smiled evilly, with a stern look in his eyes, "Invite the Japanese pirates from the north and south, the Restoration Alliance in the south, the countries in the west that were suppressed by the Qin State, the Liao State, the Hu people, and the Qiang people in the north... If you act righteously at the same time, I will not I believe that if the four forces attack Qin at the same time, even if Dongfang Yu has great abilities, he will have to weigh it carefully!"
"Also, the army that appeared out of nowhere obviously has a grudge against Qin. Find out the details as soon as possible. I will unite all the forces that are hostile to Qin to discuss the major matter of destroying Qin!"
The Four Seas Alliance, which shocked the world, was about to be born.
To be honest, if this alliance is reached, it will definitely be a catastrophe for Qin.
What's even more frightening is that by then, Qin will be at war on all sides.
The ministers in the court were filled with admiration when they saw Gongsun Quan looking like this. This was by no means a good idea.
"Your Majesty is wise!"
All the ministers paid homage.
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At the end of December, and soon to January, the weather in the north gradually became cooler, and the 400,000 troops stationed at the border began to calm down.
The battle against Dongfang Yu had laid the foundation for the conquest of the Yan Kingdom.
Moreover, the Yan State directly lost nearly two million people. For the entire Yan State, two million people were one-third of the Yan State's population.
At this time, it is really strange that Emperor Yan is not in a hurry.
The cold wind in Saibei is like a knife, blowing on people's faces, causing pain to their faces.
The weather has turned cold, and heavy snow has fallen in the north. This heavy snow fell very deliberately. It happened on the fifth day after the end of the war. It seemed that even God was taking pity on the misery of this war.
"Your Majesty, it's getting cold, please wear more clothes!" Yu Wenhu couldn't help but said as he walked behind Dongfang Yu.
Xuan Ziyuan went back injured, so! So Yu Wenhu was transferred.
Yu Wenhu is a fierce general, but he is very powerful. He is as crazy about martial arts as Hu Xiaoyue.
call!
Dongfang Yuchao breathed a sigh of relief, "The weather is getting colder. I wonder how the people in the north are living?"
The newly conquered land of Yan State also has many county towns in the surrounding areas, as well as the big city of Liaodong.
Sticking to Liaodong will lead to a dead end, so! Emperor Yan ordered to shrink the country's military strength.
"The people of the Yan State are definitely not as good as the people of the Qin State. Our Qin State, with His Majesty's benevolent government, will naturally live a better life than the people of the Yan State." Yu Wenhu said.
"Go, let Yu Qian and Meng Geng come over!" Dongfang Yu said immediately.
"promise!"
Yuwen Hu took the order.
After a moment, the master and the apprentice entered the big tent.
"Holy greetings, Your Majesty!"
"I am safe!"
"Get up!"
Dongfang Yu said lightly.
"Yu Qian, I recently asked you to collect household registers from various counties. Has this been done?"
"oh!"
Yu Qian reacted, "Your Majesty, after all, with such a large population, it is definitely impossible to complete the matter in a few days!"
"However, I have collected some of the counties close to Xiongcheng."
"Including the land acres, taxes, corvees, household registration, etc. of the previous Yan State, I have investigated them."
"How are people's lives going?" Dongfang Yu continued to ask.
"The previous governance policies of Yan State were very good to the people, and most of the people lived a pretty good life." Yu Qian analyzed.
After looking at the account books, Yu Qian could naturally tell at a glance whether the people of Yan State were living well or not.
"oh!"
Dongfang Yu responded in surprise.
On the contrary, Emperor Yan was a good emperor.
"Whether the people are living well or not, we have to go and take a look in person."
"I have nothing to do recently. I want to visit these towns in the north and visit the lives of the people in the north. Also! I just want to see if our soldiers abide by the laws after occupying the land."
As an emperor, he should enjoy less and do more. An emperor who can go down below to explore the lives of the people is definitely a good emperor.
